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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-21
Seven Colored Girls.

Seven colored girls wearing bright-colortd
costumes stood in line before the judge be
cause the police OF the fourth precinct had
arrested them in an alleged disreputab!o
house. Their names were given as Mamie
Harris, Blanche Platter, clara Digss. Al
berta Smallwood. Lula Robinson. Lav.nia
Powers and Mary Brent.
I'VE were in the house when the polio"
came said one of the girls. "Oue of them
wanted me to say the woman had been Sill
ing whisky. l wouldn't say SO, and he ar
rested me-
The police Informed the court that the
character of the girls was bad. and they
were each fined So or two months on the
farm.
Il wasn't shootin crap" declared col
ored boy named Raymond Chiun. against
whom Policeman Barteman had preferred a
charge Of disorder.
He was in the game with several others. d"
the policeman said. and when | appeared
the crowd dispersed
What were you doing in the alley" in
quired the court.
81 went there to get piece If water
melon was the response.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-21

IHdIis loltI sets etc. NuilslSn1nentS received
up to hour Of sale it,
TRUSTEES SALE OF UNlMPROvED Lot on
NORTH SIDE OF DUMBARToN AVENUE
NEAR CORNER OF TWENTY EIGH
STREET NORTHWEST. IN THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON.
BY virtue OF decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the District OF Columbia. passed r Equity Cause
No. 1908 the undersigned, trustees will offer
for sale at public auction in froa u said lot. on
TUESDAY. July TWENTY SECOND, 1902, AT
FIVE O'CLOCK PM, the real estate In Eqrare
1888 In the city Of Washington, District of
lumbia being part Of lot hundl- ID and thirty
ODD. in Thomas Bealls addition to George
town. beginning north side of Dumbar:on ave
uTe at the end of forty feet from the intersection
OF Montgomery and Dumbarton streets and rTn-
ming thence east line with Dimb1rtOn street
twenty t20) feet; thence north parallel 18th Mont
gomery street hundred and twen-y feet; thence
west twenty t2Oj feet; thence hundred
and twenty feet to beginning.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash. oI.ance in equal
installments in and years from day of
sale with interest six per cent per annu,n
payable semi annually and secured by deed OF
trust the property all cash, at option Of
purchaser. \ deposit Of two hundred dollars re-
qured at time Of sale. COnveyanrirg and 1e-
cofding cost of purchaser. Terms Of sale to he
complied with in ten days from day - sale.
]. WORDSWORTH GORDON. Trustee,
$50 y, st NV
GEORGE w. DREW, Trustee.
THOS J. OWEN & SON Auction 1ers iy0-dSds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-21
AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.
D. G. SINCLAIR, Auct.,
Gaa La A,.e n w

Regular TT ESDAY sale. at 10:30 An consist
ing of Bed Room and Parlor Suites, Carpets,
Chairs. % Toilet Sets etc Consignments received
ED % hour Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-21

ETTfiE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED ON iC-
count 80 The rain until TIL KSDAE. JTIY
TWENTY FGI- itrH, 1892, same hour and rlIcc, by
order - the trustees. jyIJ-dN,ls
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18

disappear altogether on week days as
we'll as Sundays, but we appreciate the
practica unwisdom of local administra-
tion's devoting large part Of it's energies
to 80 useless a task as keeping closed sa-
looms that very large part of the pop
ulation wishes kept open.
The trouble with such an organization
as Mr.. Knowles is that 1t Is rarely able
to keep sensible middle course. 1t
abandons, too often, the chance to ac-
complish real substantial good, in the pur-
suit of visions with which most Of us
sympathize but know that they can not
be realized in a few years or even few
generations. Such a society, the chances
are, unless it is administered with ususual
discretion, will antagonize officials who
are dong their best to give their locali-
ties the best administrative results that
can be obtained under existing conditions.
Because the last letter of an unwise law
is not enforced by a mayor, say, it Is apt
in its zeal for the sudden realization Of
the millennium, to oppose him and thus
become the ally of the very elements he
is repressing. Yet we would not discour-
age Mr.. Knowles. His general purpose
is admirable. If his discretion and that
of his associates shall be equally admir-
able the association can do great work.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18


