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Evening star., 1901-08-07
PosTMEN WEAR THEIR COATS.

Few Carriers Avail Themselves of the.
Shirt Sleeves Privilege.
Although it took several years OF petit
tioning on the part Of the letter carriers
OF the country to be allowed to become
shirt waist men, few of them have taken
advantage Of this privilege which was ac-
corded at the beginning of the present
summer season by Postmaster General
Smith.
In speaking Of this fact to Star reporter
today, A. w. Machen, general supcrinten-
dent Of free delivery. said that there had
Evening star., 1901-08-07
AFTER NON-UNION MEN.
Trouble Expected at 'McKeeSpOrt II
UniOnists Catch Them.

McKEESPORT. Pa, August six nom
union men arrived from Scottdale this
morning and escaped the strikers by get
ting off the train before it reached the sta
tion. The strikers are searching for them
and IL caught there may be trouble.
The strike order was received with quiet
satisfaction by the majority Of skilled men
at the tube works. and as the Amalgamated
and Federation of Labor control almost all
of the skilled workmen the plant will close
on Saturday night.
Great excitement was caused here this
morning by the discovery by the strikers
that yesterday evening after dark six car
loads of pig iron had been run into the w.
Devices Wood mill. The movement escaped
the observation of the pickets, who were
expecting nothing OF the kind. Tho intro
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1901-08-07
STRIKE SITUATION AT FRISCO.
Cycle Board of Trade Anxious to Eff
feet n Compromise.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 7.-Governor
Gage has not yet been requested to act as
mediator in the great strike now on in this
city The city federation has extended the
strike so as to include the ports of Benecia
and Redwood City.
The San Francisco cycle board of trade
has undertaken the task Of enlisting all
the retail dealers associations of the city
in a united effort TO bring about compro-
mise. The labor leaders, however, state
that the struggle is not likely to be ended
for some time. A mass meeting to con-
slider the situation has been called for to-
morrow night
Evening star., 1901-08-07
GAIILEAN FISHERMEN MEETING.
to Establish n Bank at
Hampton, Va.

BALTIMORE, August THE establish
ment of a bank at Hampton, Va, and the
adoption of an additional plan of life in
surance will absorb the attention of the
delegates to the forty-ffth annual session
of the National Grand Tabernacle Of Cali
lean Fishermen. colored beneficial organ
ization now In convention here. 1t Is stated
that the bank has already been chartered.
Plans for its establishment and govern
ment will be formulated during the ses-
sion. The bank will not only be a deposi-
tory for the funds Of the fishermen, but
will also be a savings bank for colored
people The order Is said to have upward
Of $4,000 members scattered over the
United States and the West Indies.
Evening star., 1901-08-07
THE STAR NJ MAIf.

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them by ordering 1t at this Office, In
person or by letter. Terms: Is cents
per week; Is cents for two weeks. or
% cents per month. Invariably In
advance. The address may bs
changed as frequently as desired.
Always give the last address. as well
as the new one.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

CONTINUED on Second Page.l
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

oodhtil time ana they viii make esprettx
mess of ii. They have never failed 70 do
It yet.-Intelligencer.
What. never? What ais the organs
memory? Does it forget the long and
uninterrupted period Of Democratic
government under which this city made
its longest strides forward and saw
its greatest prosperity and growth?
During all that time we never had occa-
sion for a Committee of One Hundred,
nor did the city government become
so thoroughly rotten Is to cause a
revolt in the dominant party and its
defeat at the hands of it's own de-
cent members. In all the long years ct
Democratic control of this city never
was there an approach to the condition
of affairs that caused the recent revolt
of decent citizens of all parties at the
polls.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
PASTORS PRETTY niece
WAS HIS INSPIRATION.
EVIDENCE IN HER OWN HOME.
HAS GONE HOME AND WIFE
HAS A DIVORCE.

