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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
The Melancholy Muscoyite.

The Russians are distressed on account
Of the Christians in Macedonia it is report
ed by cable, and are soon to protest TO the
porte on the subject. The woes of the on
pressed Bulgarians who have been caught
stirring up trouble in Rumelia and Albania
lie heavy on the Muscovite heart But this
Is not an end of the worry which now as
sails the Russian mind. Over in China
Russia is engaged in the task of getting
out of Manchuria just as rapidly as possi-
BILE. Certain elements combine to detain
her. certain interests restrain her impa-
uence to be clear of the country and a sus-
picion has arisen in some parts of the world
as to the sincerity of the Russian purpose
Tears we'll into the official eyes at St
petersburg as they read the dispatches from
America filled with burning words of scorn
Tor the Manchurian program How can the
dear friends across the sea be so skeptical?
But hardest of all is this last blow which
mas fallen in the matter of the Kishineff dis
orders. Why cannot the Christian powers
of the earth remember that the people who
were slain down there were mere Jews?
WY do not the critics of Russia under
stand that the Jews in Bessarabia are ''ex-
ploiters," financiers and not agriculturists,
that they are despised by the Christians of
that region? Is there not room In the west
ern mind for the thought that possibly these
Jews might have aroused the Christians of
hishineff to pitch of pious frenzy over
whelming all the barriers which the gov
eminent had raised? Had not the minister
for the interior warned the governor Of
Bessarabia of the imminence of the riots
and urged him to "admonish'' the Chris
lions net to harm the Jews? What more
could be done? Has not that official. whose
admonitions were evidently of no avail,
been removed from his position? What
more can be expected of Russia? Are
there not atrocities in other lands? Why.
then. select Russia for criticism?
Poor RuSSiai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

In consideration of Emperor Williams
well-known views on army discipline it is
by no means surprising that he virtually
forced the resignation of the Prince of
Saxe-Meiningen, as commander of the sixth
army corps because the latter recently is
sued the following order to his troops:
Officers must explain frequently to the
soldiers that 1t is neither the wish of his
majesty and their other superiors, nor does
II correspond with the reasonable feeling of
self-respect of privates that they silently
tolerate i'll treatment If soldiers do not re-
port i'll treatment IL is we'll nigh impossible
for their superiors to take steps for their
protection and call to responsibility the Of
fcers guilty of cruelties. Soldiers really en-
courage. through their silence. the rough
treatment given them contrary to the rules,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
and in course of time this becomes force of

and in course of time this becomes force OF
habit"
The brutality displayed by the officers OF
the German army toward the men In the
ranks is one subject of the criticisms which
military authorities of other countries pass
upon that service. 1t has often Deen
asserted that prime cause of the weak
ness of the French army in 1870. when 1t
failed so deplorably to withstand the
assaults of the German forces. was thls
same spirit of oppression on the part OF
the commissioned officers. The kaiser's d.
rect objection to the princes order In TINS
instance is that 1t is blow to discipline
Therein the emperor is behind the times
He still preserves the old medieval ATTITUDE
of the overload who regards his suporu-
mates as parts of machine without nu-
man feelings or powers of discrimination.
The common soldier Of today need not DC
treated like a dog in order to make MIN
obedient Else does the superior omcer
prove himself totally unfit to command. An
army which can be held in discipline only
by means Of cruelties and fnd1gnitles
heaped upon the private soldiers Is very
far from being a strong national reserve
for either offense or defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

There were influences entirely outside of
statehood circles that desired blockade
in the Senate. and that seized with ayidity
the means they found at hand. They had
no means of their own. They were hot for
statehood for the territories when they saw
that statehood was impossible at that ses-
sion. They assumed the attitude and tone
of last ditchers" on that question in order
to make sure of defeating action on other
questions. They carried their point, and
shed no tears when the statehood measure,
with others, went to pot.
At the coming session. as things now ap-
rive assistance from those sources. 1t will
stand very much upon it's own merits. The
SHAREHOLDERS will not be strong enough to
defy public sentiment on general public
policies, and say to Congress that unless
they get what they want the country at
large shall have nothing. not even the ap-
propriations for carrying on the govern.
ment. On the contrary. they will have to
make friends and compromises If they get
anything at all.
The President has said nothing on his
present trip which may properly be con-
strued as indicating any change of view or
position on his part with regard to this
matter. His interest in the advancement
of the west and the southwest has always
been friendly and active. But 1t Is not to
be supposed that he is going to use his
office for driving through Congress any
measure to which the majority of his party
iS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
The Statehood Criticism.

