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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09
DIED.

BREWER Departed this life Thursday morning,
October s. 1903, at o'clock. ar the residence
of her son. 1892 Wylie street northeast, ELIZA
BETH BREWER NEE Dade)
Funeral Sunday at o'clock, from Second Baptist
Church, Sd street northwest. Relatives and
friends invited TO attend. g
COLE. Departed this life on Thursday October
8. 1903. ROBERT COLE beloved husband of
Ida Cole.
Funeral Saturday, October 10. from his late r,sI-
dence. 313 X street northwest; thence to ST.
Augustines Church at 10 am. Friends ard
relatives invited to attend.
KENNEDY Entered into October s 1903. Mrs.
ANN KENNEDY. mother of Thos. Kennedy.
Funeral from her late residence. 1921 AZ street
at st. DomiDic's Church. Friends respect
fully invited TO attend.
delphia, Pa. AMANDA, wife of James Nixon
and daughter of William H. and Eliza c. Pier
son, Washington. u. c.
Gone, but not forgotten, dear daughter,
And never Will you be.
As long as life and memory last
We will remember thee.
Funeral from the residence of her mother. 1118
10th street northwest. saturday morning. De-
tober TO- at o O'Clock; thence to st. Augustne's
Church. Relatives and friends invited to
attend.
RICHARDSON. On Thursday, October 8. 1903. at
am. Cumberland, Md, SAMUEL S.
Funeral services Saturday at O'Clock at his late
residence, 1885 street northwest.
II.
1903 DIR. EDWARD f. SpONESTREET
Funeral from his late residence in Rockville: Nd.
Sunday afternoon. October II, at 2:30 O'Clock.
Interment in Rockville cemetery.
WILKINS. On Wednesday. October I. 1903, sud
denly, ANNIE CATHERINE, wife of Capt. Har-
ry f. wilkins. subsistence department, United
States army, aged thirty-scven years
Funeral from Gawlers parlors- 1874 Pennsylvania
northwest, at O'Clock Friday after
Interment at Arlington.
In Memoriam.
BISCHOFF. In memory Of my beloved daughter.
FANNIE BISCHOFF, who entered into rest
three years ago today, October 9, 1900,
HANES. In loving memory Of our dear son, I.
EDDIE HANES, who departed this life six
years ago today-Octobcr Q, 1897.
Gone from earth: yes gone forever;
Tear-dlmmed eyes shall look in vain;
We shall hear his voice. oh. never,
Never more on earth again.
Loved in life; remembered in death.
BY HIS PARENTS.
HARVEY. In sad hut loving remembrance of our
dear little daughter. EMILY BEATRICE HAIR
VEY. who left year ago today, October
8. 1902
This bud cherished five short years,
But God saw fit to take II from us.
Our hearts sad and lonely.
Our grief too deep to tell
But time will come to soon
When VIII with our darling dwell.
BY MAMMA AND PAPA.
PIEDMONT. In loving memory Of our mother.
MARTHA PIEDMONT, who died October 8.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful In the grave low;
She no more can join our number,
She no more our sorrow know.
BY HER son AND DAUGHTER, ADDIE AND
JAMES BENNETT. AND HUSBAND, STE
PHEN PIEDMONT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09

Mrs. Blanche Strong Is quite Ill at her
home. 500 I'd street. Capitol Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09

DR.. and Mrs. Marcus Benjamin have gone
to New York and are at the the Holland
House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09

Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Adams have as their
guest this week Mr.. Fred. H. Hosford of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09

Mr.. John c. Wilson was among the pas
New York on Tuesday. Miss Margaret Will
son will visit Mrs. Robert r. Martin In
Philadelphia, before returning to the city
for the winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09

Grand Rapids. Mich. who is visiting Wash
ington. Mr.. Hosford has been the guest of
honor at several dinners rendered and a
theater party by friends here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09
New Veilings.

Whatever is best and most
fashionable in Wells and Veil
ings may be found in the new
showing.
Veilings at Csc. yd and up;
Made Wells, SOC. to IS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
THE END SEAT MAN.

