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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
JERSEYS CRANBERRY CROP.
An Increase of Twenty-Five Per Cent
Expected This Year.


TONS RIVER, y. J., Sept Former
Sheriff Charles / Holman Of this village.
who. with his sons. is among the largest
growers Of cranbeFries in this State. and
probably the largest individual buyer AID
shipper, has made Up his forecast of the
crop of 1900 with correspondents in the
Cape Cod region and IN wisconsin He es-
Inmates a drop Of = per cent from last
years yield IN Cape Cod, a falling OF OF
1870 .0G0 bushels Il Wisconsin the loss e.
Iimated en- last years crop viii be an even
larger greater percentage. probably 80 or
So In New jersey. on The othEr hand. il
is expected that there viii be at least -
per cent more than last year.
The total crop last year was 1920 000
bushels OF this Cape Cod furnished
.500o0; New Jersey. 250,Gog and Wis
CUnsin, i2o.0C5 bushels This years yield
is divided as fellows. Cape Cod. CSC -0d6.
New Jersey, 56G.o60 and Wisconsin, go
00o
While South jersey was the p-one r
in the cranberry industry and f6- maGy
years was the leader in the production Of
the berry. II is now surpassed by Cape
- The Cape Cod berries are mostly
sold in New York and the New England
markets while the Jersey berries are
largely shipped west OF the Mississippi.
10 Denver and San Francisco. This
leaves the middle West for the WIsc0a-
sin trade The Jersey berries get the
Western market because they are frner
ana VIII last longer and bear traGsporta-
tion better than ms quicker r.periEg ana
more highly-coIored berry of Cape Cod.
Berry picking il New Jersey and on
Cape Cod begins next week and VIII b
continued till frost.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
stnsins Too Close 10 Danger.

(From the Boston PosrJ
Actual aud far-gga,hug war Hi,h China Is bv
no means an impossible contingency. and with tais
the United states can have nothing To do But
while we have aH army on Chinese soil. acting
III conjunction with the armies OF Europe, how
Is The United states 10 keep ont of III The
drifting policy ct the present Administration
Y oUid allow the country 10 be drawn iuevitdb.,
INTO the whirlpool. In short if We keep an
army in China we cannot avoid becoming Il
party to the quarrel that Is pretty sure 10 break
Ont The on.V thing 10 do Is to take our troops
cut and let Europe and japan deal with a cIisfs
which Is none Of our affair
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
ATschuIer Sure to Win.


VI'i me = L0uls KepuDHC-l
There Is little reason to question the soiidity OF
the foundation OF the belief now becoming preva-
lent that Samuel Alschuler. Democratic noni-
nee for Governor OF Illinois, Will carry that
State Tor his party by j substantial mIjorTtr Mr
AiSchuler is unquestionsbly making a forceful
and vote-comPelhnS eamn&i,n 1t Is now said
that he gers close- To the people than any man
known in public fe f1r many years Il is natural
that he should. lie Is man OF the people plain
honest, intense III MS American -srn He i Young
and vigorous, earnest in his convictions sincere
in his devotion 10 the public good. Such men
are apt TO appeal TO the people.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
Reforms in Yachting.

The mcdern steam yacht has been a great factor
in the reform of the Wild young yachtsinan The
Accommodations and attractions such vessel
49, - - a. 49, a15 fi u;.g oi INC
civiiizing influence Of their society has had the
ineeitable effect. Thus there IS less grog. less
poker, and true enjoyment tl.sn ever before
In the way of sport the advantages offered are
wide and comprehensive.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
Tourists 10 he Encouraged.
From Tie Chicago Chronicle.)

