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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

wages. to the graft such as the finally
convicted Parks was working. and to the
necessity for repeatedly changing gangs of
workmen to adjust to the shifting factionai
fights within the labor ranks.
Now the building work is at the lowest
ebb attained for many years. Unemployed
artisans walk the streets looking for work.
Capitalists are locking their money up in
better investments than construction. which
will yield them fair return but will give
no employment to the workers. This con-
dition is due to the fact that the building
trades of the big city have not been able
to adjust their internal differences and to
present themselves to the employers as a
responsible aggregation. There is no other
reason for the slump. The money market
is not tight. There is no sign of a panic.
If the labor question were not acute there
would be both the disposition and the cash.
to carry on extensive construction opera
tons
This is one of the most serious of the
problems now confronting the labor lead
ers. 1t is more urgent and it bears within
it more menacing possibilities than any
other question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Mr.. Cleveland in Virginia.

OF course Mr.. Cleveland will not be. ar
rested over in Virginia for shooting with
out license. Ignorance is no excuse be-
fore the law, but in this case the law is
new. and visitor from distance might
well be pardoned for not having heard of
1T. Moreover, who knows whether the eX-
President has brought down anything with
his gun? Shall a man be punished who has
simply taken poor aim? But, passing to
the law, it seems inhospitable. There can
be at most but small money return from
1t, and the people of the Old Dominion are
as rule very openhanded. Why have
posted the state in such fashion? Why
in an effort to make a few pot hunters pay
for their privilege. levy upon sportsmen.
and, as in the case of Mr.. Cleveland make
visitors who are otherwise most welcome
uncomfortable, and feel as if they had been
checked off and were wearing numbers?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Intemperate Conduct.
From the New York Tribune


For several years Mrs. Carrie Nation has
been one of the most conspicuous persons
in the United States. Possibly the news
papers have been more or less at fault in
bestowing upon her the publicity which
she Graves, but we are not sure that they
are much to blame. for the woman's per-
fOrmanceS have usually been of such a
character almost to demand that ac-
counts of them should be printed as a part
of the legit mate news of the day. That is
certainly the case with her doings at the
White House and in the Senate chamber
yesterday 1t would be at surd for the
papers to ignore the fact that she appeared
in the executive offices, refused to accept
final the secretary's declaration that
she could not see the Pres dent, INDUCED
her propensity for violent speech and at
last made it necessary to put her out of
the building and the grounds. Nor was
her subsequent obstreperous conduct in the
Senate gallery thing to be left unnot.ced
by the press any more than by the door,
keepers. The question is whether she must
be allowed to keep on INDUCING her disor-
derby propensities indefinitely and virtually
compelling the newspapers to give her the
attention which she enjoys and thrives on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Cuba and the Sugar Trust.

The action of the House in the matter of
cuba was highly creditable to both parties
Nothing less than the terms granted would
have been creditab1e to the United States,
and nothing more was demanded by the
occasion Politics had no proper place IN
the discussion. The country was committed
regardless of party. Interference in CUBA
behalf which made her nation had been
the act of all the people. and the House
simply confronted the duty of putting the
finishing touch to the performance.
Still politics found a place in the discus
sion. and there was a repetition of that Old
stage play of seeking 1t to the sugar trust
How amusing that always is, And how Idle
and unconyincingi First one side and then
the other will shoulder forward and appear
positively bloodthirsty on the subject The
party powerless to shape legislation is vio-
lent in its anger at being restrained from
wiping the trust out of existence. while the
party responsible for business hurts back
with scorn the imputation of being the
trusts champion and tool. The little
comedy goes on to the entertainment of
crowded galleries, but it has ceased to be
more than an entertainment People with
votes are no longer influenced in casting
them by that sort of defamation.
The reason is that the tricks of the sugar
trust are too well known. That organiza-
tion is not politician. but cent percent
philosopher. 1t belongs to both parties, and
stands ready to join third whenever a
third may become formidable. 1t loves its
enemies. 1t does good to those who perse-
cute il with their mouths 1t makes its
checks i'm campaign years to fall upon the
just and the unjust, for knowing that, so
far as its fortunes are concerned. the just
and the unjust are liable to change places
any time. 1t cannot afford to be without
friend at court. no matter which side may
he in power For confirmation of all this,
and many interesting sidelights the
doings of powerful corporation under
republican form of government see the teS-
timony. frank to the point of jauntness. of
Mr.. Havemeyer before a Senate investi-
eating committee in the summer of 1891.
And so it will turn out that when the poll
tlcians go check hunting next year both
sides will apply to the sugar trust, ard both
sides will be remembered. The democrats
Will not get a dollar the less for Mr.. Will
liams' speech of yesterday, nor the republic
cans a dollar the more for the refusal of
Mr. Paine to accept the Williams amend
ment. Pursuing course of sweetness and
light the sugar trust is indisposed and
really hasn't the time, to cherish animosi-
ties. or take congressional debates at all
seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Dowie Needs More Cash.

