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Evening journal., 1901-03-20
AMONG THE PLAYERS

"Shore Acres" has more distinct
character creations than any Other
play known to the native drama. Mr..
Heane delights in the drawing on
American types and his dramatis per-
sonae are limned with a clevernsss
and boldness that has been rarely
equalled. From Uncle Nat to- Mandy
Gates all the people introduced in
"ShOre Acres" have distinguishing
traits, and rarely is the character over
drawn. 1t is this feature, possibly, more
than any, that stamps Mr.. Herne's
work, and TO IL he owes much of his
success. A fine scenic production of
Shore Acres Will be given in the
Grand Opera House on March 2S.
AL. w. Mantins mammoth prOduc-
tion of Uncle Toms Cabin" comes to
the Grand Opera House ON Friday and
Saturday, matnacs and evenings. IL is
some time since this famous drama has
been seen in this city, but it has al
ways proved a strong drawing card.
This production is the most magnif-
cent Of any ever presented on the
stage, the scenery and effects costing
several thousand dollars. There are
over sixty people on the stage, twenty
five horses, donkeys, burrOs, oxen
Shetland ponies and ten man-catine
Siberian blOodhOunds, trained to par
ticipate in the drama Among the spe-
cialty features are the original Ge0r-
gia shouters and jubilee singers, whJ
will render camp-meet.ng songs, banjg
lsOlos, quartets and refrains. A CRANE
lprize cakewalk by the entire company
lof colored artists, the great ham dance
lnoOnday on the levee, and other stroni
features. A street parade viii be given
lin which one white and two cOlore,
bands appear, headed by "Rastus," tn
california colorod giant. The dra
ltent people.
Evening journal., 1901-03-20
Old Point Comfort, Richmond and
Washington--Six-Day Tour via Penn
sylvania railroad

Washington--six-Day Tour via Penn
sylvania railroad
The third Of the present series of
rsonally-conducted tours to Old
Point Comfort. Richmond and Wash
ington via the Pennsylvania railroad
will leave New York and Philadelphia
on Saturday, March %. Tourists will
find these three places OF great interest
and at the height of their Lenten sea-
son, old Point Comfort especially be-
ing sought by those wishing to enjoy
the early Spring season.
Tickets, including transportation,
meals en- route i'm both directions,
transfers Of passengers and baggage,
hotel accommodations at Old Point
Comfort, Richmond and Washington,
and carriage ride about Richmond-in
fact, every necessary expense for a
period OF six days-will be sold at
lrate OF S3i from New York. Brooklyn
and Newark; $3.50 from Trenton; s31
from Philadelphia, and prOportiOnate
rates from other stations.
Evening journal., 1901-03-20
NOTICE.

The city tax collectors have
been instructed by the City
Council to notify all delin-
quent taxpayers that unless
they settle the amount they
owe the city the same will be
collected according to law,
with costs. m2-1m
Evening journal., 1901-03-20
Committees win Meet To.nlaht

Committees appointed by the Regu-
lar and the Union Republican Com
mittees TO arrange for comman pri-
maries. will hold their first conference
tonight
Evening journal., 1901-03-20
RHO SHALL | MARRY? ssG., ssSs s.s s.s'9 iSs.: e:

ln slIVtf WIN tWo sIalnps, 70 p. q, Boa 5l9,
Philadelphia, ia
Evening journal., 1901-03-20

Coming in
every d a y;
suits.S5 TO $40
for sack suits,
$40 to $50 for
cutaway suits,
SIS to S25 for
Prince Albert
Evening journal., 1901-03-20
Fen and RroIEe nls wrIst

Frank Doughten, Of No $40 Chestnut
street fell and badly fractured his
right wrist while playing in Columbia
avenue on Sunday evening. DR.. Spru-
anCe reduced the fracture
The times., 1901-05-17
HOPING FOR A SETTLEMENT.
President O'ConneII Thinks the Ma
chinists' strike VIII Be Avoided.

