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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Take Right Spirit Along.

good many summers have been spoiled
because annoyances and even discomforts
We're allowed to shut out the song Of the
sea or hide the sunlight on a thousand hills
IL We are not In the spot We want TO be-
let as make a clever counterfeit of il and
become goddesses OF Things as They Are
1t is not SO hard a thing as one NAV
suppose 10 be happy under all conditions
and an all places. and think womeE have
larly il they have with them loved ones
who depend on their humor for their peace
of mind. one woman out of tune with her
zing blue bottle in the hush of Quaker
meeting. She must be silenced or driven
out, or the spirit will not stay with its
benefcence and peace Besides 1t is not
difficult 10 adjust ones self to surround
lngs Robert Louis Stevenson sick suf-
fering and far from home. called from
mountain peak Of his wide wilderness:
This world is SO full OF number OF
things
/ think We should all be as happy as
kings
do not know which one of our ances-
tors set the nomad tang in our blood. Rut
most of us have 1t: and were we not walled
IN by love and home We should be forever
seeking new scenes and other skies. IL lit
tie hands did not hold me back / should
follow the sun on its course around ana
be equally at home i'm tent or palace. But
oh, those little hands, How We women are
chained by them, and how We bless our
ch9inS'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Helpful.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Here's TIousekeeper' bothering me
again." said the correspondence editor
'She wants to know how to keep jars of
preserves from getting moldy on the top"
That's easy" replied the snake editor
TEL her to turn them upside down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
MAYFLowER's PIRATE SKIPPER
Thomas Jones, Rough Sea Dog
Brought Over the Pilgrims.
From st. Nicholas

One hundred and two passengers sailed
from Plymouth on the Mayaower They
had been SO constantly stirred up. in so
many ways. since leaving Leyden or Lon
don that they were glad to settle, them
selves at last for their long voyage. After
the two ships companies were united Car
yer became governor Tin place of MIR. Mar
tin, the treasurer. who made many enc
mies). and though the vessel was badly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28

From Smart Set.
/ dare do all that may become a man,
who dares do more is-a woman!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Wagons of the Restless.

1t is at all times an interesting sight 20
see on the plains or In the mountains the
white-hooded wagons of the restless moy-
ing from place to place. Two wagons such
as these. each filled with the familv-wife
and children. and chickens and furniture
met at the Tennessee river. One had come
over by the donkey ferry: the other was
waiting to cross to the other side:
Said the one who had crossed:
Howdy, stranger. what's yo' all confn.
north7" ~
NO. nothin' wrong" replied the north
erner Ma and ME Just wanted a change
Anything wrong down here"
No, sab. Things is right smart down
yere. But We uns wanted to get shed Of
them hills. Good day.
They parted and drove away but the old
darkey who persuaded the donkey at me
windiass to go around said:
Amt IT funny thing dat folks allus
want ter be whar dey ain't?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Geography Lesson.

Papa, what is a marriage in high life?'
Two vacant hearts entirely surrounded
by cash."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
How the Condition Came About.

The authorities at first made wabbly
effort to enforce the ordinance against the
use Of soft coal within the city limits, but
when it was found that there really were
quite number of plants which, being
minus hard COAL would have TO shut down
in case the law were rigidly enforced, the
authorities let up on the attempt to enforce
it, ard this, of course was the instant sig
nal for all hands owning manufacturing
plants. whether they had quantities of the
hard coal stored M not. to begin the
use Of the foul. smudsy fuel. Now, it is
reliably stated that there is not single
mandatory in New York that is not using
soft coal. The authorities making half
hearted efforts to compel the manufacture
to rig smoke consumers to their plants,
but. 10 Judge from the multitude Of stacks
which go right on belching forth volumes
OF inky smoke day and night, it doesn't
appear if the manufacturers have any
great amount Of use for smoke consumers.
What with about half of the town literal
" torn up by the roots owing to the con-
strGCtion of the subway, and malarious mi
asmH eXudinS from the ground in conse-
quence. and the air clOgged with the sitting
sOft-c1al smoke. New York is surely due to
have a pretty "onnery'' time of il during
thu dog days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
SOOT-BECR|MED CITY
New York Almost a Rival Of
Pittsburg.
DUE TO COAL STRIKE
TRAVEsTIEs ON JUSTICE IN THE
BIG CITY
General Disappointment on Result OF
American Derby-Mr. Cleveland
as He Appears Today.
DUE TO COAL STRIKE


