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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
Contract for Tree Boxes.

The Superintendent OF Property has
sent to the District Commissioners a
schedule Of the proposals received for
furnishing lumber for tree stakes and
tree boxes during the present fiscal
year. He recommends that the contract
be awarded to Messrs. Church (
Stephenson. OF this city
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Bay Ridge, the Queen Resort of the
Chesapeake Bay.

salt water Bathing, Orchestra and Dancing.
Boating Fishing and Grabbing EminentIy
adapted Tor church ard organization cxcur-
sions Good hotel accommodations, specially
attractive for Washington folks for over sun
day outings. Trains leave p. & o. r. Il. sta
ton $40 . N. and 30 p. m week days:
9:I0 a. n. and 10 p. m Sundays.
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METROPOLITAN POLICE
PERSONALS AND GOSSIP
Lieutenant HollinbeTger OF on Virginia
Trip for His Health

Lieutenant HoIlinberger, OF the Fourth
precinct, enc OF the Oldest members OF
the force, is visiting relatives il Viz
ginia. He has been in exceeding i'll
health OF late, and it is thought the trip
win be OF benefit. Although now al
most seventy years OF age, Lieutenant
HoIhnbergeT is still active, and has the
record of having one OF the best pre-
cincts in the city During his absence
Sergeant David Dunnigan is acting lieu
tenant
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27

Academy of Music-"The Span of Life. -
evening
Herman s-Topsy Turvy Burlesquers
afternoon and evening.
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Temperature and condition Of the wa
ter at s a m-:-DalecaTia reservoir
Temperature. IS: condition at north con-
nection. SO; condition at south connec-
tion. So.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
THREE PEOPLE ARE
MINUS THEIR TRUNKS
Honest Expressman Tries in Vain to
Locate the 0wners-Finally
Seeks Aid of Detectives.

Morton Lewis, an expressman. Fesid-
ing at 425 Ridge Street northwest. has
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An Acknowledged Supremacy.

Guides floral designs are accepted as the best
representative OF florists art. 1924 + ST
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news And GOSSIP
FROM GEORGETOWN

The suburban telephone system for
the convenience Of Chevy Chase. Tenley-
town, Somerset Heights. and interven-
ing country Is now in operation under
the control Of the Chesapeake and Pc
tomac Telephone Company The ex-
change is located at Somerset Heights
and is operated by Mrs Willis Davis.
The funeral Of Mr. s Rudolph Glad
mon, who died Monday at his home. 1898
Prospect Avenue northwest, after a
three weeks Illness from dropsy, viii
take place tomorrow afternoon SeTv-
ices viii be held at Oak Hill Chapel.
and :he interment viii be at Oak HIT
Cemetery Mr. Gladmon was fifty-tvo
years Of age and is survived by a widow
and seven children.
Thomas J. Giles has sold to Reuben
r. Simpson lots 1 and 2, block Is. of the
subdivision OF Reno in Ter Ieytown
Mr. s Thomas Brown has returned
from two weeks stay in the noun
tains
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WEATHER INDICATIONS
CONDITION OF THE WATER.

Fair tonight and THURSDAY; light vari-
able winds.
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STRFET LIGHTING.

High tide.......-..1:49 a m and 2:10 Pr
Low tide-----.--..S:3S an. and $50 p.
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Build n0w-Lumber reasonabIe-Rustic
siding. s1.T5 per 100 IL. al 9th and y y ave,
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THE SUN AND THE MOON.
TIDE TABLE.

Sun rises -5:23 am. Sun sets $40 pm
Moon rises. As pm. Moor sets. 1890.
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ASSESSMENTS

Lamps lit today ...............7:16 p. N.
Lamps out tomorrow a. n.
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MATTERS Oh INTEREST
IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS

