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North Park union., 1901-05-31

Mr.. Conger says thousands Of
Chinese are dying of Starvation.
North Park union., 1901-05-31

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North Park union., 1901-05-31
Mixed Iterns.

Frank Martin was a passenger on
the stage Wednesday evening.
North Park union., 1901-05-31
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Evening star., 1901-07-12
A PODular Reform.

The people of Washington welcome the
prospect that their town clock" is to be
made serviceable. Ever since it's introduce
tion in the tower of the post office 1t has
afforded more amusement and caused more
irritation than information. 1t has puzzled
those with the best sight both in the day
and at night. The maze of lines on the
face have mingled with the uselessly long
hands until stranger unfamiliar with the
combination might as readily believe him
self to be in yesterday or tomorrow as to-
day A few shrewd people have come to
know how to read this clock, just as Jerome
K. Jerome describes the manner in which
he solved the problem afforded by his own
grandfather" timepiece. In his case when
the hands pointed to a quarter to eight and
the bell struck fourteen he knew by a rapid
mental calculation that 1t must be about
half past three. With new hands and a
more Trustworthy movement the post office
clock may be able to do better than this.
and it will at least never have the mystify-
ing element of stroke to add to the con-
fusion
Evening star., 1901-07-12
American Bridges,

During the recent discussion in England
of the relative merits of English and Amer
lean steel products 1t was charged that the
American bridges were unreliable, and the
speaker pointed to the large number of
bridge failures in this country as proof
The remark caused much comment on both
sides Of the water and drew forth denials
from the American technical and news
press In the absence of comparative
statistics an exact statement of facts was
impossible. for apparently no one knows
how many Engiish-made bridges fail and
it is not of record outside of the shops
how many Of the American bridge failures
are due directly to structural deficiencies.
In the light of yesterdays accident at Ash
tabula, In which several trainmen were
killed when bridge collapsed. It would
probably be well for the American steel
manufacturers to investigate the whole
subject at once and to provide themselves
with offensive or defensive ammunition, as
the case may be. This Ashtabula failure
Evening star., 1901-07-12
The Railroads Responsibility.

The railroad men who testified at the
coroner's inquest yesterday concerning the
accident at Langdon which caused the
death of a boy seemed to think that suff1-
cient precaution was taken for the pro-
lection of human life when the engine
whistle was blown and when the electric
bell signal was kept ringing. This atti-
tude suggests the tone of comment too
often adopted by many railroad officials,
higher than these witnesses. when they
come to discuss the rights of the people and
those of the corporations. Let the people
look out for themselves. Let them take
precautions. Well make noise when we
come along and put 1t up to them to look
sharp and keep their ears open. Then. If
lives are crushed out or bodies are MANNED.
the fault is of the victims.
This view Is not accepted by the people,
nor by the lawmakers. The railroads are
in occupation of public streets for their
own profit. They cross highways which
represent far greater proportion of travel
than that which follows their roadbed.
Theirs is the most dangerous form of trans
portation. and therefore the more carefully
to be guarded. The burden of precaution is
upon them and not upon the people. For
there are. unfortunately, very many people
to use crossings guarded only by electric
bells and by quickly blown whistles. There
are also people who are constItutionally in
disposed to be careful. There are others
who are naturally always in a hurry and
who will insist upon taking risks These
should not be slain or mutilated because of
their physical or mental infirmities. Chill
dren cannot be relied upon to be as wise in
their ways as adults.
The little folks. the near-sighted. the deaf
and the other classes who are exposed to
sudden death at these crossings present the
strongest possible arguments in favor of
the elimination of grade-crosslngs through
out the line of the railroad. whether in
town or country. They should never be
cited as excuses for accidents when they do
occur The tragedy at Langdon shows now
absolutely unreliable is the whistle and bell
system of protection, and how imperative
is the need of a method which will care for
the lives of everybody at all times.
Evening star., 1901-07-12

many. which presented his name at Chicago
In 1892 Is bitterly opposed to him now and
will exert itself to defeat his ambition.
than hinder in the country at large. The
organization is greatly distrusted at pres
ent by the democrats of the south and
west, and it's disfavor Is a sort of decora-
tion. Its treatment of Mr. Hill last year
at Kansas City in the presence of the ma
tional democracy was so brutal and mex
cusable, the effect was to bring the ex-
senator into greater favor with his party
throughout the country than he had ever
before enjoyed. That treatment is still re-
membered, and wherever Mr.. Hill has
manyS attitude toward their favorite.
The republicans being in power will prob
ably hold their national convention first.
Suppose the republicans of New York ap-
pear in that body presenting the name of
Governor Odell and citing his two terms at
Albany as evidence at once of his capacity
for executive office and his strength in the
state. Suppose the convention, the
strength of his record nominates him for
President How will the democrats. when
their turn comes, meet this? Take the
ground that New York is necessary to sue
cess. and that New York therefore must
also have the other candidate? And in that
case would Tammany find it to advantage
to fight Mr.. Hill? And if 1t did. in the
light of it's action in the cases of Mr.. Tilden
and Mr.. Cleveland. would its opposition
prevent the nomination Of Mr.. Hill?
Evening star., 1901-07-12

