Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
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purchased by a fund raised Dy FORMER slaves
who shortly after the war contributed part
of their hard earnings to show their appre-
citation of the service that Lincoln did for
humanity at large and for them In very
particular way. But to visitors from Bos-
ton there is nothing new in the work OF art,
as the people of that city are accustomed to
see replica of the statue there. where 1t
was reared by the liberality of Moses KIM
ball The original of the statue here al
ways suggests to Bostonians story con-
corning the remark of Oliver Wendell
Holmes when he was first shown the Lin
coin statue In Boston. Beneath that statue.
and on the granite base, was an inscription
telling the history of the memorial. The
name of Moses -Kimba1l appeared in letters
or very large size. in fact five or six times
as large as were the letters in the name of
Lincoln. DR.. Holmes glanced at the monu-
ment and catching the sight of the name of
the giver in big letters dryly remarked:
We'll! well! How Moses KimbaI1 has
changed!'
x X X
Any trial in connection with which the
life of the defendant is at stake is tragic
proceeding. but once in a while something
happens that brightens up the solemn re-
cital of the details of homicide. Several
days ago, in Criminal Court, No. /, a COL
ored man appeared at the bar as the ac-
cused in murder case. One of the wit
nesses introduced by the government was
the step-father of the deceased. Upon
cross-examinatien. an attorney represent
ing the defendant inquired:
You say you are the Step-father of the
deceased?'
L was two or three steps farther the
witness fastened to say. "As near as can
Judge. l was four steps farther off than
he was"
Even the dignified countenance of Justice
Pritchard relaxed into smile. 1t required
hard work on the part of counsel to con-
vince the witness that the question had to
do with family relationship and not with
distance.
x u * \ *
A good story comes from the Philippines
Sometime ago Lieut.. Col. C. A. Williams
18th Infantry, commanding the post and
prison at Lingayen, issued an order that
all animals dying in the vicinity of the
town should be buried at least two feet
under ground. The first burial under this
order was the carcass of a carabao and
the work was done by some native prison.
ers, under the command of Corporal Quinn
of Company NJ. 18th Infantry. The body
was dragged to a large coeoanut grove and
deposited in a shallow excavation. but in
such way to leave the rear half of the
animal above ground. This action was re-
garded as violation of the order and
Corporal Quinn was placed under arrest
When asked to plead to the charges he
stated with rare confidence that he had
obeyed the order literally and that as it re-
quired that animals should "be buried two
feet under ground it would have been
violation of the order If he had put all four
feet of the animal under. The defense was
regarded as sufficient and the corporal, who
was undoubtedly Irish. was released from
arrest.
y X II
Several incidents have occurred in the
army within the past few months, which
have resulted in the issue of an order
against the acceptance of the resignation
of any officer until after it has been es-
tablished that his financial accounts with
the government have been settled In a re-
cent case the resignation of an officer in
the philippines was accepted by cable, and
afterward it was ascertained that the off,
Ger had duplicated his pay accounts The
result is that the army paymaster, who
cashed the duplicate voucher. will have
to stand the loss of the money involved I'M
less relieved by a special act of Congress.
There have been two or three other cases
in which officers who had resigned were
subsequently discovered to be indebted to
the government. The orders just issued
are designed to prevent further cases of
that kind, as well as to protect the disburs
ing officers from personal loss.
Il X X y
The value Of a joke often depends upon
the viewpoint of the people who hear It,
the past week before the American Ortho-
pedic Association at the Arlington, when
one of the members was describing an
operation which resulted in the death of
the patient. He told all about the first
symptoms of a case of hip disease and of
the operations that were performed. 1t
seemed that there were elements of the
case that were not known at the time of
the operations.
But he said calculating the subject
with the greatest candor and showing that
the doctors interested in the case finally
triumphed by securing a complete under
standing of the matter. 'the mistake was
discovered at the autopsy"
The intense interest of the assemblage of
doctors was not interrupted by even a
twitch of a single risible.
X X x
when the circus comes to town strange
things certainly do. happen remarked a
member of a prominent Washington club.
''One of our leading lights is wellknown
newspaper correspondent. Most of his work
is performed at night. SO that he seldom
rises earlier than II O'Clock in the morning.
Imagine our establishment then, when last
Sunday night he gave orders to the steward
to have his breakfast ready promptly at s
o o'clock Monday morning.
Several of us demanded of our cor
respondent friend an explanation in refer
ence to his early bird stunt. He unhesi-
tatingly confessed that he intended to rise
soon after sunrise In order to be in wide
awake condition to view the circus parade.
And this from a dignified citizen nearly
fifty years of age. But the worse Is yet to
be told. We appointed committee to
watch the scribe, and the report submitted
was to the effect that he followed that
pageant of tinsel and gilt trappings walk
ing alongside one of the band wagons,
from 18th street and New York avenue
northwest. clear out to the show grounds
at 18th and II streets northeast
'How long have you been In New York.
uncle?"