The proposal of Ltttlefeid, Alvord &
Co. to haul broken stone from the
New York Avenue yards OF the Ba1ti-
more and Ohio Railway to the Tenley-
town road, between Galveston Street
ana the Pierce Mill road. for S1.34 a Gu
bic yard, has been accepted by the
Commissioners.
The Commissioners have accepted the
proposal Of W c. Dodge to sell to the
District the east 9971 by G1-67 feet OF
lot ), in the square bounded by Virginia
Avenue, G, Third and Fourth Streets
southeast, for the sum of 81 944. on con-
dlt1on that the present owners can give
satisfactory title for the land. The
land 10 be purchased is TO be used for
a school site.
Eugene C. Hannah, Of 1916 New Jer-
sey Avenue northwest, will be granted
permission to use one sewer for houses
400 and All First Street southeast, on
the ground that the billings in ques
tion are in a diIapidstGI condition and
are not considered permanent improve
ments by the Sewer Department.
The Commissioners have refused per-
mission TO Joseph Burden, of COS G
Street northwest, to take up and relay
a portion of sidewalk in front of 2030
Fourteenth Street northwest, and to ex-
/ tend the sidewalk to the building line
on the Y Street side OF said premises.
1t is against the policy OF the Commits
sioners to replace a bTicked parking
with cement on residence Streets
John and Susan B. Leahy will be
granted refund of $3.50. being dupli-
cate payment Of the assessment for
sidewalk against sub-lot I64 in the
square bounded by E. T. Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Streets northeast.
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Detective Sergeant Watson. the terror
Of policy players, has left Headquarters
for dve-day bear hunting expedition at
Harper's Ferry. Several days ago g
cinnamon bear escaped from its keeper
at that resort and since that time has
caused the guests al various hotels there
considerable unrest.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27

Detective Sergeant Baur goes 70 Har-
peT's Ferry tomorrow with his family.
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The little daughter of Detective Ser
geant Pat O'Brien is critically i'll IN
Providence Hospital. suffering from ty-
phOid fever.
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Beautiful New Georgia Flooring, sa.5o

per 100 it.; No. l quality. F. Lfbbey q Co.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27

Policeman Thomas HoEIinberger. Of
the Third precinct, has gone on a FIVE
day trip TO Niagara Falls
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Sergeant ". F. Falvey, Of the Ninth
police precinct, IS spending his vaca-
ton with his family at Atlantic City.
He win return to duty on Saturday.
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what APPEAR TO Ne . seheoe %
Fitch Funds from The CshAn
Treasury.

Secretary Root appears TO have all
the elements of the practical pobti-
clan of the New York machine stripe
He knows how to get funds 10 carry
on any campaign he is interested in
Secretary Root appears to have The
Cuba reciprocity cause very much -
heart for at his instance the Cuban
military government. which we have
just withdrawn from the island. en-
triot, who is always for the "Old Flag
and an Appropriation" 7. H. Ihuroer
TO enlighten the American people on
the needs of Cuba and the poverty OF
the sugar trust.
This kind interest of Secretary
| Root in the cause of the sugar trust
appears 10 have appealed TO the gen.
erosity of Gen. Wood to donate and
caused him to make a donation to the
sugar trust campaign fund for reel
procity. The generals salary was q
handsome one. some $4,000 a year
but,the Root training. OF perhaps his
orders, persuaded Wood that the
Cuban government funds would be
the proper source for the sugar trust
campaign fund TO come from. The
Thurber mode of campaigning is b,
circular letter. and Is expensive. al
will be seen from the following bill
which Gen. Wood ordered paid. Not
only that one. but three more of sim
liar amount. of which the following
is a true copy:
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PROFITS OF THE STEEL TRUST
For~Ixn~vs Get the Good Cheap
while American Conssness
ray Trust Prtces-

Men on the inside say that the
United States steel trust will. for the
first quarter Of its second year, when
ends June 30. make profits at the rate
of $50. 100000 a year No other In
dus,ry on earth can show half as great
profits -,
This worlds greatest Industrial
giant ships its products 80 every coun-
try OF the globe. OF course 1t cannon
dictate prices in other countries. Ike
IL can in this tarif protected hose
OF trusts. but il car well afford. IS its
profits show. TO meet the prices OF
its unprotected competitors in foreign
countries.
Mr.. John w. Gates testified that his
trust supplies two-thirds OF all naiis
consumed in England He could have
added at from one-half 10 two-thirds
Of the price charged for the same
nails in this country. The steel rrss
supplies the world with barbed WIRE
i, also sells other wire. steel rails
structural steel and many other KINDS
! Of goods. all Of which are sold 10 for
| ~eirners at greatly reduced prices
Even tin plate is being sold at q
| dollar per box below the regular Amer
lean price. when IL is to be used TOT
packare to be exported
Based partly upon the difference
between the domestic and export
prices OF the steel TRUSTS products.
and partly upon the 4 c that prices
here are so high that many KINGS Oh
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-04
A BOYS LETTER.
He Wrote 10 His Father ana Incl
d~entaIIy Reminded Him OF the
Fourth of July.