Chicagoans are working over the prob lem of the end seat hog" that is, the man who always takes the end seat in tend entirely across as Is the case with many of our street cars. In such a case a man gets on an end seat and sticks to 1t, compelling all who get on or off that side to crowd by him. This is an- moving, of course, but what can be done about itT Some people prefer the end seat, for various reasons, and as one passenger has as much right to a certain seat as another has, why should he be prevented from occupying 1t?
 But there is another side to the ques- ton. Suppose the first passenger to get on from either side takes a seat at the middle of the bench and the other pas sengers as they get on the car close up on the first. That Is all very well, but the first man who wants to get off may be the middle man and he will necessarily have to crowd by all the ters any? Somebody must crowd by and | annoy somebody else,, but who can say which one Is at fault? If the man who couples the end seat is a hog because others are forced to crowd past him, would he not also be hog if he crowded past all the others when he gets of? Seems to us that there is some pro and con about 1t, when you come to think 1t over. The man who gets on a seat first and sticks to the end may be hoggish, but we can't be sure of 1t till he wants to get off
 About the only practicable remedy we see is to have all open cars provided with two rows of seats. with an aisle between, and also a running board on each side. Then if each seat holds but two persons there will be no need to crowd by each other in getting on or of. The great objection to this plan is that 1t reduces the seating capacity of a car from one fourth to one-half and this is a serious
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
That John Brown scaffold.

We do not pretend to be a specialist on seafTolds and scaffolding and frankly confess that we do not know whether the one John Brown ornamented is in exist ence or not. If 1t is. however, we favor its purchase and formal presentation to the Historical Society of Kansas. There would be something, 1t seems to us. pe- culiariy appropriate and suggestive in the gift of scaffold to an institution that regards John Brown as a hero. Virginia would, we believe. enjoy her end of the amenities of the occasion quite as much as Kansas would the reception of so touching a memento of her hero. We verify believe that the joy would be mutual and unconfined.
 In case the scaffold has been destroyed, however, the deficit can be made up if Kansas has another hero of the John Brown stripe that she can. send down to Virginia on a race war mission. We believe that we speak by the card when we say that Virginia will do the rest.
 The little boy Nho was away on visit when the man fell on the church steeple remarked with a whimper when told of it that he never did have no luck no- how" If Virginia can't find that scaf. fold to present to Kansas, we shall feel that the State never did have no luck"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
BOSTON AND THE NEGRO.

We read and hear a great deal about Boston and Rpstonians, and of late the race question has encroached on that supposed center of learning and culture. The recent experience of Booker Wash ington. whose address to the Bostonians brought on a riot, with razors as typl- cal adjunct, is still fresh in the minds of newspaper readers. That episode leads to the conclusion that the genus negro is not very different in Boston from his brethren down South, but that was not what we started to speak of
 In a recent issue of The Lamar CMo.) Democrat we find some comments on Bos- ton and Boston people which are decld- edly interesting. The speaker was Prof. Roy Glasgow, a teacher in one of the high schools of Lamar, and after saying that the Boston people are noted for va- rious things he adds:
 Among these is its partiality For nig- gers. over at Roxbury. which is one of the aristocratic suburbs of the city of Baked Beans. the woman in charge of the high school. where the blue-blooded scions go to learn about Plato and Ho- mer-and their Puritan ancestors--is in charge of big. black wench. The peo- pie there are said to be very much att tached to the dusky principal. and the aristocratic white lassies kiss her good by every night, and are overjoyed when she consents to visit them at their homes. It is not uncommon to see an aristocratic Bostonian coming down the street in an automobile with a finely dressed negress as his companion.
 The Democrat remarks that while these things may seem all right in Boston, they make a Missourians flesh creep," and we agree with it, and the creeping is not confined to Missouri. If the state ments of Prof. Glasgow are true, we must revise our opinions as to the culture or the decency of Boston people. That some of the leaders of Boston aristocracy should have no more regard for decency and propriety than to ride In public with ne- gro women as companions is perhaps only an evidence of debased habits and vitiat- ed tastes, but what the Professor says about the girls is, We hope, entirely with out foundation. We should regret to have the knowledge forced on us that white girls anywhere have no more regard for their race and their color than to act as Prof. Glasgow says of those of Boston. If the charge Is true. nothing that they do in future should cause any surprise. Kiss ing a thick-lipped teacher would pave the way for any other impropriety or lapse from responsibility.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08

