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The evening times., 1901-09-12
Circulation statement.


The steady Improvement in the con
dition of President Mckinley. as rep
resented in the frequent bulletins from
his sick room. and the statements oi
his attending physicians. appear 10 jus
ticy tie confidence felt by the family.
the Cabinet, and the patient himself.
that he is on the high road 70 recovery.
II is even said that. If all goes well. he
may be allowed TO give his mind 10
some public business in about a week
ur ten days The stomach wounds
proper. IL is said. have healed already.
and the superficial wound on the sur
face is Lealirg and yielding TO antisep-
tic treatment as completely as could b
desired. Hourly the danger Of blood
poisoning diminishes and. as we under
stand. will be passed by Sunday 1t is
an excellent sign that Mr.. Mckinley is
now able 10 take nOUrishment in the
normal way and that his appetite and
vitality are surprising 10 the medical
staff on duty with him. The country
now has every reason 10 hope for "A
early and rapid convaIeseeace.
The situation is 50 encouraging. ap-
par"ntly. that the Cabinet Ministers. OF
most of them, will resume their duties
in Washington without delay. Mr.
Gage is already at his post, Mr.. Hay
win be at his today. and before the end
of the week the important departments
viii be running under fun head as if
the President were in Canton instead
Of in a d8TEened room in Buffalo. In
regard TO President MCKinley's re-
movar 10 Washington. it is probable
that his physicians and other advisers
viii urge him TO postpone such "a move
nlent for at least FIVE OF six weeks. He
might easily bear the journey sooner.
at the present rate of his progress to-
ward recovery. but it is highly de-
sirable that he should not encounter
the strain &C White House life until
practically restored . health and
strength The anxiety which ne shows
already TO be informed concerning pub
lie affairs. to read the newspapers. and
so on. shows that the activity Of his
mind might outrun his physical ability
were he not strictly curbed. However.
he is represented as an ideal patient
gracefully obedient to sick room dis
cipline. and there is no likelihood that
he would think Of taking chances
against medical advice. We are happy
10 be able TO say that the indications
today are more favorable than they
have been at any time since the at
tempted assassination
The evening times., 1901-09-12
THE COTTON MILL OUTLOOK.
An Active Market and Great Ad-
Vunce I'm Prices.