NEW YORK. June q. 1'S-.
Visitors from Pittsburg find themselves
feeling very much at home in New YORK
pnv-ad,vs. The dirty pail of soft coal
smoke that overhangs Manhattan makes
the town look satisfyingy natural 10
Them. Pittsburg never saw the day when
1t was any smudgier or sootier thah Ne"
York has been since the beginning of the
anthracite strike. The filth of the at1nos-
phcre is almost i1tplera5le. Not only IS the
air Of the cntire town laden with CHOKING
su1phurous fumes, but the back cloud oA
soft coal smoke drips its sOoty strings III
u fashion that could easily lead one 10
fancy that there must be an active Peiee'
emitting tiny black feathers instead OF nod
and stones. somewhere in the neishoor-
hood Women in light clothing ana men
with any inherent regard for the appear
ance Of their linen have given up riding III
the 4. trains altogether, so penetrating ana
utterly befOuling is the ram oil soot anu
cinaprs from the soft coal burning engines
Riding in the surface cars is not nuch-pet-
Ter since the soft coal smoke IS every
where The New York woman's pet ques-
ton is no longer rs my hat on straight
1T is. rs there any black on my nose.
The rash woman who starts out on shop-
ming tour arrayed in wash dress OF nSnt
hue and airy fabric presents a funny mot
lied spectacle by the time she regafns her
home The tidy man who sets OF 1or busi-
ness in the morning with the pleasing con-
sciouxness of spotless linen surveys him
self with disgust in his glass when he
reaches his home in the evening. notwith-
standing the fact that tidy New York men
have taken 10 the old Chicago and fltts-
burg habit OF changing their collars ana
cuffs three and even four times day while
haI business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Windows Must Be Kept Closed.

Windows in the down town residence dis
trict have to be kept tightly closed on the
hottest days TO guard against the ruin to
delicate furniture and ornaments that would
otherwise be wrought by the stealthy, all
pervading SCOT. The fellows who have
given MP TWO or three weeks pay for fine
Pananas are tuckirG them away and wear
ing cheaper substitute headgear of straw
until the sOfr-cOal nuisance aba teS-T IL
does. Most of the women one meets down.
town look as if they had taken to pencil
ing their eyebrows and lashes and the
men look as if they had Travelled straight
through from New Orleans or some point
equally distant on a smoking car. without
having had any chance to "wash-up.' The
buildings fashioned ~ light stone are rap
idly taking on sOmber. brownish-gray
tint The light II the MONDAY sun percO-
latss d!uly and wanly through the smutty
haze. that artificial light is required i'll
the middle OF the day in half the business
houses and Offices Of the town.
1t is a matter Of common knowledge over
here that this soft coal nuisance is really
capable of being diminished by at least -
per cent if the projectors of New York
thousands of manulac curing plants were
willing To diminish il. But this is a mat
ter which affects their pockets. and they
are naturally willing 10 take their share OF
the nuisance and save money. 1t is freely
said that. while a few of the manufa ctories
were actually caught short of hard coal
y hen the strike began, the majority OF
them bad and still have great quantities of
anthracite on hand. But when they found
hat the ordinance against soft coal was
only going TO be observed in the breach
effecting very distinct saving per ton OF
Their fuel bills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
New York Justice.


