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swindIinG the Negroes.

The mere introduction in the Fifty-ffth Congress
of bill to pension farmer slaves has been sufficient
10 set on foot an elaborate and apparently Sic
cessu scheme 70 swindle ignorant former slaves in
the South, who induced to pay monthly dues
into bogus associations formed with the alleged
object Of promoting the LEGISLATION in question
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

tfrom the Chicago Tubu1e.l
Reporer-And he laughed while sou were tyiug
the rope about his neck lie must have been a
hardened wretch.
Leader Il Regula tors Iardenedl say. when we
cut him down after letting yin hang hall an
hour he said Ii hadn't been even un, oIuiortablc.
He'd been wearing these high stiff collars for
ten vearS'
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Reform in slang.

tFrom the Cleveland Plain Dcaler)
Il ser that according to the list one Of the
words adopted by the University of Chicago for re-
form in spelling is Throughout
How DO they pr0posg 90 spell az.
% .Thruout.' "
81 wonder how that Viii affect the popular
Chicago, coiloquaiism -trun out meaning TO make
"A hurried este
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APredetermined Jury.

Nrioin lhe tdlNectoh news
The suggestion Of the appointment OF a COM
mission from the present Congress, composed Of
protectionists, to revise the tariff, appears 10
those who advocate liberty Of trade as well As
liberty OF religion and individual action. to be
about as consistent as would be the appointment
of Satan 70 revise the Decalogue
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\ smart Boy.

fFrom the Chicago Nevs)
Mrs HayIiX-My son Jerry is gettin' 90 be a
regular mechanical genius
slrs Corntasset-DcW tenn WHAT'S he been
a-d0in' uows
Mr.. Hayrix-Why he's gone an made a
addle oni Of his own hgad-aH' hrs got enough
wood !cig toI smother ouc.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

The announcement that no River and
Harbor appropriation bill viii be reported
at this session Of Congress will probably
strike new members with a sickening
thud But they need not despair. II
doubtless means that all hands should
visit the organization headquarters and
make their bids. Such threats have been
made before and have worked beautifully
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31
when Tanner Comes.

(From the Burlington Hawkeye)
Governor Tanner thinks he can I'll the seat Of
Mr.. Cuom in the United States Senate much
better than that gentleman and is going to ask
the Illinois Legislature TO give it 70 him But
what a cOme-dOWn il VIII be 10 see the great
State Of Illinois represented in the senate b the
firm Of Mason and Tanner"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-31

The check which minority party representation
in the election boards is supposed to give TO
partisan decisions touching challenged votes and
to the criminal manipulation Of ballots and re-
turns may be removed without violating any law
wherever the dominant party his a certain
strength
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Eagic- Aa,alr Nov l3- l>'-
Mr.. H. T. TlisG, Superiut.ud Sal Francisco,

Eagle. Alaska Nov. ia. $500
Mr.. u. z. rhfaG, Superint .ndent, Sal Francisco,
Cal:
Sir: Il ba. occurred TO me that perhaps the de-
partmeut might Doe interested In a detailed account
OF tine trip from FUrty-MilC 10 Eagle. ON my ar
rival az Fort Cudsby (Fsrty Mile Po-D from tine
trip mp Forty Mile River / found the Yukon jam
med and huge cakes OF ice plled mountain high
We made several trips 10 test 1t. but found it
would Lg unsafe because of large holes between
the cakes through which man could fall and
easily be lost. Then the weather warmed up and
the creeks put out quantities OF water, 80 that
everything was flooded
Next came the news from Dawson that the
steamer station, with tweuty-siN pouches Of mail.
had gone 10 the bottom In an ice jam. con-
Guided not 10 lose what I had safe and dry hy
raShlv starting before IL was reasonably safe,
prcierTing -afety to CELEBRITY. II single pouch
goes 10 tae bottom every man in the country
here syears that he had a dozen letters ln that
particular pouch
several times we made attempts to start but
were obliged to turn back Finally, on Novcm-
Der 8 and E. we had q couple Of good, cold nights
and ] gave the signal to st:G early on the morn
ing Of the 9Th. We got away az daylight. We
had two sleds with a load Of 800 pounds on each.
and two dogs 20 a sled, together with the follow
ing party: Carrier ID. McCord and his -usn;
lady Passenger, who was going to Rampant "a
marry one OF the mail carriers down there; the
two carriers from routes Nos IS and l09 return
ing TO Eagle, and myself. This made two men
and two dogs 90 each sled and one man to help
the lady passenger over the rough places.
That day we made ten miles over the Jams
Huge cakes Of ice were piled up twenty and thirty
feet nigh. and in some places driven 800 feet up
the bank from the water line. In some places
we had TO chop a passage through the high piles
OF ice
After recOunting the experiences of the
next few days. during which time the par
ty advanced from three to fifteen miles
at a jump the writer concludes:
This was about twenty-five miles from Eagle
and next morning We started soon after daylight
to make the town that day. ] was sent ahead "a
break trail We RAJ nearly all day, only stopping
at 3 O'Clock at a Jsbin for a cup OF tea and
a piece Of bread an butter. We got 10 town
abouf G.QO nrcIoc. " m
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MAIL DELIVERY IN ALASKA
some aT the Difncuitics Encountered
H., Postal Agents.

