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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-25

George RID. McGregor. second lieutenant
LIST r. L. Infantry. Spanish-American war;
second lieutenant Goth Infantry, U. S..
Walter G. GatcheIl, first lieutenant 1st r.
l: infantry, Spanish-American war; first
lieutenant, 4Sth Infantry, I. s. V.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

The experiment. of tobacco growing in Ireland is now meeting with sue cess.
 The French minister of public works has published some statistics which show that during 1900 no less than 50,- 048 boats of various sizes were at work on the Seine. The boats carried 10,- 100000 tons of merchandise, of which 649,037 tons were used in Paris.
 An old horn snuff box once belonging to Sir Francis Drake, possibly the one which he used at Plymouth Hoe during his famous game of bowls, has just been sold for Z 10 shillings in London. The snuff box is quaint old relic, bear ing the coat of arms of Sir Francis, with his name on the lid.
 German expert in the east points out thatas time goes on more and more men are required to coerce China into doing the will of another power The opium war required only 4,0oO Euro peans, the Anglo-French war against the Chinese, 16,oo0 and 4,soo Indians. The Japanese needed 95,000 men and 115,ooo coolies, and today we find 90 men of war and almost 150,o0O men at tempting to compel obedience from the giant empire.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
FOR MINISTERS AND LAYMEN.

There are 56 Methodist Episcopal churches in Baltimore.
 Of 555 Japanese university students who were questioned as to their re- ligious beliefs no fewer than 472 called themselves atheists
 There is an unprecedented activity in the building of churches in Chicago at the present time, and, in spite of the labor difficulties which extended far into the fall of last year, 21 churches have been built since then or are still building.
 Rev. Dr. Frederick z. Rocker, just appointed chamberlain to the pope, is the first American to be made a member of the pontifical household. He is native of New York city, 40 years old, and it was intended by his father and uncle, both newspaper men, that he should also take to their line of life. The young mans taste lay in another direction.
 Dr. Ellicott, of Gloucester, has no longer the distinc tion of being the only octogenarian British bishop. Dr.. Richard Lewis. of Llandaff, has just attained that distinction, and when Dr. Temple, archbishop of Canter- bury, celebrates his next birthday November 30, this year--there will be three prelates who have seen their eightieth year.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

The recount of the ballots cast in several towns last fall has proven that counties are anything but infallible. In nearly every case where a recount was made errors were found in every district. Many suggestions are being offered as a remedy for avoiding mis- takes. The voting machine seems to have the preference although the New Britain, Herald suggests the following as way out of the difficulty: 'In our opinion the court should proceed with the voting. By this we mean that two counters, one from each party, could, under the direction of the moderator, take the ballots from the box when each fifty were cast; and count them slowly and at their ease. They would thus do their work in daylight, and, when the polls Were closed. not over fifty ballots would remain to be count ed. In this way we would get greater efficiency, or should be sure of accu- rate results, and We would get the cor rect figures very quickly after the polls close. Count as they vote would seem to be the remedy for the present diff ficulty.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

of republican claims of many converts in the south and the alleged growth of republican sentiment in that sec ton, Governor McCreary said: T know that in Kentucky the tendency is not toward the adoption of republi- can policies. On the contrary, demo- cratic sentiment is growing stronger. I observe that this is true also of Ala bama, where I am familiar with con ditions, and I believe that democratic sentiment is growing stronger in the south generally. The southern people do not believe in high protection, ln colonization, in a large standing army, nor in trusts. The more closely the republican party becomes identif1ed with colonization, as exemplitied i'll the Philippines; with the maintenance OF a large standing army, and With the trusts, the stronger becomes the spirit of democracy in the south. The south ern people do not believe in these things and can have no sympathy with a party that is identified with them"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

Having secured the administration favor for the notoriously disreputable Panama canal, the men who are ma nipulating the scheme to make mil lions by unloading the Panama canal upon the United States are now work ing to create public sentiment in fa- vor of the Panama canal and against the Nicaragua canal, and it cannot be denied that they are doing it cseverly. Some high-priced brain work is being put into articles given to the press, under Washington date lines and oth- erwise, in which advantage is taken to point out everything that can be called an obstacle to the Nicaragua ca nal, and spacious reasons are being given for changes of opinion among senators and representatives who fa- yored that route. And the most is made of the opposition of England and its right to oppose the construc- ton of the Nicaragua canal, except upon conditions of which it approves. The last reason is also being made use of by the administration in an indi- rect way. Tips are given by promi- nent officials to the correspondents of influential republican papers, limiting at the possibility of political compli- cation with England, making it neces- sary to abandon the idea of a canal over the Nicaragua route, and, of course, those hints are reflected more or less in the matter sent from Wash ington. As yet, neither the Panama press agents, nor the administration men, venture to use names publicly, when speaking of senators and rep resentatives who have changed their minds and now favor the purchase and completion of the Panama canal, but privately the former are not so discreet.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