Prominent New York republicans who
visit Washington have words of praise for
Governor Odell Some of them boom him
for their party's national leader in 1904.
and predict his nomination. They declare
that he Is certain to have the support of
the state organization. and they count upon
that to work powerfully in his favor
throughout the country
There can be no doubt that IL Governor
Odell is re-elected-he is now serving his
first term at Albany-and his name is pre-
sented by the republican organization OF
New York to the next republican national
convention he will cut an influential figure
In that body. He Is both a young and a
strong man. An experienced party organ
Her and manager, and intimately identified
Tor years with practical politics, he has had
the unusual fortune after a few months In
office to favorably impress both the poll
ticians and the people. and to bring around
20 MS side even those meR who are known
as professional reformers. 1t Is a note
worthy achievement. and in a state like
New York 1t Is expected to bring its author
more than local influence and reward And
his friends and admirers are already asking.
why not the presidency?
Turning to the democratic party, we md
another New York aspirant for the presl-
dency- David B. Hill Is undoubtedly in the
field But. singularly enough he is not de-
pending upon his partys organization at
home to advance his hopes of success If
he were, success would be impossible. Tam
Evening star., 1901-07-12

City Drift.

The statistics published yesterday from
the census bulletin on city and country
growth show that while the towns have
grown faster than the country sections. the
rate of town increase is not as high that
shown by the census of 1890 for the pre-
ceding ten years. The hope of economists
undoubtedly is that the city drift has been
checked. SOCiolOgists find much to concern
them in the rapid development of the great
centers Of population. They see problems.
moral. physical and industrial, arising for
serious attack in the near future They
have organized along general and special
lines to combat the unwhOlesome tenden-
cies of city life. Their slum studies have
revealed the need of intense application by
volunteer workers. and there is today no
more alluring field for the Jealous reformef
than the home of poverty In a great city.
Under these circumstances it is natural
that the statistics just issued should be
eagerly studied by those who have meas
ured the danger of dense concentration.
But they will not find an answer to their
questions in these returns alone. They
must look TO other lines of research. They
must find the rate at which the cities have
spread in area, to ascertain the relative
density of population in these centers. The
introduction of the electric railway has
permitted rapid spread of cities over i'm
mense areas. The development of the build
ing association idea has enabled persons
with small incomes to provide suburban
homes to replace tenement quarters A city
Is today often a name rather than a condi-
tion. as the outer edges of such municipali-
ties as Philadelphia and Chicago demon
strate.
So there is comfort for the apprehensive
sociologist who believes these latest statis-
tics point to continued city growth He
will find that city life is better regulated
now than ever before and that there are
advantages in nearness to the centers
which the farm cannot supply. 1t is a
moral rather than Industrial problem which
must eventually be solved The farm will
take care of itself. whatever the drift of
population, or rather 1t will be taken care
OF by the farmer or perhaps. in the course,
OF time. by the farming trust. There will
never be lack of labor due to the removal
of the young men to the city. If human
hands are not to be had we may rest as
sured that machines will be found to re-
place them The world will never starve
because the help has been lured from the
fields.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
The Ohio Platform.

The platform of the Ohio democrats is
described as "a return to first principles
When we reflect that it is the work largely
of John r McLean-prepared under his
direction and adopted by {. convention con
trolled by him-the description may hardly
he accepted as felicitous- How stands the
record?
Mr. Mclean was an advocate of free sill
Yer coinage before Mr.. Bryan had been
heard of Originally a gceenbaclSer. ne fol-
lowed the course of that movement until
silver was reached. and he then accepted
free silver as maybe the more practical ex-
preston of the quantitative theory of
money. He has ever since been leader in
the camp OF silver. and If he has changed
his Views except to the expediency of
urging free silver at this time. it does not
appear. He and Mr.. Bryan differ probably
only on that point. He is willing TO drop
silver in an effort to win. while Mr Bryan
insists that the true colors should remain
at the masthead. win or lose. So that in
dropping silver Mr.. Mclean has not "re-
turned" to any principles on the money
question He is probably as much of sill
yer man as ever but he does not see a
senatOrship in silver this year.
His position on the tariff question seems
his party was divided on the Issue of tax
alton he trained with the protection wing.
He was a Randall man as against Mr.. Car
Isle In the famous fight for the speakership
of the House in the Forty-eighth Congress,
although Mr. Carlisle. living at that time
just across the Ohio river from Cincinnati
was his near neighbor. If therefore the
declaration for tariff reform made at CO.
lumbus is susceptible of the explanation
given to it by the men Of the Carlisle
school and We are to have a renewal of
the tariff fight on the old line. the free
traders have returned to first principles"
but not Mr.. Mclean
better Characterization of the Ohio
platform than the one offered is that it is
an arrangement of issues by experienced
politicians who want to win at the polls.
No issue has been condemned simply be-
cause it has been dropped. No issue has
been permanently adopted simply because
It is now indorsed. The Ohio democrats
tired of the stay In the wilderness.
They tired of tramping after fr. Bryan
and feeding on the east wind of his rhetoric.
Strictly speaking. therefore. they are not
thinking so much about either first or sec
Ond principles about the path that leads
To the pie counter. Have they hit the
traiir
Evening star., 1901-07-12

