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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07
KILLED BY TIE ROYAL BLUE.
a Stranger Torn 40 Pieces by an EH-
press Train.

HYATTSVILLE. Nd. March "A Royal
Blue train which leaves Washington at 3
O'Clock struck AID instantly killed an un-
known white man about one mile east Of
Riyerdale yesterday afternoon The man
was mangIed beyond recognition and his
remains scattered along the tracks for a
distance Of soc yards
The train was stopped and the trainmcn
ran back and removed portions Of the man
from the tracN.
The man who was dressed in a brown
cEeckered suit. blue overcOat and a brown
derby hat. was seen 10 get OH an electric
car En- this village about 2-20. and walk
along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks to-
ward Baltimore He was again seen walk
ing upon the east-bOund track with his
hands in his pockets and in a msdiJative
mood
Justice Carr deemed an inquest I'M
necessary and the remains were taken in
charge By The undertaken Of this village.
4 pOCkejboOA containing So a receipt for
one dollar in the name Of Louis Schmatz
and a pair Of gold eyeglasses were taken
from the dead mans body by the con-
ductOr.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

NORFOLK. Va, March Curtis. the
three-year-old son Of Eugene Blair, Sea
board Air Line engineer. was fatally burn
ed at his parents home, in Portsmouth.
yesterday morning. Mrs. Blair left the
child alone to go to the front door. A
moment later she heard the boy scream.
and Fastening 20 the room found him en-
yeloped in flames. The child had fallen
against stove. Death resulted four
hours later.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

Perhaps IL would not be improper to call
the attention Of the Boston Filipino Junta
to the admirable activity which is being
displayed by its Manila branch AT prasent
1t seems that the latter body now has an
assassination fund Of two hundred thou
sand dollars in hand, after paying the man
who shot General Lawton twenty-five thou
sand. Compare this evident prosperity Of
the cause in the Philippines with its desue-
tude in this country. Poor George Washing
ton Asuinaldo has had TO send his cam
paisn collector TO Europe for funds. as
signing as a reason that he no longer gets
anything from the United States but phil
anthropic sentiments.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07
Their Minutes.


From the Chicago Timcs-H erald)
This said Mr.. Hyperion. as he laid aside
his paper. "onlv goes % prove the truth Of what
have always said.
"And what thatg" Mas. Hoppcrtou asked
"Tbtt women have no appreciation Of tL. yaIar
o: time Here's an account OF the convention ~
The Stepdlugbters Of tie Rebellion and 60 Slys
hey put in nearly tWo days listening 10 tI. read
g OF the minutes Of the previous meeting"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07
village HampdeaS

FIom The Philadelphia Record)
Il is an interesting fact that there is bar51,
county seat in America that cannot produce
a country lawyer who IS equal 10 any pt,blic
responsibility, but who Is usually unknown orr
side his own district because he refuses 10
submit 20 the degrading conditions thar are -
often the price OF political place
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07
MAJOR ALLEN MISSING.
The Husband Of Writer Suddenly
DisnItnenrS.

BRADDOCK, Pa. March Major
George Allen, aged sixty-one. who
served through the civil war and came
here with his wife four or FIVE weeks ago
from Boston. has been missing since Fri
day. Major Aliens wife is known under
the pen name OF Pearl Montrose. she is
also a political speaker and was about to
take the stump for William J. Bryan.
Mrs Allen says her husband has suffered
for some time from dementia and he
thinks they are reduced to beggary.
Last week, in a handsome black suit.
and wearing diamond studs. he went dig
ging a ditch and returned mud-bedrag-
gled. saying he had been digging for
living
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

Fr0m the New York Wccsly)
The Insurance Aeeut-Weu / wrut, five thous.
and 81 OlCsport yesterday.
The Other Ageut-WhaJ. was after him for 4
year.
You didn't know how TO tackle him. I went
at him with a proposition % bet him $ 900
against the first payment that he would live an
other year"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07
Getting cut Of II Easily.

