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Evening star., 1905-08-20
XIX.
David Sent Out Against Goliath.

l was almost master of myself again
when. a week later. | got aboard the car In
which Carlotta and l were taking our
friends to look on at the oppositons con-
ventiun at St Louis
Wien we arrived, | went at once to con-
fe- with Merriwaather in room at the
Southern Hotel which TO one knew re had.
SIMPSON has unCer. rather than over, five
huT dred delegates" was his first item OF
good news. 1T takes six hundred and fifty
to nominate. AS his sort of boom always
musters Its greatest strength on tie first
ballot. I'm putting my money two to one
against him
And Scarborough" l as',ed wondering
at my indifference to this foresha do wing of
triumph.
My men talk him to every incoming del
sgation. It's well known that he don't
want the nomination and has for
bidden his friends to vote for him
and has pledged them to work against
him. Then, too the bosses and the boy
don't like hfm-to put 1t mildly. Hut
think we're making every one feel he's the
only man they can put up with a chance
to beat Burbank
My wife and our friends and | dined at
the Southern that night. As we were about
10 leave. the streets began to tll. Ana
presently through the ciose-packed masses
came at a walk an open carriase-the
storm-Center of a roar that almost drowned
the music OF the four or five bands. The
electric lights made the scene bright as day.
Who Is he" asked the woman at my
side-Nrs. Sandys.
She was looking a. the man in that car
riage-there were four. but there was no
mistaking him. He was seated, was giving
not the slightest heed to the cheering
throuSS. His soft black hat was pulled
well down over his brows: his handsome
profile was stern. his face pale. If that
crowd had been hurting curses at him and
preparing to tear him limb from limb he
would not have looked different. He was
JmCoth-Sh4ven. which made him saem
younger than ! knew him to be. And over
1im was the glamour OF the world hat
ought-tO-hc in which he lived and had the
power to compel others to live as long as
Evening star., 1905-08-20
HER HUSBANDS VOICE
Led to the Arrest Of Bold, Bad Bur-
glars.

BkN1S.
Special Cabiegram to The Star.
PARIS. August 10.-While the husband, a
skipper. Is away on the main his faithful
wife. who lives in Paris in the populous
Rue d dAllemagne. sits at home. her thoughts
full OF him. Since she cannot see him she
Is content at least to listen to his robust
voice. He is a dab at monologues. which
he roars out thunderingly for the enter
tainment of company when on shore. He
left his wife phonosraph when he went to
sea, after reciting into 1t his most success
full pieces. His repertory goes from gay to
grave. from the songs Of Polin, who does
the comic trooper on five six music hall
stages every night, to the lachrymose, po-
etic variations which won for their author.
M Francois Coppee. his seat among the
"immortals' Of the French Academy.
The grass widow sat at home and when
she longed more than usually for her alb
sent sailor boy she would turn the handle
OF the phonograph and listen to his familiar
voice reciting funny pieces or sentimental
poems. week of fine weather was too
much for her. She went to the country to
spend few days. and actually left her hus-
bands treasured voice behind her in Paris.
When she returned home she saw the hand
Of Providence in the spectacle OF her fiat.
All OF the furniture was upside down. rt1ed;
all her small valuables were gone, trinkets.
jewels and clothes, and. worst of all, the
phoHoSrapn nao Deen Stoien, 100. FOR Gays
she wandered about despairing. Not tor
months. perhaps never again, would she
hear her sailor husbands sturdy voice. Sud
denly she was riveted to the spot While
passing down an alley at La Villette. She
had heard the old. familiar voice again,
singing the comic troopers song. She rush.
ed to the police station and brought con-
stables to the place. The voice was still
laundering. this time a pathetic seafaring
yarn. 1T is he, 1t is my absent Eugenie's
voice. she cried, and the police dashed into
the house. They found in the cellar half
a dozen rascally looking men sitting around
a phonograph. in fits of laughter, while it
reared out to them the pathetic monologue.
The men were secured. and proved to be
the burglars who had broken into the fat
of the wife of the sailor. She has recovered
none of her trinkets or valuables, but the
faithful wife Is happy. because she can
listen once more to the absent mariners
monologue.
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form which It takes Is really matter OF
secondary Importance.


