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The evening times., 1901-11-27
4 FoUR-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE.
General Crozier's Tenure as Ord
nance Chief Officially Statcd.

General CrozIer's Tenure as Ord
nance Chief OHciaIIy stated.
\ question which has been much dis
cussed by War Department officials ever
since the appointment of Gen William
Crozier as Chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance. has been the duration of his tenure
OF Office Some of the officials have con-
tended that the appointment was perma-
nent while others have held to the opin-
ion that under the last army act the de-
tail was fer four yeaEs.
The question was settled yesterday af-
ternoon by statement from official
sources that General Crozier's appoint
ment is a four-year detail. At the end
Of four years he will be succeeded by ar
other officer. to be nominated by the
President This is the first four years
detail of an officer to be the chief Of any
of the War Department bureaus and inau-
gurates the system so strongly advocated
by Secretary Root in his annual report of
last year.
Reports just received at the War De-
partment show that difficulty is being eX-
perienced in securing officers of the line
for detail TO staff duty. This is under a
provision of the law requiring a detail
of line officers for a period Of service in
the staff and several officers have made
formal objections to such service request
ing that they should not be removed from
duty with their regiments.
The evening times., 1901-11-27

ApTopcs of Nj Indian Commissioner
Jones statement that it does not pay
to educate the Indian, 1t may be well
TO consider a few of the reasons why.
So far. some young graduates of Car
Isle and Hampton have gone back TO
the blanket. OF course it IS discour-
aging to the weII-meaning teachers to
find when they go out on the reserva-
tions that their former pupils, once SO
civilized and happy, are now unCivIl-
lied. and apparently. equally happy
But let Us reflect.
The idea of sending youthful abort
gines as messengers Of peace and prog
ress TO their parents is a very pretty
one. but there are disadvantages in it.
One of them-the Iargest-is the Indian
character
For a few hundred generations the
primitive people of this continent have
had the custom of letting the elders Of
the tribe decide and regulate the Gus
toms of the community They have
never gotten used to the idea Of the
children ruling the fathers, and so far
as can be discovered they do not intend
to get used to it.
When the young Indian comes back
to the reservation with his clothes and
his books and his new ideas, he there
fore finds a tremendous weight Of ira
dition against him There is nothing
In his school training that tells him
what to do with this He might as well
try to tunnel through the Rocky Noun
=aire with . arden shade as t0 I7usat
the customs Of his people all by him
self
He has been taught to make shoes.
But there is nobody on the reservation
who fs anxious for shoes When his
own shoes are worn out he can make
more: but he cannot achieve a tailor
made suit Of clothes. The end of it all
is that he goes back to the blanket; and
considering what white men have done
when they had to live the greater part
of their lives with the Indis rs, this is
7,oF very strange
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Cruelty to Horses.

The publicity given 10 the custom of
using burrs on horses exhibited In the
New York Horse Show has made a stir.
1t isn't a new practice, that of placing
on the bit a circle Of leather with pro-
trudfng tack points that can be pressed
into the animals jaw-but horsemen
haven't exploited it. They are not
given to talking about the tricks of the
show ring.
Many a man has waxed indignant
over burrs. without realizing that he
has inflicted almost as painful torture
on horses as the showmen. The plain
truth is the ignorance of the average
,nau about horses is appalling More
fine animals are ruined by the stupid
ity of ordinarily kind-hearted persons
than by any other agency Often the
injury IS in the training. but almost
as frequently in the subsequent hand
ling; and the bit plays most import
ant part
If there could be law regulating the
The evening times., 1901-11-27
4 Plea for Clean streets.

This is the season when the Wash
ingtouian. who Is filed with civic pride
in the city and longs to see it what it
should be, forgets the feather dUster
days and at least wishes for reDresen-
tation in Congress.
There is 50 much that is needed for
this city, and the chances Of really
adequate appropriation are none too
good. With the prospect CT a NIcara-
guam appropriation. a ship subsidy, a
-rnillion-doHar river and harbor
bill, and many others that viii make
inroads on the Treasury, the probabili-
ties are that Washington's claims viii
be cut down
It is to be hoped that the District
Commissioners Will do their best. and.
in the struggle for bigger things we beg
leave to put in q modest plea for clean
er streets. We want them very badly,
along with many other things.
We are willing to admit that the
Commissioners are doing the best they
can with the means at their disposal
They have not funds enough and the
machinery Is sorely ineffective
Washington streets should be the
cleanest in America The miles of
asphalt paving makes the work easy,
But whenever the wind blows a blind
ing dust assaiIs those who are abroad,
and it has been blowing the past few
days
1t isn't much TO ask in comparison
with a inety-miIHon-doIlar appropria-
ton for waterways and WateTed ways,
and We viii be eteTnaIly grateful If
Congress viii kindly give US enough
money to keep our streets as they
should be.
The evening times., 1901-11-27

