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Evening star., 1900-11-08
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION,
Meeting of Reception Committee Call.
ed-GrOwth of Fund.

All members of the reception committee,
national capital centennial celebration, have
received notices earnestly requesting them
to attend a meeting to be held Friday, at
4:15 o'clock, at the rooms of the Washing
ton board of trade, Evening Star building
Since yesterday the following subscrfp-
tions have been received by Col. NJ. NJ.
Parker, chairman Of the finance committee:
Gait & Bro, s25; ]. C. Ergood Co., $40;
Charles G. ,Beebe. $40: A. J. Joyce Carriage
Co., $40: A. S. Solomons, SO: Max Cohen,
$40; w. S. Thompson, $40: James F. Hood,
s.; Edwin H. Fowler, s.; DR.. Leonard Stej-
meyer, IS: Harrison Dingman, $5: DR.. w.
III. Dali. 50; w. Riley Deeble, IS: Robert H.
Marceilus, s.: Hamilton K. Gray, $5; DR..
Luther B. Wilson, s..
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Had to Go Down.

Policeman Holz complained against Belle
Richards, colored, in the Police Court this
morning for having disturbed the neighbor-
hood in South Washington near her home
last night.
"Shc was screaming murder and police
at the top Of her voice." complained the
officer. when I went to her house she
was sitting up in bed. I asked her why she
had made 80 much noise and she said she
had a right to make as much noise as she
pleased In her own house.
That amt so.'' the woman said; "I
was only singing"
"What was the woman's condition. the
court asked.
"She was drunk" answered the officer
Not having five dollars Belle stepped back
70 serve two weeks On the farm.
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Election News Distributed I'm Cuba.

General Greedy, chief signal officer, has
received the following dispatch from Col.
Dunwoody, chief signal officer at Havana:
Full election returns covering 5000 words
distributed to principal cities in Cuba &C
far east as Guantanamo. over the military
lines last night, from ten to twenty min
utes after their receipt in New York
Evening star., 1900-11-08
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NQTICE.--AII. PERSONS WHO HAVE
purchased tickets fo- Karer Klatsch and Dance
given Y -ldies' Liberty LNdce. No. 10, Lo.SB,
a. National Rifles Armory, i.l please tnks notice
that the entertainment will occur on TuESI'Al: :
November 13. instead of November 10. n printed
tickets owing typogrs phical error. Tick
cts will be good only for TUESDAY. November lS
noS-ets
THE RECTOR OFF THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPH-
any will lecture the Epistle to the tphesin rs
this evening at o'clock in the parish building
of the church. II
Evening star., 1900-11-08
To, Desirable Tenants.

The second floor of The Evening Star
annex will be rented to desirable tenant.
Size 50xfO0 feet. Steam heat. electric light
and motor power; elevator service. Apply
at The Star office.
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Defeated by the "Money Power"

0Ht NIIHFItStoH N.T -No"S 'fHH CVuFT
Mr.. Bryan has lest nothing in the good
opinion of the people by his failure to win
at the polls; but is stronger today than he
was yesterday, and will be stronger four
years from now than he was in the cam
paign this year. His defeat will be at
tributed to many causes, but has been due
in the largest measure to the enormous
sums of money contributed to the republi-
can campaign fund by the men and COM
binations whose interests he antagonized
for the sake of the people whose candi-
date he was. Doubtless he would have
gained votes had he not insisted upon the
reaffrmation of the Chicago plank on free
silver
Evening star., 1900-11-08
COMMENT ON THE ELECTION
CAUSES GIVEN FOR THE DEFEAT By
DEMOCRATIC PAPERS.
Bryan's DOwnfall Due to a Lack of
Conditions Favored Mckinley.
Due to n Lack of Faith.
. tho Clnica t,1, Rsax.nrd

Mr.. Bryan's defeat is attributable mainly
to a lack of faith in his financial and
economic theories. In part, too, 1t may be
traced to the lack of confidence in his ca
pacity for the administration of practical
affairs Admiration is not confidence, and
the esteem for Mr.. Bryan's personal char
acter, for his purity, honesty and sincerity.
was not sufficient A man who is admired
for his eloquence, his lofty motives and a
certain vein of rapt poetic or prophetic fer
vor is likely to be mistrusted as TO his ca
pacity for getting down to earth and deal
ing with the affairs of earth.
Evening star., 1900-11-08
MUCH COLDER TONIGHT.

