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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-05
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING A PUMPING
>rIti0n Building on T-Gullul street northwest,
Washington, d. G.. Office 0f the C1mmissl1uers.
District 0i Columbia Washington August ], IaJl
Sealed proposals viii be- received 40 this ONCE
NTH l. o'riocE noon, on September n. l.-,l,
tor constructing pumping station building on
Trumlul Street northwest. between First and
rCurrH Streets. Washington. D. C.. Tor the Va
tar Department % the District Ci Columbia The
general dimensions % this building are; Total
length 2ls feet. width 10 feet, height from
ground surface 90 ridge 80 feet Materials us-1
viii be granite marble. brick terra Gotta,
concrete, and steel. as described In de-
tailed Specifications, which. together with blank
frrns q proposal and all Necessary iuiJrluarisn
may be obtained On APPLICATION 20 tAis Office De-
tailed plans may be seen IN the Office o. The Su-
peTiutcadeut az the Water Department A de-
quirpL with each bid, as a guarantee that con
tract wii he entered into, b. awarded HENRY
3. r. AACFARLAND. JOHN M- ROSS. LANs-
ING H.. BEACH, Commissioner, District Of Co
lun.bis.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-05

PROPOSE AIS for the constitution OF a portion
Of the Tow area trunk sever. Office Of the Com
missioner D. c. Washington ID. c., July 50
IsfI-SoaIed proposals VIII De received az this
office until u O'CLOCK a., AUGUST 81. 1901.
FOR constructing sewers Iu the District o. Colum-
bia. Specifications and blank forms Cf proposals
NAV be obtained al this Office The right il re-
served 20 reject any and all bids o parts Of
bids HENRY r. +. MACFARLAND. JOHN "
ROSS, LANSING II. BEACH. Commissioners,
ID G.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-05
TIE VIRGINIA CONVENTION
Its Adjournment hay Delay the
New Constitution.

Apprehension Expressed That the
People May Not Have the Opportu-
nifty To Vote Upon the Instrument
at the Election I'm November Next.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-05

Probably the market should De cOnsied-
cred "A strong one under the circumstan-
ces. IL cannot be doubted that the news
OF the steel strike Is most discOncertiug
and that under ordinary circumstances
IL might De expected to cause "A break of
ten points in the steel securities The old
steel securities, the Federal steels and
the American Steel and Wire stocks would
have been selling many points further off
than the securities of the Billion Dollar
IruSt are. This leads almost inevitably
20 the conclusion that the keeno syndi-
cate is supporting these stocks in a big
offered for sale though not always with
cut allowing some concession in prizes
Aside from the strike situation and the
certainty that there will be shortage I'm
the corn crop the general situation IS very
favorable 10 stocks. At the moment. Of
course there is some anxiety over the
financial situation. caused by the very
large increase in loans in the past two
weeks and by the high sterling exchange
rates. SO near the time when the money
must be sent West ana South 10 move the
crops This situation, however. is one to
make business duh temporarily. rather
than TO cause any permanent weakness in
stocks. Railway earnings are especial
ly noteworthy for their excellence Near
ly every line in the country reports a
steady and rapid increase IN business Re
turns for the month of July many Of
which are now IN were wonderfully large.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-05
LOAN GUARANTEE CO.

]. WILLIAM LEE.
Undertaken and Lfvery.
Es2 Penn Ave. \. W. Washington D. @
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-05

THOMAS BOWLING & Co Aualoneers -'''''-
Alaska forum., 1901-12-28
T he Reception. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
 BILLY PORTER PR, r.
LEGAL NOTICE.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERI..>,
 UNITED STATES LAND OFlI r.. Rampant, Alaska, Dec mber, ?, 1901
 Mineral Application, No. 2.
 Notice For Publication.
 Notice Is hereby given hat l.. M. larr. whose post office address Is P. O. box s3o, Seattle Xii County, Washington, has this day filed his 2; Nication for patent to placer mining claif1 No s above discovery Little Minook Creek ill Rampant Mining District, District tf Ala * and known and designated by the field notes and official plat on file at this office as Lot No 42l The exterior boundaries of said Lot No 42I being follows to wit: Beginning at Cor. | whence U. l.. NJ. No 2bearo ;. deg, p Fl. w. Var. deg. min. F. 46 4 1t. to '. $. l.. M. Mo- 2. ooo fl. to Little Manook creek, course N- 70 deg, " 871 it. to Cor 2, thence \. 62 deg. $ min Var. 2S deg. III. l.. Io4S.5 fl. to Ger. 5, thence N. deg P min. F.. Var.'27 deg. g min l. to Little Manook creek course w. 87c.9 ft to Cor. I, thence $. 62 deg. IS min. l.. Var. 2o deg. 30 min. l.. l5o 1t. to No. pup course > ". >oo fl to No. pup course $ ". lo47.S f.. to Cor the place of beginning. Containing all area If Io C8 acres.
 F. NJ. Mullen, Register.
Alaska forum., 1901-12-28