Delegate Rodey will not help the cause
of statehood for New Mexico by the tone of
his latest delverance. Talk of holding up
Congress at its long session. and on the
eve of presidential campaign, in the in
terest of such measure is little short of
nonsense. Even those the most anxious to
see statehood conferred. on the western
candidates should be able to appreciate the
matter in its true light and comparative
Importance. 1t lacks lot of being the big
gest pea in the legislative pod Questions
Of far greater moment to the country at
large Will be pressing for attention. and
should not. and will not, be denied. Mr..
Rodey and his friends therefore would do
well to sing little small. In fact, 1t might
be well for them not to sing at all, if Mr..
Rodey is the authorized precentor
The omnibus statehood bill figured in a
larger than its real relation last winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
Commercial Matrimony.
From the Galveston News.

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While we are less to be censured than the
self-conceited idiot who wastes his time
striving to keep up the dignity of a de-
funct title, and even marries with this pitt
full end in view, we are not all free from
this weak and wicked habit of marrying
money. Now and then we hear Of some
buxom beauty of sweet sixteen wedding
some old pensioner of three-score and ten
who has to be propped up during the cere-
mony Is 1t lover Hardly. In other cases
we find enterprising women of mature
years bringing into play all their charms
and exerting all their wiles to capture some
rich youth with the pip still on his nose.
The thing has really been carried so far,
even in our own country, that great many
Americans have been driven to conclude
that 1t Is safer and better all around for
both boys and girls to begin the battle of
life without fortunes to mislead them and
to tempt the designing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
The Slaughterous Fourth.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
No doubt the average citizen will look
with little confidence on the Fourth of July
reform planned by the board of education.
All things considered, a proposal to do
away with the noise and uproar of the
Fourth seems in the highest degree vision
airy and impractical. The board in it's
resolution truthfully affirms that the pres
emit methods of celebrating are noisy, use
less and dangerous to life and property. 1t
also brings forward the self-evident truth
that they do not teach patriotism. But
when it proposes that the small boy be de-
prived of the dubious privilege of exploding
fireworks and allowed to expend his en-
thusiasm in speeches and songs it overlooks
the powerful opposition which the small
boy himself-and not a few adults-will
offer. AS the baleful records printed on the
9TH of July have shown, the mere fact that
cannon crackers are finger destroyers, and
that box of blank cartridges is frequently
q box of latent lackjaw, has no deterrent
effect on the juvenile enthusiast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
The "Old-Fashioned Fourth

1t is evident from the remarks OF those
citizens who assembled yesterday at the
District building to talk over the subject
of Independence Day celebration with the
Commissioners that the prevalent local SEN
timent is in favor of revival of the old
fashioned" methods of marking the ami
versary of the nation's independence. For
some years the drift has been toward in
dividual observances of the day. with the
consequence that the occasion has sadly de-
generated into period of licensed noise
making without the least significance, The
day has been monopOlized by the children,
who have utilized 1t for their own danger
Gus pleasure, and there is now only gl1m-
mering notion in the juvenile mind of the
real sentiment which underlies the ami
versary.
The desire for more moderate cele-
bration of Independence Day springs part
ly from motives Of self-preservation and
partly from the wish to increase it's pat
riotic Significance Parents who have
nursed little folks through the wounds OF
the Fourth, invalids who have been seri-
ously harmed by the noise of the day, the
lovers of peace who, unable to fee far
into the fields or woods. must endure
the ear-splitting detonatiOns which with
out the slightest thought for the day s
meaning rend the air from midnight to
midnight-these are ranged together m an
earnest plea for a more stringent regula-
ton of the days performance. But with
them stand those who, while tolerating a
certain amount of freedom in noise-mak-
ing on the Fourth, yet wish that 1t were
regulated and directed and made to signify
the spirit of the time and to teach last
ing lesson in something else than physical
prudence.
The "old-fashioned Fourth with its
rousing patriotic speeches, it's reading OF
the Declaration of Independence, its pic
MICS, it's general air of holiday making. its
appeal to the citizens loyalty to the flag,
such. a Fourth is yet possible. Given bands
a-plenty and proper arrangements and a
carefully arranged program, perhaps sub
division of the affair into local features,
with a parade to bind them all together
into significant whole. and the people
would be entertained and instructed, the
children would be kept occupied during
part of the dangerous period and the day
would not be utterly wasted, as now it is
with the harmfully noisy explosions which
constitute the sole observance.
Here at the national capital is the most
ganize an annual patriotic "old-fashoned
Fourth" What is needed is little prep
aratory thought, a few contributions and
wise management to make of the projected
celebration an inspiring success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
Mr.. Tillman's Question.

