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The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
About 5000 Quit IN New York.

New YORK, May 21.@At the local
headquarters of the central executive
board of the international Association
of Machinists it was said today that
not more than 5000 out of the 10000
machinists in the New York district
were on strike. :.s i. +'i'ri'' .'..'
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
Many Ont I'm BOSTON.

Boston, Mass, May 21.-About 60
per cent of the machinists employed
in Boston struck today to enforce the
demand for a >nine7hour~ day with. ten
hours pay. The number of men in
yolyed is placed at about 1,5OO. Shops
employing about $50 men have granted
the new scale. e", ~ s'3 g..
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
Find DYNAMITE In Theater.

San Francisco, Cal. May 81. - In
spectors of the state board of health
found box of dynamite concealed! be-
meath pile of rubbish concealed be-
of the Chinese theater. President Nc
Kinley and ms party had intended to
visit that theater some time during
the week Twelve sticks of dynamite
were found in the box, together With
coils of wire and electric apparatus.
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
Roosevelt. to Law corner-stone.

Colorado Springs, Colo, May Ell
The corner stone of the Y. M. c. A.
$4,000 home in Colorado Springs will
be laid by Vice President Roosevelt in
June. Roosevelt will arrive about
June % to attend the third annual re-
union. of the Rough Riders. The, cor
ner. stone, ceremonies. will occur at
some time during the reunion.
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
D .pellch. In the Home Life.

: Again. any amusement that gives.
YOU distaste for domestic life is bad.
How many bright domestic circles have
been broken UP by. sinful amusements!
The father went OFF. The mother
went of. The child went off. There
are today the fragments before me OF
blasted households. Oh, If you have
wandered away, l would like to charm
you back by the sound of that one
word, home" Do you not know that
YOU have but little il.re time to give
to domestic welfare? Do you not see,
father; that your children arc soon
to go out in the world, and all the in
fluenee for good you are TO have over
them you must have now? Death will
break in on your conjugal relations.
and alas if you have to stand over tie.
grave of one who persisted from your
neglect! .,ys ads ,is.:. c.....i:,i.,,. 4,
All. my friends there is an hour COM
ing when our past life will probably
pass before us in review. 1t will be
our last hour. II from our death pill
low we have to look back and see
life spent In sinful amusement, there
will be a dart that will strike through
our soul sharper than the dagger with
which Virginius slew his child. The
memory Of the past will make us quake
like Macbeth.
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24

Pekin. May 21-It has now been
definitely decided that the American
troops will board the transports
Wednesday at Taku and that on
Thursday they will leave direct for
Manila. General Chaffee at midnight
last night issued his farewell order,
ending the American relief expedition
in China
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
smarIpox on mig Liner.

New York, May 21.-The Hamburg
American line Steamer Pretoria, which
arrived To-Day from Hamburg VIA Bou-
logne and Plymouth, with 1876 cabin
and SO4 steerage passengers. lis de-
tanned at quarantine, one of the pas
vengers HAVING, ,smallpoxc s,,s ,m
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
Father Kills -Four Children.

/; London, May 21.-Sergt.-Ma But
Ter, who has just returned from South
Africa, last night shot. five of his
children. killing four OF them. His
wife and baby escaped
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
Eoers Wreck Armored Tr.i,.

London, May 21.-Lord Kitchener
reports to the war Office under date of
Pretoria. May IS, as follows: IAN
armored train has been dynamited
south of American Siding. Major
Heath of the South Lancashires was
Killed " t: J.. -
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24

J New York, May IA tin whistle an
dnch long was swallowed by Kate Poe
pfel. years old. yesteFdsyi Mrs An
ma Poepfel her. mother, who lives in
svfp iansbutg. Is anxious, Int the child
so far has given no sign of i'll eff
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24

Vandalia, ILL.,, May 21.--In Kaslas-
kia Township a disease similar to dis
temper il proving fatal toihorses. The
farmers are much alarmed, as all rem
.ediesytkyS. far have proved iR2ectuaR
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
ApapleotIc Stroke Fat 1.

Allegon, Mich, Mayy21.--1Iohn Alletss,
for sixty years a resident of this place
was stricken with apopleSy Saturday
and died today at lineage Of as years.
He was prominent in Pythpi'an, circles,
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24

members TO report for work at the
oundries and machine shops In which
hoy are employed this incoming as
Usual. but they go to work only in case
Ill the terms asked by the union were
granted
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
,rlrht with KnIxe.l ono pond.