consideration. especially in summer time when the open cars are so much in de- mand. and when all seat room Is required that can possibly be had. When some man solves the problem of always having cars enough at the right time and place to give any passenger comfortable seat he will accomplish feat that no one has even apSoached. so far. Chicago Is not
 alone in her troubles and probably not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
THE GRAVEL PIT INvEsTrdA.
 TTON. s

The citizens of Montgomery find them selves confronted with rumors of very ugly scandal In their city government. These rumors are in reference to, the re- cent purchase of gravel pit four miles away for $500. It is said to have been bought by corrupt means.
 These rumors have lbeen important. enough to warrant discussion by the City Council. The purchase has been recalled. and committee appointed to investigate the rumors. This Is as 1t should be. The unanimously.
 The Committee has been appointed, and it seems to be as good one as could have been raised. One of the number voted for the purchase and two voted against it. All three members stand high in the esteem of the bulk of citizens
 The Committee has announced itself as ready to begin work today. and calls for witnesses. But just here 1t seems to us that 1t has made one serious mistake It has decided to conduct its investigation behind closed doors. Presumably it be- lieves this the best method to get at the bottom of the rumors. That view Is open to the boldest doubt Publicity Is the greatest power for getting at the bottom of anything. Star chamber proceedings in such matters are not efrec- tive or commendable. The truth is most likely to come out when witnesses realize that they are in the blaze of all their fel- low citizens eyes. Secrecy is not con ducive to the deepest probing. Such in- vestigation5 in most cases are open to all. Most of the investigations of big scandals in great cities have been public, and the newspapers have assisted in them ny pub lication of the evidence for prompt read ing by every citizen. In this way un- truthful testimony Is more quickly de- tected, and additional witnesses are brought to the front
 By all means let this investigation be public. Some citizens will doubt its sim cerity if it is secret. Everybody will be convinced that the Committees report Is correct if the evidence is made public day by day.
 We trust that the Committee will change its decision, in justice to itself, to the mass of citizens. and to t1Ie effective ness of its task. ,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
soME rAnrrT REASONING.

A writer in The New York Times, not ing that papers statement that the sov- ernment has collected in the way of tariff duties the past four years at least three hundred million dollars more than was needed for all legitimate purposes. says;
 Is 1t not true that the greater part of the former sum was derived from the importation of articles of luxury, most of which are not produced or found Tn this country. and which should properly provide a surplus, and that of the latter sum all but about 600 is on deposit with the banks, amply secured, which loan h for the purposes Of commerce! If this Is so, as 1t appears to be, where Is the Injury? Luxuries place in circs- lation money which otherwise would be boarded; a surplus is continually reduced by public improvements, ~.sich add to the "earnings'' of the working classes.
 This reasoning would be fallacious, even if 1t were strictly true, which 1t is not. It is not true that all this surplus, or even the largest part of 1t. is collected from what are generally termed luxuries. great part of our import duties is laid on articles of necessity and of daily use by all the people. as will be apparent to any one who will take the pains to go over the tariff schedule and mark the articles on which duties are collected and the amount of the tax. A duty of from 50 to 100 per cent, sometimes higher, on articles which are used by all the peo: pie of the United States is not a tax on luxuries, but on the necessaries of life If that tax was absolutely necessary to sustain the expenses of an honestly con- ducted government, it could be borne patiently, however much we might realize It's burdens. but this is not the case and all advocates of protection know it.
 Neither is 1t to be admitted that lux uries place in circulation money which would otherwise be hoarded." Most of the money paid for articles which only the very rich can use goes to the foreign dealers in such things, and the duty goes into the coffers of our government. But that does not in any way change the fact that under our present iniquftous system of taxation we are annually col lecting not less than $75, ,00O, 900 over and above the necessities of the government. That money should be left in the pockets of the people. It would be, if we had fair tariff law. It is the duty of Demo- crats to provide such a law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
Says The Richmond rimes-Dispatch:

It is beginning to dawn upon some peo- pie that the venerable Senator Morgan either knew what he was talking about said Uncle sam would never get that canal business through the Colombian Congress.
 adopt the. Nicaragua route. 1t will be such triumph for the venerable Ala bama Senator as few statesmen live to witness. And he will deserve all the honor that comes to him. for he will have fairly won it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
Magnificent Proportions.

