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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15
Must Shoulder the responsibility
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NFIoLi ti- feJIIA I1tfaIa- ITafscFlpt-l
Since the Democratic party was defeated. il is
best that the defeat should have been absolute
The President, the Senate and the House are all
Republican. and that party viii have to shoulder
the responsibility OF all that is done during the
next four wears
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15
Wkx He FoIioHs.

From the Philadelphia Record.)
Ell Todd whistles any dog win follow him
And if Waller sings any dog sill follow him
..oh. until it gets good grip on him,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15

Field Marshal Count Won waldersee is be-
ing criticised for his action in sending
col;snn Of troops 10 take possession of the
tombs of the Ming dynasty. He is accused
We believe unjustIy. of an intention to de-
stroy them on general principles Such
course would be the worst possible policy
in present circumstances; for then there
would be no punishment NEARLY as severe
left to De mered out to the treacherous
Manchus. On the other hand. military oc-
eupation Of the dynastic graveyard would
be both good diplomacy and strategy. Pos
session Of the tonbs OF their ancestors
would amount to the very best seurity for
compliance with the terms Of tire powers,
on the part Of the Imperial family. Fowl
edge that resistance 10 the reasonable de-
nsnds of the civilized states would be met
by demolition OF the Ming tombs and c-e-
nation Of the remains in them. would do
more to bring the court % its senses and
its knees, than could any other possible
means of coercion.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15

lows: 4Moki Land. THE Paris EXPOSE
tion, The Wonders OF TbessaIy," and
"oberammergau in 1907
Course tickets for Mr. Holmes lectures
are now on sale at the Columbia box Office.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15

Ia might be a serious thing for the
worlds peace prospects if the Gar Nicho-
las. who is i'll of typhoid fever a Levadia
should succumb 10 the disease Unless
his expected child should prove to be a
son, he would be succeeded by his broth
er, the Grand Duke Michael, who is of a
wa1like and reactionary character. and
an extreme psn-slavist. Such success
sion would be regarded throughout Eu-
rope as contributing to the chances of in
ternational trouble. So far as the present
ruler OF Russia is able to influence the
course of events. the policy of his reign
is peace and internal development But
there is powerful element in the em-
pire which fevorH rapid and aggressive
steps toward the Persian Gulf. and would
precipitate fulhllnent of Muscovite hopes
in the direction OF Afghanistan. With a
Gar favorable TO such ideas, the faction
referred to might make itself very dan
gerous.
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quito ComfortabIe
fFron, fbe RsSfo Trausrrinf !

tfr0m the b6Ston IfanSCTIpL-J
DweIiey-I fssv, Derabey, why don't you join
our club? You'll find all the comforts Of home
there.
Bolnbcy- Homes good enough Tor n.e-st my
house enjoy all the comforts Of Cub
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15
what We owe The past.

tfFe'n tlie indianapolis Fouraal-l
DO sea enjoy history. Miss P@liiines,'
Oh. . much. professor; Il makes such lovel
Plays.
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Mr.. George Driver invites his patrons and
friends to the daily midday business meA's
luncheon IRON II 80 to . and after Office from
to 8. Saturday. night, to 10
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15
Lafayette sGuare-"Tbe Great Ruby.


The Lafayette Square Stock Company
viii next week offer what is said to be the
biggest production ever made by a local
stock company, in The Great Ruby" a
stupendous scenic nlelodrama imported 70
this country by the late Augustin Daily
shortly before his death. Originally done
at the London Drury Lane, this play con-
tains all the thrilling situations and scenic
effects usually characteristic of the Drury
Lane successes. It was the first and only
melodrama ever imported by Mr.. DAILY.
which fact Is a tribute 70 its merits Ada
Rehan and the splendid Daily company
played The Great Ruby IN New York city
only. and it is, therefore an absolute nov
city 10 Washington. bat play about which
much has been heard locally. In addition
TO Blanche Bates, who viii play the origi-
nal role she created at Days Theatre
when the play was first done. the full
strength Of the company viii be required
for the production, as well as a dozen ex-
ira players who viii come from New York
To temporarily Te-enforce the Stock Com
pany. About fifty superEumeraraies viii
also be required. and the entire pToduc-
tion viii be on an immense scale.
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We are afraid that Dr.. W. Godfrey
Hunter, Mr. AcKinIey's Minister to
Guatemala. is = poseur. he left his post
and Travelled all The way around by San
Francisco, and thence by rail TO the
Kentucky village where he has his resi-
denoe, solely in order to east vote for
his chief and the Republican candidate
for Governor in his State. His reason
was that be feared the vote would be
very close in Kentucky, and his ballot
might be vital 10 the cause. Such a de-
gree OF devotion % ones political princi-
pies at Government expense makes the
finest kind Of advertising. and ought TO
be rewarded with frst-cIass European
mission But economically speaking. it
Is thirg not TO be commended With
the twelve or fifteen hundred dollars it
cost for Minister Hunter to make the
round. not less than fifty good Republican
voters could nave been imported from
Ohio or Indiana and if the election had
really been close think what a world OF
good they might nave accomplished.
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There is great excitement in Paris over
the report that our military authorities are
ia possession OF ali the designs for the new
French field gun. The American Embassy
has thought il necessary to issue state
ment 10 the press denying that any person
corrected with IL, including the military or
naNai attaches, has had anything what
ever 10 do with the matter, il indeed the
story has a foundation IN fact. There seems
TO be some reason for believing that our
Government really has secured copy of
the French gun drawings, and our scientific
officers may have some idea of utilizing
them. Probably that will be the end OF it
unless. indeed. The plans have been turned
over TO an outside syndicate for useful
exploitation. Otherwise. as long as Mr.
Hanna has the Ga5hmaRn gun on his mind,
the French War Office may make itseI.
easy Nothing @IT be allowed 10 get in
the way of that great peace maker
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Tte nijou-..Enropean sensation.,,

