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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29
Circulation Statement.
Cranky kansas.

There is not a more lurid star in the
American political armament than that
of Kansas. It's rays fame out in all di-
reezions. visible 10 the naked eye as true
Whiskers. Once it was bleeding Kansas,
then it vas grdsshoprer Kansas. Still
later, it became the bright land of Sock
less Simpson and Mary Ellen Lease At
last 1t has been captured and occupied by
d wild tribe OF Crazy Jane reformers who
are smashing saloons. destroying proper
t. and making bedlamite candidates for
the ducking stool Of themselves. all in the
name OF public morality. IN their sense
less fanatieisn, if Senator Beveridge were
to appear among them without changing
his name. they would destroy him utterly
as something good 10 drink
The chief of these wild women has added
an episode to the history of American
crank outbreaks by considering the Gov
ernor Of Kansas in the light Of the most
outrageous rum hole IN the Common
wealth and proceeding to deal with him
accordingly Followed by an enthusiastic
rabbIe she has invaded the executive
chamber and denounced its shrinking oc-
cUpant as mot only a lawbreaker but
perjurer. At This point the natural
thing for a Governor 10 do would be to re-
quest policeman to escort the disorder
" female 10 the police station: but not in
Kansas There he willis and whires. and
makes promise OF better behavior. It is
altogether funny
To speak seriously Kansas offers most
attractive field for investigation BY The
scciologists. alienists. and crfminologists
OF the period What makes this commu-
nifty the source OF fads and luaacies it is!
Perhaps the answer might be found III
the peculiar and not altogether dove-lize
character of its local Pilgrim Fathers"
They landed from two directions One
crowd rushed in from Missouri, Arkansas.
Texas, and even a hotter place. to pre-
serve the institution OF slavery and kilI
Abolitionists.. The other contingent-men
of the +'Ossawotomie" Brown order-hur-
ried TO meet the first. equally determined
TO bar out slavery as an incident. but 10
shoot pro-slavery people as main object
The civil war came. and then peace. and
The former warning elements coalesced,
and we're married and given in marriage
each to the other. The succeeding genera
ton perhaps may be considered as legiti-
mately :nheriting some Of the bigotry,
fanaticism. and savagery of the Early
pioneers The sod huts OF the cheerless
prairies certainly have given birth 10
many able and noble men and women; but
they are also responsible for the produc-
ton of nest astonishing and alarming
specimens Of humanity, incapable of show
ing any just cause OF proyOcation why
they should not be put IN straitjackcts
The prohibition war. and hun
dred other things. social, political. or
criminal. during the past two decades. all
tend 10 support the theory that there is
something psychologically wrong. chronic
among the Kansas people, in general
sense. The circumstances and conditions
would seen 10 demand thorough expert
Investigation in the interests of science
In the meantime, sane and Iaw-ajiding
people would do well TO keep away from
cranky Kansas.
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WANT CHEAPER ARMoR.
European Naval Powers Following
the Lend of This Country.

European Naval Powers Following
the Lend of This Country.
It is the expectation Of weII-informed
naval officials that European naval powers
viii demand that armor manufacturers
supply them with armor at the same price
as the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies
are delivering. It to the United States
Under contracts now in force between
those companies and this Government the
price. including royalties. is fixed at 1854
per ton for Krupp and Sill for Haryeyized
armor. The information Of the Navy De
partment is shat Great Britain, France.
Germany, Russia, and Italy have been
paying more than $500 per ton and Japan
paid more than 800. It is not believed
that these countries viii be Wiling to pay
these prices for armOr wien the United
States IS getting Il al smaller cost
No limit was placed BY the House upon
the price 10 be fixed for armor for the
ba;ieships and armored cruisers authoriz-
ed by the pending act. and it is apparent
that the arrangement made by the Secre-
tarv with the arm0r companies is accepta-
BILE TO Congress It is proposed by the de-
parJment to advertise for bids FOR the ar
NOR for these vessels after the passag5 Of
the Naval Appropriation bill.
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At THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
Competitive Examination for "A Pro
feSxnr OF Mathematics.

