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though not agreeable to the would-be OPP
timist
This woman. Mrs Mary Jones by name
assumed TO have some sort of occult power
so that she could perform miracles-for
money consideration. of course. she seems
10 have graduated her scale of prices to
fl the purses of those with whom she dealt.
when she had an applicant who seemed
able to spare five dollars she asked that
amount for her services. but she did not
disdain the more modest fee Of half
dollar when that was all that she seemed
likely TO get. And the things which she
undertook to do were many and various. If
she had really done them all she would
have earned the abundant income which
she accumulated in the course of year,
and it amounted to many thousand dollars
One gullible gentleman came 10 her and
asked how he could learn mental telepathy
and control the business affairs of Others
She said she could teach him-for ten dol
lars. payable in advance-and she got the
money. Another with a Hlbernian name.
had burning desire to get on the police
eoroe, and she undertook 10 put him there
Tor nye dollars. One woman hated her
husband badly enough 10 come and beg
Mrs, jones TO make him die. She paid six
dollars and promised TO pay forty-four
dollars more Considering the claims of
Christian Science, this does not seem so
very unreasonable. If this credulous lady
had been = happy instead of an unhappy
wife. and her husband had been at the
point of death from cancer or tuberculosis.
she might have gone to Christian Science
healer and begged his life, and that
healer would have demanded, in all proba-
bility. more than six dollars cash. But
cure would have been positively promised.
Why should not Mrs Jones promise to el-
feet the death of the objectionable man for
that modest sum? But if the husband
happened to be a believer in faith cure,
and the will power Of Mrs. Eddy's disei-
pies happened to oppose itself to Mrs.
Jones will. working in the opposite direc-
tion. something would probably have to
give WaV
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FAVOR INCREASE OF PENSION
House Committee Reports on the
Case Of Mrs. Elmer.

The Committee on Pensions of the
House has presented favorable report on
the bill granting an increase of pension to
Adele w. Elmer widow of the late Com
mander Horace Elmer, L, S. N, who died
of la grippe while in command of the Mos
quito Fleet at the beginning of the war
with Spain. after a service Of nearly thir-
ty-eight years in the Navy.
Commander Horace Elmer was born at
Cedarville, n. j., in 1916. Entering the
Naval Academy at the outbreak of the war
in 1861, although next to the youngest in
a class of 200. he was one of the thirty
chosen to form an advanced class to take
the four years course in three years. He
was thus able to graduate in the fall of
1864 and serve as a midshipman during the
last year of the civil war. From 1865 to
1868 he was a watch officer on the Hartford
on the Asiatic Station. being present at
the opening of various Japanese ports
and commanding a company in the light
with the savages in FormoSa.
In 1866 he was, promoted to ensign, and
shortly after TO master. In 1868 he was
promoted to lieutenant, and in 1859 to lieu
tenant commander He served successive
ly as executive officer of the monitor Ter
ror on the North Atlantic Station, as nayi-
gator of the Ossipee on the South Atlantic
Station, as navigator Of the Colorado at
the time of the Virginius trouble, and as
navigator of the Congress on the European
Station. In 1877 and 1878 he was attached
to the Torpedo station at Newport, carry
ing on experiments in high explosives.
From 1879 to 1852 he was executive officer
of the historic old Kearsarge. From then
until 1886 he was on duty at the Naval
Academy, first as instructor in the de-
partment of seamanship, afterward as head
of that department. In 1888 .he was pro-
NOTED to commander. During the summer
of 1886 he commanded the practice ship
jamestown. From 1886 to 1889 he was in
spector of the Eleventh lighthouse district.
From 1889 to 1892 he commanded the
Kearsarge. From 1892 to 1895 he was chief
ordnance officer of the New York Navy
Yard. Among other important work here,
he installed the batteries on the New
York. Maine, Cincinnati, Miantonomoh
Puritan and Terror.
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AMERICANS IN KOREA.
Poor Prospects for Them i'm the
Army or Elsewhere.


