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Yale, IT; Harvard, 8.

Yales complete aquatic victory over
Harvard yesterday on the Thames empna-
sizes the rowing superiority OF that uni
versity which has been strikingly evloent
during recent years. The inter-universlty
series began in 1876 and yesterday was the
twenty-fifth time the varsity crews nave
come together, there having been no races
between them in 1885, 1897 and 1888 owing
to differences of opinion regarding the man
agement Of the meetings. Yale mas no"
won seventeen times to Harvards eight,
and of these Harvard wins six occurred
prior to 1885, in which year Yale. wnicn
had previously won only four times. began
a series of victories which soon brought ner
into the lead. Harvard won IN 1871 anu
1890, those being the only interruptions
to the Yale string of conQuests. IL daf-
ward were to win successfully nence1or-
ward it would take her until 19lZ TO Tie
Yale in the inter university series. But
the prestige of almost continuous success
and the yearly advantage of manning
varsity shell in part with the members Oh
former years victorious crew, together
with first-class training must have their
effect in keeping Yales colors fairly Wen
to the front A stern chase is long
chase. as oarsmen know to their great ana
bitter sorrow, and thus the prospect ahead
of Harvard for the wrestling of the aquatic
championship from Yale is by no means
encouraging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
Reform in South Dakota.

South Dakota's conscience has been
pricked The reform germ which makes
men blush for their past, turn over new
leaves. and have a gentle spasm now and
then, has stung the state. South Dakota
has been shocked. 1t was not an earth
quake that shocked it. Twas a glass of
claret and a portion of beer.
Many unkind things have been said of
South Dakota but be thou as pure as
snow or as chaste as ice, thou shalt not
escape calumny." And South Dakota has
not escaped. She has been accused of driv-
ing lucrative trade in divorces and in
parting those whom no man should put
asunder. 1t is said that these South Da-
kota divorces are sometimes good and that
they are sometimes no good. 1t Is recalled
that once a Massachusetts court refused
to smile on one of the cut-rate, get-there-
quick divorces issued in South Dakota
while you wait" They were no better
in Boston than the sage-brush divorce of
Nevada was when Lord Russell took 1t
to London.
Then South Dakota has been accused OF
out -Jerseying Jersey in the matter of char
tiers. A five-hundred- thOuSand-dolla char
ter under the law of New Jersey will cost
the promoter $40 in fees and $500 in yearly
taxes. Delaware will furnish the same
charter for 500 in fees and an annual tax
of $3.50. But South Dakota! There's where
you get the real bargains in charters.
South Dakota will let you have half-mil-
lon-dollar charter for SO in fees and s2o
year taxes In May the combined CAPT
talization of companies formed in the
United States with a capital of a million
dollars or more was in round numbers
S4O0.0OO.OO0. OF this capitalization New
Jersey chartered s157. 80 Coz and South Da-
kota s1446eO,OOO. A very good second!
But the shock came to South Dakota
when Garrett Droppers. president of the
South Dakota State University. ordered
claret served at a dinner given to Senator
Kittredge, and again at a chafng-dish
party ordered beer as. an ingredient of his
Welsh rabbit For these heinous crimes
against South Dakota ethics the regents
of the university are trying Mr.. Droppers
on the charge of immortality"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
Who Are the RiotersP

The Richmond street car strike is follow
ing the usual lines There are public dis
orders. attempts by the car company to
operate the lines, opposition by the mob
assaults upon non-union motormen and
conductors. and finally the summoning of
troops. Now comes the complaint of the
strikers that they have been orderly
throughout and that the troubles are
caused by the actions of persons not con-
nected with the union. who have taken
advantage of the strike to cause disturb
ances In the streets. A national organizer
OF the street railway mems union addressed
a meeting OF strikers last night in Man
chester, a suburb of Richmond and told
them that he was glad to see they were
behaving well. He added:
professional strike breakers whom 1
have talked with say they never met with
such courteous treatment as you have ac-
corded them
Where lies the truth? Certainly there Is
little incentive for the idle classes to TO-
ment riots If they do not utilize the disor-
der and decentralization to plumber houses
or pick pockets, yet there are no reports
of such crimes. There is a large degree of
danger"in organizing mobs and assailing
street cars. Men are shot and killed In
these enterprises. 1t is a matter of COM
mon observation that the indignation of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
Between the Acts.