An Omaha boy who is spending the
summer with his grandmother in the
western part of the state writes asfol-
lows to his fond papa:
Dear Papa:-l am very well and
having a good time please send me .
dollar 10 spend on the Fourth Of July.
Grandma has been well all summe and
they are selling W punches Of fire.
| crackers for 5 cents here i have got 80
cents saved up to buy fireworks will
you please send me a pistol and a LOT
Of paper caps Last Sunday ! went 10
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HUMOROUS.

sWhat was u the shoemaker dr.
of" II don't know, bat ! heard some
one say he bresthed his last-"--lndisn'
apolis News.
Mammon's Acrobatics.-"A financial
crash, and poor fellow, he went 1nder.'
sand then she threw him over, hear."
baltimore Hers.c.
"He says hat his proudest boastis
that he never forgets a kindness"
"That's right. lie never forgets one
that he does you. and he won't let you
forget II Observation-Disclosures Press.
Shrink It.-Mr. William Goat-"Oh-
dear me, ] ate too much OF that red
flannel undershirt ! pulled of the
clothesline this morning" Mrs. Nanny
Goat-"Why don't you take a drink OF
water ?"-Ohio State Journal.
Lady Di-"But IL you are such 6
martyr 10 govt. why don't you try the
new Hygeia powders that are so az
tensiyely advertised? They did my
husband a world of good Decayed
Millionaire-"Ah! But I am then
wretched proprietor."-Punch-
Very Wily-"What makes you make
your speeches so obscure?" AS a com
pliment to my audiences" answered
the orator. But they don't under
stand them" mo. But it fiatters
them TO think ] credit them with sc
much intelligence as to be able to-
Washington Star.
Its a funny thing TO me-" solio
quized the one with the pole. h IL
these days o. progress in inventor
somebody hain't got up a labol
savin' device fer catchin' fish. Now
/ s'pose that ICONS ! git asleep some
fool nsh'n grab that bais an I'll have
10 wake up an pull him out.'-lndian
apolis News.
4 Pessimistic Wail.-"They say
cabinet ocer only has about sl.oo
the advantage Of Ball-player Lajoie-'
ats a shame amt il, the way thing
are uneveniy distributed in this world.
Think Of a cabinet officer. who couldn
tell a bunt from a home run. getting
all of $4,000 a year. What's this coun
try coming toT'-Cleveland Plan
Dealer.
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could see the earth again. lum.nou,
il a pale green glow and apparently

