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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY,
Democratic Club FOrmed-LincOIn Re
publican League Session.

publican League Session.
Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, September 20, 1900
The Bryan, Stevenson and Little Club Of
Rockville district has elected the follow
ing officers: President George H. Lamar;
secretary treasurer, Benjamin Hicks: as
sistant secretaries, Walter Williams Chas
Warner, Ohio H. w. Talbot, Clifford H
Robertson, Thomas NJ. Talbot. The presi-
dent has appointed the following executive
committee: George H. Lamar, Benjamin
Hicks, M. d. knight. Frank Almoney,
George c. Dawson. Clarence Hoskinson
Robert B. Peter, James T. Bogley, David
J. Bready, Nelson H. Robertson, Julian F.
Walters
The first rally under the auspices of the
club will be held here Saturday evening.
Mr. Blair Lee will speak, as will also sew
erai other prominent members Of the party.
The Montgomery county school board has
awarded to Miss Eleanor Chfswell a schol-
arship in Gaithersburg Seminary
The foot ball season will open here Sat
urday afternoon with game between the
Rockville and B. and o. elevens The team
that will represent Rockville this year has
not yet been decided upon.
The second session of the Lincoln Ma
tional Republican League was held here
last evening The attendance was consid-
erably larger than at the opening session
The meeting was devoted to business A
resolution was adopted condemning the ac-
ton of Bishop Turner of Georgia in adj
vocating the election of Mr. Bryan
Speeches condemning Bishop Turner's
course were delivered by James w. Poe of
Washington, Mr.. Gross of New Jersey,
Charles H. Edmunds Of Rockville and Jere-
miah Hawkins Of Surrattsville
A resolution was also adopted indorsing
the administration of President Mckinley
and commencing him for the fair and i'm
partial manner in which he has acted to-
ward the colored race. The resolution
pledged the leagues best efforts to secure
the election of Mckinley and Roosevelt.
The president of the league was author
lied to appoint two general organizers for
each state to superintend the local organi-
cation of auxiliary clubs under such in
structions as the executive committee may
devise
Following the transaction Of business an
address was delivered by jeremiah Haw-
kinS of SurrattSyille.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
BOSS CROKER'S CLAIM
A DESPERATE EFFORT TO DRAW
THE REPUBLICANS, FIRE,
His Bets Of $4,000 Simply to Impress
His Loyalty to MIR.
Bryan.

An explanation given of the persistent
claim of Boss Croker that the democrats
are going to carry New York this fall is
that he is making a desperate effort to
draw the fire of the republican national
committee. His claims alone would not be
regarded seriously, but the fact that he
is making big bets that Bryan will be
elected has caused some republicans lit
tie uneasiness, imagining that he might
have some secret reason for confidence.
Stories of underground deals have been
started, but they have no sustaining plaus-
bllity. But the explanation that he is try
Ing to excite the fears of Mr. Hanna for the
safety Of New York, SO to induce the re-
publican national committee to put forth
an extra effort there, thus drawing atten-
ton away to some extent from states where
the democrats are making a serious effort
is coming to be accepted
MIR. Cookers Bets.
Croker Is said to have $4,000 bet on
Bryan. getting odds of two. to one. Eighty
thousand dollars worth of confidence, even
at bargain counter prices of 80 cents on the
dollar, makes an impressive display; but
1t Is suggested that Mr. Croker caa well
afford to lose that much for political eff
Iect and to make demonstration of his
loyal enthusiasm for Mr.. Bryan. More
over, ne Will not necessarily lose his money
covering bets. 1t is suggested that Croker
could have no motive for exciting the re-
pubiicans to extra effort in New York
state II he were seriously hopeful of cap
turing it, but would be satisfied to permit
his opponents to bask in the sunshine Of
overconfidence while he harvested at night
with dark lantern.
To Divert Republican Energy
1t Is an important thing In the interest
OF Mr.. Bryan. however, that the republic
can effort should be diverted from con-
centration upon certain states in the mid
die west. wherein lies the only hope OF
democratic success A great scare about
New York might create diversion and re-
Heve the pressure in other parts Of the
country. Mr.. Croker can afford there
fore, to put on his gayest war bonnet and
perform dance of defiance in tempting
range Of the republican batteries The
democrats seem over anxious to attract
attention to New York, while they are
working very quietly in other quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
THE CLARK-DALY FIGHT,
1t 10 One of the Most Profitable Indus
tries Of Montana.