FALL RIVER. Mass. Sept. I2-At no
previous time during the present year has
the future-of the cotton industry in New
England appeared as bright and enc0urag-
ing as il does today. There has been "a
radical change from a stagnant market
with a threat Of reduced wages and a
contemplated strike To a market intensely
active at great advance in prices. all
because OF the business acumen Of a sin
gle mill owner VI. C. d. Borden. Of New
York
on Tuesday. us before reported, his
agents offered to buy all the stock on
hand In this city at 2Fa cents. They want
cd 10000 pieces. and secured half that
number when the price advanced 10 27<
Yesterday they went 20 Providence and
offered the firm of ). d. g. R knight the
last-uamed figure for a quarter of "a mill
ION pieces and were refused The pur-
chase was made few hours later az Q
cents rat for regulars Thus in two davs
Mr. Borden secured half million pieces
and forced the market up One-Quarter of
a cent a yard. Late yesterday afternoon
Fall River sold TO other printers over
two hundred thousand pieces odds and
regulars on , per cent basis The sur
plus is practically wiped out both in this
city and Providence, and the continued
prosperity Of the New England cotton
mills is absolutely certain
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GOES TO TIE B. & 0.
Another Pennsylvania RaiIrOnd Of
accr Transferred.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept T-AuotHer
officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad has
been transferred To- the service of the Bal
timore and Ohio. L l. Adams. jr., su-
pcrvisor of the Pennsylvania at Tyr"ua
has been appointed assistant engineer of
the PiusburE Division Of the EaItimor.
and Ohio. The appointment was an
noGuccd yesterday. after meeting or the
directors OF thc Pennsylvania. The meet
ing was presided over by \ J. CasSatt.
the president. and all the members Of the
board were in attendance excepting Vice
Presidents Green and Provost. and VIII
liam IT, Barnes
A rum0r has been in circulation that "a
number Of transfers were TO be made of
Pennsylvania officers 20 the Baltimore
and Ohio service. Only that of Mr. Ad-
ans was made yesterday. and an attache
Of President Cassatt's office said that
probably this would be the last. The
changes thus far made. it was said. were
in accordance with the policy Of introdUc-
ing Pennsylvania methods into the ad-
miuistTation or the Baltimore and Ohio.
in order TO make the management OF the
latter road more effective a-.d productive
Of better financial results. Transfers
would only be made 20 that end. and not
for the purpose Of linking the two rail-
roads more closely. as the Baltimore and
Ohio management is tC remain entirely
distinct from that Of the Pennsylvania.
Mr. Adams has been in the service OF
the PENNSYLVANIA since 1885. During the
intervening years he has been promoted
f0ur. or five times. lie is a grandson Of
the Adams who founded the express com
pany and was born in Boston in 1873. He
began with the Pennsylvania as rodmaU
in September. 1880 In IS97 he became as
sistant to the assistant engineer Of the
Philadelphia division. in July. 1899, assist
ant supervisor at York, in March. last
year. assistant supervisor at Trenton. and
last July supervisor at Tyrone. which
post he leaves 20 become the Baltimore
and Ohio assistant engineer at Pitts
burg.
The rUmOr that wholesale changes were
20 be made in the Baltimore and Ohio Of
fees has caused much annoyance, and Mr..
LOree. TO allay IL. has caused informal as
suranCes to be conveyed to the employees
Of The road that the rumOrs are without
foundation. 1t is the purpose to retain
the men who have already demonstrated
their efficiency in the employ Of the Bal
timOre and Ohio Company
NIr. Potter. the General Manager Of the
Baltimore and Ohio system. has. with the
approval Of Mr.. LOrec. issued the follow
ing order: In taking over the Ohio River
Railroad, Ripley and Mil Greek Valley
Railroad. RaVeusWODd. Spencer and Glen
Vile Railroad. Huntingdon and Big Sandy
Railroad, and the West Virginia Short
Line Railroad, IL Is the desire Of the
management Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company that the offices and
employees. until further advised continue
iu their present positions The lines men
. mo tod al
rate division 10 DE known as the Ohio
River division"
The evening times., 1901-09-12
The Annrchis1,. Philosophy

The 'aeHtal process by which the an.
archist reaches his conclusion is a deep
mystery TO an ordinary mind. He be
gins with the idea that all Covernmen.
is wrong, and winds up with the propo-
sition that those who occupy the posi-
tions Of rulers and chief magistrates
shall be killed This seems to be the
end Of his train Of thought Having
killed king or a president, and Gre
ated a mCmentaTy vacancy in the Of
flee, the anarchists ambition seems 20
be satisfied. So far as can be gathered
from his words OF his actions lie has
40 further plan.
Unless a person Is grossly ignorant
and stupid n must know that the va
cancies thus caused will be immedi-
ately filled. and that the work Of filling
them will go on indefinitely. So. that.
leaving the wickedness Of the act out
Of consideration. nothing whatever can
be gained by II along the line Of the
anarchists desires. But the average
anarchist is not ignorant Of this. Most
members Of the cult have some educa-
ton They know how governments are
organized, ard have some understand
ing Of the order OF succession. CzoI-
gosz- while proclaiming himself an an
archist, ana as being opposed 10 all
government. knew perfectly well that
Ee could not destroy the American Gov
eminent by killing President Mckinley.
tn" WOulG-be assassin might as sensi-
bly, have declared that he did not b.
lieve there should not be any noun
tains, and emphasized the assertion by
firing a shot AT a sandhnI.
The utter futility Of such a method
Is still more clearly understood by
those Of higher intelligence who preach
the anarchist doctrine II is only rare
ly that the actual leaders Of the cult
become the assassins Of rulers Wheth-
Ct il comes from the drawing Of lots. or
as a result Of vicious and misleading
teachings. il is usually some obscure
and inferior person who commits the
murder, or tries 20. Generally Il Is diff
hcult 10 learn Just what led up t. the
crime. for the fanaticisrn Of the crimi
nal makes his statements of a most
unreliable character. Even If there is.
in fact, conspiracy, he is more than
likely 10 deny H. and assume the entire
responsibility. As the killing Of a ruler
cannot POSSIBLY produce the result
which the anarchist desires, we are left
in a state OF blank darkness as To his
real motive. Probably it varies with
different individuals With some il
may be- simply a thirst for notoriety.
while others may be ambitious for mar
tyrdOm. But whatever may be the i'm
mediate and moving thought. when an
avoweG anarchist perp5trates such
deed IL clearly is the outcome OF the
infdmmatory utterances Of those who
profess % lead the movement
In this connection IL may be remark
ed that several Of the more conspicuous
anarchist leaders are reported as con
demnins Czolgoszs act Among these
are Most. Krapotldn, and Malatesta.
These men, so it Is said. declare that
there IS no occasion for the murder Of
rulers I'm q country Ike America where
the people have fixed the form of GOV
erument ard elected the persons 10 hH
the Offices Then, why DO such men
come here TO preach anarchy at all?
And when they do come why 10 they
The evening times., 1901-09-12
DEATH OF CHARLES H. BALL.
He Was Chief Engineer of the United
states Revenue Cutter Service.