After all. one is occasionally tempted %
candore the settled skepticism of the New
Yorker in his mental attitude toward the
quality of justice dished out in the New
York courts. The failure of the jury to con-
Wet Ar Adams. the king of the policy
sharks. last week has a pretty fragrant
odor in the nostrils of those who have fol-
lowed this case carefully. The assistant
district attorney who prosecuted the case
presented damaging array of facts
against the king-bee Of the policy crowd.
adams was caught, as the saying goes
over here, with the goods on him" For
twenty years and more his business. tie
very meanest in all the category of gam
bling schemes, has been in the cogniZa nee
Of all New Workers of the most ordinary
common sense. The witnesses who ap-
peared against him at his trial gave over
whelming testimony, not only as 10 his
headship of the policy system of New York
but as 10 the many Swindiing devices en-
plOyed by the clique to trim" the PLAYERS
of the foolish game. Policy is a device
almost hopeless for the player when con-
Quoted on such swindling scale as the
witnesses in this testified. In chare-
ing the jury the judge almost instructed
them to bring in verdict Of guilty. He
dwelt at length upon the coneemptibl
meanness of the policy game in New York
and spoke almost passionately OF the mis-
cry which the policy business infiicts upon
the wretchedly poor Of the city
gamblers all over New York whose every
word and action perfectly indicated that
they had something up their sleeves were
Offering odds of > 10 1 that '.I'' Adams
boss of the policy crew, would not be con-
victed. Their cocksUreness spoiled their
game. for few took their bets y few DAYS
before the wind-up OF the trial X was COM
monty reported around the court building
that one of the members of the iury had
been seen cuggermuggering and shaking
hands With one of Adams trusted lieuten-
ants in the policy business
The trial. as was forecasted BY the bet
ting Of the sharp-eyed gamblers. resulted
in hung jury. 1t Is openly stated thai
the jury stood IL to I for conviction. 90
the peoples case against .'Al' Adams now
gees over for a long time, and many mora
peculiar things have happened IN the ad
ministration of the New York brand OF
justice than that the Adams case will! never
again come up for trial
Other Instances in Point.
A few months ago Brooklyn policeman.
ruffian Of little or no influence and no.
torious as a bully, went to his home in
an advanced state of drunkenness and shot
his wife to death. Two weeks ago he was
sentenced IN he chair Oplv waatr al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Other Instances in Point.

A few months ago a Brooklyn policeman,
q ruffian Of little or no influence and no.
torious as a bully. went to his home in
an advanced state of drunkenness and shot
his wife to death. Two weeks ago he was
sentenced to the chair. Only a week after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Mr.. Cleveland as He Appears Today.

The writer had close view Of ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland at the famous harmony
pow-wow at the opening Of the Tilden
Club last week. Mr.. Cleveland has aged
a great deal since he left the White House
upon the completion of his second term. He
is enormously fat, but the lines Of his face
are greatly deepened. His hair has be-
come perilously thin, and his voice, never
of great volume, seems to have become
considerably less full. Nor does he speak
distinctly as he once did. Mr.. Cleve-
land s movements We're labOred and he had
a certain pursy feebleness about him that
was observed by those who remembered
his former vigor. At the conclusion of his
address there were many streams of per-
SEPARATION running from his face, and he
seemed to be quite exhausted when he
sank into his chair after his effort. Mr.
Cleveland did not appear to take a great
deal of interest in the proceedings and he
was noticeably fidgety and apparently anx-
ious to leave the club after he had finished
making his own address.
Mrs. Cleveland. whom the writer saw
while she was on shopping tour in New
York not long ago. has also become ex-
ceedingly stout. and. although her counte-
nance is still lovely in its mature winsome-
ness, she has a greater depth of white
double chin than any one who saw her in
all of her fresh girlish beauty when she
first went to Washington could ever have
imagined possible. c. l.. c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
STRIKES COME
Belgian Workingn1en Execute
Their Threat and Give
Crisis a New Phase.

Brussels, April IA dispatch from La
Louviere, province Of Hainaut, announces
that, in accordance with the decision of
the labor leaders, general strike has
commenced in the coal mines, glass works
and factories Of the central districts. in
Guiding Mariemont and Bascoup.
Advices from Liege say that the general
Of the Seraing district and at the Keith
foundries at Solessin. The quarrymen of
the Ambleve valley have also struck.
There has been rioting at Poulseur,
where the convent of the Little Sisters of
the Poor has been stoned. -
From Mons troops have started for diff
ternt points in the Borinage district. At
Cuesmes, in the province of Hainaut, 5000
strikers assembled around the state ar
senal, with the object Of stopping work.
The weavers of Client are ceasing work
and a general strike of the weaving trade
it is expected will be declared Tomorrow.
The great strike has commenced at
| Charlero, where $4,000 out Of the 1000
coal miners have already stopped work.
| general strike has been declared in
most OF the large boot and shoe factories
! Adequate measures have been taken to
enable the soldiers to reinforce the police,
at any point required ..,-
| There has been thus far to- day no ques-
ton Of proclaiming martial law. Such a
step cannot be taken in Belgium without
special legislative action. About IS, O0(
men are now out on strike in the Mons
| district.
The strike has begun generally in the
mining regions of the country which are
| divided into four coal fields, surrounding
No serious incidents have yet been re.
| ported anywhere.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
MURRAY'S
REV. ARD
"Discoverer" of Mr.. Roose-
velt Given a Berth in
New York.

