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Evening star., 1901-11-05
MIND Is THE STANDARD.
An Unusual Southern View of tn
Dinner Incident.

An Unusual Southern View of the
Dinner Incident.
From Letter to the Editor Of the Nashville Amer
lean, October q.
In view of the many comments of the
press regarding the entertainment Of
Booker 7. Washington by President Roose-
welt, / am prompted to ask space In your
valuable paper for this article. I read with
a sense of pride the varied forms in which
the host and guest of the White House on
the 18th instant are depicted by the press.
Booker T. Washington was born among
us, reared among rs. and his life's work
has been given to the promotion OF that
species Of the human family which is pc
culiarly adapted to us. Being thus con-
nected with and our interests wha tever
serves to advance his interests and to give
him prominence in any sphere must OF ne
ceSSity help us. We should be proud of
him. The honor received by him at the
hands of the chief executive of the nation
is honor to us. But, instead. We are loud
in denouncing the affair. and give vent to
rude utterances regarding the men and
their causes. Would It not have been an
insult to the chief executive for an humble
citizen to have refused the Presidents invi-
tatfon? / believe 1t would. believe the
attitude of our press furnishes amusement
for the more reasonable In the journalistic
arena In other sections.
II dlleT uoliS al YOU can TO advance Ine
negro's interest, when the fruits OF your
labor are esteemed by others, should 1t not
be yours to utter words of commendation
and praise? Can Ii be that our journalism
seeks to draw distinction by expressing ad-
verse views of the affair? or can II be that
the men who are moiding public opinion are
not the better element of our people? / am
inclined to believe the latter. I am In
Quandary as to what should be the course
of the negro. I have been of the opinion
that those negroes who eyinced desire to
become something higher than menials. and
possessed the necessary qualifications, We
were ready and willing to assist in every
honorable way. But such comments as
have been published In our leading journals
make me believe that their former sayings
were bags of wind which are forgotten
when blown off. Have not our leading
journals published whole speeches OF Book
er T. Washington, and furnished columns
of editorials In laudation of his remarks?
Then this otuburst is not the maturer judg-
ment OF sober thought. Such occurrences.
1t is said. predict social equality" Let It
be an omen of what 1t may be, there is one
thing We and our press must learn-"the
mind Is the standard of the man." Where
ever a man has shown by his works and ac-
ton that he thinks and that his thoughts
are the product of fertile BRAIN he must
Of necessity bring forth words of COM
mendation and esteem from those with
the ambition OF Intelligent men. knowledge
is power. Then. one In possession of that
rare gem will OF necessity command the re-
spect OF those that are respectable. be-
lieve that the material interest of our peo-
pie would be better subserved IL we would
direct our forces to the general pursuits Of
life instead Of trying to hold others back.
Evening star., 1901-11-05
eHARLEsTos NAVAL STATION.
Report of the Board Charged With
Preparing Plans.

Preparing Plans.
The report of the naval board, headed by
Rear Admiral Henry c. Taylor, charged
with the preparation sef plans for the new
naval station at Charleston, S. c., gives in
detail all the improvements deemed neces-
sary at Charleston for the installation of
the naval station. 1t proposes that Cooper
river be dredged to;ia depth of thirty-two
feet below mean low water, and that the
dredged material be deposited so as to
raise the grade six feet above high water
to guard against the danger Of flooding
during cyclones. In lieu of piers extending
INTO the river, the board recommends that
basin be dredged to "a depth of thirty-two
1eet below mean low water, to contain two
piers, in order to afford any needed water
front where vessels may lie without OBJ
structing the Channel. A site for two dry
docks mas been selected in the low land in
of the re-entrant basin, and
snort pier will be provided between the two
TO facilitate the docking and unlocking of
vessels 1t is the plan to protect the water
'front.' OF the working part of the station
with great sea wall. having a depth of
water IN front OF thirty-two feet. There
was some objection to the boards selection
or site for the hospital on the ground that,
WnLe II was on high ground far removed
a,oIn the working part of the station, an
absence OF trees made the site undesirable.
Inc BOARD therefore suggests the acquisi-
tion OF tract Of land In the Immediate
vicinity of the station which will satisfy all
desired conditions.
A torpedo boat depot will be located in
the low lands Of thes Lawton tract. The
BOARD recommends two slips for vessels in
reserve, and has Indicated line Of stand
era a gauge track to the buildings and water
front OF the station. South of the dry
DOCKS ana basin an area has been selected
TO serve as recreation ground for enlisted
men. These are the main features of the
boards report, which submits sugges-
lions In detail for the numerous buildings.
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many wives or slaves he had he renIiad.
How many? God knows

