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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
The Strike.

The prospect of a settlement of the steel
strike without further trouble has disap-
peared The labor leaders and the capital
lists have failed to reach an agreement and
now there is every indication of a deter
mined struggle, with the strike extending
shortly to the entire steel, iron and Tin
trade and possibly leading to a sympathetic
strike in lines affected by that trade Both
sides declare that it will be a fight TO
finsh." meaning that there is to be no COM
promise short of absolute surrender by one
or the other. The steel magnates Will try
to reopen the mills now closed by the
strike and the Amalgamated Association
will endeavor to prevent this and to add to
the number of idle mills. The present
promise of the leaders of the association Is
that they will use no violent means and
that they will forbid all lawless demon
STATIONS on the part of their followers. If
this promise is carried out the strike Will
be exceptional in history.
AS the case now stands there is nothing
in the position of either side to elicit the
sympathy of the general public. No vital
principle appealing to popular sentiment Is
at stake. No wage question IS raised, nor
is there suggestion of grievances suffered
by the men which the association is trying
to relieve. The fight of the association is
TO make itself a monopolistic labor COM
bine. just as the steel trust seeks monopoly
IN it's particular line of employing capital.
The association seeks to have placed on a
union basis mills in control of the trust
now nominally non-union. The steel trusts
interest is to maintain in existence a
nucleus of non-union mills, which will pre-
vent il from being at the mercy Of a labor
monopoly in just such emergencies as the
present If the people, as consumers, were
not sure 10 pay in the end the bulk of the
losses on both sides of the contest, they
could observe phiosophically this clash OF
powerful would-be monopolies, exasperated
by wounded pride and threatened loss OF
prestige.
The danger to the association as the
struggle continues will be that of losing
public sympathy by Tesorting to violence
and bloodshed in the effort to prevent nom
union men from taking the strikers places
In this event the steel trust, upon which
the public will waste no sympathy, will dis
appear from the equation, and the spec
tacle presented for the popular verdict will
be that of voluntarily idle men killing
other workmen TO prev ent them from work
Ing. Starvation. distress and grief in the
families of the industrious poor will in that
event be attributed to the associations
struggle to salve it's wounded pride and
strengthen its power. The test OF success
or failure for the association in the contest
may turn upon it's ability to keep the men
who quit work at its command within the
limits of the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
Great ships.

Recollections of the Great Eastern were
revived In New York harbor yesterday
when the Celtic. largest ship afioat, was
locked on her first voyage from Europe.
The marine monster of the mid-century
was a failure. while the Celtic is a sue
cess in the line of her speciality, size and
carrying capacity. The Great Eastern was
eight feet shorter than the Celtic, while
the Oceanic is five feet longer than the lat
ter. The Great Eastern was broader In the
beam than either of these later vessels.
Her displacement, however, was 10. 300 tons
less. Her horse power was considerably
less and her speed qualities were not to be
compared with this new giant, which
crossed on her maiden trip in eight days,
while the GreaS Eastern consumed eleven
days on her first voyage. Indeed, COMPARE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

