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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-19
Every
3Oth Hat
Given Away.

Everybody has an equal
chance. We will keep an accur-
ate record of our hat sales and
whenever we reach the 3Oth sale,
whether it's SOC or$3.OO hat
that's the one we give away.
Keep this in mind-YOUR hat
may be the 30th if you get it at
Bing-Stoke Co.'s
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
THE ExEQUATUR GRANTED.
DR.. Norton'- Recognition by the sui
tan OmcialIy Confirmed.

The State Department announced yes
terdav that it had been notified by the
legation at Constantinople that the Turk
ish Government has issued an exequatur
TO Dr. Thomas Herbert Norton. Consui
of the United States at Harput. Turkey
who was appointed to that station in
June. 1900
This action on the part of Turkey Is
considered at this time a concession to
the United states in view of its pressing
the Stone case. Ever since the appoint
fncnt of DR. Norton as Consul at Harput
the Turkish Government has declined to
grant him an exequatur on the ground
that the commerce at Harput did not
warrant the appointment of a Consul TO
that place. Behind this objection, how
ever there was another which did not
appear upon its face. namely. that Tar
put was the scene OF the attacks upon
the Armenians and American mission
aries which resulted in the claim against
Turkey of about Sl0o.O00. which the United
States Government forced the Sultan TO
pay. ,,.,
that under article of the treaty OF May
7. 1888 ii had a perfect right to appoint
its citizens to be Consuls and Vice Sonsnis
eat the commercial places in the domin-
ions of the Sublim, Porte where It shall
he found needfu to superintend the affairs
of commerce" Dr. Norton was Instructed
to proceed to Turkey despite that coun-
RVS adverse action, and for several
months he has been at COnstantinople
awaiting his recognition by the Sultan.
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
AN ALLEGED CUBAN sMUGeLER
A Large Quantity of Cigarettes
Seized hN an Inspector.

NEW YORK, Nov 5.-Franco Rochas,
OF 145 East Fifteenth Street, a Cuban, who
has been in this country three months,
was held today in $500 bail by United
States Commissioner Shields on a COM
plant made by Inspector Charles Fl.
Traitteur. of the law department of the
custom house, charging him with snug
Cling large quantities OF cigarettes and
cigars from Cuba. The customs inspec
tors think this case may give them clew
to the extensive smuggling of Cuban to-
bacco which has been carried on since
the Spanish-American war.
Inspector Traitteur learned about
week ago that Rochas WIS trying to sell
a lot of cigarettes, and suspected that
they were smuggled. He had two or three
meetings with the Cuban and the samples
shown him confirmed his suspicious. On
the plea that he wanted to see the whole
lot before he made a purchase Trait
teur, accompanied by Deputy Inspector
Cohen. met Rochas on Third Avenue this
morning and went with him to his room.
There Rochas showed them 5000 cigar
cites and 1000 cigars The retail value
OF these, including duty, was something
over 81. $50. but Rochas offered the entire
lot for S5l1.
Before finally agreeing TO take them
the inspectors insisted on knowing where
they came from. and Rochas at last ad-
mitted that they were smuggled. As his
admission was backed up by the fact that
the cigarettes contained neither customs
nor revenue stamps. Rochas was arrested.
To Commissioner Shields he said in
broken English that he did not know any
thing about the American law. so he could
not be blamed for violating it
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
The seizure of sIi,yIene.

