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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

Somebody has suggested that q syn
dictate be formed for the writing of war
novels. Ia view Of the extraordinary
output Of this sort Of literature. OBJ
served in the last two or three seasons,
this seems a good idea
There is always q gallant Northern
officer and d patriotic ana fervent
Southern maiden; always d devoted old
negro uncle or nanny. and two or
three specimens OF the real gentlefgIk
of the Old South There IS usually a
Northern carpetbagger, upon whom all
the sirs Of the book are laid. while the
gallant Northern officer IS d sop TO
Northern feeling. This officer usually
explains that he used to think the
Southerners all barbarians, but since
he came South ne feels differently, and
is sometimes moved to wonder If he
is not fighting on the wrong side. This
style Of conversation is not altogether
unheard Of when a gallant young man
meets a pretty girl of opposite political
traditions
Occasionally this war novel devotes
some of its latter chapters 10 the hOT-
rors of reconstruction. in which case
it is carefully explained that the war
was really a mistake, but that it could
have been made right If the Northern
people had not insisted on refusing to
recognize the doctrine Of State rights
after all
This sketch describes the average war
novel as il now exists That it could
be improved in technique and execution
10 one can doubt 1t is now suggested
that a composite novel be written, the
Northern dialect being in the hands Of
Miss Mary E Wilkins. the Southern in
those of Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris; that
Dir. Thomas Nelson Page be asked to
do the heroine, and Mr. Winston
Churchill the hero That some his
torian Of undoubted veracity and some
literary skill contribute the history in
suitable doses, and that Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, for the North, and Halle Ell
mimic Rives, for the South, be request
cd to inject the sentiment into the fin
ished article one may feel sure that
under their hands the thing viii be
simply drenched with sentiment. and
that Is what the war novel needs. IN
aQQGUCn 10 lHIS, MISS lLd NJ : HLDelt
could be asked TO contribute a few
chapters on Lincoln, for without a
GLIMPSE" of the real Lincoln" no war
novel is complete.
This idea seems to be a good one.
The question now IS, how it is to be
carried out There may be various
plans for doing this; but perhaps this
would be as good as any which could
be devised: Let all the prominent pub
fishers Of the country enter into an
agreement by which no one shall pub
lish any war novel for at least five
years This is 10 protect the infant in
dustry until it gets on its feet Then
let them make contracts with the au-
thors mentioned 10 work only for them
during that length Of time. and to pro-
duce at least one war novel Thus the
industry would be specialized, and
each author could be kept to his, OF
her, best work, instead Of wandering eff
into forbidden fields. BY the end of the
five years. il is to be hoped that all
competition would be crushed cut, and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
The English Language.

The constantly diminishing use OF the
Irish, Welsh, and Gaelic tongues natu-
rally directs aLJenJiJn 10 the manner in
which the employment Of other Ian
guages Is being extended and the reIa-
tive rapidity with which the extensions
are taking place
There are ample reasons why the
three languages named should be grad
uaIly displaced by English. England,
being the dominant power in the Brit
ish islands. its language has been made
the official language Of all the political
divisions It's use has been steadily
encouraged and that Of all others dis
favored This has led TO Its general
adoption for business purposes, and, in
fact, IL is practically Impossible To do
business i: The United Kingdom with
out a knowledge Of the English Ian
guage On the other hand, even III
Scotland, ireland, or Wales. q lack Of
familiarity with the ancient tongue Is
scarcely more than a slight incOnven-
fence. These old dialects, as we may
call them. really began to fade out be
fore they reached the stage Of modern
development and polish that has &C
companied the growth and spread Of
the worlds leading languages
But even beyond the confines # the
British isles, the spread Of the English
language has been most remarkable,
the extension greatly exceeding that Of
any other During the century just
endei The number Of persons speaking
French increased in round numbers
seventy-five per cent; those speaking
German about one hundred and fifty
per cent, and those using Russian just
about the same. while the worlds En-
glish-speaking population increased
fully five hundred per cent
Whether this extraordinary gain is
10 be ascribed 10 any superiority In the
language itself. Is. of course, a subject
upon which opinions may differ greatly,
and there is room for much difference.
Foreigners coming to the United States
or going to England profess to be great
1y perpiexed by the irregularities Of En-
glish construction, and are constantly
comparing it with the smoothness and
harmony Of their own native tongues.
This is quite natural At the same time
1t viii be admitted by all that the En-
glish language does abound in irregu-
IaTities- Owing TO its composite char
zcter it cannot well be otherwise.
Despite this fact, though, even here
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
IMPROVEMENTS AT ANNAPOLIS.
The Work at the Naval Academy But
slightly Retarded