which they could not enter: Even as they
thrilled with pride in her attainments they
felt strange pang, as II their firstborn wers
being gradually stolen and a changelng left
In her place.
What with the weary length Of the four
winters, the brevity Of the summer vacations
and their inevitable absorption in visits to
college chums they felt that the week after
commencement brought her back to them
almost a stranger.
She was certainly no longer the little Katie
who had gone away in tears. Miss Kath-
eryn Bergen was a tall, self-possessed young
woman who wore eyeglasses and clothes Of
a masculine cut
Mr.. Bergen was secretly aggrieved at sight
of the eyeglasses. when she had the maxim
Of such pretty girl,' he said mournfully to
himself, "an' mother an / havin' such good
sight at our age!' He felt that it was high
price to pay for learning.
Mrs. Bergen was shocked by her daughter
taste in clothes Her stiff collars and hideous
vests, the scantiness and brevity of her skirts
and her pronounced fancy for shoes of the
most broad toed and thick -soled variety were
all thorns in the motherly bosom. Size was,
however q woman Of discretion. She recog-
niZed in her daughter much of certain OBJ
stlnacy which long familiarity with Mr.. Ser
gen had taught her to respect So she made
no comment on the distressing changes.
What she did not say Scotville did. Kath-
aryn was more than nine days wonder
she was a perpetual volcano She had lost
none of her original energy; rather it had in
creased by practice. The town needed to be
uplfted, and her hand was ready for the
| work.
So Scotville was introduced to that new
creation, a woman with a purpose, and was
not overpleased. Her old girl friends de.
tected an undercurrent OF patronizng in all
her advances and refused to enthuse over her
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
AN EXAMPLE WORTH INITIATING

The democratic congressional commit
tee is said to be more concerned about
electing heavy weights to the next con-
gress than getting a majority of the
house. The idea is that the best way to
rehabilitate the party is to get before the
public men who will command attention
and respest by virtue of their personal
worth and ability. 1t is said that this
purpose caused very strong pressure to be
brought to bear on Mr.. Lind to become
the party's candidate for congress in this
district.
In his turn Mr.. Lind has insisted that
he must have the incidental support that
will come from the party's putting up good
men for local Offices in the county and
city. 1t is understood that he is strongly
desirous of making the local democracy
both better and more worthy of respect
"a strong, clean and efficient party.
AS republican paper we are free to
commend this purpose. We have always
strongly believed in the desirability of a
strong, active and formidable opposition
party. So unwavering a republican as
Professor Gunton devotes several pages in
the current Issue of his magazine to the
discussion Of the need of a strong opposi-
tion party. The need Is so obvious that it
is scarcely necessary to discuss it before
an intelligent audience. r
Whether moved by Mr.. Lind or by a
spontaneous desire to improve, it is
worthy of remark that for legislature
mayoralty and other Offices the local
democrats are making a pronounced ef-
fort to nominate their best men. If they
are to enjoy landslide this year they
do not purpose to be, caught, as once be-
fore in this county. with their ticket filled
up with makeshifts and nondescripts
Doubtless they are also animated by 6
determination to reinforce an off years
favorable chances and the effects of the
recent city administration by choice Of
good men for their ticket.
In view of these facts it behooves the
republican voter to see that his party
| names it's best men. The public is ir
| too Independent a mood this year to &C.
cept any sort of a nominee because he is
| republican.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
UNITE GOOD SENSE WITH GOOD PUR.
POSE