(Frcm the Fiiegeade BlatterA
You've saved my lie, and whatever you ask Tor
TIL give you,''
Thank yoa. sir, I'm po.r man. and e you'd
he.p me with 100 marks a should Doe greatly
obliged.
'lou value wy life az Only ll1 marks2 Clear
out. lcu shameless fellow, J WON'T give anything
10 any one who wound ir-lLt M. 90
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

Ifrlm lie NlW N0Tk Nc6kly0
Little Wiie-Sae what I have brought yen for a
birthday present. got il at an auction-a gen
uine antique. od-f3shioued b9otilck. such as your
colonial ancestors used.
Husband haven't worn boots for twenty years
Little Nife-f know. Won't iJ look lovely when
it's decorated and hung upt'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07
a Generous soul.

From the Philadelphia Rccord)
81 haven't had a bite Tor three days. said the
hungry tramp
Poor man." remarked the kind-helrted old
woman: Il haven't any dog 20 set you, but
ii you stay ont long enough perhaps you viii get
lr0st-bitten."
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

capable Of coping with such an army as
# opposes. except in strongly defensible
positions well fortified and defended hy
heavy and machine guns.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

NFIuH Inc bOsl0n HeTlId.J
Pbiladeiphia's religious census. Just taken.
SHOWS the Friends to be near the foot OF the
list OF denominations with very small Dup,er;
cal strength as compared with Catholics. Metho-
dists. Prsbyterians, BaptSts and as many
Others. Sull, IL is the Quaker CITY
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07
WOman's Ingenuity,

(trom the Indianapolis ProSs)
You're so anxious TO vote and yet so afraid Of
little bad weather. he said ''that I .onder
what you would do if you had suffrage and it
rained election day"
Pooh. that's easy" she returned. wed post
pone the election, OF course. "
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

Russian naval and military movements
in Marchuria and on the frontiers Of Korea.
are too considerable not to mean some
thing. although il is not thought in Europe
mat the clash between the Car and Milla-
Go over the Hermit Kingdom is very close
at hand. But. if it be not. it is difficult
to understand the extensive mobilization
at NIadivostock and Port Arthnr
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

One OF the reasons given by Mr.. Payne
for changing his mind on the Porto Rican
tariff question was that. free trade was
regarded as a menace. the farmers and
Iaboring men believing that il would fur
nish a precedent for free trade in The
Philippines and ultimately in Cuba fit
should be annexed" Mr. Payne is a re-
freshinE innocent. He does not. OF course.
know that Porto Rico could not furnish a
precedent OF the kind stated. No customs
tariff has ever been laid on the commerce
Of any American territory. The right Of
free trade with all other parts OF ;he
United States is Inherent in Porto Rico
under the Constitution. The same is true
of Hawaii. the Philippines. Guam. and
Tutuia. II Cuba is ever annexed. does
any sane man suppose the American peo-
pie viii allow ii TO be treated as a foreign
country for the benefit Of Mr. Havemeyer
and Mr. Duke? On the contrary. the ter
ritory Of Cuba will have free trade with
this country as soon as our flag and COM
plete sovereignty extend to the island. II
a trust or two should happen 20 get
squeezed in the operation, very few tears
would be shed by the American people.
The Administration appears TO be back
ing Government Pacific cable in the Sen
ate, and a private one-with a subsidy at
tachment-in the House. The uniuitiated
may think that this shows the combination
to be at cross purposes with itself, but il
is not. There will be several. possibly
many, bidders for the privilege of laying
that cable. and earning the three or four
hundred thousand dollars a year subsidy
involved. But the lucky corporation.
whoever IL may prove to be. will uecessari-
" have to show a nobiy liberal spirit
around Republican headquarters. In the
meantime the Senate Government Owner
ship bill viii be useful as a club. until the
deal is closed
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-07

J. II. Bingham. Collector OF Customs at
Birmingham, Ala, and William Vaughn
district attorney for that district. are at
the Metropolitan for conference with Sec
rotary DICK and Senator Hanna. Both are
Republicans and rivals for the chairman
ship of the State Committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
CHILD AS A FOOTBALL.
Exciting Scene In Corridor of Court
House Today.

