Evening star., 1901-05-13

the struggle in the middle of the stage, re-
turned to their places. In the excitement
OF the moment they managed to get so
mixed up as to take the wrong places; in
other words, to reverse their positions.
When the murderous individual who did
the stabbirg came on he, of course. rushed
frantically over and stabbed the wrong
man, who Immediately, and according to
arrangement, threw his arms round the
man who had dealt him the supposedly
| fatal blow and exclaimed that he had
F., saved his life. while the untouched young
/ man on the other side fell to the floor
| dead. You may suppose that the l,rdicrous
! mistake made a great hit; and this is more
| than could be said of the play in it's en-
tirety.
'Caifornians are In their glory Just
| now said Col. Jack Tibbett of Los An
| seies at the National today. For weeks
yes. for months past, from one end of the
state to the other, elaborate prepare tions
have been under way to entertain Presi-
dent Mckinley and his distinguished cab
met. Now they are within the state and
all eyes are turned on them and all effort
is being made to make their stay a mem
orable one. The party just came at the
right season, and If there was ever ruler
of a nation more completely surrounded
! with flowers of the most beautiful hue and
odor L do not think l have ever heard of
him. The people not only making an
outward show. They are heartily glad to
be able to do honor to the Chief E.Xecu-
! tive; they are proud to honor man under
whose regime 50 much prosperity has come
and they glad to honor his able as
sistants. 1t will be the effort of all resi-
dents of the state to make the visit of Mr.
Mckinley one that he will never forget
and to make him long for a return to the
Land of fruits and flowers.
Just wait until he gets to San Francisco
| and the homage paid him will far exceed
| anything ever before attempted, and my
greatest regret is that l shall not be there
! to assist in paying tribute to one of the
greatest rulers the United States ever
| had
..JacksonyiHe is facing a grave situation
on account of the negro element" said f.
II. Johnson Of the Inflated city at the
Metropolitan today. Just what the out
come will be is hard to determine Men of
| all ages and classes, including many pro-
fessonal men. are going to work at any
| thing that is offered 1t is a common oc-
| currence to see doctors, lawyers, ministers
and mechanics laboring side by side in the
work of clearing up the debris. 1t appears
almost impossible to get auy of the negroes
to go to work at all, but they claim the
! rations, however. and of course they can
| not be allowed to starve. 1t has just been
discovered, too, that they are repeating
! that is to say, as they all look so much
| alike, one man will go to the relief asso-
| citation two or three times in day and
| then dispose of his surplus rations in the
most profitable manner There are fully
| 15 900 cOlored people In jacksonville. . of this
| number one-third have been burned out,
| and yet it has been estimated that 1000 or
| 5000 have been drawing ratons daily
/ When they are offered work they turn up
their noses and refuse to strike a lick at
any price. 1t looked when l left as If free
| distribution of food would have to be with
| held from every abie-bodied negro, and that
| every man who wants assistance must
! work for it. there will be a plenty OF
| work for everybody to do
Niagara Falls looks like veritable Mid
| way said Mr.. Lawrence Barton at the
| Arlington last night. There are fakirs
| ton, from the bearded lady to the three
| horned cow. that has attracted the small
| boy and his elders, too, for that matter
| for many years in the circus side shows
| The Buffalo exposition is, of course the
| cause of all this additional effort at amuse-
! ment. 1t is calculated that fully nine
\ tenths of the people that visit the exposi-
I tion during the summer will journey to
| Niagara to see the cascades This. of
| course. means that there will be large
| amount of money left in our town. and the
| home people, as we'll those who were
unable to obtain concessions within the
exposition grounds, are making every eff
! fort to hold the festive dollar
| OF course, the fact of SO many visitor
| Will undoubtedly have lasting effect on
| our little town. for its many advantages
| are being brought to the fore by our enter
prising citizens who hope to be able to
convince more than few manufacturers
| OF the advantage Of locating plants here
| where they can have the benefit of the
electric power from the fAila.''