President OConnell of the National Ma
chinists' Association said yesterday that
as the day appointed for the strike to
begin-May 2O-drew near the probabiIi-
ties that it would be a serious affair or
of long duration were greatly Iessened.
Every day he was notified that various
employers had agreed to the demands Of
the machinists. Five employers in Phila-
delphia, two in Baltimore. and a number
in Chicago signed the agreement yester-
day.
Il expect to hear at any moment" said
Mr. O'ConneH that sixty firms in Bos-
ton nave agreed to our demands. These
sixty firms comprise about one-third of
the employers of Boston, and 1 have not
the slightest doubt but that the knOwl-
edge of their acquiescence in our demands
will result in forcing the rest of the Bos-
ton employers to do likewise. 1 do not
fear now that the strike viii be OF long
duration There will, / am sure, be a
demonstration, and quiet cessation of
work for a few days, but as / have said
before our strength and the systemiZed
manner with which our protest will be
conducted will tend to bring about an
amcable adjustment in very short
time"
The times., 1901-05-17
FIELD ATTACKS GoRMAN.
The Maryland silver Leader Says His
Candidacy Means Defeat.

BALTIMORE, May 16. S s. Field, the
Maryland silver leader and champion of
Villa n J. Bryan, is out with an author
lied interview in which he declares that
the result of the recent election in Balti-
more means that the Democratic party
cannot win this fall with ex-senator Cor
man as its candidate for the United States
Senate. He reviews the various reverses
the party has sustained in the State since
1885, the only victory being when German
was not a factor, and then goes on to say
THE people Of Baltimore will not, in
1901, vote 10 re-establish the Identical
bossism in the person of the same indi-
vidual leaders which they voted to over
throw in 1895. And as goes Baltimore so
goes Maryland. There is not in recent
years a single instance in which the State
and city have failed to vote the same
way. Always both have gone Democratic
or both Republican, and if we want to
make an exception TO the rule this year
we must remove the cause that operated
in 1895 in 1897, and in the recent election"
Referring to the recent Presidential
election, whsn Mr.. German was reported
sick ne goes on to say: 1T was unfor-
tunate that he should have contracted a
severe cold just in time to prevent his
appearance at the big music hall meet
ing, at which he had been advertised to
open the campaign for Bryan and which
had been gotten up especially for him
and that this cold should have incapaci-
tated him during the whole campaign
when he was so anxious TO take off his
coat and work for the nominee, as he had
previously in several interviews declared
he intended to do.
Three times has Mr. German been
beaten here, and there is a fatality in
three successive defeats. The most ex-
pert swimmer is beyond the succor of the
rescue crew when he has sunk the third
time. The third stroke of paralysis is
fatal Mr.. Germans day has passed. Let
his friends bow TO the verdict of the peo-
pie thrice expressed; let them not insist
on again sacrificing the whole party in
the hopeless effort to enthrone him"
The times., 1901-05-17
KILLED BY HEAD-HUNTERS.
The Details of the Deaths of ChaI-
mers and TOmpkins.

VANCOUVER. b. c., May 16.-Advices
| from Australia today by the steamer
Moana relate the details of the death by
torture of two prominent missionaries
and explorers, the Rev. James Chalmers
and the Rev. o. L. Tompkins, by New
Guinea natives. The two missionaries,
with twenty-four converts, made a journey
nifty miles inland to establish missionary
posts
Before starting they were warned that
many tribal wars had been fought re-
Gently and the nati.es were head-hunt-
ing. The warning proved unavailing. Lit
tie difficulty was experienced, however.
until the district of Debe, on the Fly
River, was reached. Here it was found
that two Fly River tribes were at that
time engaged in battle.
The missionaries were captured by the
cannibals opposing the Debe forces and
carried off as prisoners of war Tied to
trees, the two missionaries were compelled
to look upon the massacre of twenty of
their young scholars. the heads of the
converts being severed from the body in
each case and tied to the waists of the
murderers
A council was then held by the natives
as TO what should be dcae 20 the whites,
with the result that the missionaries were
given the choice of usin. their rifles in a
charge on the enemy, with the stipulation
that so many heads each should be de-
livered as the price of their liberty or to
be tortured to death and their heads taken
off
The missionaries hearing the message
through one of their surviving scholars
made a desperate attempt to escape.
Chalmers was able to break his bonds and
knocked several savages down, but he
was overcome and surrounded by hun
dreds of natives and was prodded with
spears until death relieved him. Tomp-
kins was also tortured to death and both
were beheaded after death.
This story was brought to Thursday
Island by the crew of the ship Dido. The
narrator of the story is the only one of
the party who escaped. He is the native
captain of the schooner Niue. He saw the
massacre and the headless bodies of the
party lying on the banks of the Fly River.
The native states that he also saw prep
arations for cannibal feast He slew his
guard when liberated for the death sum-
mons and, stealing a canoe, reached Port
Daru, where the news was told to the
crew of the ship Dido, sailing for Thurs
day Island.
In a recent interview Mr.. Chalmers
stated that the Fly River natives were
the fiercest tribe of savages alive, but
were not cannibals, although they had a
passion for skull-hUnting, the head being
cut off and the skull prepared and dried
as a war trophy. Chalmers is described
as attractive in appearance, of great mag
netism, and six feet two inches in height
He has been missionary among the ISL
ands since 1880 and made the first converts
to Christianity in New Guinea.
Mr. TompkinS gained fame preaching
to the fishermen on the beach of the
North Sea, and his eloquence. his sue
cess, and his ability to do the work of
three men got him the position of mis-
sionary to the New Hebrides.
The times., 1901-05-17
TESTS NOT SATISFACTORY.
NO smokeiess Powder for ARTILLERY
Target Prnctice This Yenr.