Chief among the assets OF Italian hoteikeepers,
merchants, and railroads is the money left with
them annually by tourists. This viii aggregate
about $4,000. 000. and the individuals named have
just taken steps TO cultivate the travelling for
eigner with the view Of encouraging him TO spend
still mere. congress has been II Id IN Rome
under the leadership 81 sSigleer III ttFTsri. for
to the DELEGATE said: "sFe propose to o.Gaaize
all the forces Of italy which relate to the ealti-
yation OF this industry
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
projectIIes Use6 ia Chi.o
IRON tha Chieago Chroniclel

The Chinese war IS going 10 exerrlSIifv. for ono
firing, that the most progressive nations OF The
Garth a.e working toward a simpiifoation OF pro
IeetIles Tie character OF the eremy VIII mike
It aGTlsable to Use some canister and sllrapucl
but solid shot VIII to great extent displacc ali
ethols Il IS safe 10 predict that not pound Of
bar shot, Chain shot, or grape shot viii he iresa
Assstie sol.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
tireoIalion stateme ut.
Gar Amazing DIPLOMACY.

1t will take days for Europe TO get over
its amazeme7t at the action of President
Mckinley in walking into the diplomatic
trap arranged for him by Russia The fact
that he entered with his eyes open does not
natter The bait was too sdvG.y not to b
boted II offered the gaudy opportunity
10 play ward politics. and to demonstrate
TO the country that he could even suspend
the Mckinley Salisbury alliance for few
weeks before election. and appear in the
role OF a friend TO EngIand's bist5.osr en-
envy
How far successful Mr. Mckinley may
be in that adventure line alone can tell.
but it is pIatn that, in The hope OF scoring
little advantage in domestic politics he
has committed an act which jeopardizes,
if il does not sacrifice. The peace prospects
Of the world. and the future CT civilization
in China
II the adhesion of the United Stales 10
her ostensibIe "scuttling policy hsd not
been obtained in advance. il is net reason
able TO think thai Russia would have
PRESSED it. It is therefore not unfair 10
IL President 10 say that in playing TO
tie Pussfan lead as ne has. he assumes
responsibility for breaking the concord OF
the powers. without which a satisfactory
and peaceful settlement oG The Chinese
question IS practically impossible We are
entirely aware that. in accepting the vital
point of The NuscOvita proposition, he men
toned in quite the academic manner, that
it would have been letter if all parties
could have been content 10 remain in Pekin
until the Imperial Government had been
brought to terms. As a method Of declar-
ing plain duty in explanation of a de-
cision to do the other thing. We commend
the text OF the expression to an admiring
public
The triumph CT the Russo American coup
viii exert certain and probably a halaful
influence upon p:Gximate and ultimate
events in China. Il viii sc, up that female
fend, the Dowager Empress in power
again. although the responsibility Tor the
attempt to massacre the foreign minister's
the murder of American missionaries, and
other citizens, and the destruction OF
American property is solely hers. Il viii
place Ii Hung Chang, the tool OF Russia,
in a position to make terms favorable TO
that power ana it Will end in reorganiz-
ing the Chinese Government upon an
ultra anti-loreign basis. and thereby lead
TO q repetition Of the Boxer ut5reak.
and another war a few years hence. Cir
cumstances may intervene 10 prevent Inc
occurrence Of all these things but in
that case, the remedy may be worse thin
the disease, for the Russo-American saIae
may result in a general debacIe anon; the
powers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
No Remedy for Endia.


in spite OF the vast sums expended upon frrf
CATION works and the general development OF In.
dia under British auspices the pslessaess Of The
situation is expressed by eminent Ang,o Indian
authority recently deceased, who SAYS that no
compensating Influences can prevent these reeur-
ring periods of costinuous drought with which
large provinces OF India are afflicted Water
of India from drG,s ht not only exceed The I4os.i-
bilities of finance, but are beyond the reach OF
engineering skill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

CFrom the Cedar Rapids eazette.3

Just about the time tie northern press hsd
caught the key and were wailing ia some har-
mony for the colored people Of North Carolina
something happened in New York, where Reese
ley This Is rather embarrassing and wiu change
>7me of the plans OF The committee on jiepuuofa,
ti0D
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
i Trick of me ,phoue

From the Philadelphia North Americana
what? nelo!'' cried the man over the
phone You're who2 Whatl Who's Aunt LIZ
zie? Hello!! Oh you say he's busy. Well, Why
didn't You ~ 50 in the first pIace?''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
Sufficient for the sun,ner.