il a pale green glow and apparently
soaring steadily toward me. Then J
could see blotches 81 darker shad
owy green. the river looked broader
and now l could see the lake as IL
coming up directly under me. ~silyerJ
blue. Then | heard a murmur rs OF
many distant voices which grew loud
er and louder. ] heard cheers ani
looked over for the last time. ! wal
falling so swiftly now that | prayed
and thought Of my mother by turns.
Then l covered my face with my
hands and waited for the crash.
"But suddenly the basket in whicr
! crouched stopped with a sudder
jerk. and then the big silken bag
came softly rustling down over me
/ felt another gentle bump, the
voices were ringing in my ears. and
l felt a hundred hands pulling away
Mt the empty balloon. When ! came
TO / was in a hammock or the porch
Of the little hotel near the lake. ]
wasn't hurt in the least, and my
mother. laughing. crying and thank
ing God in her reverent old Irish way
was holding my hands. ] had de
scended within a hundred yards o.
the place ] had started from and hac
spent nearly three hours at a great
altitude. OF course my motisr was
wild with fear. but Prof. Winball
who knew his business, treasured he
.omewhat by his W certainty tina
the absolute stiffness of the al
would Insure my safe descent nea'
by. His only worry was that I'd fal
in the lake. and n score Of boats wer'
p~atrolling the waters watching 10
me. The balloon anchor was VIVA
caused the first jolt rs | swept down
ward, but ii broke the force OF tn
fall and probably saved me from
broken limb at least. No. | neve
went near n balloon again, but III
not sorry for the experience."-Chl
cago Record Herald.
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Then the round. broAn. freckled face
OF a small boy peeped over the rim OF
the basket. A woman screamed and
boy Of Elwood. Kan, went sailing to-
ward the zenith alone in a slender
basket. swinging by four taut cords,
with the upward sweeping bulb Of yell
low silk lifting him beyond the sound
Of voices and into the mcasureless
space where the winds are free andthe
world is but q silver-striped ball OF
green and yellow.
"When | looked over the edge OF that
basket" sand superintendent Emmett,
telling the story yesterday: II didn't
realize that | was going up. For five
| minutes or more IL seemed to me that
| the earth had suddenly dropped down
ward into space. ] heard my mother
scream and wasvaguely convinced that
she had felt the earth dropping under
| her and was frightened. II didn't oc-
/ cur 10 me that ! was in danger. j
rather felt that / was lucky to be in a
balloon at the very moment when the
world fell from its place. ] speculated
upon what would happen when the
globe went crash against the moon.
aRi selfshly chuckled at the thought
that !. at least. woul9n: be in the
smash-up.
"The only breeze ! felt seemed 10
come straight down from above. |
dropped my cap out and II fell like a
pound Of lead. Then. for the first time,
began to realize that ! was going up
and the earth was standing still. doing
business in the same old place. For a
quarter of an hour the ground below
me looked like a concave basin. The
horizon seemed like the high outef
rim. and below me. 50 far that the PEG
pie looked like small bugs. was the
bottom of the hollow dish. To the
west. lie a yellow ribbon, winding
among green fields and forests and
squares Of golden harvest field. the
Missouri river lay flashing in the sun
Lake Contrary, n sheet Of water foui
miles long. looked like the half-closed
blue eve ~ n woman. st. Joe. smokeles;
and spangled with tin roofs and glass
seemed almost beneath me. like a TO,
village on n checkerboard. It's hills fat
tened and its streets merely dotted
with crawling specks.
at must have been past six O'Clock il
the evening when the balloon let 60
The sun was low. and yet before it sc
beyond the Kansas plains the world n
longer looked fiat. just as the sur
monstrous in size and brazen with tn
dull color that you have seen at sur
set. struck the horizon. the world sud
; denly assumed the appearance OF
globe. The lake below me, now lool
ing like a silver dime, seemed hk
: the apex of the sphere, and Their
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as the sun dropped below tne
sky line. shadows crept about It,
/ saw. like stars reflected in the
water, the city's lights shining
dimly below. Soon the globe. down
upon which | gazed with fascinating
interest, lost all color. The pale lights
seemed to be swimming round and
round. But yet my balloon, stillin the
suns half light. was luminous with a
pale yellow glow.
IL became fascinated with the
sparks Of light and streaks OF fiery
red that then began to glimmer
flash in tiny lines and arcs upon the
earth. Sometimes a muffied roar like
TINT Of thunder and then the crack
% lesser noises would reach my ears,
and | began TO fancy that 1 was far
above the clouds and vas looking
down upon n miniature thunder
storm. But finally | remembered
that IL was the Fourth, and then ]
knew that the disturbed area upon
which / saw so many little darting
LIGHTS was st. Joe and its evening
display of Roman candles, rockets
and bombs. They all seemed very
triHing and pitiful to me then. and
/ remembered c~onceiving a genuine
contempt for so small a thing as
pack or even a box OF ~hrecrackers.
..Then | noticed that the breeze nc
longer blew downward upon my bare
head. watched the bag which hat
been rotund and bullying. and saw
that its sides were denied and a
by. I found n package of cards II
the basket, advertisements for tn'
balloonist. and throwing them ou'
saw that they sailed lazily upward.
"T'm falling.'I m~urmured, and fcl
the first time bccai.ie conscious O
!. the most terrible fear. Ny hair wa
, rather long. and stood on end part
!, " with terror and partly from tn
/ upward drnught through which
was descending more rapidly eac
second. The moon pecpcd over tn
eastern hills suddenly. and then
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Sunday school and the teacher told Us
about feeding five thousand with five
loaves and two fishes are you going to
send me a box Of fireworks like you
did last summer. / saw a box kite in a
store yesterday and the man said you
can send it up with a bunch of crackers
on it at night and make a fine sight
would like to have a box kite for the
fourth. We are all we'll at present q
hope you are enjoying the same great
blessing whatare roman candies worth
in Omaha.
81 must close don't forgetthe dollar.
Kiss m and the baby for me when
will you send the money. Goodby'
From your loving o
OF course the boy will get the dol
lar II papa had to sell his coat on his
back. The small boy must have a big
time on the Fourth, no matter what
happens.
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CHINAMAN ON THE RACES.
So. the White II Ambitions to Excei
ms Compared with Red. Brown
and Yellow

