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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 1.-THE Ep-
worth League of Trinity Church will be-
gin the celebration CT its eleventh an
niversary at sunrise tomorrow morning
and will hold four meetings during the
day. Miss Jennie Watts, of Washington,
will deliver an address in the afternoon.
The police here were notified this morn
ing to look out for Albert Lambert, a mu-
latto, who killed his wife near Nokesville.
Prince William County, last night. A
later despatch from Manassas announced
that Sheriff Leachman had captured Lam
bert and that he was in jail.
Under the new law Of Virginia the wild
ows of Confederate soldiers and also such
Confederate soldiers as need assistance
are entitled to pensions. If approved by
the loca! pension board. The local board
met this morning and approved the pc
titions of James Mahoney, Elisha Jack
son. David Manley. ]. T. DeVaughn, San
ford Fair, and Margaret Swami, Mary F.
Bolton, Sarah f. Skilman, Laura v. Tats-
paugh, Jane c. Gardner, and Mary F..
Maddox.
The Corporation Court today decided
the appeal case of Charles King & Son
against the Union National Bank of De-
troit in favor of the bank.
Rev. Bergman Greene will tomorrow
occupy the pulpit Of his former church in
Leesburg. Rev. Mr.. Kinks will preach at
Christ Church here.
Governor Roosevelt. Secretary Root.
General Corbin, and several ladies, es-
corted by squad of cavalrymen. passed
through here today on horseback to and
from Mount Vernon.
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be in. During the last quarter of a CEN
fury very small fraction of one per cent
of a people utterly illiterate until the time
of the civil war have received college edu-
cations. 1t is hardly possible for these
few hundreds of college graduates, even il
every one of them devoted himself assid-
uously to teaching for the remainder of
his life, to lift the whole race intellect
uaily industrially, and morally, to the
level of the rest of the American people in
population of the South have received, pos
sibly, three months schooling year, and
that of very Indifferent kind. The illit-
crate immigrant who settles in the North
is assured Of six to nine months school
training for his children from the tine he
enters the country. This immigrants son.
if he lives in city or small town. may
receive an education which will fit him to
enter any college II all depends on his
capacity and determination to learn. The
taxpayers of the State pay for his training.
on the principle that he ought not to be
allowed to grow up illiterate. This is the
only safe system of public education. The
remedy for evils which seem to grow out
of it is not less education, but more; not
the destruction of colleges. but increased
thoroughness and more practical methods
in the lower schools. so that nobody who
is not fitted for a college education can
pass the examinations.
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DISCOVERIES Il zeYn.
Aachacolosical Researches Carrying
Records Back to 5000 b. c.


LONDON, May 12-Prof Flinders
Petrie has Just reported the results OF the
past winters exploration at Abydos and
other storehouses OF the records Of pre-
historic times in the Egyptian desert. He
says:
Fascinating indeed, are the seasons
discoveries, for practically they add a
thousand years to the written history OF
the human race. The records uuearthed
cover almost the whole period OF the first
dynasty Of the Egyptian Kings. heretofore
regarded as more or less neurological, and
extending from 1000 to 5000 B. G. Now
we are able to handle the royal drinking
bowls from the palaces, to compare their
art and carvings, to criticise the postum
nous respect paid to each King. and to
feel much more familiar with the daily
life Of this age than We can with that Of
the Saxon Kings.
"Ali this has come about through a
careful study of three or four Insignificant
looking Jumps of mud. The royal wine jars
were sealed, and in most cases only bore
the hawk name Of the King, which was
not recorded in the lists Of kings. But
some seals bore both names and from
these the actual tombs Of the fifth, sixth
and seventh kings of the first dynasty
have been identified. Other royal tombs
OF the same group were OF other kings Of
the first dynasty.
THE discovery has also, by the style
Of the work and the position Of the OBJ
jects of King Aha. led to this Kings being
identified with Menes. the founder Of the
Egyptian monarchy. We are now in po-
sition to form correct appreciation Of
the whole first dynasty, the art of which
was rude and archaic under Menes, but
rose TO its best point under the luxurious
King Densetui fifth of the dynasty. His
tomb is paved with red granite and richly
furnished. Cups of crystal and beautiful
stones bearing the Kings name in large,
fnely-cut hieroglyphics, and twenty tab
lets Of ivory and ebony with carved in
scriptions were taken from his tomb. The
later kings showed less sumptuousness,
but had more general habit of inscribing
objects on palace and tomb.
The principal classes of antiquities OBJ
tanned during the past winter were the
great tombstones OF kings, one Of Mer-
nett, King previously unknown; one of
ga. the last King of the dynasty; private
tombstones Of royal donestics, fifty of
which have been obtained, one giving all
the official titles of the major domo of
this age, fine stone drinking bowls and
platters; portions of several hundred
dishes of fine stone and abundant alabas-
ter dishes, sixty of which bore royal in
scriptions; labels and tablets of ivory and
ebony, thirty with inscriptions; innumer-
able pieces of carving in slate, ebony,
ivory, and stone
After the selection of few of the most
valuable pieces for the Cairo Museum the
rest were sent to London
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yircinia stonecutters strike.