(From the Detroit Free Press-l
win you be mine?'' he murmured to her
under the Iambent moon
IN let you think / ani,'' she answered, and
he was sore Dissatisfied.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
The threatened Coas strike.


While it is possible that TIE Republican
National Committee may have influence
enough with the operators OF the PennsyI-
vaHia anthracite region 10 induce them 10
make concessions 10 the miry,s sufficient
to avert a threatened general strike, the
outlook this time is not particularly en-
cCuraging. principally because, SO far, the
operators have refused TO recognize the
labor organization, the United Mine Work
ers of America, 10 which majority of the
miners belong. The men have submitted
their grievances and demands to the en-
pioying firms and companies through their
pnicn. If the former are disposed to treat
they viii have 10 do so before September o
on which date the National Executive
Board of the Mine Workers will meet at
indianapolis. If at that time no overtures
have been received from the operators
strike will be ordered, and II all the miners
stand by their organization forty-three
thousand men viii go out
Opinions differ as to whe5Ier the strike
order of the union would be obeyed or
not; but past experience makes it probable
that, reluctantly, it would be- perhaps as
a result of pressure by the original strik-
ersz Coal strikes seem TO be in the air
There is serious trouble in the coal field of
Kansas, in the Jellico and MiddIeboro dis
tricts of Kentucky and in the Coal Greek
district of Tennessee Unless there are
important concessions by the operators. it
looks very much as if the closing year of
the century viii witness labor war OF the
most serious proportions.
The political effects of such a struggle,
even if it be confined to the anthracite
region. could not be otherwise than men
acing TO the fortunes OF the Republican
party and ticket The managers Of the
trust organization and campaign are known
TO be greatly worried over the situation.
which. they apprehend promises a repeti-
ton OF the Homestead disaster to President
Harrison in 1892. No doubt ;hey are right
in fearing consequences of the same kind.
should there be a general coal strike any
where this year Such a thing would be
apt to give the coup de grace to whatever
hope Mr., Mckinley may entertain in re-
gard to his prospects for reelection.
In the sense that an upheaval of the kind
in question would be of substantial assist
ance in comprising the downfall OF trust
control over. the National Government and
of Hannaism. nc doubt a great many Den.-
ocrats would look upon il with compla-
cency; but we do not share in such q feel
ing.
If the strike comes in Pennsylvania, it
will come only because the reasonable de-
mands of the miners are refused. The min
erS ask for a moderate increase of pay
based upon the fact that. while the cost o.
living has risen thirty per cent in two
years, wages have only advanced six per
cent in the same time. They also demand
me sbolition of the truck system, cash
payments twice a month. ana mat the EN-
ployers shall furnish gunpowder at NOT ex-
eeeding iis retail price IN the open market.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
QuirinaI and vatican.

IFrom the hansas CIIy SJlr)
The fact that the Pope recognizes Victor En-
manuel as King only OF Sardinia VIII not and
10 bring the long quarrel between the Vatican
and Inc quil inai nearer 10 a settlement
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

'Atti ffiS t<S"SLt NitlLtu.1
When dealer wants Ia attract attention "a
his window display he ought TO hire woman ID,
stand outside and look in. Every woman within
five blocks would hasten TO the scene and follow
her example
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

The advance in the price of refined sugar
just ordered by the Sugar Trust is the
ninth within three months This one only
differs from the others in its object. which
IS presumed to be the reimbursement Of
the trust for its contribution TO Hanna
campaign fund
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
No Renose for Them.

(From The Philadelphia Bulletin.)
Two old Jokes met in the next world
'-Well, we'll, said the Nother-in-Law joke,
are you dead at Hast
Yes, replied the Cook-and-Polieeman joke,
AZ dead Is you are. OF course. We are liable 10
be Tesurreeted at any moment"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
How IL Was

From the Detroit Free Press.)
Did lie marry her for her money!
No, he married her money in spite Of ii. !"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

