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Evening star., 1902-05-06
A Magnate's Bluff.
From the Chicago News,

From the Chicago News.
Jim" Hill's bluff about political disaster
for President who fights harmful trusts
is likely to be called good and sharp by the
voters.
Evening star., 1902-05-06
Hfgh=Class
OXfOrds and Boots.

Spring requires lighter shoe,
and our various stocks show the best
and newest in footwear, from dainty
slippers, new Oxfords and ideal kid
house shoes to light walking boots
all elegant and comfortable.
Two new arrivals in Women's
OXfords, as follows:
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cut. neat toe, new spring shape last-made by the
famous shoe makers. Laird. Schober & Co, they
are elegant examples OF up-to-date footwear
$500 pair.
Women's orforis. made by Laird. Schober &
Co. with patent ideal kid vamp. mat kid quarters
heel fox. Goodyear welt sole and Cuban heel-sn
ideal dress shoe
$500 pair.
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Minister Wu has not mingled in the So
cial whirl very conspicuously of late. Pos
sibly he is trying to please his captious
home government by conveying the i'm
preston that he Is not popular over here
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27c. per yard.

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Evening star., 1902-05-06
New Ideas
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blue, red, green, brown and black,
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black, two shades of blue, two shades
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S2.Oo each.
First foor-sdjoining Mems Store
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1lGwarp Jointless China Mating. in pretty ef
fects Of blue, green and red-tbe finest mating
made
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We cali especial attention to our
Slip Cover Department. We cover
5-piece suites from $50 upward, ac-
cording to the number of yards it
takes-the workmanship being the
same on all, no matter what the price.
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35c. per yard.

Extra Heavy Double-damask China Mating in
neat carpet efrects-the heaviest mating made.
SOC. per yard.
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Troubles Never Come singly.
From the Atlanta Constitution

The worst feature of the Jakesmith her-
ror is the added horror of arousing Carl
Schurz and Starting him into the discus
sion of the case.
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5000 to $1,000.

The celebrated Adams and Weslake Hi2h-ciass
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5000 to $25.oo.
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Japanese Cotton Rugs. in red, blue and green;
guaranteed washable-an excellent bed room rug.
3oxOo inches, $2.oo each.
36x72 inches, $2.75 each.
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White Enameled Cribs, with woven wire springs,
in a variety of choice designs.
$500 to $500 each.
We will re-enamel, in any tint,
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any scheme of decoration, at moder-
ate prices.
Second floor.
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SHOOTING STARS.
A Voice of Protest.

Dis water cure is sonnet ing dats got to
be stopped.' explained Meandering Mike.
ITS too crool an unusual to be stood.
do you know what it is?" asked Plod-
ding Pete
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Mr.. Bryan says that he is content to give
utterance to the principles of the demo-
cratic party: to be it's Aaron and let some
other man be its Moses. The figure of
speech is not as happily chosen as might
be expected from Mr.. Bryan. 1t will be
remembered that Aaron gave Moses a very
considerable amount of trouble, and that
neither Moses nor Aaron led the people
into the promised land
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Extra Heavy Jointless China Mating In a large
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ISC. per yard.
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Ruffled Sateen Cushions suitable Tor SOFA. poien @
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an inexpensive cushion, yet something that hcAs
we'll We have them in many pretty designs anu
coloriDgs.
3oc. Value, soc.
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Mattresses made of good quality black curled
hair. Value, $500.
$3.50 each.
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"'Course. I've been froo it. 1 hadn't
been in Jail fifteen minutes before dey made
me take a BATH
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Extra Heavy Jolntless China Mating. in fifty
different choice patterns.
22C. per yard.
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goo 3xs feet Fringed Opaque Window shades
compIete with fixtures ready to hang.
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Mattings.