Glen subscribers can obtain the FORUM al Bob Towards $ cabin the same day 1t is published.
 Geo. Love, the popular represen- tative of Dalton & Hanley meat contractors, is reported to be ser iously i'll at Panama with all attack of thvpho pneumonia.
 Frank O. Brien and Geo. Shirley will prospect Aurum creek shortly. Cap Mayo intends to visit the same creek after the first of the year. Dr. and Mrs. Hewitt lett for Ft. Gibbon last Sunday nis Int.
Alaska forum., 1901-12-28

EDITORIAL.
 The escape of ]. H. Huntington last week, while Ill transit to Ram. part under arrest, has been the ex- cnse for some unjust criticism on Marshal Dribelbns. Any marshal, no matter how energetic lie be, Is forced to place Some confidence i'll his guards, and the fact that Hunt ington skipped out, has proven him gui.tv and placed his guard i'll an unenviablc position.
 The FORUM has been the recip- iert of innumerable compliments on the newsv edition of last week. We aim to surpa$s all previous issues each week, and guarantee all our news IS news; printed while 1t Is news, and not "set up' for two weeks previous to it's appearance i,l these columns
 Huntington Is now f.rced to leave the country and in tue event of his recapture, which Is certain if he does not, viii hardly be given a. gain the privileges extended to all charged with an offepse until prov eli guilty.
 It is stated that the scrap billed betnehn Barber and Parker Is not to be slugging match, but d box ing bout for points, and there vii flo kn>ckou; Intentionally.
Alaska forum., 1901-12-28
Alaska Forum Dec. s, l:C.

some tue. lcaI authorities as meaa> of >treng ngtcening ihe u: gs Th evidently accounts tor some of onl brass lunged human calliopes.
 Items Around Town.
 Capt. Jake Nelson of the trans port Aryo a1ri> ed from Tanana We lne; q " c Il or He r1por' Ill ,tin5 the l1e vltl party above Frenchy'>; They expected to ar rive at the post Christmas day. The party were unable to find the Bear creek station and were com pelled to camp out on the ice.
 The Indians gave an exhibition Ot their native dances, at the vii liage last Saturday night. The Chilkat dance was given ill full na- tive costume. Quite number of the white ladies of the camp at tended.
 The masked ball given by the ]. C's. Christmas eve was a huge snCcess., Fanny MinoOk and Joe Anicich captured the prizes. The club is now bending its energies to make the bout between Barber and Parker a financial success.
 Frank Diver and Geo. Shirley were in town for Christmas. Mir. Diver reports that nearly the whole of Glen We're going to Deakyme to the big 'potlatch' given to the Ia mana Indians by Manager Riley on Christmas day.
 w. !. Hami left for Panama last Thursday morning The condition ill which Hamill keeps his horses Is d marvel, compared to the anima
Alaska forum., 1901-12-28
ALASKA FORUM s. ss6. s(acEirlAI spAp-a)
s(oFFlcIAL PAPER)

THE FOR UNI PUBLISHING co. J.b. Wiagate. Editor and Maaaser .~
 VOLUME 2 <o. A SATURDAY., DECEMBER 2S, 1901. SuBscRIpTIONs-Th Alaska Forum delivered in Rampant m 50 cents per 1nontl,, or $500 year, Ill. advance Single .op'-5, 25c. Postage added. Address ali communications to the Alaska Forum, Rampant. Aka.
 EDITORIAL.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07

distrust us? How may we hope to
secure their permission to establish for
them, to use the language Of the presi-
dent, "a government designed not for
our satisfaction but for the happiness,
peace and prosperity of the people of the
Philippine islands" when the represen-
tatives of American authority in the
Philippines ruthlessly violate "the great
principles of government which have
been made the basis of our governmental
system which we deem essential to the
rule of law and the maintenance of
individual freedom" And still more
shocking are our shame and humiliation
after these "great principles have been
specifically promised to the Filipinos.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
In his annual
message to con-
gress in December,
PRESIDENTIAL
POWERS.