Senator Tillman. incensed by the mention
of Mr.. Cleveland for another term in the
White House, asks:
why, what sort of ours do they take us
for, to expect us to vote for such a man
as Cleveland? You can't change democra is
that way! Here is a man who hasn't even
voted the democratic ticket in the last two
presidential elections. He threw the in
fiuence of his name and his career, If he
had any influence, against the ticket. You
might as well talk about nominating a re-
publican as head of the democratic ticket.
1t would be about as probable"
The senator from South Carolina PUTS the
matter too coarsely. Were those hundreds
of thousands of democrats who voted for
Horace Greeley "curs?" Of. course not.
They wanted to win, and had been per-
suaded to believe that under Mr. Greeley's
leadership they could win. They were not
required to retract any Of the hard things
they had said about their old enemy, who
had never been a democrat. AS a matter
of fact. the honors-or however you may
choose to express it-are about even be-
tween Mr.. Cleveland and the south Each
played the other for a sucker in 1892 and
both lost Mr.. Cleveland did not doubt
that If he gave the south all the patronage
she wanted he could swing her any way he
pleased on the money question, and espe-
cially as his way was the accepted Way of
the business world. The south, for her
part, did not doubt that if she put Mr..
cleveland back into the White House he
would do the fair thing by silver" 1t
amazed Mr.. Cleveland to find that the
south was really in earnest about silver.
and the south was Disguised when she
found that Mr.. Clevelands idea about
doing the fair thing by silver was to come
as near as possible to burying 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
Oppressive knowledge.

He was man SO passing wise
That he could take wildwood flower
And classify and analyze
And talk about it by the hour.
He knew what muscles must contract
To make the smile that cheers the eye.
He could describe in phrase exact
Just how your breath will form sigh.
In twilight colors rich and fair
Refraction's part he would explain.
A zephyr was a bit of air
Which might or might not promise rain.
I'd rather be butterfly
To perish with the early frost
And roam the fields and love the sky
Than to be wise at such cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
ENCOURAGING.

Don't you think the taste for dialect
literature indicates a lack of national Gull
ture?" asked the man with heavy-rimmed
eyeglasses.
mot at ALL" answered the CHEEKY person.
when people have to go to books for un-
grammatical English instead of getting 1t
in their daily experience, it seems to me
that the conditions are decidedly encouraG
Ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

Canada has taken steps to prevent Amerf
can automobiles from crossing into tha'
country. However, Canada has no monop
oily on good roads and scenery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

Mr.. Bryan may not be able to give the
republican party much trouble but he is
unquestonably formidable man In a
rough and tumble scrimmage within his
own lines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
His Question.

Nobody" said the earnest critic, can
portray the characters of the classic drama
without having experienced some great
sorrow"
do you think" rejoined Mr.. Stormington
Barnes, that 1t is possible to play the
classics without experiencing sorrow?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
A Libel on the Sacred Cod.

From the Minnea polls Times.
1t would have been an incomplete sum-
mer without little presidential boom for
George Fred Williams, the man who made
Massachusetts, famous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
The Ruling Passion.

/. SIS there any real advantage In being a
millionaire" asked the philosopher.
There is" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
You can wear your old clothes without
exciting comment which Is great
economy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

The horrors in Russia are calculated to
remind the car that nation DESTROYS OF
universal peace should do something toward
securing tranquility at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
The Old Story.

Love reigns as in the long ago,
And still with sorrow It's beset.
And Jimmy Jones is Romeo
And Sally Boggs is Juliet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

A large number of people will feel easier
on rejecting that President Baer does not
assume any divine rights over the ice sup
nix
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

Colombia is more or less in the position
of the rural inhabitant who finds that a
syndicate wants his land and who is in
fear of selling out too cheanlY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

1t is said that Thomas Jefferson had HELM
in writing the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson was too wise a man to desplse
valuable suggestions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
In PENNSYLVANIA

from the Philadelphia Press.
The Liberty Bell has escaped muzzling so
far, but 1t is no violation of confidence 10
say that it is under suspicion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

The Louisiana purchase has proved so
great a success that the statesmen who
desire to annex Canada are justified in
again urging their opinions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
Why, of Course,

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Interest in the st. Louis fair is now
assured. The board of women managers
has begun to fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

When last heard from President Roose-
welt was shaking hands with the babies.
Any reasonable parent ought to be content
with the compromise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

There is talk of the kaiser's visiting the
st. Louis exposition. After the practice
we had with Prince Henry we ought to be
able to entertain a kaiser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

General Miles friends insist that ne did
not go to the Philippines merely for the
sa of pleasure trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

China will regard the promises Of Russia
with the apathy Of a government that is
something of promiser itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
A Fiuaucier.