Friday Fair; Fresh Westerly Winds
Cold Wave Bulletin.
Forecast till pm. Friday-For the DIS
trict of Columbia, Delaware. Maryland and
Virginia, fair; much colder tonight. Fri
day fair; fresh westerly winds.
Evening star., 1900-11-08

Edward Graham, charged with refusing
to pay hack hire, left rs cents collateral at
the sixth precinct station yesterday. He
failed to appear for trial this morning and
the money was paid to James Smith, the
Evening star., 1900-11-08

William B. Simms, well-known colored
resident of Hillsdale, died this morning at
Garfield Hospital, where he had been i'll for
several weeks. He was over. sixty years of
age and was veteran of the war between
the north and south. He bore wounds
ceived upon the field of battle, and Of late
years had been in very poor health. He
had lived in nillsdale for over twenty
years, and each year he was in charge of
the Emancipation day observance in that
section of the District. His friends were
notified of his death by the police.
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Philippine Policy Approved.


President McKinley's administration is
sustained. His Philippine policy is ap-
proved. The effort to make Imperialism the
paramount issue failed. The returns show
that the money question was the one the
people were thinking about while the ora
tors and newspapers were discussing mill
tarism and the trusts.
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Fear of Business Disturban


From the New York Ey ening Post.
If each man Of intelligence and discern
ment who voted yesterday were asked what
issue IT was that gave victory again to the
republican party by such decisive majorities
he would say it was the fear Of business dis
turbance in case Mr.. Bryan should be elect
ed. Whether such fears were we'll founded
or not. whether they were prompted by the
threat Of free coinage at 16 to 1 or by the
spectacle Of Mr.. Bryan as an ogre attack
ing the foundations of society generally.
that was the decisive influence that con-
trolled the great mass of doubtful voters.
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water at 8
a m: Great Falls. temperature, 5S; condi-
ton, 80: receiving reservoir. temperature,
SO: condition at north connection. SO; con-
dition "a south connection, 80: distributing
reservoir, temperature, 59 condition at in
fluent gate house, 80; eftiuent gate house,
gH
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Something Did HnppeI

SOmetnlnS Dlu HAppen.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
We think we are safe in saying that the
Courier-Journal forecast came true. Some
thing happened yesterday.
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Due to the Industrial Revival.
,rnm the Snrin., feld RenuLlicnn
Hasn't Recovered Yet.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Enquirer prefers to editorialize on tn
subject at later day.
Evening star., 1900-11-08

Circuit Court No. 1-Chief Justice Bingham.
Hannah agt Anglo-American Savings and
Loan Association; on trial
Evening star., 1900-11-08
Tide Table.

Today-Low tide, am. and 3.O3 pm.
high tide. $40 am and $40 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, $50 a m. and Z
m; high tide, $50 am and 9:5S pm
Evening star., 1900-11-08

The city lights and naphtha lamps al
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset: ex
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif
teen minutes after sunset and extinguishet
forty-five minutes before sunrise
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03
rInkering with the Calendar.

some Of us who have logged
along thus far in this year Of grace
1900, being Of an obserYant turn
OF mind, have noticed that certain
ot the population regard this year
with disfaVor and have been heard
to express the wish that it was over
and done with. Braw lassies and
bonnie they are too, and it would
be rash to say they have no grew
ance who thus express themselves.
From time immemorial, they tell
US, the sex has been entitled to
certain privileges and prerogatives
in leap year, which is supposed to
occur in every year divisible by
four. Well then, 1900 is divisible
by four, isn't it; so how comes 1t
that 1900 is not leap year7 Well,
an answer to that makes very in
teresting story. So hear, now, and
Judge:
One revolution OF the earth
round the sun makes what is called
a year. The period of this reVo-
luton is estimated at 365 days, S
hours, 4S minutes and 48 seconds,
as a solar, tropical or equinoctial
year; and at 365 Gays, 8 hours, 9
minutes and 9 seconds as a sidereal
year. For convenience OF reckon
ing, however, it has been found
necessary to make the year ter
inmate with a day instead oi lrac-
ton Of day, and then to lump the
odd hours and minutes and sec
onds among themselves. About
As years B. c., julius Caesar hav-
ing, by the help OF Sosigenes, a
philosopher OF Alexandra, come
TO a fairly clear understanding as
to what a year consisted Of, de-
creed that every fourth year should
be held to consist oil 800 DAYS for
the purpose OF absorbing the odd
hours, but nothing could exceed
the clumsy fashion by which the
imperial timekeeper added this
day to the calendar. He decreed
that day in February, the sixth
before the calends oil March (sex-
tilis), was to be repeated in that
fourth year, thus making each
fourth year bissextile or leap year!
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03