ANNAPOLIS. Md, July Sat the Ma
val Academy work has been going on
during the past week, in spite of the eN-
IRENE hot weather Little could he done
on the copper roof of the aTmory. as the
heat there was terrible. The boathoUse
is going up rapidly The arches for the
windows are in. and the laying of stone
has been finished to the cornice for al
most the entire building. and the centres
for the large arches at each entrance
have been placed.
Hoffman & Co. the contractors for the
foundation of the new cadet quarters.
are working three pile-drivers with two
shifts of men ON each and each ma
chine is making sixteen hours day To
gether they daily drive about 100 piles.
Work was commenced last week on a
new building for officers quarters This
VIII be of red brick. q double house tv-o
and one-half stories high. 1t viii be
built in the new part Of the grounds
known as Oklahoma
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
A Testimonial,


-Sirs: We fed cur baby on modified COW : milk
the first SIX months. hut the miIkman d. not
understand how TO modify his cows properly. and
IN consequence the child lost flesh till he weighed
but pound.
now procured some of your celebrated Infants
Food This the baby managed to trade off TO
the dog for some dog biscuit, which he ate and
Is now well and healthy
The dog died. hut dogs are cheap
We are grateful to YOU indeed You may use
my name II you ike. John Jones'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
MAY CONTEST ROGERS WILL.
The MiIIionuire's TIaIf-SiSter to Con.
suit Her Attorneys.

suit Her Attorneys.
ASBURY PARK. n J. July S-Mrs.
H G Heinisch. the haIf-sister of Jacob
Rogers. who was left completely out Of
the will Of the eccentric millionaire. Is
at her summer home in Ocean Grove
Mrs HeInisch told a reporter last night
that she would go up to Newark today
to consult lawyers in regard to contest
ing the viii.
If the other heirs contest ] will she
said. I viii not spend any money on it.
nor DO l intend losing what I have in
case We fail 10 break the viii, but if my
lawyers choose to take the case on spec
ulation I win agree Two Of the best
lawyers IN the country have called up
my son-in-law on the telephone and ask
ed for the case. which they declare is a
very strong one
Mrs Heinisch expressed the be;.ef that
Mr.. Rogers had made his own Will She
said Ee was Il lawyer. although he had
not pTaCticcd for many years He has
shown his eCceutricity very plainly" she
said. and his beqUeSJ TO the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art IS Il part of it.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
King Edwards Title.

CFrom the New York Tribune)
Thus the Emperor 81 Austria is King Of Jcr1l>a-
lem Grand Duke Of Tuscany, Duke Of Lorraine
Of Nodcna and of Parma. and Grand Voivodc Of
SeTvIa. Tie King Of Spain Is also King OF Jeru~l-
lem, Of the Two Sicilies Of Gibraltar. and q the
East and " est Indies And the King Of Portugal
Is Lord OF the Navigation and Commerce IF
Ethiopia, Of Arabia OF Persia. and Of India
Th-rc IS probability that Mr. Chamberlain
VIII devise for his King any such fantastic title
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
4 Strange Explanation.
From the Kansas City Starr

IEIHIII LIIt IN.IIL@ti7 NIIN oIaI-I
Discussing the fact that American goods are
sometimes sold abroad for less tn an they are sold
ar home, Mr.. GrusvcHoT declared that this was
sometimes done at 4 loss and for the purpose of
-'sUhjugdtInZ foreign Ina.aets." Now If mouopo-
lies or quasi-moHOpolies afford to 20 to for
eiGH lands. pay the freight their goods. and
still underseN local competitors what Is To become
Of The American manufacturer who tries to check
their abuses through the medium Of couuctitiuIl-
the medium that Nr. GFosyenor declares is the
most sue and CertaIn.''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