Here's Chance to Ga,ni,fe-A
Washington man with a penehant for
making book has prepared rather an
alIuring proposition for gentlemen who
are willing to risk their money on blind
chance or on what they believe to be their
superior judgment in matters political.
This Washington man will bet twenty to
one that nobody can name all the States
that will be carried by either Bryan or
Mckinley. The odds sound big. but a lit
tie thought will show that the bookmaker'
has all the best OF it." as they say in
sporting parlance. Still, il is suspected
that in this region there are innumeFable
gentlemen OF both parties who are cock
sure that they know exactly what States
viii be carried by Bryan and what States
viii be carried BY Mckinley All such
cOck-sure gentlemen have chance
TO win $50 by risking only 81 of
the coin Of the realm Another equal
iy as alIurine bet which another
Washington man viii make with anybody
IS this lie viii bet S100 that he can name
thirteen States thar viii be carried by BTy-
an: then he Will bet SlGG that he can name
thirteen more States that will be carried
by Bryan. After having thus posted 5000
at even terms on twenty-six States. he Will
bet SI0G 10 $500 that Bryan viii carry
thTee-tourths OF the remaining nineteen
States, He is anxious 10 get all the bets
he can on this combination and he can
command 500 600 for the purpose The
I1oposiuon IS being nibbled at by all sorts
and conditions of men, and few of them
ct seem 10 see the advantage that is
against them. A little nguring viii show
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
CURRENT HUMOR.
That Depends.

from JudSe.J
Mose-'Gwine ter move dis fail?
Jake-nUnno Nose! De landlord hahn made
up his mind yet.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

The New York Herald is authority for
the statement that Mr.. Croker has wagered
twenty thousand dollars on Bryan's cleo
tion against fifty thousand put up by Louis
Wormser, the Wall Street man The odds
which have been from TWO and a half to
INC to one On Mckinley. are visibly dimtn-
ishiug, and the profession expect to see
them disappear within a few weeks. Even
money is a general. non-partisan preIic-
tien.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

A. la-i IL seems probable that the round
up Of hat is left OF Botha's army will he
compl. ed within a few days. There are
signs laat The Beers who again have re-
treated eastward, ar. in small force. and
that their ranks are falling in pieces
President Kruger has moved mis- railway
train nearer TO The Portuguese border.
and seems about to cross it. Lord Rob-
erts is sending encouraging dispatches.
and the end Of The war seems near.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Croker Makes a Big Bet,-New York
is convinced now, beyond all peradventure.
that Tammany Hall IS working earnestly
and legally Tor Bryan and Stevenson. "he
reason IS that Richard Croker yesterday
took the Bryan end of a big bet. Banker
Wcrmser, the representative of a syndi-
cate of rich Republicans, posted fifty thou
sand dollars ca Mckinley against twenty
thcEsaI. put up by Croker. This is a the
prevailing ODDS of two and half 10 enc.
Il is contended by the excitable Gotham
ties that this transaction is the most i'm
por5ant and significant move Croker has
made in national politics. They say that
he does not risk his money ca anything
less certain than ''cinch" in his iudg-
ment. AID reasoning thus they conclude
that Cocker new has his coat Off, MS
sleeves rolled up and is working with all
his nigh and main for Bryan. He prom
ises 10 give Democratic majority of 80.G09
in Greater New York. which involves q
tremendous task when it is remembered
that four years ago Mckinley swept that
section of the State. Il is believed con-
fdently that Il Croker makes good his
promise Bryan viii carry the State, be-
cause it is evident that Mckinley is weaker
in rural New York this year than he was
in the last campaign. II IS supposed that
Edward Murphy will look after the upstate
campaign and, even with weak eandi
date fer Governor, there is no reason why
DIR. Murphy should not hold the Republic
can majority IN the rural districts down
to low fgure-say sixty or seventy thou
sand 1t is not doubted by anybody out
side of the Croker Murphy combine that
il Bird S Colsr should be nominated for
&c +ernor against Lobbyist Odell the Re
publican majority in rural New York would
be reduced to the vanishing point on the
Sta ticket and OF course this would also
lows, the Mckinley vote very consider
ably in the country districts, for when
voters begin 10 scratch ticket there is
10 tseing at what point the scratching
process will stop
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