\ personal letter sent from Eagle. Alas
ks TO the san Francisco superintendent OF
railway mails has found its way TO Wash
ington and excited some wonder among
the postal authorities II is Of general in
terest. not only because it indicates the
difficulties with which Uncle Sans SER
wants must wrestIe in the new gold fields
bur because Of the picture Of trailing
given by the writer Chief Clerk Pridham.
Of the Alaskan service The text is in part
as follows,
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II. g. Plat. Of New York. son Of Sena-
Tor Platt. left the Arlington for trip 10
Manhattan this morning. He has been
here for several days because OF the seri-
Gus condition OF Mrs PlaJL who has been
very i'll She has greatly improved how
ever. and is now not only out Of danger
but is COuValcsCiuE rapidly,
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". d. Chandler, a son Of Senator Chan
der and editor of the Concord Monitor,
was az the Capitol yesterday He came to
Washington with Postmaster Robinson. Of
Concord. and expects TO leave for horne to-
day or tomorrow.
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Charles W. Clark. son Of Senator VIII
liam a. Clark. is constant in his attend
ance upon the sessions Of the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. He appears
to be about twenty-three or twenty-fOur
years old. ripe IN experience. and as
rule 6rds c0mpani0nship with men who
seem to be considerably his seniors. He
is smooth-shaven. has very dark, sleek
hair. years eyeglasses. and is exceedingly
cool a.6 possessed.
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General Brooke Will remain al the
Shoreham for ar least six weeks, when,
il was stated this morning. he viii leave
for Chicago. 10 assume command Of the
Department OF the Lakes, vice General
Anderson. retired. General Brooke will
retire in less than three years. and viii
make Washington his home.
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FARMERS CONGRESS.
Largest Attendance in It's History Exc
pected at the Twentieth Annual
Session at Denver.

Colorado Springs, Col, Aug. 22.-The
morning trains brought hundreds Of
delegates to the farmers congress, the
twentieth annual session of which as
sembled here. The attendance prom.
ises to be the largest since the congress
was organized. Although many of
the delegates did not arrive in time to
attend the opening session, the high
school auditorium, in which the con-
gress met, was crowded with delegates
and spectators when p. G. F. Candage,
of Brookline, Mass. the acting presi-
dent, called the gathering to order.
President Slocum, of Colorado college,
delivered the invocation, and welcom-
ing addresses were made by Mr.. Gill
bert McClurg, secretary of the Colora-
do Springs chamber of commerce,
Mayor ]. r. Robinson and Gov. Charles
S. Thomas, to which responses were
made by members of the congress.
The afternoon session took a recess
after the reading of President Can
dage's address. After the second
afternoon session. D. F. A. Converse,
of New York, addressed the conven-
tion on the various methods of re-
ducing production and increasing
profits. The evening session was ad-
dressed by Amos r. Smith, of New
York, on "Our Shipping Interests" !"
and by Prof. Elwood Meade, of Chey-
enne, Wyo., on "Irrigatio Investiga-
tion"
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TRAINS COLLIDE.
Railway Disaster in New York
Seven Persons Killed-A Num-
ber Are Missing.

New York, Aug. %. - In freight
train collision at Kensico, N. Y,
Tuesday night seven persons were killed
and others are missing. Kensico is on
the Harlem division of the New York
Central railroad, about 16 miles
from New York. At $3.50 o'clock
Tuesday might, while freight train
was standing at the depot, second
freight dashed into the rear end of
it. The engine of the second train
smashed the caboose of the first train
and then turned over. Reports from
the scene of the accident say that the
engineer and fireman of the second
train, and the conductor and two
brakemen of the forward train are
dead under the wreck, that two
others of the train crew are also
buried in the debris, and others are
unaccounted for.
So far as can be learned, the acci-
dent was caused by the engineer Of
the second train running past a
block signal which was set against
him. The engineer was William Sanger
bach, Of New York, and his fireman
was John Cassidy, of New York.
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AN INVENTORS GOOD LUCK.
Devises Plant to Purify Streams and
Scheme Brings Him
Fortune.