From the Chicago Post)
4 see a Wisconsin man claims TO have solved
the perpetual motion problem
THAT'S nothing. have a model of perpetual
motion machine At my house now
Docs 1t work ssfIIlyl''
Prom the standpoint OF perpetual motion, you
bet II does"
Have You given II name?''
Sure
What do YOU call it2''
rthdav-''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

(From the London ChronicIe)
Another sign Of the American conquest. A
frulterer in the West End Is marking his goods
in United States coiua2e-Strav berries Tor IN
stance, at 10 cents basket. This Is trihe
supertiuouS, Tor most Americans who come over
here know perfectly well the value Of English
money and Of English goods, too. Yet after ALL
the fruiterer Is perhaps only forcsbadowing the
IneTita5le- We are having new coinage, and
We might we'll accept the Situ4tjon-caH our
soveretEHs hFc-dolar pieces. our shiIing1 guar
tcrs,' our sixpences dimes" and ON haIfpennie5
Gents
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
CURRENT HUMOR.

tFrom the Chicago Tribune

tFrom the Chicago Tribune.)
Paw said Tommy Who was looking At re
Household Hints in the weekly paper w at
Is q society sandwch7''
A society sandwich replied Mr.. Tucker not
at all certain Of his ground, but unwilling 20
exhibit his ignorance before the youthful seeker
after knowledge, is helpless young man sitting
between two lively girls at swell party
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

fFrom the Birmingham CiIa) Age-HeraId-)
W., ,,. fcrrc cur missionaries on China and
maintain them there At the front OF the bayouet
doing no Ifttlc Iogting public and private, in an
incidental l,ay. We cannot object TO the mission
AIRY efforts Of the Mormon Church IN oar midst "
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
NJiSIed.


From the Philadelphia Press-)
Tommy-You wore rcd suit and horns at the
masked ball last night didn't you?'
Mr.. Hoamly Why. no ! went cavalier.
TOMMY guess pop was mistaken then He
said he SAW you and You looked like the devil.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
Strenuous Lights.

CFrom the Baltimore Amcrican)
as to- these here Roman candles" observed
Mr. NedderErass ab~tractedly selecting 4 few
raisinS all got TO say IS that II Julius Caesar
or any o. the rest O them Romens ever tried
to 81 up an read tn weekly paper by one o
en- ne had his hands full.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
SpeechIeSs.


tFrUn the Boston IranScTlptJ
Brownies. my aunt Is very i'll; hasn't been
able 20 speak n word Tor three DAYS
Greeue-Wha hat Is the matter with her-thrOat
complaint or some lung trouble?
Brown-No, rheumatism in the joints Of her
fingers She's a deaf mute, you know
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
The Alps.

tFT0m the portland Argue)
Washington, Lincoln, and Mckinley are the
mountain peaks Of the century SAYS Secretary
Lcug- This Is pretty steep praise even for
member OF the Mckinley Official family. But If
Mckinley Is a mountain peak OF the century, what
is MIX Hanna
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

According to one set Of reports, the
conditions in South Africa are causing
widespread dismay in England, and the
doom of the Salisbury ministry looms
into view. But other authorities, pre-
sunabIy favorable to the Salisbury re-
gime, represent that the situation is not
nearly as bad as it is painted; that
Kitchener has all the troops he needs,
and is slowly but surely exhausting the
Boer resources whenever they do not re
plenish them at British expense People
on this side of the Atlantic viii rather
draw their conclusions from the obvious
facts Of the case, which just now are not
comforting to Great Britain.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
4 Day of Reckoning.