Special to the Register.
FREMONT, Ohio, March 14.-Mrs.
Nellie Mcfarland was granted a divorce
yesterday from Rev. Edward McFar-
land, formerly pastor of St. Paul's
Church, at Bellevue. The ground was
infidelity. Mrs Mcfarland was also
given custody of the children and $500
alimony.
About five months ago the pretty
seventeen-year-old niece of the minis
ter was taken into his home to live.
In addition to possessing unusual grace
of face and form, the girl was of an
intellectual turn of mind, and Rev. Nc
Farland soon found that in the prepar-
alton of his sermons she was indis-
pensible. The pastors study was in
his church. which was within conve-
nient walking distance Of his home.
The pastor prepared his sermons in his
study.
Mrs. McFarland's suspicious being
aroused, she kept her eyes wide open,
though she pretended that she did not
see anything. One afternoon she re-
turned home from a visit unexpect-
eddy, and saw in her own house that,
PIGEONS.
She declined to accept any sort of a
compromise, and the result Of it all
was that Rev. Mcfarland made a pa
thetic confession to the vestrymen Of
his church and resigned his charge.
He returned to his former home in
Pennsylvania, and his niece went back
to her parents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

work entailsd. But they have been
carefully nnrsed past that stage ~
stnecureism. Whereas three years ago
complaints were pouring in all the
time, to-day not q murmur is heard.
Our consuls often exhibit the zeal OF
the missionary in promoting American
trade. Besides attending to their regu-
lar duties many of them lend their per-
sonal efforts to the Introduction OF
American goods. At many of the con-
sulates samples are exhibited to for
eign buyers. Malcontents who former
ly advocated the abolition of the con-
sular service have become strong sup
porters of Emory's reconstructed band
of foreign correspondents"
The Practical Side.
If a firm manufactures an article that
it thinks ought to sell well in Pata-
gonia there is now no necessity for
sending a special commissioner all the
way to the bottom end of South Amer
lea to learn the prospects. All it needs
to do is to ask Emory. Just write to
the Chief Of the Bureau of Foreign
Commerce" and inquire as follows:
"Will you be kind enough to inform us
If there is a demand in Patagonia for
clothespins?" or whatever the article
may be. In a little while Consul Mayer
will reply through Emory's daily trade
organ: $50 far as | can learn by the
most diligent inquiry there is no de-
mand for clothespins in Patagonia as
yet, but there may tbe prospects for
any enterprising American business
firm that cares to enter the field. The
ladies of the interior are gradually
coming to clothes, and will unquestion-
ably need pins in the remote future"
Or words to that effect. l mention this
to illustrate what the consul nowadays
must go through, for the American can
ask an infinity of questions, and not all
are sane.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
A IN THE TROPICS.

New York Press.
Our trade in the tropics is not what
it should be because our merchants
have not taken the trouble to learn
how to pack goods for shipment to ex-
IRENE southern ATTITUDES. Special Com
missioner George Hargreaves Aubrey
of the South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian Exposition, advocates a
feature of that show which should
appeal to every wholesaler in the
United States. He wants to pay every
American consul in the West Indies,
South America, Southern Africa, China
and the East Indies to send to Charles
ton practical illustrations of the meth
DDS of packing goods most approved
by the merchants in those countries. 1t
is well known that the Germans are far
ahead of us in these matters, and
in not a few cases the conservative
British manufacturer gives us cards,
spades and a beating.
Efect of Weather.
The damp air of the tropics is de-
structive to many articles of American
manufacture. Mildew is ever present.
In Panama it grows mushrooms on
shoes that are left out at night.
Throughout the equatorial region it
attacks all textile goods, leather, books
and stationery, while arms, cutlery,
and metal work of all descriptions
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
LANGUAGE Fol BABY.
Father Who Objected to Talk of an
~Infantile Nature.

London Tid-Bits.
my DEAR" said the young father,
there is one request l want to make
of you"
What is it, dear?"
Il wish, dear, that you wouldn't
talk this baby talk to our child. 1t
is absurd. The idea of saying 'kitchey-
kitchey-kee' and whose whizzicoons
is 'oo?' to a human being is little less
than barbarous. Don't let the neigh
bors, do it, either"
"I1l try not to, DEAR" she answered
patiently. But it seems to amuse Dorjy
so much"
Don't call him 'Dorjy' either. It's
positively idiotic. His name is George,
and there's no use of starting him out
in life with a vocabulary like a Poly
nesian national hymn"
But he's a little fretful to-day, and
wants to be amused"
There are rational ways of amusing
a child. You "a sing to him."
81 have been singing to him."
Well, give him to me, and I'll sing
to him awhile" e
She passed the baby over, and he
proceeded to do his best with "The
Toreador's Song" and "The Bedouin
Love Song" and various other selec-
tions. The baby persisted in whimper-
ing. He continued to sing, and pres
emily the little one began to smile. In
a little while the little one was fast
asleep.
You have quieted him beautifully"
the mother admitted. by the way,
what was that song you sang over and
over again? 1t is so tuneful and
lively"
Haven't you heard that?" he asked
in establishment. Its from the latest
comic opera, and it's a corker. The cho-
rus goes:
Toodledy, foodledy, up-idee!
Jimmity, jammity, jingeree!
Biggity, jiggity, rummity-ho!
Blimmity, blam, and away we go!
Il can remember the chorus, but I'm
going to buy it and learn the whole
thing by heart"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
BRIDGEPORT.

