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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
BIG SHIPS OF THE PAST.
History Contains Descriptions of
VcritabIe Monsters of the sen.

mohSAfEN OF the sea
Gigantic as are the sea monsters de-
vised by the modern shipwright. We have
lot reached the dimensions Of the Man
nigfuaI OF Tristan legend. whose masts
were SO high that a boy. sent aIoft to
bear a haad. came down groy-headed
man. whose deck was SO spacious that the
captain had % EaIlop about on horseback
to give his orders. and whose length was
so great that when swinging in the Chan
mel her stern Scraped the cliffs OF Albion
white while her howsprit swept the forts
at Calais. But We have exceeded in some
respects the dimensions Of PtOlcmv'S
great ship which was i2U feet long. 81 feet
broad. and y feet IN depth of hold and
which carried 1850 roweTs and 5000 mari
Eers. besides unuumhcred soldiers and
passengers. OF the great ship Of Hero
King of Syracuse. the dimensions have
not been recorded but she was az least
as large as PtOlemy S. considering that
her ireIghtagc was ''6l. uu0 measures of
corn. 10000 jars of salt fish. 10000 talents
weight of wool, and of other cargo UuuG
talents. in addition To the provisions re
CURED by the crew and that she was So
large no harbOr in Sicily could contain
her This problem OF harb0r accommo-
datiou Us one that is already troubling
the owners of modern steam monsters
and Is placing Il Limit on their growth
Monthly Review.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

ship under the Constitution is very
different thing from suffrage.
The hypocriticaI Inconsistency % the
Republican party lies i'm its pretended
belief in the equality of all men. and
its advocacy of that doctrine when
dealing with the negroes of the South.
while defending a policy which denies
10 the Filipino in his own home every
vestisc If equality and political privi-
lege. In short, the Republican policy
would enable negroes. however iEnor-
ant and vicious. TO control sovereign
states OF the Union. and sit i'm the
United States Senate. while denying to
the Filipinos even the privilege Of the
writ Of Eabeas corpus.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
The Army Mnr CoIIere.


Il is. believed that the establishment Of an
Army War college Al Washington viii be- anon
Do, rce0mmendatiaH- made ia Secretary Roots
next annual report. The Navy Department now
MAINTAINS a War college a. Newport. and the
need ~ similar uaiItutIOu for advanced in
-truotICu o. officers o. the army iu the ART and
science ~ war. d. generally recognized bv mill
iary experts Tie efficiency gf the United state,
army %, p'"oS III such large degree upon the pro-
it'7-'nal equipment and training 81 Us officers
tia! nothing should be- neglected which will tend
10 make them. Do these respects the peers or
suPcIIyEs % any iu the world
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
Wien the NshistIe RInu,.

lFrom she FlttshurC Commercial Gasc.te1
il was AZ the Frel Binding.
The dlrbyys were loading their hos wiki
bricks
The hols Uerc usarI, faI- enc or two more
bricks would have Eild them At tllt u.lmeat
the noon whistle blew.
Owen went che ho5-. Ga, bricks rcsumiu- rlsir
places On tle pile
-'Aw wouldn't carry dom bricks Cog Mr. Tri.l
hjsse2 after dat whistle bowed" aaEcUagel
ono Of the clTrierS-
Then they sought their full dinner pals
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

The Republicans in convention at Har-
risburg rejOiced in ,he party harmony
which prevailed among them. There *
always harmony in political conventions
from which the radical dissenters have
been carefully excluded. But al Is not
harmony among Pennsylvania Republi-
cans even though no voice of protest was
raised in the Harrisburg convention The
air is fun of rumOrs Of another Conven-
ton TO be held by anti-Inachine RepubIi-
cans. Whether such convention viii ma
terialize or not Of course il IS now impos-
sible TO say bat il is Certain that there
IS vast amount OF Republican dissatiS-
faction existing and il is likely 20 mani
fest itself in a very decided way Penn
sylvania Republicanism is patient and en-
during in marked degree. but il is said
that there is an end 70 all thirgs. and il
may easily be that many members Of the
party i'm that State have reached the limit
OF both ;heir patience and their endur-
a1Ce.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

Grom uc New York WorId)
a test o. The merits Of British and American
locomotives over the heavy grades OF the island
yi Jamaica ha7 resulted m conclusive triumph
tar the Latter. which drew over the srr.re-r
grades In less than schedule time load the
English engine couldn't bulge at all Perhaps
ihe uHiaFpr4tle verdict Upon our locomotive pro-
1 ----- u------ cd
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

