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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Costly Strikes and Lockouts.

With the close of Saturday the working
men of New York. skilled and unskilled, had
lost just about $12,Oo0Oo0 in wages since
the opening of the war between the unions
and the bosses twenty-four days ago. The
capitalists whose money is invested in ma
terial supply plants and yards and in build
ing enterprises have of course lost much
more heavily. Indeed. the general losses
must range into the hundreds of millions.
IL the estimate is made to include the i'm
mediate profits of those engaged in build
ing works and in the sale Of goods and also
the effect upon business in general of
complete stoppage of all constructions. The
prospective occupants of buildings are set
back by the delay, while the owners of
buildings which are to be placed on the
market for rent have lost their profits. An
other factor in the equation Is the people to
whom the money spent in wages and cost
of materials and the like represents income.
the merchants of all classes and grades The
metropolis has. in short. been suffering from
an acute case of suspended circulation to
the extent of the millions involved in these
great and widely ramified works.
How much longer can the opponents stand
the strain? Both sides are bitter and ap-
parently are determined to stick by their
positions. The employers have not ANAL
Samated as compactly as was at first
thought to be possible, and they are not
presenting a solid front of determination
On the other hand, the unions are not alto
sether harmonious to demands and
issues. but despite these schisms there are
no signs of dissolution of the obstinacy of
either
Today in Philadelphia almost all of the
great textile works were closed because of a
strike of the operatives, who are demanding
more pay and shorter hours. Fully 10000
are idle In consequence and the wage loss
will be a heavy one. The entire city must
inevitably feel the consequences in short
order. Both sides are determined to fight
TO finish. Up in Massachusetts several of
the large mill cities are afflicted with the
same disease, and the workpeople are in
considerable distress already in consequence
OF the prolonged shutdown. If this tendency
prevails much longer the summer of 1903
Will be marked as one of the idIest and
leanest ever known In America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
By Fire and Flood.

The disasters now devastating the cities
of the Missouri-Kansas valley are appalling
in their extent and remarkable In charac-
ter. North Topeka is not only inundated
but burned. Fire and flood together have
visited it and many of those who have es-
capped from one element have been de-
stroyed by the other. Such a calamity
shocks the country from end to end and
doubtless no time will be lost in extending
relief to the unfortunates who have been
rendered homeless. Estimates of the num-
Der of the dead are thus far only partial
and are untrustworthy. for in both Topeka
and Kansas City the disaster has democrat
lied all agencies for collecting the news.
AS in the Galveston horror many bodies
have probably been swept out into the
great rivers to be carried toward the sea,
maybe never to be recovered or If found not
to be identified. The list of the missing
will be unusually large.
The floods which have occurred during
the past week originated in phenomenal
rainfall. Having passed through period
of drought the farmers were eager for
rain, but it came in such abundance that
their rejoicings were soon turned to dis
tress. The storms followed one another so
closely that the ground had no chance to
Qry out before II was TeSOdkeU anu the
surplus waters flowed swiftly into the little
streams, choking them and swelling the
larger ones. Steadily the waters rose until
flood stage was reached last Friday and
Saturday, and at Topeka the Kansas river
broke beyond bounds and swept through
the town. carrying houses off their founda-
tons. The fires were caused by singular
circumstance. The rising waters crept into
a large building material yard and slaked
some lime there stored. This set fire to a
lumberpile and On account of the condition
of the streets. the fire engines could not
reach the scene, so that in a short time
the blazing lumber was afioat and scatter
ing embers among the drifting buildings,
setting fire in all directions beyond the
reach of the rescuers and the firemen.
The stories wired east of the fires and
flood are replete with instances of heroisrn.
Men risked their lives freely in an effort
to save others. 1t is always thus. When
a great peril confronts a community there
Is no hesitation on the part of those whom
fortune has favored to advance to the
rescue of the less secure In every disas-
ter there are men who measure well up to
the ideal of unselfshness. They seek no
notoriety, ask only success, and when their
work is done retire into obscurity. These
are the real heroes of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Low and Roosevelt.