II Norway can bring herself to make rep
resentations to Sweden In accordance with
the report of the special committee of the
riksdag It is thought that the actual condi-
tons laid down by Sweden ought not to pre-
sent any very great difficulties. Some aues-
ttons growing out of the dismantltng OF the
fortIficat tons on the frontier are likely TO
cause some differences Of opinion. Norway
has several forts along this line, all equip
ped with expensive modern artillery: Swe-
den Is without a corresponding line OF de-
tense. Norway Is called upon to sacrifice
her existing Notifications, while Sweden In
return gives a pledge that she will not es-
tablish fortifications In the future. As a
matter Of fact, the retention of the forts Is
not matter Of life and death to Norway.
and certainly ought not to weigh In the
scale against the opportunity of amicable
settlement with Sweden, and probably will
not when It IS remembered that the dissen-
sions between Norway and Sweden afford
temptation to their large neighbors. One or
two small fortresses. more or less, like
those OF Fredertksten and Kongsvinger, are
not likely to weigh in the balance with the
important subjects discussed by Emperor
William and the car at Bjarkoe at the time
that the Scandinavian question was taken
up. Both Norway and Sweden are more in
tereSted in the question of the transforming
or the Black sea into a mare clausum than
they are In the fortresses of Frederiksten
and Kongsvnger, though the former has
been Intimately connected with Norwegian
history from the earliest days of the Morse
men.
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Won BUELoW's HEIGHT
Discussion Waxed Warm for :,
While.
Special Cabiegram to The Sta,

Spccihi CaDie2ram 10 The Star.
BERLIN. August ia cons,d.,ab,s
section OF the German press has been
greatly concerned OF late as to whether
the chancellor Prince Buelow, is a tall or
little man
This question was the subject of q
wager between several readers of the
Coiogne Gazette one correspondent de-
ciar'ng On the authority of a friend who
met the German chancellor at Norderney
that the latter was a little. insienificant
man."
Ihereupon the postmaster Of the town
In which this correspondent lived WA
gered several bottles of the best Rhine
wine that the prince was a tall man. and
the postmasters wife, with feminine en-
thusiasm. even went so far as to offer To
pay for the wine II the chancellor was
only a mtddle-sized man
a Berlin editor supposed to know the
prince personally was asked to decide the
question. His answer was:
Prince Buelow Is neither short nor fall
but OF a we'll -proportioned middle height
With this decision the postmaster's wife
was not satisfied. She wrote to Princess
Buelow. asking for exact figures. and re-
ceived the following answer:
Her excellency, the Princess Bueloy
has requested me to say in reply to your
letter that the height of the chancellor Is
feet on inches"
The correspondent who described the
chancellor as a short man thereupon paid
for the wine
Evening star., 1905-08-20

was half an hour before any one could
get hearing. Then Indiana was called.
ana Pierson. attorney general of that state
and chairman of its delegation. cast its vote
as In the other ballots for Kitchens, its
governor. From my box I was watching
scarborough and his immediate friends
going FROM delegation to delegation. and
knew what he was about. When Iowa was
called and cast it's vote so.dly for him I
knew he had failed
How white he is." said Mrs. Sandys.
who was looking at him through opera
glas ses
I BORROWED them and saw that his gaze
was fixed on a box on the other side Of the
huge auditorium. on woman in that box
i had only to look at her to see which
woman. She was beautiful. of that type
of charm which the French sum up in the
phrase the woman OF thirty. l nave
heard crowds below too often to be moved
by it-though the twenty or thirty thou
sand gathered under that roof were out
doing the cannonade of any thunderstorm.
But that woman's look in response to
Scarborough s-there was sympathy and
understanding In 1t. and more. infinitely
more. He had been crushed for the mo-
ment-and I understood enough OF his stu-
alton to understand what blow to all his
plans this untfmely apparent triumph was.
She was showing that She too felt the
blow. but she was also sending message OF
courage to him-one of those messages that
transcend words. like music. like the per-
fumes of flowers ard fields like that which
fills us as we look straight up into clear
night sky. l lowered the glasses and
looked away-I could not bear It. For the
non ent hated hm-hatng myself for it.
/ heard Carlotta asking a woman in the
box next the name of the woman
with the white plume In the big black hat
in the seventh box on the other side
Mrs. Scarborough. was the answer.
'Oh. is that sher' exclaimed Mrs
Sandys. almost snatching her glasses from
me in her eagerness. You know who she
was-John Dumonts widow--you remember
him? She must be an unusual person to
have attracted two such men
But Scarborough was nominated now. He
waved aside those who tried to take him
I'D and bear him to the platform. He
walked down the aisle alone and ascended
amid a tense silence; he stood looking
calmly out. His face had lost It's whiteness
of a few minutes before AS he stood there,
Evening star., 1905-08-20