As European dispatches announce.
the French Admiral Caillard has made
a descent upon the important and pro-
ductive Island of Mitylene, and seized
IT'S three principal ports, incluc.ag.
Of course. a famous harbor, than
which there are few places better
adapted for use az a naval station in
all the waters OF Europe and Asia
Minor. A1itylent in strong hands domi-
mates The Gulf Of Smyrna. and consti-
tutes an important point d'appui for
France in connej tion with wha tever
may be her designs upon Syria. Nifty
lene. also is handy to the entrance to
the Dardanelles; entirely too much SO
for Turkish comfort at the present time.
Its occupation by France, in the alb
sence Of strong International objection
which is not anticipated is likely 10 be
permanent In other words, apparently
there Is little occasion to doubt that the
Island of Mitylene, seventh in size Of all
the Egean islands, viii be added to
the bill against the Sultan, and. from
that cheerful point Of view. taken over
iE perpetuity.
hFLutF OOHE the coast England
owns and occupies the Island of Cy-
prus. larger and much more important.
by virtue Of its cession by Turkey. the
material condition of which was that
England always would guarantee tho
integrity OF the Sultan's Asiatic pos-
sessions. The island is safely British.
but the guarantee IS about as valuable
just now as that expressed on the face
of a Confederate note. Abdul Hamid
has called upon the British Govern
ment to redeem its pledge, and to use
its navy for the purpose of checking
French aggressions upon Turkish terri
tory in the East insular and contI-
mental. IT is not conceivable that Lord
Salisbury would mix up his Govern
ment in the affair, situated as 1t is.
France naturally appreciates that
feature Of the situation. and is frankly
active in tal.ing advantage of II. Not
that King Edwards Ministers care
much about the coercion of the Sub
lime Porte. They have a long tale of
broken faith against the Yiidiz Kiosk
themselves. What they cannot like is
the idea that France may Intend to
establish practical protectorate over
Syria, under cover of protecting the
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
PERSONAL.

Rene de KeTchove. a son Of Baron de
Kerchove present Governor of East Flan-
ders, Belgium. and Edward de Jonghi,
whose father is Viscount de Jonghl, a
member of the Belgian Upper House. are
at present in San Francisco acting as
ordinary apprentices on board the British
ship MuskowEs. They gave up royal lux
ury for this life before the mast. They
were bound in plain apprenticeship by
their fathers, and are graduates Of the
college at Brussels. They speak several
languages.
Miss Helen Gladstone. the fourth daugh-
ter of the late w. f. Gladstone, has taken
charge of The pioneer women's university
work among the London poor. the Wom-
ems University Settlement. The settlement
was foUTded in 1887 by the woinen's col
Ieges OF oxford and Cambridge, and the
membership reached total of $50 Miss
Gladstone Is fifty-two years old, and was
born in Hawarden Castle.
Ivan Petrof. OF the United States Cen
sus Bureau, has created a new record by
taking a census of Nunivak Island, in
Behring Sea. where the population num-
bers COO and feeds solely on walrus and
fish.
The Roy. James Addison Ingle. who
was chosen by the Episcopal General
Convention as Bishop OF Hankow. China
was graduated from the University Of
Virginia in ISSS. and soon afterward went
To China as missionary. For some
years he has been in charge of the
church at HanEu%.
Peter Dcville has arrived in San Fran
cisco, after two years travel IN Alaska.
He was in the Moon country, between
the Porcuplne and Mackenzie rivers. and
asserts that he found there a race OF
white people who he thinks are Sir John
Frauklin's descendants. Deville tried
them with French. Russian, Spanish, and
English. but they could not understand
any of them.
Judge Henry ]. Hudson, OF Columbus
Nob.. is again to run for police Justice
although about eighty years of age. He
SAYS he intends to keep Il up until he is
an old man.
A giant tree in the Mariposa Grove Cal
jfornia, has been selected to be named
William Mckinley 1t stands between
the Washington and Lincoln trees, and
il estimated to be 5000 years old.
The London Express is now running,
in addition TO a daily editorial. from one
TO two columns of short interviews and
communications favorable to General Bull
Ter and denounclnE his enemies. Among
these recently was the following from
Major General Baden-Powell, himself
something of popular idol, which Incl
they use in London: 1T seems terrible
hard luck after all the splendid service.
IT GEMS to me to have been little break
out that should have been forgotten"
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
The Ethical Teaching of Novels.

The novel as a teacher of ethics is the
child of the nineteenth century. In the
eighteenth century, when this form Of
romantic literature had it's birth. it was
as innocently immoral as a kitten The
main object of the story teller was TO
keep his readers interested. and. Incl
dentally, one suspects. to be interested
himself, in what he was telling. But
this has not been enough for the novel
lists Of the last fifty years. They have
TO pile ethical teachings on their char
acters until the unfortunate dream
people sometimes grow top heavy.
Up to certain point the treatment
OF moral problems in the form Of fic-
tion IS all right of course. Such ques-
tions have to be handled in real life.
and no romance can be realistic unless
the characters-some of them-have
consciences in good and regular stand
ing But of late there have been such
surprising developments in this direc-
ton that the unprejudiced critic some
times feels like asking il it is all really
necessary. There is no need of keeping
ones conscience going so constantly
that 1t develops weakness. and that is
what some people in and out OF novels
seem determined to do. 1t is irritating
to find in a novel situation which is
prolonged 20 an unconscionable length
simply because common sense does not
come to the relief of conscience, in some
affair of the heart OF the pocket.
Again, some noyelists of the present
day have taken to solving. with a great
flourish of trumpets. moral problems
which Noah probably found waiting for
him when he emerged from the ark 1t
is great discovery for a small boy
when he finds that the multiplication
table can be depended upon to tell the
truth in ten cases out Of ten, but he
gets over his surprise as time goes on.
One does not expect a grown man or
woman to announce in a loud voice
truths which have been known TO man
since the beginning of human institu-
tions.
But. says the novelist. human nature
is much older than the novel. and all
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
Avoiding the Issue.

