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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE.
Railroad Property Destroyed at Bill.
bao, Spain

I'il.BAO Spain. October 27-The strik-
lug miners destroyed with dynamite dur
Ing the night railroad roundhouse and
Tie electric light and telephone plants
Ih" strike. which has now spread to all
a." mines In tho district. causes great anx-
ietN' rs the employers persist in refusing
10 '"nSider the demands for the weekly
pa ueht OF wages until the men resume
Work. The aim of the employers IT is
huI' - To induce the men to negotiate
VIII them directly, without the interyen-
t"A "I The unions. The socialists are TAX
Ing prominent part in the agitation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
VISITORS TO THE POPE.
Several Americans Among Those Re
ceived at the Vatican Today.

ROME. October 1.-THE pope today re-
ceived Cardinal Moran in farewell audi
erce. The pOntiff most affable to the
cardinal speaking lengthily about Aus
ITALIA. and also about the Englsh-speak!ng
Countries generally. saying their complete
liberty in the exercise of their religion rep
resented the best field for the growth and
spread Of Catholicism.
Atter the audience Cardinal Moran pre-
srntcd select number of English-speaki king
people. America being represented by MIR.
ana Miss Butler ard Mr.. and Mrs. Abel of
taltimOre. TO whom the pope addressed the
kIndcst words. gave them his hand 10 kiss
and bestowed on them the apostolic bless
ing. which was extended to their families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
BODY OF E. L. VENT FOUND.
Report That He Was Shot by I'm
known Parties.
b 10 The Evening Star.

special dispatch to The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va, October "a brake
man on the Clinch Valley division of the
Norfolk and Western today reported at
THzowell, Va. that the body of Ernest l..
N"ptz. the young son of the Philadelphia
millionaire who has been missing for two
weeks had been found a mile from where
thu horse on which he was last seen was
found. The man had been shot by parties
unku"wn. The brakeman knew none of the
particulars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
MOTHER DIED OF GRIEF.
News of Missing Child Came Soon
After Her Death.
Sr-risi dispatch to The Evening Star

Sl-risi dispatch to The Evening Star.
NORFOLK. Va. October 27.-Following
t,," death several days ago In Dinwidde
county. Va. of Mrs. Ida V. -Joyner, as a re-
~ult Of grief over the disappearance nearly
Year az" of her baby girl. Luna comes a
letter To- Chief of Police Vellines of Nor
l"il today from North Carolina which may
result la the restoration of the lost child
- hcr home Chief Nellines correspondent,
whose name Is withheld for police reasons
|ni tn" present. says that a child answer
irt the description of Luna Joyner is being
trlt by Il nSgresS in Carolina, who claims
S." secured the child from an almshouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27

statement he offered to prove by the evil
dcurc of an old man well acquainted with
tho family history OF the Dapney-.
m, hoard however evaded the Issue
,uu,Y r1riug the ancestry of the objection
able. cldldrsn.- IL declared that the little
ones. whatever their forcfuthers had been.
vsr,. 20 menace to the success of the school
from which the complaints came. and that
therefore they should be transferred to
tn. other school suggested, which is equi-
distant from their home, Dabney will APP
peal the case and fight TO the bitter end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
CREW RESCUED.
Burning Of the Steamer Manhattan on
Lake Superior.

MUNISING, Mich. October 2.-The Gill
christ steamer Manhattan, while endevoring
last night to find shelter under Grand
Island. Lake Superior. burned near Beacon
light The crew was taken off safely by
the tug Ward. The steamers wheel chains
parted as she was near Trout bay, and be-
fore the craft could be gotten under con-
troll she had stranded on reef. Fire then
broke out and as the burning of the upper
works lightened the ship, she drifted off,
finally fetching up on Sand Point.
The cause of the fire is not known. The
Manhattan was built in 1887, and was
worth about $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
DIPLOMATIC CORPS CHANGES.
Minister Gevers May Take the Mission
to Rome