News Notes of Interest From the
Town Across the River.
W. j.. Berry, of Powhatan, was in
town yesterday on business.
Mrs. J. S. Secrest is at S~teubenville
attending the Epworth League conven-
ton.
Miss Helen Dunleyey very pleasantly
entertained the euchre club yesterday
afternoon.
Frank Davis is working in the Hol-
loway yards on the c. l. & w. during
the sickness of Robert Giffen.
Rev. r. R. Bigger preached at the
Presbyterian church last evening.
Misses Myrtle and Mable Thomas
will entertain . number Of friends
this evening.
Casper Frank and wife, Who have
been the guests Of Carl Trunk, have re-
turned to their home II Oh CITY,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

The Republican insurgents might as
Well make the most out of the situation.
They will never have another chance
Intelligencer.
Maybe that depends on which faction
rules the Republican party in this
city; whether that organization is dom
mated by the decent element that
caused it's recent overthrow at the
polls, or the tight little pirate clique
that composed the ring. To an observer
1t looks as if nine-tenths Of the Repub-
licans of Wheeling, together with all
other decent citizens, were with the
insurgents and delighted at the over
throw of the ring.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
DESPERATE TACTICS OF THE RING.

DESPERATE TACTICS OF THE RING.
With arrogant effrontery and con-
tempt for law and the popular will I'M
paralleled the defeated and d~iscredited
city hall ring refuses submission to the
inevitable. Defeated at the polls and
voted out of Office by Council, their sue
cessors in the city departments duly
elected by that body, the buccaneering
ringsters still desperately defy the law
and Council and refuse to yield the
Offices to the proper incumbents. 1t is
a case of attempted %usurpation and de-
fiance of government paralleled posi-
IDLY in South America but nowhere in
this country.
1t is we'll the people ousted this ar
rogant ring when they did else if all
lowed a few more years at the public
crib, accustomed tt look upon the city
Offices as theirs by divine right rather
than by the suffrages of the people and
with the machinery OF the city in
their control, there is no knowing what
means they might have resorted to to
perpetuate themselves in power at the
city hall regardless of the verdict of
the ballot box.
AS it is these desperate politicians
have exceeded all legal bounds
by their fiat refusal to abide
by the verdict at the polls,
by their efforts to circumvent the
popular will by filibuster, trickery,
fraud and bribery in Council, and last
ly, by their refusal to give up the Of
fees to those duly elected to them.
When forced out of Office by the law
full election of their successors, they re-
fused to disclose the safe combinations,
to give UP the city's books, and abb
stracted or hid the paraphernalia and
adjuncts of the offices, that the legal
incumbents might not be able to trans
acl the public business.
1t is difficult to fifty characterize this
sort of thing, which at the present
stage of the proceedings seems to come
under the head of malicious mischief or
pure cussedness.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

The latest phase of railroad cOnsoli-
dation is the control of the B. & o.
by the Pennsylvania Company through
the purchase of the majority of the
formers stock by the latter. Thus
is ended the rivalry between the two
greatest competing trunk lines in the
country. What the effect will be upon
future railroad enterprise and develop
ment and upon shippers, remains to be
seen. 1t can hardly be favorable to
either.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
HOW THEY LOVE THE MAN AND
BROTHER.