Rev. Harry W. Knowles, of Duluth, is
credited with starting a movement in
Wisconsin and Minnesota for the enforce
ment of Sunday laws and the suppression
of crime. These are very laudable pur-
poses. A voluntary organizat ion that will
stimulate the conscience, brighten, the
vision and uphold the hands of officers re-
sponsible for the enforcement of law can,
If directed with discretion and energy,
have salutary effect in almost any COM
munity. What is everybody's business,
is nobody's business. There are many
violations Of the law which are injurious
to the community as whole but do not
affect individuals enough to stir them to
action, while officers easily fall into rut
| and become content to attend to-. what
comes to them in ordinary channels.
When it comes to the enforcement of
Sunday laws Mr.. Knowles organization
should proceed very carefully. 1t should
| concentrate it's efforts on those laws that
are supported by public opinion, and
| waste no time and strength on laws that,
however good, are vetoed by public opin :
lOIt anu CduuOIs Lucl elo1e, ever US eueCLu-
! ally enforced.
Among the objects of . the Knowles
movement are Sunday professional base
ball and the Sunday saloon and, we sup
] pose, the Sunday theater. Now the at
tempt to prevent the activity of any OF
| these on Sunday is a matter that should
depend largely on local sentiment and
conditions. A small rural town or even
a city with a certain kind of population
ought to forbid the, Sunday saloon, the
Sunday theater and professional baseball
But we believe that in certain Cities Il
would be mistake to close the theater:
on Sunday and, even. in some to close
the saloons all day. Most people can fint
better way to spend Sunday than at :
cheap. theater, but some will not, ant
many Of these can easily f1nd a far worse
way. We would like to see the saloon,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
IN A NUTSHELL.
@ Ii. Senator Jas. 6. Fair, the 'Bonanza Hing

The tragic death of Mr.: and MRS.. Charles Fair last
Thursday automobile accident France
the that regarding the dis
tributon portion of timely
of the accumuator estate; the late
Senator James Graham Fair.
He born Belfast, Ireland, IN 1884, With his
parents emgrated States
tied Geneva Ill., where he attended public schools.
He completed his studies in Chicago received
business education especial
chemistry and mathematics. He Joined the rush the
gold in 1S49 Though then only 1S
old he displayed such cooness hrewdness good
while the plains that leadership his
voluntarily accorded to him. Arrived in California he
located Feather river but turned HIS attention from
mining search for bodies 1853 he
farming at Petauma but mining,
amassng his dates discovery of the
becoming
Mr. Fair took his residence Virginia City For
he mine superintendent with interests in many
mining
1867 the bonanza kings partnership formed.
consisted of Fair John W. Mackey James c. Flood and Will
OBren These mining captains the
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18


The Minneapolis Journal is in for free
trade" In wheat, which would help build up
the twin cities. but cit passes by on thu
other side, while Tom Shevelin and the rest
of the lumber barons hold UP the farmers
with the; tariff on lumber.-Winnebag City
Press News.
Does it? Where do you find anything
In T he ] o u favoring the main
tenance of the present lumber tariff, a
tariff which is both unnecessary and to a
considerable extent now imperative. The
infant lumbermen have had their share of
protection and every advocate of Canadian
reciprocity must recognize the modihca-
ton Of the lumber tariff as one Of the
concessions we must make in order to Sc
cure desired trade advantages on the
other side of the line for our merchants
and manufacturers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18

Of the Hale and Norcross mines from of California
and subsequently possession Mines in
Guiding the famous California and Consolidated Virginia
The three bonanza mines of this produced alone
$13 00000 Of which divided among the partners
Altogether, they took 5000 100000 worth of silver.
Mr. Fair undoubtedly the strongest the firm
far actual mining operation and concerned
He elected to the United States Nevada
1881 The bonanza kings established OF Nevada
with capital of $O000000 but when 1885, Senator Fair
withdrew from mining he also withdrew
afterwards his partners became involved disastrous
wheat speculation but the senator advanced the to
reorganze the bank
banks credit in moment and cleaned up the wheat deal
Senator Fair died in San Francisco 1894 He had
the elder James c. Jr dying father.
received 81 100000 each from their
estate found to amount to about All
claimants but finally Charles L. his sisters
Mrs. William X Vanderbilt Jr., Hermann Oel-
rchs, got about $50 900 EACH son best to
spend his rapidly his father wife,
Miss Nelson Of Jersey City, not considered good
match by his family but marriage undoubtedly
and benefited him. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
CROPS AND LIVING Cost