Competitive Examination for Pro-
lessor OF mathematics.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. Jan. 29.-Early next
week a competitive examination will be
held at the Naval Academy to I'll the
vacancy in the corps Of professors of
mathematics caused by the death of Prof.
Marshall Oliver. The position is desira-
bic. since it is Cor life and carries with
it the privilege of the retired and pension
lists. The pay is 81, 400 per year for the
first i've years and an Increase Of . per
cent for every succeeding term OF I'VE
years. In addition The successful compel
itor VIII have quarters. light. heat. and
service
Permission to compete must be obtained
from the Secretary of the Navy in Wash
ingtcn In view OF the many advantages
the place affords it is surprising that so
few applicants have so far come forward
only two or three applications having. il
is said, been made
The orders OF Major Lincoln Karmany,
of the Marine Corps. Naval Academy to
New Haven are only temporary. When
his duty is completed he will return and
resume command OF the Naval Academy
marine battalion. He was among the first
Of the naval cadets 20 be assigned to the
Marine Corps from the siX-year graduates.
He was appointed IN 1876
The Investigation into the sickness and
death of Private Marine Hobart K Green,
Of the Naval Academy. who died of pneu-
mOnia. was resumed at the Naval Acade-
my yesterday. -Four marines testified as
TO the ventilation Of the ship and the
sCrubbing OF the decks No further parti-
cuIars were brought out
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THE HORRORS IN PEKIN.
Rev. F. IT .GsameseII Describes the
SuHerinEs of Foreigners

Rev. f. ~ .GamevYelI Describes the
SuTerinGS of Foreigners
PHILADELPHIA. Jan 29.-ReY. f. D.
GamewelI. the professor at the Methodist
Episcopal Mission. at Pekin. China. who
gained fame for the service rendered in
the scientific fertilization Of the legation
wherein all the refugees we're sheltered
during the siege, gave an interesting talk
before the Methodist Episcopal preachers
meeting in the chapel of the Arch Street
Church yesterday.
The Boxer movement was sanctioned
by the Empress Dowager back in 1895 he
said. and in support of this statement he
offered a yellow circular, printed in Chi
nese characters. which he translated and
stated expressed the viii of the Empress
in favor of the movement anG urged the
officers of the Imperial Government in the
eight cities about Pekin 10 arm their fol-
lowers and prepare for the war against
the foreigners
When we learned an attack had ben
planned the Presbyterian and Congrega-
tionai missionaries gathered in the Meth
odist Mission 100 persons being huddIed
together in one building and suffered IN
told mIseries until they retreated TO the
British Legation Later. On the march
from the mission to the legation armed
Boxers were passed. but not a shot was
then fired.
We set about effecting an organization.
and ] was assigned TO the charge or the
fertilization of the legation Earthwarks
were supported by bags CT sand. the ladies'
being engaged in making the bags. wire
fence surrounded the eaTthworks. being all
accomplished amid great danger
Last evening Mrs Gamewell addressed
the Philadelphia Branch Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society. in the same
church. she gave & rather CHEEKY view OF
the serious situation as she experienced II
with her husband and declared that God
had provided for them by the finding OF a
warehouse fun OF wheat, grinding stones,
which were utilized in making -four and
flowing we'll OF water In the palace aban-
Goned by prince
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REFORM IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Mayor shocked During a Midnight
Summing Tour.

MINNEAPOLIS. Jan % Or a. a.
Ames. four times mayer OF Minneapolis.
has been greatly shocked by midnight
stunning tour. Accompanied By bedy
guard consisting of a colored police
officer in plain clothes he made the
rounds of the city, and now proposes to
reform the saloons
In his trip he found dozens o. places,
it IS said. where young girls were being
started on the downward path and IN
other resorts he found dancing IN prog
ress participated in by white women,
coIored men and young boys.
An order has gone form that all vine
rooms must be torn o,.t at once and
thar women must be kept out OF the
saloons. and that any saloenkeeper
guilty CT allowing boys TO drink IN his
place will be punished 20 the fullest ex-
tent of the Law IN addition TO all this
each saIoonkeeper viii Be compelled
to keep a list Of his patrons. which sha Il
be open 70 the police ar all times. ard
shall reimburse any man who loses any
money on the place
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THE RETIREMENT OF KAUTz.
Rear Admiral Casey in Command of
the Pacific station.