Dowie's temper has evidently been sorely
tried by his recent experiences. He has
just issued a call to his followers to raise
the sum of 100000 Immediately. Here
tofore he has advised" them to invest
their cash in his enterprises, but now he
commands them to do So instructing them
to turn their property into funds at once
and to invest in Zion land or Zion securi-
ties. He adopts this method because he
needs the money. lions business ven
lures. he explains. are so prosperous that
they must forthwith he extended and to
do this will call for the sum named, and
without delay So the cars ukase has
gone forth. and IA previous fortune In
dealing with his h)ck is repeated he will
soon be in possession of tidy addition to
his resources. But note the sharp word of
command. Is 1t not probable that his fail
ure to scrape together few pennies OF
profit in New York had something to do
with his change of method? The result of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Switch-Stealing Again.

The latest railroad disaster, near Peoria,
Ill. was due. it is said. to the failure of the
conductor of one of the collided trains to
obey orders to stop at a certain station to
wait for work train WHICH was approach
ing on the same track No explanation of
his conduct is at hand, nor is it assured
that he escaped from the wreck, viii h
caused the death of more than thirty men.
The assumption is fair that he was trying
IL steal a switch" practice comm III on
some of the single-track lines and the
cause of a large proportion of the accidents
Freight trains such as he was running are
al course, allowed 10 take the line only
when it is not in use by the passenger
trains. and they are often delayed. Two
factors. it is believed. serve to induce the
conductors of delayed freights to press for
ward, taking chances OF their ability to
reach Il siding ahead in season to avoid
trouble One of these is the disposition Of
the railroad authorities to regard such en-
trrpriSe as commendable, inasmuch as it
saves the freight schedule from loss. The
ether Is purely personal with the crews of
the freights. who are thus enabled to reach
ttcir homes the sooner.
Railroad authorities of course openly
condemn the practice. and all trainmen who
attempt this method of saving time are
supposed to be held to strict account The
rules usually threaten switch-stealers with
immediate dismissal. But the public never
hears of such punishments. They may or
they may not be dOled out to offenders In
Tact, the public is kept absolutely in II e
dark as to the consequences of dangerous
i"lses on the part of train operators or
t""srmen. Whenever accident occurs
The dispatches usually state that the flul:
lies with this or with that person. But in
not one case out of a hundred Is there any.
later statement of the d.sciplining, trial OF
punishment of the offender.
The time TO put the screws on switch
Stealers is when their criminal enterpris "
leeds to no disaster The man whose fool
hardy eagernsss leads to a great lash. if
II" escapes from the wreck is doubtless
shipped OFF without ceremony, but that
action does not restore life to the deao or
health 10 the injured \ prompt publ.cl-
tion of the dismissal of any conductor or
81 shoer who deliberately runs past a
signal or ignores an order without az IL
dent would absolve the railroad companies
from the suspicion which now turks in the
pubhc's mind that this course is often
secretly Endorsed by them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
The Net Result Of the Strikes.

II IL announced that the construction cor
pordtion known generally 10 the trade as
the George A. Fuller Company. which has
during recent years been one Of the most
active companies In THE line Of work In the
country, has decided 10 shut off its efforts
To secure new business and to reduce its
Operations to the absolute minimum. The
reasons Tor this step which sgnalizes the
dulesi building season In many years are
various but they are chiefly related to the
attitude of the building trades toward the
employers. as marked by last summers un-
precedented series of strikes in New York
For months great building enterprises
partly completed. were suspended. The
losses fell on all classes The workingmen
lost their wages the builders their profits
the owners their rents and the general pub
lie the benefit of the circulation of cash by
all three of these elements. Merchants suf-
fered heavy losses. Funds were tied up
and great deal of trade was done on
Credit. which ultimately resulted In abso-
lutte loss
Now the real estate owners of the me-
tropolis are afraid to venture into building
When the strikes were at their height IL
was estimated that the labor cost of the
construction then proceeding was higher by
from - to 30 per cent than under normal
conditions. This was due TO the increased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
A Question of Circumstance.

lis fine to- read of the storm-tossed seas
And the turbulent love Of the distant wild
When the room is at TO
And the radiator is purring mild
The shadowy chill of the arctic night
And the rugged haunt of the polar bear
They fill the mind with strange delight, 4.
With a nice warm room and an easy chair
The angry mood of the cloud swept crest
OF the lonely mountain amid the skies
Brings sense of calm and enduring rest
When you view the picture with lazy eyes
Oh. the life that is rough is the life of all!
There's nothing that can so truly please
AS to read of the perils that befall-
When the room is at To.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
A Miscreant Caught.