10. N" Wv l|TE ITIuU0I
There S. current tale. ucu though urababfy
not truly told. % Western professor who de-
claryd LgusiaIioH ua. too cultured and r.fDas
Do be- typical American poet j. H. then negc,-
.arE o. uo auor ID order 90 De- an American g
And lu the army. vel as ia literature. are
Americans ta as condemned for being inferior
Ig other people. and also condemned Tor maxim
themselves the equals Of ethcr,g
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

UFram Lippinrart's Nasazinc,)

tFr0m IuuIuu1tts AI-lzinc-N
Come back as soon as possible said her
ut>tyes~ Co. Maggie, Gh1 Nas going home iu
re~puu-a 90 telegram saving her mother ua-
IN. Yes uu.G.' promised Maggie 4 L1s
ar two later 90 letter elue= Dear Ms smith
] uiu Le-il,k u-N .eaE pleas Keep M place. fa-
uc mother Is dying as fast as she can To oIllL-
N1s-ie"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
CURRENT HUMOR.


CFr0m the Boston Globe1
Nothgr-WLat Is baby cryiug about now
Boaby-Cos I took his cake an showed 'ir-
how TO cat IT,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
High Advice.

(From the Cleveland UPlaiu DeaIer)
Understand me- said the balloon % the
parachute. Il wouldn't for Tie world encourage
drinking habits iH The Young and innocent Hu-
40 the same time 7 don't think a d-1p would
hurt YOU in che least
Whc-cuPon the parachute dropped
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

CFr1m the Chelsea Gazette.)
jack hear yOu are going down 70 Maine on
YOUR ydJatiuu2
FraD&-Yes. my wife insists on our going 10
prohibition place.
Jac5-But YOU can get all the liquor you vzut
in Maine
Frauk-of course can. but Tor heavens sax,
don't tell my wife
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
Gettlinc Nerf.

lFr1m ihe Calaago Neyys.)
Young man." said the e6s5 Of police. --lo
yOu shave EuuTscli-''
Yes. SIR replied the y1Eng man. who was
supposed 90 De detective
Then take my advice and Quit it, sl7d tla
MISC old chief ''"atr0E-ze barber shop rem
larry and you'u stand d chance Of getting uaNl-
-ae-''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
ncmncrntic Hcndrenr-


itIuM lA' Ai'7'I'tA@ illIC1-l
The London reporter must wear has plug hat
and frlck coat t0 get into Parliament From
which Il is plain that % Is better Co have a
r.b ina Washington where "a straw hat viii admir-
tg tbe prrsenle Of the biggest man iu the town
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

From the Ohio state J1urnsIl
'Are you Sorry You stole shat cookie of the
tahley' asked the mother. who had just admin
I~teTed a SQUAD spanking % her offspring.
'Y-yes." said Johnnie between soJs ''b-but
I'm glad ] didn't take two
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

tFTUW DC AIIlHII dUHTnlL)
The sIf.reuc law and The Constitution Of
the United States were formerly interchangeable
fartg. yrlFrgrer our flag waved The Governor Of
M. PbiIiruiurs uses them an c0utradistiuction
with each other. Nhilhcr are Nc headed, any
NAVY
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
He Has QunIined

From the C1eyenland Plain DoaIerl
The usual theories regarding the taoiturnity Of
Official Germans are all upset By Count Won Wal
drT,re- Iic talks enough 90 eutitIe him 90 higl
rank as a naval officer
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
Heard II Somewhere Before.

tFrom the Chicago NewS.)
General NacArthur's announcement that tn.
war D. over iu the Philippines did not create
amy undue excitement. Tor the people were ~
a measure prepared tor the news.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
A Harvest Batterv.


uI1W lhc MILWAUKEE, >eutInel)
When tire inventor o. the Calling gun com
pletcs his pillow il can De depended on 10
tear up tn ground
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

Another typical Chinese obstruction has
been placed in the way Of the ministers
"a; P~kin The peace protocol is all ready
for signatures: but Ii Hung Chang de-
clares that he and his colleague. Prince
Ching, cannot sign fcr China without the
express permission OF the Emperor. Ii as
serts that h. has telegraphed, urging the
court 10 send the authority at once but
that mo- notice has been taken q his mes
sage Il 10 evident that the Empress Dow
aEer is at her old tricks again
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