ceptional qualifications should the Presi-
dent have insisted, simply In q spirit OF
assertion and leadership. on taking every
thing into his own hands? But that he was
consulted at every stage OF the proceedings
and shares in the successes achieved ii IL
unnecessary to say. His part Is so large
and his character so generous there Is no
temptation for him to crowd everyb ,dy
else off the stage.
What we should have had to chronicle
had Mr.. Cleveland been on deck is not diff
ficult to imagine That he would have In
terfered In every case and I'm some meas.
ure muddled II is highly probable The
members OF his two cabinets, with one or
two exceptions, were regarded by the
country as possessing little power. They
were called his clerks His position on the
silver question was correct, but many OF
the best friends OF sound money have al
ways held that ne would have served both
his party and the country better II he had
consulted Mr.. Carlisle more in dealing with
his party in Congress. He lost his tarin
fight in Congress, although Mr. Carlisle,
master OF the subject, sat at his elbow, and
as the leader might have won 1t.
The two successes of Mr.. Clevelands
second administration were the handling of
the Chicago strike situation and of the
Venezuelan question. But they are rightfully
ascribed to Mr.. Oney. In the Massachu-
sets man Mr. Cleveland found a spirit
quite as aggressive as his own, but guided
by q superior ability. In the Department
of Justice, no less than in the Department
of State, Mr.. Olney insisted on being an
individual In his own right. and on having
his way in matters which came properly
within the scope of his official inquiry and
action In fact, so resolute was he In this
regard that he and his chief, If common
rumor may be believed, did not part on the
best of terms when they retired together
from Office.
Leadership is a great quality. But mere
aggressiveness is not leadership. A leader
In the very nature of things, must have.
and should hold, following; and to call
that man a leader who simply domineered
over his associates and landed his party In
the ditch, disrupted and demoraliZed, with
one faction acting with the opposition, and
the other mastering under a new banner
and denouncing him in terms of the utmost
severity, is to misuse the word in it's plain
est meaning. If Mr.. Cleveland led, Mr..
Mckinley can afford to drift. In fact, by
that standard, 1t is his duty to drift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
The CarrOItOn LynchinE.

There were features of the recent lynch
ing at Carrolton, Miss, which ought to
go a long way toward proving the power
or the helpessness of community to deal
with those who defy the law in that man
ner. Two of the victims We're women.
They were accused with others of guilty
knowledge of a murder that had been
committed. An investigation by the proper
authorities was in progress. but the mob
became impatient, and Selling the three
persons under arrest hanged them, and
then filled the bodies with bullets. The
deed was done in broad daylight and none
of the participants wore mask The
town is small, and presumably every mem
Der of the mob was recognized by those of
his neighbors who looked on.
Among the observers were the district
judge and the district attorney. They en-
deavored by every means In their power to
induce the mob to desst and let the law
take it's course. The probability is that
they addressed personal acquaintances by
name. and pointed out the obligations of all
citizens to assist in upholding the law
They themselves stood for the law, and by
the votes of these very men. But the law
in their very persons was fiouted, and the
mob, to whom the jail door was opened by
Gov. Longino, whose efforts to put an
end to lynching In Mississippi have the
ring of sincerity, now suggests to this
judge and this states attorney that they
give way In this matter to substitutes, and
as witnesses, assist in bringing the guilty
parties to justice. 1t is a wise and manly
suggestion, and IL followed ought at least
to produce indictments. But will 1t be fol-
lowed? And even If IL is followed and in
dictments are returned, will 1t be possible
to convict those so presented of murder?
The trial would take place in that or some
adjacent county, and what local sentiment
could not or would not prevent it would
hardly be likely to punish as a fact accom-
plished.
Here IS the pith of the whole lynching
problem. Only about fifty men composed
the Carrolton mob, and their performance
was witnessed by five hundred. Those
fifty men must have been certain of their
ground, or they would not have entered
upon such an enterprise. They stood openly
against the law. The five hundred observ-
ers stood for nothing. Had they stood for
the law, the law would have triumphed.
And SO It will be now. The mob stands for
mutual protection. Those who were pas
sive while the crime was proceeding still
stand for nothing. Why may they be ex-
pected to redress a wrong they might have
prevented?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
ResOurcefuI.