Ihe governor of Nebraska has visited the
so-called bull fights at Omaha and has
declared that they are in no sense cruel
and are only mock exhibitions Thus Is
Official sanction put upon the representa-
tions- Meanwhile. what has become of the
man who was tossed in the ring by a bull
the other day and seriously hurt? These
exhibitions are apparently all right as far
as the brutes are concerned, but they seem
to be sadly lacking in the elements of
safety in relation to the human partici-
pants. As long as the sport is being ex-
purgated and reduced to pantomime, why
not put pads on the bulls horns and muffie
his hoofs?
Evening star., 1901-07-12

is certain to be cited broadcast as evidence
of the unreliability Of our bridges. AS far
as the reports go this particular bridge
failed because it was not strong enough to
hold up the enormously heavy train which
was being sent across 1t, and it had been
marked for replacement to accommodate
Just this style of traffic. The angry atti-
tude Of the foreign manufacturers at pres
ent toward American goods must be taken
as a warning that we are being watched
jealousy. If our home-used products will
not stand the tests of service. 1t will be
urged, what reliance can be placed upon
those which are made to sell to foreigners?
1t will not do to depend upon our own
knowledge that such criticisms are in the
main unfair. Great and perhaps irrepara-
BILE damage is certain to be done to our
trade abroad even by untruths If they are
not promptly and specifically met and in
the degree that the charges are justified
the fight to retain our trade prestige will
become more difficult.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
Lawnessness at the North.
I'm the Jacksonville Times-Union.

The south has been lectured a great deal
not so much recently as years ago Our
people have been accused of being too yio-
ient-of having too little respect for law.
Inc lectures continued until the imitation
began. OF recent years the lecturers have
had too much to do at home to give proper
attention to the way others acted Blu,
In return for past favors we of the south
ought to assist the people Of the north
with our advice. They have done so much
to improve our morals that we would be
ingrates II We did not help them about
theirs. They need help, for they are be-
coming demoralized. They are too quick to
resort to violence. They are too careless
of the sanctity of law.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
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Delightfully."- soft and cool main
sock gowns, made in the much
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bow sleeves. Some have square
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Evening star., 1901-07-12
Old Friends.

1 am weary of these legends of the monsters
of the deep.
The sad sea-serpent story does not luIl my
soul to sleep;
And malarial mosquitoes and the festive
kissing bug,
Though once they could besuile me- Now I
greet them with a shrug.
I am weary of the fancies that expand with
summer time.
1 crave the politician, with his genius so
sublime.
1 am longing for the beauties that arise in
a campaign.
I am longing for the season when the
'isms" bloom again.
I sigh for Socialism, "monometallism. %
1 wish imperialism once again would
come forth to view.
L would that Bryanism might once more
put forth its claims
And all the other ''isms'' that attach to
proper names.
They've withered like the violets that
smiled in gentle May;
They've faded like the roses that with June
time passed away.
But in due time once more they'll ease my
loneliness and pain.
I'm waiting for the season when the
'isms'' bloom again.
Evening star., 1901-07-12

There is a gracious disposition to keep
the public informed on the personal career
of King Edward. The latest news Is that
he Is becoming book lover and Is collect
ing a large library. The reports of the
kings doings are all so fiattering that
there is slight ground for suspecting the
existence of royal press agent
Evening star., 1901-07-12
Cuba's Future.
m the Philadelphia Record.

General Gomez predicts the annexation OF
Cuba to the United States. The prediction
Is a safe one. Political quietude and indus
trial prosperity can only be assured In
Cuba by annexation. American capital and
American control would soon convert the
island into tropical paradise. 1t Is alto
gether likely that the end of the Foraker
experiment In dealing with Porto Rico, and
the substitution therefor OF ..nlain G,,tv,'
and free trade may have Fastening effeot
upon the minds Of the Cubans
Evening star., 1901-07-12
Deserts the Daddy Dollar,
From the New York Sun.