the PHCific Station.
Rear Admiral SiIas Casey took charge
OF the Pacific station yesterday. succeed
ing Rear Admiral Albert Kautz, who goes
upon the retired list today under the age
limit
The father Of Rear Admiral Kautz was
a carpenter in IsDringer Valley, Potzheim.
Germany. and emigrate ted 20 this country n
1928, landing in Baltimore, where he re-
manned for two years. Subsequently he
removed TO Cincinnati and then moved
into Brown county Ohio. where the future
rear admiral was born the last of six
boys and one girl. Young Kautz attehied
the school at Georgetown. Ohio. and in
1854 entered the Annapolis academy,
graduating four years later
His first duty at sea was on Lha home
squadron. attached 10 the frigates Colo
RADIO, Roanoke and Savannah In June.
1851. ne was captured in sight OF Cape
Hatteras by the privateer Wtnslow. Capt.
Thomas CrOgsOn. paroled for two moLtnS,
incarcerated at Richmond and be nS re
leased. was assigned TO the Hartford in
1852. serving in the engagements at Foris
Jackson and St Phillip. the ChaImstte
batteries and the capture Of New Orleans
and Vicksburg Sent North in 1852. he
served on the Juniata on the West Indian
squadron and was first lieutenant in 1864
ana 1865 on the sloop Cyane.
He served as lieutenant commander On
the Winoonski. OF the home squadron. ard
On the flagship Pensacola of the Pacific
squadron on the receiving ship New
Hampshire and then did duty at the Bos
ton Navy Yard AS commander he saw ser
vice on the MOnOcacy of the Asiatic STA
ton when he became a lighthouse inSFec-
tor. afterward being ordered TO the Mich
gan. which patrolIed the Lakes. He was
then attached to the Bureau Of Equip
ment Of the Navy Department, and from
1884 to 1857 was on duty there and az the
Boston Navy Yard as equipment officer.
After travelling in Europe for three years
he was ordered to the Portsmouth Navy
Yard. transferred TO the Pensacola in 1890
and was commandaRt Of the Boston Navy
Yard
During the Samoan difficulty about two
years ago Rear Admiral KautZ was in
command of the American ships stationed
a that island. and IL was largely through
his firm attitude that serious international
complications were aVerteG.
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with the peculiar eIision OF the e. which
is the hirthright of a certain type Of
New Yorker, he makes slip which is
uncaIied for.
The average English author does not
realize that in reproducing American
speech it IS quite as important not to
make the American use English slang as
to make him use his own Mr.. Black
makes his Mr.. Hodson say:
Il should think hen pretty well give it pp."
Now, nobody will claim that pretty
we'll" as used there. is pure English; and
it is a kind of English which no Ameri-
can would think of using. Likewise, he
makes Miss Hcdson say that il a certain
case. she would fling things abo't" The
use Of fling instead Of throw in that
connection is also distinctly English. The
naive assumption of the English author
that when the American uses pure Eng
lish he must -iso use the expressions
which are not pure English. but purely
English usuages of the language is
rather funny
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individual Effort.


iFrom tbe B4ILim0fc sun-)
American SOCIAL and political institutions as
find them today have made this nation the
greatest upon' the globe. and they have. also
tended TO cVaiJ the individual. It is because Of
this latter quality especially that We have de
y of5 ed the American character compound Of
,I--r.v. scii-re.iuce, and independence on which
American sovereignty is founded. ii the American
people ever surrender their Sovereignty into the
control OF IuCn ahO viii deal with them rs 4
huge mas they wiil have only themselves to
blame Tor the consequence Friend and Zoe alike
of the new policy have warned them that this
policy cannot succeed without changing their
political and social status
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QUEER MIsHAP TO A TRAIN.
An Ontario and Western Freight Has
a Strange Accident.

mIDDLETOWN. " Y. Jan 29.-The
Ontario and Western Railroad Company
experienced a most peculiar accident on
Sunday. Conductor Titus was coming west
with his freight train, and while looking
ahead out Of the caboose cup0la. he saw a
car in the middle of the train jump the
track and take a somersault over into an
adjacent field.
Before the trainmen could reach the
brakes to stop the rear section of the
train, the two parts had run together and
coupled themselves and were going on lust
as if nothing had happened
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The Language of Commerce.
lErom Id DalIas. a.. -

The yiriIity of the English language is in evil
dence in Russia well in Germany. When
the Kaiser ordered the substitution of English for
French Is a compulsory branch in the higher
CLASSES OF the upper schools he placed himself in
line with the sagacious policy Of the Gar The
true significance Of the order Is not peace along
the Rhine on along the American coast, but
trade expansion IN commercial spheres OF English
and American foundation.
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The Bosschieter Sentences.