Low stock In New York is showing some
thing of the strength that Roosevelt STOCK
Shows throughout the country. The people
are making themselves heard, and the poll
ticfans are falling in line. 1t is q certainty
now that Mr. Roosevelt, If he lives, will be
nominated to succeed himself in the White
House and the chances are nine in ten that
Mr. Low will again head the fusion ticket
as the candidate for mayor of the great
metropolis. The argument in both cases is
the same. If the record is worthy of in
dorsement the campaign for Endorsement
ehould be made under the leadership of the
IMAM now in office.
The fight against the two men. however
within the ranks of those whose support
lyave them their opportunities, has been
biased upon very different lines. 1t has been
urged against Mr.. Roosevelt that he is 100
sardent, too aggressive, and therefore I'M
safe He takes too many risks. He wants
ito do too much. He is going beyond the
Legitimate functions of his great place.
Some of the politicians would feel more
comfortable with conventional man at
Hhe helm But the rank and file of the re-
publican party have no fear, and SO the
politicians have been obliged to abandon
further open show of theirs. They, too, are
shouting now for Roosevelt.
The critics of Mr.. Low nave Iouilu iiiiH
too conservative. Some of them have used
the word timid. They have complained
that he has not moved with sufficient en-
ergy With city government permeated
with the vicious practices of Tammany'
and calling for rapid and thorough reforma-
ton, the duty of the hour required a stern
and merciless procedure. Mr. Low has
Seemed to some people to be too cautious
They have clamored for touch OF Roose-
Welt in the affairs at city hall. But the rank
and file of the fusion forces, after casting
up the account to date have come to the
conclusion that Mr.. Low has done exceed
ingly we'll in office. and merits another term
as mayor. They are willing to support him
again. and the politicians are beginning to
note the fact and shape their own course
accordingly.
The managing politicians are not to be
despised at any stage Of the game. They
are very useful and at times very saga
cious. But they are not as Is sometimes
supposed all powerful. They do not make
and unmake men easily as Is commonly
supposed. Strong men with opportunities
make and unmake themselves. When they
demonstrate an honest and earnest purpose
in the public behalf the people are quick to
see. and many times are as quick to re-
ward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
.ceeded until the Balkans have become a

,ceeded until the Balkans have become a
sinkhOle of iniquity. Lately the Bulgarians
have adopted extraordinary measures both
to start conflict and to attract interna-
tional attention to the situation. The revo-
lutionists- kidnapped Miss Ellen Stone. an
American missionary, and held her for a
ransom which, it was fairly well under
Stood, should go into the treasury OF the
Macedonian junta. This event advertised
the deplorable condition of the Balkans as
seldom before in time of peace. But it
failed to arouse the United States to more
than a business-like promptness In provid-
ing the ransom, while Europe yawned and
awaited the next development Then fol-
lowed more desperate movements by the
revolutionists, an organized assault at arms
upon the sultan's forces and a deliberate
attempt to cast discredit upon the reforms
half-heartedly adopted by the powers and
forced upon the sultan as makeshift
measure. Some dare-devils threw bombs
into bank at Salonika, merely to make
noise and destroy property as sign to
Europe that the Balkan pot was boiling
Now comes the last touch of Bulgarian
militant enterprise, the fiendish suggestion
that if the powers do not wake up and act
toward the enforcement of the Berlin
treaty the revolutionists will infect Con-
stantinople Salonika and even Berlin with
the bubonic plague, bacilli of which they
have secured for that purpose. An cpl
demic of the plague in the cities named.
even in these days of advanced medical and
sanitary measures, would be frightful dis
aster, carrying off thousands of innocent
people. In Constantinople especially would
such a disease thrive. owing to the I'M
Tow nrf n a
metropolis. Whether the agitators actually
contemplate this barbarous and murderous
project remains a question They are des-
perate characters and their record justifies
the assumption that they would hesitate at
nothing not even at so horrible a meas
ure. The chances are, however, that the
announcement is bluff" its purpose be-
ing accomplished by widespread publica-
ton which calls renewed attention by the
world to the deplorable conditions In the
al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Mr.. Chamberlain.

Mr.. Chamberlain's tariff proposal De-
comes the more interesting upon exam1na-
ton. He is playing world politics, and the
world Is beginning to give attention VIII
1t end in his being advanced to the premier
ship? His appearance in that important
post would be a notable matter He Is re-
garded both at home and abroad as the
strongest all-round man among the English
statesmen Of the day, and one singularly
well equipped to grapple with the foremost
problem of the day. The watchword IS
markets-how to secure them. and how to
hold them when secured Competition is
red-hot. and still 'aheatin'," and on all
sides Is to be observed strenuous effort
to keep near the head of the procession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
The Plague Threat of the Bulearians

The world has grown beyond the belief
shat all is fair in war" Civilization has
been marked by no advancement more
surely than by the gradual evolution of
what are known as the rules OF war. GER
tain general limitations upon the military
enterprise Of commanders which are en-
forced by International public opinion
These rules were in some degree formu-
lated at the so-called peace conference at
The Hague. which scored a gain for greater
humanity in the conduct of campaigns.
Certain nations are not expected to observe
strictly such rules. being beyond the pale
OF civilization. But the Bulgarians cannot
be classified as among the uncivilized and
ignorant. They are well informed as to
world events and keenly appreciative of in
ternational affairs. They can see only ona
large fact In the horizon. the Berlin treaty
which guaranteed TO the Christians of the
Balkan states immunity from the persecu-
tions of the Turk. That treaty has been
shamefuhy violated by the sultan and ig-
nored by its signers whenever 1t has pleased
them to do so. II is in certain respects a
dead letter in European affairs today. The
Bulgarians, with other Balkan agitators
have made every effort to arouse the pow
ers to sense of duty in the premises They
have waged revolutions. have sought to
precipitate war between the Christian pow
ers and the Turk, and have even tried to
set the Christian powers to fight among
themselves, believing that their last s/ate
can be no. worse than their first. and that
they have everything to gain and nothing
TO hose by readjustment. Meanwhile the
outrages against the Christians have pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