The BijOu-'tEurOpeau Sensation
The European Sensation comes to the
8iiou next week with an entertainment
that sheds its rays of brightness all through
the entire time the stage is occupied
There are no dull moments. and every
thing is done to please the audience Beau
tifuI women handsome costumes. and the
latest electric effects help 10 make this at
traction one of the best of its kind. It is
sensational. in some respects. and con-
tinuaI ripple of excitement runs through
the performance from commencement to
finish. Miss Camille Leroy Stafford, term
ed queen of burlesque; Miss Minnie
Cline. a winsome soubrette; comedians that
stand on the top notch Of funny men, Hast
ings aud Wright, and q large and carefully
selected chorus Of pretty girls contribute
to the programme. The European Sen
sation'' will ever be remembered as one OF
the best burlesque attractions that visited
Washington last year. Daily matinee.
The BurtoR Holmes Lectures.
No subject could be more timely with
which to inaugurate course of lectures On
travel than 1.-THE Edge Of China, the open
ing subject of the series TO be given by
Burton Holmes in this city at the Column
bia Theatre next Wednesday afternoon, No
vember 21
On his way back from Manila Mr. Holmes
visited the coast cities Of the Chinese En-
pire but kept the material then aeeumu-
lated until this season. The other lectures
of the series viii follow on the succeeding
wednesday afternoons for FIVE weeks. the
subjects being given one week, as fol-
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The columbia-"The old Homestead.


This wiz be the fifteenth annual season
OF the presentation Of the "OId Homestead
10 the theatregoers of this country, and it
is safe to say that there has not been an
American drama in the last decade that
approaches it in success, and the public
are still as anxious to see it as ever One
glimpse OF nature like the setting of the
! "old Homestead" is Ike an open book
wherein are inscribed the foIlies and pleas
ures of boyhood To this fountain Of youth,
then We go again to drink in those tender
memories, absorb again the wholesome les
sons OF honesty, devotion. and brotheTly
love. So does the "OId Homestead live,
and give life to the oft proven assertion
tina. there is one spark of goodness IL ey-
cry human heart.
or Denm2n Thompson's impeIsOnatiOn OF
Joshua whitcomb everyone knows; he IS
the same sturdy old New England Yankee
as in former years He will personally ap-
pear G: every performance, with d company
OF exceptional merit, including the old
Homestead" double quartette, and the
same attention to scenic detail as in ths
past
The engagement begins at the Columbia
next Monday night, and the management
announce new scale of prices for this en-
gagemeEt only The best seats Will be 81
and the other prices 10 80, and % cents.
The sale of reserved seats opened At the
box Office this morning.
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COMING TO THE THEATRES.
The NatIonaL-.saerlock HoIme...,

