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Evening star., 1902-02-24
Cadets Athletic Team Weakened.

The order Of Secretary of the Navy Long
that the first class of Annapolis cadets
graduate on May 1 has caused consterna-
tion to the managers and coaches of the
Naval Academy athletic teams as their
time for leaving will come right in the mid
die of the athletic season. However 1t is
better than it would have been had they
been ordered away in March AS 1t is, by
May l the fencing team will have finished
its work and the base ball schedule will be
about half over.
The branch of sport hit hardest Is the
boat crews. Their first race is with Penn
sylvania, on May 3. and the taking away
Of four or five Of the best men. in addition
TO those who left last year. makes the
chances for a crack crew very poor.
1t is expected that the University of
Pennsylvania will agree to send her crews
to Annapolis on April 20. which would give
the men one chance to show their caliber,
and would also give Coach James A. Ten
Eyck a chance to see the work of the Sec
ond crew, which races the Pennsylvania
freshmen on the date of the other race.
Evening star., 1902-02-24
FAR FROM TRUE SPORT.
Wholesale Destruction Of Game Comes
in for Just Censure.

From Harpers Weekly.
It is reported that Mr.. Marvin Hughitt.
jr., and Mr.. n. Cox, both of Chicago, to-
gether with Mr.. j. N. Cummings of New
. Orleans, set forth quite recently upon
steamoat, the Hale, which was elaborate
ly provisioned." 1t appears, further that
large force Of hunters was engaged to keep
the ducks flying. THE party was gone just
a week, and in that time between 1900
and 1GOO ducks and geese fell at their
guns"
While there is no reason to complain Of
any one Of these three gentlemen person.
ally, we do take exception. In the most
strenuous language possible. to men who
have such a poor idea Of sport as to kill,
with three guns. an average Of 266 ducks
a day. Any sportsman who goes out bent
upon duck shooting wants to bag some
game, and in all fairness he should do SO.
But that three sane Americans should so
lose all idea Of the SpOrtsman's principle as
to sit through a whole week blazing away
at birds, until they had killed upward of
1900 leaves our friends the real sports
men far in the distance and comes peril
ousy near to our necessary animal, the
butcher.
Some Of us have known days and days
when there were many shots and few
ducks, when there was no shots and no
ducks. yet when the keen enjoyment of the
real sportsman was satis1ed beyond meas
ure. And it is such episodes as this with
its deliberately provisioned steamboat" and
its large force Of huntes to keep the ducks
flying, that discredit the real Sportsman
And in this connection there is a word to
be said in all seriousness regarding the So
called royal shooting in England and Eu-
rope. Think Of the criticism this one para
graph, taken from the London World sug-
gests upon the sportsmen in Great Britain:
ION Tuesday eight guns killed nearly
400 head of game, the bag including 1900
pheasants; and the sport was as good on
Wednesday through another beat. Thurs
days shoot was spoilt by the bad weather."
What shame. What a shamei The guns
must actually have grown cold on Thurs
day. Probably each duke or lord got no
more than hundred pheasants that day!
Evening star., 1902-02-24
Patriotic Day at Mount Vernon.

The National Society Of Children of the
American Revolution will have its annual
field day at Mount Vernon Monday next
There will be exercises around the tree
planted there by the national society. to-
gether with interesting exercises at the
tomb. 1t is hoped that all members of the
society and their friends together with
members OF the d. A. r. and their friends.
will join this patriotic annual excursion.
The train leaves Mt. Vernon and Alex
andria railroad station. 1919 street and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, at 1905 Monday
morning February "a.
Evening star., 1902-02-24
Sporting Notes.

Both Arthur Gardiner and Eddie c. Bald
have determined to return to cycle racing
Ball isshaping up at Hot Springs. Ark
and Gardiner is recovering from spell of
illness.
Danny Maher left for England We'd
nesday on the st. Paul. He will ride for the
stable trained by Richard Marsh. who ham
dies the racers owned by King Edward.
Maher Was not in the best of health, being
afflicted with a cough.
Al Weinig, the yciist-pugiiist. who whip
ped Jack Mccormick at Hot Syringe. Ark..
on Saturday. though McCormick was forty
Evening star., 1902-02-24
Held for Grand Jury's Action.