big and still. a sort of embodiment of fear
lessness, / wondered-and / fancy many
others were wondering-whethe he was
about to refuse the nomination. But an in
stant's thought drove the wild notion from
my mind. He would not strike that deadly
blow at his party.
Fellow delegates" said he--a clearer.
more musical voice than his l had never
heard-'I thank you for this honor. AS
you know. l opposed the platform you saw
fit to adopt. I have nothing to retract.
do not like it. But. after ALL 81 candidate
must be his own platform. And 1 bring my
public record as proof of my pledge-that-'
he paused. and the silence was tremen-
dous- He went on. each word distinct and
by itself-'f am eleCted"-a long pause
Il shall obey the Constitution"-anot ther
long pause-"I shall enforce the laws
He was descending to the aisle before the
silence was broken-a feeble. ripping ap-
piauSe, significant of disappointment at
what seemed an anticiimax. He had
o. office which President takes at his in
auguration. But somewhow-no doubt II
was the magic of his voice and his manner
and superb presence-those simple words
kept on ringing: and all at once-fuII half a
minute must have elapsed, long time in
such ctrcumstances-all at once the enor-
nous meaning OF the two phrases doomed
INTO the brains of those thousands: II this
man Is elected there will be a Presidant
without fear or favor. and he will really
obey the Constitution, will really enforce
the laws. That little speech. though onIv
a repetition of an oath embodied in our
century-old supreme law, was a frebrand
TO light the torch of revolution of reyoI,I
ton back toward what the republic used "a
be before differences of wealth divided Its
people into upper. middle and lower
classes before enthroned corporate com
binations made equality before the law
mockery, before the deyelonment
o, our vast material resources restored
to the intelligent and energetic few that
power over the careless and purposeIess
many.
As the multitude realized his meanin~
doubt IL many times In all history sEcb
sight and sound has burst upon morta
ears and eyes For the moment I was
daunted; II was impossible not to think
that here was the whole people, not to feel
that scarborough had been chosen Presf-
| cent and was about to fulfill his pIedpe
Daunted. yet thrilled. too. For at hot
tom. are We not all passionate dreamers
! OK abstract right and Justice?
Ihen remembered and / said to nv
SELF: He has defied the interests. David
] has gone out against Goliath-but the
| Davids do not win nowadays. / can elect
Burbank"
| But where was the elation that thou sht
| would have set to swelling in the me OF
less than two weeks before? And then
| began clearly to see that. for me at lea st
the prize, to be priced. must be fairly Won
| from start to goal: and to be enjoyed musr
| gladden. eyes that would in turn gladden.
i me with the approval and sympathy which
| only woman can give and without which
| u man is alone and indeed foriorn
| (To be continued tomorrow)
Evening star., 1905-08-20
SHIPS LACKED SPEED.
Russians Could Have Saved Them
selves by Running.