Washington, April 14.--President Roose-
velt's command 10 Secretary Shaw to re-
move Assistant Commissioner of Immigra-
ton McSweeney, and his appointment Of
Joseph Murray as McSweeney's successor,
closes a long standing feud which has
caused more annoyance and trouble in the
treasury department than anything else
that has happened in five years.
Murray, the new appointee, is petty
man who is credited with having discoy-
cred the president as a possible presiden-
tial phenomenon twenty years ago. He
persuaded the president to become q can
dtdate for the New York assembly and
managed his campaign with so muc[
adroitness that he was elected. There
after Murray was intimately associated
with the presidents political fortunes. II
was Murray who named him as dele
gate to the national republican convention
in 1884, which nominated Blaine. Later
on, when the president ran for mayor
Murray was his campaign manager.
When, after the close of the Spanish
war, the president became a candidate fol
governor of New York, Murray tool
charge of his personal headquarters. l
was conceded that after Colonel Roosevelt
came to Washington as the successor tt
Mckinley he would take care of Murray
Now he has done so by giving him mucl
desired position, which not only carrie
handsome salary, but great deal o
responsibility and power.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
HARMONY
Democrats E1erting Every
Effort to Catch Elusive
Requisite.

From, The Journal B,1rea,t, Room 10, Post
Building, Washington.
Washington, April 14.-.The movement
initiated By southern democrats is under
way for harmonizing the party with ref
erence to 1904. 1t has gone so far as to
bring out informally the names Of pos
sible candidates, and Arthur Pue German
heads the list The scheme for an ex-
ecutive committee led by such conserva-
tive northern democrats as Ben Gable is
merely part of the general plan.
The harmony movement originated in
the senate. which is the hotbed of reac-
ton against Bryan. It is not too much to
say that there is not one thick and thin
Bryan man in that body. The harmony
movement is not the offspring Of gold
bugs or TRAITORS but Of men wh1
heretofore have followed Bryan's leader
ship loyalty. 1t is part of the plan not
to put the south forward too prominently.
What is wanted in 1904 is victory.
W. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
MORE AXES
FOR } ! R |. | AIN IN
Revelations Of the Budget
Sprung Upon the House
of Commons.
Income and Other Taxes
Raised and the Sinking
Fnnd Suspended.
Deficit $4,000, 900, With
War Charges Of About
the Same Figures.

London, April 14.-The statement, show
ing the revenue and expenditure, present.
ed in the house OF commons to-day by the
chancellor Of the exchequer, Sir Michael
Hicks Beach, when opening the budget
announcements, showed total ordinary
expenditure for 1902-02 estimated at
G129, 1853, 000 with war charges amounting
to e45,45o,oo0, making grand total Of
G174, 609, 900, which is 912.993,0oO below
the total for 1e01-02.
The chancellor estimated the. total
deficit for the present year at G26,824. 900.
To the deficit must be added sixteen to
seventeen millions additional war ex.
penditures.
The income tax is increased a penny
in the pound sterling. He estimated the
revenue for this year on the basis Of the
present taxation at s147,7S5,000. not in
Guiding the cost Of gratuities at the end
Of the war and the transportation Of
troops home. There is no increase on the
tax on sugar.
The sinking funds is to be suspended.
The grand total of the deficit is e45, OoO,-
600. The duties on wine, beer, tobacco
anu Tea are uOL CuauSeu "A penny Lax ~
imposed on dividend warrants, and two
penny stamps must be placed on checks,
instead of one-penny as heretofore.
The chancellor of the exchecuer said
he had hopes of happy result from the
conference in & ruth Africa. but he had
put them aside. Preparations for the
continuance of the war were the best
guarantee CT peace.
The sum Of 6 s2,ooo,Ooo will be bor-s
rowed. The chancellor denied that the
registration of duties on wheat and flour
violated the principles of free trade or
would increase the cost of food. He
thought the duties had been recklessly
abandoned and declared their remission
did not reduce the price Of food.
Duty on Imported Grain.
The duty on meal is 5 pence per 100
weight.
The revenue from the new taxation is
expected to be G5,160, 900. After borrow
ting E332, 200 fsN0 the ehancelIor vii make
| up the deficit by draft on the exchequer.
A duty of pence per 100 weight is i'm
I posed on all imported grain zsfs5sT-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
NEW LAW FOR
The BANKERS 4 \ (. j
Northwes Men May Tes
tify In Hearings on
Fowler Bill.