There was one OCCASION" said the train
robber, who was exchanging "reminiscences
with his companions, when / came pretty
near letting a chance go by"
But your presence of mind saved your
Exactly. l had boarded train and dis
covered that / had carelessly left all my
firearms behind me. But the Black Raven
Ranger was not to be daunted. l took the
porter's white jacket and whisk broom. 1t
was a little slow. but / got all there was
before | quit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
An Observer of Nature,

Oh, de sun, he staht In early
An he travel all day long;
An he nebber stop a minute il,
Fob a frolic or song.
An ] jes' takes 1t easy,
A dozin' all de day.
/ orter feel right shameful
Fob a loafin' dis-away.
But whahs de use o. hurry?
Some bustlin' folks / know
DON seem to git no furder
Dan de folks dat takes 1t slow.
De sun he's still a-trayelin';
He nebber stops a bit.
He jes' keeps goin' roun' an roun',
An ain got no where's yit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

One woman who located a claim in the
newly opened western lands is to be de-
prived of il because she got married before
she secured possession. The theory is that
she cannot mold the land because she Is not
the head OF a family. This is manifestly
unjust. The authorities might at least
wait and see what few months might
develop. A girl with so much energy and
foresight would be very likely to fill the
requirements
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
Without Mincinc Matters

II afraid said the European that
your country is going to the deuce"
Il suppose" said the Chinaman, that
that is your delicate way of intimating that
It is going to the foreign devil "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Efforts to interview ]. Pierpont Morgan
invariably develop terseness of express
sion which Is lucid but not Chesterfieldian.
But Mr.. Morgan may be excused for be-
Ing cautious, and even unamiable, when
1t is remembered that an ill-considered
word from him may jar the stock market
ten or fifteen points out of plumb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Mr.. Roosevelt is now described as hunt
ing coyotes in Colorado. The coyote is less
noble and imposing in name than the noun
tain lion. But the selection is one to be ap-
proved. No one on earth will object If
the coyote is threatened with extinction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
tiIity.

Your toiler may not overtake
His proud ambitions goal.
But by a word or deed may wake
Some stronger, worthier soul
And though In tales of peace or war
Obscurely he must rest,
There is no real failure for
The man who does his best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Secretary Long has never manifested any
autocratic desire TO abridge freedom of
speech. But he is convinced of the desr-
ability Of saving some of the evidence for
the inquiry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Another charge against the mosquito is
that by his bite he has poisoned a deadly
Indian cobra in the Bronx geological park
at New York 1t will probably soon be
discovered that the mosquito is RESPONSE
BILE for hydrophoba, train wrecks and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

The Washington milk dealers who would
rather give over-measure than buy new
jars will never be made to understand why
they cannot give away their own mer-
chandise if they desire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

The steel trust and the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION have both assumed enormous re-
sponsibiities. 1t will be remarkable If
either party to the controversy energies
from 1t without giving cause for public
cenSIre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Jerry Simpson may try to come to Con-
gress from Oklahoma. Beware the states
man who goes looking for a constituency
that is not too well acquainted with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

The French ambassador to Turkey ex-
presses his desire for recall in such man
ner as to prevent any suspicion that 1t is
mer,Iy Tnlman resignalion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

If the Standard Oil Company succeeds In
destroying mosquitoes there will be wide
spread feeling that trusts are not as black
as they have been painted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
A California Way.

From the Los Angeles Herald.
Los Angeles policemen will be pleased to
know that in Washington, ID. c., policemen
are permitted to drink soda water while
on duty. But they may not wink at the
dispenser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
Mutual Admiration.

Higgins thinks he has the smartest small
boy in the world"
well, Jiggtns can't help giving the
youngster credit for superior discernment.
He Is absolutely sure he has the wisest
father in existence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Whenever Ii Hung Chang calls in the
doctor, there general suspicion that China
is going through Il crisis which makes 1t
desirable for astute statesmen to lie low
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

So long Admiral Cervera harbors no
ilI-feeling. there is no reason in the world
why this country should.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
And though In tales of peace or =
Fully Supplied.