The Albany affair confirms the rule that it is always the innocent by stander who gets shot. Incidentally it may be mentioned that nobody ever heard of the innocent bystander get ting shot when he was going to church or getting book from the library, or cultivating his back yard.-New Ha- ven Union.
 Two of those Albany bystanders were not far out of the way of that, one of them directly in front of his own store, and the other on the oppo- site side of the street from his store. It is all we'll enough for the militia to fire when occasion calls for it, but it seems as though a man who is called on to take charge of the troops should not be such a poor shot. If he fired at random in his excitement, there might be some excuse for him, but it seems as though he ought to pick out his man, especially as he was in an elevated position on the car. Such an officer would never do for a sharp shooter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
There is very little new in the strik,

There is very little new in the strike locally at this writing. The men seem to take the situation good naturedly and look for no settlement immediate ly. Many of them say that the action of the Scovill Manufacturing Co.'S di- rectors will have much to do with con tinuing or closing the strike, conse- quently the outcome of this meeting is awaited with considerable interest The manufacturers are not saying much for publication, although several conferences were held during the day. The leaders are endeavoring by agita- tion to show that the position they have taken is the proper one. Mean while the strikers are orderly and whiling away the time in assembling at their various headquarters and read ing. of the situation in other towns. There seems to be more of an air of good feeling generally than one might expect. at such time.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

public thar this, the news of 1t has been suppressed. The lump sum of money offered for the project was at tractive and prominent men all over the country, following the universal disposition to sign whatever is of fered, agreed to become judges" and the thing was started. An under current of belief exists to the effect that the entire scheme may some day be utilized to rehabilitate or recon struct the reputation of some eminent financier who operated on q scale larger than state prisons recognize and who, not having been hung elsewhere, should be hung in this gallery But we live in q free country, and, as all sorts of people meet on the streets, there may be no reason why they should not also meet in the halls of the famous; indeed, there are good many kinds of fame.-Hartford Cour- ant
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

Why don't someone call the atten- ton of the state arbitration board to the threatened strike of the ma chinists. It was to handle just such cases that the board was created, and if it is either unable or unwilling to even try to perform it's duty one of two things should be done: either abolish the board or appoint men fon it who know what to do and how to do it. Governor Mclean has given a good deal of time to corpora tions and he should now spare some to the wage earners and make mem bers of the board either act or resign.-7 New Britain Independent.
 Attention has been called to the ar bitration board, but up to the present time we have seen no results. Perhaps this board hasn't the time to attend to the duties for which it was appointed. If ever there was a time when it's ser vices were required it is now. If there is merit in arbitration, now is an op- perfume time to bring it out. May be the board was only put in existence to make a place for some greedy office seekers, but even so when case like the present confronts it's members they should get a hustle on and show that they are not fgureheads.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
A WALL STREET DICTIONARY.


 Piker-A small speculator.
 Bulge-The upward movement of a stock.
 Big Board-The New York stock ex- change.
 Short-One who has sold stocks for a decline.
 On 'Change-The floor of the stock exchange.
 Slump--A sudden decline in the price of stocks.
 Averaging-Buying or selling stocks on scale.
 Irish Dividend-An assessment upon stockholders.
 Hunch-A tip based on ones instinct or impression.
 Block-A number of shares bought or sold in a lump.
 Bottom-The lowest point or price reached by stock.
 Bull-One who has bought stocks, expecting an advance.
 Scalping- Buying or selling stocks on slight fluctuations.
 Bear-One who has sold stocks and who gains by decline.
 Plunger-One who deals heavily in stocks, taking great risks.
 Insider-One who causes a move ment in the stock market.
 Carrying-To hold stock with the expectation of an advance.
 Tp-Private informat ton in advance of the movement of stock.
 Collateral--Any security given in pawn when money is borrowed. Break--A sudden decline caused by stringency in the money market. Unloading--To sell out stocks which have been carried for some time. Covering Buying stock to satisfy a short sale on the day of delivery. Crazy Market-One which fuctuates violently without apparent reason. Watering ITO increase the quantity of stock without improving it's quail fty.
 Pool-The stock and money contrib uted by a clique tocarry through cor ner.
 Lamb-A new speculator without knowledge of the market or it's meth ods.
 Bucketing-To execute orders in stocks without dealing on any regular exchange. ..
 Blind PooI-A close corporation; one which does not issue any statement of expenses or earnings.
 Squeeze--A sudden movement of the market which forces the bulls or bears to close out their stocks at loss.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
REFORM IN KANSAS.
An Editor Makes an Effort to Terror
 ize Gadding Females.