EURoPE's Ice SUPPLY, In sum-
mer and winter Europe draws its
ice supplies from the mountain
lakes Of Norway. The lakes Of
crystal clear water are high up in
the mountains and are surrounded
by countless pine trees which grow
to a great height. Europe's ice
supply from these sources is con-
tTolled by syndicates. The ice,
which is considered by experts to
be the finest IN the world, is cut up
into huge square-shaped blocks bY
means Of plows constructed for the
purpose. These blocks are sent
down the mountain side on huge
slides. Owing to their great length
the ice often acquires an amazing
velocity ere 1t reaches the inclosed
pool, outside which the bulky ice
ships ride at anchor awaiting their
cool cargoes. In spite OF these
arrangements it sometimes comes
about that the ice supply does not
continue altogether uninterrupted;
for, apart from the occasional de-
lay OF ships, orders sometimes
come which necessitate phenom-
enal quantities being cut from the
lakes, and when this occurs alter
a drouth the demand quickly ex-
ceeds the supplY and scarcity en-
sues. That is why Europe often
has to pay dear for its ice even in
winter time. The ice trust is gem
orally, and not without reason,
blamed for the high prices which
make ice in summer a luxury that
only the lew can enjoy in England
aud on the Continent.
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03

N-CLEvELAHD SLEEPER
VIAB- & O.-Quick service and superior
accommodations daily on 8:Jo pm train,
without change, arriving Cleveland
Io:7o next morning.
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03

1HE IRISH AMERICAN GEkMANs
Il came across a colored man who
spoke with a German accent the
other day." recently said a prom
inent stock broker to a Tepresen-
tative OF the PHILADELPHIA Record.
81 dropped into a restaurant for
lunch, and the waiter who took
my order, although unmistakablV
a colored man, spoke as though
he had just come from some Penn
sYlvania Dutch settlement up the
State, The thing was so pro-
nounced that spoke to the pro-
prietor about it, and found that
my suspicions were correct, The
man was full blooded negro, but
he had teen born and raised in a
small town near Reading, and had
always associated with whites who
spoke Pennsylvania Dutch.
A short time ago l came across
a German who spoke English with
a decided Irish broPue. He was
an educated young fellow, a grad
uate Of German university, and he
was very anxious to learn English.
He dritted out to Chicago, and
from there to a lumber camp up in
Wisconsin. Here, he thought,
would be an excellent chance to
learn the language. But all the
men in the camp were Irishmen.
OF course, the young German
didn'tknow this, and he fell readily
into their mode oi speech. AT the
end Of the year he returned to
Chicago, very proud OF having
mastered our tongue, and was
greatly surprised to discover that
he had a brogue. That was several
years ago, but he has never lost it.
II clings to him as closely as
though ne had been born in
County Antrim.
Washington sentinel., 1900-11-03

It was as il he had decreed that the
2sd of February had to be counted
twice over every four years. But
as one day added every fourth year
xcseded the calendar year, 1t in
evitably followed that Caesar $ ar
rangement made time where there
was no time: the natural time tell
behind the Julian year, the earth
could not keep pace with the de-
cree of imperial Caesar!
And so from the time OF Caesar
onward, this spare time kept &C
cumulating until in 1889 Pope
Gregory XIII. found that from the
time of the Council OF Nice in 525
A. D., when the vernal equinox
fell correctly on the 2Ist OF March,
there had been an over reckoning
to the extent OF ten davs! To dis
pose Of the surplus time thus accu-
mulated since the DAYS OF Caesar,
Pope Gregory decreed that the 5th
OF October, 1882, should be recK-
oned as the Isth, and to keep the
overplus minutes and seconds from
accumulating to a similar extern
in future, he ordered that every
centurial year which could not De
divided by 400, such as 1900, ISoo'
1900, sIoo, aaoo, should not De
bissextile, or leap wears, thus drop
ping the extra day three times
every 400 years.
The Gregorian style, as this was
called, was readily accepted IN
Catholic, but not so readily IN
Protestant countries. 1t was not
adopted by Great Britain until
17s2 by which time the discrepancy
between the Julian and Gregorian
periods had amounted to eleven
days. An act OF Parliament was
accordingly passed making sep
tember 3, I7ss, to be reckoned as
I4th, and also that three OUT OF
every four Of the centurial years
should not be bissextile, as IN Pope
GregoTY'S arrangement.
1t has consequently arisen (this
year not being a leap Year) tna'
the new and old styles now differ
by thirteen days; our January ISL
being equivalent to January I3th
old style. In Russia and Greece
alone OF all Christian countries IS
the old style still retained, where
lore it becomes necessary, IN busi-
ness correspondence from these
countries, to set down both new
and old sYle dates.
The old style is still retained in
the accounts of her Maj S
Treasury, among other things
This is Why the Christmas divi-
dends are not Considered due until
twelfth day, nor the midsummer
dividends till July 9th, and simi-
larlY it is not until April 9th that
Lady Day is supposed to arrive.
This is not the only evidence oi
antiquity in the public accounts oi
Great Britain. In former times
the year was held to begin on
March asth, and this usage is also
still observed by the department
over which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer presides. Hence the
first day OF this functionaTy' imam
cial year this year was April O.
being Old Lady Day, and with
that day the reckonings Of the
British annual budgets BERN and
end. In the United States the
fiscal year ends on June goth.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-02-09
STOOD A OFF.