St. Louis. Aug. 1.-The plans and spe- cifications for the Worlds Fair festival hall which is to stand at the head of the main cascade on Art Hill have been given to the contractors. The pre-emi- nent feature of the hall is the sculpture crowned top of the immense dome. 26O feet high. The dome it is said. is to be larger than that of St. Peters in Rome, which is the largest in the world. The audi torium in the interior of the building will be 112 feet high from the floor of the theater to the summit of the dome. The prosecenium arch of the stage has a span of 93 feet inches. one of the largest in the country. and is 54 feet deep.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
BRIDEGROOM A SUICIDE.
R. A. Hill Takes Morphine While on
 His Honevmoou.

Nashville, Tenn, Aug 7.-Robert A. Hill of Gallatin Tenn, who committed suicide here yesterday morning by taking morphine, was on his honeymoon at the time.
 Last Saturday he married Miss Dis mukes at Galltin under most romantic circumstances He was engaged to an other young lady and the marriage was to have taken place in the near future The action of Hill caused an estrange- ment between his family and himself, which had not been healed at the time of the tragedy Hill had been drinking and it is thought killed himself in a fit of de- spondency.
 His widow was Miss Bessie Dismukes daughter of the late W. C. Dismukes, for mer Speaker of the State Senate, who died only two weeks ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
SHOT UNEARTHED PLOT.
Convicts Planned to Assassinate Superintendent of Reformator

SuperlnCeuQeuL or heIOrnaIOFy.
 Elmira. N. Y, Aug. 7.-There is every indication that the shooting of James H. Gunderman, keeper of the Elmira Re- formatory. by Brooks, a convict from New York, at that institution Wednes- day, came about through the miscarriage of a convicts' plan to assassinate the general superintendent Frank Robertson, and his assistant, Mcdonald. One month ago the storeroom of the reformatory was robbed during lunch hour. Many weapons were stolen and since then of ficials of the reformatory have lived a life of terror.
 The strain was beginning to tell on the officers and Superintendent Robertson was on the verge of breaking down, when Brooks shot and seriously wounded Gun derman and the plot was unearthed. Brooks made confession that the weap- ons were stolen by the inmates and hid den.
 Superintendent Robertson was expected out in the yard in the afternoon and he was to be shot at a given signal. and the other officials assaulted simultan- eously. The conspirators are now in sol itary confinement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
OUT OF FACTS AND LOGIC.

It is amusing to observe how upset The
 Birmingham Age-Herald is because The
 Advertiser alluded to some recent history
 in the case of its favorite for the Presi-
 dentlal nomination. Senator German. of Maryland. It lost it's head completely yesterday, and accused us of having something on our bowels. It was also
 about as disrespectful to the only man the Democrats have elected to the Presi- dency in nearly fifty years as Mir. Bryan was recently.
 Evidently The Age-Herald could find no facts or logic with which to answer The Advertiser. It does not dispute that Mir. German split his own Party in Maryland wide open, that he lost that Democratic stronghold to the Republicans. and that he has now come home to try to save 1t from the enemy. It does not deny that he is an issue in Democratic ranks in Maryland today. It is a fact that many of the best men in the Party will not support MT. German or his tickets. Some of the ablest Democratic papers in that State have roasted him year in and out. 
 The only answer to all these indisputa-
 ble facts which our hot-headed contem- porary attempts to make Is this: And yet Arthur Pue German is Demo- crat or hign standing-so hign that as soon as ne was reLul neu tv Ine senate Senators hiorgan anu fettus anu all tne other Democrats in that body made haste Iv make nlin their leader.
 