many wives or slaves he had he replied:
How many? God knows"
Her presence in the capital OF such a
country was viewed with suspicion and
jealousy by many eyes. The sultana openly
said. You are butcher. not a doctor"
And all because Of her skill with the knife
and the bonesaw. She thought II wise
never to see patient in harems II any
OF the women wished to consult her they
came out Neither did she ever eat food
prepared in the harems. In this she fol-
lowed the example set by the ameer who
always insisted when DIR. Hamilton had
prepared broth or other Invalid food dur
ing MS occasional Illnesses, that she should
taste them first herself In his presence Al
all other times the court faster fulfilled
that duty.
Although the kndest Of hosts. after his
FASHION, the ameer was an exactiug pa
tient On one occasion, after attending
him for number of hours. the doctor went
to her room to rest. She was awakened
almost Immediately by a page, with a re-
quest to go to the ameer Immediately. Hur-
rying to him, she was asked II he might
have a peppermint.
Miss Hamilton. after her return to Eng
land, gave an interesting account Of her
experiences with the ameer, who talked
freely with her upon all manner OF SUBJ
Jects. She spoke OF him as having an
inquiring mind, with a power OF corrosive
too openly. There was little love lost be-
tween him and the white races OF what
ever nationality they might be. Here L
am, he said on one occaslon-thcy always
talked In Persian-'shut up in these noun
tains and surrounded by foes. I am lust
like poor goat shut up in a cave with
several mouths to It. If go out on one
side wolf Is ready to devour me- If
go out on another II is a lion On another
a man with knife is ready to cut my
throat"
The ameer was, when he chose most
agreeable, refined and courteous He was
master OF the art Of fattery, and wasted
much OF II upon Miss Hamilton.
The indifference to human life and SUI
fering, Innate In ruler and subjects alike,
sometimes made Miss Hamilton's stay at
the court rather painful. She had some
very bad moments, indeed and not seldom
ventured to argue with the terrible ameer
and even to intervene on behalf of unfortu-
nate wrongdoers. But he was nearly al
ways ready to argue the point
Miss Hamilton was not allowed to have
any English books or papers, but lived
luxuriously in large house OF her own
She had an English nurse with her-"ha-
kims"-to compound native herb remedies
and a guard of soldiers to keep her nu-
merous patients In order, as she had a
large. though Improbable. practice
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HISTORIC CARLISLE.
Memories That Cluster Around the
Old Frontier Town.

From the New York Tribune.
Little attention was attracted perhaps to
the celebration last Wednesday of the one
hundred and hftieth anniversary Of the
founding of a once noted American from
tier town. Yet modest as was the celebra-
ton itself and distant as are most OF the
glories of the colonial and revolutionary
outpost settlement which 1t recalled, few
minor American centenaries have proved
so rich in the varied and stirring historical
associations they have evoked. The town
about which these significant and sugges-
tive memories cluster Is Carlisle the first
settlement made under charter from the
Penns. then joint proprietors Of the pro-
vince OF Pennsylvania. in what has since
become the beautiful and fertile Cumber-
land Valley. Founded on October 3D. 1I51,
Carlisles struggling infancy carries il back
to a period when the dauntless energy of
the pioneer had yet to penetrate the wilder
ness which stretched between the Susque-
hanna and the Ohio. The furthest out
post of the Quaker colony, it served It's
earliest years as a center of defense
against the assaults Of hostile sayages.
Guarding one outlet toward Fort Pitt and
the Ohio, It became the base Of Washing
toms operations in 1794 fer the suppression
Of the se-called whisky insurrection in
western Pennsylvania a regular army
post for years, its military experiences
only ended with its occupation by General
Ewelis confederate army corps In the days
the Ddllle Oh dfItySDuTS, anu AIS
bombardment the night of the first
fighting at Gettysburg by the light artil-
tery Of Stuart and FitZhugh Lee.
What drama OF historical development
the one hundred and fifty years of Car
isles history suggest Benjamin Franklin
was one OF its first visitors Of note, COM
Ing In 1888 to draw a treaty OF friendship
with the western Indians. Two years later
Armstrong marched from Carlisle to win
his signal victory at Kittanning over the
still wariike sayages. In 1776 Carlisle raised
fve companies for service In the continen-
tai forces, and with the volunteers sent
later went the celebrated Molly Pitcher %
who. as every schooiboy knows. took her
wouded husbands place behind one of the
American guns at Monmouth. Molly
Pitchers" real name was Molly HAYS
She lies buried now In a Carlisle graveyard
Many Hessians captured at Trenton were
sent to this frontier town for safe keep
ing. and Major Andre spent a short term
OF detention there after his first capture in
the early days OF the revolution. With
President Washington in 1T94 came Alex
ander Hamilton, and the two spent a week
preparing the 1900 troops they had assem-
hled for the long and arduous march to-
ward Pfttsburg. Between the departure Of
Washington's forces in 1T94 and the ar
rival of Lees In 1868 are compressed the
trials and struggles which have made us a
nation and have gradually pushed our old
frontier from the valleys west of the Sus-
Quenanna to the utmost verge of the Pa
Humdrum as must seem the modern life
Evening star., 1901-11-05
THE AMEER's PHYSICIAN.