Nothing could better emphasize the I'M
satisfactory character OF the insuIar de-
cisi0ns by the Supreme Court than the
fact that nobody seems 10 know what was
decided beyond the cOnstituti0naIity Of
the Foraker tariff. IN Hawaii the courts
and the Territorial Government are all IN
the dark as 10 the status Of those islands
IT, as Justice White seems TO imply. the
formation Of Territorial Government
brings newly acquired territory under the
Constitution Hawaii would seem 90 be
all right But il is evident that the Ha-
waiiaus do not feel entirely sure Of their
footing and there are said 10 be many
cases on the court docket involving the
status OF the islands ard the people The
Attorney General is reported as doubt
ing whether the first ten amendments
follow the flag, while Judge Estca IS re-
ported as holding that children born IN
the islands are Americans citizens. no
matter what their pareutaEe may De or
under " hat Government they were born
We may all have our views as 10 how
these yeNiGg questions ought 20 De settled
but il can hardly Doe said that the insula~
decisions have done much toward settling
them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

The war cloud i'm South America grows
larger and blaosler. The liberal army in
Colombia has met and defeated the
forces Of the dictator, Marroquin. near
Paste. town close 20 the border Of Ecua-
dor General Castro is reported as hay
ing sent eight hundred men 10 re-euforce
General Iribe-Dribe. who Is still pursuing
the Colombian column of invasion under
General Valencia. As yet we do not hear
Of any declaration of war. but a state Of
war" exists just the same
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23

Failure OF any attempt by the Trust to
start UP the Demmlcr plate mill al NJ"
KeespOrt yesterday undoubtedly prevent
ed huge riot. The whole body Of strikers
In the town swarmed around the railway
station and scared "a traiuload Of nom
union workers. who were on their way 20
Pittsburg, nearly % death. The strikers
are represented as being armed with lire
arms and clubs and in most beIliserent
frame OF mind. IL is certain that blood
shed would follow an effort TO install
strike-breakers an the DemmIer plant
Whether the Trust viii venture 10 force
the issue, or not, remains to be seen.
Without powerful protection il seems i'm
possible FOR il TO 90 50 successfully. The
local authorities are hostile. and there has
been as yet 10 overt act which would
serve as an excuse for calling out troops.
The general opinion in PittsbUrg is that
the combination will leave McKeeSport
alone for while and perhaps tire out the
watchfuincss Of the strikers. when some
thing might be accomplished.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

at Keller. That was the law and they
must obey it. Notice of appeal was Civ
en- by Bankers counsel
Mrs. Barker was not in the court room
to hear the verdict When told of the
verdict she sobbed bitterly. Keller was
also absent, and showed no emotion when
told of the verdict Barker had expect
ed an acquittal. He based his hopes
upon the strong plea of his counsel when
he dwelt upon the unwritten law that 4
man has a right to kill where the sane
tity of his home is assaulted. Whatever
the effect of this line of pleading upon
the jury, it was swept away by the cold
charge of Judge Blair that 1.-THE story Of
the alleged outrage or the assault Itself,
if true, was no justification of the de-
PENDANTS assault"
In his closing Prosecutor Erwin asked
the Jurors if the womans course was the
natural one. He said her story was inn
probable because Mrs Barker would in
the natural course have told her hus-
band of the assault at once, and failing
that. would have made conldant OF a
woman and not of another man.
The jury's only ballot was unanimous
for guilty and a unit for the highest de-
gree charged Keller as soon as the trial
was completed issued a brief statement
in which he absolutely denied the truth
Of the allegations that have been made
and published by Mrs. Barker.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
ADELBERT HAY DEAD.
Son of Secretary of State Falls from a
New Haven Hotel Window.