Bremers a;ss ssisfsfe as from blight Then
arose tie slesdfW rcitixens. fearful OF the
future. and sBesAfred themselves In the
cause of mukiEEAF rectitude. They began
to talk sharply to the members of the coun-
ell who had persisted in issuing. licenses re-
gardless of the mayors protests. and pub
lie sentiment. dormant during the days OF
fictitious prosperity began to rise In indig-
nation. A reform movement set In, and IN
consequence there has been general clear
ing out Of the dives and the naval author
titles are relenting and perhaps IN time
Bremerton may be received again into the
official fold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Minister'S Salaries.

From the Chicago Record-Hera1d.
The ministry is vocation that calls for
higher standards of scholarship and greater
capacity for leadership and sacrifice than
ever before. AS the worn-out preachers
who have saved nothing must go upon the
roll Of annuitants and add to the burden
Of the churches. would it not be better
policy to pay them larger salaries in the
days. OF their greatest power and useful
ness?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
A Yearning for Courtesy.

4 why do you sigh for great richest" e
WELL answered the mild-manneretl
man, Il don't value money for it's own
sake, but I'd kind o. like to be In a posi-
ton where the subordinate employees Of
large enterprises will say good morning,
SIR instead of step lively"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Pensions as Bait.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

Mr.. Chamberlain is feeling his way shift
lily and cautiously. He fears that the APP
peal to patriotism for united empire
even for broader markets-is not enough
The British workmen must be won over to
taxed food by some direct neutrality-suspicious.
or something of the sort. A fathomless
gulf separates Chamberlain from Golden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
His Idea of Generosity.

did you turn that needy friend of yours
empty-handed from your door?'
No" answered Mr.. Kermudge. 81 didn'
let him go away emptyhanded. I made
out a statement of what he owes me and
told him how much interest he'd save by
pawn cash" =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Wasting Time.

Way down in old Kentucky,
Where the smilin' sunbeams CLINT.
They're shootin' one another
When they might be pullin' mint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Rad Business Explained.

Don't you think the public cares FOR
Shakespeare
+, YES" answered Mr.. Stormington Barnes;
the public cares a great deal for Shakes
peare. and seriously resents the way some
of us actors abuse him..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

1t is said that the laundry strike has
revived a demand for celluloid collars in
Chicago. Chicago's forgery has always
been question of national concern to a
remarkable degree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

Arthur P German used to enjoy a base
ball game, but finds that the political quiet
abroad worth some sacrifice in the way Of
amusementS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

American automobilists managed to have
a race few days since without any dam
age to life or limb. We unquestionably do
some things better than Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

Having celebrated one national holiday
with flowers. the nation will proceed to get
ready for the fireworks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

Mr. Hanna may be persuaded to approve
of Mr.. Roosevelt, but it Is doubtful if he
will ever be very enthusiastic over Mr..
Foraker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Conscientious Effort.

"You say Bliggins has gone in for writing
verse;
"Yes. Heard that poets all have long hair.
and scared to death because he's getting
bald"
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lv
Bloodier.

FEem the New York Tribune.
Even Spain. land of buHfghts, Is no,
hostile to road races OF automobiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

The Washington ball players are not
making the mistake of inviting hero wor-
ship early in the season, with chance of
being soon forgotten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

The man who planted an Internal machine
on a steamship has not yet been discovered.
Possibly it was that ancient master of elu-
siye art Mr.. D. FoultZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

The death of the Sultan Of Morocco has
been announced SO often that it is feared
he will need an entire cemetery to him
self
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

One beauty of a Decoration day speech is
that propriety does not permit 1t to be
turned into a political argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

Mormon missionaries are not desired in
Germany. They are not especially popular
In this country, but they are difficult to
suppress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

IL looks as IL America had several boats
competent to give Sir Thomas Upton Wig
orous competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

China cannot guarantee open trade in
Manchuria. It feels that it will be doing
well If 1t manages to pay current expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

Kansas has always been state OF I'M
pressive contrasts. In the midst OF It's
prosperity comes the Topeka disaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

DIR. Parkhurst will probably have nicely
typewriter interview ready for the re-
perters when he reaches the other side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

President Roosevelt has received several
Endorsements, which are not accompanied
by any guarantees as to durability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01

A night bank is to be established in New
York's ''tenderloin.' The police will find 1t
convenience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
Good by Comparison.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
China Is more civilized than Russia In
its treatment Of Jews.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
SHOOTING STARS.