f. B. Munday, a lawyer of Henri
eta, Tex, once fooled a grave-digger.
He says: "My brother was very low
with malarial fever and jaundice. l
persuaded him to try Electric Bitters,
and he was soon much better, but on
tinued their use until he was wholly
cured. l am sure Electric Bitters
saved his life" This remedy expels
malaria, kills disease germs and puri-
flies: the blood 4; aids digestion, regulates
liver, k dneys and bowels, cures con
stipation, dyspepsia, nervous diseases,
kidney troubles, female complaints /;
gives perfect health. Only SOC at
John Tull's drng store.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-02-09
MCDOWELL.


Of Marion-Hon. Locke Craig Dis
cusses the Amendment Bound to
Federal Court-Other News.
Marion Democrat, Feb. End.
Miss Weeta Presnell, of Nor
canton, is the guest of DR.. and
Mrs. G.. I. White.
T. F.. Wrenn, Of the Catawba
Furniture Company, purchased
the tract of land lying west of
the $. c. & Ga. Extension rail
road, containing about five
acres, from j. S. Dysart on
Monday. The consideration
was 500 and it is said that
another factory is to be erected
on the tract.
Miss Sallie. daughter of S.
II. Curtis. Of Round Knob, n.
c., was united in marriage to
George w. Saborn, Of King
ston, Tenn, last Saturday
evening at the residence of J.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-02-09

C. Murphy. of this place.
Justice of the Peace w. F.
Craig officiated.
Hon, Locke Craig, of Ashe-
vile, addressed a large audi
ence of the leading citizens Of
Mcdowell at the court house
Tuesday on the proposed con
s%titutional amendment. He
told them in his usual able
manner just why and how the
amendment should and would
be carried.
Doke Simpson, Of Vein
Mountain, N. c., was given a
hearing before Commissioners
Craig last Saturday. charged
with violating the revenue
laws. He was required to give
a bond Of 5000 for his appear
ance at the spring term Of the
Federal court at Statesville.
Deputy Collector Roland and
Deputy Marshal Gillespie pre-
fered the charge against the
defendant.
I The special term Of Mcdowell
Superior Court opened Tues
day morning, Judge Shaw pre-
siding. The most important
case tried during the week was
that Of Mrs. Elizabeth Neal VS..
Southern Railway Co. and
Town of Marion. Mrs. Neal
sued to recover damages in the
sum of $1,000 for injuries re-
ceived by falling into a wash
out in the side path along
Depot street on the night of
April II, 1899. The jury found
that the town was negligent,
that the plaintiff was not neg
ligent, and awarded damages
in the S I'M of $500 in favor Of
the plaintiff. No facts were
brought out in the trial which
would tend to prove the rail
road company responsible.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-02-09

A Trying Ordeal in q Granite Falls
Family Death from Appendicitis
Other Deaths-xr. Haywood Tuttle
Moves to Lenoir.
Lenoir Topic, Jan. 31st.
Miss Della Hartley, a daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Jos. Hartley, of
Little River, died last night.
Mr.. John Moore, a son Of
Mr.. Job Moore, of Patterson,
who was in school at Amherst
Academy. died yesterday of
appendicitis.
Lenoir has been made an
International Money Order
office. This will be a great
convenience to parties wish
Ing to send money to foreign
countries.
Mr.. Haywood Tuttle, of
Gamewell, moved into his
handsome new residence at
Fairfield, opposite Mrs. DR..
Beall's last week. MI. futile
has conducted a mercantile
business at Gamewell very
successfully for many years
and will continue the business
there.
Mr.. Calvin Porch, a good
citizen of Little River town
ship, passed away on Tuesday
of last week after a short i'll
ness Of pneumonia, and was
buried at Union Baptist church
( where he had been a member
for years J Oh Thursday. He
leaves a wife and a large family
Of children.
Mr.. D. l.. Smiths family.
near Granite Falls, has just
passed through a trying ordeal.
Mr.. Smith lived with his
mother-i law Mrs. j. g.. Ben
field, and Mrs. Benfield's sister,
Miss Mira Williams, was also
a member of the family. Mrs.
Benfeld died on Jan. 18th after
a short illness with pneumonia,
and on Sunday, Jan. 21st, just
four days afterward Miss Will
liams died. The latter was
about 73 years Of age and had
been quite feeble for some
time.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-02-09
LINCOLN.