The fresh outbreak of hostilities between
the Clark and DAILY factions in Montana
is likely to give the electoral vote of that
state to Mckinley. A Montana man asso-
ciated with the DAILY faction, who is ia
miliar with conditions in the state, told
Star reporter today that he believed the
split at the Helena convention, which re-
suited in the withdrawal of the Daily dele
gates from the convention. would so inter-
fere with the campaignFof the democrats
that the state would go republican. A ire
mendous effort has been made of late to
secure harmony of action between both
factions of the democrats in Montana for
this campaign, so as to protect the inter-
ests Of Mr.. Bryan and insure a democratic
legislature, which would mean the cleo
ton of two senators. Both Daily and Clark
have been out Of the state for months, and
some Of the best men on each side were in
favor of restraining their personal antag-
onism long enough to serve the interests
of the electoral ticket this fall. The Clark
DAILY feud, however, appears to be one of
the best established and most profitable
industries of the state, and some of those
to whom 1t is most profitable could not af-
ford to have 1t closed down and suspend
operations even for two or three months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
GRAND JURY SAT FIFTEEN DAYS.
This Was Five Days Over the Limit at
Frederick.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
FREDERICK. Md, September 20. 1900.
The grand jury for Frederick county ad-,
tourned yesterday. after being in session
for fifteen days. sitting for the last five
days in violation of an act Of the last legis-
lature. The general assembly of Maryland
passed a law limiting the session of the
grand jury to ten days. but in charging
the Jury Chief Judge James McSherry stat
ed that the law, in his opinion, was vio-
Iation of the Constitution of the United
States, and II the legislature had the right
to limit the session Of the jury to ten days
they could limit 1t to one day or do away
with the grand jury entirely. Acting upon
the opinion of the court, the jury disre-,
garded the law entirely.
All indictments found after the ten days
had elapsed will be attacked as unlawful.
and the cases will be taken to the court Of
appeals, where the constitutionality of the,
law passed by the legislature will be passed
upon. The grand jury examined 800 wit
nesses. investigated 40 cases, found 81.
presentments and dismissed 80 cases Mr..
James K. Walker was foreman and Nj.
o. C. warehime was clerk to the grand
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
Life Insurance Policies.

To the Editor OF The Evening Star:
In Wednesdays Star appears an article
under the heading 1.-THE LOSS of Insurance
Policies" The writer. signing himself "Pri-
vate Dalzell,' refers to Galveston dispatch
es which intimate that of the millions of
dollars of life insurance carried in the ILL
fated city probably a large proportion will
be lost to the rightful owners because of
the loss of the policies and because whole
families have been wiped out and with
them oral evidence Of such policies He
then suggests a cumbersome law to COM
pei the companies to record all policies in
the same manner as deeds and willis are re-
corded. nd
The article, and the suggestion for lesis-
lation therein made. fall little short of an
insinuation that all life companies are
ready to take advantage of any opportu-
nifty to evade payment OF just claims. This
Is gratuitous insult to the most beneficent
institutions Of modern times It ia not to
be believed that any reputable company
will fail to pay every Galveston loss or
will spare any effort to ascertain what
heirs survive lost members. remember
pany was when the. Johnstown flood de-
strOyed whole families and swept ali their
belongings out Of existence. This company,
realizing that immediate action was nee
essary, before possible survivors of the
policy holders could be scattered beyond
reach, sent a representative to Johnstown
with a list of policy holders to discover
living heirs in the stricken city, or II none
were found, to learn II any relatives lived
elsewhere recall the fact that a small
child was found In the chamber of a float
ing house, the only survivor of a family.
In another case all were lost, and an aged
father in an eastern state was the only
heir to the insurance money and 1t was
paid to him. In this way nearly all the
Insurance was paid in a few days BY
quietly waiting for claims to be presented
quite number of policies issued by the
company would yet remain unpaid and un-
called for. The article referred to is very
unjust, and the remedy proposed fmpractt-
cable and expensive to the policy holders.
Every company keeps a complete record of
every policy on it's books, and its status
at any time, and the place from which the
last payment was made. These records
would be open at all times to heirs of mol
Icy holders GEO. c. BOWERS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Representative Young Talks on the
Conversational Outlook.
Representative Young of Philadelphia says
that he does not think the republicans will
lose any members Of the House on account
of the coal strike. The thing that Is giving
them most trouble In the campaign IL the
agitation of the anti-Quay people. II 1t were
not for that. he says, the republicans would
gain several congressional districts which
are now held by the democrats, but as 1t is,
while no district will be lost that the re-
publicans now hold, there seems to be little
prospect OF gains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