Mattings.
Heavy Quality Jointless China Mating. in neat
checks and aids-guaranteed
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w. & L. Screens

w. q L. SCret1lS
Are made to stand the weather-constructed OF
seasoned wood they are subject to swelling and
warping as little as possible. and with certain
amount of care will last much longer than ordi-
nary cabinet made screens.
2OC. to 4Oc. each.
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2Oc. to 4Oc. each.

Enameled Beds.
White Enameed Beds. with balcony and bow
fronts and brass trimmings-the seasons newest
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Davenport COuches.

DdVIIIpOII SUuSIIeS.
Davenport Folding Couches-couch and bed COM
bined entirely sanitary; with mattress
$500.
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Springs.

Springs.
lron-frame Bed Springs. made of fine quality
wire. supported by device with heavy spring
attachments. which add to the wearing qualities
of the springs and make them more comfortable.
$3.75 for all sizes.
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Dainty Summer Millinery.
Dress, Carriage and Garden Hats,

Airy lacy cool looking specimens white and the new
dainty light effects.
models adaptations and those of creation
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effects
display handsome back Dress Hats
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Outing Hats, choice productions OF the leading
London and American manufacturers
delightful collection Of Trimmed Hats for misses and chill
dren, in the dainty light, summer effects
yPaunu- -Secondf
Evening star., 1902-05-06
Invading the Mall.

The Senate yesterday on motion of Mr..
Fairbanks, adopted amendment to the
sundry civil bill providing for the procure
ment of site for a hall of records With
the exception of the first sentence of the
amendment it conforms to the general public
anticipation and to the desire that the gov
ernment provide itself as soon as possible
with a suitable building for the storage
of valuable documents. That sentence au-
thoriZeS the commission, consisting of the
Secretary of the Treasury. the Postmaster
General and the Secretary Of the Interior.
ito select site upon public land in the
Mall for this purpose. with the pro-
viso that If the commission ''shall be un-
able to find available public land In the
Mall for such site it shall select site
elsewhere outside of public land
There would seem to be no good reason
for this alternative proposition. If the
commission so prefers it can readily enough
find a site upon the Mall. There is plenty
of room there. There is no cramping now.
although there would be very little room
if the movement possibly started by this
amendment were to continue for long time.
AS far the commissions ability to find
available public land in the MALI is con-
cerned all it has to do is to send down
surveyor and have him stake out the
foundation lines.
The Senate heretofore has been inflexibIy
and wisely adverse to putting public build
ings in the Mall and it has on more than
one occasion in the past properly pre-
vented the erection Of the Hall of Records
on public park, when by cessation from
it's opposition an appropriation for the
structure could easily have been secured.
That it should now permit the passage of
this amendment without a word of protest
is cause for amazement. Especially Is
this true in the light Of the fact that the
pending plans of the park commission dis
tinctly declare that the buildings which, it.
is proposed, may later be erected in the
Mall shall be of a certain character, de-
voted to the scientific branches of the
government. The Hall of Records Is far
from belonging to that class. 1t is to be
a mere warehouse, however handsome its
design and of whatever costly materials
There is further reason. too, why this
building should be located within the Mall
avenue triangle rather than the Mall itself
1t should be placed as centrally. as near
the line of official travel and as convenient
of access from the departments as possible.
site within the triangle between the post
office building and the White Lot would
most suitably meet tneSe requirements.
The amendment should be further amend
ed in conference by striking out all ref
erence to the Mall. unless Congress is de-
termined to start at once on the policy of
filling that space with public buildings of
all sorts and shapes and sizes. Congress
should not pass up to the ex-officio build
ing commission the responsibility for invad
ing the Mall. for which this amendment
grants legislative permission
Evening star., 1902-05-06
Blanket
Department.