Adelbert Hay, son of the Secretary Of
State, and eX-consul to the South Afril
can Republic, was found dead on the
sidewalk in front OF the New Haven
Hotel in New Haven, Conn, early Sun
day morning. He retired to his room at
l O'Clock, and an hour and half later
his body was found. 1t is supposed that
he was taken i'll and accidentally fell
from the window of his room to the side
walk. Secretary of State Hay, who ar
rived from Washington in the afternoon,
collapsed when he gazed upon the body
of his son. He had to be assisted to bed
and a physician was summoned.
Adelbert s. Hay was % years old and
was born in Washington, D. c. He sue
ceeded United States Consul Macrum as
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

From 200 to 3G0 lives were lost and
property estimated at several millions Of
dollars was destroyed by Il flood which
swept down the Elkhorn valley from En-
mis- to Vivian in West Virginia Sunday
morning. The mining towns of Keystone
and Vivian are practically destroyed and
a number of smaller towns have suffered
heavily. About thirty miles OF track OF
the Norfolk and Western Railroad a:e
swept away, with scores of freight an /
box cars and number of passenger
coaches. Some of the finest houses in
the valley and hundreds of miners cab
ms are gone.
In the valley is located the celebrated
Pocahontas coal fields. Nearly all the
machinery and buildings were wrecked,
Millions in Property Loss.
The property loss will run into the tens
of millions, but it will be many days
before the real extent OF the loss to life
and property can be ascertaincd. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27
WON BY WADDELL.
Fourteenth American Terby Captured
by Virginia Gelding.

Fourteenth American Eerby Captured
by Virginia Ge1ding.
The great American Derby for 3-year-
olds, mile and half, was won by Rob
ert Waddell, Mrs. Bradley's gelding, by
two lengths before a vast crowd at Chi
cago Saturday afternoon. Terminus was
second, half a length before The Pa
raider. Bonnibert was fourth, half a
length away.
This was the fourteenth American
Derby run at Washington Park, and was
valued at more than $25,000 One of the
largest fields that ever started in the
race went to the post, and it was a very
open affair, every horse on the card hav-
ing a chance to win the rich prize. A
number of Eastern horses had been sent
West to try for the honor of winning
this Western classic, and much rivalry
was manifested between the East and
West in capturing it. But neither the
East nor the West won the valuable
stake, as it went to the Virginian, Mrs.
Bradley's Robert Waddell.
The track was fast ana the weather
delightful, just the kind of weather to
bring out the holiday crowd, and It at
tended to the number of perhaps 10000.
Society was we'll represented al the park
and the bright costumes Of the ladies in
the grand stand made a magnificent back
ground for the splendid scene
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entire valley has been devastated and the
loss to the Pocahontas coal region IS
enormous. The railway loss is also
heavy, for the track and roadbed washed
away was probably the most expensive
piece of engineering work in the country
for its length. The roadbed was almost
carved out of solid rock, and only last
year $1,0O0,O00 was spent in better
ments.
1t had been raining hard for several
days in the Elkhorn region, and the hum
dreds Of small mountain creeks were
swollen to their full capacity and pour
ing their waters into the Elkhorn river.
Early Saturday morning the heavy
downpour Of rain BECAME more notice
able, and it was accompanied by severe
electric storm, which violently increased
in volume and continued for several
hours. The storm continued throughout
the entire day and night.
Saturday toward noon the rain ceased,
but the heavy storm clouds hung over the
valley, threatening every moment an
other downfall. The clouds held back,
however, until about midnight, when the
rain again began to fall
Ciouiburst Adds to Terror.
The storm increased in violence every
minute and finally eliminated in a cloud
burst which precipitated a great volume
of water into the Elkhorn valley, already
flooded to the danger point by the rains
of the preceding forty-eight hours.
The great mass of water started down
the valley with a roar that was heard
above the storm. 1t swept everything
before it-trees, telegraph poles, huge
powders, whole buildings, railroad ties,
steel rails, box cars, and coal sheds.
Into the mass of tangled wreckage OF
the flood were swept helpless men, wom-
en- and children, caught in its path, and
as all were swept along in the fury of the
storm they went to their death with none
to hear their last cries for help.
Buildings Float Away.
The valley was peopled almost entirely
with miners and their families, Their
frail cabins and cottages offered no re-
sistance to the impact of the flood and
the buildings were tossed upon the front
of the great wave which was rushing
down the valley. There was no chance
for escape for the unfortunate people,
caught without warning.
The flood began to make its terrible
force felt at Ennis, and it extended the
entire length of the valley to Vivian. AS
the crow flies the distance is fifteen or
sixteen miles, but by the tortuous path
Of the river it is thirty-fiye.
These bituminous coal fields are in the
southeastern part of West Virginia, AMI
the western part of Virginia, on either
side Of the dividing line between the
States. The Norfolk and Western Rail
road taps the coal fields and carries their
products to Norfolk, Va. Everywhere
ridges of mountains of the Cum
beriands-cross this country. Towns,
whose prosperity is due to the coal in
dustry, line the railroad, with collieries,
"tipples" great structures for loading
! coal cars), coke ovens and miners cot
tages. .--
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GHoULs STRIP FLOOD VICTIMS