Consul General Horace n. Allen has
written to the State Department from
Seoul on the subject of Americans in KO-
rea.
Korea he says. now employs no for
eign military officers as advisers or in
structors in its army and is not likely to
do so, owing to an agreement made with
Russia when large staff of Russian Off
GERS were allowed to leave BY this agree
ment. Korea announced her ability and in
tention to dispense with further assistance
of that kind.
The many requests from young men
who have recently left the service of the
United States, asking for positions in con-
nection with the Korean Army, are futile.
There is no demand for their services in
Korea.
There is also no demand for foreign
advisers to the Korean Government. Al
though two Americans who held such po-
sitions have recently died. their places
have been filled. and there is no further
demand for assistance of that kind. ] he
newspaper report that one of these advis-
ers had been receiving a salary of 100000
gold per annum is entirely misleading
such positions pay from $3.50 to $3.50 per
month.
There is no demand for employees on
the railroads in Korea. Japanese control
and operate the steam railroad, and Ko-
reans and Americans are employed on the
electric railroads. | believe the positions
are all filed.
Employment with the mines would have
to be secured before coming to Korea.
The agent of the mines in America is Fl.
A Noble representative of the Oriental
Consolidated Mining Company. San Fran
cisco. Prospectors cannot operate in. Ko-
rea, and there is-no employment with the
mines other than on wages. | am told the
mining company has not lack OF apph-
cants.''
The evening times., 1900-03-31
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Bids for the New Building to he
Opened April ~.

Attorney General Griggs received this
morning from George B. Post of New
Yoas. the architect of the Department OF
Justice building. a communication giving
the names of firms to whom he sent the
drawings for the new building. and invit-
ing their bids for the erection of the
same.
MIR Post said in his letter that he sent
out eight hundred separate sheets of draw
ings Mr.. Post styled the firms named as
first class and excellent men"
Bids for the new building will be open
ed April l.. and all contracts will be
given out through Mr.. Post, with the
sanction of the Attorney General. Mr..
Post. however. will have no dealings with
ub-contractors, but will hold the firm
which signed the contract with the At
tornev General responsible for the com
pIetion of the work within the prescrib-
ed time and amount.
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a Newspaper Wonder.

6FrOm the IT. Louis Post-Dispatch)
When you open up your Post-Dispatch OF other
newspaper il may cause you to feel some wonder
il YOU know that in all probability yours are
the first hands that have ever touched its inside
pages. The reason fer this is that the paper
is made from wood-pulp. The woodman cuts
down a spruce tree. Ii is hauled to the mill.
There machinery strips off the bark. reduces the
wood to pulp and makes il into paper. At every
turn cranes derTicks. chains, cogS rollers, steel
teeth and other mechanical contrivances keep
the material out of human hands. The immense
rolls are wound by machines, loaded into and
wagon bv machinery. put into press-room and on
presses by other machinery, and finally printed
and folded without having been directly touched
by anv human hand This is a mechanical marvel
of TODAY which is no doubt duplicated in other
branches of industry II is very striking in the
newspaper industry, which stands in the very
front rank Of mechanical perfection.
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II is as We have predicted. All author
ity is to be taken away from Otis. The
Philippine Commission is to have plenary
power in civil affairs. and the department
commanders in military matters For a
short time. and to save appearances. Otis
will be the wooden head on the PROV of
the Philippine ship of state, and then he
viii be brought home quietly. and. as far
as possible. prevented from getting into
the campaign a horrible example of Ad-
ministration blundeTipg in the Far East
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The Way to Drink Tea.
From the Boston Herald.l