The question whether men should leave
the theater between acts in order to re-
fresh themselves may never be absolutely
but it is evidently no longer a burning is
sue with a number of New Workers OF both
sexes. who recently organized a theater
party and engaged the front two rows of
the balcony, stretching entirely around the
auditorium. The women sat in the first
row and their escorts Immediately behind
them. Thus when the time came for the
men to respond to the commands of their
imagined thirst they were able to leave
. their seats in a body without disturbing
their companions in the front row. The
news report of the incident declares that
the scheme worked perfectly, but it fails
TO reassure the reader as to the sentiments
of the young women who were thus COM
pletely left to their own devices. Presum-
ably the arrangement was by mutual con-
sent. else there would have been some out
ward manifestation of feminine displeas-
ure. However. this method of syndicating
thirst does not entirely commend itself as a
solution of the difficulty to the average
theatergoer, who is often perplexed by the
problem why men should be made so much
more thirsty by listening than women One
proper place for thirsty theatergoers is at
those play houses where drinks are served
on the floor. Another school cannot accent
the doctrine that 1t is proper to drink while
absorbing an intellectual pabulum. Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
The Iowa Democrats.

Carter Harrison, a faithful Bryanite, Is
extracting as many sunbeams as possible
from the Iowa cucumber. Hear him on the
subject Of the refusal Of the democratic
convention to reaffrm the Kansas City
platform:
ut makes no difference whether or not
the Kansas City declaration is reaff1rmed:
The platform adopted at the last nauonai
convention Is the platform or the party
and will continue to be its creed until II Is
changed by future convention. An eX,
preston by the Iowa convention Woulq
have been an unnecessary actlon, anu l
am opposed to doing unnecessary Things.
IT does make all the difference in the
world whether the Kansas City platform is
reaffirmed whenever a proposition TO re-
affirm 1t fails. 1t is the one question upon
which democrats divide. and divide win
feeling Members of the party are classeo
according to their views on that PROPOSE
ton Those who favor reaff1rmauon are
reckoned as friends of Mr. Bryan-not nee
essarily advocates of his nomination next
year. but willing to cooperate with MIN IN
his effort to name the candidate ana write
the party's deliverance. Those VINO oppose
reaffirmation are reckOned as opponents VI
Mr. Bryan-men who may not nave mace
their choice either as to candidate or plat
form for next year, except as tneS arc VI
opinion that Mr.. Bryan's day has passed
and the things for which he most consplcu-
ously stands are under the ban OF oennlte
reputation by the country.
In this view of matters the result IN iowa
is full of meaning. The Bryan men asked
for action which would be Interpreted In
that state and elsewhere as evidence at
least that Iowa could be depended upon 10
resist the influence of the Cleveland wing
of the party to dictate it's future policies
That action was refused by vote large
enough to show that whatever next year
issue or issues may be, Mr.. Bryan Will not
be able to shape IowaS course in the prem
Uses or manipulate for his own ends her
strength in the next democratic national
convention.
1t did not require the result In Iowa TO
make it entirely plain that neither the Kan
sas City platform, nor anything like it, can
receive the Endorsement of the national
democratic party next year. That has been
evident for some time But what shape will
the partys next deliverance take? Avoid
ing ground that has proved unsafe is not
half so difficult as choosing new ground
which may be relied upon to bear the
weight of a great contest and enable great
host to march to victory. The Iowa demo-
Gratis have solved only one phase of their
party's difficulty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
International Petition.

From tn. Philadelphia Press
President Roosevelt has followed the set
tied tradition and policy of the United
States in proposing to transmit to the Rus
sian government the petition presented by
the B'nai Birth on the treatment of their
co-religiOnists in Russia.
Mr. Curtin was instructed in 1872 to ex-
press to Russia. "as a protecting power
1.-The sympathy entertain for the inhu-
manly prosecuted Jews in the principalties
of Moldavia and Wallachia"-now Rou-
mania-since 1.-The grievance adverted to Is
so enormous to impart to it, as it were.
a cosmopolitan character, in the redress
of which all countries, governments and
creeds are alike interested"
This view that while the United States
could not approach the government of
Russia in criticism of it's laws and regula-
TONS" except as they affected interna-
tional treaty rights-to quote Mr.. Evarts in
1SSO-yet that the United States had a
right to make public at the proper time
and through legitimate channels it's senti-
ments and those of its citizens on great
wrongs has been steadily urged. Mr..
Blaine in 1881 even urged that in protest
ing against the prescription of the Hebrew
creed, when held by American citizen,
this country had to consider its moral
duty to our own citizens and to the doc
trine of religious freedom, even at the
risk of criticism of the municipal laws of
other states" Ten years later our legation
at ST. Petersburg was pointing out that a
persecution which drove the pauper and
regarded limited in its effects to the in
ternal regulate of Russia.
This steady and continuous advance
from a general protest to specific chal-
lenge of the persecution of the Jews in
Russia has been accompanied by the con-
slant recognition of the claims of the
standards of civilization and it's moral OBJ
legations on all nations. This country has
never assumed the right to interfere in
these cases. 1t has respected for other
countries as ]ealously as 1t maintains for
itself freedom from foreign criticism of its
internal affairs. But The government of
the United States has always recognized
that there exists a moral duty and obliga-
ton imposed on all civilized countries to
aid in maintaining that International pub
lie opinion on which even International law
itself rests. Each government has the
privilege Of submitting to any other gov
eminent respectful petitions and repre-
sensations which, in terms and language to
which no exception can be taken, affirm
and apply to some specific case of persecu-
ton the claims of humanity and religions
freedom to which all countries subscribe
however they may sometimes be set at
naught.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
Manana at Bogota.