The NatIonRI-"sherIOck Holiness
The sale or seats for William GfneHe's
engagement at the National Theatre, next
week. began at the box Office this morn
ing. and the indications are, from the az
vance sale. that Mr. Gillette win have
one of the most successful weeks of the
season This play has proven TO be an
intensely popular one Mr.. GiiIette's pre-
sentation of the great detective has been
surprise in stage realism and the popu-
larity of the play can be said to be al
most unrivaled
The engagement here is limited to oEe
week with matinee on Saturday only,
and this viii be Mr.. GilIette's last appear
ance in Washington for some time. He
plays but limited engagement in Amer
lea this year and opens at Sir Henry Iry-
ins'g Lyceum Theatre, London, early N
the spring for an extended run.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-06

cording to official reports. the popula-
ton affected in 1886 was Al, 100000
in 1s6s-'69 it was 44,50o, 900, in 1s76-'7s
as much as $4,000, 900, and in 1s96-'97
it came to 65,000,0O0. The last famine
almost compares with the present
in area, but not in intensity. AT the
corresponding period of 1897 there
were 100000 on relief works. Now
there are 3,7s4,000, or more than
double that number. In his recent
famine statement Mr.. Ibbetson said
that sin Bombay and the central prov
inces a failure of the crops so severe
and widespread has never been ex-
perienced before. Similarly through
out Rajputana, the southeast Punjab,
and the western half of the states of
central India the present drought Is
without parallel in extent and inten-
sity."
Fortunately good rain has fallen
during the last three weeks in the
northwest PROVINCES, the Punjab, the
central provinces and central India.
This does not5affect the present sea-
son, but it secures the crops ger
minatingin the ground, and so guards
against this famine year being fol-
lowed by another. 1t will so tend to
mitigate the growing severity of the
water famine, which is pressing upon
large areas with even greater severity
than the actual failure of the harvest.
AS it is, prices are rising, and the re-
lief works are crowded.
The crops and the food supply of
India depend mainly on rain. Out of
a total crop area of 225,0oo, 900 acres,
only 100000 acres are irrigated from
wells, canals, tanks and rivers.
The last famine of 1s96'97 may be
taken as an approximate measure of
the present one. On that occasion the
cost to the people of India, owing to
the loss of their food crops, was esti-
mated at, ELL 100000 sterling, about
the total revenue of Great Britain at
present. This is, necessarily, only an
approximate valuation, but the ac-
tual cost to the Indian treasury can
be calculated with considerable ap-
proach to accuracy. The amount
spent on relief works, the loss of rev.
enue, the land revenue suspended, the
loans to famine districts and the
amount of the charitable funds came
in all to e19.250,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-06
A SUCCESSFUL FARMER.

Within three miles of the town go
ing eastward is the farm of Mr.. w.
Creamer, one of the municipalities
largest and most prosperous mixed
farmers. Mr.. Creamer came to this
country in 1880 and settled on por-
tion of the land which comLfises his
present enormous farm of 1,2S0 acres.
In common with many others of
similar period he experienced all the
hardships and difficulties common to
the absence of railway and market IA
cilities. In no wise daunted, by en-
ergy, industry and indomitable will
he has been able to surmount all OBJ
stacles and has achieved an unpar-
alleled success, and is known through
out the district as one of it's preemi-
nsnt farmers. His operations extend
over 1880 acres, two sections (the
thought alone of so much land makes
the eastern farmer dizzy; 500 acres
of this is broken and the rep,ainder
is excellent pasture land aid wood.
This harvest he took off Va crop of
500 acres of wheat and 200 of other
grains. Four hundred acres are
plowed and ready for wheat next
spring. Mr.. Creamer is, as has been
stated, mixed farmer of no mean
proportions, having at the present
time 40 horses, 60 head of cattle and
so pigs. The most modern farm
buildings are found on his premises,
the main building being barn IS
feet square on stone foundation
containing stabling for 16 horses and
a large number of cattle. The loft
Is stored with 30 loads of sheaf oats
for feed and tons of hay; there is
also cutting box. Another building
of large dimensions is the granary in
which after teaming large quantities
to market he still has stored 5000
bushels of wheat. A crushing ma
chine is in the building. There are
number of lesser buildings contain
ing chicken house, pig pens and cattle
sheds. The farm residence is hand
some frame structure of ample pro-
portions. in connection with it is
wood shed. The water supply is un-
excelled; besides house supply there
is a well in the stables and never
failing spring situate in bluff. which
never freezes. Surrounded by thick
bluff of poplars, extending in semi
circle to the west, north and east,
the winter storms are broken and ac-
cumulation of snow unknown. Added
to his farming operations, Mr.. Cream
er conducts threshing outfit for the
season. His success is only one in
stance of what can be accomplished
in Western Canada-Baldur (Man.)
Gazette, Nov. 10th, 1899.
Thousands are going to Western
Canada this year to take advantage of
the free homestead laws that are be-
ing offered by the government.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-06
THEY WERE FIGHTERS.
Soldiers Who Were bound to Remain
mt the Front ms Long as They
Could Stand.