His excellency Wa Tingfang. the Chinese
Minister has put US under still further obligations
TO him by his latest speech ON the subject of tea
drinking and tea brewing as praeticed in China
and in this country. According to WI Ting-fang,
we do not know how to judge tea taste tea or
buy tea or make tea. drink tea, and all we do
know about it is to raise a revenue from il which
we do not need While there are expensive teas
and cheap teas there are no really bad teas except
those that have been adulterated with deleteTious
ingredients, and this very adulteration is prac-
consumers who persist in so spelling their tea by
the addition OF such adutersnts as rum and milk
and sugar. Ii only they would drink their tea
pure as nature intended Il to be drunk. they
would instantly detect any attempt al adultera-
tion, and that would be the end q the importa-
tion Of impure teas
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damages for libelous publication, which
represented her deceased son as danger
Gus crrainal was denied. The reason Iof
the rule seems to be that damages there
for being confined to the feelings ana
mental state. cannot be measured Dy any
certain and satisfactory rule nor can they
be allowed without much danger that they
may be simulated or at least greatly ex-
aggerated
Alimony is not a provable debt in bank
Tuptcy and from which a debtor may De
discharged in bankruptcy proceedings IN
der the decision of the Supreme Court OF
Illinois, in the case of Barclay VS.. Barclay
The court said that it was not a proVaple
debt because the peculiar character OF the
obligation was such that it is always subject
TO modification by the court in which the
decree was entered. according to the vary
ing circumstances of the parties and that
no other court could undertake TO admin
lister the relief to which the parties are Ell
titled. except that having jurisdiction IN
the original suit.
! Where a member of a liverymen's asso-
! citation let a hearse and carriage TO the
! plaintiff for the funeral of his child, 0ut on
finding that the person in charge OF the
funeral was an undertaken and liveryman
doing business outside the association. ne
and the secretary OF LHt dSnoIiotAoH tOOh
/ the teams from the plaintiffs house Just
as they were about to be used, the Su-
preme Court of Wisconsin. in IatZow VS..
! Buenning Isl y W. Rep. l0O3), held that
/ their act is illegal and that they are liable
/ for compensatory and punitive damages.
! And the court further held that livery
! mems association which prohibits any
member thereof from doing business with
/ any person who does not patronize Its
members exclusively, or from letting
hearse TO a person for a funeral where tn2
| undertaken in charge patrOnized non n-union
! members. thus monopolizing business ana
sitting competition. is Illegal as against
| public policy
Where the shipper of cattle made ver
bal contract for the shipment OF cattle,
and paid the freight. and after the ship
| ment had started signed a written con-
| tract. without reading it, the Court OF
| Civil Appeals Of Texas. in Galveston, etc,
| Railway Company VS.. Bolts (55 5. W. Rep.
5lH held that the verbal contract VIII
control.
\ creditor of a person having his life
| insured who takes an assignment OF the
policy to secure his debt, is held by the
Supreme Court Of Georgia. in Morris VS..
Georgia Loan. etc. Company (46 l.. X. A.
5061 only To be entitled to retain. after
collection of the policy. such an amount
as is sufficient to pay the debt, together
with all advances the creditor has made
to keep the policy in force II a balance
remains the payees named in the policy
are entitled 10 receive II.
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KILLED IN HIS ENGINE CAB.
suspicion Nitached to the Death of
"a Locomotive Fireman.

B\NGOR. Me. March @t.-Firem3n Isaae
Newton Buzzard met death under mystic
rious circumstances while his train. was
speeding along OF the Bangor and Port
land Railroad yesterday. His head was
crushed Buzzard was found by Engineer
Palmer Moses with his legs hanging over
the side of the cab and his body lying be-
tween the tender and the cab.
The supposition at first was that be YVES
struck by a car on a siding while peering
ever the side. but there is another theory
that he was killed by being struck on the
head with a stone. thrown by one OF par
tv OF foreigners who had been put OH MS
train while stealing ride An IhFesIisd-
tion is being made
The evening times., 1900-03-31

Her ROYAL Hfghness the Duchess of
York. is now the mother of another fine
boy. who has just arrived at Sandringham.
We should think that this timely re-en-
forcement to the stock OF princes in the
direct line ought to placate the Queen suf-
hciently to induce her to let poor Con-
aught go out and fight the Beers. Al
most every other mother in the United
Kingdom has devoted a son TO her com
try's cause and it does not look well that
royalty should be an exception.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

News from Sebastopoi conveys strong
impression that Russia will not wait many
days more before moving upon Asia Minor
An army corps has been modified, the
troops are furnished with war kits. and
the transports are waiting in the harbor
with steam up Diplomatic movements at
Constantinople just now will repay watch
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secret Pride.
Frnm Dc New York WorIt

Hrom the New York Word)
s'Why will you not announce our engagement
sweethelrtT'' ..,., .. l.. .r,,,,,,,
1.ai, - We are without letting single
nerson know about it. Every one OF my friends
eu4e4 me.
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That Depends.
,iearo Inter-ocean.)

(From the Chicago InteroeeIn.)
EIiphalet-I ncIe Ephrim, if yo' hin meek Tow
shirts outcn three yahds, how many shirts an
yo' get from yahd?
Uncle Ephrim- honey, hit depends on
whose vahd yes in.
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He Had Heard So.

From the Fliegende Blatter)
te Undressing the little sister OF his be-
trorhes)-Don't you know nae. LITTLE one! Who
am T. then?
Iittl. one (hrehtly)--I know. You're my SIS
tef's last chance.
The evening times., 1900-03-31
4 Renietiy.
From the PhiIadeIphia Rec

(From the Philadelphia Record)
..Ob, I'm 80 sick Of men sighed the So
ciety Girl Il feel though neve< wanted to
see a man again.
Then why don't You get married. suggested
the Observing Girl.
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CURRENT HUMOR.
nlDnfhN.