FREDERICKSBURG. Va. May 1.-THE
strike of the union stonecutters is sill in
effect here. The men were receiving $3.50
per day of nine hours and were satisfied.
II is stated, but received orders from the
union headquarters at Richmond to demand
a ner day of eight hours. Messrs. Cart
wright and Davis, owners OF the granite
works here, say that higher wages are de-
manded in Virginia than in any other
state and that it will have the effect of
driving away business. as it will be impos-
sible to compete with other States where
smaller wages are charged. They have ar
ranged for workmen from Delaware. where
the union rates are not so high. to take the
place of the strikers. The firm has large
number of orders on hand.
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INVESTIGATING A PRISON.
Federal Authorities Looking Into the
raleigh Peniteutiary

RALEIGH, n. c., May 12-B v. Ladow
and R. ]. W. Brewster. specia, agents OF
the United States Department of Justice,
arrived here yesterday to investigate
charges of cruelty mad. against peniten-
tiary officials here by some Federal prison
ers confined therein. They went to the pen
itentiary directly after arrival. Warden
Green said he had been expecting them
three weeks, and that he thought there
was no special significance in their visit
just now.
Ladow and Brewster are reticent. mere
ly saying they came to investigate condi-
tons. Warden Green was at Washington
recently and made an effort to have Fed
eral prisoners from other States sent here
as was the case up to last year. For twelve
months the only Federal prisoners sent
have been those convicted in North Caro-
lima. The prison authorities were anxious
to get more, as they can employ them in
side the prison and send State convicts to
work on the farms near Weldon. The spe-
cial agents are devoting most Of their time
to separate examination of each Federal
prisoner. of whom there are eighty-five.
Each prisoner is given full opportunity to
speak confdentially.
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Death of james L. Redmon.