prom the Springfield Republican,
If the Republican leaders cannot now
find it in their tender, friendly souls to
cross one single Overprotectcd interest.
even so far as to adopt the generally
picayunish reductions of the kasson treat
les, how much better are the recommenda-
tions of a reciprocity commission likely TO
fare at their hands? The commission sug-
gestIon is significant simply Of policy
OF delay and avoidance in the matter.
And this is all that the coming session Of
Congress promises just now. The last
counsel of President Mckinley Will con-
tinue. TO doubt to be highly hunored to
The word. but otherwise ignored. Let
wen enough alone" is the answer Mr..
Hanna and the party in Ohio are making
a H.
The Washington times., 1901-11-06

Catholic Christians in that region. A
glance at the map will show why this
would be disagreeable, If not menac-
ing. to England. Syria is just next
door to Egypt and the Suez Canal, and
unfTiendly neighbors that close together
are reasonably certain to quarrel. They
may not wish to, but ultimately the
children or the servants, the cats, the
dogs, or the goats get them to fiShuns.
In the present instance England could
not make any effective objection TO the
French development in the Levant
without being prepared to back II with
a fight, and she has plenty of fighting
already, and a war chest as empty as
last years birds nest.
So, whatever France has determined
to do. with the consent. actual or inn
piled, of Russia and Germany, she VIII
do. The Interesting point in the prem
ises is the question of what Turkey will
do. The day may not yet have arrived
for the Sultan to feel that the
Moslem power in Europe, and even in
Asia Minor has been driven to the last
ditch. When it does come, we may eX-
pect to see holy war" declared, and
q fight that will never be forgotten in
history
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
PoIiticnI Prefcnce.

CFrom the Cincinnati Euquirer)
Mr.. Foraker is coquetting. too. He is of
an ardent disposition. and the bond Of
union with Mr.. Hanna is such mistit
that he can hardly restrain shouts for
Roosevelt for President. though, OF
course. he would only use the present
President as Il means OF cripplinS Marcus
A Mr. Foraker Is a candidate for Presi-
dent himself Mr.. Roosevelt should be
ware of him In fact MIR. Roosevelt VIII
proceed with caution in the matter OF
-. Kim nlIlnn ms
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
Reciprocity Is Coming.
CFrom the Chicago Journal.)

(From the Chicago Journal)
That is why the suggestion for delay
by the commission plan may be regarded
rs a hopeful sign in the reciprocity fight.
1t is clear Indication that the movement
has already gathered too much headway
% be dire city opposed. and that its ulti-
mate triumph Is even now regarded as
Inevitable by those who are least dis
posed to welcome IT. The surprising rap
ilitv with which they have been forced
4, This position is conclusive evidence of
lta strength Of reciprucitys claims
The Washington times., 1901-11-06