The Artillery Corps OF the Army is very
much disappointed over the failure OF the
war Department to make provision for
the use Of smokeiess powder in the ar
tlhery target practice of the present year
FOR several years the artillery has tried
to get smokeless powder for this prac-
tice. and it was supposed that the order
recently issued prescribing regulations for
artillery practice would make an aIiot
ment of smokeless powder for the wear
The order detailed elaborz te plans for the
regulation of the artillery and making
fuE allowance Of smokeless ammunition.
but small note in the body of the order
prevents it from becoming effective until
next year so far as it relates to the use
of ammunition.
This means that the same allowance az
last year viii be made and that the artH-
iery VIII not have an opportunity to try
the merits of the new nitro-glycerine now
der recently purchased by the Ordnance
Bureau. Artillery officers say that target
practice with obsolete powder cannot he
productive Of the best results. as the use
of smokeless powder would present on
tirely different conditions from those 10
be found in the use of powder which
would not be used in case Of war. They
also declare that only by testing the new
powder in target practice can its true
value be determined.
The Ordnance Department has objected
to the use Of the powder for target prac-
tice on the ground that the supply on
hand is not sufficient to warrant its use
ID that way, urging that 1t be reserved
ior cases of emergency. The latest re-
ports from the arsenals show that over a
million rounds are now on hand and that
deliveries are being made rapidly by the
powder firms having the contracts Little
IS actually known about this powder ex-
cept what has been revealed at the trials
at Sandy Hook and other proving grounds
where several guns have been blown up
with it and others have had the nuzzIes
shot off
An officer of the Ordnance Bureau is
authority for the statement that the War
department has not yet succeeded in find
ing satisfactory powder. the inability
to control the free nitric acid being the
cause of the trouble. The Navy Depart
ment long ago abandoned the idea of a
nftro-glycerine powder and have adopted
the nitro-celluloSe powder. of which large
quantities, amounting in value to sew
erai million dollars, have been purchased.
The times., 1901-05-17
The Boer War.

Unless something shall happen very
speedily 10 bring about peace in South
Africa, the chances for overcoming the
Boer resistance jn the present year
would seem TO be fast vanishing. In
two weeks the South African winter
will set in. If the Beers now in the
field cannot be cornered and prevented
from moving north into the upper bush
veldt. they viii be in a position TO fight
the British there at advantage and to
resume operations in Cape Colony and
the Orange River country when the
grass is green again.
Thus. the prospect Of an arduous win
ter campaign, involving great hard
ships for the troops, and exposure, sick
ness. and death from disease confronts
Lord Kitchener. IL is said that he is
making strenuous efforts TO head off
Botha, DeWet, and the others, but past
failures in that line do not encourage
correspondents at the front to antici-
pate success. Practically, then, ii looks
much as If Great Britain would have
the Boer war on its hands for the bet
ter part of another year II the com
mandos succeed in making their escape,
the inclination Of some Of the Boer
The times., 1901-05-17

leaders to make terms with the British
may disappear. once safely landed in
the rugged country of the north, they
VIII perhaps see no reason why they
should think of an immediate surren-
der when they can just as well hold out
for months Delay in the matter of
submission would naturally appear ad-
vantageous to men who still cling to the
belief that were England to get into
trouble with a European power, the
British army would have to be with
drawn. and they could then gain their
independence. The taxpayers of the
United Kingdom seem yet destined to
keep their hands deep in their pockets
for some time to come.
The times., 1901-05-17
Recuperation in the South.
(From the Baltimore SUM-

(From the Baltimore Sum-
In various lines of manufacturing the South
has suddenly taken an important position. II
produces is own food supply instead of sending
money to the West to buy it. 1t is true that a
great deal of the capital for the Southern enter
prises comes from the North, but the greater part
represents the savings of the Southern people
themselves. There may be shiftlessness in the
South. but the Southern people doing right
wcll notwithstanding. History does not furnish
any parallel TO this recovery OF a people from
absolute ruin
The times., 1901-05-17
KEMPFF REPORTS FRICTION.
Announcement of the Transfer of
Major Waller From Cayite.