Gibbs VIII Put Up--The Hon W. W.
Gibbs, Mr. Hanna's official fat-frfer in
PhiIadeIphia, announces that the $500 coo
demanded of Philadelphia manufacturers
and bankers by Mr.. Hanna will be raised
al an early date and turned over to Mr.
McKinleys political manager. There is
no sentiment in raising campaign contri-
butions-it's a very cold blooded business.
declared Mr.. Gibbs to a reporter yester-
day. The suppositior is that Mr. Gibbs
viii get the bulk of the amount
he is instructed to raise from the
steamship interests at Philadelphia Mr..
Hanna is pledged to force through the
ship subsidy bill at the next session Of
Congress, and If he succeeds in doing this
what cash Mr. Gibbs secures from the
steamship people of the Quaker City for
Mr.. McKinley's campaign fund will really
be only loan. II is believed that the
Cramps alone VIII. under these cireum-
stances, put tip a hundred thousand or
more
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

from his muzzle It is reported from New
York that he has been pleading hard with
Hanna 10 let him dc little more speaking
in New York and less out in the lariat-
throwing regions; but the Boss is obdu-
rate. The cowboy candidate is to make all
but the last TWO weeks of his noise out
West He : only allowed 10 do that on
condition that he submits all OF his
speeches to Hanna to be edited by that in
dividuaI.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01

new and curious element Of damage
was sought 10 be established in an action
for breach of promise in Minnesota. The
plaintiff testified that she was engaged 10
another man at the time that the defend
ant asked her to marry him, and that at
the solicitation Of the defendant she broke
her engagement to the former. and prom
ised TO marry the defendant. She con-
tended that the loss Of the opportunity to
marry the first man which was occasioned
by the defendant should be considered as
an element of damage in determining the
amount she was entitled TO recover. But
the Supreme Court held that this PROPOSE
ton was erroneous NO adjudged case
said the court so far as We are advised,
has ever gene to the extent of holding that
because the plaintiff broke her then exist
ing promise 10 marry another man, at the
solicitation of the defendant and prom
fsed 10 marry him the loss OF the opPoT-
tunity TO marry her Tilted lover might be
considered by the jury III assessing her
damages for the defendants breach OF his
promise This proposition is eth
icaIly and legally unsound, for it makes
the plaintiff 10 take advantage OF her own
per6dy and recover damages Of her own
breach Of her engagement with the other
man.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-01
LATE LEGAL DECISIONS.

The unauthorized disposition and sale OF
the dead body OF human being for gain
and proft is held by the Supreme Court
of Tennessee to be a misdemeanor OF high
grade, and nahum in Sc. and an unsuceess~
fdl sttempt TO commit that offence is it
self misdemeanor. ipdictabIe and pun
ishable al the common law.
In this case the defendants were con
victed of a joint attempt 10 sell the dead
body of a pauper, which was entrusted 20
them for burial. Death had occurred in the
poor house, where the body. after suitable
preparation. was. by the superintend-
ent of that institution. delivered TO the de-
PENDANTS as county undertakers. They
placed the body in 4 short metal box,
which after sealing. they put in a trunk
and shipped, together with three others
containing dead bodies similarly packed, to
ST. Louis, Mo, whence they were 70 be
transported To Keokuk. Iowa, ana sold for
$50 each for purposes OF dissection II was
contended by the defendants that the in
dictment did not charge an offence cog
nizable il a criminal court. But the court
held otherwise and on this point said:
'Confessedly. we are without a statute ere
3Ilng Sucn- an offence Hence unless IT
existed at common law, or can properly
be evolved from the principles Of the COM
mon law, either Of which would be sufh-
Gent. it does not exist at all Civilized
countries have always recognized .aad pro-
tected as sacred the right to Christian
burial, and to an undisturbed repose of the
human body when buried. The willful,
unlawful. and indecent taking and carry
ing away of the dead body of an unknown
t.-if aa int m Sa1I and
Of the same for gain and profit, TO the
scandal and disgrace OF religion, and in
contempt of the laws and customs OF the
realm. has been held 10 be an indictable
offence in a number of cases before the
English courts"