WINCHESTER. Va, May 2.-City Ser
geant James L. Redmon. one OF the most
popular citizens of this section, died late
Yesterday evening OF pneumonia. at his
home in this city. Mr.. Redmon was taken
III eleven days ago and had nearly recov-
cred. when he suffered a relapse. He was
a native of Marshall, Fauquier county. and
was a son of Tillman Redmon. He was
forty-thr years of age and leaves wild
ow and four children. Mr.. Redmon came
to this city about fifteen years ago and
has been prominently associated in various
enterprises. For some years he conducted
glove factory, and at the time Of his
death was in the mercantile business. For
the past eight years he has been city SER
geant, and his name is on the ticket which
will be voted for on May "a. He was a
prominent man in political circles, and was
liked by all, irrespective Of party.
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The Cuban postal scandal is going through
precisely the evolution VIC predicted yes
terday. 1t is no longer intended to probe
1t publicly and to the bottom, to the end
that mo guilty man escape" On the con-
trary, ii is stated on authority favorable to
the Administration that the whole force Of
the Government is to be used to squelch
and smother the affair until after the Presi-
idential election. Nicely is to be snapped
up in New York, railroaded out OF the
country, and locked up in Havana. 1t is
said that he is not to be tried until the
public has pretty well forgotten the expo
sure of imperial carpetbag corruption.
when ii may be assumed that as little
noise as possible will be made in connec-
tion with his trial-if he ever has TO stand
one.
The most astonishing feature of the bust
ness lies In the calm announcement that no
further arrests are to be made for the pres
ent, although one of the offenders in Cuba
is known TO havs made a full confession,
and is believed to have implicated a num-
Der of people of high station This policy,
If adhered to, will leave in full enjoyment
Of their official positions and of their oppor
tunities to loot the island revenues. who
ever may be the persons involvedin the con-
feseion. But it is evident that such an en-
barrassment will be regarded as a lesser
evil than would afflict the Administration
were 1t to allow the truth to come out. and
thus present to the world the true inward
ness of a colonial system which already has
been shown to be infinitely worse than that
of Spain in the blacklist days of Weyler.
The facts of the postal scandal must be
Startling indeed, when it becomes neces-
sary to suppress them in the interests of
she Administration in the impending cam
raign. The machine leaders must know
that resort TO suppression will create an
extremely unpleasant public opinion, which
may have consequences as depressing as
any that might follow an open investiga-
ton. II should be borne in mind that
the American people at present have not
that absolute confidence in the President
and his advisers that they had in the early
weeks of the Spanish war. The beef, fe,
yer camp, and transport scandals, and AL
gerism, Eaganism, Sampsonism, and Otis
ism have since interviewed to destroy much
OF it. The effort TO cover up the latest il
lustration of the sound business meth
of the country will not be without tangi-
BILE effects upon the sentiment and prob
ably upon the vote of the country.
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Albert orendorff Of Springfield, the Hon.
Samuel G. Alschuler of Aurora, and the
Hon. Nick. Perrin. who liyes ip that sec,
ton OF Illinois known as Egypt. 0rendorff
was Adjutant General II the State during
the Altgeld regime, and for many years
has been prominently identified with party
Management Alschuler is leading mem
Der of the State Senate and is Of Hebraic
extraction. Perrin Is one of the finest
campaigners in the West AS the candi-
date for Governor probably will succeed
the Hon Shelby VI. Cullom In the Senate
in the event that the Democrats carry
the Legislature but lose the State ticket,
it is thought the contest for the guberna-
torial nom; nation will be sharp.
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The Scandal In Cuba.


There is significance in the report that the
Cubans are laughing at the discovery that Amer
lean officials have begun plundering them in the
way the spanisrds did They amused
by the incongruity between our lofty professions
Of purity and disnterestedness and the revealed
fact. BY only one course can such mockins
laughter be stopped BY condign, exemplary pun
ishment of the guilty, not merely the thieves,
but those really responsible for imposing them on
the public service, and the inefficient superior
officials who discovered the crime. That
was not the Spanish policy. II it shall plainly
be our policy, il will restore confidence as moth.
ing else can do it,
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smart Society and Wounded Soldier.

An eminent English surgeon. DR.. Treyes,
has set hornets nest buzzing about his
ears by the declaration that the plague of
women at Cape Town and Durham is worse
than the plague of flies This sounds
rather harsh; in fact, it would justify al
most any dainty feminine critic in pro-
nouncing DR.. Treves perfectly horrid +"
But when one. comes to read his explana-
ton, and understand the facts 1t seems
statement to some extent jus;ifiable
When he said that thing he did not
mean women who went to the front as
nurses. He was the only consulting sur
geon who took out a staff of women in
that capacity. He did so because he
thought that female nurses were indispen-
sable in certain branches of hospital work
He also has only the highest praise for
women who have voluntarily devoted
money, time. and strength to amateur
nursing But there is another class.
When the wounded began TO come in to
the hospitals at Cape Town and Durham,
DIR. Treves says, the hotels were packed
with society or smart" people, who
had come to South Africa apparently with
the idea that the war was one gigantic
picnic They filled up the hotels and
lodging-h houses so that If a wounded off,
Ger came down from the front 1t was a
chance whether he could find place to
lay his head Junketings of all sorts were
continually going on, for though the
Englishman may take his pleasure sadly,
the English woman of the butterfly type
insists on having it, sadly or otherwise.
DIR. Trcves remarks:
Il say-and ! say il very earnestly--that the
condition Of affairs brought about by the
presence Of those ladies an absolute disgrace
to the country.
For the woman who is giving everything in
the cause Of tenderness and compassion / have
profound admiration; for the other sort /
have only disgust"
The fact that these representatives OF
English smart society were busy in
merrymakings and all sorts of foolery, at
a time when the very existence of the
Empire was trembling in the balance, is
discreditable enough, but that alone would
not, in all probability, have provoked the
exasperated surgeon TO the point OF using
the strong language quoted above But
1t seems that when these pretty ladies
grew tired Of other amusements they
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
Confederate Cherokees organized.