 That is a very poor answer. Most of those Democratic worthies tried to make Mir. German their leader in 1882, but the estimate Of the Senator and turned him down. He may be very serviceable as | leader in the Senate. where cool, crafty, not too scrupulous person may
 be needed to keep track of the wiies of 1 such tricky, resourceful, interruptions Republicans as Hanna, Quay, Aldrich.
 etc. And yet his ability to cope with political chess players like those on the floor of the Senate does not mark him
 as the man for leadership before the peo-
 pie. On the contrary. the men who are fitted for that sort of thing are rarely trusted by either Party with Presiden-
 tial nominations. The people demand
 men of higher. broader character. The
 Hannas and the Germans always have to take back seats for the McKin.eys and the Clevelands. when National Conven-
 tions meet.
 There is no getting around the fact that
 MT. German has failed as leader of the
 people in his own State, and If he is not
 trusted by the Democracy of his own
 State, how can he be put forward for
 national leadership? It is absurd, and
 1t will never be done. e'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
Should Be Put to Work.

Ozark Tribune.
 These worthless darkles should he put on the streets or De made to leave the town, and we insist the good colored peo- pie should be protected. This laziness and refusal to work means something wrong is going on. Crime finds birth in these idle brains and hands, give them something to do and require 1t to be done or put them on the move. They are eith- CT living honest or dishonest. We can be the means of stopping some crimes if we would enforce the vagrant laws of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08

We cant decide which class is most vociferously afraid that Cleveland will be nominated. the Republicans or the ex- treme Bryanites. but both are actuated by the same fear. They fear that if he is nominated, he will be elected. and that will put all of them in the shade. Neither Rcpubncanism nor Bryanism could sur yive such a blow as the election of a genuine Democrat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08

The heaviest rain of the season fell at Lowell, Mass, the day after the explo- sion of the big powder magazine there. Rainmaking scientists will please make d note of this fact.-Richmond Times Dispatch.
 That might be a good way to procure rain, but it would be something like the primitive Chinese plan of burning a house down with hog in it. in order to have roast pork.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
The Sun is Correct.
Mobile Item.

MUDIIe IItIn.
 The New York Sun objects to its re- porters and other writers referring to men of sixty as aged The Sun is correct. In these days of physical culture and general progress, men should not be aged even if score of years were added to their sixty" Scientists say that man grows old in body only as he grows old in mlnd. Then just say you are young act like you are young, believe that you are young, live not in the past, but in the future. and you will be young. It's all with the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
Sihlev,s Gnests-

New York Aug 7.-Representative J. c. Sibley of Pennsylvania, who has a sum mer home at Valcour. N. Y, and four guests, including Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, Speaker-to-be of the next House of Representatives have started from Burlington, Vt. on a weeks automobile trip to Mount Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
Too Well Behaved.

HuntsViIIe Democrat.
 A prominent negro said to us: Guns of 1861 are turned in the North against the negro" In the South, the right of free speech is regarded as sacred con stitutional privilege, and our colored men are too well behaved to create riot, when so prominent a man of their own color Is speaking to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
she Quits the stare

Chicago. Aug. IA dispatch to the Record Herald from Los Angeles, Cal. says: The vaudeville career of Mabel Me Kinley was closed here last Sunday night, for she has decided to quit the stage for good owing to the objections of her father and her husband. Dr. H. L. Baer of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08
Old and Good.
Selma Times.


 There Is a good deal of discussion go- The editor of The Mobile Item, who has been making a careful investigation of the subject asserts positively that they wear them on their arms and not on their limbs. The editor of The Item Is old and good, and doubtless had a perfect right to get the informa tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-08

much desired condition. he will be prac- tically forgotten. He doubtless recog- nizes this, and hence his persistent agita- tion. He has not a shadow, Of chance for the nomination himself, and in view of his course since his disastrous leader ship of the party the Democrats will not seriously consider nominating a man who thinks as he does. MT. Bryan should re- tie. He is not in sympathy with the party. and in the role of a constant agita- tor is doing 1t no good.