For black ingratitude commend us
to the white Republican party of the
rountry. If it wasn't for the negro
vote the grand old party of high moral
ideas and public loot would carry
scarcely a single State in the Union
north or south. Yet, let a negro apply
for Office, and he suddenly discovers
that he is not in it at all. A case in
point is furnished in the result of the
recent Republican primaries at Par
kersburg. DR.. Hilliard is a negro of
education and standing in the COM
munity, and as the men of his race
largely constitute the Republican party
in that city, he resolved to stand for
Council at the primaries. We leave
the Parkersburg Sentinel to finish the
story:
At s o'clock last night DIR. Hilliard was
nominated for council in the Third ward,
but as soon as this fact became known
the color of the tickets began to change,
and when the result was finally declared
1t was found hat Hilliard was the worst
beaten man in the lot. Note the truth OF
what the Sentinel said on March 9th, to-
wit:
The doctor is handicapped by the quiet
though effective opposition to him of the
Republican machine. The bosses think
q good deal of the negro as a voter, but
as an officeholder they are adversely in
clined. 1t may be said, and certainly il
a be proved, that without the black
vote there would be no Republican party
in Parkersburg. Without the negroes the
Republicans couldn't carry one election
In ten years in this city, nor ever in the
State. This Is a fact so patent that it is
not open to debate, nor would anyone dare
to c~ontrovert it. The Republican party in
West Virginia is distinctly a niger party
without whose assistance and votes il
would disappear from the political firma-
ment. Nevertheless let a negro ask for
political recognition, take off his hat and
solicit an office, what does he get? A
smash with a club. The White Republi-
|. cans do the officeholding, the black Re-
kpublicanS do the voting. The negro is a
Idearly beloved brother If he will vote his
Republican boss into office, but altogether
Incompetent and a scalawag II he wants
flee himself.
we dc not assert h billiard wal
znted out, not At all. All We say L. tina,
pne time At was conceded that he wal
inated and later on he wasn't.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

"Not to my knowledge. I have seen
a report in the newspapers, but I know
nothing about it."
Mr.. Clark added In reply to questions
that there was an understanding as to
rates between the two companies.
He closed his statement with an
other reference to government owner
ship, saying that unless there could be
a permanent civil service, public own
ership would result in a deficit and he
believed that no good would be served
in the end.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

What a travesty on justice it was to
call for the Democratic city solicitors
opinion on the rulings of Mayor Sweeney.
-Intelligencer.
This is a fair sample of the state
ments and reasoning of the ring or
gan. Upon whom was the Mayor to
call for legal advice upon his rul-
ings except the City Solicitor? Has the
%rottenness of the ring situation added
the organs brain?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
FATE'S DARK INSTRUMENTS.
BY j.. X.

BY j. X. etherill
Copyright. 1900. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Little Black Lucy,"-so called to
distinguish her from her mother, Big
Yellow Lucy-was enjoying herself.
Seated astride of the top rail of a fence
which bordered a field on the "big
road" she was pulling red haws from
an overhanging bough and examining
them into her mouth. The fruit tast-
ed all the sweeter that she knew she
was playing truant from her duties at
the 'fbig house picking UP chips,
chasing the hens out of the flower
garden, and keeping flies off the table
to say nothing of the very active part
she had to take as her mothers soul
ion.
"Um-m! these shore is good" she
vas mumbling, when a voice from the
road hailed her, Lucy! Lucy"
She turned around so suddenly that
she almost fell Off the fence; but was
relieved to find it was not her aveng-
ing mother who had come in search Of
her. 1t was only MI. Cyril Heath, seat
ed on a painting and sweating horse.
Here me, Mr.. Cyril" responded
Lucy, %cheerfully, hopping down from
the fence; for Cyril was associated in
her mind with sundry nickels he had
niuan har uyb on ha nonpn m COO Mice
Anne Pendleton, at the "big house"
Lucy's private opinion was that MI.
Cyril was a mighty pretty gentleman,
and she guessed that Miss Anne
thought so, too"
Lucy" said Mr. Heath, II want
you to take this letter to Miss Anne.
Now, don't lose it. I'm just leaving in
a great hurry, and haven't a minute to
stay"
81 won't los it-thankee, sir" said
Lucy, as she received the letter and
a small coin in her little black paw.
Mr.. Heath galloped downward, and
Lucy hurried home.
u wonder wher it Is Miss Amer"
she muttered, as she peered into the
parlors. She went into the library,
but it was unoccupied save for Tar
Baby. When Lucy approached the
table on which he was enthroned, he
laid back his ears and growled at her;
for though as black as coal himself,
he did not like negroes.
GO long. cat" said Lucy-"you acks
jes' like some colored folks that wants
to pertend they amt niggers."
Lucy always talked to Tai Baby as
though he were a human being; and,
in fact. he was something OF a charac-
ter. Having been brought UP among
dogs he had many Of the ways of a
dog-he came when whistled to.
scratched at the door to get in, and
used his teeth more than his claws.
He enjoyed nothing so much as tearing
paper. and when a rending noise was
heard from some dark corner every
body knew that Tar Baby was at work.
Just as Lucy was ~upbraiding Tar
Baby for his unseemly pride. a furious
voice called from the direction Of the
kitchen, Lucy you LUCY" Lucy
wasted no time. She laid the letter
on the table and ran to answer her
mothers summons
Where bouts you BEN all this
timer" asked her mother.
We'll, ron see-yuu know MI
Anneis little blue IN With the short
- AgNeA - - -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