From the indianapolis Press.)
Watts-I think feel bad as Nudge does
over his losing his job.
Potts-I feei worse. lie has already touched
me for ten.
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Mr. Chandler Moved the Hat.-Tht


humorous speech Of Senator Pettus and
the sharp colloquy between Senators Allen
and Foraker were not the only features OF
unusual interest in the Senate yesterday.
An incident every whit as Important as
anything that has occurred this session
was the removal by the Hon. William Ea-
ton Chandler OF the hat of the Hon. John
Henry Gear from its accustomed place.
The Gear hat is an interesting institution
in a double sense Primarily, it is the only
hat of its kind in the United States. 1t is
bread of brim. squat Of crown. and shows
plainly that the corroding tooth OF time
has been trying in vain to destroy 1t. Mr..
Gear guards it with a care that shows the
immeasureable value he puts upon 1t. lie
never trusts it to the peg in the Repub-
hcan cloak room reserved for il. Instead,
he deposits il in the centre aisle or the
Senate Chamber close to his desk, in PLAIN
view of the admiring throngs OF the gai-
lerv More than once has it been stepped
upon by statesmen in the binding excite
ment of debate Mr.. Chandler yesterday
Afternoon barely missed it as he was amb-
ling down the aisle. If he were less OBJ
servant statesman his right loot would
have come plump down On the top of the
hat. But Mr. Chandler arrested his prog
ress in time to save the catastrophe. Then
he stopped down huTriedly, picked up the
hat and tossed it on the top of Senator
Gears desk The Iowan fondled the hat
caressingly fer a moment and then gently
deposited ii on the floor again. Then he
fixed his gaze reprovingly, if not deiiantly.
upon Senator Chandler. 1t is safe To pre-
diet that Mr. Chandler viii not again IN
terfere with Mr. Gears hat If he should.
il is feared the entente cCrdiale between
New England and the Northwest would be
DANCE rously strained.
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4 Salt Trust Chairman.-The

4 salt Trust nan lah.-INe Hon.
Charles II. Grosvenor has been pointing
with pride to the fact that the chairman
of the convention which renominated him
by acclamation the other day was Chief
Justice Bradbury. of the Ohio Supreme
Court Whenever anybody has asked the
Administration 5 mouthpieCe how the party
in his district stood on the trust question
he has replied by citing the fact that Judge
Bradbury presided over his convention
This OF course was accepted as proof
positiye that the trail of the trust is not
discernible in that part OF the moral vine
ward which hOnors itself and the nation
bv keening in the halls of Congress 50
doughty "A warrior and vocatiye statesman
as Grosvenor. And now comes the news
from Ohio that the gentleman who presided
when General GrosvenOr was renominated
is no longer on the bench in Ohio. Instead.
he is the tender and feeder of an octopus
of huge proportions and saline character.
Judge Bradbury resigned from the Supreme
Court some time ago to accept a tempting
offer as attorney for the Salt Trust. How
ever. il is thought probable that Judge
Bradbury kept General Grosvenor in the
dark on this important point for fear that
Grosvenor would not permit him to enjoy
the distinguished honor as chairman of the
Congressional convention if it were known
that the Salt Trust and not the Supreme
Court of Ohio was speaking when the Gros-
venorian assemblage was called to order to
perform a high duty to the nation.
The evening times., 1900-03-31
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Tom Johnson DeIegate.-The
Hon. Tom Johnson swept everything be-
fore him in the democratic primaries at
Cleveland for delegates to the Kansas City
Convention. This is the last preliminary
move in Mr.. Johnson's return to the fold
from which he strayed four years ago. His
friends assert that he will enact modest
role at Kansas City. Theyasay he will at
tempt no extraordinary performance there.
He will be content to sit in the convention
as delegate and vote his convictions on
all questions, without trying to stir up
strife over any issue 1t is understood
that he will not object to serving the
party to the best of his ability in the
campaign. both on the stump and in the
committee. Probably he will be entrusted
with an important part of the campaign
work. 1t is thought that he will be sent
to New York to take charge Of branch
headquarters TO be opened there, though
if he prefers to look after Ohio il is
thought the campaign managers gladly
would utilize his experienced services In
tSat field. 1t is believed that his return to
the fold soon will be followed by host of
wanderers who took their cue from him
in SO.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