Harry White, about thirty-five years OF
age, was given a preliminary hearing by
Judge Kimball of the Police Court today on
charge of grand larceny. It is alleged
he took horse valued at s45 belonging to
VIM. B. Johnson from a livery stable yes
terday afternoon near the corner OF 18th
and G streets northwest, where he was for
merly employed
White was arrested last night by Police
man Galpin. He denies the charge Judge
Kimbail held him for the grand jury in
real estate security of $500 for his appear
ance.
Evening star., 1902-02-24
South Washington Association.

A meeting of the South Washington Citi-
zens' Association has been called for Tues
day evening, February 25. at Grace Parish
Hall, 9th ard d streets southwest All are
asked to attend who desire to see South
Washington obtain a larger proportion of
the improvements provided for in forth
coming appropriations.
Evening star., 1902-02-24
CHESS MASTERS TOURNEY.
Maroczy Holds on to First Place, With
Pillsburv Second.

Only adjourned and drawn games were
play In the International Chess Masters
tournament at Monte Carlo Saturday. the
results being as follows: Tetchmann beat
Eisenberg, Albin beat Marco, Pillsbury
beat Gunsberg, Schlechter beat Mason
Drawn: Janowski-Tschigorin Napier
Tarrasch.
Evening star., 1902-02-24
END OF TENNIS TOURNEY.
Paret Won National Indoor Champion
ship After Five Sets With Grant.

The national championship indoor lawn
tennis tournament was brought to an end
at the 7th Regiment armory. New York.
Saturday afternoon. after q long days play
In both singles and doubles. The unfinished
match In singles between ]. p. Paret and
Evening star., 1902-02-24
A Record Breaking Attendance.

Yesterday was a record breaking Sunday
at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art, the attend
ance numbering $3.50. This is the largest
number of visitors to the zallery on any
Sunday except one after an inauguration.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-25
TIKI MORGAN PURCHASE HITS SUB
SIDY rLUNDERING.

The great big" steamship combina-
ton of which ]. P. Morgan is the head,
has a capital of 5000. 900, 900. President
G2iseom is talking OF It's plans and what
1t expects to accomplish. He says it will
establish daily sailings from New York
and will aim to give better service at
a u cost. Every port is to be
developed. The International Naviga-
tfon, Griscom's company OF which he is
president, will probably be made the
parent company of the great corpora
ton. He says that the new and gigan-
tic movement is not dependent of The
ship subsidy bill at al.
Why shall there be = subsidy at ALA
man steal from the people? See the
above combination thai does O lean
upon subsidies for success, but relies
upon itself only. 1t is apparent that the
Hanna plan for placking the people to
help him and his gang OF pensioners
and supplicants, il a fraud and not de-
serving Of the e~ountcnance of honest
men. The fact is that the Morgan $780,
o00, 900 combine, acting under a charter
OF New Jersey. is a powerful plea
against Hanna beggary and robbery.
The capitalists engaged with Morgan
have been buying steamships and
making arrangements to fix rates OF
carrying freights and passengers to suit
themselves. When the shipping BUSH
ness offers such inducement TO whole
sale investment there is apparently
small need of governmental Xxi
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".sTRUCK On 4 CUBAN REEF