Gen. Adoniram Judson Warner once the
next friend to silver but now a backslider
from the dollar Of our daddies, has moved
from Ohio to Georgia. He brings capital
to the cracker state. He is booming an
electric railroad. He Is marked with the
curse Of gold and glad Of 1t. Must all the
fellows who beloved and boohooed over
this impoverished and ruined country be-
come piutocrats? Can't one Of them es-
cane?
Evening star., 1901-07-12
Stop SMOKING.
From the Cumberland (MdJ T,mes.

Innumerable complaints have been made
to the trolley people about the smokipg 8
nuisance on the cars. While the habit is
enjoyed by the men, 1t is extremely ofren-
sive to the olfactory nerves Of the women.
In other first-class cities smoking is pro-
hibited on the street cars. and a measure
to that effect should be adopted here by all
means. II smoking Is to be tolerated at
all 1t should be in the rear end Of the car
so that the smoke will not permeats the
whole coach.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
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And Sun Hats.
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inexpensive, too.
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Second floor.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
Cynicisnn.

What line of argument will you employ
In your next campaign" asked the friend.
'Oh, the line doesn't make so much diff
ference In my business" answered Senator
Sorghum. The dollar on the end Of it
is the hook that catches the fish,
Evening star., 1901-07-12

In case anybody wants to present the
man who put the equal taxation planks in
the Ohio democratic platform with s1OO it
may as well be promptly announced that It
was Tom L Johnson
Evening star., 1901-07-12
'hy did you listen to it."
His FavOrite,

What is your favorite play?" asked the
friend.
Ordinarily" answered Mr.. stormington
Barnes. sit Is Hamlet But when 1 need
the money it is Uncle Toms Cabin"
Evening star., 1901-07-12

The gentlemen who few years ago were
going to circumvent summer by means of
liquid air are not being heard from to the
extent that was hoped for
Evening star., 1901-07-12

| Now that New York people are permits ed
to sit down in the parks free of charge
they feel that they getting a little
/ closer in touch with the rest of the country
| in its liberty loving spirit
Evening star., 1901-07-12

An inventor has discovered a substitute
for oil In running railway. Perhaps some
other inventor will discover a means of do
ing without water in the stock
Evening star., 1901-07-12

Secretary Wilson Is anxious that this
country shall produce everything that IT
uses When, with the assistance of ]. Pier
pont Morgan. this country has annexed the
remainder of the earth, 1t will be an easy
Evening star., 1901-07-12
A silly Joke.
Itimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
One of the silliest jokes. as events prove,
Is that Of a swimmer crying for help in
pretended need. Already this ipsensa.e e
form Of humOr has cost several lives pos
sible rescuers believing the appeal to be
merely some OF the customary "foolIng,"
Evening star., 1901-07-12

The supremacy OF the American locomo-
tive In England will compensate for any
failure on the part Of the American race
horse to come in winner
Evening star., 1901-07-12

The young King Of Spain has attended
his first bull fight. There is nothing like
starting right in bringing boy up.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
Ani0bilifY,

sympathy remarked the man who gets
sour, doesn't do the slightest good in the
world"
Then why did you listen to it?"
"Oh, there is no use in being ill-naturcd.
1t always seems to please the person who
is extending it."
Evening star., 1901-07-12
Easy.

The man who thinks that he is wise
OF all this earthly clan
He is the most beloved by
The willy bunco man.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
What danger do YOU foresee ?'

We ought to be careful about how we
handle the Chinese"
What danger do you foresee?"
We'll they may become so discontented
with their own country that they will all
want to come over here and open Iaun-
dries"
Evening star., 1901-07-12

Nobody but the kaiser would have the
assurance to get up and say the sword Is
mightier than the pen."
Evening star., 1901-07-12

American civilization Is beginning to
tremble lest the bull fight take precedence
of the time-honored dog fight
Evening star., 1901-07-12

John Rogers Mclean never was very
demonstrative in his affection for William
Jennings Bryan.
Evening star., 1901-07-12

When cooling storm actually arrives It
Is really not Of much consequence whether
1t was previously predicted or not
Evening star., 1901-07-12

Mr. Bryan will probably not be invited to
make speeches in behalf OF the Ohio de-
mocracy this year.
Evening star., 1901-07-12

IL VIII soon be time for the Wall street
brokers' to come down on the lambs to re-
coup the cost Of summer vacations
Evening star., 1901-07-12

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Evening star., 1901-07-12
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Evening star., 1901-07-12

EyIn order to avoid delays, on ac-
count of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
TO any Individual connected with the
Office, but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial or Business Depart
ment., according to tenor or purpose
Evening star., 1901-07-12

Misses Percale Wrappers, Hubbard style. with
rufie on bottom; variety OF neat patterns; sizes
10 to Ia.
T5c. and $I.oo each.
Evening star., 1901-07-12
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soc. each.