A Woman Doctors Experience of
Several Years in Cabul.
From the New York Tribune.
The death Of the terrible Ameer'' OF Az
ghanistah recalls the experiences OF Miss
Lilias Hamilton, the doctor who passed
several years in Cabui as his medical ad-
wiser. She was practicing in Calcutta,
when the ameer became curious to see and
talk with an English woman doctor, ana
sent to invite her to visit his capital, II
seemed somewhat hazardous experiment,
but as 1t was likely to prove Interesting,
Miss Hamilton consented to go. She soon
reached friendly footing with her royal
entertainer who was eraciously pleased to
be ,NnnIsed by her English Independence
An. said the monarch one day when
he was taking her into one OF his harerns.
.'you treat me like q dog" BY which the
ameer merely meant that his medical at
tendAnt was not In the habit or crouchlae
and Quaping In his presence. Just folioE
me and you viii see how our women treat
me" When Miss Hamilton asked him how
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Soldier Fined Five Dollars.

A young man, who gave his name as Mat
thew Kemp. and who wore the uniform OF
Uncle Sans defenders, appeared in the
Police Court today and admitted he had
been disorderly on the street.
Il had been drinking" he admitted.
"It does seem strange that you men
wearing the blue WILL get drunk and dis
grace your uniform J You should have more
consideration for your country." the court
remarked. ~ 90
II think I was drIgged last night" said
Kemp. I'm serving my third enlistment
and this is the first time I've been ar.
rested" ~ -
He was fined S. a?ovz
Evening star., 1901-11-05
A VICTIM OF BURNS.
Mrs. Katharine SchlOsser to he Buried
In Holy Rood Cemetery.

III HOY HOOH Oe1hetery.
The funeral Of Mrs. Katharine Schlosser,
who received s1,1ia burns last Thursday,
from WHIT. she died Sunday night, will
take pa ce from her late home, No. 1923
9Th street northwest, tomorrow at 10
o'clock. Mrs. Schlosser was preparing
breakfast and her dress ignited Her
brother, Mr.. r. L. Varnell, who was up
stairs at the time the accident occurred,
heard her cries. and shastened to her as
sistance. Mrs. Schlosser ran into the yard
before her brother could extinguish the
flames. DR.. Oden rendered medical aid
Coroner hewitt Investigated the case yes
terday afternoon and gave the necessary
death certificate The Rev. Father Bevins
of the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton will conduct the funeral services to-
morrow. and the interment will be at Holy
Rood cemetery.
Evening star., 1901-11-05

VI " oul oiu historic towns. such celebrations
as that at Carlisle go far to fnsnire thon,
with fresh interest and fresh vitality. r,ul-
tiFatlng, as these revivals of local mamo
res 90. tnat sense of locality and continui-
~ ~ WHEN Is most lacking In new and hastf-
ly settled countries, they have a nositive
ana far reaching usefulness Recalling and
cherishlng a community's most stimulating
associations, they excite that genuine and
soliu patrlotlsm which is based on common
historical attachments and ON a sansa ~
common obligation to the figures and tradI-
tionS of the past. -
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Alleged violations, 81 Food Law.