President A. B. Stickney Of the Chicago
Great Western road and other northwest
ern men who have taken prominent part
in the discussion of financial legislation.
may be requested to submit their views on
currency and banking reform to the house
committee on finance at Washington
which has the Fowler bill in charge.
There is much discussion among bankers
and other financial authorities on the
Fowler bill and strong sentiment has
developed among men who realize the
need of currency legislation favoring
cautious work by the legislators. Many
well informed financial men believe that
the Fowler bill bites off a bigger chunk
of financial and currency legislation than
the nation is willing to masticate at this
time.
The agitation now going on shows that
the Milwaukee and Chicago addresses by
President Stickney have been effective
in arousing interest among the business
men in currency and banking questions
Arguments both favoring and adversely
wide circulation among business men
The Fowler bill asks to legislate on asset
currency and branch banking system
James H. Eckels, former controller O.
currency, is an advocate of asset cur.
rency. Mr.. Stickney favors a federated
system of banks with central bank al
the prominent feature.
Out of the criticism on the views o
Eckels and Stickney has grown a variet!
of opinion, and the agitation is affecting
the progress of the Fowler bill. A larg'
element wants action by congress OF
both propositions, but at the same tim
believes that congress should legislate OF
but one subject at time. Western bank
ers individually have generally taken tn
stand that the business interests of tn
country are not prepared for such
sweeping measure as the Fowler BILL an
this sentiment has had an influence o.
delaying the bill in committee. Financia
men throughout the country are en-
.couraging the idea of thorough hearing
on the bill in committee.
/ Northwestern bankers believe that
| long campaign Of education will be re
quired before the country will be ready TO
1 the currency changes deemed necessar
by the best authorities. There is a gen
eraI sentiment favoring more elastic cur
rency, but the details of the plan ar
the cause of much argument.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
HOOVER
HOPELESS
Minneapolis Printer in Wash.
ington Attempts to- Take
His Own Life.

Fron, The Journal Bureau, loom %, Poss
Building, WGshtngtosa.
Washington April 14.-Frank Hoover, a
well-known Minneapolis printer, but who
for some years has been employed in the
government printing office here, attempt
ed suicide yesterday in one Of the parks
on Pennsylvania avenue. He cut three
inch cash in his neck and a smaller one On
the right wrist with a razor held in his
gency hospital, where his wounds were
sewed up. He will be out in few days.
When persons began to gather round
him after he had cut himself Hoover said:
IF you're no doctor, don't touch me.
Go away and let me alone until doctor
| comes. Catch me If ! fall, but otherwise
| let me alone"
| When taken to the hospital he said tc
the physicians: ri have been thinking
about doing this all day. I did not
make good job of it, did I?'
| "No; you know you were not success
| full in ending your life" said a surgeon
''but you are badly wounded and We will
have to keep you here some time"
| well, l was about as successful at this
as 1 have been at everything else l have
ever tried to do
Hoover has been employed in the gov.
eminent printing Office since he left Min
neapolis. He resigned a few days ago
! however, giving as a reason that h
wanted to get money due him to send hi
wife to a sanatorium. She has been all
ing for some time and it became necessar,
to send her away from Washington to in
sure her recovery. This and othe
troubles not specified induced Hoover t.
attempt his life. At the government
printing office it IS said that Hoover ha
been acting and talking queerly of late
1t may be that his mind was affected
although there was no evidence of
when he was questioned by the authori
| ties.
w. W. Jermane.