As the American public fully expected.
The men convicted at Paterson OF Jennie
Bosschieter's outrage and murder, and
their companion, who pleaded guilty to the
frst-Damed crime. were sentenced this
morning by Judge Dixon to the full pun
ishment permitted under the law. Meal
lister. Campbell, and Death were sentenced
TO thirty years each. and Kerr TO fifteen
years in States prison. all at hard labor.
Some but by no means complete jus
tiee has been done in this horrible case
The country generally will approve the
statement Of the trial justice that. if he
mad been on the jury, he would have sent
the three murderers TO the gallows. There
was scandalous miscarriage of justice
when neighborhood. feeling ard sympathy
for wealthy relatives caused twelve repre-
sentative tOwnsmen TO forget the bestiali-
~ Of the crime committed by McAIister
and his companions. against womanhood.
society, and common humanity. and save
the necbs of the degenerate and devilish
brutes
All the springs of social. business. and
Political influence viii now ana hencefCrth
be worked to free the conyicts from pris-
en- and restore them TO the community
again to feed knockout drops TO ansus-
pecting girls and children. In the course
of little tine. when public attention has
been Withdrawn from the felons these
influences. which are said to be locally
powerful, viii probably be also success
III. The same feelings and considerations
that aeruated the jury in its freak verdict
contrary to evidence and common sense.
no doubt VIII operate in Inducing its
members unanimously to petition he
State for the pardon of all four wretcies.
as soon as public excitement shall have
quoted down
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a voTE-sELLER DIsFRANcH1sED
The Verdict of II Jury at CrayvforaS-
willie Ind.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Ind. Jan 29.-The
jury in the case OF Rufus Wells. charged
with having sold his vote at the last cleo
ton. after being out twenty m mites.
found him guilty, and DISTINGUISHED him
for nineteen years. The case was tried
under The Caraway law. and the maximum
punishment is Acknowledgement for TWEEN
t. years.
Thirty more men are under arrest on
the same charge, six having pleaded
guilty and been DISTINGUISHED for twelve
years The others viii probably plead
guilty.
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The Red Mans New Position.
Trom the Minneapolis Times)

trIoM Inc minneapolis iIWcs)
United states court in South Dakota has
decided that Indians who hold land in seTaraltY
must pay taxes on thcIr property Soon the gen
tie red man s,iIl have nothing 10 mark him As
a superior being Taxation IS great ieYcler. 1t
falls upon the just and the unjust but the unjust
succeed in lodging il sometimes. The Indian who
has land viii be among the Just and viii have TO
pay, tot real estate Is visible and cannot be hid
den Let him pay The poor white farmer Is
obliged 10 pay and why not the red onez
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q rom Inc boston H6r1Id-)
We get an idea Of the difference hrruyaa, rs
sesslnf and collecting taxes personal property
in New YORK city from the announcement that
the original levy OF about = 4a-i, a3 193 viii be
fore May l. be reduced 10 about $4,000 on bv
the familiar process ot swearing them OF There's
some tall swearing of going CA there now By
some OF the richest ami NEST eminent citizens OF
the metropolis. who think il no sin 10 swear that
they have no personal possessions TO spcaI Of
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still Captain of the ship.
H. the Cincinnati Endulrer.

II has been given out ihat Senator Hanna Is
longer in charge of the Ship Subsidy bill.
That Is an old deception tha: viii not work low
OF course. Mr: Frye. Chairman OF the Senate
Committee on Commerce. Is nominally in charge
Of the measure but in reality Mr.. Hanna, rs
editor and proprietor OF the Admins tration and
the Republican party 0utranks the Senator from
Maine in any matter he may choose to take an
interest in.
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An Open Field for Democrats.

Il rom the LeaFeuWoTth ChrOnlcie.)
There can be no doubt about the overthrow Of
Rel ubl5cauism at early date Il Deuloerae,
shall prove itsSlf 90 be worthy Of the confidence
q tie American people With imperialism, mill
tarisrn, monopoly, and Prohigacy provoking TO
open resistance very large proportion Of the
best clements OF the Republican party, the Demo
cT.sts have open field for achieving triuralIis
Democrats leadership in State and nation must
arise above the conflicts Of faction ami the Gu
pidity OF spoilsnen.
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Success ns Il Pnstime.