 Monday afternoon while the cook ing school was in session, q reporter for the Gazette found five young women of this town out gadding on Commercial street. Their names are:
 Miss Mabel Mullington of 701 Mar ket.
 Miss Inez Post of 152O West.
 Miss Myrtle Harrington of S20 Ex- change.
 Mrs. John Slowly of 519 Exchange.
 Miss Earlie Rizer of 427 Constitu- tion.
 These girls are all daughters of re- spectable parents, though none of them are rich. The girls all wear good clothes, and the Wilmington girl, at ieast,, though she is only IF years old, IS so badly oyerdressed that people wonder what her mother can be think ing about. The girl boasts among her friends that she doesn't intend to learn to cook, and then she'll never have to. Her father went through the bankruptcy court last year. Old set tiers say the Wilmington girls mother used to make the same boast One of her fathers creditors was a baker whom Mullington owed $215 for bread, pies and cookies bought since 1890. The Post girl is a newcomer, but she brags that no woman "can. learn her to cook like her mother can.' She can make ten kinds of candy, four kinds of cake and six kinds of things with whipped cream. But she doesn't know boiled meat from broiled meat, and, has never cooked a meal in her life She doesn'tN even know how to boil po- tatoes with their jackets on.
 The Harthington girl is snappy little piece, who knows a lot of boy stories, and is all the time making breaks and laughiSg at then She looks at the ground when she walks. and minces along as though she was too nice for this world She is al- ways grunting on wash day, and her poor mother hasn't had new dress since 1888, though Myrtle is dressed to kill.
 John Slowly is railroad man. He has been married three years. He turns his money over to his wife every pay day, and she has bills for canned goods and ready made food at six grocery stores. Their grocery bill is over $50 month, and John can't see where it goes. He should look in the slop bucket. Half the food she cooks Is spoiled, and none of it is ever made over.
 The girls say that there isn't a single button on Earlie Rizer's dress, except the 42 buttons up the back of her shirt waist. They call her the human pin cushion.
 That is the kind of girls who avoid the cooking school. They are not homemakers, and the Emporia boys who are looking for honest girls who will help to make a living should pass them up. They also fiirt with travelling men and young fellows claim that you can love lem at the second night you call These are harsh words, but the cause is a great one, and the Gazette believes that the ends justify the means. If girls can't go to cooking school they can at least show respect for 1t by stopping gad- ding for a few days.-Emporia Ga Zette.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM.
Branch office. CT Grand street.

4--Cor South Main ana Grand sts.
 5--Scoyill Manufacturing Go. (Pl.
 6--Cor Bridge and AIagill sts.
 T.-ENchange Place.
 12.-Rogers & Bro. (P).
 IS Cor East Main and Niagara sts. l4--Cor East Main and Wolcott I'd. 15--Cor High and Walnut sts.
 16--Cor East Main and Cherry sts.
 17-.-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-.Cor North Elm and Kingsbury sts 23--Burton Street engine house. 24--Waterbury Manufa curing Co. (P, 25--Cor North Main and North sts. 26--Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27--Cor Grove & Prospect Sts.
 2S- Cor Hillside avenue and Pine st.
 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow Sts. 31.-Cor Bank and Grand sts.
 22--Cor Riverside and Bank sts. S4--Cor West Main and Watcrtown I'd S5--Conn. Light'g & Pow. Co, car
 house, (P).
 S6--Waterbury Brass Co. Pl.
 37--Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. SS-Cor Grand and Field sts.
 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts. 43-New England Watch Go. (P). 45-Benedict X Burnham Mfg Go. (P) 46-Waterbury Buckle Co. (P].
 47-Cor s. Main and Washinton sts. 51-Cor Baldwin and River Sts. h2-Cor Franklin and Union sts. ES-Wat'b'y Clock Go, case fact'y (P). 54-Cor Clay and Mill sts.'
 h6-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No 5 Hose House.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st. 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts.
 73-North Willow street
 74-Cor Johnson and Waterville sts. 1G2-Cor East Main and Welton sts. o1o-The platt Bros & Go. (PD. Buckle Co. (P). Clock Go. Evt fact'y (P). o16-Cor North Main and Grove sts. o51-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts. o61-Junction Cooke and N. Main sts. o72-Grove, bet. Central x Holmes avs. 911-S. N. E. Telephone Go bldg. Py. s12-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. & Gloves. Cpl s14-Plume and Atwood (P). Ring Go (P). S16-Electric Light Station (P). Booth &- Haydens (Pl. eo1-No Hose House. 3o3-Cor Wash'g'n ave and Porter stS 2o4-Cor Charles and Porter sts. 2o5-Cor Simons st and Wash'g'n ave. 371-City Lumber and Coal Go (P). 412-Tracy Bros (P). 432-Cor Liberty and South Main Sts. 451-Steele &s Johnson Mfg Go (Pl ES2 Cor Baldwin and Rye sta.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