A diplomat who has just returned from
Europe says that Baron W. A. +. Gevers.
the Netherlands minister to the United
States, has been offered the Rome. st. Pc
tersburg or Constantinople missions. and
that he probably will accept the Italian
post, that he may be near his aged mother,
who Is in Holland.
1t is also learned that J. II. Won Roijen.
secretary Of legation and charge danaifes
ad interim. is to be transferred to the
Netherlands legation at St. Petersburg.
Baron Gevers is absent on leave and OFF,
cial confirmation of the report Is as yet I'M
obtainable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
JUDGE EsTEE DYING.
Has Taken Active Part in California
Politics for Years,

HONOLULU. October 27.-United States
District Judge M. NJ. Estee is dying, as the
result of an operation performed two days
ago for kidney trouble.
Judge Estee is well-known lawyer, and
an author of note. For many years he took
an active part In the politics of California
In 1899 he was the republican candidate
for governor, but was defeated by Gen.
George Stoneman. He was a candidate for
the L. S. senate in 1889. He was perma-
nent chairman of the national republican
convention held in Chicago in 1888. Judge
Estee is the author of "Estee's Pleadings
and Forms" and other works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
Former Policeman ON Trial.

Samuel Payne. colored, accused of rob
bling George Vigofsky of Wilmington. Del.
of $50. while. the latter was i'm this city,
April last. was placed on trial in Grim
inal Court No. today. The defendant the
date of the alleged occurrence was a man.
Der of the metropolitan police foros.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
Lunacy Proceedings.

Lunacy proceedings were instituted today
against the following: Gus Barren, Mary B.
Simpson, William d. Carly. Caroline Oros-
chin. Joseph N. Smith, Henry f. Garnett,
Charles Johnson. Albert Hawkins and Kate
p. Berkeley. The hearing OF the cases will
occur next Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
Verdict of Guilty.

A verdict of guilty has been rendered in
Criminal Court No. I in the case of Alexan-
der Ehmlng. accused OF embeZzling TO-
hounds of candy and a sum money from
the Sewel Distributing Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption. sG39.972. Government receipts
from internal revenue. $3.50. 49,; customs.
1854. go; miscellaneous, Sol. ISL Expendi-
lures. sl.720O0O. Available cash balance.
SPA, ST., S57 .O4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
To Inspect Russian Fleet.

-, PETERSBURG, October PA dis
patch from Port Arthur says viceroy
AlcNien has gone to Tallenwan to inspect
the Russian naval forces in the Pacific
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1419 F St, members New York
stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27

The quotations of gas stock were changed.
although no transactions were made. The
bids began at ~ and ran up by quarter
points to 50. The stock was offered at 6O.
but there WAS no apparent pressure to sell
or to buy. and the difference between tho
bid and the Offering was not decreased.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
A WARTIME APOLOGY.
Excuse offered by Union Soldiers for
Taking Bridge Timber from
u Church.

The story of the Old Brick church in
Fairfield county, S. c., where, in 1903,
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Synod of the Carolinas was organized,
has found its way into northern pa
pers. The object of this paragraph
is mainly 10 set forth the fact indicated
in the first sentence and to refer to
the lesson of the legend on the door
facing, says the Gastonia IN. c. Gas
zette. This Inscription, as those IA
miliar with the old church know, runs
about as follows:
Citizens of This Community: Please
excuse us for defacing your house of
worship so much. 1t was absolutely
necessary to effect a crossing over the
creek, as the rebs destroyed the
bridge"
This legend was signed simply "A
Yankee" The occasion for it was
found in the fact that the pews, floor
ing and sleepers had been brought into
requisition to construct a bridge by
which the federal troops might be en-
abled to cross Little river, the con-
federates, as stated, having there de
stroyed what is known as Kincafd's
bridge. The legend and the delicate
feeling which prompted its inscription
have in them lesson of particular and
appropriate interest these days, since
they reveal, as the New York Times
puts it, 1.-THE existence, even in the
worst of the other days, of feelings
that led naturally to reconciliation"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
Town Reused by Drums
Two Young PauI Reveres Told GreenviIIe
Thai Morgan Was Coming.