Is
ter Chiffon has departed suddenly for
Texas. Il vas his announced intention 10
remain here until near the close Of the
session. but the stubbCrnEess OF the grip
from which he has been suffering for two
weeks determined him to seek relief in the
more congenial climate Of Texas. Then,
too. il is thought that the activity Of Bal
lev in the Lone star State at present had
something To do with the Senator's de-
parture at this time Mr.. Chiffon tried II
vain to induce Mr. Bailey TO postpone the
opening OF the Senatorial campaign u
later date Bailey has been Oh the stump
in Texas for two weeks, and is said TO be
misrepresenting the position OF Mr. Chill
ton on several important issues.
II is believed that when Senator
Chiffon takes the stump 10 cor
rect these alleged Misrepresentation,
the excitement that will enSue VIII be
enough even for the loving
Texans The Huntington railroad inter
ests are said to be actively arrayed against
Mr. Chiffon. because of his support OF the
Nicaragua Canal project, and this will
make the fighting all the harder for the
Senator. Senator Chiffon left a general
pair with Senator Elkins.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

A husband who had deserted his wife for
twenty-five years returned TO England,
and on her application lease of Walton VS..
Walton) was compelled to pay a fixed
sum weekly for her support The hus-
band expressed surprise at receiving
summons after so many years, and offered
to share his home with his wife, but the
latter declined, saying that if he preferred
to live away from her for so many years
he could continue to do so and pay her
senarate maintenance.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

An interesting question as to whether
English poor-law guardians were entitled
TO expend the poor rate in the maintenance
of able-bodied men, who were out on
strike. has been recently before the Eng
lish Court of Appeal in the case of the At
torney General VS.. the Methyr Tydfl Union.
The lower court. by Lord Justice Romer.
held that they were; but the Court of
Appeal unanimously reversed this decis-
ion. and held that able bodied men are not
entitled to poor relief if at the time they
are able to obtain and perform work at
wages sufficient for the maintenance of
themselves and their families, and that the
circumstances of the coliers strike in
South Wales did not amount to an urgent
necessity emitting the guardians to grant
extraordinary relief.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

Under the decision of the Supreme Court
of Iowa. in the case OF Bradt VS.. New Nom
pareil Company (45 l.. X A, 6Sl),. dam
ages cannot be recovered for defamation
of the dead. however, much it may wound
the surviving family and friends. In this
case the right of a mother TO recover
The evening times., 1900-03-31

Judge Dunno. Of the Circuit Court Of
Cook County, Illinois. recently held, in the
case of the Hoops Tea Company VS.. Dor
sey, that a contract between the company
and one of it's employees, in which the en-
ploye agreed that he might be discharged
at the company's pleasure, and that, even
after quitting or leaving the employ of
the company. he would not engage in the
same line of business. nor enter the en-
ploy of a rival company in the same terri
tory. was without consideration, and that
il was such a contract as should not be
enforced in equity. The court entered a
decree restraining the company from pros
ecuting any suit at law or equity for the
enforcement of the contract.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

If a bank, in order to Increase its de-
posits or to sell its collateral. through its
board of directors makes or causes to be
made false statements concerning the
financial condition of one of its customers.
to a third person, for the purpose Cf mis-
leading him, it is liable if loss results:
or if, having made such statements, il
conspires with its customer to make the
same public. to accomplish the same pur
pose il is liable to one who acts upon
il to his injury,-Hindman VS.. First Ma
ticnal Bank of Louisville. KY, 9S Fed.
Rep 562.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

Persons staying at a hotel under a con-
tract for a special rate. which is given TO
all who stay longer than a week, are held
by the Supreme Court Of Tennessee. IN
Meacham VS.. Galloway 46 /. r. A. Slsl.
not 10 be guests for whose property the
landlord is an insurer. but to be boarders,
for the loss Of whose property he is liable
nnlN in casa OF negIigeMce.
The evening times., 1900-03-31

Where a benefit certificate in an insur-
ance company is to be void II the assufed
becomes so far incorporate as TO impair
permanently his health. the Supreme Court
of Illinois. in the case Of Modern Woodmen
VS.. Davis (56 y E. Rep. 3CD holds that
the question whether he INDUCED in the
use of intoxicants to such excess is for the
Jury 70 determine.