Little can be expected of Colombia in the
way of understanding the trend of modern
affairs. 1t is not in touch with the world
OF today. 1t is a conspicuous instance of
the "manana" disposition which prevails in
all the Spansh-American countries. A spe-
cial session of it's legislature to consider the
canal treaty was summoned to assemble at
Bogota on the Goth of the present month.
This is the 26th and the news of the meet
ing of the congress has just been received.
The congress met according to schedule.
strange to relate, last Saturday. On the
following Monday, there being no tele-
graphic communication between Bogota
and the coast, a courier was started, pre-
sumably on a mule, for Buenaventura, On
the Pacific shore about 30 miles distant
There is no present accounting for the de-
lay of two days in dispatching the courier
from Bogota. Perhaps the news agencies
at Bogota reflected that the mere mention
of the assemblage of the legislature could
not be vitality important. At all events the
courier reached Buenaventura on Wednes-
day. and the word he carried was sent by
cable to Panama. and thence by way of
Galveston it meandered up into the states.
and last evening it was received by the
New York Herald, with some details re-
garding the organization of the houses.
Here. then. is the capital of rather large
and in some respects important republic.
so completely separated from the news cur
rents that it requires nearly week before
the world at large is acquainted with the
facts regarding happenings there. OF course
part of the delay is due to the as yet unex-
planned laXity of the Bogota news agencies
which withheld the courier from Saturday
until Monday. But it would seem to have
been the part of Colombian enterprise years
ago to construct a telegraph line from the
capital to the coast. in order to get in
touch with modern affairs. Under the cir
cumstances it is useless to expect very in
telligible reports of the proceedings of the
congress. before which the canal treaty
was to have been laid last Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

the citizen seldom reaches the fighting
point on behalf Of strikers. He may feel
strongly against the employers. having
been inflamed by reports of injustice and
intolerance on their part. but he usually
takes good care of himself whenever
trouble comes.
1t is unbelievable that in these street car
strikes the strikers uniformly behave them
selves. take no part in the riots, make no
assaults upon non-union men who take
their places, and win from them. the PRO
fessional strike-breakers." such encomiums
as that quoted 1t is equally unbelievable
that in every instance where street car
strikes have been attended by riots the
disturbances have been due to the unso-
licited activities of the idle and vicious
classes of the city.
Who then. compose the mobs? If the
average citizen, why does he forget himself
so far as to become a rioter In the face of
possible death for a cause which does not
affect him? If the loafer who loves fight,
who inspires him? Does some one set him
on. at the cost Of few drinks of vile
liquor, or perhaps a few bank notes?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
The Sinking of Boston Town.

When town gets heavy enough to tilt
the earth it is not to be lightly regarded.
When it is built on the seacoast and be-
gins to settle because of it's ponderosity it
is worthy of serious consideration a com
munity Boston town has now been doing
business for 213 years. growing each of
those years, adding many layers of late,
putting on flesh. as it were. 1t has always
been solid place. substantial in its ap-
pearance. heavy in it's thought. There is
nothing light or frivolous about 1t. 1t IS
compact lust as well-built hub should be.
Now it is announced by officials who
know. of course. what they are talking
about that Boston is settling toward the
sea level at the rate of about one-eighth of
an inch year. or little more than foot
in a century So it is possible that by the
time Boston has finished another 213 years
it will be pretty nearly awash. unless there
has been some filling meanwhile.
Just what would happen if Boston were
suddenly to take slide into the sea in
consequence of this downward movement
must be left to the imagination. Appar-
emily the disclosure of the subsistence has
not perturbed the hubbites seriously as yet
They continue on their philosophic course
and are doubtless more interested in COM
pick mathematical calculations as to the
length of time it will require for u com
plete submergence than they are in the
actual danger of the situation. The wise
little Boston boy. tripping to school in the
morning. needless of the fact that his tread
is contributing to the sinking of his be-
loved town. will probably be prepared next
school term to report what fraction of a
foot the city has sunk during vaca ton
Subsistence clubs may be now the order %
the day
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Mementos.