Sharp police work has resulted in the
capture OF a young colOred man who
amused himself last night by turning In
two false alarms within an hour from the
frebex at the corner of 18th and N streets
northwest This is one Of the boxes from
which a false alarm was sounded week
ago. and 1t may be that the mscreant who
was caught last night is the same person
who played with the alarm system so freely
on that occasion. If the evidence of his
guilt in these latest cases is conclusive the
punishment given him should be so heavy
that his case will serve as deterrent.
This is an especially dangerous pastime,
and the police and the courts cannot be
too vigorous in applying the law forbidding
the tampering with tie alarm system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Yes, Why?
From the Galveston Daily News.

Why should democratic voter oppose
Panama? Why should a republican voter
oppose Nicaragua? Why should millions
of both democratic and republican voters,
who look upon the canal at any available
place as the main thing. who have no time
or words to waste over the question OF
routes, be required to stand aside and see
another important undertaking drawn into
the vortex of crazy campaign poll cs, to be
hindered and delayed. that it may be sad
for years for questionable campaign pur-
poses?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Illustration From Hawaii.
From the indianapolis Journal.

Democratic members of Congress who
are threatening to attack the admin. stra-
ton for it's course in the Panama affair
should remember how little they made by
a similar course in the Hawaiian affair
The American people support President
Roosevelt's action in the Panama case as
they did that of Presidents HARRISON and
Mckinley in Hawaii The Pres dents ac-
- been strictly within our
treaty rights. and no one need fear that he
will go beyond them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
One Advantage.

Il must admit Charley, dear" said young
Mrs Torkins. that when a lot of women
get together they talk about nothing in
particular" q r-s,r .--
"Of course they do was the rather crusty
Iejonder.
But there's one advantage in that So
long they are talking about nothing in
particular, they aren't getting any of those
dreadfully expensive tips on the races
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

his altered policy will be watched with In
terest by those who have become convinced
that the trip to Gotn,m was disastrous
blunder ON the part of tn hitherto sue
csssfui manipulation Of men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Workers.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Perhaps the men who kept on working
steadily and strictly attending to legiti-
mate business every day are the real
barometers of prosperity. And they may
be so tremendously in the majority that
the aqueous gushing from the watered
stock could not dfsastrously affect the bust
ness world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
A Misapprehension.

You say the audience laughed when you
recited Marco Bozzaris in Chicago?"
Yes" answered Mr.. Stormington Barnes
You see when l came to tine lines begin
ming Striker the people thought it was a
local allusion.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Every now and then some millionaire is
complimented on what he is doing for the
turf, but the small and misguided bettor is
the mar who really supports horse racing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

1t Is too much to expect Uncle Sam to so
into mourning because Panama decided to
set up an independent government and
correct some of Colcmbia's injudicious de-
ciSons -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
SHOOTING STARS.
In Danger.

''The. life of a Chinese artist must be
pretty hard said the man who is always
sympathizing with some one
For what reason?"
Every portrait a Chinese artist makes
looks so much like a caricature that 1
should think he would be in constant trou-
BILE with the authorities -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Dom Paul has managed to maintain a
dignifed retirement despite the temptations
to make sarcastic remarks about Mr.
Chamberlain's oratorical tour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

So hong as the weather bureau keeps
hands on the blizzard flag there will lie no
reason aide complaint about the tempera-
tIre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Expensive Pets.

From the Atlanta Journal
John ID. Rockefeller, jr.. is disappointed
because it's girl. Daughters cost so much
nowadays, especially if you buy them
dnka
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Mr.. Dowies methods are calculated to
create question as to whether people need
his instruction and guidance as much as
he needs the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Mi Bourke Cochran presents few lam
nous exhalations of oratory during a cam
paign and then disappears for an indefinite
time. He is the comet of American politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

These boundary disputes in the western
hemisphere are mere trifies compared with
those that are looming UP in Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

The amount of worry and excitement
which Mr.. Schwab is now capable of un-
dergoing shows remarkably rapid con-
ValescpnSp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
A Thanksgiving Fear.

The turkeys price so high doth go
That few will dare to shed his gore.
Well keep him as a curio,
And eat plain victuals as before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

The American Federation of Labor did not
go even so far as did David B. Hill in
iecomm, nding government ownership of
coal mines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
No Braina
From the Buffalo Courier.