William Il. Heal, of Marion, Ind,
has made discovery that will prob
ably bring him a large fortune and
which promises to solve the problem
of purifying the streams of Indiana
that are being polluted by refuse and
ncids from mills and factories The
game fish in nearly all the rivers OF
Indiana have been killed. Horses and
cattle have been poisoned and often.
sivc odors from some of the rivers
have caused Injunction proceedings to
be filed against several manufactur.
ers. Tho health officers and fish com.
missioncrs have been trying to solve
the problem for several years without
success.
A plant was erected by Heal which
was devised to prevent the pollution
of streams by utilizing the waste ma
terial. Most of this waste from the
mills contains sulphuric acid, and
with Heals method ii was found that
the refuse could be converted into blue
vltriol or copperns. and blue stone.
The coppcras can be marketed at SIS
per ton, while the blue stone brings
500 per ton.
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KIDNAPPED GIRL RETURNS.
Reaches Her Home After Spending
Twenty-Six Years with
GypSies.

Twenty-six years ago Laura Han.
cock, then girl ten years old. was
kidnapped from townsville, near Mount
Gilend, o. Every effort was made to
find the child, but without avail. Her
family, though search was long aban-
doned, had never ceased to hope that
some day she would return. The other
afternoon a woman arrived at Mount
Gilcnd and startled people who knew
of the kidnapping by saying she was
Laura Hancock. She had been stolen
by gypsics, she said. and taken west,
For "a years she had shared the for
tunes of her captors, but never aban-
doned her efforts to learn who her
parents were. She finally succeeded.
In relating her experiences she says:
"One year ago ! escaped from the
gypsies. after being transferred from
tribe to tribe. ! began working my
way homcwnrd, paying my fare by
working in Kitchens. I was hnrshly
treated during the early portion Of
my life and learned to do fancy work
and sell it from door to door to pay
my share of the tribes expenses"
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
FATAL FIRE IN PEORIA.
Captain Killed ana Five Firemen In.
Jured During Two Blaxes
Caused by n Fircbux.

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-One fireman
dead, five injured, $4,000 worth Of
property destroyed, is the work of a
hrebug in two fires early in the
morning. 1t was about two o'clock
that fire was discovered in the plant
OF the Peoria Lounge and Mattress
company, at the corner of Fayette and
Water streets. A general alarm soon
had all of the fire machines of the city
at the scene of the fire, but the plant
was practically destroyed. The loss
will reach $4,000 on stock and ma
chinery and $4,000 on the building, an
old frame structure. The insurance
on building and contents will reach
$4,000. During the progress of the
fire Pipeman Philip Distler, of truck
No. 2, and Fred Brodbeck, of hose No.
S, were thrown from the roof of 4
two-story building adjoining the fire.
Distler's shoulder was broken and
Brodbeck was badly bruised.
Capt. Barney Manning and Pipeman
Michael Gibbons and Harry Palmer,
OF hose company No. /, entered door
OF the burning building. They were
holding a stream of water on the fire
when the walls toppled over. Capt.
Manning was killed outright. Pipemen
Gibbons and Palmer were buried un-
der the walls, but were soon dug out
by their companions. Gibbons had
both legs broken below the knees,
while Palmer escaped with few bruises.
Ladderman James P. Lynch, of truck
No. 1, was struck by falling timber
and crushed about the hips.
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CRYING OF THE BABIES.
This and Other Reasons Furnish
Grounds for Complaint to
Warrington Police.