adjustment Of bits there would be fewer
runaways and fewer horses with evil
ternpers As for curb bit and chain
only an expert should be permitted to
place them IN q horses mouth
There. IS more cruelty inflicted upon
horses because. Of Grass ignorance than
brutality Tt would be an excellent
thing If the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals issued licenses
which could be obtained only by those
proving their comp eteney to ride OF
drive OF course this is impossible, but
most horses and many men would be
grateful for something that would les
sen TIE cruelties that result from lack
of knowledge and not from hardness
of heart
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Mean to SANTA Claus.
Rhfladclnhfa Times.l

II is surprising that there is any ro-
nance left in life. Modern business and
modern thought are so practical and ma
teriaI thaf all the fairies have been driven
away and fancy is chained 20 mathematics
And now the eoId-b -blcoded caIellators OF
the Insurance eomuanies contemplate rob
hing Christmas OF its tree by placing eX-
ira interpretations upon policies and de-
Tnanding additional premiums fer pernals-
sfons to erect the bushes.
1t stands to reason that no good ChriS-
tan could have issued such an order II
IS pure paganism We are spending lot
Of money sending missionaries abroad TO
convert the heather, and score or mere
are to sail within the next few weeks
We e1,ogest that their departure be de-
1sva7 ard that they be turned loose upon
the fire insurance mea,Iy
The evening times., 1901-11-27
HUNTERS SHOT BY INDIANS.
Ugly Reports From the Northern
Wisconsin, woods.

Wisconsin Woods.
JANESVILLE Wis. Nov. 27.-Rumors
OF startling nature have been brought
to this city this week by sportsmen who
for the last fifteen years have annually
visited the northern Wisconsin pineries
for the purpose Of hunting deer
These rumors throw new light on the
alleged accidental killing of white hunters
through reckless shooting on the part of
their companioE.s.
1t is now alleged that In several III
stances Indians have Intentionally shot
the men down. The invasion this fall by
thousands of sportsmen has resulted in a
wholesale slaughter of deer at the very
doors of Indiac wigwams This is said
to have driven the red men wild with
jealousy
HaIf-eivIlized Indians this fan have in
formed oId-time hunters that the only
way to rid the pineries Of city sportsmea
is to scare them out by means Of sending
a few stray bullets here and there wher-
ever the hunter happens to be lying in
wait
The evening times., 1901-11-27
OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.

''As had nothing to do with the max
ing Of our new constitution, 1 am IN
position to euIogfze it as the best organic
Law ever framed by an American state
remarked Representative Richardson OF
Alabama, at the Riggs. 1T is, I think an
ideal instrument, and although feW
Democrats have seen fit to attack II the
people are splendidly satisfied
The clauses which make the payment Oh
a poll tax and the ability to read ana
write necessary qualifications OF a voter
are sound. and respond to the popular de-
sire to eliminate large percentage OF the
purchasable and iIIiterate vote. The pay
rurnt by outside parties of the tax OF any
person in arrears is made felony, and 1t
is equally criminal for a citizen to allow
his tax TO be paid for him. think that
abous so per cent of the colored popuia-
ton viii be disfranchised. Some white
men also will lose the suffrage, but in
such case it viii be the fault OF the in
dividuaI, and not many white men viii
forfeit their right to tie ballot"
Mr. Richardson represents the district
which for several years sent Gen Joseph
Wheeler to Congress. When General
Wheeler resigned his seat in the House
Mr. Richardson vas nominated unani-
nae.tsly to succeed him. Mr. Richardson
did excellent work in the last Congress on
the Pensions Committee, of which he was
member. He will. it is said, receive
more important committee assignment
this Congress.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Riotins SLoemakers.


