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Evening journal., 1901-11-19
SO WE. SAY

The Morning News in answer TO eer-
tain newspaper criticism regarding adj
-vertising Of sheriffs sales, hits several
nails on the head. We quote the fol-
lowing which, If the name of the Even
ing Journal is substituted for that OF
the Morning News, covers our posi-
ton:
The Morning News has promised no
commission on the business OF Shenln
Mcdaniel. and it will pay none, II 1T
can avoid it. But, to return to the
charge that the amount OF the commits
sion is added TO the bill, or that an
overcharge is made to cover the COM
mission. We have to say, so far as The
Morning News is concerned, very en-
phalically that such has not been done.
The answer to that particular question
of the Sunday Star Is Mo- If any news
paper is guilty of this practice, the
Sunday Star is right Let the fact be
shown up and the practice abolished at
once
As to "a paper making such charges
we say very frankly. that IL should be
honestly ashamed of it's act. We do
not believe that any newspaper in the
city or county would be guilty of such
an act. We have n better opinion of
our contemporaries than to believe.
much less TO assert. that the members
of an honorable profession would sink
10 such a level Even the paper max
| ing such an assertion will suffer from
/ IT, II seeks to lower the standard OF
its calling Has the Every Evening,
| for instance ever paid a commission
on the sheriff's advertising Speak up
neighbor. There is nothing of which
to be ashamed on this line. Would not
that paper gladly pay the regular
agents commission to obtain the bust
ness II 1t could get It? But, can they
get it2 Aye, there's the rub.
AS to the poor debtor" paying the
costs of printing. we are credibly in
formed that in forty-nlne cases out OF
fifty the poor fellow holding the mort
gage has TO buy in the property sold
and has to pay the costs himself. The
poor fellow. of whom the Sunday Stai
speaks. while he loses his property
does not do so on account of the size Of
the printers bill Neither does the siz,
of the printers bill affect him in The
least in one case out of fifty.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
what Is the Use Of a sorowfuI song2

What Is the Use Of Sorrowiu Song?
Oh what is the use of a sorrowful
song.
The world knows enough of sadness
Cares press YEARLY. troubles throng.
Toll is bitter and grief is long.
And never is too much gladness.
oh, what is the use Of a sorrowful
song.
When We might sing one Of thanks
giving
That never soul is too deep in wrong,
Though years are heavy and sin is
strong.
TO climb TO truest living,
Oh. what is the use of "a soTowful
strain.
That brings hut tears and grieving!
There's never a life SO full Of pain
But hope in some corner may bus
again
And bloom into sweet believing.
oh. what is the use Of sorowfu
SONG
That eases not one hearts aching
The hearts that are happiest pass
along.
For mirth Is needless and JOY /
Il strong:
But it bides in the heart that !
breaking.
Emma c. Dowd in the Housewife
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
The Mayor Of Ottawa has been ousted

The Mayor of Ottawa has been ousted
from office simply because he fell a
prey to the desire to Stake an unreas-
enable thirst at time when, the law
said men must refrain. We suppose
the Mayor, according to American Gus
tom, was only endeavoring to make
himself popular, and finds himself a
prisoner in the hands of a law that he
had forgotten. They seem to forget in
Ottawa that such regulations do not
apply to officials of the city govern
ment
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

Whatever the merits of the contro-
versy between England and the
Beers may be. our Government can
not interfere Persons who would
have the United States enter the lists
as the champion of the South African
Republic are rash and ill-advised. No
matter how great we may consider
ourselves. how crying the wrongs OF
the Beers. to interfere in such a con
troversy would probably bring a train
of disasters which we should never
cease to regret, Nations, like individ-
uais. are constantly witnessing wrongs
or what they deem to be wrongs
which they cannot redress. When We
were engaged in a war with Spain
and were threatened by an unfriendly
European alliance. England, remained
neutral. and we have shown the par
of wisdom in keeping hands off in hel
affair. We are not yet wise enough
nor great enough to act as work
monitor.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
Also
R, H, SCOT
3I4 Market Street.
A GREAT RAILWAY.