80 Virgins paid you that ten he owed
you"
p "Yes" answered the obliging man.
81 wonder how he managed it?'
Every easily. He borrowed twenty-five
more and only took fifteen Of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

The New York detectives are still on the
trail of the dynamiter and the dynamter
continues to do his best to keep them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
Can't Kill It.

From the Baltimore American.
No frost has ever been known with power
enough to kill of the spring college ora
torical crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

If Gov. Pennypacker is keeping a, cartoon
scrap book he may find 1t necessary 10 en-
large his Offices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19

Arthur P. German will soon be in Eu-
rope. where there is no temptation TO De-
come involved in any political acerbities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-19
cruelties in the German Army.

sometimes Mr.. Henry Watterson Won
ders which is worse-society or politics.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-11
PROTESTS AT WASHINGTON.
Great Britain Objects to Seizure OF
Islands by American Boat

London. Sept. 1.-THE British for
eign office is said to have made rep
rescntations at Washington anent the
recent seizure of two or three islands
off the northeast coast OF British
North Borneo by the United States
gunboat Quiros These islands are
not connected with those off the coast
Of Sandakan, capital Of British North
Borneo, over which the American flag
was recently hoisted.
The Quiros Is stated to have lately
visited a port on the northeast coast
of Borneo, and to have thence steamed
to Darvel Bay, an important center In
Borneo. $50 miles southwark. There
the seizure is said TO have occurred.
The islands. which have been under
British administration for twenty-five
years. were originally infested by pi-
rates, who were driven out by the
Chartered Company Of Borneo. The
action of the Quiros was brought TO
the attention Of the foreign office.
which then took the matter up.
1t Is asserted at the foreign office
that the whole question of the Islands
Is now under consideration at London
and in Washington and that when
Foreign Secretary Lansdoxne returns
arbitration will be suggested.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-11
ENDORSES SETH Low.
Fusion Conference Decides to Support
Him for Mayor of New York.

New York, Sept. 1l.-At the fusion
conference the name of Seth Low was
endorsed as the candidate for mayor
to be presented at the fusionist con-
vention by all the bodies affiliated
with the fusion movement except the
Greater New York Democracy and the
Kings county Democracy. The con-
ference was held at the headquarters
Of the Citizens union. Edward M.
Grout was endorsed for denomination
for comptroller and Charles V. Fornes
for president of the board OF alder
men. The committee representing
the bodies affiliated with the fusion
movement at the conference were:
The Citizens union, Great New
Democracy, New York, Kinks, Queens,
Richmond counties Republican com
mittees, Kings county Democracy,
German-American Municipal league of
Brooklyn, Austro-Hungarian Anti
Tammany association. German-Ame
can Municipal league Of Manhattan,
and the Italian American league.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-11
PLAGUE AT MARSEIlLES.
-Four Women and One Man Die Of the
Disease.

Marseilles, Sept. IA number of
buildings en- the outskirts of this city
whore suspected cases of bubonic
plague had been reported were de
stroyed by fire during the day. The
sanitary officials used sulphur In the
disinfection Of merchandise In the
buildings and the flames communicated
TO the buildings themselves. Only the
walls were left standing.
The officials here continue to assert
that the existence Of the plague has
not been established. but they admit
that eight suspicious cases, five of
which resulted In death, have oc-
Cured. These cases originated in a
cargo of rags brought here in a yes
sci from Constantinople. Rigid sani-
tary precautions have been adopted.
The unofficial reports make the sit
uation more serious. The dead. 1t ap-
pears, include four women and one
man. whose bodies were covered with
buboes, leaving little doubt as to the
nature Of the disease. Eighteen sus-
poets, including four infants. are un-
der surveillance The vessel whici
brought the cargo Of rags has been
isolated
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-11
FATAL FIRE IN NASHVILLE.
One Man Killed and Eight Others Sus
tain Injuries.

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 1.-Fire
here during the day resulted In the
death of Dr. William H. Smith, the
injury of eight other men, and dam
aged property to the extent of $125.000
DR. Smith and Mr. Wharton were II
consultation in the Office of Smith
Brother, when the walls fell and they
were caught under the mass. Dr.
Smith was smothered before his body
could be extricated. Wharton sus-
tanned q severe scalp wound.
The fire started In the wholesale
grocery house of Coleman. Tompkins
& Co. and spread rapidly TO the ad-
Joining buildings occupied by the
Broadstreet Stove and Tinware com
pany, and the Wholesale drug house
of DR. w. H. Smith a. Bro.
The flames were extinguished and
the firemen had returned TO their sta
tions with the exception Of seven who
were left to guard against another out
break. when the walls fell