The shoemakers of Vienna viii gain
nothing by carrying out their threat to
smash the windows Of all shops in which
American shoes are sold. That is no way
to meet competition in trade. They should
rather see If they cannot make as good
shoes as those imported from America.
and at as low a price II they can. they
need not fear American competition If
they cannot. there is no use in their try
ing to smash with paving stones the law
Of the survival of the fiJtest-
The evening times., 1901-11-27
washington Receptions.
CSsn Francisco CsU-)

tSan FraI.clsco t3II-)
It is said that President and Mrs. Roose-
welt have been forced to abandon their
plan Of holding informal Friday afternoon
receptions because Of the mob OF people
that attend them. Evidently Washington
has become too large a city for our Presi-
dents to continue customs that were good
enough ii the past. At the present time
there IS a sufficient number Of sightseers
in Washington At Yearly all seasons to
oTerrun any official who would undertake
10 see ihen all
The evening times., 1901-11-27

Miss Rebekah Knox the only daughter
Of Attorney General and Mrs Knox, will
close her visit to Pittsburg in time 20
spend Thanksgiving Day at home.
Mrs Charles Emory Smith. wife OF the
Postmaster General, IS making a short
visit in Philadelphia
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Wilcox. Of New
Hampshire Avenue. VIII go to Boston
neXt week, to remain until after Christ
mas.
Mr.. Hamilton Cook and his sister, Miss
Marietta Cook. have returned from
months visit to their old home in Ma
rietta, Ohio
Mrs Julia Anderson Will spend Thanks
giving Day with relatives ii Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs John Paul Jones and Mrs.
Gettings have taken apartments at 1T06
S Street for the winter
Senator Joseph H MiIlard Of Nebraska
and daughter. Miss Jessie Millard. reached
Washington yesterday and have taken
apartments at the New Willard for the
session.
Stokes the mother and daughter of Mr..
George s. Stokes. Of the Colonial Hotel
have arrived from their home in Rich
mond TO spend the winter IN Washington
Dr. and Mrs Maurice Francis Egau,
OF Capitol Hill. have as their guests the
Right Rev Bishop Burke. Of St Joseph,
No.
Miss Laura Walters. of 1872 Corcoran
Street. is making 4 ten days visit to
Philadelphia
Miss CorneIfa HeIphenstein has returned
from Chicago, after an absence OF eleven
months
Miss. Emily Ayres. daughter of Major
and Mrs Charles c. Ayres. who is a
student at Dobbs Ferry, y. Y. will come
home today, and spend the Thanksgiving
holidays with her mother at the family
home, on New Hampshire Avenue.
the city. and taken possession of his
home. 1771 Massachusetts, Avenue.
/ Mr. and Mrs Charles Rogers, whose
wedding took place few weeks ago, are
ROW occupying their new home On the
/ Columbia Road
/ The Rev. Dr.. Frank ". Bristol. pas
tor of the Metropolitan II E Church,
( r-and-a-haIf and c Streets northwest.
has gone to Pennsylvania TO deliver a
series of lectures IN the vicinity OF Pitts
burg Dr. Bristol is expected back be-
/ fore the end of the week
Mr.. b T. NcConchie. Of this city. is
spending a few days at his old home in
/ Remington, Va
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Sentiment vs.. Dollars.


Americans are outbiddfng the English
aristocracy for choice vantage points from
which TO view the royal pageant during
King Edwards coronation ceremonies next
year OF course they viii get them. The
British dearly love a royal show, but their
affection for American dollars always
wins when there is nothing but sentiment
at stake.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
4 Fashion in Dogs.

The dog was not looking for anything
special to come his way. unless, perhaps.
Kick. He was used to kicks; in fact. he
would hardly have recognized himself
without a few or them each day He was a
homeless. nasteriess. Ioveless cur. wet.
hungry, cold. and wretehed- There was
nothing pretty about him except his eD-
Dealing, frightened eyes They were the
kind of eyes which make one turn quickly
away and wonder why on earth q dog vas
ever born TO live without . master It is
an unnatural state for a dog
Immaculate in evening clothes, with vi
oIets in his buttonhoIe and the Ianguid
air which is becoming TO six feet TWO,
there appeared q man He was q hand
some man: he led germans: there was
no earthly reason why a miserable little
street eur should attach himself to him
But the dog erept out from behind the
area railing and gazed up beseechingIy in
the mans face The man hesitated, then
stopped. ana Patted the animaL
Where did you come from. old fellow -
he said The dog gave little whine His
big, wistful eyes stiII searched the man. 5
face.
The man turned abruptly around and
walked awaySand the dog silently patter-
ed after 4 block away they stopped at
the door OF a handsome house and the
man let himself in With his Iatch-key.
Then he gave a little ehirrup and rang a
bell
Here. Thompson" said he. take this
little beast downstairs and scrub him and
give him some dinner"
Vas, sub said Thompson.
Two hours later the rejuvenated dog
was tFotting through the streets at the
/ heels of his new master.
The dog accepted everything with tran
{ quilIity. afteF the manner of dogs. He
/ took no particular notice of the pugs and
/ Blenheims and ST. Bernards whom he
/ met He was contented just where he
was He had not the faintest idea that
/ he was making any disturbance. The
/ owners Of the Blenheims and pugs and
I things we're wondering if a new breed OF
/ dog was to become the fashion. Finally
/ they decided that it was
A little later half of the wouId-be So
/ ciety. people in New York were going
I around with curious patterns of dogs tag
/ ging at their heels. They did not know
/ quite what the inwardness of the new
vogue might be. but they knew it must be
! all right. of course The original of the
! fashion never bothered himself He was
happy, and that was all that ne wanted
/ 10 know about it.
How can you talk so, Henry? I am
sure dear mamma is the salt OF the
earth
That's just it. dear; one wouId-er-
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Ga2ZOOksI
Indianapolis JoWnai.)