Special Cablesram to The Star
TOKYO. August 19.-Full official report ts
Of the battle Of the Sea Of Japan just pub
lished. show that a large portion of the
Russian fleet might have been saved from
destruction il the ships had had the speed
to run away. Most of Admiral RoJestven
skys fleet were slow. far slower than the
vessels under Admiral Togo. The latter's
tactics may be summarized in two words
Decentralization and destruction He nearly
failed to achieve the essential annihiliation.
as a heavy fog gave the Russians an oppor-
tunity Of running away soon after the ac
ton opened.
Admiral Togo concentrated all his four
teen armored shIps-four battleships and
eight armored cruisers-and pressed dag
onally against the van of the enemy. adopt
ing no elaborate formation. but single COL
umn line ahead. For two and one-half
hours this formation was maintained. The
fight opened at POS o'clock in the af.er-
noon and at 4:4O o'clock the japanese lest
the foe In dense fog.
At this period only few ships had been
vitally damaged, and IL they had had re l.
sonable speed they might have escap ped.
Four swift ships-the cruisers Oeg Jern
chug, Aurora and Almaz-did manage to
get away, and the rest of the fleet also
eluded the Japanese for time, but the
latter having much superior speed we
able to search for and find the Russians The
moral Is that a considerable portion OF
through to Viadivostok in the fog II the
vessels had not been so desperately slow.
Fog banks offered more than one oppor-
tunity of escape, but the Russian men Of
war could not avail themselves of the
chances thus vouchsafed.
Evening star., 1905-08-20
A CROSS FOR SARAH.
Divine Parisienne May Secure Coveted
Honor,
peciaI Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablesram to The Star.
fARlS. August 19.-The additional and
more detailed accounts of the manner In
which Sarah Bernhardt failed to secure the
cross or the Legion Of Honor makes tina
story all the more interesting Nominations
Tor Mime. Bartet and Nine Sarah Bern
hardt IN the Legion OF Honor proposed by
the minister Of fine arts, having been re-
Jected by the ancient and traditional chan
cellory OF the order. NJ. Jules Claretfe. has
applied to the very fountain head and OBJ
talned the red ribbon for the former ac-
tress' the most distinguished lady societaire
OF his company.
The president of the republic Is by right
grand master of the Order OF the Legion of
Honor N. Clarite obtained an audience of
M. Loubet and asked him whether he dis
approved of comforting the cross on SO dis
tiEGuished an actress as Nine. Bartet. The
president. on the contrary. approved heart
iiy. and there and then signed the needful
decree This having received the sanction
OF the chancellory. which was a matter of
course under the circumstances, the an
nouncement has appeared in the Journal
Omciai She Is the first actress to receive
the high distinction on account of her art
A precedent having thus been set. II ia a
1oregohe conclusion that Nine BernhArdt
Will receive the cross next New Years.
Evening star., 1905-08-20

they were under the spell of his person.
ality.
That" 1 replied to Mrs. sandys. lis
Senator Scarborough Of Indiana
What's he so stern about?'
I'm sure ! don't know-perhaps to hide
his joy said |.
But l did know. and my remark was the
impulsive fling of envy. He had found out.
several weeks before, what strong under
current was running toward him. He was
faced by dilenma-ff he did not go 10 the
convention II would be said that he had
stayed away deliberately, and he would be
nomiuat tied. if he went. to try to prevent
his nomination. the enthusiasm of his ad-
mirers and followers would give the eX-
cuse for forcing the nomination upon him.
And as he sat there, with that ominous tu-
multi about him. he was realizing how hard
his task was to be.
His companions pushed him paSsa ge
through the crowds on the sidewalk ana
in the lobby. and he shut himself away
left. half an hour later. the people
were packed before that face OF the hotel
which displayed the banner OF the Indiana
delegation were cheering Scarborough,
were clamoring in vain--for him 10 show
himself
.Rut won't he offend them?" asked my
wife.
"A crowd loves like woman" said l..
Indifference only excites it..
"Oh. | never loved that way protested
Mrs. Saudys.
Then" said my wife. rather souriy l
thought. you and Mr.. Sandys have some
thing to live for
And so We talked no more of politics.
There may be American women who really
like to talk politics. but never happened
to know one with little sense It's a
pity men do not initiate our women
more closely In one respect. In season and
out of season they never talk anything but
business-womans one business. When
other things are being discussed they listen.
Or rather. pretend to listen; in reality, their
minds are still on their business, and how
they shall contrive to bring II back into
the conversation with advantage to them
selves
Next day the convention adopted a wishy-
washy platform much like Burbanx's|if
anything weaker. ] saw Goodrich's blight
upon it. But the victory cost him dear
That night the delegates realized what q
blunder they had made-or thought they
realized 1t after Merriweather and his
stan had circulated among them. Few OF
them had been trusted by Beckett with the
secret that, with that platform and with
Simpson the nominee. their party would
have the interests behind 1t. would almos,
certainly win. They only saw ahead a dull
campaign and no real issue between the
parties. and their candidate IL he was
Simpson. much the less attractive person
ality of the two.
The following moring the voting began
and after seven ballots Simpson had thirty
nine votes less than on the first ballot. I'll
was like funeral" was the verdict of my
disappointed guests that evening. A night
of debate and gloom among the politicians
and other delegates, and on the openins
ballot Merriweather sprung his trap.
The first big doubtful state In the alpha
betical list of states Is Illinois. When this
secretary of the convention called for ILL
nois vote IL was cast solidly for Scarbor-
orgh.
T6Are was straightway pandemonium. II
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Tips in London.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON. August ia suit recently
tried before the official referee In the law
courts is helping to demonstrate to tho peo-
pie of London where the tips" CO. An
Italian waiter named Louis Noyelli told
the official referee how he entered the sery-
ice of Auguste Oddenino at the Cafe Impe-
rial in August. 1901. and acted as cloak
room attendant In the grill room for los. Cd.
per week, and one-stxth Of the tips given
by gentlemen leaving their hats and coats.
In February. 1904. Mr.. Oddenino. discov-
ering that each Of the four attendants was
receiving over SIS weekly from the tips,
ceased paying any wages Novelli left last
March and brought an action to recover
what he considered hts share OF the spoil
one-fourth of the tips and the wages The
Official referee. however. held that No
velli. abiding by the contract he had signed
was only entitled to sixth part of the
tips and no wages.
Evening star., 1905-08-20
TWO SKELETONS OF
GREAT ACE FOUND
Special Cablegram to The Star.