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Ioc. per yard.
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New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

Many an author. smarting Under the castsga-
tion administered by some anonymous reviewer,
finds comfort in declaring that his enemy has
not read the book about which he has said
such bitter things. II is hot in human nature
to bc happy under reproof. Few members Of
the writing tribe at any rate, can be brought
10 see that an adverse criticism may very pos
shly be- sound one, based knowledge and
good judgment. We are sorry for them. The
man who ScOrnS a severe criticism lust be-
cause ii i severe, and proceeds 10 talk AT large
about his reviewer aS a reader OF prcfaccS and
of author has not the principle OF growth in
him. Nevertheless il does not follow that all
reviewers DO their duty and while we are dis
guStcd with the sweeping charges often made
10y cxasperated authors we are equally indig-
nant with those critics who. even in high places
seem bent on justifying the filings bestowed
upon the craft The other day, for example
The Saturday Review" calmly observed in re-
gard 10 the new life Of Dumas that the author
of ii, Mr. 4. +. Davidson "cOntrves 10 leave
us in complete mist as to what Dumas did
and why he did it" Now we DO not know
Mr. Davidson, and have no special interest in
his joys or woes, but happen 10 have read
his book with care, and can quite sympathize
with him in the protest which he sends 10 The
Saturday" II is not question Of opinion. but
of fact. Mr.. Davidson does tell what Dumas
did, ana why he did IT,
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

vivifying the dry bones Of the famous church
mans controversial adventures would leave
him cold But over and above the value of
FenelOn's literary legacy TO mankind there is
the beauty of his character to be considered.
and If we are grateful to Mr.. Sanders for an
uncommonly interesting study Of a man little
known TO the general reader. it is chiefly because
h. makes plain the personal charm of his hero
exhibiting him as a lamp of spirituality shining
in epoch extraordinarily corrupt II is always
good 10 be reminded Of the nobler types that
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

such writings as those known as the Spiritual
Letters, would alone suffice to- justify the claim
Of Fenelon upon the remembrance Of men
1t might easily inspire a bioSraphor. making
his task u labor of love. where the idea of re-
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

rarely tali To appear even in the worst ages of
social deterioration. The student of Louis NV
ana ms court beholds SO much that is unedify-
lA1 In thelr history that he needs. for the sup
port of his faith in human nature an occa-
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

FENELON. HIS FRIENDS AND HIS ENEMIES.
165l-lTlA BY T. h sanders With Portrait
Octave Up s26 Longmans. Green q Co
The authorship of Les Aventures de TEE
rnaQue" and of a correspondence containing
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

The quarrel between Romance and Realism
has almost ceased 20 be a quarrel IL has been
threshed out SO completely that there is ap-
parently nothing more 10 he said about H. and
the subject has grown 10 be II bore But soIne
amusement is still provided 10y the belatcd in
dIYiduals who cannot under stand that the ra-
tonal reader viii always give the ROmanticist
ana the ReaSt hearing, without troubling
himself about the claim that each may make
TO pre-eninence. one of the drollcst Of the
absurdites OF these still excited partisans is
Their blindness TO existing conditions. To-day
Is the day Of the Unrealists," says one of the
unhappy band, of the men who describe life I'm
The way that Vatican painted il. all roses.
sWeetmcats, ana smiles with skies Of blue
violet ana clouds like little tufts of cotton wool.
and the well worn catchwOrds of pessiuist and
morbid are thrown at Gorky." If this d,.votee
"i well worn catchWOrds"- for his sheer AT the
K"InantiriSts is n hopelessly stcreotypcd one
would only look about him. lie would find tbat
To-Day Is not the day of either the one school
or lhe other, but the day Of as eclectic = taste
~ HIS ever been observed in the whole history
VI 'eialufe. The modern reader is if any,
'i'Ii-' 100 'a'h"llc reading not only realism and
i"iIiah''' nut the good and the bad work Of
''n HCH"ois- N doubt Il sunny romance OF
I"Fe ana adventure in an earlier time may sell
pF Hs thousands, where a phOtographicallv
Feallslc tale of modern suuaIor is Iuckv IN soil
10y It's hundreds; but envy of his Iirbt baarto,
contemporary should not lead the reaIst 10 tall,
as II the world wanted nothing save crosses
S"eetiileatS and smiles" The world is As kind
10 lne realist as To the romanticist-whcn the
Iorih@ pays Some attention to art and human
iil'uIe scores Of books are published every
year winch deal with the men and women Of
'ru"y IN truthful manner, and these books
are WiHeiy popular. IT is silly TO talk Of tbam
d. uhreallstic' because they are not cIuttored
WIN ulrly facts and dirtier morals. and fail 10
eAlale The odor Of a neglected drain.
II would appear" says the Editor Of .srba
academy and Literature" in burst Of ontiu,.
"', liat lle public is taking. or is expecting
renewed interest in poetry" We
,oo4 eaS'f1y Tor the cause of this exhilarating
i''"ouH'ement hoping that the outbor of il
Ia come upon a poet as is poet Anti-cIimov
l,.','N ,nn.o' Us. Mrs Meynell it seems, is editing
ram S'i'ctionS from the oreat noa,, in
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19
FEN ELON,