In spite of the climatic eccentricities
warmer is safe weather prediction.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-27
How the Pelican Feeds.

Charles F. Holder, the naturalist, de-
scTibing a pet pelican which he form
erly owned in Florida. says: Il can
not recall that the pelican ever re-
fused food. After the most impossible
feeding it had the same detected,
half-staryed attitude and the same
asthmatic cry for more 1t was only
after many months that l discovered
that the pelican can never be salts
shed." He thus describes the fishing
fexploits of these birds: In feeding
they generally few twenty to thirty
feet above the water with rapid mo-
ton of the powerful wings, holding
the head slightly upon one side that
they might observe the schools of sar-
dimes. When the latter were sighted
they would plunge blindly downward,
opening the mouth widely just before
they reach the water. endeavoring in
this clumsy manner to catch the fish,
which, not being able to see upward,
were entirely ignorant of the nearness
of danger. Rising after the plunge the
pelican invariably wags his diminu-
tive tail-a self-congratulatory act
which confirms the birds stupidity, for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-27
How Convert Was Made.

A lay delegate to the Episcopal con
vention of the Newark diocese which
recently elected the Rev. DR.. Lines OF
New Haven as bishop was very zeal
GUS in advocating the selection OF an
other candidate. One OF those he APP
preached objected to his candidate on
the ground that he was not sufficient
ly strenuous in his methods.
why. you must be thinking of some
one else" said the layman in surprise.
''Let me give you an instance of his
methods.
when he first took charge OF his
present parish he was the same fine
specimen Of physical manhood that
you see to-day, but withal displayed a
lovely character of gentleness, except
when you tried to corner him. There
was worldly minded young man in
the town who held several medals won
in athletic contests, especially in box
ing matches.
"The physique Of our rector excited
the admiration Of the champion, and
one day in fit Of athletic frenzy he
said, meaning no disrespect, but being
governed by his ruling passion:
my dear doctor, If you were not a
minister ] should like to have you put
on the gloves with me. l believe
could knock you out
THE rector, like most modern
preachers in the Episcopal church, Is
fond of athletics and had stood pretty
well up in football at his college. Be
sides, he is tolerably broad ecclesias-
tically. So he said to the young cham
pion:
I will make you proposition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-27

It is curious thing. and one that
remains a standing puzzle even to
those connected with the business all
their lives, that tight-rope, trapeze and
other daring performers who chiefly
work in the open air are far more Ii
able to sudden nerve failure and to
stage fright" if it may be called, than
are the fellows who only show their
rrowess under a roof.
Another fact equally well known is
that once woman performer has
heard the ringing shouts of an APP
plauding public, once she has learned
some dangerous feat, she will run
risks and quite fearlessly perform
tricks that no male in the same line
would dream of. The woman athlete
has not to be urged on; she has to be
restained. more often than not 1t
may be said at once that few among
the public know how near death such
people occasionally are.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-27

the chances are one to five that it has
caught nothing The bills are held
upward, the water allowed to run out
of the enormous pouch, and then If
any game has been caught tks pelican
losses its beak upward, which throws
the fish forward or toward the point
of the beak. where if is often
held a few seconds, from here
being dropped, as it were, into
the throat. which is a very small
orifce in a veritable waste Of
pouch. At this moment, perhaps, a
laughing gull robs the pelican. Some.
times it alights on its back. again on
its head, and the stupid bird makes
no resistance. the gull often uttering
its victorious 'ha-hai' in advance Just
as the fish is thrown to the tip Of the
beak and protrudes from the side the
laughing gull leans forward, snatches
it and rises aloft-to. in turn, be fol-
lowed by the swift man-of-war bird.
In this simple way a pelican viii be
robbed by successive birds and viii
swallow but a small percentage of
what it catches, which possibly ex-
plains why it is always hungry"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-27
Made Fits Head Swim.

and Maher occurred at Lantry, Tex,
in 1896. The COrnishman declared
openly that he intended to settle the
fight with one blow. 4 have never
forgotten that time Maher hit me in
the head" he said. and I'm going to
make him sorry he ever did it I'm
going TO hit him once. He'll lie down
when / do it. Listen to what I'm
saying. I'm going to hit him once. :"
After the battle Fritz said to his
friends: Il never saw anything like
it in the ring in my life. When Maher
stood up before me l could see a
look of awful fear in his eyes as they
saw me put out my left as if I meant
to do some jabbing His hair almost
rose on end. He hadn't got over that
awful punishment in four years Ny
left must have stuck in his craw. He
made swing at my head I stepped
aside. and as his own head went down
my right met him on the point Of the
chin. The floor was his, and he stayed
there. said I'd hit once, and did"