Broun-Say I've been trying the finest cure for
insomnia that I ever heard Of 1t Is for ore 20
count each breath that he exhales while lying; in
bed
Smith-Ah then you 20 TO sleep.
Brcou-No: but after a little while i fellow
gets rather Interested in the work and the night
passes away qGicSIy that he doesn't mind lying
stfl 80 long
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onfcker Thnn Thoneht.
FrOm the Ev1ngeljst.l

tFT0m the EVlngeI1st.l
little boy hearing some one remark that
nothing WAS quicker than thought. said he kue,r
better than that; whistIing quicker than
thought
Being asked to explain lac said:
In school the other day I whistled before
Lhousht and got Iekins for it,
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Taking car aud Walking Home.


I ALWAYS 5iiSlikcd this way OF riding home.'
remarked Duff 10 Nui as. hanging on to straps
they swung against each other IN the street cars.
That Is it has been objection OF long
standing with your
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The Third Ho0se.-An Interesting
body of legislators of which the outside
world has little if any. knowledge meets
every morning in the cloak room of the
House Of Representatives. some half an
hour before u It holds its deliberations
around the ire IN the corner. and is call
cd the Third House" II IS extremely
select in its membership which numbers
perhaps half u hundred. There are others
10 the extent of about 100 who have a
sort Of honorary membership. They are
allowed TO stand around and listen. but
rarely. if ever. do they enjoy the privilege
Of speaking. and are never allowed to
draw up chair before the roaring fire
and join the inner circle.
Membership Of the active kind Is an
honor difficult TO obtain. No politics no
majorities, and no pull" Will secure H.
man has to be boril with his credentials
which are, briefly, The ability to tell a
good story. the ability to listen attentive
II. and the ability TO laugh heartily at the
proper time. The deliberations of the
Third House are Invariably on humorous
subjects and usually consist Of set
speeches Of two to three minutes dura-
ton The extreme limit is four minutes.
and any man reaching FIVE minutes stands
IN peril Of losing his seat. Tie speaker
OF this Third House is elected by himself
and holds Office as long as he can tell a
better story than any other man. When
he fails IN this he is supplanted
Representative Cochrane % Missouri now
holds the chair. and holds 1t pretty firmly.
The number Of MissOUrians in the House
is unusually large. and they are all strong
members Representative John Williams
IS almost as faithful in his attendance al
debates az CochTane. and Delegate Wilson
is not lar behind him. l. is Il noticeable
fact that the South is more fully repre-
scented than the North. tut each day there
are plenty of men from above the Mason
and Dixon line present wEo are willing to
match warns
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PRAYERS IN A FACTORY.

Indiana Plant Started With Morn
ing Religious Services.
WASHINGTON, Ind. Jan 29-L H.
Creager, who owns an extensive staye and
heading factory in this city, yesterday
morning started his fifty employees TO work
with tifteen-minute religious service
Rev l. l. Gorby. pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church has been employed
for one month 10 deliver short sermons
every morning. and If the services prove
to do good the minister will be kept on
the factory payroll Indefinitely Mr. Craa-
ger is a member Of no church
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A PANIC AT BELLEVUE.
DiSDensary Patients Flee From {
Case of Diphtheria.

Case of Diphtheria.
NEW YORK. Jan 29,-Diphtheria
caused stampede of patients from the
Bellevue Hospital dispensary YESTERDAY
About a hundred patients. men. women.
and children. were waiting when diPh-
therittc chiid's atlment became known.
and all adults went hurriedly cut, taking
their children with them.
Lyman Speckei. eight years old. Of 5s4
First Avenue was the cause \ physician
had Just examined the boy, and called
over the telephone that there was a case
OF NO. l. in the dispenSary- II hap
pened that one OF the patients waiting
for medicine knew what No / was ana
he cried out: That's diphtheTia." The
PHYSICIANS tried in vain TO stop the gen
eral rush that followed
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The OnIy RenI Dangcr.

(From the Catholic Standard.)
''Do You think" enquired the strict Saba
tartan. that a may go fishing Sunday
and still he i good Christian
Certainly" replied the man who was given
TO that sort Of thing. provided his luck isn't
bad enough 70 make him too profane