3 Raleigh. N. GqhMay ED Bar
nett and HarrygIiHliy mill operators.
engaged in a. deadly fight at Kings
Mountain with knives. Barnett is dead
and Haffis expected to die.
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24

Looking toward the Electric Tower,
en- either side of the Court of Foun-
tains, the great exhibit buildings Of
tho Paa-American Exposition are seen
complete in their architectural grand
eur. The grays, yellows, browns and
blues CT many shades make q har-
mony OF color that is sight long to
be remembered by all lovers of the
beautiful.
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
No strike ut Columbus.

Columbus, o., May 21.--The maehin-
lists strike has not affected Columbus
All the men continue at work. t
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24

A child's faith in parent is some
thing truly wonderful. . -,
We should be as careful of our NOR
ais as of our manners
Spring fever germs are plentiful
The Yale expositor., 1901-05-24
3 sports n Means to an Ena. !,

Your sports are merely means TO al
end. They are alleviations and helps.
The arm OF toll is the only arm strong
enough TO bring up the bucket out Of
the. deep we'll of pleasure. Amusement
is. only the bower where business and
philanthropy rest while on their, way
to stirring achievements. Amusements
are merely the vines that grow about
the anvil of toll and the blossoming of
the hammers. Alas for the. man who
spends his life in laboriously doing
nothing nhis days in hunting lupplonng-
ing places and iIoungers3 his nights IN
seeking out some gasllght fooIeryl The
man who always has on his sporting
jacket. ready to hunt fer game in the
mountain or fish in the brook, with no
time to pray or work or read, IS not SO
well of as the greyhound that runs by
bis side or the fly bait with which he
whips the stream. A man who does not
work docs not know how to play.
II God had intended us to do nothing
IitIHt Q 40 tu f.l.fi r..y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24

HEAVY DECREASE
Internal Revenue Receipts show q
Decided Falling OF.

The internal revenue receipts are begin
ming to show a decided falling off from
the last fiscal year. despite the fact that
In July there was practically no decrea Sc
from the month OF July, 1900. Up to yes
terday the receipts Of the government
from this source were $16, 535.569 against
&10,515, ,142, a decrease of about $1,000 900,
with still another week that is likely to
show decrease. 1t is believed that here
after there will be a decrease of from
100000 to 100000 each month. This
will come near making up the total de-
crease Of s4OOOO.OOO year that Congress
estimated upon when the war revenue laws
were amended.
The fact that July showed comparatively
little decrease from the same month Of the
year before Is explained by the large pur-
chases Of stamps by big concerns during
the first month Of the present fiscal year.
The internal revenue receipts for the
month of July were 20,343, $685. against
S29. .42l ,301 for the same month Of last year,
a decrease Of SIT .494. The receipts from
the different sources, compared with July,
190O were as follows: Spirits $40, ,234, ,432
increase, $S67, ,472; tobacco. $3.475, ,673; de-
crease, 81. .369.623; fermented liquors, $0,-
TOO, ,41S: increase, 81 36S, 1876; oleomargarine,
$4O8 002; increase. $71, ,ss1: special taxes not
elsewhere enumerated $3,3S1 ,59S; increase.
S414,97I; miscellaneous, s., ,UG5 III; de-
crease, 81. 43O. 800. Under this head are
schedule A, S1,511 .463: decrease, $1.o57. 28oo:
and schedule B, s49,s sOs; decrease, $261 $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
PROGRESS IN GREECE.
First Electric Railway Now Nearly
COMPLETED.