house yard to hear Capt. Smiths
message.
He had received word from New
Albany that Morgan and his raiders
were crossing into Indiana, would
pass through Our town, and was or
ganizing his band of home guards to
intercept and drive Morgan backl
And what a gang we had to do it
with! A sleepy, frowsy-headed lot
of unframed farmers, armed with
guns of all descriptions or impossi-
BILE to describe; singlebarreled shot
guns, rifles, muskets, horse pistols
and anything else that would shoot.
THE captain made them a speech
and then set in to drill his army.
After so long a time he got them
formed into something like a line,
and put them through the manual of
arms. Right there is where | come
in for my pension papers. There was
a sleepy-looking young farmer on
the end of the line who was dread
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

An incident OF Morgan's raid into
Indiana is told by Colonel in the
Salem Democrat. At the time of
which he writes-1s63-he was a boy
of 16-in Greenville, Ind, and was
the possessor of a snare drum. One
OF his playmates, a boy named Hen
ry, had brass drum. What they
did with the drums on certain
night is told in the story:
''One night about the last of June
or the first of July, along about
midnight, my father came and
knocked on my bedroom door and
called me. Now, you know about
how quick boy of - would get out
of his bed; they would be lucky to
even get him awake. But father kept
calling and persistently said, Wake
up, Fred, bring your drum and come
out quick. Capt. Smith wants you
And that did the business for me.
Amy call for me and my drum found
me "A minute man. l slipped into my
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
AUTOCRACY OF RUSSIAN LIFE.
Present Strenuous Conditions of the
Cars Domain Are Due to
Ancient Causes,

From the earliest times until within
the last century and half Russia was
almost continually subject to foreign
INVASION, according to the Chautau-
guam. Wave after wave of barbarlans
from the great northern plains of Asia
dashed against the Muscovite state
and several times completely over
whelmed it. There were no means of
protection-no lofty mountains, no in
accessible Businesses, no streams dlttl-
cult of passage. There was not even
stone or other material to construct
walls or castles for defense.
The inevitable tendency under such
circumstances was for the power OF
the Muscovite princes over their sub
jects to be greatly augmented. The
people looked to the princes for pro-
lection, in return for which they UNI
dertook to serve in the army, pay large
taxes and in other ways strengthen the
princes position. 1t so happened that
n this business of defending the peo-
pie against the depredations of the
uldId uueIS lnt IJl lilCSS VI Nho7SO" WV
more successful than any others.
And it was for this reason chiefly
that the princes of Moscow attained a
prestige surprising that of all the 9TH
ers and eventually became the head
IF the Russian state. In the great
struggle to throw off the Mongol yoke
in the fifteenth century the people
we're quite willing to commit the most
absolute power into the hands of the
grand prince of Moscow, for they knew
that every resource and prerogative
at his command would be needed for
the achievement of the task. What
ever would strengthen the princes po-
sition was considered desirable, what
ever would weaken it deleterious.
Thus the Russians, who in very early
times had republican government in
their petty city states, accustomed
themselves for the sake of their ma
tional deliverance to autocracy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
IGNOBLE INJURY.
Maryland Patriot Wanted Pension
for Being Hurt While Trying
to Catch a Hog.

The Baltimore Sun tells the story
of perhaps the most remarkable APP
plication which has yet been made
for a pension. The simple, ingenu-
Gus, naive and touching manner in
which the applicant relates his story,
and the convincing way in which he
tells 1.-The truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the TRUTH will APP
peal to all. Many applicants for pen
sions are inclined to stretch the
truth, some to draw upon their i'm
aginations, some, alas, to lie out
right. This Marylander sets an eX-
ample for all to follow says the
Chicago Tribune. When requested by
the bureau to explain how he in
CURED physical disabilities he sent in
the following infinitely graphic state
ment:
THE way I got my war ingery was
a ketchin of a hog. The Hog was
a sow hog and ur captain wanted her
for forege. We was chasin the
sow, and she craWled threw hoal
in a rale fence. 1t war big hoal,
and | thot | war about the sis of
the hog, and tried to crawl threw,
but l stuk and trim to wigle out
throde' the rales off and one hit me
on my he'd and nocked me senseless.
/ do not think the sow pig had moth
ing to do with my line of duty. for
I did not koch the hog. Wich she
never war caut."
1t will be observed that this Mary
land patriot makes no pretense of
being injured in any encounter where
''villainous saltpeter" was concerned,
nor does he profess to have mounted
barbed steeds TO fright the souls of
fearful adversaries," nor does he aver
that he was seeking 1.-The bubble rep
htation even in the lannon's mouth"
He does not profess to have beer,
performing any remarkable feat of
valor or acting brilliant part on the
battlefield. And yet it is possible for
Dne who reads this simple story not
to feel that the petitioner believes
he has done the state some service"
And has he not? If it be true, as
the great Napoleon said, that IAN
army travels upon its belly" was he
not seeking to expedite the move
ments of the union army when the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