that we can do at best is to portray
it. 1t is impossible to conceive an en-
tireIy new situation. or to bring out
truth which shall be wholly new. Ihat
is so: but one can avoid acting ike
prophet of new religion or social code
when one is simply explaining an old
one.
For example, among the novels OF the
present season Is story obviously IN
tended to teach lesson to its readers,
especially its feminine readers who are
yet unmarried. The heroine has mace
up her mind, as she says, to think as
she pleases, say what she pleases, and
do as she pleases. In course of time
she falls in love and contemplates mar
riage, but continues to adhere to her
especial creed. The hero is of the opin-
ion that it is the business of a wife to
think as her husband does, say what
will please him. and do what suits his
purpose in life. 1t does not take
Solomon to perceive trouble in the near
future. The whole story teaches the
lesson, which most people learn in
babyhood. that it is impossible for tive
persons to live together in any human
relation unless they are to some eX-
tent at least agreed, and that in mar
riage, the most intimate of all relations,
this concord of thought and purpose Is
especially useful. of course, two SEN
sible people will not expect to agree on
every minor matter of daily life, but 1t
is not likely taat any such extreme case
as that portrayed by the novelist would
be likely to occur in real life. and there
fore he may justly be said to be teach
ing lesson which is not in the least
necessary to the average person. About
two-thirds of the problems solved by
the average ethical novelist would not
be problems at all to the average reader
with common sense.
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
Is This the Henson.

tl'rom the Philadelphia Record)
Moderate reductions OF the tariff could
be made in the coming session OF Con
sress while it might probably take years
before auy treaty of reciprocity would
be finally ratified and enforced by the
respective Governments. Is this the rea-
son why commercial reciprocity mas SO
many advocates among the champions Oh
protection?
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
ReducIng thc snrnIns.

CFrum the Chicago Chroniele.l
Il will be the part of sound economic
wisdom to enact such measures In the
rcxt Congress as will reduce the Treasury
rIrpl,.s by tightening taxation, without
ia any degree iI0paIting the available
funds for all the needs of government.
The Washington times., 1901-11-06

We do not envy the emotions of the few
reputable Democrats who supported the
Tammany ticket yesterday. Their votes
in the cause of decency were not needed.
but they were expected none the less. The
Croker downfall should have been made
a Waterloo
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
A Great Injustice.

(From the Louisville Courier-Journal.)
Those who feared that because Mr..
Roosevelt succeeded to the Presidency
Mr.. Hanna would relax his hold on the
country, and let 1t drop to smash, did that
great man an injustice. We have his own
word for that now.
The Washington times., 1901-11-06

1t is impossible to reflect upon the cleo
ton in New York yesterday without a
feeling of regret that a man personally
so good and respected as Mr.. Edward NJ.
Shepard, the Tammauy candidate for
mayor. should have allowed the reform
record of a hitherto worthy life to be
blotted out in the company he accepted
with full knowledge of its character. and
with which he went down to defeat.
ed. he would have tried to administer the
government of the city honestly and fear
lessly But everybody else knows, and he
ought to, that he was put forward as a
respectable stalking horse by the very
men he has spent years and remarkable
ability and eloaSence in denouncing, and
that in the mayors office he would have
been impotent to prevent the abuses and
evils which always mark Tammany rule
The protection OF vice, and the regular
assessment of it by way of compensation,
would have gone on just the same under
the mayoralty of Mr.. Shepard as it has
under mayors more acceptable than he
TO Tammany Hail. His many old friends
and admirers will sympathize with and
pity him as another good man gone
wrong. But his mistake is irretrievable
He cannot recall it. Henceforth his for
mer associates in the cause of municipal
reform viii shun him, and he cannot COM
plain. He has ostracized himself delib-
erately and completely.
The Washington times., 1901-11-06

Turkey has removed another cause of
friction with the United States, by grant
ing an exequatur to DR.. Norton, appointed
American Consul at Harput. Armenia.
The Sultan did not want us 10 have an
official representative at the point. 1t was
the scene of a hideous massacre of Ar
menians by Kurds and Turkish troops a
few years ago. The fewer foreign eyes
allowed in such localities, the better. be-
cause Abdul Hamid is credited with a
settled determination TO exterminate the
Armenians. and does not like to have his
policy obstructed. But England was al
lowed Consul at Harput, and using that
fact as a club, the State Department sue
ceeded in forcing an American Consul as
well on the Porte
The Washington times., 1901-11-06
Stealing IL March.
,Fr,m the Chicago Nrws.l

tETphi tht 1i''-eS .''''-'F
Secretary Cage. being rru''' MT man
links it Is the eafost way to buy h.1ds
bs fore Congress gets chIrce ri th'
sur9lus.
The Washington times., 1901-11-06

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre at
Jerusalem recently was the scene of
serious fracas between Franciscan and
Greek Catholic monks. and casualties on
both sides are said to have been numer-
Gus. The cause OF the riot was a differ
ence Of opinion to which of the con-
tending orders had the right to sweep
out the church. Both claimed it. How
strange all that sounds in American earsi
The Washington times., 1901-11-06