The quiet of the court house was
shattered this morning by screams and
yells loud talking and the sounds of
struggle. The wheels OF justice stopped
their grind, the clerks from the offices
rushed to the corridors. First the up
roar was loudest on the second floor and
then the first.
The people who rushed from the office
saw a colored man and a colored woman
and a colored child on the stairs. The
man was pulling at the child on one
side and the woman was Juggling on the
other side and the child was yelling If
the people were pulling as hard as the
child was yelling it is a wonder that
something didn't rip or tear.
AS the trio reached the bottom of the
stairs an old man rushed up and took
hand. It looked like a real football
scrimmage. The child represented the
ball. The older man tackled the younger
man who was pulling at the child. The
young man let go his hold and turned on
the old man. The woman tucked the
child under her arm and started for the
door. The child screamed. The woman
screamed.
BY that time the people of the neigh
borhood had arrived. Some thought
that by accident that some fat man had
seated himself upon some child and
there were cries of get off the kid"
The men struck at each other. The peo-
pie crowded around and wondered what
it was all about.
Sheriff Cook Under Sheriff Williams,
eX-Cn1e1 OF PONCE Lucas ana q rev more
officers appeared and the disturbance
was stopped. 1t was discovered that the
young man was James Moss. the wo-
man Mrs. James Moss and the child the
little Moss. The older man was Mrs.
Moss father. Mrs Moss filed suit some
time ago for divorce from her husband.
This morning she appeared at the court
house with her 4-year-Old child and her
father Mr.. Evans, expecting that some
thing would be done in the court about
the divorce and she wished the custody
of the child.
The case did not come up in the court.
The husband wanted the child, took
possession and started to take the little
Moss back to his home. But the mother
tackled him when he started down
stairs. There came near being a division
of the child between the two had they
not ceased their pulling when they did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago NewsI
An American imperialist-Old King
Coal
The average mans second thoughts
are the wisest-
If you are in a hurry avoid the train
of thought.
A bale full of cotton is certainly
baleful blessing.
If you have a happy home keep it
50; if not, make it so.
The plain, unvarnished truth is bet
ter than questionable rhetoric
Spend less time in doing penance and
more in improving your conduct
Men have lost more by crowding than
they have by waiting their turn.
Many a mans wealth is not worth
the httleness he used to gain it
20 years of age or with a woman of any
age.
Some men never work harder than
when they are doing useless things with
out pay
before starting to lay up money for a
rainy day.
It's a great pity that the average man
can not draw a check as easily as he
can draw an inference.
A man should always wait for lady
to sit down before seating himself-un-
less there is only one chair in the room
A physician says a man should never
do any work before breakfast OF course
this doesn't apply to the tramp who is
compelled to work some one for his
breakfast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29

thing could be possible know of sew
eral cases where this game has been
worked and it seldom fails to eaten
suckers and proves that the poor pitied
ignorant negro is a lot brighter than the
ignorant whites who aid him in his
ing"
Il heard Of a smooth scheme of the
Dunco sort few days ago. said
gentleman who had listened to the negro
slave game, that is a new one on me.
II was out at Denver and the wise
young man who had been working 1t
was caught. The boy. for it was a boy,
ABOUT IA years old who played 1t, was
dressed as a messenger boy and had
the book and all the necessary gail to
carry ms scheme out. He went to a
mousse where a young lady named VIII
mans lived and asked II she was pres
ent, saying that be had a message for
her The young woman was called and
the boy presented a message on which
the charges were marked 80 cents. She
gave the boy dollar and he went
around the corner to get it changed and
never came back When she opened the
envelope she found only a blank piece
OF paper on the inside. The young wo-
man was angry and notified the police.
She didn't mind the loss of the dollar
so much, but she did object to being de-
celved by mere boy, especially mes
Senger boy The disappointment over
the message probably had something to
do with her extreme anger. If the boy
had worked some other scheme she prob
ably would not have Informed the police
but the idea of getting a telegram, which
to woman is an important event, and
then finding that instead of containing
the happy notice of the death of a rich
relative it contained only blank paper,
was too much 1t would have been
serious offense even If he had not got
the dollar, for it is certainly very wrong
to frighten a woman with a telegram
and to take money for it Is adding in
suit to injury. The boy was caught
after he had worked several people and
had collected enough money to keep him
in cigarettes for month. Now that the
game has been started I would not be
surprised to hear of it in other places
as il is an easy thing for the BOYS"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
LOCAL MENTION.