Just now there Is easier breathing on
the part of housekeepers because Of the
response of prices of some great food es-
sentials to the favorable crop reports
The prospect OF. harvesting $500, ,O00,00o
bushels Of corn and 650,O00,000 bushels of
wheat brought about positive decline in
prices of some foodstuffs and has affected
somewhat the products of the market gar
den, which have been repulsively high for
some time. The agricultural department
estimates that the corn and. wheat crops
will distance last years record by about
a billion bushels. The drought last year
made the corn crop failure to great
extent and this affected the meat market
through the larger cost of feeding stock.
The phenomenon was seen OF country IN
condition of unprecedented prosperity in
every direction and in every form Of in
dustry, except where there was cessation
of work on account Of the coal strike,
under the pressure of high food prices
through the effect of the crop failure of
1901.
The price lists furnished by the COM
mercial agencies and newspapers show
that the greatly higher cost Of living has
been decidedly modified by the crop out
look. Prices of some leading staple
products are about down to the level of
a year ago as -four, sugar, creamery but
ter cheese, coffee. Corn, oats, and pro-
visions are still somewhat higher and
prices are dependent on the price of corn
which if the present outlook holds good,
will surely be cheaper within two months.
There is small hope in the prospect for
lower meat prices, which remain at a
dizzy height. 1t is, indeed, useless to
look for the greatly lower prices of all
food which obtained in 1S9697. The con-
sumptive power of this nation has
enormously increased with the years, Of
prosperity and the people generally are
better able to stand higher food prices.
1t will take another panic to arrest con-
sumption and bring prices of food COM
modities down to former level. The ad
vance of the price of anthracite coal has
reduced consumption of that article very
materially in many manufacturers have
altered their steam plants so as to burn
the soft coal. The fuel question, also,
enters very urgently in every household
and compels economy.
The only prospect for lower meat prices
is largely dependent upon the increase of
beef cattle, the supply Of which is now
| admitted to be "short." Enormous guam
titles of meat are exported in various
forms, while the beef producing area is
not extending as rapidly as 1t did few
years ago.
There is a most potent argument in this
for the expediting of the arid land recla-
nation process through irrigation.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18

Carlson of the state university, for the repub-
lican nomination for congress. He is urged
as 1.-The man who can beat John Lind" be-
cause he Is Swedish American of command
ing ability, able to cope with Lind on the
stump. and popular enough to hold the
Swedish republican VOTE It's 4ather late for
fourth candidate.
Steenerson's Platform.
Halvor Steenerson, candidate for congress
in the ninth district announces his platform
of which the following is condensed state
ment:
|. First-1 favor tariff revision so as to adjust
schedules to new conditions.
Second-1 favor reciprocity with other na-
tions, in order to extend our trade.
Third favor the position taken by Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the question of our duty
to Cuba. ..
Fourth-As to trusts / favor as remedy
the restoration of the rule of equal rights
and privileges to none in the transportation
service of our country 1nasmuch las these
monopolistic combinations which flourish by
driving out competition and gaining absolute
control of the market in their particular lines,
and thus extort undue gain and unearned
profit from the people. owe their origin and
continued sway almost entirely to unjust dis
elimination, undue preference and advantage
in the transport alton service of the country,
believe that the way to remedy this evil is
to remove the chief cause of its existence.
hold that the transportation service, both
as to persons and things, is pubic service,
and that 1t is the right and duty of the gov
ernment to so regulate it to give all the
people equal rights to that service.
| One of the evidences of the Dowlng raid
on Volstead territory is in the Tyler Journal,
which "f1opped'. last week and declared fo1
Bowling. 1t justifies deserting Volstead on
the ground that he cannot be nominated.
Senator NJ. r. Everett of Waterville has
announced himself a candidate for renomina-
! ton at the hands of the democrats of LIE
4 Sueur county:
| w E. Harrington of Hutchinson has a,
last consented to run as the republican can
! ddate for the state senate in Mcleod county
and his fellow republicans are jubilant. y He
| is popular and clean young business man
and was on the last republican state commit
tee. Senator Sivright has declined to run fol
! re-election. f~-,-= -c-Gharles B.. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18