Though the present hour be joyous,
1t recalls with faint regret
Some fond moment long departed
Fraught with pleasures fairer yet.
And we turn from summer roses
With new beauty all aglow
To some fragile scentless blossom
Cherished from the long ago.
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In Doubt.

you see," said Farmer Corntossel, "a
phrenologist once told us that our boy Josh
had a remarkable head
$50 you sent him to college?"
Eyes. Now we're waitin to see whether
his head is gon' to turn out to be a con-
genial residence fur brains or jes' garden
fur foot ball hair"
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of course are on principle averse to any
form of indulgence in other beverages than
water. The fact remains that the seat
leavers are more or less Of nuisance. save
when they are fortunate holders OF end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

a New York detective shot at a fleeing
thief and brought down an innocent by
stander. 1t Is impossible to persuade the
real detectives to behave like those fas-
chatting and unerring gentlemen in the
story hnnkS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

Mr.. Morgan is very indignant with the
people who try to photograph him. If his
schemes continue to go awry he may reach
a point where there will be no further curl
Osity about his personal APPEARANCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

Buffalo Bill has been robbed of a dia-
mond-studded surcingle. Prima donnas are
not the only people who can utilize the lost
jewelry ad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

When German singing societies meet they
usually pay some tribute to the kaiser. But
the kaiser is quite willing to reciprocate by
numerous compliments to the citizens of
the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

When Patti comes back for another fare
well tour it would be just like lot OF more
recent singers to remark that they fail to
understand what people ever saw In her TO
rave about. Such is the egotism OF the
modern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
Morgan and Xerxes.
From the Providence Journal.

Z
The mighty Mr.. Morgan's failure to mo-
nopolize the transportation trade of the
Atlantic ocean recalls the attempt of
Xerxes some years ago to chain the Helles-
pont. That. also. if history may be be-
lieved. was not success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

The President would meet with great ap-
probation If he could be persuaded to go
over into Pennsylvania on little Baer
tanning expedition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

Sir Thomas Upton may rest assured that
if he should manage to lift the cup Ameri-
ca will find as fine sportsman as he is to
go over and bring it back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

About the only thing that recalls free sill
yer to the public mind is its occasional re-
pudiation by a democratic convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

The remains of a city have been discov-
cred in Mexico. so ancient that 1t cannot
be classified by science. And yet Europe
saws we have no ruins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
SHOOTING STARS.
Activity.

"You say you take automobile rides for
the sake of eXercise?"
Certainly
But where does the physical exercise
come in?"
Getting out to see what the matter is"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

The state that never had lynching with
in its borders may properly assume an atti-
tude of superior virtue toward the rest OF
the country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

Gunpowder burned in salutes at KEEL may
be expensive. but not nearly so expensive
as gunpowder burned in actual warfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

The King of Servia is willing to overlook
the recent assassination, but wants the
practice stopped right there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

| Despite the discoveries of new gold FIELDS
| in Alaska the people who come back and
| build palaces or endow libraries are COM
paratively few.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

One of the remarkable things about the
recent assassination in Servia is that no
suspects have been traced to Paterson, N. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

A multi-millionaire can safely enjoy al
most every diversion that society affords
except that of writing love letters.
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Anarchy!

From the New York World
Every lynching unpublished is mob law
approved. and mob law is anarchy
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A Losing Enterprise.

The man who studies to complain
Has occupation night and day.
But, though great skill he's sure to gain,
He somehow never makes it pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
The Parker Boom

From the Atlanta Journal.
In making UP the list of convalescents
the Parker boom should not be overlooked
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Vagabond Philosophy.

Mike" said Flooding Pete. "how would
you like to be one O. desc here nabobs?'
II dunno" answered Meandering Mike;
cit kind O. looks to me as if I'd rather keep
me appetite fur ham sandwiches dan have
to get me enjoyment ownin' art galleries
an lookin' at de pictures"
Sometimes" said Uncle Eben. "a man
gifts abused jes' fob habbin' mo- prudence
dan yuthuh folks 1 specks dat Noah's
wicked neighbors had heap to say agin
his ship monopoly aftuh de rain sot in good
an steady.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-12-25

Frank NJ Higgins, chief examiner OF
the civil service commission, in his an
pual report, says that during the last
fiscal year there were 112,624 persons ex-
amined for the classified service Of the
government and 40,423 appointments to
all branches of the service. or the APP
pointments 81 per cent were purely cler-
zeal positions, 8 per cent to professional,
technical or scientific positions, 3S per
cent to mechanical positions requiring no
educational examination, and Z per cent
to skilled labor positions not exactly me-
chanical in their character, but requiring
no educational examination. or all those
examined nearly so per cent passed and
&c per cent of all examined were sue
cessful in securing appointments. The
report states that the conditions of EN-.
ployment in the Philippines are improv-
ing