81 think our boys succeeded in the
old times" said Capt. Ludwig, because
they didn't know the military diff
culties in their way and didn't care
to know. AS individual soldiers they
were always ready to take the in
itiative, and if officers were shot or dis
abled, or even if n regiment was scat
tered by a charge, the men rallied on
their own responsibility and took up
the fight where they left it. In this
particular l think the soldiers of the
old union army were different from
those of any of the modern European
armies.
''Not long ago introduced Maj. Ev-
ans, of the Twentieth Illinois, to
Charles Cannon, of the Chicago bat
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-06
utes. Such yelling and wild shooting

utes. Such yelling and wild shooting
i never before had heard nor seen. Men
were knocked from their saddles. We
were so mixed up that one was afraid
to shoot for fear of hitting friend.
Finally the fence got knocked down,
and l made n dash for freedom. AS 1
did so bullet pierced my mare, max
ing her fall to her knees, and throw
ing me almost over her head. Getting
her to her feet 1 looked forward and
saw n squad of the Fourteenth COM
ing to our aid. The tide of battle was
soon turned; the enemy were re-
charged, and nearly all of them cap
tured or killed before their breast
works were reached.-Isaac C. Dennis,
in National Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-06

terry. Cannon at once asked if Evans
had been with the Twentieth at the
battle in front of Atlanta. He then
explained that the battery was on the
right of the Twentieth and that the
skirmish line of the latter regiment
held the strong confederate force back
for two hours. 1t was n remarkable
fight, and the men of the battery
watched the progress with the great
est interest and anxiety.
SIN the midst of the fight the men
of the battery, who knew if the skir-
mish line was driven back that the
battery must go back, saw one of the
Twentieth men bleeding from a wound
in the head coming unsteadily to the
rear. He walked rs though weak from
loss of blood or blinded by blood run
ming down in his eyes, and they Won
dered if he had strength enough to
reach place of safety. He came to the
dead body of comrade, turned the
body over, took the cartridges from
| the box, and returned to his place in
| the skirmish line. He wasn't thinking
| of the tremendous odds in front nor OF
his wound. He had come back for am
munition, and when he had secured the
cartridges he took up the fight again.
"When we were at Lake Providence,
above Vicksburg, in April, 1868, Gen.
Logan, commanding the division,
called for volunteers to run the block
ade at Vicksburg. The men were eX-
pected to have some knowledge of
boats and were to man the transports
The order calling for volunteers was
read before every regiment of Logans S
division at dress parade. Each colonel
| asked that the men of his regiment
who cared to volunteer for such serv-
ice step four PAGES to the front. In.
stantly every man in line stepped to the
front.
"Then an explanation was made as
to the character of the service; that il
was necessary that the men have con
fidence in their ability to do the work
required of them; that in addition tc
the danger of the enterprise, success
depended on the efficiency of the vol
unteers. After this explanation those
men who felt that they were qualified
to do the work demanded were told tc
step four PAGES to the front. Agar
every man in line stepped to the front
That is to say, of that division of 5000
men every man volunteered to run the
blockade When the case was reported
to Gen. Logan he burst out with ;
characteristic remark: The darnet
fools don't know any better. Detail si'
river men from each regiment Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-06
Hogs between the Lines.

Speaking of animals between the
lines" said the colonel, reminds me
of Fort Donelson. When the confed-
crates came out to cut their way
through our lines, it so happened that
so or 80 hogs were caught between the
lines. They were frantic with fright,
and ran this way and that in an effort
to escape. A volley from our side would
drive them toward the confederates,
and volley from the confederates
would drive them back toward us. The
squeals of those hogs could be heard
above the firing, and the squeals con-
tinued until every hog was dead."-Chi.
cago Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-06

She made panther-like spring and
cleared the rail-pile in good shape.
Looking to the right of us / saw in
the lane force of confederate cavalry
at full speed, hoping to head us off.
L now urged my horse to show her
mettie. Over that field she went like
the wind. Behind me came the rest
of our boys, whooping and yelling. As
Il came to the lane / was abreast of q
half-dozen, confederates, among whom
wns an officer with revolver in hand
He shouted:
"Surrender! Surrender"
go to -" said /, and on / went
Zip came a bullet from his revolver
that made me smell sulphur. Turning
an my saddle / cried to him: "Take
that" and fred into his face two
shots from my revolver. Good heav
ens!" said; 81 never touched him."
Such shooting disgusted me, and
thought had best move on.
BY this time the lane was full O.
Yanks and confederates, everybody
yelling: "Surrender!" shooting, cut
ting md slashing. We would no1 stop
and coming to the gate we found that
those devils whom / had seen in the
timber rs we charged past had come
sat. shut and barricaded the gateway
Now was wild scene for few min