The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. L
Railway is running Electric Hgh
Trains Of Compartment Cars, Sta
ard Sleeping Cars. Buffet Libr
Smoking Cars. Dining Cars
Coaches. between Chicago. Milw
kee. st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Buffet Observation ParlOr Cars on
trains between Chicago, st. Paul
Minneapolis.
Electric Lighted Trains of SleeI
Cars. Buffet Library Smoking 9
Dining Cars and Coaches betN
Chicago and Des MOines, Omaha
Sioux City.
Northern Wisconsin and the VI
Peninsula of Michigan.
Solid Trains between Chicago
Iowa. Minnesota, Southern and 4
trail Dakota.
The finest Dining Cars and Slice
Cars. Electric Reading Lamps
berths.
$500 miles of road in Illinois, Wis
sin, the Upper Peninsula of M
gan. Iowa. Minnesota. Miss
South Dakota and North Dakota
Ticket Agents everywhere sell ii,
over the Chicago, Milwaukee an
Paul Railway, or address Edn
Janeway, Travelling Passenger A
AZ South Third street. PhiladelnH
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

There is a common cry among the
busy people of this world: "Oh, but
wish the day were an hour longer.
AS matter of fact. no less an au-
thority than Sir Robert S. Ball, the
distinguished English astronomer, de.
clares that today is longer than yes
terday, and yesterday longer than the
day before, and that the 25-hour day
Will eventually arrive.
More consoling still to those who
find the present 24+hour day all toe
short is the reflection that the future
has in store not only a 25-hour day
but one Of even 30 hours and over
This announcement, startling as il
may appear to some and absurd t
others, is based on sound scientific
logic. Tracing back farther and far.
Their through the vista of time, we en-.
counter days of % hours, of % hours
Of 20 hours, of 10, of 8. and even of
hours. But this was long, long ago.
Sir Robert BAH was delivering a lee
ture in the Lowell Institute course al
Boston. His subject was THE Origin
of the Earth" In considering the ac-
ton of the tides he showed that they
have an influence in slowing the earth &
motion of rotation. II is gradual. oil
course. In fact, it is too gradual tC
be perceptible, even with the aid of the
most accurate chronometer. as the az.
gregate addition to the days length
even a few centuries hence will MOI
amount to more than a fraction of 9
second
At the end of a million years it viii
take the earth II minutes longer tC
revOlve once around it's own axis thar
it does today. The aggregate of los.
in 10000 GOO years will be about an hour
making a 25-hour day. This Tine O
deduction may be followed out ad in.
linitum or until the earth actually
ceases to revolve at all.
On the other hand. the day of 1000 =.
600 years ago was about 23 hours long
There is evidence that the rotation OF
the earth was once four times as rapit
as now. In other words the day wa
only six hours long But this mus
have been from $4,000 600 TO 300. 600 ..
600 years ago.
The advent of the 25-hour day Oh
even the day when the present arrange
ment of recording the fight of time
has become inaccurate. may necessi
tate the completion reconstruction oI
watches, clocks and chrOnometers. pro.
vided that such things are still in
use when that day arrives. The %
hour day will be divided into two
halves of y hours and 30 minutes each
The Old-lashioned noon hour viii have
PASSED out of dateand the sun will reach
its meridian at 1890 noon. 80 minutes
behind the present schedule time.
The obstacles which confront tn,
manufacturer of the 25-hour timepiec,
may be obviated by adding two min
utes and 30 seconds to the present hou
Of GO minutes and maintaining tn,
present standard of "a hours. He ma,
even-but who can pretend to tell IL
What the inhabitants OF this earth ma,
or may not do 100000 years from
now?
One thing is reasonably certain
however. In case the earth is still in
habitable and inhabited when the %
hour day arrives. some people will b.
heard to eXclaim: "Oh, / wish the da,
were an hour lOngerl"
Another interesting fact which. 81
Robert Ball said, may be considered a
established beyond dispute. is that TIN
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
The First Mckinley Monument

From the Chicago Tribune.
The first Mckinley monument to be
erected in the United States was dedi-
Gated last Sunday. 1t is not so elab-
crate as others that will rise i'm the
future. 1t is no stately arch. no ornate
mausoleum. II is plain stone shaft
eighteen feet high. 1t cost only S12.-
900. But its speedy erection speaks
volumes for the affection the poor and
walm-hearted people who contributed
the money had for their murdered
President This monument stands in
the little town of Tower. i'm Northern
Minnesota. The men who subscribed
the money arc mostly the iron orc
miners of the vicinity. They
are getting good wages now, but they
are not overburdened with wealth
Therefore the persons who had charge
of the erection Of the monument were
wise in not endoavOring to collect
more money and put up a more pre-
tontious structure. They cut their
coat according to their cloth They
did not try to do too much, and in
doing so run the risk of accomplish.
ing nothing. This simple, inexpensive
and prompt tribute to the memory o
William Mckinley, erected by workinl
people who believed he had a warn
heart for them. and had done mucl
to aid them, would give him keene
pleasure-if the dead could be pleased
by recommendation any lOrdly me
mOrials in stone or bronze that archi
tects or sculptors may devise to com
Imemorate him.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