optclai CaDesram 10 Ihe Star.
LONDON, August ia discovery of un-
usual antiquarian interest has recently
been made at Leagrave. near Luton, where
two skeletons, said to be quite 1900 years
old have been found. BY the nature of
the bones and the quantity Of bronze orna-
ments found with them the skeletons are
believed to be the remains Of two female
persons laid to rest In the late Celtic times
the mode of burial being typical of that
period. Both bodies were In a double-uo
position with heads to the west Some
workmen were engaged in excavating
trench for the purpose of carrying a water
main to the nurseries Of Messrs. JUL
Brothers at Leagrave. When at the depth
Of about thirteen inches from the surface
they came across the first batch Of bones
some Of which were in remarkably good
state OF preservation. especially the skull
and teeth. although they were much discol-
ored by contact with earth Fifteen feet
farther away the workmen dug up the re-
mains Of the second body. which was in a
similar attitude to that which they had al
ready unearthed save that 1t was lying on
its right side instead of the left
In this case the remains were more de-
cayed. The discovery gave rise to much
curiosity, and an antiquarian was Invited
to make an examination, with the result
that he gives it as his opinion that the re-
mains have laid buried from the time when
the early BrttonS came from the caves In
Dunstable Downs to dwell at Walters
Bank. now known Marsh Farm. Messrs.
JUL Brothers handed over the bones and
ornaments TO Mr.. Worthington G. Smith
for the purpose of further research. but
the discovery having come to the knowledge
Of the police. steps were taken by them to
gain possession of the skeletons.
The coroner was communicated with. but
he declined to make any order. Finally.
after some conflict, the authorities secured
the interesting relics and twin collins, bear
ing upon their lids plates inscribed. Bones
found at Leagrave. July. 1905 were fash
.oned and in these the "ancients" were re-
Inferred at Biscott.
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Gear In Bad Shape.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special CableGram to The Star.
PARIS. August 19.-The Libre Patole has
just published what purports to be an ac-
count written by one of the most promi-
nent of the French stateamen. who saw the
car about the time OF his meeting the
kaiser on board the Hohenzollern. His de-
scription Of the czar's personal appearance
IL noteworthy.
I'VE were all struck by his careworn ap-
pearance. saw him In Darmstadt in Oc-
tober 1908, and he has become thinner and
aged almost beyond belief"
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Curious Passage in VIII.
special Cablegram Is The Star.

Special Cabiegram ID The Star.
LONDON, August 19.-The will of John
Nash Peake of Bellevue, Congleton, JUS
tice of the peace for Staffordshire, just ad-
mitted to probate contains the following
curious passage showing that the deceased
was anxious to make sure of death:
And lastly, make 1t strict and solemn
charge to my executors x.lat Before my
body is placed in my coffin they shall en-
gage my own family doctor or some other
medical man. at a fee of ten guineas, to
perform on my body the operation to thor
oughly and completely sever the ma n ar
teries of the head. so to render my re-
vival in the grave absolutely impossible"
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will never be complete until It contains q
clause making strikes impossible. One
scheme for bringing about that very neces-
sary reform has been discussed in vain,
but we might well have another try. and
this time hope some attempt viii be made
to set the machinery in motion before act
ual trouble with the operatives begins. The
employers will certainly be called together
to consider the position. but cannot fore
cast the result Of their deliberations. All
that can say Is that the outlook Is ex-
ceedingly black"