7
BALTIMORE Sept. I2-Chief Engineer
Charles Henry Ball. Of the United States
Revenue Cstter Service. died suddenly at
u-l5 O'Clock Tuesday night on the Gus
toms steamer Guthrie. at the foot Of
Commerce Street. He had retired about
9 o'clock in apparently good health. but
soon after came on deck and complained
OF q smotheriug feeling about his throat
and chest He sat down in a chair for q
while and then went into the cabin and
asked for an emetc, which was given
him under his own directions by one Of
the crew. Couuuuiug to grow worse, he
sent for q doctor. The messenger met
Lieut. John F. Wild. commanding the
Guthrie, who was returning on board.
Lieutenant Wild summoned Dr. David
Street, who found Mr.. BAH suffering
from heart trouble and gave him two hy-
pod-rmic injections At I1l5 o'clock the
officer hr-athed his last.
Captain Wild notified the police about :
o'clock iu the morning, and the coroner
decided that death was due 10 natural
causes
Mrs Ball. who was at Berkeley Springs.
Va. and Miss Helen Ball, who was in
New York visiting her aunt. Mrs. J. J.
<--tiII. were notified and arrived IN the
city last night. I NTH the arrival OF +. +.
Hilton Suu-Iu-law of the deceased. who
is district superintendent Of the Pullman
Car Company at Louisville. the funeral
arrangements viii not be made.
Chief Engineer Bail was born IN New
York city ~ixty-fOur years ago the fourth
day OF tnl- month. He entered the United
States Navy at the beginning Of the civil
war INsl a~ assistant engineer and serV-
cd until r.f5 his duties being with F8rra-
gut and other officers In the sea fights 0f
that war. Tnirtv--iE years he had served
IN The Revenue cutter Service. which he
entered September II. lst5 as second as
siErIUr engineer lie was promoted 10
first assistant November II. 1867. and on
June - 1874. the President signed his
commission as chief engineer. lie had
served on an stations on the Atlantic and
Pacific and Lake stations. and was an
officer attached To one Of the cutters pres
eUI when the United States flag was
hDi-G-d at Silkg- which marked AlaSka's
transfer from Russia 10 the United
States. He suUcriuteuded the c0ustruc-
tiYu Of the twiu-~crew engines Of the cut
ter Window. now on the Baltimore sta
tiDu. and accompanied her from the Mis-
sIs-iupi 20 Baltimore.
Mrs. Ball. who was Miss Lille V
Brown of Richmond Va. and Miss Helen
Ball. "a daughter with "a granddaughter
81 "a deceased daughter, survive him with
Mrs NTstiH his sister. Of New York and
George Ban. % Brooklyn his brother.
He was member Of the Masonic fratrr-
nifty and knights TernpIar
Captain Wild. Of the cutter Guthrie. Of
hc-IIy notified The Secretary gf thu
Treasury and Collector Of Customs Stoy.
Ut tine death Dr Mr.. Ban
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The slriI.e Ncnrine It, End.