He says he has no use for barber"
Il guess that is true He shaves himself
and cuts his own hair, and, am told, has
even gotten into the habit of talking to
\ j,pSelf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Vice President Roosevelt, while enjoy
ing calm and quiet in Colorado recently
said that political conditions have changed
since his campaign visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
Five Cen S a Yard.

anu there are
hundreds of patterns
to choose from, in
white grounds and
colored grounds, in
little figures and
larger ones; in dots
and stripes. 1t is
the climax of our
extraordinary cotton
goods sales this sea-
son.
Dinities never 60
out OF style; and the
patterns never get
old. Year after year
the little figures, the
dots and stripes are
demanded. You can
buy today for next
spring (if you have
enough for now,
knowing that the
patterns you select
will be as pretty and
proper as if you
waited and paid dou-
bic or more next
year.
They are all new,
fresh, perfect Dimi-
ties, never taken
from the cases until
today-and they are
so beautiful and the
price is SO low
that every one will
feel she can afford at
least one more dress
or waist.
Shown on center
counters, main floor,
10th st. Ample help
provided to wait on
you promptly.
First floor, Tenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Abdul Hamid takes as great precautions
against assassination as Italians should in
Louisiana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

The New Jersey man who burned down
his house while trying to smoke out mos
qutoes can at least claim credit for thor
oughness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

The New York tenderloin is steadily be-
ing pushed northward by the demands of
business. This will compel the favored po-
licemeu to move on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Some Englishmen of prominence utter
unjust complaints against our locomotives
but accept Mr.. Astor and Mr.. Van Allen
without a murmur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Reports from the peach districts show
that the peach prophet is doing business
at the old stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

The damage to the corn crop has not
yet caused populistic oratory to arise and
charge the administration with iniquity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Senator Tillman, in a speech at Mari
netti. Wis, yesterday, contended that
lynching is polite practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Mr.. Bryan perhaps talks so much be-
cause silence is golden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

France is waiting to see whether Buffalo
will have any better exposition luck than
Paris enjoyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Maclay and the mosquito are the fea-
lures of the news world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

The New York garbage grab outsmelIs
the garbage grabbed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05

Officers of the navy do not now have
speaking parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
5000 yards of
New Dimnities
Less Than Half Price

First floor
5000 yards of crisp, new and
dainty Dimities, taken from the
cases this morning, will be put on
sale tomorrow CTuesday) at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
SC and 1 212c.

Many of the Handkerchiefs you have
seen here at Toe to Doe are now &c TO
1212c for choice. Styles for ladies, men
and children.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-26
SPEED INCREASES COST.
Prof. Hutton shows That the Running
of High Speed Trains Is
Railroad Luxury.

At the convention of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers the
other day a paper on the cost of run
ming high speed trains was presented
by Prof. F. r. Hutton. An increase
of speed of SO per cent, he said, re-
suits in 80 per cent. increase in
coal consumption. Mr.. Hutton
showed that track which withstood
the pounding of heavy trains running
at slow speed is often damaged by
trains running over it more rapidly.
The consequences of accidents are
more serious, too, both in money loss
and in moral effect.
F. Z. Nickel offered a new decimal
system of measurements based on
the length, one-eighth of an inch.
Ten of these, or one and one-quarter
inches, he suggested for the unit, to
be called the Sim"
Mr.. Nickel said that the main OBJ
lection to the metric system is that
all our standards are in inches and
the cost of changing them would be
enormous. The new system, he said,
would not change the sizes, though il
might change the names and figures
in which they are expressed.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-26
Heavy Rainfall.

1t is the greatest rainfall in the
world which pours down in torrents
upon the southern sides of the Khasi
Hills, in Assam, No wonder that their
southern slopes are fertile. The rains
begin in June, and last through Au-
gust and September. Isabel Savory
writes of these rains in "A Sports
woman in India" At Cherra Punji
j23 inches of rain fall annually The
yearly rainfall in London is about two
feet; at Cherra Punji it is 40 feet, OF
enough to float the largest man-of-
war; while in one year 81 feet of wa
ter once fell from the sky. When the
rains set in we had thunderstOrms on
large scale. We, in the innocence
of the uninitiated, began by trying ia
time a peal of thunder, but when il
had lasted over half an hour, gave II
up. Storms were on all sides, one
long-rolling peal crashing and vibrat.
ing among the distant mountains for
nours.-Youth's Companion.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-26
NOT USED TO THE BUSINESS.
Warm Wind-Up Between an Am.
bitiOus Young Lawyer ana
Tough Turkey.