The Mercury, an evening newspaper
published at Shanghai, China, iof
$4,000 per year payable quarterly 10
advance" and dated I'D Moon. 9th
Day. 2sth Year of ii. j. NJ. Kuang Hsu,
or Wednesday, April 10, 1902, contains
an interesting article on the effects OF
the Anglo-Japanese treaty on eastern
Asia, translated from a native chinese
paper. SAYS the Seattle CWash.) Post
I~ntelligencer The article says:
"Ciyilization has advanced so much
! that we now know that all nations are
derived from one common ancestor.
The varieties of race have been pro-
duced by climate and location and re
ligion. But the white race Is am
bilious for a paramount position over
the red. brown. and yellow races. The
hitter races have no such desire 10
rule over the white. In fact as the
white rises the other cofors sink un-
der them"
The writer sorrowfully adpits thai
"the red. brown. and yellow races are
slow in advancing and cannot keep up
to the white" and he asserts that
"there are some foreigners who are
not willing TO make allowances for this
ard have devised a theory out OF the
seven davs of creation TO the enecs
that the other races. exclusive OF the
white. were merely transmogrifed
monkeys"
He insists that "in the United States
they have another sort Of doctrine to
the effect that man and birds are an
ferent. The colored people are TIT
birds and man should use them as
slaves and Interiors" And he ce'
clares "the Americans are to-day de
v;sing fresh exclusion bills against
Chinese workmen and even against
~Japanese. In view Of all this. what be
comes of the much-talked OF interna'
tional law? Oh. II does not apply Il
these matters. forsooth. But do no.
be surprised. That precious interna
tioral law follows the power which u
mirhtiest. and Is modified accordingl,
10 suit circumstances
After much more of this discussion
J amusing TO us and earnest 20 him NJ
declares. "if China does not quickly re
J form. and is swallowed up by othe
nations. il will come true that ID
/ white race will actually rule the vel
I low race. II this disgrace is 10 D
, averted IL entirely depends on hin
herself"
The author then directs the after
tion OF his fellow-Chinese TO Japai
.she." he says. "has rapidly advance
IN civilization. so that she Is able I
: stand up for her own rights agains
the white races. She boldly says fns
: che also belongs TO the white rae
I She says that there are red and yelio'
white races. TO which class she D.
longs, and therefore the western n
, lions need not boast OF he'll whit
race. The japanese will not conseI
20 be under their feet. Hence Il
white race praise her with q certa'
undertone OF Jealousy"
Such outpourings prove tina u
lives lost during the Boxer outbre'
were not sacrificed in vain; that Chir
u waking up.
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DRIFT OF OPINION.

Senator Elkins is somewhat
right when he says President Roose-
veit's message TO congress on Cuban
reciprocity is applying the water
cure TO congress"
The friction between the civil
and military governments in the Phil.
ippines Is still s~mouldering, though
the home administration has ordered
them TO get together.
"A billion-dollar congress start
led the country a few years ago; .
two billion congress now seems prob
able. In the former case a democratic
victory was the result What will the
harvest be this year?
These breakfasts at Hanna's
house, attended by the president and
his hackers. look very much like an
attempt upon the part Of Hanna to
tie up Mr.. Roosevelt as he attempted
TO lasso the labor leaders.
President Roosevelt has given
congress another sand-bagging ON
| Cuban reciprocity. but the last week
does not offer any new inducement
over what he said in his former mes
age. Republican congressman are
not generally mulish. and hate to get
out Of touch with the piecounter.
-This congress is nearing 3D.
journmcnt,a and. like the F~ifty-sixth con
gress. has done aothing 10 lower The
tariff on trust productions. which Nj.
Hanna says keep on letting wss
enough Alone This may bet ven
enough for the foreigners who Z
buv the trust articles cheaper THAI
we can. b..t. then. republican rule
~omes nj. h. 4; We must have IL