The street department is cleaning the
paved alleys today.
The K. U. second eleven will play the
Washburn second team on the Wash
burn field Wednesday afternoon.
John McClurg and Harry Mcclellan
were arrested Sunday. charged with dis
turbing the peace. They put up a cash
bond of $40 for their appearance this af-
ternOon and were released.
The case against H. Bowling, who was
arrested for selling liquor, was dismissed
on account of lack of evidence This is
the third case that has been disposed
of in this manner in the last week.
Commissioner of Elections Yount is
moving into his Office in the city build
ing. The office will be in the Audito-
rum part of the building on the first
floor. This will make it convenient for
people who cannot climb stairs.
Hon. Jacob V. Admire. the well known
former Kansan, receiver Of the United
States land office at kinghsher, Okla,
is in the city today at the Hotel Throop.
He is accompanied by Mrs. Admire. He
was editor of the Usage City Free Press
for many years.
The last published list of soldiers
killed in the Philippines contains the
name of Guy E McClintock, OF troop l.,
Third United States cavalry He was
a nephew of Sheriff Porter Cook and
brother of George McClintock. jailer at
the county jail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29

Pittsburg Commercial: After all the
campaigning and hurrah business, and
millions spent in what are facetiously
called educational campaigns" it still
remains true that the deciding factor
in our elections is the silent vote In any
election district in the United States
the boss or the practical politician at the
helm can easily call the roll of the reg
ulars who always vote the ticket. They
are a necessary element in parties, but
not always or often the controlling ele-
ment. In New York, Illinois. Indiana.
West Virginia. and Maryland appeals
are now made by both parties to the
"undelivered and unbelievable vote
the silent vote which is not known at
headquarters. which does not figure in
the newspaper lists of foppers. but
which as the crisis approaches is very
much in evidence. This is the element
which keeps the leaders and the book
makers guessing: and guess as they
may, they understand fully that it is
still only a guess
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
THATPARSONS ASYLUM
Board of Charities May Proceed to
Condemn q Site.


The indications are that the state
cial meeting, decide to condemn the
land and acquire the site for the cree
ton of the new state insane asylum at
Parsons.
This action will be taken If Grant
Hornaday. the president of the board,
and the president also Of a bank at Fort
Scott, has influence sufficient with the
other members to induce them to act
with him.
Mr.. Hornaday said this afternoon: II
am in favor of obeying the order Of the
supreme court
(which means to proceed with the
work of constructing the asylum p
Il guess that Is right" reJoined Horn
aday.
Joined by the court of Clay county from
proceeding in this matter. A final hear
ing has not been had on the injunction,
pending which the Parsons people have
gone into the supreme court, requesting
a writ of mandamus to compel the board
to proceed toward the actual work Of
building the asylum
The preliminary writ has been. issued,
directing the members to proceed in IA
vor of Parsons, or appear and show
cause for failing to do so, November z.
If the members of the board could de-
termine which court they feared the
least something tangible might be de-
veloped prior to the meeting called for
this afternoon or this evening, but there
of the members of the board to Guilt
vate a chance for prosecution for con-
tempt of the order Of injunction, so they
hesitate, but Mr.. Hornaday favors de-
fiance Of the Clay county court by ig-
noring its order restraining the board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
Lions, Tigers and Elephant.