gress in December,
19OO the president claimed constitu-
tional authority for the military opera
tions in the Philippines and used this
language to define his powers:
II stated my purpose, Tin his last
message), until the congress shall have
made the formal expression of it's will,
to use the authority vested in me by the
constitution and the statutes to uphold
the sovereignty of the United States in
those distant islands as IN all other places
where our flag rightully floats, placing,
to that end, at the disposal of the army
and the navy, all the means which the
liberality of the congress and the people
have provided"
The provision of the constitution to
which the president refers reads as
follows:
"The congress shall have power to
provide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws of the Union, suppress
instructions and repel invasions."
In accord with this section the con.
gress of 1895 passed the act referred to
by the president empowering him to use
the military force of the country in the
cases cited.
This declaration of the president that
the section of the constitution and the
statute of congress
Eo,,ows F1.e in accord there
with, relative to
the suppression of insurrection, apply to
the Philippines, "as in all other places
where our flag rightfully floats" is an
acceptance of the doctrine that the
constitution follows the flag" For if
one provision of the constitution applies
to the Filipinos all others apply. If he
must suppress an insurrection in the
Philippines in accord with the constitu-
ton he must exercise the power of taxa
ton in the manner prescribed by the
constitution. The constitution was in.
tended to limit the authority of the
president as we'll as to give him grant
assume powers granted by the constitu-
tion in dealing with the Filipinos, with
whom we are at war, and at the same
time decline to recognize constitutional
limitations in dealing with the Porto
Ricans with whom we are at peace.
In the same message the president
incorporated his instructions to the
Philippine com.
mission in which
the following pledges to the Filipinos
are enumerated:
"At the same time the commission
should bear in mind and the people of
the island should be made plainly to
understand, that there are certain great
principles of government which have
Loo,, ,>oo 10 ~ I>oe eio ofn ,<o1
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
Che Conservative.

tial to the preservation of these great
principles of liberty and law, and that
these principles and these rules of
government must be established and
maintained in their islands for the sake
of their liberty and happiness, however
much they may conflict with the customs
or laws of procedure with which they
are familiar.
"Upon every division and branch of
the government of the Philippines
therefore must be imposed these in
violable rules:
"That no person shall be deprived of
life, liberty, or property without due
process of law; that private property
shall not be taken for public use without
just compensation, etc."
If paternal assurances and pretty
promises, couched in pleasing verbiage,
could end the
' N'' - Philippine war it
should have ceased the moment the
message of the president reached the
island. But the Filipinos are not fight
ing because they are unwilling to
receive the privileges and liberties de.
scribed by the president in his letter of
instructions. Their hostility is due in a
great measure to their distrust of the
sincerity of our government and a
general conviction that we will not do
what the president says we will do. Our
refusal to recognize plain duty in
dealing with the Porto Ricans was an
unwise, an injudicious precedent. 1t
tended to confirm the suspicious of the
Filipinos. Their unhappy experience
with Spanish tyranny and duplicity
taught them to be suspicious of all men.
Hence the necessity of our government
acting at all times in the best of faith,
fulfilling to the letter every promise and
assurance and thus by kind acts and
honorable dealings establishing ourselves
in the confidence of the Filipinos. But
instead of trying to remove their dis
trust we are doing all we can to confirm
and intensity it.
only rev DAYS ago one OF tne great
principles of government" so feelingly
, referred to by the
president was
openly disregarded by the commander
in-chief of the army in the Philippines.
An American citizen residing there was
"deprived of liberty and expelled from
the islands by order of General Mac
Arthur and without "due process of
law" OF what avail is it to assure the
Filipino that he will not be deprived of
liberty or property without "due process
of law" if at the first opportunity we
prove our assurance meaningless by
openly violating it. What care the
Filipinos for the pledges of the president
if a despotic military authority is per.
mitted to defy them with impunity
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
MIR. CARNEGIE ON WAGES AND