Rear Admiral kempff, temporarily in
command of the Asiatic station, cabIed
the Navy Department from Cavite yes
terday that Major Littleton ". T Waller
had been detached from command of
marine battalion at Cavite station and or
dered to the new naval station at Olon-
gapo, on Subig Bay. While Admiral
Kempn did not give any reasons for tho
transfer. it is believed here to be another
result Of trouble that has existed for
some time among high ranking officers
of the marine regiment at CaVite The
Navy Department has had an inkling OF
this friction. but all the details are not
at hand
officials are reticent on the subject, but
admit that recent transfers of marine Of
icers were made on account of the de-
plorable state of affairs I'm the Cavite
garrison. Press dispatches from Manila
concerning the troubles are regarded here
are authentic, as they serve TO explain
meagre official information heretofore re-
ceived by telegraph from the Asiatic sta
tion in regard to charges among marine
officers.
Major Walters transfer from Cayite is
supposed to be due to controversy he
had recently with Col. Henry C. Coch-
iaic' WIZ eaeh tolil-ldiutu llle marines
at Cavite. Admiral Kempff telegraphed
last week that Colonel Cochrane had been
ordered home and Lieut. Col Mancil C.
G0odrfll had been assigned to relieve him
The despatch said, also, that Lieut. Col
Allen {. kelton had been ordered to
command a battalion of marines at Ca
y1te, but IL is now believed, in view of
statements in press dispatches, that
Lieutenant Colonel KeIton succeeded
Colonel Cochrane. and that Lieutenant
Colonel Goodrill is under arrest on
charges preferred by Colonel Cochrane.
The times., 1901-05-17
A STEAMER STRIKE AvERTED.
San Francisco Ship Owners Sign an
Agreement With Their Men.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-The threat
ened strike Between steamship owners
and their employees was averted today by
an agreement. The compact was signed
by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company
and representatives. OF the firemen, coal
passers, and sailors, by which the unions
agree to furnish all men needed by the
steamship owners and the matter Of
grub money! is finally settled.
While on shore the men are to receive
a certain sum above their wages for
board, and have the option of patroniz-
ing any restaurant or boarding house they
may choose. Heretofore it has been the
custom for the company to board men
on shore and this caused friction. That
was the main point of difference
More than 700 men are affected by this
agreement with the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company. Il is understood that ar
rangements equally satisfactory have been
made with other steamship companies
and that there is now no danger of sail
ors marine firemen, and coal passers be-
coming involved in impending strikes in
other industries
The times., 1901-05-17
THE GAME OF SALTA.
A Famous Recreation of the En-
perOr of Germany.
(From the London Mail.)

Emperors and kings. one would think,
can scarcely have any spare time for par
lor games, but the German Emperor in
this. as in many other matters is an ex-
ception- He has adopted the game OF
Salta, and gives it as his opinion that
tactics and strategy can easily be learned
from it.
Salta is rapidly becoming a formidable
rival of chess The game is played on Il
board of 100 squares. each player having
fifteen pieces. The pieces move on the
black squares only, and are arranged and
moved draughts-fashion, the only diff
ference being that they can move back
wards also, and when taking the pieces
merely pass over the adverse man with
out removing it from the board.
II is only by strict strategy that the
player can win the game. To win YOU
must move all your own pieces TO the
opposite side of the board, while your
opponent of course, tries TO do the same,
but the pieces must be placed on the
opposite side of the board exactly in the
same order as they were originally
namely. dve pieces marked with suns
foremost on the top row, those marked
with moons on the second row. and those
marked with stars on the third row
Though full of combination, the charm
of the game is in its simplicity 1t has
already achieved the dignity of an inter-
national tournament and in the tourney
just concluded ii is interesting to note
that chess player succeeded in triumph
ing over the Salta expert.
The times., 1901-05-17
To AVOID CONVENTIONS.
Disputed Questions Likely to BE
TabOoed by Pnn-Americans