First Electric Railway Now Nearly
Completed.
1.-THE progress Of communication within
Greece at present is marked and promises
in the near future to bring conveniences Of
travel to level with those of any country
in Europe" says Consul Jackson at Pa
tras, Greece, in report to the State De-
partment An electric company Is now
completing In Patras the first electric street
railway In Greece, and, in fact, the east.
This company Is also negotiating with a
railway company to supply motive power
from q central electric station at Phalerum,
near Athens. Mr.. Jackson says that If this
plan is carried out the station will be on
a sufficiently large scale not only to supply
power for manufacturing purposes, but will
light the city Of Athens, Piraeus and Pha-
lerum 1t is rumored, says the consul,
that Franco-English company has organ
lied to construct broad-gauge railroad
pleted, will connect Greece with the north
of Europe by rail- and trains will be run
from Paris to Athens direct via Constan-
tinople.
The consul thinks the system OF railways
contemplated will be similar to those in
general use In France and Italy. In speak
ing of the proposed railway he says the
material for the aerial line, insufators. cir
cult brakes, car motors and the trucks for
the cars will come from the United states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
FEAR AMERICAN COMPETITION.
Europeans Alarmed mt the Big Hal
ance Against Them.

Europeans Alarmed mt the Big Bal
ance Against Them.
LONDON, August 2i.-Former Senator
W. D. Washburn of Minneapolis, prior to
sailing for home on the American line
steamer ST. Louis, today, said to a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press that he
had found considerable uneasiness among
the bankers and manufacturers on the con-
tinent concerning American competition.
"They perceive" he added, that we are
just getting ready, and in no respect is 1t
likely they can beat in the future How
long can Europe stand to pay balance
of trade of $3.50, ,0O0.a0h year after all our
securities are sent back? Some able eontl-
mental observers to whom l put the in
quiry We're unable to answer. They lear
u.s."
Commenting on the fantastic idea of a
commercial bond of the European nations
against the United States the Outlook
says:
''One might as well try to hang Vene-
tian blind over the sun as to try to exclude
the influence of American industries from
the world For one thing, Great Britain
would be no party to the bond. For an
other, the power OF American repr1sais
would be terrible. Even now Germany Is
on the verge of a struggle between classes
caused by the proposed tariff Under the
German tariff. Austria would suffer grfev-
ously 1t Is not easy to see how countries
which are at issue with themselves and
each other and whose fiscal arrangements
excite class against class, could agree on q
policy against a common competitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
Personal Mention

Mrs Eugene Hale and maid. Mr. anC
Mrs. Chancellor Hale and Mrs. c. H. Hoy,
OF this city are booked to sail on the st
Paul. which will leave New York next
Wednesday.
Dr. f. J. Shadd has returned to the city
Rev. Randolph H. McKim, d. D., rector
OF Epiphany P. E. Church, this city. ar
rived In New York aboard the steamer
Minnehaha Thursday afternoon and came
directly to Washington. He will officiate
at his church tomorrow
Mr.. Ruel A. Dinsmore has gone to spend
several weeks with relatives and friends
at North Nobleboro, Me.
Mr.. Edward W. Koch chief of the popula-
tion division of the census office, will leave
for six weeks vacation and trip abroad
In short time. He will visit England
and the continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24

today This is a short day. the plants
generally closing down at noon AT the
Painter works it was stated that two more
mills would be started on Monday. The!
are the bar mill and the No. Z cotton tie
mill. Many mechanics and laborers are at
work on the latter. 1t has not been In use
for seven months, but the demand from
the south for this material is so heavy that
Il was decided to resume operations.
The management say many OF their old
men are asking for their former positions.
and that it is probable some will be taken
back as non-union men.
This is pay day at the Continental. Elha
keystone. Pennsylvania Republic, Paint
er's and Browns mills, and an extra force
of policemen is on duty in the strike dis
tricts although no trouble is expected.
movement is foot among some OF
the Mckeesport business men to call
mass meeting of citizens to take action
against the alleged attitude of Mayor
Black and to assure the outside public and
the steel people that the city is not in sym
pathy with any eminent that does not
guarantee the safety of property and per-
son within it's limits. The mayor is re-
ported to be incensed over the proposed
meeting and will issue q statement this
afternoon defining his position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24

senger train due here at 9:45 o'clock last
night was delayed by the break In the en-
bankment over ten hours late. There are
fears of a big freshet
HAZLETON, Pa. August 24-Rain has
fallen in this region since 3 o'clock this
morning. The tracks of the Lehigh Valley
railroad at Beaver Meadow are washed out
and train is stalled. At Highland the
tracks have settled four feet for distance
of about 100 yards and traffic on that
branch of the road has been suspended.
Many colleries ii is believed. will he
forced TO suspend operations before night
on account of the flooding of the workings.
SUSQUEHANNA, Pa, August 24.-The
heavy rain storm last night flooded the tun-
nel ne on the Lehigh Valley railroad, and the
Black Diamond express and other passen-
ger trains OF that system are running over
the Erie railroad from Waverly. n Y to
Sarpondale. thence over the Delaware and
Ifuason road to Scranton and south to the
Lehigh valley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
COMMISSIONER BARRETT.
He Will Represent St. Louis Exposi
ton I'm the Orient.