IFrom the Chicago Record.1
Personally would rather undertake
to train Jungle bred lions than lions that
are born in captivity. You may win the
regard Of the first class, but the others
are so accustomed to seeing everybody
that they respect nobody. The idea that
lions desire to eat up their trainers Is
preposterous- ! feed these lions 12li
pounds of fine meat every day at
o'clock. II lion was raVenOusly hung
~ the case might be different. When a
beast gets mad and knocks you down
with a blow from his paw, you must lie
still 1t would be useless to fight back.
for If he should close his jaws no bone
would stand the pressure. do not fear
the lions jaw and teeth-the paws and
claws are the things that have left their
marks all over my body. Their claws
are sharp as fishhooks and take hold ia
the same fashion.
Yes. / have been nipped by lions a
number Of times, generally in the fieshy
part of the hand and the leg; the teeth
have gone clean through with a snap.
STILL the claws are the things that make
the life Of the lion tanner an 'unpreferred
risk in life insurance writing.
Tigers are much brighter than lions.
and can be taught many tricks, but they
can never be relied on, as treachery ap-
pears to be their disposition and inherit
lance. They are tremendous fighters.and
If they cannot get up a row among
themselves they are ready to helm Others
The closest call ever had in my life was
when Jaguar got over the partition in
the big den Into the cage occupied by a
lion and undertook to take a bone away
from the latter. / went in and under
took to drive the Jaguar back into her
own cage. The beast turned upon me
and clawed me horribly, while the lion
took a whack at my back. When / was
finally dragged out of the cage the new
suit Of clothes that / wore was a mass
OF tatters, and was SCARED and bloody
from head to heels. This famous fight
occurred in Washington with the w c.
Coup show. I had a number Of encoun-
tiers with Wallace. who was set down
on the bills as the man-cater.' He had
chewed and clawed many men, but new
err eaten one, but he did occasionally
feast on horse. So many stories have
been told about Wallace by trainers that
never handled him 1t would be idle FOR
me to repeat them, as had him all the
time he was in this country. That ia
nous lion died two years ago in an ex-
press car while on his travels.
Tigers have a fancy for sliding on
their backs and getting you at disad-
vantage, as they lie and claw upward
The moment you turn TO leave a cage
they are liable 10 slide its whole length
and drag you down before you can raise
your whip.
But take my word for II. the nosi
dangerous animal you can encounter IN
a menagerie is a bad elephant I've
been with 'em FOR 40 years, and 1 know"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
PROGRESS IN PORTO RICO

Imports into the United States from
Porto Rico have trebled, and exports to
that island from the United States have
quadrupled in the five months since the
enactment Of the new Porto Rican tariff
act, as compared with those Of the cor
responding months of 1896 and 1897 when
Porto Rico was under the Spanish flag.
The Porto Rican tariff act went into
effect May l. 1900. The imports from the
island in the five months whose record
the treasury bureau of statistics has
just completed amount to IS, $40. ss4,
against s1169,12s in the corresponding
months of 1897, or practically three times
as much in the five months of 1900 as in
the corresponding five months of 1897
The exports to the island in the five
months of 1900 are 81. sO7, 500, against
S717,744 in the corresponding months of
1896 and s76s, SO2 in the corresponding
months of 1887. or practically four times
as much in 1900 as in 1896 or 1897.
These figures are especially interest
ing because of the fact that it was sup
posed when the act went into effect that
the commerce Of the first year which
proved so damaging to the chief indus
tries that It was thought the island
would in the present year have little
to sell and consequently little with
which to buy. Yet the figures given be-
low show that it has sent to the United
States in the ive months from May !,
1900. to October 1. 1900. twice as much
In value as in the corresponding months
of 1889 and three times as much as in the
same months Of 1897, and that it has
bought from the United States more
than twice as much as In the CORE
spending months OF 1899 and practically
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-29
CHANGES AT ST. CYR.

IParis Cor. London telegraph
In connection with the reopeninR OF
the classes at the military school Of ST
Cyr. the minister of war has ordered an
almost complete change OF the teaching
STAFF of that establishment twenty
two officers, who were comman ders Of
companies. professors and instructors.
are to return 70 their regiments and
viii be replaced at the school by others.
This decision has caused something like
CONSERVATION In certain circles At the
war office IL is simply stated that the
changes have been decided upon for
reasons affecting the service"
On the other hand mill
tary paper states that the officers sent
70 their regiments We're educated In the
free-that Is TO say. the clerical
schools. and that their SUCCESSORS viii
be men who have been trained In gov
eminent colleges Opponents OF the
ministerial decision persistently main
tain that the government is giving In to
the Free Masons, who want TO see st.
Cyr cleared OF Catholic officers and iui-
tiate other changes detrimental to the
army from a professional or technical
point OF view