Twenty warrants were issued from the
Police Court this afternoon for alleged yio-
lations of the food law. Thirteen of the
warrants were for the alleged sale OF milk
containing less than 3h per cent of fats,
and seven for the sale Of vinegar not I'D to
the standard. Grocers and dairymen are
named as defendants. Last week there
were nineteen milk cases disposed Of in
court and seventeen the week before
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jump. From Motinx Car.

Mrs. Eliza Hyde. -forty-five years old,
living at Congress Heights Jumped from
moving street car. IT iss alleged. near 11th
and N streets southeast about IL o'clock
this morning and was cut and bruised
about the face and head. She was re-
moved to Providence Hospital in the fifth
precinct patrol wagon.
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Lace Curtains

for parlor, bed room and din
ing room; of plain and fancy
Swiss, also net and Nottingham
patterns; extra long, and wide;
unique and different from any
style shown elsewhere Oh NR
pair. p Il eAO ,
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Anti-Lynch Sentiment.

A great many citizens who have thought
seriously upon the subject feel that per-
haps the shooting of our late President was
an outgrowth of the spirit of lawlessness
which has been so prevalent in our country
of late years. If this is true, how great
price have. we paid for our error I am
glad to note that, since the Presidents
death. new spirit seems to have taken
possession of the people, and that very few
lynchings have occurred in any part of the
country. 1t is also a praiseworthy fact
that the daily and religious press, especial
ly in the south, is speaking out fearlessly
and strongly against lynching. 1t is also
equally encouraging to note the brave words,
and, what is more than brave words, equal
ly brave acts. on the part of many of our
southern governors. Now, II the words
and acts of these officers can be re-en-
forced in the pulpit and in the Sunday
school, l feel that the time Is not far
when lynchings will be thing of the past
And since the greater proportions of these
lynchings involve members of my own race.
l think 1t my duty to say that the negro
minister and teacher has an equal and
special responsibility The negro leader
stantly reminded about the Importance of
keeping the law, and that our idle and un-
worthy classes should be made to deport
themselves in such manner that they will
not bring disgrace upon the race For
number Of years I have advocated indus
trial education largely with the idea that,
In proportion as our people learn to love
labor for its own sake, they would not
yield to the temptation to grow up in idle
ress. The members Of my race who are
charged, in most cases. with committing
crimes, are not those who have received
careful mental, religious and industrial ed
ucation, but those who have been permit
ted, as a rule, to grow up in idleness and
ignorance. Every effort put forth the
part of the white ministers, daily press,
and state officials to reduce crime should
be heartily REINFORCED by the members of
my own race.
Perhaps this country needed the lesson
which has been brought home to 1t in such
a sad manner by the death of our President
to wake 1t up to the tremendous responsible
fty which Is resting upon 1t in relation to
bringing about different and higher spirit
in favor Of respect of law and order
Evening star., 1901-11-05

H"@t 2rft1a bonds be BrOken.
On the ground of alleged desertion. Jen-
ME Clark this afternoon petitioned the Su
preme Court OF the District OF Columbia
to grant her divorce from William ].
Clark
Mary James this afternoon filed suit to
secure a divorce from Charles James. al
Ieging cruel treatment,
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Arguments Concluded.

Arguments were concluded this morning
In connection with the proceedings for in
junction recently instituted by the Chero-
kee nation, Thomas M. Burlington and
others to restrain the Secretary Of the In
terror from taking any further action on
the application of the Cherokee Oil and Gas
Company and others, for leases of Chero-
kee mineral lands in Indian territory. Jus
tice Hagner took the case under considera-
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Excavations Besun.

In response to Inquiries on the subject
the District Commissioners have announced.
that the site for the Petworth school
building Is now being excayated. and al
soon as this work Ia completed building on
erations will be commenced. The contract
stipulates that the building shall be an
ished in eight months.
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Theft of bicycle Alleged.

James N. Ellis. colored. who is employed
at the home of Justice Brewer Of the
United States Supreme Court, reported to
the police this afternoon that bicycle was
stolen from near his employers house to.
day. The wheel belongs to Mrs Brewer
but has been used by the colored servan,
for time.
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Secretary of Embassy Mt st. Peters.
burg.