RALEIGH, N. c., May 12.-Col James
NJ Ray, of Asheville, reports that he has
organized in the Eastern band of Cherokee
Indians a camp of Confederate Veterans.
composed of men who served in Colonel
Thomas legion. The organization was er-
fected on the thirty-fifth anniversary Of
the surrender of these Indians, as they
were among the last Confederates to lay
down their arms. The officers of the
camp are: Soo-Ate- Owl, commander; Tim
son 500 Noo-Ku. lieutenant commander;
James Blythe, adjutant; Rev. John jack
son, chaplain; James Keg. color bearer
Jesse E. Reed. the new chief Of the Eastern
band is a member Of the camp. The camp
is given the name 500 Moo Ku" and will
attend the Louisville reunion.
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Maryland Bn.ket-Maker. strike,

CAMBRIDGE, Nd, May 12.-About thirty
men and boys employed in the basket fac
tory of the Cambridge Manufacturing Com
pany went on a strike yesterday for better
wages. The company is now paying Go. so
and so cents per hundred for making the
various styles of baskets. The strikers de-
mand Is, 30. and 81 per hundred for the
same work, raise of 10 cents per hundred
on each style. The strikers say they can
not make even reasonable wages on the
scale now paid by the company. The bas-
ket factory is a new branch OF industry
established when the company passed into
the hands of Cambridge men.
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MANILA CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
A Statement by the Wnr Department
Concerning Them,

The War Department, through the di-
vision of customs and insular affairs, has
made the following comparative statement
of the receipts of the customs house at
the port OF Manila, Philippine Islands, for
the month of March, 1900. as compared
with the same month during the years
1893 to 1899. inclusive. 1t will be noticed
in perusing the statement that the re-
ceipts for the month of March, 1897. are
the largest shown for any one year while
the Islands were owned by Spain. The re-
ceipts at the Manila customs house by
years were: March. 1893. $116,S6S 16;
March. 1894, s135. 35S.06; March. 1895.
s1s7 ,6SO.96: March. 1896. $19e,523.66;
March, 1897, s299. 441.s4; March. 1898, no
record; March, 1899, s243, 46S.2S, and
March, 1900. s515,575.3S.
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FREE ICE FOR THE POOR.
Baltimore Societies Ready for n sum
mer Charity.


mer Charity.
BALTIMORE. May 12.-As soon as the
weather demands it, the Association for
the Improvement of the Condition of the
Poor and the Council of Jewish Women
the two organizations by which free ice
has been distributed for several summers
will begin the distribution of ice 20 the
sick poor.
The free distribution of ice was begun
by the Cooperative Workers. and by the
Association for the Improvement of the
Condition of the Poor during the summer
of 1896. About $4,000 pounds of ice were
distributed that year during August and
part of the month of September.
Last summer from June 10 to Septem-
Der 30. inclusive. the Association for the
Improvement Of the Condition of the Poor
distributed 1925 pounds of ice, at an ex-
penditure of s115.72. The ice was left at
the homes of those for whom the associa-
ton gave its orders by the wagons Of one
of the ice companies.
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The Paris Matin" accuses the United
States of doing in the Philippines what the
British are doing in South Africa. We
must admit that our Administration prac-
tees both in the Philippines and elsewhere
are open to some criticism, but they will
probably compare favorably with French
methods and conduct in Madagascar. When
it comes to colonial oppression and cruelty
our Gallo friends have not much to
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
Fire in n Granny.