1t is reported that the republicans in
the congress have struck on a Cuban
reef and they are in a sort of panic lest
the old republican ship Of state should
go to pieces or suffer very serious dam
age. 1t is said that The pilots of the
old party Henderson Grosvenor,
Payne and Dalzell are throwing the
blame on Captain Teddy Roosevelt.
but the master may be wiser than the
pilots. and is preparing to throw -over
the old iron of a high tariff IN order to
tighten the tottering snip. Gloom and
even darkness in pat hangs heavy
upon the outlook of the old, bad party.
1t is said by the Washington cores
pendent Of the Charleston News and
Courier that the action ''of the house
democrats in standing as one mar in
favor of the differential amendment
meets the hearty approval of all demo-
cratic leaders. L has served TO demon
strate to the country as nothing else
has done the sincerely of the demo-
cratic party in its opposition to trusts.
1t has shown that, however much demo-
Gratis may differ among themselves
upon minor questions, they present a
solid front when it comes to fighting
the trusts which comes closest home to
the American consumer" The repub-
licans stand forth as the ready. eager
defenders and advocates of he giant,
gripping sugar trust which is doing
such tremendous business in robbing
the people of tens of millions every
year. 1t is apparent no substantial or
permanent reforms in government or
reduction of the great and oppressive
burdens of taxation from the ready tool
Of money bags and homeopathic old,
wicked republican party. They were
badly foiled in their plan to use the
Crumpacker scandal in connection with
the sugar question.
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monopoly where there Is popular choice
of acceptance or rejection"
This plucky. determined, united reso-
luton Of total abstinence as to meats
can be upon occasion extended to other
o~vergrown trusts that would reap where
they have not sown. and afflict need
lessly where Hberality and equity
should be applied. The Ledger earnest
ly urges the same earnestness Of win
and united action when oppressed by ex-
tortion and piucked by constituencies
enemies. The congress should act
promptly and vigorously. Consumers
should not be taxesd above what they
are able to pay. The Ledger reminds
Its readers OF a former court 1t says:
Exception in some western communi-
ties. women have no vote, but it should
not be forgotten hat the d~ispleasure of
the women of the Ulited States at the
high rates OF the Mckinley tariff was
largely responsible for the failure of
the republican party to maintain con-
troll Of the house OF representatives.
The women did it, said Mr.. Reed. OF
Maine"
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which Is n conspicuous 'robber' ac-
cording to a decision rendered by the
supreme court Of the United States.
There were actually sixty-two republi-
cans who voted against the party
leaders last Friday. It is thought TO be
significant OF other changes and repeats
in the present law. The Reeor special
stated tina the detection from the
ranks staggered many ultra protection
lists. but TO others 1t was like Ia i'd
writing on the wall. p~resaging a move
ment in which such men as Babcock,
Littlefield. Roberts and Cushman a
participate heart and soul. 1t has made
some older men-Hepburn. Hit and
Hull mons them-fear for the future,
though Speaker Henderson and Chair
man Payne refuse to believe that the
house rules can be so far .r1nscenied
as to allow of tariff legislation IL The
committee on rules refuses il recogni-
tion."See the arbitrary suggestion. SO
imperial and despotic. that tariff reduc-
ton can be throttled by the house
rules and a committee. Despotism COM
plete!
1t is further said that there is some
growing revolt among republicans in
the senate But there are democratic
signs that it's protection element IS
ready to cooperate with the old fogy
element among republicans.
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WHAT WILL THE SENATOR'S Do:

The democrats in the house although
in large minority accomplished good by
an united front. and through the assist
ance of some republicans blessed with
a sense of proportion and justice. The
differentfal amendment. as it is called,
was adopted. 1t sought to remove the
differential Of 12k cents per 100 pounds
from the sugar tax which was entirely
for the benefit of American sugar re-
fners. This amounts really TO u cents,
say experts, and would be S12 cents in
stead if the senate adopts the action Of
the house, the president approving Of it.
The sugar refineries grOwl and swear.
They say it IS too small to keep out
foreign refined sugars. and that they
will all be badly "swamped. There is
an idea now that the republicans sup
porting it did not mean it, did not pur-
pose to make the change, but rely upon
the senate giving it a death blow. This
may be true, and the generous course
may be laid in a deep design. Republi-
cans are often mysterious n their
ways are dark" But why should not
sensible men, just men OIL all pdrtleS
vote as the democrats n some tenn
porary republican allies voted? 1t was
manly and right, and was in accordance
with enlightened and progressive ideas
as to trade. The Philadelphia Record
noting the present situation says sag
aciously that if ANY reason for giving
the Sugar Trust a perpetual license to
monopolize American markets, other
thar a superstftious appeal to the Pro-
lection fetch, has been put forward,
it has escaped the observation of the
American people"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-25
THE