Copyright, 1902, by McClures Newspaper
,s4EcEHc- syndicate.) ~.'@ 5@r"T":
Mr. and Mrs. Bergen believed in higher
education, for women, or, as they told. each
other, "werwill give Katie the chances we
didn't have" .ag5i :. - =
Katie was a wild, awkward slip Of girl
who wept salt tears when her destiny was
unfolded. She. never, never would go off, to
that eastern college. She would die Of home
sickness. Mrs. Bergen quite melted at the
picture, but her husband was firm. 1t was
best for her to go, and go she did. -.
But the energy that had made her child
hood perilous one flowed readily into the
new channels. The first month found her
contented, the second enthusiastic: The let
ters which told of quizzes,, exams and profs
grew more and more unintelligible to the two
old people. She. was living in world into
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18

An interesting feature in the political fight
in the first congressional district is the fact
that the entire twin city press Is devoting a
large amount of space in opposing James A.
Tawney on account of his stand ON the Gu
ban reciprocity affair, yet we have failed to
see these same papers attack their own con-
gressmen,, who stood exactly In the same
position with Mr.. Tawney on this question
Blooming Prairie Times.
Our Blooming contemporary is evidently
a careless reader, at least SO far as this
paper is concerned. The Jour n a | is
making. no attack on Mr.. Tawney, al
though it has no use for the Cuban policy
which he and nearly all the Minnesota
delegation pursued in congress. If what
has been said against that policy particu-
1arly disturbs him or his friends, he and
they must be peculiarly sensitive for some
reason with which The Journal has
nothing to do: for. as a matter OF fact,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
The Journal is OF sale at the news
stands of the following hotels:

The Journ al is OF sale at the news
stands of the following hotels:
Pittsburg, Pa.-Du Quesne.
Salt Lake City, Utah-The Knutsford.
Omaha, Neb-Paxton Hotel
Los Angeles, Cal.-Hotel Van Nuys.
Denver, Ool.-Brown's Palace Hotel.
st. Louis, Mo.-Planters' Hotel, Southern
Hotel.
Kansas City, Mo.-Coates House.
Boston, Aass.--Young's Hotel, United
States ToursAne.
Cleveland, Ohio-F1ollenden House, Weddell
House
Cincinnati Chio-Grand Hotel.
Detroit, Mioh.-Russell House, Cadillac.
Washington, D. C.-Arlington Hotel, Ra-
leigh
Chicago Iu.-Auditorium Annex, Great
Northern
New York City-1mperial, Holland, Murray
Hill, Waldorf.
Spokane, Wash.-Spokane Hotel.
Tacoma Wash.-Tucoma Hotel.
Seattle, Wash.-Butler Hotel.
Portland. Oregcn-Portland Hotel, Perkins
Hotel.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
VETERANS COLOR: LINE
Richmond, Va, Dispatch.

- R1chm0nd, va, Dispatch. =
r. By this time it ought to be pretty well un-
derstood between the G. A. r. men Of Phila-
delphia and the confederate camps OF Rich
nnond that the former will not march in a
procession where the rebel flag is dis
played and that the latter will bolt any pa
rade or entertainment in. which the negro
appears as, a social equal ..z
It is also we'll settled, we believe. that the
Philadelphians will not require their ,ccolored
members, in Posts where there are such
members to take back seats. -. :, -, :.
So, it would seem that these veterans or
carnations will have to agree to disagree.
That, however. need not prevent gentlemen
from. Philadelphia and gentlemen from Rich
mond meeting socially, on proper occasions
and exchanging the compliments of the sea-
son and narratives Of war experiences. Any
other serte Of reunion would be liable to cause
friction. j.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-18
The organization of an independent bis

The organization of an independent bis
cult company N Minneapolis Is another
sign that will encourage those who be-
lieve that the era Of competition has not
yet been gathered into history. The dis
position of the combines to rise above local
considerations leaves a loophole for COM
petition. A company composed Of local
capital and employing local workmen has
strong backing for battle, even with a
great trust.