Washington has the reputation Of
harboring more cranks than any other
city in the union. Complaints by them
to the police department bear out this
unenviable reputation fully. The life
OF the chief Of police is made BURDEN
some by these cranks, who have ap-
pealed to him to stop the crying Of
infants who are made miserable by the
hot weather. This is perhaps one Of
the most unreasonable complaints YET
made, but those made relate to almost
everything that goes to make up city.
The writers of these letters object
to boys playing in the streets, to boys
swimming in the river, and the use
by children of small wagons. They OBJ.
ject to barking dogs, prowling cats,
Growing roosters. cackling hens, noisy
crows and sparrows. They complain
about the obstruction of the streets
by pushcart merchants, as we'll az
about the quality of their goods. News-
boys are objected to, as we'll as huck-
sters. drivers of ice wagons, lunch and
clam wagons.
The meek and lowly scissors-grinders
and organ grinders would have to earn
their livelihood in other ways if these
persons could have their way. Rapid
transit cars would be supplanted by
horse cars, automobiles and locomo.
biles would be forbidden the use of the
streets, and the hand of progress
turned back at least half century ia
suit the kickcrs. There are laws re-
lating to the barking of dogs, the
growing of roosters, and the regulation
OF the speed of all sorts of vehiclea.
These are enforced strictly, but not
withstanding this great deal of time
of the police department is wasted in
HPDlYinSr 1 M ID int
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DAMAGED BY WINDSTORM.
City of ShchOygnn, WIS.,. suffers from
n T0rnnLo-Iuss Estimated
nj S1OO,OOO.

Milwaukee, Aug. 2l.-A special from
Shcboygan, Wis, says: "A terrific
windstorm struck the city Monday
afternoon. The storm came very sud-
denly from the north. Eight large
buildings were completely wrecked,
and 200 small houses were blown
down. The loss will be upwards of
100000. Al noon it was us dark as
night and intensely hot. A few mo-
ments before one o'clock the storm
broke, increasing in force until a
cyclone was blowing. People were
thrown down, and fences and signs
hurled hundreds of feet. The storm
ragged for some minutes and passed off
to the south. The storm started in
the western part of the city; near the
cemetery, and swept down onto the
South side and off into the lake. 1t
was two miles wide, and wrecked
everything in its path. All was over
in ten minutes, although it seemed
hours to the panic stricken people
The roof of the large warehouse Of
the Crockcr company was blown Off
and thrown against the large factory
The building was wrecked, and the
large stock of chairs was left with
out protection from the rain which fell
in torrents,
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TO ESTABLISH LEPER COLONY.
Afflicted FiIipinos Will he Collected
ON One of the Islands of the
Group.

Gen. Macarthur has convened q
board consisting of Maj. Louis NJ,
Maus; surgeon, Capt. George p. Ahern,
Ninth infantry, and Cnpt. w. T.. Horton,
assistant quarternaster, to select an
island in the Philippine archipelago
for the segregation of lepers and to
prepare plans and specifications for
suitable buildings thereon and esti.
mates OF salaries for he necessary offi.
Gals and employees. The board is also
charged with fixing the ration and
other allowances for the support of
such lcper colony.
This action was taken in view of
the large number Of people in the Phil.
ippines afflicted with leprosy, who are
a menace to public health. Efforts are
being made to prevent the further
spread of the disease.
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THE PRESIDENTS PLANS.
To Attend G. A. r. Encnmpment-
Will Then Return to Canton
Until Marriage of His Niece.

Washington, Aug. 21.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley will leave Washington
Friday afternoon for Chicago TO attend
the annual encampment OF the grand
army. They will go in special car at
tached to regular train on the Penn
sylvania railroad, and will arrive in
Chicago on Saturday afternoon about
three o'clock. They will remain in Chi
cago until late Wednesday afternoon of
the next week, and will be quartered
during their stay at the Palmer house.
On Sunday the president will attend
two union services in Chicago-one of
the Sunday schools in the morning and
the other of churches in the afternoon.
On Monday and Tuesday he will review
parades, and on Wednesday he will go
to Fort Sheridan. He will be present
at number of banquets during his
stay. Late Wednesday the party will
return to Canton, where thc President
and Mrs. Mckinley will remain until
September II, when they will go to
Somerset, Pa, to attend the marriage
of their niece, Miss Mabel Mckinley,
and DR.. Hermans Baer. The marriage
will be solemnized on September IL at
the house of Abner Mckinley.
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
CAPTURES 1900 BRITISH.
ecuted by Gen. Dc Wet, the
Bocr Commander.

Delagoa Bay, Aug. 2o.-Den. De Wet
has defeated the British and captured
1900 men according to reports here
from Boer sources. Gen. De Wet, who
is the Morgan of the war in the Trans
vaal, gave Lord Roberts the slip, escap-
ing from the generals innumerable
traps and succeeding in etfecting a
junction with Gen. Delarey. Then he
turned suddenly upon the British and
defeated them, capturing seven guns
and 1000 prisoners. This successful
maneuver on the part of the Boer gen.
eral stamps him as the greatest mill
tary leader in South Africa. Every
general in the British service had De
Wet in a trap at one time or another.
Kitchener and Butler had reduced their
commands to shadow, chasing him
hundreds of miles over veldt and kopje,
and now he has not only escaped, but
turned and gave them a terrible blow.
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
McInOrinl Services Held.