(Fr0m the Wichita Eagle}
Give a machine long life as is the case in Penn
8 lvaH!a, and IT viii come to the conclusion finally
that popular government doesn't exist But il
learns differently in time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

As q means of avoiding heat prostra-
tons during the hot days which some
times visit US in summer, it might be well
for citizens with adequate means to rem
der themselves immune by taking up a
temporary residence in the Canary Isl
auds- 1t IS reported from New York that
our consul TO those pleasant tropics ar
rived in New York last week when the To-
cal population was blistering or melting
and demanded the waTmest room in his
hotel explaining that after the Canaries
he could not stand the cold of this eli
mate
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
PrOfn
CFrom the Yonkers statesm

(FTom the NonkeTS Statesnaut
Gotham-Did you hear about my wife?
Church-No. what now?
Gothain-Why, she ordering tickets for the
performances OF ''Gottesdlmmerune' az the opera
house. and the telephone company threatened 20
take ont the telephone Is she didn't stop her
profanity over the wirei
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

that competent undersfudfes would
have been trained to take the places Of
Mr.. Page. Miss Wilkins, and the others,
SO that the publishers might reduce
their price. and keep on producing war
novels ad infnitum
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

IN the death of Pierre LorilIard the
country loses a good and highly iutelli-
sent citizens, a man of accomplishments
and worthy achievements in a private
way, and the cause of legitimate sport IS
deprived of one Of its most enthusiastic
and eStinable adherents. Mr.. LoriliaTd
was a famous yachtsman and follower Of
the turf in his day, and socially was the
peer OF any sportsman in this country or
Europe On one occasion. however. he was
bIackbaIIed in the London Jockey Club be
cause, as it was urged. that exclusive
body could only admit gentlemen TO mem
borship- and Pierre LoriIIard could not be
considered eligible because his father had
kept d tObacconist-s shop in New York
with q wooden Indian in front Of it.
Times have changed since then, and the
eat-gTanddaughter of a Staten Island
cIam-boat man is a duchess bearing one
of EnglaHd's proudest Jit<s.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08

The Cuban Constitutional Convention,
after wrangling Unfortunately over the
f4att terms before accepting them, is now
IN turmoil over the electoral laws \
universal suffrage clause already has
been adopted, and the conservative Gle
mcnt in the body apparently Is hopeless
OF getting II reSCinGcd- Some members
object 10 the formulation of any electoral
law until the United States shall have
ratified the constitution. arguing that It
would be futile at this time to pass ordi-
uances based upon a fundamental law
which the suzerain power might see fit to
alter or reject. one thing in the connec-
ton appears certain: If the Cuban radi-
Gals are to have their way and impose Il
scheme Of suffrage on the country which
would place unlimited power in the hands
Of ignorant and hardly semf-civilized
masses, il must be seen that the grip Of
tn United States upon the island and it's
government viii have to. be frightened.
As we have often before remarked. we.
cannot tolerate another Haiti in the West
Indies one is altogether too much
The determined opposition of Mr. J P
Morgan to anything like a labor war
with the workingmen of the great Steel
trust ana ms Willingness to treat WITH
the Amalgamated Association Of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, has had the eff
feet of rendering a general strike i'm
probable There will be a general confer
euCe Of the two interests either in New
York OF PittsbUTg on Wednesday or
Thursday and the indications now are
that within two weeks an amicabIe agree
ment VIII be reached 1t is greatly to be
hoped that nothing may intervene to
prevent such a contamination The bust
ness Of the country would be seriously
demoTalized by stoppage of the major
portion Of its steel production in ali de-
partmenJs, even for a few weeks
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
PREPARE TO FIGHT.
Powerful Chinese Army Will Battle
With the Allies.