From the Buffalo Courier
Complaint comes from England that the
higher stratum of society Is being afflicted
with brain fag." A considerable part OF
the higher stratum of American society is
In no danger OF attack by the disease for
reasons unnecessary to mention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

The man who always predicts the
severest winter ever known is now due for
a few remarks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

"A man makes a bad bargain" said
Uncle Eben. when he has to git along wifi
half conscience in order to double his
money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Mr.. Bill Devery has accumulated ten or
fifteen thousand dollars worth of notoriety
with which he doesn't know what to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Mrs. Nation is very determined woman
No one undertook to warn her to keep off
the grass in the Capitol grounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

In about two weeks the average citizen
will be thoroughly surprised to find Christ
mas so near.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
Is This the Capitolp

From the New York Mail and Express.
The only lung block the law shouldn' t
interfere with is located at Washington
d. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Colombia Is still displaying a natural
irritation over the good thing that got
away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20

Our 5-piece Sterling Silver
Tea Sets for $4,000 are I'M
equaled at this price.
Candiestcks. more than a dozen
CHOICE patterns. ............... 800 I'D
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01

" can devote all their time to looking after
those OF other people.
= I'VE have a minister in South Bend of
the broad, liberal type that is so rare. espe-
cially here in. your city, judging from what
i hear. In a conversation that*I had with
Inn atone tine Ittold Inn that / had a
weakness for the national sport that led me
TO attend a game on Sunday afternoons
once in a while. 1 expected him TO argue
with me that Sunday baseball was radical
~ wrong. but to my surprise he replied that
see a ball game on the Sabbath he would
not be concerned about my spiritual well
fare"
Senator Dausman is another member of
the upper house who will vote for the In
diafapolis baseball BILL and he relates an
experience he had with the class OF peo-
ple that oppose such things which led him
TO his present convictions.
4 at one time movement was started In
Goshen to have Sunday afternoon concerts
in one of oar parks by first-class band,
TO the project, and In tracing 1t down
we found that the preachers and
the saloon keepers were working hand
in hand against the Sunday concerts. The
preachers thought that If there were no
concerts the people would stay at their
homes on Sunday afternoons and roll their
thumbs, or indulge I'm some equally exciting
pastime. The saloon keepers knew that
If there were no concerts a great many
of the people would spend the afternoon in
their back rooms guzzling beer L believe
wasn't IL peculiar thing to find them
and the preachers working in such har-
mony?
Sunday afternoon at a ball game, such
as 1t is proposed to legalize in Indianapo-
lis, will hurt no one, and II will keep many
a young man and many an old one from
diversions infinitely worse"
The baseball bill will probably be disposed
of by the Senate this week. 1t is believed
that IL will be passed. in spite of the activ-
ity displayed by some of the preachers of
the city In adopting resolutions and circu-
lating petitions denouncing it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
1t Was Administered by a Priest to n
Bridegroom.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Speaking of marriage. reminds me Of
good story told by very popular priest out
in St. Charles Parish, said a story teller.
land the priest is very fond OF telling the
story himself. doubt if he has performed
a marriage ceremony in the last five years
without RECALLING the bride and groom with
the story after 1T was all over: The priest
is awfully fond of the funny side of things
and often uses the laughable incident in
teaching a moral, and that's why the priest
always tells about his little experience
while marrying a couple few years ago.
The facts in the case are about these: Sew
eral years ago young couple in the parish
were married by the priest in the little
chapel of one of the parish villages. He had
known the couple for long time, and had
been very fond of the young man. The we'd
ding was rather sudden. The bride and
groom wanted to add just a tinge OF ro-
nance to the thing by slipping away from
their friends, by surprising them. Not more
than a half dozen persons were In the
chapel After the ceremony was over the
whispered something to him. 1t was, In
substance, that he had but little money
with him, that he needed what he had, and
that he would fix the matter up later. Not
much, my boy, not much. said the priest
with mock seriousness, and If you don't
pay me now this thing is all off. 1t simply
doesn't go. that's all. I'll simply wipe II all
out, nullify the marriage. The groom was
paralyzed. If you can't pay the priest for
marrying you how in the name of high
heaven are you going to take care of a
wife? asked the priest. Well, the young
man fixed the thing up OF course. the
priest didn't mean all he said. but he did
mean to impress on the young man the
philosophy Of the last remark, and he put
the young husbands resourcefulness to the
test right on the threshold of his career.
No man in the parish takes more pride In
the success that the young man has
achieved since then than the priest who
married him, for much of his success is due
to the brusque way in which the priest put
a rather plain, but important question to
inn