Fencing lessons are said by an Eastern
paper to be as indispensable as dancing in
the education of the fashionable debu-
tante This being the case, It follows that
spectacular sword fights viii be as inva-
rfabfe a feature Of the historic novel of
the next century as they are of the crop
OF today However, let US not worry over
the Affections of our descendants.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
ADVICE to New Jersey.
0Cincinnati Commercfal.0

It may be a coincidence, merely. that
trusts and anarchists find safe lodgment
on New Jersey soil. but it is a fact, new
ertheless. But it IS a good sign when
New Jersey unsheatEes the sword of JUS
tice against anarchy Let her do likewise
against trusts by the repeal of the stat
utes which have created. and are daily
creating. organizations full of danger to
The American nuhIic
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Helps the Coal Combine.
ALBANY Journal,

The fact that the United States Navy
now burns ten times as much coal as it
used ten years ago would seem to sug-
gest an opportunity for someone to assert
that the Government is helping the com
blne Of coal mine operators.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Hawaiian Potatoes.
Nt- Louis SET.J

Touching the annexation Of Hawaii.
here's something that may reconcile these
VINO were opposed to the scheme 10 its
successful elimination. Over there four
crops of potatoes are produced every year,
while radishes mature within ten days
after sowing and strawberry vines bear
fruit all the year round. Referring to po-
tatoes. we can only regret that We are SO
far away from Hawaii.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Texas Wants Them.
CHouston Post-)

Commissioner Powderly very wisely
saws that if we continue to invite indus
trious immigrants to this country We
should see that they are properly located
when they get here Very, very true
Send them right on to Texas This State
can absorb a million Industrious imni-
grants
The evening times., 1901-11-27

They are revising the Bible in Chi
cago. so as TO bring 1t up to date If
they could only revise Chicago so as
to bring it up to the Bible. that would
be something worth talking about.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Sensible Girl.


a lesson 10 all the world is given by the
three-year- Chicago miss who deferred
eIopement with q fve-year-old gallant be-
cause hunger overlook her on the road
Many older naidens have acted less
wisely
The evening times., 1901-11-27

It Is reported that Mrs. Howard
Gould shook her butler the other day
# she is setting a new fashion buffers
will be scarce for a wFiIe.
The evening times., 1901-11-27

Maclay Is now engaged in the business
of giving his history that tailoF-made
appearance which it had before the
war
The evening times., 1901-11-27
The Persuasive Promoter
Buffalo Times

According to the Boston Commercial
Bulletin" a promoter is one Of those fell
lows who can sell you q colander for a
washbasin. We have yet to hear a better
definition
The evening times., 1901-11-27

Thirty thousand letters were destroy
ed in the Santa F'e Railroad wreck; and
there is enough material in that for a
historical novel.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
THE NATION DIVORCE SUIT.
saIoon-smasher7s seathsng Lettei
Read bx Husband in Court.

Read bx Husband in Court.
MEDICINE, LODGE, Kan. Nov. 27.-The
divorce suit OF David Nation against Car
RE Nation was completed yesterday so
far as testimony is concerned Mr. Nation
read a letter from his wife, in which she
denounced him as a 'helI-bound hypo-
critic.
She retaIiated by denouncing him in the
witness box as husband who would not
build fires on cold mornings.
The decision VIII be given today
The evening times., 1901-11-27

Thy are saying row that David B.
FTfil Is not Democrat; but Ar- Hill is
saying nothing as indusriously as be-
fore
The evening times., 1901-11-27

Going shopping with $1,000 bills seems
to be nearly as disastrous as going
shopping without a cent
The evening times., 1901-11-27

The breakup Of China was proPhe
sled some time ago but thus far there
has been nothing more than crack
The evening times., 1901-11-27