The Cosmopolitan" for April has
stories by Hopkinson Smith, Bret
Harte. Maarteh Martens and L
Zangwill. writers OF fame. There are
articles by Edmund Gosse. Vance
Thompson, Edgar Salus. and others
of less note. Price 81 a year or 10
cents a number. Published at Irving
ton. N. Y.
Country Life in America" is a beau
ty and May issue is redolent Of flowers
and great natural world. 1t is a very
perfect production Of it's kind. It il
about twice the size of Harper in its
form, is printed on the best paper,
with the clearest type and the most
exquisite engravings. A great success
is this new monthly now on it's seventh
number. Doubleday, Page & Co, pub
ishers. New York city.
National Magazine is one of .he
many 81 a year monthlies, full of pic,
lures and reading to correspond. 1t is
published in Boston by w. w. Potter
Co.. Al West First street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-25
GOSSIP.

The senate committee and the Patti
ippines ruled out Edward Atkinson a.
a witness. He lac not been n partici-
pant in events whatever his opinion.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis sent 3ts to the
Winnie Davis Memorial fund at
Athens, Ga. The fund is growing, and
n monument to the lameated
"TauGi:ters OF tie ~Confederacy" should
be. built.
Grover Flint testified that he saw the
water cure applied in the Philippines
and approved Of 1t. He saw small VI
lagos burned and the women and hill
dren driven in the woods. He raw
Weyier also use II in Cuba Flint IN :.
good name for such a witness.
+ - r
Representative Gillett. Of Aasea-
chusetts, admitted that there -was
race prejudice IT. New England" Just
So He was opposed to social ~ostracisus
and favored social equality. But he
had never invited a negro to his house.
a bird OF a. fine plumage.
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the laeter Ear.ed for the first time the
showing being s. and 80. In 1891, these
figures had changed to CSC as against
e2.5. In 1901 the southern Italians
outnumbered Scandinavians, Irish and
and so did the eastern Slavs
and Hebrews.
These changes are not to be reJolcGd
over. 1t brings in a very different kline
and class of people who will require
generations TO become citizens OF the
best and most desirable type.
In this connection another fact may
be introduced that throws light on ma
tive and foreign elements. There is 4
difference of increase in population.
Chicago is next to New York in popu-
.ation 1t has II per cent of population
or foreign birth or ~parentage. it has a
less per cenidge OF schoolase than the
remainder of Illinois. Mr.. c.. Z. Smith
writes as follows in the New York Eve
ming Post:
Boston, with ~ per cent. of its pop
ulation of foreign birth or ~parentase,
has a smaller percentage Of school chill
dren than the rural state of Vermont,
in fact the smaller percentage h the
counties Of Massachusetts that contain
the so-called decadent hill towns. All
this talk about the great natural in
crease OF the foreign element is moon
shine"
Let us look at Massachusetts,. A
writer in the Evening Post says. and
it contradicts what Smith sale very
fatty:
Or. Kuczynski has tabulated the
number of births per year, according
to percentage, from 1883 to 1897. These
may be foun in the February Quar-
terly Journal Of Economics. From them
1t appears hat the annual birth-rate
among native parents was .E.03 per
cent, as against SIG among the for
eign born, giving an average for the
state of PTS. The differences between
the birth-rates Of the countries of birth
Of the various mothers is also inter-
esting. The birth-rate among mothers
born in the New England states was
1875, as against 205.7 for mothers bor,,
in Sweden and 228.9 for those born IN
Portugal. for the same period. The
highest figures are shown by Portugal
French Canada, Prince Edwards Is
land. Sweden, and Germany"
So it is true that in rich, prosperous,
educated Massachusetts the foreign
births greatly outnumber the native
births. Surely it becomes a must i'm
portant matter for that state and tle
country at large that the immigrants
are Of the best type, especially as they
will furnish two or three more future
citizens than the natives will furnish.
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to the worst times OF the Roman En-
pire. and look uncommonly close then"
One will not have to go back to Rome
for examples or equals. In h time OF
James III and Charles II and later even.
In the time of William and Mary sid
Anne society was rotten to the ore.
II necessary we could cite much author
ity and evidence to show this The
Sun says: Very caustic things have
been said and written Of the s~o-callei
smart set on this side OF the ocean.
but nothing TO compare in severity with
Mr.. RusselT's vitriolic denunciation o.
London's -Four Hundred"
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A BANK CHECK DECISION.
The Case Decided After Ten YeayA'
of Litigation.