Pekin, Jan. "a Chinaman from Sian
fu, where the court is at present, says
that within the city $4,000 Chinese troops
are drilling continuously and the major
lty of them are armed with modern
rifles. He says that the feeling of the
people there is bitterly anti-fOreign and
that they believe they can meet the allies
III an open fight and defeat them. The
ministers are considerably astonished
over the Chinese grant to Russia of a
concession north of the Peiho. They think
that the concession constitutes good pay
when considered in addition to the an
neXaton of all Manchuria.
Ii Hung Chang believes that he will re-
'ceive a favorable reply regarding the
signing Of the agreement tomorrow.
Sefor Corogan, the Spanish minister,
thinks that the negotiations will COM
mence at Pekin, possibly ending in Eu-
rope. NJ. De Giers, thinks that nego-
tiations will end at The Hague.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-10
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The National Undertaking Co, 114-116
East Broadway; Telephone, 1863.
The funeral of Owen McKenna will
leave No. 121 South Grant street tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock.
The funeral of Miss Mary Shea Will
take place tomorrow friday at p.
M, from the residence of her father,
James Shea, No. S451a East Granite
street.
Roy Jordan, aged one year, died this
morning al the family residence, No.
1926 South Wyoming street, from where
the funeral will take place tomorrow
at p. M.
Helen, the three months old daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Mulvey, died
this morning. The funeral will be held
from the family residence, No. ia
Covert street. tomorrow afternoon, at 2
o'clock.
Jane Ferns, aged SO years, died yes
tcrday at his late residence. No. 44(
North Wyoming street. He leaves be.
sides a wife and child, three brothers
Charles, John and Barney. and sister
Mrs. James Britt. all we'll known resi-.
dents of this city. The funeral will take
place Saturday morning at 8 O'Clock.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-10
NEW CHARLIE ROSS STORY.
New York Senator Gives It to the
Public.

Albany N. Y, Jan. Ex-senator Plum
kett of Manhattan today introduced
bill to punish kidnapping by imprison-
ment for 20 years. Senator Plunkett
said he had facts in his possession con-
corning the abduction of Charlie Ross in
1874 which had never been published. He
said:
The abductors of Charlie Ross We're
New York river thieves, Mosher and his
companion. The wagon in which Ross
was carried away was hired in New
York by Mosher and friend and
driven to Philadelphia so as to prevent
any possible discovery of the offenders.
The wagon was driven about 30 miles
out of Philadelphia and was there
abandoned. Mosher and his companion,
accompanied by their victim, taking
passage on the train to New York. Fear
kept Charlie Ross quiet. Upon arriving
at New York, Ross was taken on one of
Mosher's river craft and finally, to pre-
vent detection, Charlie was thrown over
board in the bay after being tied to iron
so as to sink and make coming to the
surface impossible. The New Yorker
who let the horse and wagon to Mosher
never claimed his property for fear of
being charged with completely. When
Mosher was shot while attempting to
rob the Vanbrunt mansion at Bay Ridge,
he attempted to explain the Charlie Ross
affair, but death came as soon as the
name passed his lips
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-10
MAY BE THE MAN.
Believed That McDonald's Assailant
Is IN the Tolls.

There is a feeling in official circles in
the county cSurt house that one of the
two men who held up All shot James E.
Mcdonald, engineer Of Ehe hosting en-
CINE at Shaft No. OF 70 Boston and
Montana Jmpany's mines. about l
O'Clock esAerday morning, is under ar
resA
Yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff
William Ellsworth of Meaderville took
David Carey into custody in Meaderville
on the suppOsitiOn that he might know
something about the affair, and a few
hours later he arrested James Walsh on
a similar proposition Both were handed
over to the sheriff and are now in the
county Jail.
Walsh, it seems has a lot of friends
and acquaintances in and about Butte
and they are leaving nothing undOne' to
secure his release. All day today they
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-10
NEW LINE OF STEAMERS.
Will Put Large Ships On for Oriental
Trade.

Portland Ore, Jan. lott has been
decided that the new Oriental steamship
line in connection with the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation company shall be
operated by the Portland and Asiatic
Steamship company. The first circular
by this concern bearing the signatures
of \. l.. Mohler, president and B. Camp
bell traffic manager, has just been is
sued and it reads as follows:
ALLAN Cameron is appointed general
agent in charge of this companys inter-
ests in Asia, with headquarters at Hong
Kong, China. j. H. Lothrop is appoint
Ell general eastern agent, with headquar-
tiers at 2S7 Broadway, New York City,
Mr.. Cameron was formerly assistant
general freight agent of the Canadian
Pacific at Vancouver, B. c.. and Mr. Lo-
throp was general agent of the Union
+; cific in this city until the office was
closed January 1.
The first of four ten thousand-to
steamers to be delivered to the new COM
pahy VIII be the Indraputra. which it
VIII receive at Hong Kong. February
p. This ought to enable the ship to
leave Portland on the first trip in the
latter part of aMrch.