Ex-Governor McCreary, chairman of the Kentucky state democratic com mittee, is in Washington. Asked what the democratic outlook in his state was he replied: ''The party is thoroughly organized throughout the state and is in perfect harmony. At no time has there been better feeling within the party. At the election this fall think We will carry the state by fifteen or twenty thousand, having a majority in both branches of the legislature, and q large majority on joint ballot. The legislature then elected will choose a United States senator" If his predic- ton as to the legislature holds good Governor -McCreary will be candidate to succeed Senator Deboe. Speaking
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
A Sense of Regret.

Don't you think man ought to look up to his ancestors?" asked the man of aristocratic tendencies.
 Yes,' answered the prosaic per- son. But the trouble about so many distinguished ancestors of a century or so is that they insisted on going out and getting into fights instead of learning to read and write."- Washington Star.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
ENORMOUS ARMY.
Under the Forepaugh4sells Brothers
 l te Banner ssgs. s rsss.s aSf,9s4


 Very few persons have definite < idea of the number of people employed by the Forepaugh-Sells circus, which is easily the largest institution of it's kind i'll the country. A summary dis closes the following interesting figures: The huge tented outfit Is moved from town to town on seventy-four railway cars, all of which are sixty feet in length and require four frst-class loco- motives to haul them. The cars are owned by the show management and were built especially for them. In ad- dition to the cars used in transporting the show there are four advertising cars in advance, which are also the property of the circus. The number of employees in various capacities is le- zion. The list is as follows: Twenty five agents, eighty bill-posters, 125 can- vasmen, 125 grooms, forty property men, twenty wardrobe men, twelve chandelier men, forty razorbacks or trainmen, thirty-fve cook-house men, fifty animal attendants, fifteen dining car men, twelve sleeping-car porters, 300 equestrians, acrobats, yaulters, gymnasts and other arenic performers. Then there are jockeys and. charioteers and Merrick's military band of forty pieces. The executive staff which ac- companies the show is also complete. It includes a manager with eight as- sistants, a treasurer with four. assist ants, a boss canyasman with eight as sstants, a boss hostler with six assist ants, superintendent of transporta- tion, q superintendent of menagerie and museum and two detectives. The side-show and concert people number seighty-five. This great army will be here when the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros Twentieth Century Colossus appears on Wednesday, May 29.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21

That understanding between the ad- ministratfon and the Cuban constitu- tional convention seems to be little slow in materializing. "Manana'' is still favorite word with the Cubans.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
FOR SALE.

At 2S a desirable part of Pleasant street. residence with a substantial front wall the top of which Is lined with tasty fence and that, together with the house and lawn, pespeak re- finement to such degree the dwellers are not called upon to have Billosys of Sofa Pillows to add grandeur to the home. Particulars at
 ID. H. TIERNEY'S Real Estate, Fire Insurance and Bond
 Office, 167 Bank Street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
FIX IRA.

Owing to the fact that our Shirt manufacturers have closed out the remainder of their Spring and Summer Stock, we have bought the. entire stock at 90 per cent, and we are willing to distrlb- ute the benefit among our customers. This stock con- sists of the latest and most popular designs in fine Negli- gee Shirts of fine Madras. The stock also runs in two grades, $I and $1.25. We are closing them out at 6oc. We also received a large assortment of hobby belts, which is dis played in our window.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-21
IA Plain Declaration.

Observe what we say: We guarantee to sell you as good Furniture as anybody, for as little money as anyone, and in a great many instances for less. Whether you desire to buy fur niture for the Dining Room. Bed- Room, Sitting-RoOm, Hall or Kitchen (cdme near forgetting an inport3nt part of our stock Offtee Fixfings. you will not do dosyouy duty to yourself, unless you Investigate our goods and prizes.
The Conservative, 1901-06-20
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