Birmingham. Ala, April zs:-After
ten years litigation the supreme court
OF Alabama today handed down a de-
cision for the defendant in the case OF
the Birmingham national bank versus
John G. Bradley. IL being alleged that
the figures had beer changed ia tran
sit from 81 to $1,000 Mr.. Bradley
won the case five times. The decision
rendered affiirns the lower court
The New York han yras issued
on February %. 1892. by the Gate City
national bank. of Atlanta. The bank
officials claimed that his exchange
was Issued to q. Nerriman for the sum
az 81. but when II reached Birmingham
IL was payable TO John G. Bradley aas
called for s4.0UG
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OF ninety-two recent graduates OF
was from North Carolina, Mr.. y. II.
Brooks. Do not conclude that the
medical profession is extinct or the
rush for practice is in allegiance in This
state. The students are numerous. but
they go elsewhere.
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The new cotton mills trust
for North and South Carolina only,
means n scheme Ito water the stock or
cotton mills in those states as the
Charleston News and Courier says.
= = y
The Kinston Free Press has pprc-
ciatiNe friends N that They have
united with the editor. Mr.. Herbert TO
form a Free Press Company. They ap-
p~reciate the good work OF that paper
in helping to builu up h town A
handsome building will be erected Tor
the papc
Davidson college, in Mecklenburg
county Is really an excellent fnstitu-
ton OF learning. and deserves to be
| we'll regarded ~ the Presbyterian de-
nomination in North Carolina. It's
scholarship fund is now over t1e.tee
which a few generous friends hav be-
slowed. We believe the last benefac-
ton was from the late Miss Francis
Taylor. of New Bern. The Davidson
endowment will share generously In
the s3O0,0 900 educational fund Rev. DR..
Stagg is canvassing to raise In issG.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-25

One who has read attentively Eng
lish history does not need to be inform-
ed as to great c-oarseness. brutality, in
morality and usefulness Of life in Eng
land before the religious reformation.
1t has perhaps been anything but a
model since then. From the present king
down there is known to exist a great
deal of really low living by whatever
other it may be called by his
devoters. In this country as in the
old country there is what is now known
as the Smart Set" and it is not one
with. It is now said that on the Eng
lish side society of this smart kind
is very bad. wen worse than on the
American side. The Baltimore Sun
gives what Mr.. G. w. E. Russell, the
son of a Lord. who is in a position to
know whereof he affirms, say of Eng.
Iish society at present:
This is the picture ne draws of Brit
aims gilded youth: The decay u
is perhaps the most conspicu-
Gus changesin society. In addressing
women men substitute vulgar familiar
ity for gentlemanlike ease. All signs OF
chivalrous Difference to have
vanished. Women chatter with mer
with airy familiarity about anything
under the sun. We are living in an age
of decadence and we pretend not te
know 1T. Courage is so out of fashion
that we boast of ~cowardice. As for SO.
ciety. to find its equal we must go bach
Dog Strayed-Specia1.