Men whose business code strictly IAN for and
tooth for tooth" forget all about when mngng socially to-
geher There Of competition among them to
who shall give greater number of cigars They scramble
ahead other the of cab hire and often become
offended the elevated when allowed to
fares for party and they think OF
repaying each other for such trifing favOrS.
Women the contrary expect be rewarded for their
social effort Their of ake-vaue receved alb
normally developed They suffer favor be done them
without the mental remark Il that obligation 1t is
will leave card upon acquaintance but the
acquaintance unconventional enough fatally postpone the
turning of her card until she have the opportunity seeing
her caller person that she may actually visit with her. social inter
between the The religion card for
a card, and any heresy punishable with social death
hypothetical young has friend who is i'll and whose
family suffering financial embarrassment she offers her
sional services Returning home she begins feel the
honest glow of sesfacton her small when alas the
arrives with little remembrance from the convaescent
friend in kndness She ruuy feels her
self paid for the of friendship and she knows
that the sender of the gift will herself expect paid back for any
casual favor
1t is sort OF singness of move-ths failing of
enous state of mind that will allow the other the salts
faction which from generous giving
generous if she is inevitably paid back?'
One invites dinner neigbor paving the
neghbor pleasure she learns, upon receiving counter invitation
the following week. that she has but competitions
neighbours dinner is much elaborate
The strife begun, the compelled give
end, to expense
Generosity and gratitude OF the gentest
sometimes appears that they virtues common than
to the "gentler SEX"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

fully in earnest. The whole proceed
ing to him was realistic to a finish.
The captain had put the drummers
of his army off away from the end
of the line. out of the way of the
maneuvers, and | could see the look
do or die on that fellows face. Fin
ally, at the command to fire, that
son-of-a-gun must have lost every bit
of sense he ever had, for he turned
the muzzle of his old gun blunderbus
square at me and actually blazed
away.
Il felt a smart in my right side,
right above my hip, and realized I
was shot. OF course, l supposed L
was killed, so dropped on the ground
with yell. Then, on second thought,
l grabbed my precious drum and
broke for home, screaming and yell
ing at every jump.
81 presume Morgan must have
heard of our valiant company of
home guards and their ability on the
firing line, so he gave us the slip and
went north by another road"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
NEW ARMY STANDARDS.
Colors and Ornaments of n New Set
Recently Adopted by the
War Department.

The war department has adopted a
new set of standards and regimental.
battalion and other colors for the
army of the United States. The main
feature of the new flags, as well as of
the buttons and ornaments, is in the
representation of the coat-of-arms of
the United States. They are made of
the best quality of silk in solid colors,
and the United States seal, the in
sigma, scroll, inscriptions and other
emblems are embroidered in colors.
The different standards are described
as follows: That of the secretary of
war is scarlet, with white fringe. and
contains the United States seal en-
broidered in colors, and four white
stars, one near each corner. The cord
and tassel are scarlet and white in
tertwined. The cavalry standard is
yellow, and the fringe, cord and tassel
are also of the same color Under
the embroidered seal is a scroll in red.
with the regimental designation in
letters of white. The artillery stand
tassel. Below the seal is the insignia
of the arm crossed cannons above
yellow scroll, containing the regiment
al designation in letters of red. The
infantry standard is blue, with yellow
fringe and blue and white cord and
tassel. Below the seal is a red scroll
bearing the regimental designation in
.tters of white. The standard of
the engineers is scarlet, with white
fringe and scarlet and white cord and
tassel. Below the seal is the insignia
of the corps, battlemented castle
embroidered in white, and a white
scroll with the battalion designation
in letters of red. The signal corps
standard is orange, with yellow fringe
and cord and tassel Of orange and
yellow. Below the embroidered seal
is the insignia of the corps, crossed
flags and torch embroidered in yellow
and white, under which is a blue
scroll with the designation in letters
of white
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