Washington, Aug. 21.-Amid scenes
of impressive solcmnity and in the pres
ence of the president of the United
States, members Of the cabinet, officers
of the army and navy, the ambassa-
doris and ministers of foreign countries
and great concourse of people from
civil life, the memorial services for the
late King Humbcrt i. of Italy were
held at st. Matthew's Catholic church
at II o'clock Sunday. The announce
ment of the services was made by the
Italian ambassador, Baron Fava, and
with the cooperation of the state de-
partmcnt the event was given dis
tinctly official character.
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
Farmer slnys Family.

St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 21.-An Ar
lington (Minn.) special to the Dis
patch says: Sunday night between
ten and II o'clock Theodore Wallart,
a farmer living three miles from
town, killed his wife, a boy of 10, q
girl of 16 and baby. He then set
fire to his barns, destroying the sta
BILE with nine horses, corn crib and
full hay barn. Three years ago
Wallart married the widow Starnbors
and fors some little time they have been
having trouble. The wife has recent
ly been trying to secure divorce and
had taken means to prevent the man
from coming to the farm. Sunday
morning he returned, killed them all,
and fed,
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
NOTED KANsAN DEAD.
Ex-senator John j. Ingalls, Passes
Away After q Long Illness at
Las Vegas, N. NJ.

Atchison, Kan, Aug. 17.-Ex-United
States Senator John j. ingalls, died at
East Las Vegas, N. NJ, at 2:25 o'clock
in the morning, surrounded by his wife
and two sons, Ellsworth and Sheffield.
The news came to the Ingalls, home
here in telegram at ten o'clock Thurs
day. The funeral will be at Atchison.
Mr.. ingalls, illness dates from March,
1899, when at Washington his throat
began troubling him. He occupied
apartments at hotel with his family
and worked steadily, writing political
articles for newspapers throughout
the country. He was'treated by several
specialists. but received no relief. and
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
Fire ON Mackinuc Island,

Mackinac Island, Mich, Aug. 49,
Fire started at one a. m. Friday in the
Pine Cottage, one of the largest board.
ing houses of the island. The fames
were famed by the wind into large
blaze before discovered. The residence
of John w. Davis, adjoining. also
caught, and both houses were burned
to the ground. The loss is cs stimated at
$4,000 to $4,000; no insurance. Viii.
liam Talon, a member of the fire de-.
partment, was seriously injured.
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
Mrs. Lucy Parsons Fined.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-As warning TO
anarchists Justice SABBATH, in the Max
well street police court Monday, i'm
posed u fine of $50 on Lucy Parsons,
arrested Sunday, August 5, near the
West Twelfth Street Turner hull. Her
four codefendants-Abra Edcl-
stadt, Clemens Pfcutzner, Herman
Goodman and Paul Vandrce-- placed
under arrest at the same time, were
discharged after severe scoring by
he court
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
Drowning of the German Emperor.

The German emperor has not yet
been crowned, although he has reigned
for ~ years. 1t has now been settled
that the two hundredth anniversary
Of the foundation of the kingdom of
Prussia is to be celebrated ut Konigs-
berg by the coronation Of his majesty
and the empress, and the festival will
last for a week. All European sover-
eigns will be invited to the ceremony,
which will be of magnificent descrip-
ton,
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
DAMAGE NOT so GREAT.
Found That the Storm at sheboysan
Was Not as Destructive as
First Reported.

Sheboygan, Wis, Aug. 22.-With the
fever of excitement abated Tuesday,
and recount made, the list of build
ings destroyed or partially wrecked
shows not to have been over half the
number originally stated and the
money loss is shown to have been great
ly exaggerated. The latest figuring
gives the number of buildings having
suffered in the path of the storm at
about rs and the pecuniary loss in the
neighborhood of 100000:
The most remarkable feature of tho
storm is that not life was lost.
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25

on their advice returned with his fam
lily to Atchison. AT home he grew no
better, though under the constant at
tention of a specialist. Ten months ago
he again took the advice Of physicians
and sought another change in climate,
travelling through New Mexico and
Arizona. On August IA Mrs. ingalls,
telegra aphed her sons Ellsworth and
Sheffield that their father was sink
ing and they took the next train for
Las VEGAS.