General Chaffee reports TO Washing
ton the court-martial of one francesca
Braganza. a Filipino Offices, who coolly
ordered the massacre of 1903 Spanish
prisoners in his charge. Thus is an.
other patriot" murdered by the United
States Government The Every Even
ing will please extend its sympathies-
TO the patriot" not to the unfortunate
SpaniardE.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

me fact that a criminal has been
of one offense. does not pre-
vent his triae on another charge be
fore his sentence has been carried into
execution This principle was recently
i'm the case of a certain Fill
Pine gentleman. 10 seems that he had
been tried for the murder of a fellow
native, and sentenced TO death by a
court martial Before the sentence was
put into execution. another charge OF
a similar nature was brought against
the patriot Consequently, another
court-martial sat and this time sen
fenced him for Imprisonment for TWEEN
ty years. Il is evident that the frs
sentence could not be car
ried into effect without waiy
inc the second. but TO have hecde'
the latter would have meant repriev
for twenty years. thus putting a pre-
MUM on and making a virtue OF On
second offense. Somebody, however
solved the problem by hanging In
criminal and now his friends ma
take an appeal and have THE executio
lret aside ON the ground that the SCI
tence for the second offense supersede
the first The defendant himself
taking no action in the matter. while
is commendable for a Filipino patria
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

in trying for The putting green. He
topped his brassey badly. He pulled
his midiron shot into the long green
and dubbed his mashje in trying to re-
cover He over-approach ell on the put
ting green and was dow in eight. This
reads something like a report Of a
yellow journal on the New York cleo
ton
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
Discharged From Navy

George e. Cox. OF No S2t Van Buren,
street. who was an apprentice in the
United States navy. has received a
medical discharge. having had both
ear drums cracked by the explosion of
the guns. His discharge shows a very
creditable record.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
Are Now Sergeants

In the recently published dist Of app
pointments by the cOmmandant OF the
Wilmington Military Academy the fol-
lowing item was Inadvertently omit
ted. To be first ergeants-Ralph c.
Whitenack, Delaware; Francis d. Buck
Delaware.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
Skirts

Made of Tan Corduroy, will
ripple Aounce, ten rows stitch
ing, only "a each. Other skirt.
as follows.
oxford Gray Walking Skirt
made of Melton Cloth with rppl
nounce. only SD each, without tn
hounce. $3.50 each
Ladies' Dress Skirts. made q
fine black cloth, tucked trimme
with Six and graduating nounc'
special price. $3.50.
Ladies' tailOr-madc Skirt G
Black CheviOt, with ripple ilOunc'
specia. price, So.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

Now that corn huskin' is over, the
Sussex farmer has considerable leis-
ure. With the wood-piles reple'nished
and the potatoes housed there is ample
time for golf and automoblinE The
attendance from Sussex on the horse
shows of Philadelphia and New York
is as great as in former years.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

Special values, made
black mercerized Saline at s
with accordion pleated ruff
$1.39; with nine pleated ruff
hounce, $3.50.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

his Cabinet holds like views, and we
have recently witnessed the triumph
ant election as mayor Of New York
Of such a reformer against all the infu-
ence of the most powerful municipal
machine on earth. The outlook for the
dominance of this class is hopeful.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

The surplus in THE United States
Treasury is piling up every month. and
another cut in the special war taxes
may be anticipated. Perhaps they will
be wiped out altogether, as the pur-
pose for which they We're intended has
been served. The estimate for the
River and Harbor bill is 100000, 600
this win make hole in the surplus
pile.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19

Mr. Croker out OF politics has en-
tered the arena of golf Yesterday he
played a game with o. II. p. Belmont
and ether distinguished gentlemen.
According TO a news report his Success
lat the game of his noble ancestors was
not marked. We are told that he
sclaffed his drive, fooled his approach
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
R. H. SCOTT.
R, H. SCOTT.
Sl4 Market Street.
Ladies and ChiIdren's
Coats and Refers