04&AA 4Ae-3S
to cotch her-an
This explanation invented on
the spur oe the moment; but Lucy's
mother dismissed It eurtly: Don't
blieve a word Of It." she said, aiming
a slap at Lucy, who, skillful through
long practice, lodged it successfully
Presently Lucy slipped away to get
Mr.. Heath's letter; but when she went
to the library table the missiye was no
longer there. She searched all over the
room, and then went out in the gallery
thinking the wind might have blown
it away; but it was not to be found.
Nov, what 1 gwine to do?" Lucy
asked herself. 1t IA no new thing
for her to be in a scrape, and she us
ually gave herself away" by sejaculat-
ing, before any one knew that a mis-
deed had been committed. ."Clare to
goodness, I nuver done it." But this
was a matter demanding caution and
silence. Lucky i didn't tell Nanny
bout that letter-she'd shore wear me
out. faint likely it had money in it
young genel-mens wouldn't send
money to young ladies they's a-co'tin'
-and-,taint no very black sin to les
a letter what amt got money in it"
Circumstances aided Lucy in her
work Of concealment. Mrs. Pendleton
and Miss Anne were out driving, and
Mr.. Pendleton had gone to the county
seat When the family met at the sup
per table. Mr.. Pendleton remarked,
Young Heath left to-day for Manila"
The pale pink roses on Miss Anne's
cheeks turned white for a moment.
Isn't it rather-sudden?" she asked.
Eyes, she had to leave at "a moments
notice. His partner out there has been
taken very ill and Heath had to go
to attend to things"
Dear, dear! how people do jump
about nowadays" sighed Mrs. Pendle-
ton. Life used to be a great deal
pleasant and peaceful when there
was not so much rushing about"
Lucy, who was bringing in relays
of hot buttercakes, heard what Mr..
Pendleton said, and silently thanked
fortune that Mr.. Cyril was safely out
of the way"
For several days, however, she felt
uneasy, and had to check herself on
the brink of calculating "'Clare to
passed, and nothing happened, she re-
assured herself.
Nothing happened, indeed, save that
which goes on silently and secretly in
the heart of a maid. Cyril Heath had
returned to America for rest and
change in climate after several years
In Manila, and had been staying with
plantation adjoining that of the Pen
dletons. The young people of both
houses met often, and Cyril had be-
gun by thinking graceful Anne, with
her thick, ash-blond hair and deep,
blue eyes, a charmingly pretty Great
ure; but this mere attraction toward
beauty gradually became something
deeper and more earnest. He had given
Anne every reason to believe that he
loved her-in fact, they had reached
the stage when a proposal might have
occurred at any moment. And his
sudden disappearance, without a word
of farewell, was a severe blow to her.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

Andrew Carnegie is on the ocean,
bound for Skibo, Scotland. The canny
Scot, now reputed the richest man in
the world, although he made his wealth
and lived his life in the United States,
heather grows for congenial comforts
for his old age.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

Maybe the lawless Republican ex
city ring gang takes its Il from the
Republican National administration.
which has set the fashion in lawless-
ness by setting aside the Constitu
ton of the United States.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
DEMOCRATIC
Were Held Yesterday in BelIaire-l
Strong Ticket Nominated,

Were Held Yesterday in BelIaire-A
Strong Ticket Nominated.
The Democratic primaries held in Bel
laire yesterday afternoon nominated the
following exceptionally strong ticket:
Township trustees-J. Wooded and Geo.
Myers.
Constable-G. Marx.
Assessor. country district-John Myers.
Water works trustees-Albert Horn and
William Price.
Board of education-H. P. Rodewig and
C. NJ. Wyrick.
Council-First ward-Dr. Jos. Piersol;
Second ward. Clarence Simpson; Third
ward, E. Schmitt; Fourth ward, Joseph
Chaser; Fifth ward, Henry Heiver.
Assessors-First ward-T. p. Maidey;
Second ward. James Connors; Third ward,
w. ]. Campbell; Fourth ward, ]. H.
Myers; Fifth ward, J. Marsh.