A SPIRITUAL FIGURE IN A MATERIAL
ISTIC AGE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-17

lector of customs in a British colony he
has now even surpassed his previous
deed of valor.
ut has for some time been the GUS
tom of the consul to refuse clearance OF
small vessels hence for Venezuelan
ports in the power of the revolution, eX-
cept they prepaid to him the amount OF
the duty (Which they, Of course, would
also have to pay the revolutionist GUS
toms authorities over there on arrivaD,
plus the so per cent differential duty
levied in defiance of all principles OF
honesty. And should any vessel leave
without first paying, it took the risk OF
capture by one of the pirate ships con-
stituti1 & Castro's navy.
Surely this is a matter for the coll
lector of customs to inquire into and
report formally to the government, and
in which the government should take
at once some very definite action"
In another issue, two days later, the
Gazette tells of the running down of TIL :
British schooner Ocean Traveller by a
Venezuelan gunboat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-17
Had thy wish been pure and manly,
And no evil on thy tongue.
Shame had not possessed thy eyelids
From thy lips the right had sprung
SHOT IN CHURCH.
Twenty Armed Horsemen in West vir-
ainia Break Up Services.

ginia Break Up Services.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Dec. 17.-While
Rev. John Chenoweth was conducting
services at Bethel church near Glade, in
Barbour county, the congregation was
attacked by twenty armed horsemen,
who began firing into the church. First
the windows were broken with volley
OF stones. and then nearly 100 shots
were fired from revolvers. The minister
and congregation fled. They were pur-
sued ythe attacking party and sought
refuge in the woods
Mr.. Chenoweth bruised and bleeding,
arrived with one or two of his congre-
cation at Belington, the nearest tele-
graph station, late Monday night and
told his story. He had been pursued
with unrelenting fury and had been
fired at several times after leaving the
church.
He and his companions reported that
several of the congregation who had
gone in other directions had been shot,
but they could give no names or details.
The object of the attacking party is
not known. The horsemen We're all
strangers and 1t is supposed INDUCED in
the shooting and chase merely as a
drunken prank, but if any of them is
caught it is probable that the Formally
Of q trial will not be waited for.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-17
Three Cases Discovered Among
Crew of Steamer from Dur
ban, South Africa
COMPLETE CHAIN OF INFECTION
Victims of Plague Taken to swinburne
Island Hospital for Treatment-The
Possible Appearance of the Bubonic
Plague From South African Ports
Long Anticipated.