III 0CVo ~. 1HO O002 O1SPVo1C1OU
Of the Narrow Gauge Still in Doubt
Other News.
Lincolnton Journal, Feb. INC.
DR.. Leroy Long, a native Of
Catawba Springs township, is
now president Of the Board Of
Health. Choctaw Nation, In
dian Territory.
Mrs. Sarah Bean, the aged
widow Of j. w. Bean. was
badly hurt Tuesday night by a
fall down a flight of stairs.
Owing to her advanced aged
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-02-09
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
AS Told by the Papers in
the Neighboring
Counties.
CATAWBA.

Love X0uSnS6t kOcKSmltnS -CAAW'
ba College to be Enlarged-Ral-
road to Lookout Shoals-Cotton Mill
Stock Sold.
Newton Enterprise, Feb. End.
The one fourth interest of the
late Hugh T. Rhyme in the
Rhyme, Houk & Co. roller mill
and cotton gin was sold at auc-
ton last Friday by Mr.. S. l..
Rhyme, the executor, and was
bought by Mr.. J. c.. Smith for
$1,000.
The surveying corps which
is making estimates of the diff
ferent routes proposed for the
railroad to the Lookout shoals
ran the line from Catawba last
week, and will make a survey
this week from Claremont.
We learn that that they are
very much pleased with the
Catawba route.
The trustees Of Catawba Col
lege held a meeting in Newton
Tuesday. Steps were taken to
put an agent in the field to raise
money to build a handsome
addition to Catawba College.
Mr.. A.. A. Shuford who is
always among the foremost in
all public enterprises started
the list with a subscription of
$1,000.
The Charlotte Observer of
Wednesday had the following
special from Hickory dated
January 3Oth: The town is full
Of social gossip to night over
the sudden marriage of two
of Hickory's prominent young
people, of which the old folks
were ignorant. The marriage
was that Of Mr.. Charles II.
Geitner and Miss Suhonar
Shuford, Rev. j. L. Murphy
officiating.
One day last week a Mr.. Null
Of Maiden applied to the
register of deeds for a license
to marry a daughter of Mr..
Will Fry. But he found that
his prospective father-in law
had anticipated him and for
hidden the issue of the license.
Null fastened back to Maiden
and called the girl out Of the
cotton mill and made haste to
South Carolina, where no
license is needed.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-02-09

y years-her injuries are seri-
Gus, though no bones were
broken.
Mr.. R. Clarence Coon, of
Reepsville. and Miss Hattie
Yoder, were married at Daniels
church Wednesday evening.
Rev. r. A. Yoder officiating,
in the presence Of many
friends.
Two weeks ago the Journal
got an intimation that the
Southern railroad was after,
and would probably get, the
Carolina and North-W Western
railroad. While our informa-
ton has all along been that the
Seaboard Air Line was the real
purchaser and while we be-
lieved the S. A. l.. would give
the public a better service and
Lincolnton better reatment
than we have had for years,
yet we knew the business inter-
ests of the place would be pro-
noted should the Narrow
Gauge fall into the hands of a
rival to the Seaboard, and
Lincolnton would be about the
only town on the line that
would be the gamer should the
Southern get it. C~onfrmatory
of the news that the Journal
had received Of the probability
of the Southern's getting the
G.. & n. w. we find the follow
ing in the Raleigh correspond
ence Of the Charlotte Observer
of January Both: is the
opinion Of some we'll Informed
people that the Southern Rail-
way must be the real buyer of
the Carolina & North Western
Railroad, from Chester to
Lenoir. It was thought for a
time that the Seaboard Air
Line had bought it. What
leads to the change Of view is
the news that standard gauge
cross-tles are being placed
along the track from Hickory
to Lenoir. If the Southern is
the buyer then great are the
possibilities. That road can
build a line from Wilkesboro
to Patterson, up the rich and
beautiful valley Of the Yadkin
from Wilkesboro; it can build
another line from Statesville
then it will have three converg-
ing lines and from these can
have a trunk line via Cranberry
and Elizabethtown, Tenn, to
Big Stone Gap, where it's coal
fields are. On this main line it
could bring in coal and coke to
Cranberry and to the Greens
boro iron and steel furnace
and coal to Charlotte and all
the great cotton mill districts
and to it's own shops at Spencer.
OF the trunk line referred to