As a result Of conferences between
the steel workers Of the MaEoning and
Sheuango Valleys and the employing
companies today. it is expected that the
steel strike will be settled as far as
these districts axe concerned. the CIcve-
land scale. upon which the men have
insisted, signed, and operations rcsUm-
ed not later than Monday next. 1t is
reported that the strikers In the two
valleys are greatly dissatisfied with
President Shaffer's conduct Of the labor
war. and especially with his refusal 10
accept President Schwab's latest terms.
which they regard as liberal in the cir
cUmstauces. They are. therefore, rep
resented as Indifferent as TO what SEaf-
fer and the Amalgams ted Association
may DO in view Of their secession. and
viii get back 20 work as quickly as
possible.
At the McKeesport storm centre We
do not hear Of any important develop
ments. The tube works are stin shut
down. and the company does not show
any disposition To challenge the mob
by attempting 10 start them at present
notwithstanding efforts. attended with
some violence, to prevent it. the Mon
ongahela plate works in Pittsburg We're
put in operation yesterday. and another
formerly union plant lost To the Anal
gamated men should they embrace MI
Schwab's offer Of peace before its with
drawaL We do not know how much
truth there may be in the statement
but i'm dPSuarchpS from Pittsbu.ur II is
! asserted that the two weeks strike
benefits now being paid out. and which
Will aggregate about siXty-eight thou
sand dollars. Will nearly deplete the
AmalEamated Associations treasury.
In labor circles in Pennsylvania, tEe
I prediction is freely made that the strike
viii be called Off within very few
days, failing which it viii fan in pieces
! through a general stampede Of the rank
and file
The evening times., 1901-09-12
FEW BIBLES IN HOTELS.
Copies of the Scriptures Disappear
ing From Places Of Entertainment