New York. Dec 17.-Three cases OF
bubonic plague have been discovered
among the crew of the Prince line
steamer Saxon Prince, which arrived
from Durham, South Africa. They are
now under treatment at Swinburne Is
land hospital at quarantine
The sufferers are the first and second
cooks and the second steward.
On the inspection of the crew they
were found to be i'll. A thorough ex-
animation of the patients convinced
Health officer Doty that they had all
the symptoms of the plague, ana they
were taken to Swinburne island, where
cultures were made. The result of the
examination, made known tonight, con-
firmed the diagnosis made at the IN
spection.
The first man taken i'll, according to
the report of Captain Jamison, was
the second cook. He first complained
to the captain when the ship was out
two weeks AS the steamer lett Dur :
ban on Nov. 8, this places the reported
illness on Nov. %. The other two cases
appeared about two weeks ago. Inc
history of the cases makes a complete
chain of infection from the time of the
exposure of the first man at Durham
to the time of arrival. The crew were
ashore at Durham, and 1t is undoubtedly
there that the disease was contracted.
The first patient is convalescent, but
the other two are still under treatment
All three men slept together In small
compartment. The total number of the
crew is thirty-one. There are five pas
sengers on board, woman and four
children.
The steamer will be sent to sea to
discharge the water and sand ballast
taken on board at Durham. She will
then return to quarantine, when the
passengers and crew will be transferred
to Hoffman island, where they will be
held for ten days for observation. The
effects of all will be thoroughly dis
infected and the steamer will be washed
and disinfected in every part before
being released. DIR. Doty says that
there is no danger of a spread of the
plague, as the whole matter is well in
hand.
1--WE have been at work for long
time" said DR.. Doty tonight, sin an
ticipation of the possible appearance
of bubonic plague from South African
ports. All steamers from those parts.
since the reported presence of plague
there, have been detained at auaran-
tine. The crews have been taken or
board the disinfecting steamer, strip
ped, bathed, and examined for symp-
toms of the plague, and their clothes
and sleeping quarters have been dis
infected. This course has been strict
ly pursued and has at last resulted
in the detection of cases of the dis
ease"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-17
No Flavorino Of Sod. w.+er

Washington, Dec. 17.-Comnissioner
Yerkes of the internal revenue bureau,
has rendered a decision in which he
rules that druggists and others who sell
soda water drinks, claret soda, or SINH
lar beverages to which distilled spirits,
wine, or any compounds thereof are
added In any quantity however small.
are required to pay special tax for retail
liquor dealers, under the internal rev.
enue laws. Under the old rulings drug
gists and others were allowed to add to
soda water and other soft drinks an APP
preciable quantity of distilled spirit or
wines for flavoring purposes. The former
ruling Is revoked to take effect January
l. 1903
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-17
A Million Voices

Could hardly express the thanks of
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ten why. A severe cold had settled on
his lungs, causing most obstinate
cough. Several physicians said he had
consumption, but could not help him.
When all thought he was doomed he
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now weigh 1927 lbs" It's positively
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drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-17
NEW TRIAL FOR MEYsENsuRe
Alleged st. Louis Briber Secures a Re.
verssl of Verdict.

st. Louis, Dec. 17.-In an opinion
handed down yesterday afternoon the
supreme court at Jefferson City re-
yersed the verdict of the st. Louis
circuit court that found guilty Emil A.
lMeysenburg, charged with bribery, and
sremanded the case for retrial
Mr.. Meysenburg, member of the
city council, was charged with accept
L ing money from Charles III. Turner
president of the Suburban Railway
Company, thru Philip Stock, the leg
islative agent" at time when his
vote was desired to aid the passage
of the Suburban bill thru the coun-
Gil.
Meysenburg admitted receiving the
money, but contended that 1t was IN
payment for stock in an electrical COM
pany bought by Turner. In support
of his contention, Meysenburg showed
that he had voted against the Suburban
bill on its passage. This was the first
Of the Doodle" cases tried
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-17
California and South Via Wabash
Railway

Every Wednesday the Wabash runs
a thru tourist car to California. First
class Pullman every day, with only one
change.
To Florida via Wabash in forty eight
hours.
To Mobile and New Orleans in thir-
ty-six hours
To Hot Springs, Ark, in twenty-fo
hours.
If passengers have to change at all on
the Wabash, remember it is always In
union stations.
Cheap winter tourist tickets on sale
to nearly all points.
Call on or write S. w. Flint, P. & r.
A., Des Moines. Iowa.