A spruce young city lawyer led a
blushing damsel as bride from her
rural home and returned with her to
the hospitable mansion of his newly
made father-in-law to enjoy the fes-
'tiyal.
He was given the post of honor at
the table and called upon to carve,
according to the time-honored GUS
tim. says London Tit-Bits.
The turkey was baked rather hard
and was somewhat tough withal
The spruce young lawyer struggled
The baked bird would not yield.
An enormous plum-pudding stood
beside the turkey platter, and was
somewhat In the lawyers way. so he
took the plum-pudding dish and
placed it on his chair beside him, and
then renewed his attack on the tur
key with redoubled vigor.
His 'nce was red with effort and
embarrassment, his glasses steamed
With perspiration, but still he strug
gled At last he made tremendou.
effort. and succeeded--in landing the
impervious bird on the other side Of
The table.
There" he said, ip despair. "Nov
I've done it!"
And then he sat down-in the pud
ding
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-26
SAVED TWO CITIES.
COIored Pastor of Freehold. N. d., to
Petition Congress for
Reward.

Rev. John w. Lekins, colored min
lister of Freehold, n. j., is about to send
a petition for reward to congress,
claiming he saved the cities of Wash
ington and Baltimore from capture
during the civil war. He says he had
to leave Baltimore because of his dis
closures, which placed his life in dam
ger, and that he had to leave valua BILE
property.
The petition will be accompanied by
an affidavit that in 1868 he was waite r
in the Fountain hotel, on Light street,
Baltimore. One evening Mr.. Spate
and friend came in late to tea. 1t
fell to his lot to wait on them and he
accordingly overheard a conversation
between them which revealed Gen.
Lees plans to capture Washington and
Baltimore.
Next morning, Lekins asserts, he
went to Col. Hoffman, collector of the
port of Baltimore, and told him wha t
he had heard. Col. Hoffman put Off
GERS on Spates tail and he was ar
rested. =
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

There is only one way to discour-
age rowdyism: Jump on IL hard
Atchison Globe.
1t is as easy to draw back bullet
after discharging the gun as it is to
recall an unltind word.-Chicago
Daily News.
He-"It was hard work to keep
from kissing you last night" She
"Well. you must be careful not to
overexert yourself, Jack."-Smart
Set.
81 have never heard a word from
that pocketbook lost" "Any money
in it?" "No." THAT accounts for
it," How SOP" Money talks."-In-
dianapolis News.
And That Accounts for TT can.
not conceive why she invited that gra SIS
widow to her wedding. Why, she's a
woman with horrible past" "Yes
my dear, but rich enough to furnish a n
elegant present."-Philadelphia Bul.
letin.
Harry Observation-Disclosures Mabel
1-ah-have something most impor
tant to ask you. May--I-that--'
Mabel ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is II
Harry?" Harry-"May mabel
would you be willing to have our names
printed in the papers with hypher
between them?"-Glasgow Times.
well. I declare" remarked the thir
man. who was being uncomfortabl,
crowded by very stout person. 9Th,
trolley company ought 10 charge pas
sengers by weight" "Think SOP" re
torted the stout person. AT that rat,
it wouldn't be worth their while t.
take you on at all."-Philadelphii
Press.
Edith--"I hear that you and Fred ar,
quite interested in one another.
Bertha--"Don't you tell a soul. Edith
but really believe Fred and ] wer,
made for each other. We have played
golf together three times. and W,
never have quarreled-except two ol
three times when Fred was clearly II
the wrong."--Boston Transcript.