Law Officers Ordered to Shoot Pil1ac-
ers in Pocahontas Valley.
Human ghouIs in the form of desper-
ate negroes and foreigners lowered over
the stricken Pocahontus coal region ready
TO strip the dead and injured Of any val
uables The law officers and the militia
had orders to shoot down any one found
robbing body or pillaging house. The
dead were buried in the best manner pos
slble 10 eofti9s beng available many
were put away in rude boxes made from
the debris lodged along the banks of the
Elkhorn creek.
Reports from the Clinch valley district,
in Tazewell County, Virginia, say that
the little town of Cedar Bluff, located
at the junction of Clinch river and Indian
creek, was almost entirely destroyed, sew
enteen houses being washed away, but
no lives were lost. Tazewell and Giles
counties, Virginia, have suffered equally
with their sister counties in the dominion,
but the number of deaths is small COM
pared with those over the divide
Like Johnstown.
In many ways the crash came like it
did at Johnstown. The pent-up waters
suddenly descended down channel
whence they could not escape save by
tearing everything before them i'll the
rush to the rivers beyond.
The basin, in which lies the Pocahon-
tas coal fields became fierce ocean in
which every billow was a maelstrom and
every eddy a chapter of destruction. Two
spurs of Indian Ridge inclosed this swirl
ing host of floods. I1lkhorn creek, which
winds its way down this inclosure, had
lost itself among the seething seas that
poured into the valley from half a hun
dred streams.
A series of electrical storms and cloud
bursts preceded the deluge. To add to
their horror, they attained their greatest
violence between midnight and > O'Clock
Sunday morning. Darkness intensified
the sudden terrors of the valley from
which hundreds of the victims fed in
vain. Finally, the Elkhorn, fed stimuli
taneously by its mountain branches, leap
ed over its banks and rushed down the
valley, the crest of its flood waters
spreading out until they touched the
walls on both sides.
Dams collapsed with reports like thun
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WOULD WIPE OUT TRUSTS.
Many Combinations Being Secretly In-
vestiZatcd by the Government,


vesti2a ted by the Government.
A Washington dispatch says that the
Department of Justice is secretly at work
investigating the trusts. The line upon
which the investigation is being made
is the Sherman antitrust law. If vio-
lations are found the trust question then
would resolve itself into a paramount
legal issue and be fought to a finish.
Against the federal government would
be arrayed vast agerpgations of capital
which go to make up the so-called octo-
puses.
Secrecy is maintained by the depart
ment in the conduct of its investigation.
Just what trusts are being looked into is
known only to the Investigators. This,
too, is not at all improper, inasmuch az
obstacles would be placed in their way
by the combinations concerned, to, per-
haps, the fatal disadvantage of the gov
eminent.
But the officials Of the Attorney Gen
erals office are doing their utmost to OBJ,
tain such information as will enable them
to make strong case The FORK is nee
essarily Of an arluoas character. Every
nrecaution must be exercised.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

derclaps. Houses were engulfed and
rolled into the torrent like so many
pebbles. The rush of debris sped along
the valley until the spreading mountain
walls permitted the flood to drop its bur
den along the fringes of adjacent low
lands. Thousands of drenched men,
women and children succeeded i'll making
their way out of the watery tumble and
fled into the mountains for safety.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

of the Beers in this country Young
Hay had diplomatic education, having
been with his father when the latter
was in London as ambassador to Great
Britain. When Hay returned to Amer
lea from South Africa Lord Roberts
thought he had completed the conquest
of the Transvaal republics. No success
sor to Hay has yet been appointe and
the consulate is in charge of Emile A.
3. Van Ameringen, the vice-consul.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

the American representative at Pretoria.
He returned from South Africa about
four months ago and resigned his posi-
ton as United States consul. Hay was
appointed consul to Pretoria in Decem-
Der, 1899. Adelbert Hay remained in
Pretoria until after the capture of the
city by Lord Roberts, and acted in behalf
of the English soldiers who had been
captured by the Beers as well as looking
after British interests generally. His
policy was much criticised by the friends