LABOR.
Anything that Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
has to say on the matters of labor and
capital is always interesting. Mr..
Carnegie is one of the richest men in the
world, and also one of the largest EN-.
ployers of labor.
In recent newspaper contribution
Mr.. Carnegie said this when speaking of
the great reduction in the cost of steel,
three pounds being made for 2 cents:
"There is one element of cost, how
ever, which every student of sociology
will rejoice to know has not been
cheapened, and that is human labor. It
has risen, and the tendency is to higher
earnings per man. In one of the largest
steel works last year the average wages
per man, including all paid by the day,
laborers, boys, mechanics, exceeded 81
per day-for 311 days. Fewer men
being required, the labor cost per ton is
less, and, contrary to the opinion often
expressed, these men are of higher
quality as men. It is mistake to sup.
pose that men are becoming mere
machines"
Mr.. Carnegie here states only general
facts which all statisticians recognize.
The price of labor is steadily rising,
although the products of labor are
steadily decreasing in price. The result
is beneficial in every way. Laborers
form much the largest body of con.
sumers, and if the commodities they
buy become cheaper and the wages they
receive larger, they are bound to be
! benefited. Courier journal.
The Conservative, 1901-02-07
A GOOD
PRECEPTOR.

no journal in the city of New York
which should receive the patronage of
the very best citizens-without regard
to party or church affiliations-except
the New York Evening Post.
In economics, in morals and in right
living, with due regard to the sacred
ness of the home hearth, the Evening
Post is a faithful and righteous pre-.
ceptor.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
The Athenian of Today.

The Athenians dine late the year
round and, whenever the weather will
permit, in the open air. AS the heated
season advances the dinner hour is set
later and later until in August $50 or
10 becomes the common thing. Fancy
going to the theater after that! Yet
the open air performances are literally
patronized, and they do not begin, Of
course, until after dinner The legend
Curtain rises promptly at 9" is o
snare and delusion, as many a for
eigner has found, to his extreme an
noyance.
The out of door dining and the sky
rooted theaters are so typically Greek
that they serve as link between mod
ern and classical times. The old Greek.
as everybody knows, was an outdoor
man, his house serving as little more
than a sleeping place and storeroom.
The Athenian of today dimes in a gar
den, on his terrace or in a park. If he
Is too poor to possess any Of these &C.
cessories, he sets his table upon the
sidewalk. Many of the cheap restau-
rants appropriate the walks for dining
rooms. One is often compelled when
taking an evening stroll to dodge in
and out among dozens of tables cover
ed with reasonably clean linen and
lighted by means of candles, whose
flames are protected from the wind by
means of glass globes.-Scribner's
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
Hi. First Railway Ride.

An old man who has been a farmer
for 81 years in Missouri says: when
l began farming, l plowed with a
wooden pillow, cut wheat and oats with
a sickle and thrashed them out by the
tramping process, cut the meadow with
a scythe and used wooden tooth har-
row. Much of the wheat and corn l
raised was eaten by deer, turkeys and
prairie chickens. 1t was no uncommon
sight TO see as many as 20 deer in
herd. Just think of the jump from an
OK team to a railroadl l remember my
first trip on the cars. 1t was in 1876,
1 think. My wife and l drove from
Harmony to Ashley to see some
friends. When at Curryville, we con-
cluded to take trip up into Audrain
county to Vandalia. Well, when the
train started and we were moving over
the prairie the experience was so pleas
ing and novel that 1 couldn't help
thinking of the wonderful age. 1t felt
so good to be wheeling through space
that we remained aboard until we
reached Mexico. the county seat of Au
drain county. 1t was wonderful to go
that far and back in day"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
Guarding Her Teeth.

1t is easy to misunderstood and easy
to be misunderstood, and sometimes,
happily, it is easy to give and to accept
an explanation.
81 did think / would never come to
see you again." said cousin Of the
prominent society woman who had
come to the country to visit her and
was about to start homeward. ITS
kind Of you to ask me, of course, but
remember that when l was at your
house in the city, two years ago, you
did not seem glad to see me. You were
kind and hospitable, of course, but
remember you did not smile once dur
ing the entire two weeks Of my stay"
To her establishment, her city cousin
burst into fit of laughter.
Maria" she said, lust before you
came l had the misfortune to break the
porcelain crown from one Of my new
front teeth, and as my dentist was out
of town on his vacation had to wait
for his return. | didn't dare to smile
when any one was looking at me. for
fear of showing the CHASTITY metallic
back to which the porcelain had been
attached. 1t was a strain, Maria, hut
was equal to it, and did not want to
have to explain"
And her smile, now without a me-
chanical flaw, REINFORCED the renewed
invitation.-Youth's Companion.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
Men Who Handle Millions.