The President has appointed John W. Rid
die Of Minnesota to be secretary Of the
United States embassy at st. Petersburg.
Mr.. Riddle was formerly secretary of the
United States legation at Constantinople
and is an accomplished diplomattst and lin
guiSt.
Evening star., 1901-11-05

From the london Chronicle.
It Is high time that an enlightened coun-
try like Germany recognized dueling to be
the stupid and degrading institution that Il
is and we are pleased TO see that a con.
gress has met at Leipzig for the education
Of public opinion In the matter. As we ex-
perienced In our own case. a social custom
of the kind cannot bs put an end to by
law. but only by the force OF public opin-
ion,
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Recommend. Acceptance Of Bids.

w. A. Mcfarland, superintendent of the
water department, has forwarded to the
District Commissioners the proposals re-
ceiyed for furnishing design. building and
erecting a complete water-end for the big
pumping engine at the U street station,
and has recommended that the bid of the
Chalmers Company, to do the work
for s1S. 100. be accepted.
Evening star., 1901-11-05
FURsS.

SG.5o Coney Scarfs, double
new style ends with O2c
large mink .tails-for.. Wv
Coney. Mink, Otter and Chin
chilIa Handsome Neck Scarfs,
cut in the new effect; extra wide
and long; E handsome CT OQ
tails on each scarf-for " Ii o>O
S5.oS Marten Scarfs, in the cor
rect shape, with cluster tail ends
to match; very hand G2 mQ
some and sweil-for. PaOe>C
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Law Deters Criminals.

1t is also notable fact, that in the COM
munities where every crime, no matter how
heinous, Is taken hold Of by the strong arm
Of the law, the crimes which provoke lynch
ing very seldom occur.
The time would seem to have come when
the subject of the majesty Of the law
should be taken up by the ministers in our
pulpits throughout the country, and by our
Sunday school teachers. in a way that has
never been done before. If Christianity is
to mean anything in shaping the lives of
our people, 1t must not only deal with mat
ters pertaining to the future world, but
must most effectually deal with matters
growing out of the relation Of man to man
In this world. In too many communities /
very much fear the pulpit and the Sunday
school teacher have been silent on the sub
5ect.
I am not, In this article, pleading for
the man who has been guilty of crime, but /
am pleading most for those who are so un-
fortunate as to be led into the temptation
Of degrading themselves and disregarding
the law, disrespecting the authority Of gov
ernors. judges and sheriffs. 1t is impos-
sible for youth to be so influenced that
he can be made to feel that he can break
the law in one case and keep 1t in other
cases without being permanently harmed.
Evening star., 1901-11-05
NewsbOys.

From the Chicago Post.
The new general manager Of the Los An
geles Express knew what he was do4nG
when he imported ten lusty-lunged Chicaeo
newsboys to sell his papers. No matter
how good q newspaper may be. the chiof
point ID to get people to buy and to read "a.
Evening star., 1901-11-05
Trimmings

-colored, beaded and silk gimps
all colors, same as last week.
$50 yards-the last lot NU/
this season-for, yard Z12Cs
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Evening star., 1901-11-05
Spirit of Lawlessnesx.

During the exciting days following the
shooting Of the late President Mckinley it
was my privilege to mingle a good deal
states, and almost every other man who
referred to the crime expressed himself as
being in favor of burning or the execution
these expressions day after day, 1t con-
vinced me, as never before, that a spirit
of lawlessness had gotten a hold upon the
whole country that few of US realize.
/ fear We have not yet realized that
every open and fragrant defiance of law is
anarchy. 1t is easy enough to decry the
ayowed anarchist who belongs 10 orSaniza-
tions that are anarchistic in their charac
ter, but it is not easy to put in the same
class the people who set at defiance law
by an Illegal hanging or burning.
Perhaps the most demoralizing and hurt
full result Of mob violence is the hardening
effect which it has upon our youth. l think
it is safe to say that on an average ftty
persons witnessed the execution by lynch
place in this country. According to this
it is safe to say that within the last six
teen years 12o 900 persons have been pres
ent when lynchng took place. In each
case large proportion of those who had
been drawn to witness the unlawful exc
cution have been children or those of ten
der age. One of the saddest remarks
ever heard come from the lips of a child
was when he said, in my presence, that
he wished he could see a man burned. /
do not think the impression made upon
youth by reason of the fact that lie has
witnessed the unlawful execution of an
individual ever wholly disappears. In some
instances the executions by mobs have not
only been witnessed by boys Of tender age,
hIt nv
Evening star., 1901-11-05
1914 Blankets.

Large, feecy, warm Cotton
Blankets-75c. grade-in white
or gray, with pretty fast hmo
colored borders-pair. 'NySs