ELLICOTT CITY. Nd, May 12.--Fire de-
stroyed about 1,100 bushels of wheat a
granary, lot of straw. and a straw ba.er on
the Guilford farm OF Louis T. Clark Thurs
day afternoon. w. E. Upton was baling
straw on the place with a steam engine.
While the mer engaged in the work were
adjusting the machinery they had ocoa-
sion to use red-hot iron, which was acoi-
dentaIly dropped into some waste straw,
and the fire was started in that way. The
destruction was completed in few min
utes Mr.. Clark had only $3.50 Insurance
on grain and building. He lost outright
about eight tons of straw besides what he
is ont on grain and building.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

The Supreme Court will probably hand
down its decision in the Kentucky gov
ernorship case within a few days-perhaps
tomorrow. Then it may be expected that
the proceedings against the alleged assas-
sination conspirators and the murderer of
Governor Goebel will be pushed. That the
decision will support that of the Kentucky
Court of Appeals does not appear to be
doubted in legal circles.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

NEW YORK. May 12.-Preparations are
rapidly being made for the wedding of Miss
Mary Croker. of San Francisco. to Burton
Harrison, of this city, on June 6. The Ger
emory is to be celebrated at Tuxedo Park.
1t was announced today that the Rev w.
p. Brend. OF Baltimore, n greatuncle OF
the bridegroom, would perform the cerc-
mony. He will be assisted by the Rev.
George Grisvill Merrill. of Tuxedo. Tho
bride will be given away by her great
uncle D. o. Mills.
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LONG SEARCH FOR A SISTER.
Blind Rncetrnck Magnate Antici
pates Success Mt Last.

DUteS Success nj LAst.
CHICAGO, May 12.-John Condor, the
blind racetrack magnate, has been looking
for his sister forty-fve years and has
spent a fortune in the quest. He now
thinks he has found her at Logansport,
Ind.
Twenty years ago he thought that he
had found her, but the woman he located
proved to his satisfaction that she was
the sister Of some other man. The other
man died recently and told the supposed
sister that she was only his adopted sis
ter. He stated that Condor was her
brother. The woman communicated with
Condor last night, and he will leave to-
day for Logansport to find out the truth
of the story.
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THE JUBILEE HANDICAP.


ton Park.
LONDON, May 1.-THE race for the
great Jubilee Handicap of 5000 sovereigns,
the second horse to receive 200 sovereigns
and the third 100 sovereigns out of tho
stakes. one mile and quarter. was run at
Kempton Park today and was won by L.
Neumann's Siernia. j. II. Pear9's Merry
Methods. was second. and ]. A brakes
Royal Flush, third. Twenty-one horses
ran.
The betting was SO to 1 against Siernia.
6 to / against Merry Methodist, and 90 10
1 against Royal Flush.
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Hcnry's Granddaughter Dead

LYNCHBURG, Va. May 12.-Mrs. Mar
tina C. Tatum, who has been in declining
health for some time past, died Wednes.
day night at the residence of her grandson.
A. Lynch Ward. near Lynchs. Campbell
county. Deceased was granddaughter oil
Patrick Henry and was eighty-seven years
of age. She was twice married, her first
husband being Henry Ward, and her Sec
ond William Fatum.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

There is puzzling and troubling feature ir
this rebellion, and it is the supply of these vel
low people with rifles cannon, and ammunition
Where do they get them? When Manila was
taken by Dewey the entire artillery outfit Of the
Filipino army, called. a couple of old
muzzle losders that would not probably have car.
ried half n mile and that had been taken from
Of the long discarded batteries OF tie Span
iards. Now the rebels have hundreds. if not thou
sands, OF Mauser rifles, some machine guns, CAT.
lings, and other material, as well commissary
supplies.
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HUSBAND WHIPPED her CAT.
Young wife's Reason for DESERVING
Her Aged Spouse.

Her Aged Spouse.
BRIDGETON, N. j.. May 12.-"I left my
husband because he whipped my cat
Mrs. T. B. Miller, thirty years old. and
good looking, gave this as her reason for
leaving her husband. DR.. T. B. Miller,
eighty years old. hotelkeeper, of Atco.
N. ]. DR.. Miller. erstwhile Congi egational
clergyman. author. and agriculturist. mar
ried the widow Summons, of this city, two
years ago.
Yesterday Mrs. Miller left, taking her
two children and household furniture.
MY husband said he had s15,00o," said
Mrs. Miller, land he hasn't SIS. l could
stand that deception, but when he whipped
my pet cat, at the breakfast table. that
exhausted my patience, and left.
Mrs Miller owns her home in this city
and is reported to be well-to-do.