The government is more truStful Of
the employees in it's financial center
than is any private corporation. In
the United States treasury the whole
output of the nations currency is
handled by men who are under neither
surveillance nor bond. The paying tell
er handles $40,000,0O0 or $50,OOO,O00 a
year. The exchange clerk has every day
100000 in change at hand. The money
in charge Of the keeper of the cash.
room runs from S170,00O,000 upward,
and the chief of the issue division
handles millions every day. Any of
these men could get away with enor-
nous amounts of money and be reason
ably secure against detection for con-
siderable length of time. Nevertheless,
populations from the treasury have
been few and small in amount during
its history. There is an axiom in the
department which runs as follows:
wherever money is handled there
is a point at which the honesty of the
individual must be the main reliance"
And so the treasury dispenses with
the services of spoilers. However,
private business interests involving the
handling of large sums of money are
not likely to follow this example.
Spoilers may be an evil, but they are
a necessity in the present phase of
human development, and until some
psychological chemist deyises a prep
aration to make men honest the type
is likely to persists. II. Adams in
AinSlee's
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
A Case Lincoln Would Not Take.

All clients knew that, with "Old
Abe as their lawyer, they would win
their case-if it was fair: if not, that it
was a waste of time to take it to him
After listening some time one day to a
would be clients statement, with his
eyes on the ceiling, he swung suddenly
round in his chair and exclaimed:
"Wel, you have a pretty good case
in technical law, but a pretty bad one
in equity and justice. You'll have to
get some other fellow to win this case
for you. couldn't do it. All the time
while standing talking to that jury. I'd
be thinking, Lincoln. you're liar and
say it out d."-Success.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
What Forty Poles Make.

A good story is told about a certain
professor whose business it was to lee
ture to a number of students on sur
veying. During one of the lectures. the
professor said that in his opinion the
pole was of little or no value To the
establishment of those present a Polish
gentleman arose and. after accusing
the professor of insulting his country
men, demanded an apology.
The professor thereupon explained
that the pole to which he referred was
merely a term of measurement. The
Polish gentleman, seeing his mistake,
asked the professor to forgive his ap-
parent rudeness. To this the professor
smartly replied:
You could not be rude, sir, even if
you tried, for it takes 40 poles to make
one roodr'
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
They Eat Themselves.

From various causes. such as anger
and fear, many animals eat their own
flesh. Rats. when caught in a trap by
the leg, will gnaw off the captured
member, and mice in captivity have
been known to bite off their tails. But
there are some creatures which go
much further and actually eat parts Of
themselves if left for too long a period
without food.
A hyena belonging to a menagerie
was kept by the proprietor without
food in order to tame it. One morning
he was Mortified to find that the fero-
cious creature had actually eaten part
Of its own leg.
An eagle in the zoo few years ago
was noted for the fact that it would
now and then pick pieces of flesh out
of its own legs and eat them.
Certain caterpillars and toads devour
their cast off skin. This may be due
to fear. but it looks like economy.
There is just trace of this charac-
teriStic in human beings. Children
when in rage sometimes bite their own
hands and arms, although it must be
admitted that they desist when it be-
gins to hurt.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
Wa. READY to Compromi.e.

A very small pile of coal lay on the
sidewalk in front of house on A street
southeast. A correspondingly small
son of Ham was sauntering along and,
seeing it, scented a job. He rang the
doorbell.
Am dat yo' alps coal?' he asked
the lady at the door.
YES"
Want it toted in?"
"Yes."
"Kain't git de job?"
"Why. you're pretty small. and then
you might charge too much. You might
ask more than l could pay"
How much is yo' gotF' asked the
small man of business. kin yo' raise
a dollah?"
''Oh. my goodness, nor
"Seventy-tive cents"
mo; run along and don't bother me-"
And she started to close the door.
"Mebbe so yo'll glib so cents"
'No, no; run along"
81 reckons yo' all amt got err qua
tah?"
NO"
"Ner diner
mo. not even dime" replied the
woman, beginning to laugh.
"Well. how much is yo' got?' ques-
toned Ham. showing his worries. II
sut'nly does wanter git de job"
1--WE got just nickel"
''Well. I'm JUS a-lookin fer nickel
Jobs" And he straightway began
Washington Star.