He Will Represent st. Louis ExpOsi-
tfOn I'm the Orient.
Mr.. John Barrett has been appoint ed
commissioner general for Asia and Austria
liza in behalf of the Louisiana purchase ex-
position, to be held in st. Louis TN 1905
Two other commissioners are to be named,
one for Europe and another for South
America. These commissioners, while re-
ceiving their appointments from the ex-
position. are to have the advantage of
every facility which the State Department
can afford. Mr.. Barrett had talk with
Secretary Hay today and went over some
of the features Of his prospective mission.
He regards the transformation now gong
on in Asia and Australia as uffortifng ex-
cepttonal opportunity for bringing to the
notice of the world the new conditions CT
affairs in the Philippines, China, Siberia
Japan and Australasia.
"The federation of Australasia has lust
been accomplished" he said, "and TINS win
be the first opportunity of presenting the
splendid resources Of this great federation
The Philippines have just emerged into n
new era and they win be able by this
means to show the world their resources
under new conditions. China also has bs-
gun a new life. Japan Is now operarirg
under her new system of treaties Siberia
is just coming to the worlds attention az
a great factor of commerce. All these cir
cumstances combine to make the ST. Louis
exposition a most opportune means of re-
senting Asia and Australasia In the light
OF new conditions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
AN AMERICAN INVENTION.
System of Bridge Tramways for Dis
charging Coal.

Sy0fem Oh brlOGc 1F0m"0y0 1Or DIS
charging Coal.
According to Consul General Long at
Cairo. the greatest work ever undertaken
in Egypt in regard to discharging coal
from steamers has just been completed in
Alexandria. The huge mass of machinery
that towers above the surrounding ships
owes it's origin to an American engineer.
who has invented a system OF suspended
bridge tramways on holsters whereby col
liers can be unloaded automatically in
about one-quarter of the time taken by
manual labor and the use of steam winches.
He says the Egyptian administration has
decided to adopt this system, and the pres
ent apparatus is the first that has been in
stalled in Africa.
Three holsters are said to be capable of
unloading 2,12O tons of coal in a working
day of ten hours, and a boat that now
takes a week to discharge will by the help
of these coal holsters be discharged within
forty-eight hours Of berthing. Mr. Long
explains in detail the working of these
holsters and says that bucket having a
capacity of one ton can be raised from the
hold of a ship, discharged and returned to
the hold again in the space of one minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
IMPROVEMENTS AT CAPITOL
BUILDING NOW IN THE HANDS or
BUSY WoRKMEN.
Steady Progress on Changes in House
Supreme Court, statuary Hall
and Other Portions.

Steady progress has been made in the
improvements Of the Capitol building au-
thoriZed bv the last Congrs ss. In the House
of Representatives the new floor has been
put down, the heating and ventilating
plant has been Installed and work Is in
progress on the gallery floors The room
formerly occupied by the committee on
rivers and harbors has been made to
communicate with the appropriations
committee room and will be occupied
by the latter committee. A doorway has
also been cut between the office Of the SER
geant-at-arms and the ways and means
committee room. and both these rooms
have been turned over to the committee
The sergeant-at-arms has moved to the
basement hoor of the Capitol, sdirectly be-
meath his former office, and In the room
occupied in the past by the committee on
public buildings and grounds The work
on the Supreme Court room has so far pro-
gressed that the brick work is ready to
receive the new steel roof. The first ship
ment of steel work for this roof has been
received and the second one was to have
been made yesterday. The architect of
the Capitol does not anticipate any delay
the strike. as it was ordered some months
ago. and 1t is believed it has all been fin
ished
Statues B0xeA
The temporary wood ceiling of statuary
hall has been put In place and all the
statues have been boxed, seady for tear
ing on the timber dome and roof at an
early day. Steel filing cases arexready to
be put in place in the Senate libeAry.
Cleaners are at work scribbing the big
statue of George Washington at the east
front Of the Capitol the dust having col
iected on the white marble during several
years and discolored It,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
China's Dowager Demands a Civil
Service Publication.
CALLS ATTENTION TO CORRUPTION
Urges the Selection of Good Men
for Government Office.
AT THE BOXERS