The committee having charge of the ar
rangements for the Pan-American Con-
ference TO be held in the City of Mexico
October % held a brief meeting at the
State Department yesterday to consider
the programme of subjects. The matter
of international arbitration was taken up
and several of the members objected to
limiting she scope of the discussion of this
subject, as had been arranged to meet
the desires of Chile.
Chile accepted an invitation to attend
only on condition that existing questions
of dispute be not taken up at the con-
ference The Limitation of the scope has
aroused opposition from other Govern
ments. especially Bolivia and Peru, and
at the meeting yesterday both the Chilean
and Bolivian Ministers discussed the
scheme.
No decision was had yesterday, but an
attempt will be made to reconcile all in
terests and to avoid trouble
The times., 1901-05-17
Irish Names in France.

trIom ttle OenlleinanS MaEdZl0e.)
France, with the MacMahons, O-NeiIls
O'Connors, and Nugents, possesses many
Irish names. The Boulanger movement
introduced to us Count Dillon in whose
gardens the Floquet duel was fought Most
of the Franco-Irish. though 200 years may
have passed since their ancestors left our
shores, have preserved a great affection
for Ireland, and each St. Patrick's Day
sees a certain number of them united to
celebrate the feast of IreIand's patron
saint. I had the pleasure of being present
at one OF these diners de st. Patrice" un-
der the presidency of the Vicomte O'NeiI
de Tyrone, a charming nobleman, who
claims descent from Owen Roe O'Neill
Among Irish names in France l may
mention Crebillon de Ballyhigue, Mac
Quicken de Slane, Mahon de Monaghan.
OQuin dEtchoparc formerly Mayor OF
Pau, Harty de Pierrebourg, Harden
Hickey (who shows his Irish origin by
editing the principal comic paper in Paris,
the ''Triboulet'D. There are a few names
with the prefix co." and it is hard to
know how they came by il. There is a
Baron O'Tard de la Grange and Com
tesse O'POie, and have also seen in n
list of students O'Diette and O'Lanyer.
These are to be distinguished, OF course.
from such noms de guerre as O'MonrOy,
ODill, OSquarr. etc.
The times., 1901-05-17
Japanese Eager to Learn.
From Ainslee's Magazine.)

(FrOm AlnsIee NaBalIHtJ
A characteristic which has been potent
in the undermining of Japan is that of
Unsuitable curiosity, an intense desire to
see and understand anything new. While
the present day Chinese attitude is that
of contempt for any beings or institutions
not evolved in China, the Japanese are
eager to know of everything connected
with our form of civilization, and TO
adopt it if it is good. Sometimes their
great receptiveness and power of imita-
tion and adoption lead them to adopt in
novations which they afterward find il
wiser to discard. Hence the accusation
of fickleness. A perusal of Japanese his
tory shows that the people have ever pro-
gressed by impulses. by action and reac-
tion. and that in the end good Judgment
seems to become supreme.
The times., 1901-05-17
THE UNIFORM PRESCRIBED,
New Orders for Officers Detached for
staff DUTY

Secretary Root yesterday issued an order
describing the uniform for officers of the
line detailed for duty in the staff depart
ments.
The order directs that these officers
shall wear the mounted uniform of their
respective arms of the service, emitting
the numbers on the full-dress helmet and
shoulder straps and the line insignia on
the coat collar, and substituting therefor
the insignia of the staff departments in
which serving.
Officers detailed in the Adjutaut Cen
erals and Inspector Generals Depart
ments will wear the aiguillette. Those
detailed in the Signal Corps win wear the
shoulder belt.
The times., 1901-05-17
ANOTHER ENDLESS CHAIN.
A New York Company Denied the
Use of the Mails.

BY the terms of a fraud order issued
from the Postoffice Department yesterday
Watson & Co, II Broadway, New York,
and the William Craig Co, of MillbroOk.
n. Y, are denied the use of the United
States mails. 1t is alleged that the for
mer concern invited real estate men
throughout the country to purchase loans
on real estate and chattel securities
through its office. A brokerage fee of $50
or more was charged, according TO the
size of the loan. 1t is averred that in
one instance single fee amounted to
see. The fraud consisted in rendering in
adequate service for the fees collected.
The William Craig Company advertised
work that copyists might do at home,
collected a payment Of Y cents for an
outfit and instructed its customers to take
up the chain letter scheme OF selling
books