hog chase came to such sudden and
inglorious end? 1t may be urged that
he has been a long time remember
ing the episode, but his candor is
none the less striking. He adheres
to the naked truth. not truth by
fairy fiction drest." He does not
even assert that the hog entities him
to pension, because he did not
"kech the hog" And he estops any
one else from drawing a pension for
that service, as it never war caut."
He was simply in "the line of duty"
and he would have performed it had
he not been too big to get between
the rails. Mr.. Commissioner Ware,
who has a lively sense Of humor,
probably will regret his inability to
give a pension to his lineal ethical
descendant of George Washington.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
OFF CAME HIS HEAD.
nese Empress DOwaGer Inter-
Tupted a Boxers Speech.


To send telegram to his paper, the
Shanghai Mercury, the correspondent
at Pingtu, China, has to walk 25 miles.
Pingtu is a city of $4,000 people, and
the telegraph line runs through the
town, but there is not enough tele-
graphing to Justify the establishing
of an office there.
Rev. w. IL. Sears. a native of Mis-
souri,, now Chinese missionary, is the
Mercury's Pingtu correspondent.
When he gets piece of news that
ought to go promptly, he saddles his
horse and makes a 25-mile journey over
the hills TO a town where there is an
operator.
Most of his news is sent in by mail,
and though the paper for which he
corresponds is only a weekly, and his
letters to the Mercury are not over
frequent, his expenditure for stamps
at the Pingtu post office is one-fifth
of the entire amount of stamps pur-
chased there. In letter received in
Macon (Mo.) from Mr.. Sears he says:
China has established post offices
in alhthe walled cities and many of the
larger towns, but post offices and tele-
graph offices are looked upon as for
eign institutions and are not well
patronized.
There are not many papers in
China. The province 1 live in has near
ly 100000 population, yet there is
but one Chinese newspaper in it, and
that one lonesome sheet has not nearly
the circulation of the average country
newspaper in Missouri. about $500 }
Not more than one native in ten can
read-no, | will say not one in 20.
do not know of single Chinese WON,
an-eXcept those who are Christians
that can read. The Chinese don't edu.
cate their girls.
I'm regard to the clipping you sent
from an American newspaper about
the empress dowager preparing to in
augurate bloody warfare on the for.
eign devils will say that the report is
without confirmation. There is nc
doubt the empress dowager is one OF
the worst women in the world. She
has no idea whatever of right. As ar
illustration l will give you the follow
ing story. taken from a recent issue
of the Celestial Empire, of Shanghai:
When the royal cavalcade started
| every mandarin along the route oil
nearly so miles knew that if the EN-
press dowager found that insufficient
provision had been made for her in his
district, his head would be likely to bt
the forfeit of her displeasure.
las Tsz Hi was entering Kie-hian
man IN Boxer regalia ran into the
road, and kneeling beside her chair
began an eulogistic address on he1
efforts to exterminate the foreign
devils. The empress dowager, so al
eyewitness told me. merely motionet
to one of her bodyguard, who quietly
walked behind the Boxer and with one
stroke of his sword cut off his ORATOR
and his head at the same time. Thai
was when Boxerism was out of fashion
and the imperial lady was on her way
| to Hsian.'"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

trousers, slung on my drum and was
outside the front door in a little bit
Capt. Smith had gone for my play
mate, Henry, and his drum, while
father was waking me, and they soon
gave us our instructions. We were to
walk up and down the pike that was
the principal street of the settlement
and wake every man that could be
gotten out. Then we were to tell him
to meet the captain at the school
house and to bring his gun.
Did we do it? Never before had
we been permitted to beat our drums
at night, and we certainly went at it
with a hearty good will. We marched
up and down beating with all our
might that was in us, waking up all
the dogs and soaring timid people
half to death. Whenever a man poked
his head out of the window to ask
what was the trouble or swear at
us, we delivered our message and
went on our noisy way. When we
thought we had enjoyed the fun long
enough, we went over to the school