Mr. bennett. who runs the restau-
rants with Scripture notices on the
wall, has failed for S92, ,OGo Mr. Den
nett evidently applies to bankrUpty
the injunction, Whatsoever thy hand
hndeth TO Go, do it with thy might.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
InscrutabIe Woman.
Nfcerican Herald.l

Sarah Grand depleres Rudyard kipling's
ignorance of women But IS not the great
Rudyard IN the sane boat with all the rest
Of masculine humanity?
The evening times., 1901-11-27

The question Of putting all university
professors in caps and gowns IS now
under consideration; but the fact re
mains that the average American, in
this costume. is likely to feel as If he
were masquerading as d Turk
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Dangerous to Bystnnders.
Chicago Record-Herald.


The President Of Venezuela is finding It
necessary TO have his Cabinet officers put
into jail A Cabinet meeting in Venezue-
la must be rather dangerous for the in
neeent bystanJers.
The evening times., 1901-11-27
German Audaeity.

Detroit Free Press-)
The arrogance of these Germans They
actually presume TO organize a sugar trust
themselves
The evening times., 1901-11-27
Precious stone.

(Fredericksburg Free Lance)
Judging from the amount of the ransom
the brfganjs demand. they must prize
their captive Is a precious Stone
The evening times., 1901-11-27

What sort Of man is he, anyway
''Well-hem never need to take nerve
tonic"
The evening times., 1901-11-27
The Curse of the Unpronounceab

The Curse of the UnprOnOunceabIe
A teIegra7n that bears the date
November twenty-four,
Informs US that the Iris ran
Aground On Siqui3oT.
Said SiquI5oT an island is
Southwest. NE now recall,
Assisted BY the telegram
OF the Islands Of Bohol.
But where they are, or what they are,
Whether to East or West
The Fates that sent that ship aground
On Siqui5or know best.
There Is q curse, bitter curse.
a hoodoo dark and deep,
Somewhere among the gods that have
Our destiny in keep.
They always choose, Of all the earth
The corners most obscure
For things to happen in that have
Results that must endure.
And if there is left anywhere
A name We can't pronounce,
Upon that name be sure ere long
Some great event viii pOunce-
The evening times., 1901-11-27
ON THE SKIRMISH LINE.

The General Board of Appraisers has
been deciding the question, When is a
sausage not a sausage" Most people
would say. when It is dog.
The evening times., 1901-11-27

What are Presidents Cabinets made
of. papa?"
4 think said papa, who is an unsuc-
eessful applicant for Office, that they
are mostly pfgeonhoIeg."
The evening times., 1901-11-27

The record for the number of cards run
through a HoTIerrith electric tabuIatiDg
machine was broken last Monday by Miss
Z. Pearl Ryan. Of the Agricultural DIvis-
ion of the Census Ofee~ Miss Ryan work
ed nine hours. Deductiug q thirty minute
recess and a fve-1nIRute breathing spell,
allowed at the end Of each days work,
Miss Ryan worked sos minutes During
this time she ran through the machine
2. rs cards The machines are gsared 50
that only forty-fve cards can be run
through in a minute. thus a possible total
of %. .T25 can be obtained in sos minutes
Miss Ryan kept 10 with the speed of the
machine during almost the entire day. and
lost but L cards. or. by time. she lost
but fifteen seconds.
The evening times., 1901-11-27

Robert NJ Cousar. formerly of the Of
fee Of the auditor fer the State and other
departments. has been transferred to the
position of chief clerk Of the Indian
school at Phoenix, Ariz- This transfer
was made necessary on account Of Mr.
Cousar's health He has been in the
Treasury Department for the last fifteen
years. Mr. Cousar left Washington last
evening to assume the responsibilities OF
his new position
The evening times., 1901-11-27

During the thirty-hve years since it was
established under the supervision OF the
Treasury Department Mr.. Gage is the only
Secretary Of the Treasury who has ever
visited the Bureau OF Statistics The door
Of the Office has never been entered by
any other Secretary. Some reason for
this IS found in the fact that the bureau
has never been located in the Treasury
Building. but has always rented an Office
elsewhere. Since 1883 it has been main
tanned in the Adams Building on F Street
Secretary Gage has made it point TO
visit at one time or another all Of the
different branches OF his department, and
his call at the Bureau Of Statistics some
time ago was made before 9 O'Clock in the
morning He found yeVything being con-
Quoted to his satisfaction, and did not
tarry there long As matter OF fact, the
title of the bureau IS q misleading one. II
really deals only with statistics regarding
exports and imports. and not with Gov
ernment statistics II general