Alfred Berry of Southwest Washington,
who was arrested yesterday by Detective
Watson on the charge of promoting policy
and was sent TO Jail for sixty days by Judge
Kimball.
road. who is supposed to be demented, was
arrested last evening by Policeman Evans
on the charge of vagrancy. Today in the
Police Court he was convicted of the ac-
cusation, and Judge Scott fined him S.,
with the alternative Of fifteen days on the
farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
NEWPORT SEASON OVER.
Business People Say 1t Has Been n
Mighty Poor One, and Give Reasons.

Mighty Poor One, and Give Reasons.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEWPORT. r. l., September 20, 1900
Not for years has the Newport season faded
out in such melancholy fashion. The shop
keepers have not done so poorly within
memory. After a month or two has lent
perspective to the view, 1t will be realized
that there has been no season, strictly
speaking, although many people were here
through long, hot summer. The drought
the impending presidential election, the
Paris exposition and the extremely prosper
Gus summer of 1889 were factors in bringing
about the poor showing, but many other
reasons played an important part, such as
the large number of the cottage colony IN
mourning.
Golf and tennis practice is dwindling rap
idly, the only outing diversion OF account
left being the Monmouth county fox hunts
with Patrick F. Collier as master. Now,
that the cornfields are being cut, the drag
man has greater possibilities in laying his
course, but earlier nightfall is cutting short
the runs. In connection Herewith clam
bake of the old-fashioned sort was held
this week, for the farmers whose acres
have been galloped over.
The next two weeks all eyes will be on
the harbor, sha - battles having already
begun among the apprentices at the naval
training station. The North Atlantic squad
ron is beginning to return. and an elaborate
system or maneuVerS Will De made by night
against the three or four forts, in connec-
ton with the torpedo boats and the sub
marine craft. Holland. For this purpose
Narragansett bay has been constituted a
temporary artillery district.
Miss Mary N. Edgar of this city, niece of
Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, and the
Rev. n. B. w. Galloway Of Los Angeles,
Cal, were welded Tuesday at All Saints
Church.
Foreigners here are Viscount Santos
ThrysO, Portuguese minister; Baron Won
Sternberg, first secretary Of the German
embassy, and Alex. Macdonald, British
minister to Brussels, who is the guest of
James ]. Van Allen.
f. Bates, the Misses Bates. F. L. Huide-
koper Miss F. v. Hayden, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
A. Pratt Louis A. Pratt, Frank P. Mitchell,
Mrs. A. G. Baldwin, D. ingalls,, E. s. New
ton, Mrs. ]. NJ. Austin, Henry May. Gerald
De Courcey May, w. H. Beck. the Misses
Maynard.
General Daniel sickles of Washington is
again here.
Mrs. James E. Bradley and Mrs. s. F..
Bradley have returned to Washington after
spending the summer here and at Block
Island.
Judge w. w. Brawley Of Washington is
at the La Forge cottage.
Admiral and Mrs. F. G. Higginson of
Washington have gone to Bar Harbor
The Misses Kieckhoefer of Washington
lately appeared at the musicale given by
Mrs. Benjamin Thaw of Pittsburg and
Gordon Mckay of New York.
Mrs Selfridge of Washington has been
elected president of the endowment fund
committee of st. Matthew's Episcopal
Church of jamestown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
The Richmond baptist Convention.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:

The Richmond baptist Convention.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Please allow space to correct statement
made by Rev. Mr.. Lamkins in Thursdays
Star in reference to the national Baptist
convention, recently holding its session at
Richmond. Va. Mr.. Lamkns says: There
was only 81. 100 collected during the sitting
of the convention, however. being the
smallest amount collected at any meeting
since the organization of the convention, at
Montgomery, Ala, twenty years ago." The
fact is the convention collected at Rich
mond s., 500 in cash. and during the year.
through the several boards, the following:
Foreign mission board, $1,000; publishing
house. $4,000; educational board, $1O2,-
$500 G6S total o ,1e4 ais3S cash. a. n0'eo'
AS an official Of the convention and one
who has attended without a break for eigh-
teen years. feel 1t my duty to correct Mr..
Lamkins' figures and give negro Baptists
and their friends the real results of our la
bors since September, 1899 to the present.
The $500 Is not the smallest collection
ever raised in our history. We have many
times raised less. The convention does not
make its annual meeting a money-coilect-
ing occasion. 1t does all it's work along
this line during the year through it's sew
eral boards and secretaries.
w. BISHOP JOHNSON,
Secretary OF Educational Board of the Ma
tiOnal Convention and Editor of the Ma
tional Baptist Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
Ordered to Their Regiments.

Capt. Frank E. Green, 11th Volunteer
Cavalry. and Second Lieut.. e. r. W. Nc
Cabe. 18th Infantry, at New York, have
been ordered to join their regiments In
the Philippines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

Joseph Grassy. q small scolored boy. today
In the Police Court pleaded guilty of the.
larceny of dog and tag valued In all at,
SIC. %. and Judge Kimball sent him to jail
for thirty days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

Accidents Happen Even to Good Riders.
Nheelmen, don't forget Psssy Davis Pain-K Killer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

The Sensation Of Washing
ton Shoe dom. Look like
hand made.-Are better than
any Shoes you bought for
$3.50 last year. Six differ
ent kinds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

James Means famous ad-
vertised $3.50 Shoes. plain
square toes and tipped round
toes. drill or leather lined
Only a limited quantity at
this price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
PERUS HIDDEN TREASURES
THE INCAs A STRANGE AND ALMOST
UNKNOWN PEOPLE.
Traditions of Buried Riches Left by
Them and the Spanish COnquerOrs
-Extraordinary Narratives.

From Chambers Journal.
In the far distant interior Of the old en-
pire Of the Incas, upon the fringe OF those
countries over which extended that unique
and barbarous civilization, customs and
habits have changed as little since the fall
of that gorgeous despotism as in any part
of the world. Without modification; the
native races have preserved all their per-
sonal cowardice and their collective cruelty,
all their abstemiousness tonly varied by
bouts of drunkenness). and their propensity
to hoard, like monkeys and magpies, secret
ing that hoard in the strangest of places.
The book has yet to be written which will
preserve to the world an adequate picture
Of these strange and isolated peoples-hah
children and half demons-relcs of past
world among the railways and telegraphs
of the present Formerly ground down un-
der tyranny, afterward passed over with
the races of the coast to the harsh, then
torpid, government OF Spain; suffering the
change-any change-of rulers, but never
acquiescent; possessing no feeling OF attach
ment or loyalty. but forever watching, wait
ing for signs of weakness In the ruling race
to rebel, to assassinate, to torture; possess
ing a language so vrile that Spanish itself
has never been able to supplant or smother
It,; viewing from afar the strangers who en-
tered their land as conquerors. but neither
adopting their customs nor speaking their
tongue. Even the Roman Catholic Church,
adept at assimiIating materials the most
diverse, has unfortunately here only pro-
duced type Of superstitious idolater, three
fourths a pagan and one-fourth debased
Christian.
Doubtless there still iinger among the
hottest villages and the older people many
legends and tales Of the aAcient glory Of
their nation: but among the half-cfvifiZed
members, who speak more or less Spanish,
such tales are of the crudest and most ele
mentary description. OF all these, the most
concrete, and the only ones which can be
brought to the tOuChStOne of a proof, are
those referring to treasure hidden during
times of war or trouble, and never removed.
The vast districts formerly known as Upper
Peru TEEN with such stories; some of these
are palpably false, small proportion have
been proved to be more or less true, and
the great bulk of them remain uninvesti-
gated, awaiting the time when the country
shall be sufficiently civilized for the flotation
of treasure-seeking company, limited, to
be managed on the most approved princi-
pies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