topics OF the scriptures Disappear
ing From Places Of Entertainment.
For the last six months l have been
trying to figure out a question OF morals 90
said the man Of experience Somebody
is on the down grade Either the prOpri-
etOrs Of hotels throughout the country are
becoming domOralized or their patrons
have slipped q cog. and / am trying 10
find out which il IS.
I've been travelling a good part of the
time for the last thirty years. and up to
two years ago seldom put up AT ho-
tel where ! did not find "A Bible tucked
away in the bureau drawer. But now the
Bibles are missing I never knew until
the little books became an unknown guam
uty how much had come to depend up
on them as a familiar figure in the ever
changing hotel life Of a man on the rold.
Il don't take 10 myself the credit Of
having read the book whenever 1 might
and should have read IT. indeed [ fear
liiaI tH"re are many weeks at stretch
Mh'u never looked inside H. but some
how u gave me a sort Of h0meIikr com
Portable feeling 10 see q COpV Iylug.
around IN q strange house and for years
my nrst action upon being shown into "a
room was 70 open the top drawer and Sr.
u INC Bible was IL place. II DO was fhara
and II usually was. / felt kind OF settled
for tho night. otherwise 1 Was I0ue-1r,.
and out OF sorts
These Bibles were provided I'm different
ways In some places they We're furnish
ed by the tract society. which had oh
tdiUcd permission from the ur0Driet0r ID
place bible IN each room of his hotel
but In other places the management took
the Initiative as a stroke Of business pYIi-
Cy and saw 70 n that the books yvrr.' dis
tributcd throughout the house
why the Bibles have disaprearsg rr.,r,,
the hotels is what is puzzIiul mo chi
cagO was the first town 90 abolish rHam
Il gave me quite a shock when 1 stlrr,,-i
al one Of the Michigan Avenue hotels on.
night and failed to find the Bible i'm IFS
accustomed place or any other place for
that matter / went right down to tho.
proprietor and made enquiry as 90 th.
change My attitude in the matter eay.
the employees the impression that v.ts au
cvengc.ist or some other kind Of itinerant
preacher. and their subsequent treatment
Of me afforded the other guests no end
Of amusement and myself plenty of in
convenience. but there is no use talking
/ really was lost without the Bible
Since then Bibles have gradually made
their exit from the hotels Of other t,v-r,s
both large and small / have asked "a
good many people the cause Of their 1b-
sencc but nobody seems equal 70 the lob
of explaining. Have the hotel managers
and the tract society grown careless or
do they think that men who travel arc
past redemption and that putting Bibles i'm
their rooms is q polite and uD-tO-data v-9,-
Of casting pearls before swine2 OF course.
there is a possibility that they believe ss
to be 50 good that We don't need EibIas
but even l. with all my cOnceit. am incIiu-
ed to reject this theory. New York sun.
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make their language so broad as TO
Imply that murder is jusudable 10 de-
stTUy government in any country
Viewed from any possible standpoint
The doctrine is uniutelligible TO one who
is in the habit Of reasoning along
straight lines. II is dangerous to gov
ernme1t dangerous To- society as
whole. and dangerous To- every individ-
aaL 20 rs "a waste OF time t0 attempt
&, fathom motives in particular cases
who make var upon society should be
suppressed by society. 1t is not enough
simply 10 hang the murderer. but pun
ishmcnt swift and sure should be meted
out 60 those whose teachings bear such
fruits
The evening times., 1901-09-12
HOW MILES DIFFER.
Not the Same la Length In the VnrI-
Gus Countries

Not the same la Length In the Vuri-
Gus Countries.
Eugiish-spDtkinE countries have four
different miias-the ordinary mile Of 80
feet and the geographical or nautical mile
Of 51eI feet making a difference Of about
oHe-soEcuth between the two. then there
is thu Scotch mile Of 592s feet. and the
Irish mile Of 6.s51 feet. four various miles.
every one of which is still in use. Then
almost every country has its own stand
ard mile. The Romans have their mil
pdSSuHW. lN" PAGES. which must have
been about &.yu feet in length unless we
a-rTIb- tD Caesars legiOua rirs great ii on
ping capacity. The German mile Of today
is a. .3lS feet iu length more than fgur ana
a hau times @s long as our mile The
DLlch. iIr Danes. and the Prussiaus en-
JOY "a mile that D. Is. 40 feet long three
and ou'-hall times the IeIgth of 0fIre and
IN" SWISS get more exercise in walking
lhgr mn~ than We get in walking five
miles, for their mile is 9.l53 yards long
while ours b. only .7Gy yards
IN. Italian mile IS only few feet I8Dorr
than uuIS- the Roman mile Is shorter
while tho Tuscan and the Turkish miles
are l5u yards longer. The Swedish milo 10
laH yards long. and the Vienna pastrliIa
is N.." yards IN length. So here Is a list
"t twelve different miles and besides This
th~Tr are other measures Of distance nor
counting the French kilcmetre which is
rather less than two-thirds Of a mile The
BrdZiiiduS have "a milia that Is one and
oue-luHrth times as lOu,~ as our milo, Tho
Neapolitfu miEliO is auOut the c9na
length the Japanese ri or mile. is two
and unr-half times ours, the Russian
Ntt-l iS hfE-tlBhths as long as our mile,
while the Persian standard is a fes9Iyb
four and a half miles long which is said
20 Br equal 10 the parauSaug So fsr,iIi-r
20 lhr readers OF NenUphg Auabagfg
The distance indicated by the league also
Monthly
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VISIT FROM HAITTs BISHOP.
The RI. Rev. James T. Holly says
Times Are Hard on the Island