The moGernization of Europe is strilc-
ingly Illustrated by the announcement
that a trolley road is now building up
the slope of the volcano of Vesuvius for
the accommodation OF tourists who find
mountain climbing distastefully arduous.
The trolley line starts at the foot of the
mountain and connects with cable road,
which carries the passenger all the way
to the edge Of the crater, beginning at an
elevation of 2.290 feet Already there is
a trolley line from Gizeh TO the Sphinx,
one for part Of the way up Mont Blanc.
and "A number Of them. with transfers and
all the modern accessories, through the
streets of Rome.
The most incongruous combination of
ancient and modern will be found in the
electric passenger railroad to be IriIr
ist appreciates such couvcnienccs very
much, and finds them a substantial econ
omy over the traditional donkey and his
ptcturesuuciy biasphomUuS driver No one
who has ascended our own Mount Wash
ington Ia recent years has had cause to
regret that his or her bones do not re-
pose somewhere among The bowIders
marked by cairn, Ike those of the nm
fortunate young woman who was among
bic ascent on foot. Whatever cnnserves
tissue makes for good, and the advan-
tage of mountain railroads is that by
means of them thousands reach mctutafn
tons who would otherwise be content 10
contemplate them from the valleys So
much Of the "roTrsncc nf frgvri = j.
lost thereby can very we'll be spared
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-01
DUKE and DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
ARE FfIER BY LOYAL SUBJECTS

by Lieutenant Governor Sir Henry Jolly,
and driven through cheering crowds to
the parliament building. where addresses
of welcome were made by Mayor Hay
ward in behalf Of the city, John w.
Pratt of Seattle, for the British Ameri-
can citizens of Victoria. The handsome
government buildings were attractively
decorated, and assembled in a great
square on the lawn We're the school
children Of the city, who sang patriotic
songs.
The duke thanked the people for their
greeting in brief speech. Medals were
then presented to the local soldiers who
served in South Africa. The royal par
ty was then driven through troop lined
street to Esquimalt where the duke end
duchess lunched with Admiral Bickford
In the afternoon the duke visited and
formally opened Victoria exposition.
Z Tonight there will be a state dinner
a! the government house and reception
at parliament buildings.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-01
DEDICATION OF BILLINGS new LIBRARY

Billings, Oct. 1.-The dedication exer-
cises of the Parmly Billings Memorial
Library was held in the opera house
this afternoon. Mayor. W. B. George
presiding. The house was crowded with
an audience Of the most representative
people of the city.
After a selection by the Logan orches-
ira, Judge James r. Goss made few
brief remarks, being followed by Mr..
Frederick Billings, of New York, donor
of the library, who presented the deed Of
gift. His remarks were brief, yet very
feeling and showed his deep love
for his deceased brother as well as his
effort to perpetua.e a monument to his
memory.
Mayor w. B. George, on behalf of the
city, accepted the deed and conveyed to
Mr.. Billings the universal feeling of the
deep gratitude for his munificent gift.
Mr.. George said that the Billings family
would be ever held In grateful remem-
brance not only by the Oldest citizens,
but the rising generation of the city.
The Billings male quarette then sang
pretty selection. This was followed by
an address by President James Reid of
the Montana college, who said in part:
"This is pre-eminently the age of pub
lie libraries. The vast and generous
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-01

gifts made for the establishment Of
these institutions has brought them into
the foreground as great educational
agency. In the last three years. $40 sep
arate gifts have been made amounting
to over thirty million dollars
The speaker touched upon aid
and purpose of the public IL
brary, that 1t is to educate
the children leave the public schools
at II years of age. The average time
the American, child spends in school is
little over four and one-half years.
He gets the remainder, of his education
from outside sources, how important
1T is to teach him to love the companion
ship of his books, said Mr.. Reid.
After another selection by the male
quartette, Hon. w. f. Sanders of Hell
ena delivered one of his splendid. char
acteristic addresses, complimenting the
city upon having so generous a friend.
The exercises closed with the singing
of America"
Mr.. Frederick Billings and Mrs. S. T.
Kilne1' arrived this morning from New
York. They visited the library at 1:3O
and expressed themselves as greatly
pleased at the efforts of the building
committee.