Why go to Philadelphia and
pay twice as much for your
coat? Why wait until after
the Holidays to buy your coat
when you can buy ii here as
cheap as the half price sales
Look over this list and
compare the qualities-the
saving to you is surprising:
Childrens Refers, Navy or Gar
net. trimmed with white braid. in
6 to IA years sizes, So, worth So.
Ladies Jackets. made of Brown.
Navy and Black Kersey Cloth.
lined with Mercerized Saline.
%4.75, worth $3.50.
Ladies Jackets, made of Oxford.
Gray and Tan Mixture, lined with
Satin, So, worth IS.
Ladies Jackets, made Of Black
and Tan Kersey Cloth, lined with
Italian Cloth. $6.55. worth $40.
Ladies Oxford, Gray and Black.
fashionable rough cloths, lined
with Black Satin. $3.50, worth
$3.50
Ladies fine Tan and Black Ker-
sey Cloth Jackets, lined with
Satin, 1915, worth SIS.
Ladies' three-quarter length
Coat made of Tan, Castor and
Black Kersey lined through with
satin, $40. worth SIS.
Ladies Oxford Gray Raglans.
Velvet COllars. with yoke front and
back. lined with Satin in sleeves
and yoke 1915. worth SIS.
Ladies' Castor half tight-fittingI
back Ragans with velvet collar
waist and sleeves lined with Satin
SI2.50, worth $40.
Evening journal., 1901-11-19
To Open Campaign

Dover. Nov. t9.-Tho Kent 1
Gratis are trying to scrape up a a.
Committee meeting 10 clear all b'
matters from last campaign, an
virtually open the new campaign
The courier., 1901-12-07
L II f. co L X | f. X

den. Taylor. Gere. Bessey, Rhodes.
Chancellor and Mrs. Andrews. Mrs.
Weeks. Mrs. Jameson. Miss Harris
Miss Hayden. Mrs. Lyon. Mrs. Harris,
Mr. r. \. Ross
The menu: Oyster cocktail. soup.
fish sherbert. chicken and mushrooms.
lobster salad and cucumber sandwiches.
ice cream and cake. coffee.
After dinner Mrs. Richards. the pres
ident. gracefully introduced the follow
ing speakers: Mr.. &. f. Bessey. "A
Tale of the Modern Lotos-eaters. Mr..
Burnham. VINO sang Schubert's ''Ser,-
made" and Taking the year together
my dear" Mr.. Ross. Women of Leis-
ure:" Miss Harris. "Anecdote:" Mr..
Burnham. "Bendemir's Stream" Mrs.
Lewis, A Years Report" Chancellor
Andrews. The Emancipation of Wo-
men"
The courier., 1901-12-07

Last Friday the W. X. Z. c. club
held a largely attended meeting at the
home Of Mrs. Houston. The history
lesson was read by Mrs. Wilson. Mrs.
Gregory read a paper on The Ancient
City of Mexico" and Mrs. Butler read
IA poem by Whittier Refreshments
We're served. The club decided To re
ceive New Years calls. The next
meeting will occur on the thirteenth
at the home "f Mrs. Violet. II2l l..
The history department of the Wo-
mans Club met las; Friday. The Or
ganiZation of the Government Under
the New Constitution" Mrs. Stan
hope. Mrs. f.. J. King. Mrs. Hatfield
and Mrs. Lyman presented different
diversions of the subject Mrs. chap
man talked of Hamilton and His FL
nancial System" and Mrs. Broadly of
The Rise of Parties"
The courier., 1901-12-07

The second annual banquet and The
ewenty-first anniversary of the Lotos
club was celebrated at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes on Thursday "ve-
ming. Two long tables We're set in che
drawing room with fourteen covers Ii
each table. Two rows of candles
on each table banked with white uses
and ferns furnished the mellow '" vicr
light which helped the continental
bellies to look beautiful even after
youth had fled far down the past. The
president. Mrs. Richards. presided.
The menu cards We're decorated with
exquisite water color pictures by Mrs.
Lyon. Every card was unique. There
were no replicas and the inscriptions
and mottos fitted the individuals to
whom they were presented. The guests
were Messieurs and Mesdames Lewis,
Richards. EasOn Burnham. Brace. Os-
The courier., 1901-12-07