The State Department has received by
mail from Mr.. Squires, the United States
charge d'affaires at Pekin during the alb
sence of Minister Conger, several edicts is
sued within recent months by the empress
dowager, urging upon the officials of China
every exertion to secure men of talent for
conducting government affairs. and also
censuring the abuses which have grown up
under the old administration. The edicts
direct greater liberality in the classical ex-
aminations, and provide for the study of
political economy in addition to the studies
under the old regime. The abuses and cor
ruption which have existed under the
boards which have heretofore ruled China
is set forth In emphatic language, and all
officials are directed to assist in roofing out
evils and establishing a better system of
administration.
An edict received on June / at Pekin di-
rects attention to the abuses which have
been practiced in ali the offices of the Six
Boards and to the fact that clerks have
made use of the records under their care
to forward OF oppose any interest at their
pleasure. 1t strongly urges that an exam
ination of all the records Of these boards
shall be made and the evil done away with.
Tradition Must Make Way for Talent.
on the 80 or june an ediCt was received
from Tzu-hsi the empress dowager. 1t
states: THE most important principle of
government is the selection of men. The
present time is one of difficulty and danger.
We should be more than willing, therefore,
to break through all traditions in seeking
for talent to be employed in the service of
the government. . The court is eager
for all sorts of suggestions to promote the
prosperity of the empire. Mother and son
are one In the purpose to correct the mis-
to assist in the government
You ministers ought to carefully seek
out men of such ability, and each one in
troduce those known to himself, and thus
together aid in relieving the present diff
and that men of ability may rise up from
the midst of the people and be seen again
In the present time to flourish before your
eyes. This is what the court prayerfulIy
asks
This Includes the Boxers.
The third edct, received June 49, ad-
monishes imperial clansmen to reform their
habits. "Those clansmen," it states, who
go about idle, not attending to their duties,
day by day pursuing worthless aims. even
to the extent of becoming bandits and de-
luded followers of evil societies. are GER
tainly disgrace to the clan and deserving
of all contempt" 1t urges that the CHIEF
of the imperial clan court increase the
severity of the restrictions and administer
punishment extreme as the nature of the
offenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
TWO MEN WOUNDED.
Result of Shooting ARRAY at KnO,
Vile, Frederick CO.. Md.

Result of shooting Array at Knox
Vile, Frederick Co.. Md.
Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
FREDERICK, Md, August 24.-P. c.
Turner was shot in the face and through
the shoulder blade with a 3S-calibre revol-
yer ard William Pittman was shot in the
breast with shotgun in an affray at
Knoxville last night. Pittman was ar
rested and taken to Brunswick. where his
wounds were dressed before he was
brought here to jail Pittman alleges that
Turner fired the shot that struck him, and
admits having shot Turner.
The affray started at IL o'clock last
night. when,' according to Pittman's story,
some one struck him with q barrel stave
while he was sleeping on a porch in
Knoxville. This aroused Pittman's ire. and
he began to shoot. The first ball entered
Turner's face and the other went through
the shoulder into the body. Turner's con-
dftion is serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
WASHINGTON MEN STILL LEAD.
Shooting at Sea Girt Under Unusual


Conditions.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
SEA GIRT. n. j., August 24.-The end
of the first stage of the competition for
positions on the Palma team find the Dis
trict of Columbia men we'll in the lead.
The wind was blowing a gale. which was
quite different from the condition to which
the men were accustomed on the Ordway
range. The Palma team will be selected
from the ten highest men in the two days
shoot.
The District men forged to the front at
the first stage and increased their lead at
the 90O-yard range, but at the 1.000-yard
stage they were much handicapped by the
changing of light The ten highest men at
the end Of the shoot were In the following
order: Lieut.. H. M. Bell, Lieut.. H. H. Lei
GEAR Of the District Of Columbia; Capt
Whittemore and Capt. Springstad Of New
Jersey: Lieut.. Cookson, Maj. Young and
Capt Shaw of District of Columbia; Sergt
Malcolm and Capt. Martin of New Jersey.