Times Are HARD on dne A~Alnu-
BALTIMORE. Md. Sept 12-Right
Rev. James Theodore Holly, D d. LID.
Bishop of Haiti. one Of the two Col0red
bishops Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of America. is the guest of Rev
George T.. Bragg. IT. rector Of St James
Protestant Episcopal Church, cOI0red, at
his home at S2a Aisquitn Street
Bishop Holly Is accompanied by his
daughter and is IN route to san Francis
co To attend the trienniaI convention of
tho Protestant Episcopal Church. which
begins October , He left Haiti August 4
and has been spending the last week in
Washington He viii leave Friday for
New York and viii go to san Francisco
in a few days.
Bishop Ferguson. Of Liberia. the other
coIorcd bishop. has already arrived in
New York en- route 20 the convention.
and viii leave for san Francisco on Fri
day.
Bishop Holly is seventy-tvo years old
and a native of Washington D. g. He Is
a remarkably weil-prcserved man Tor his
years, and Is Of comma ndirS presence
For forty years. since 1851 he has been
stationed in Haiti. and the growth OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church in that isl
and IS due largely 20 his Efforts He was
educated under Bishop NcCoskeTy. Of
Mich gan. and was made a deacon June Z,
1850. Six months later. after having been
ira .sferr-d from Michigan 10 Connect
cut. ne was ordained a minister. In Grace
Church New York. in 1874, he was con-
secrated bishop.
The bishop said there had been no hint
Of revolution IN the island since 1891
The term of the present President, Simon
sam. expires i'm 1913. and many candidates
for the office are row in the field 4 con-
stitutioual provision prevents q President
serving two consecutive terms, and the
selection Of the new President. says the
bishop. is likely 20 cause trouble EusI-
ness affairs upon the island. ne states. are
at q staudstiu because Of three years
drouEhts. and hard times are prevalent.
Bishop Holly is the only cCloreG bishop
who has had the distinction of Offering
prayer IL Westminster Abbey. London
He was \ delegate 70 the second ECumen-
fcaI Conference of the Church of England.
and offered prayer at one of the services
The evening times., 1901-09-12
Nothing American.

Ni'iN iNs NhitN.h tlIIID
Describing the arrest of anarchists IN Chicago.
ycstr7iIy's dispatches say.
The names of The i've men arrested with
Isaac are Abraham Isaac, ir Hipp0ytc HavgI
Henry lrlkeglo, Clements Plstezner, and Alfred
Schueudrr"
These names toiI the whole story. Nothing
American could Doe extracted from that outfit
with a steam hydraulic press. truce 90 the
importation 0i The CyaugeIs O. murder and as
sss-ir4t.Uut
The evening times., 1901-09-12

Ufom the Youths C0mpanion)
Two mcu were discussing acquaintance whose
desire 90 gain wealth and distlste for any de-
msndo upon his charity were equally well known
what an the world does he want 0f more
money demanded one Of the men. IN the tone
oi one who dehes the public at large 60 find an
answer o. Eis question "He hasn't any near
relatives, and he doesn't begin TO spend his in
come now"
All" said the other man. that's just 1t. He
wants ~ economic on a still larger scale"
The evening times., 1901-09-12
Easily Answered


ITI"II I-TII7IIIIUlI =
General sherman oas 6se OF the most approach
able men who ever commanded great army
During his famous march 60 the -ra'' both
North and South were completely myst5fafF rs o.
what point ha VAS striking for. and one dlv an
old Georgia planter who lad called ar his head
quarters and enjoyed his good cheer asked him
plumply II be had any objection % telling
where his army was bound
''Not the least said sherman Then. leaning
over. he whispered Iu his guests car but s1
loudly that everybody else iu the tent overheard
II. we are going pretty much where we -
please
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For Arts sake.

Drrom The Chicago TribuueJ
'.GriseIG1.- said the visiting relative. '.y1u
ought Not t0 try -o sing when you are shaking
with che ehill--"
Il haven't got abe eliIls auutie.- replied the
church choir soprano. FL ana prsl,il.ug GA my