Girls and Boys $1.S
grade Kid and Satin Calf
Spring Heel Shoes. - Sizes
to 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21
y Il oSW
"English Welt"

Just put on Sale the mob
best and best Boys Shoes
We ever had. They're great!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

Twenty handsome new Styles Of Dress,
Walking Boots that are n n mr.
cheap at $3.50 are being Of y .WS
fered tomorrow at. ...........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-25
FUNk'S LAST HOPE.
Condemned Man Will Seek Commute
ton of Sentence.

ton OF sentence
Frank William Funk, who is condemned
to die on the scaffold in the District Jail the
9th of next month, for the murder of Will
lam H. Brooks. at 914 23d street northwest,
in June, 1898, has apparently about come
to the conclusion that he can have no fur
Their delay granted by the courts, and is
directing his efforts toward the White
House, hoping to get Communication to life
imprisonment. The Rev. Father Mcguire,
his spiritual adviser, and the Rev. Father
long time yesterday, and when they left
the cell Funk sent word to Acting Warden
Russ that he would see no more newspaper
reporters and few visitors.
His father, who is a frequent caller, will
be admitted at any time, as will some of
his other relatives.
Funk it is alleged, has three wives, one
in Laurel, Md; another in Baltimore. and
third one in Philadelphia but. 1t is stated.
not one of them has called on him. although
his lawful wife has shown an interest in
his case. The condemned man is still busy
writing letters. Not long ago he addressed
one to his alleged wife in Baltimore, in
which he used the most endearng terms.
He is now writing a series of sermons One
of them is the Immortality of the
Soul" another is the Relation of Immor-
tally to Science and still another treats
of the question. rs Immortality Beyond
the Scope of Scence?'' In his letters to his
father, written during recent days, the
prisoner called his attention to religious
matters, and advised his father to seek re-
ligiouS consolation.
1t is probable that Father Mcguire will
be with the condemned man every day I'M
til the time set for his execution. Funks
demeanor has undergone a great change
during recent days. Some of the Jail Off
Gals feared they would have trouble with
him. but since he has professed religion and
has been receiving visits from the priests
his conduct has so much changed that
those In charge of the institution are salts
ned, in case there is commute ton of
sentence, he will go to the scaffold without
creating a scene
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-25
Lese Majeste in Germany.
From the London Spectator.

rOHi tHe LONDON spectator.
No fewer than five trials for lese majestic
were reported in the Berlin newspapers of
Monday and Tuesday. OF these the most
noteworthy was that Of Herr Harden, 1.-The
Junius Of modern Germany" who had al
ready been imprisoned for six months in
1898 for a similar offense. Herr Harden
had severely criticised the kaiser's "Atilla"
speech delivered at Bremerhaven last July,
and, in spite Of the protest of his counsel,
was tried in camera and sentenced on Mon
day to six months Incarceration in a fort
ress. The Times correspondent In Berlin
quotes from a courageous and sensible ar
ticle in the Vossische Zeitung. deploring
the multiplication of these prosecutions-in
one case man who was deaf and dumb
had been sentenced to four months i'm
prisopment-and asserting that they were in
the last degree unsuited to promote the
principles of monarchy. The writer con-
cludes with the significant remark that I'M
less leading statesmen emphasize their own
responsibility more strongly, and thus d.
vert criticism toward themselves, the reich
stag will have to interfere not only in the
interest Of freedom of speech and Of the
press, but for the good of the crown and
the well-being of the state. No amount of
logic can defend a system which results
in the imprisonment of deaf and dumb
man for lese majestic.