well Mr.. Graham thinks is in way
due to him, as it was by his advocative
communication to the council. ne says.
that agitation for the well finally
evolved it's construction. Later an at
tempt was made to impeach him on the
charge of engaging a man to plug 1t
i'm order to compass it's ruin. The
council was unable to muster a suffi-
cient number of votes to accomplish
this end and the mayor retained his
seat.
The idea that / should want to de
stroy the well after the efforts I made
for it's construction is absurd on IT'S
face" ne says.
While he laments the great quagmiTe
of debt in which the city has sunk Mr..
Graham feels that the city il running
along about as well as need be. At
least he says that so far as the present
officers are concerned he thinks they
are performing their duties cOnscien-
tiously and as well as may be asked
IL any change were to be made in any
respect. he would say. let the council
be reduced To seven members. one from
each ward or let their salaries be cut
off entirely. He would prefer to see
the COuncilmen working as do the
members of the school board. without
money and without price. Even the
office of mayor. he says. ought to BE-
a
cupied that office suggestions were
made that the salary ought to b. can
celed and he did not oppose the idea.
The only question is its praCtfCabiIity
To do these things the charter would
have to be revised. This could b. done.
he says. but it would mean lot Of
trouble
Mr.. Graham was born in Herkimer
county. New York in 1856 From there
his parents removed to Illinois where
they lived four years before coming to
Lincoln in 1871. Since leaving politics
Mr.. Graham, though not having parted
with his livery business has succumbed
TO the magnetic influence Of farm life
and passes most Of his time on his
ranch near town. Though this has
been very discoUraging year to those
Of his profession. ne says hc is still no
less Jealous for agriculture.
Personally Mr.. Graham Is an affable
man. his genial manner winning him
many staunCh friends. who supported
him loyalty in his political ventures.
The courier., 1901-12-07

tained an order restraining the
mayor and council from taking
any further action in the matter
until the whole case could be re-
viewed in his court. This interpre-
tatiOn of the law was very
distasteful to the municipal Off
GERS. They regarded the order as
direct blow at local government.
and. after consultation with sev-
eral prominent attorneys. con-
cluded to ignore the mandate of
Judge Brewer.
The mayor declared the office OF
police judge vacant and named a
successor for the place in the per-
son of Fl. j. WhitmOre. The
The courier., 1901-12-07

The next meeting will he devoted to
the foreign relations and internal dis
turbances of Washington's admins
tuation. Members are requested tn re-
spond to roll call with some anecdote
of General or Mrs. Washington.
The Aldine club met Thursday after
noon with Mrs. NJ. W. Folsom. The
club Is studying Egyptian history and
Mrs. Pickup read paper ON the eight
eenth dynasty. Mrs. Folsom gave an
interesting review of Eben Holden. The
club will meet in two weeks with Mrs.
Frankish.
::
Mr.. J. II. Harley entertained the
Round Table Monday evening. After
dinner DIR. III. o. ROwlands talked of
criminals and their treatment.
::
The Eames Amateurs met Thursday
afternoon with Miss Aul1.
The courier., 1901-12-07

The autumn of 1887 deserves a Sepa-
rate page in the volume of municipal
history, for at that time Mayor A. ].
Sawyer and eleven cOuncilmen made
a bold stand for the legal rights of the
city. Furthermore, the entire munich
pal government of Lincoln was incar-
cerated in the Douglas county Jail for
a whole week. This is how it all hap
pened.
A. j. Sawyer was elected mayor on
an independent reform ticket in Oppos-
ition to the regular republican nominee.
f. P. Roggen, in 1887. The city had
been wide OPEN for some time. and
a Law and Order League had been
formed to settle things down and purge
the city of gamblers and tough all
around blacklegs. OF this Organiza-
ton Mr.. Sawyer was president. When
Mr.. Roggen was named by the regular
republican convention a large number
of the most influential citizens bolted.
and. calling a rump convention, NOM
mated Mr.. Sawyer. The latter was
the votes were counted.
Mr.. Sawyer promptly made war upon
the gamblers. AS result of his Oper-
ations. charges We're preferred against
Albert F. Parsons, the police judge,
} the reformers alleging that he was
guilty of malfeasance in office and had
not turned over the moneys collected
in fines as provided by law. a COM
mittee of the council was appointed to
investigate the charges. After listen
ing to the testimony this body report
ed that the police judge was guilty as
charged and recommended that he be
removed and the office declared vacant.
The ordinance then in force relating
10 the removal of city officers required
That the trial be by the whole coun-
ell. This was amended and the report
Oh the committee again filed.
But while the resolution declaring the
oilce vacant was pending Mr.. Parsons
showed up, accompanied by his attOr-
hey' l.. c. Burr. The police judge re-
quested that the trial be held before
the whole council on a certain day. and
II all the members concurred he would
DE satisfied with the result To this
proposition the mayor and council
agreed.
men Mr.. Parsons attempted to steal
" march on the city officials. His at
'"rhey went before Judge Brewer of
the United States circuit court and OBJ