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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Filming Murderers.

The Columbia State offers this suggestion
10 the authorities of South Carolina:
"A white man has been arrested In Laur-
ems for a brutal assault with intent to
kill. Is il not time to give such criminals,
when convicted. more severe punishment
than a $50 f1ne?"
1t will be remembered that former ed
itor of the State was assaulted and killed,
and the murderer got off without even
fine. But It is useless to remark on these
things. In sections where pistol ''toting"
is tolerated the "toters'' demand certain
privileges. Why carry guns unless for use?
AND what better target for man of spirit
who takes pride In his record than the HUI
man form? The day that some fine gentle
man in South Carolina is swung off by the
sheriff by due process of law fer murder.
some other fine gentleman Is sent to jail
for carrying a deadly weapon concealed,
viii mark a great day for that common
wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
The Observation-Disclosures.

number of our political leaders are
adding to their usefulness and their in
comes by appearing in the role of public
entertainer. 1t is new wrinkle in our
public life. Statesmen of the earlier, time
were of seyerer and more formal mental
cut. We get. both from history and tradi-
ton, the picture of a gentleman dressed in
black, of grave address, who filled himself
with the Law all day. and slept with the
Constitution under his pillow at night. On
the side. and strictly on the quiet, he read
Shakespeare and Scott, Byron and Thack-
cray. and peeped into Bacon and Hume,
but had he been invited to deliver a lee
ture literature. or poetry. or the drama,
or philosophy. would have taken the ground
that such thing was a ''leetle" out of his
line. There were exceptions. Edward
Everett was one, and Tom Corwin another.
But Corwin was exception to all rules
and laughed and joked away extraordinary
talents
Today things are different Mr. Bryan set
the new fashion, and has made it pay so
well others are following In his train He
is at once an entertainer and an agitator-
He will talk for two hours on either the
value OF silver dollar, or the value of an
ideal just as the crowd prefers.
Mr.. Lafollette is now platform speaker
and shifts readily and entertainingly from
lGmbasting the railroads to a discussion of
Hamlet He Is as proud of his knowledge
OF Shakespeare as of his familiarity with
the Constitution, and Is making both pay
His receipts for the lecture season just
closed are stated at a handsome figure.
Bob" Taylor Of Tennessee has made
more out of his drolleries as an entertainer
than out of politics. His jokes are well
strung together, and crowds pay to hear
them. He has not injured himself as a
serious quantity by his course. He has
been governor Of his state, is now a candi-
date for the United States Senate. and con-
tnues to joke himself into the affections of
his people.
Mr.. Carmack is the latest conversion
Pressed hard by Mr.. Taylor in his race for
reelection. he, too. has prepared a lecture,
and is delivering 1t In Tennessee in his
canvass for the Senate. 1t is probably not
as funny as Mr. Taylor's. but 1t Is an I'M
bending from the old stir style
The old order changeth. giving place to
new, lest one solemn custom should put US
all TO sleep. Make way for the statesman
entertainer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

they are more up-to-date than any other
people on earth.
Denver entered on "freshening-up' cam
paign and the mayor issued the following
suggestions In the imperative mood and
In the form of proclamation:
II your store front. residence or fence
Is dlngy. order 1t painted.
If your awning is old, torn or faded. get
new one.
II your sidewalk gate or fence needs
repairing, f1x It.
II your advertising sign is old and faded
take 1t down or paint 1t.
Take all dandelions out OF your lawn
they spoil Its beauty.
Destroy the young weeds that are start
ing on your property. and on your neigh
boris property.
Burn all tho rubbish possible-allow no
one to throw II on streets, alleys or vacant
lots.
Promise not to spit on the sidewalk.
Organize q block improvement society, and
allow no weeds to grow on sidewalk. area
or vacant property in your block.
Ask your milkmen. grocerymen and ex-
pressmen to have their wagons painted
Irrespective Of the size of your house.
make your lawn the finest
illuminate the front of your store In the
business section.
Every effort put forth or dollar spent to
improve our city's appearance Will be re-
turned twofold.
This shows that Denver knows that weedy
streets. ragged lawns. dark corners and
dirty sidewalks are not In the interest of q
cftys growth and do not tend to enhance
the value of property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
THE BANKERS.

From the New York Globe.
No conservative person in Wall street has
ever supposed that with surplus reserve
of only little more than S4,O00.OO0. and
with an active demand for crop-moving
currency still In progress, we could safely
have a big speculation on the STOCK ex-
change When Mr.. Vanderlp said yester-
day, therefore, that a speculative campaign
at this time might easily end In temporary
disaster he was certainly expressing no
new sentiment
From the Baltimore Sun.
In the opinion of conservative people, the
National Bankers Association, in session
at washington in passing the ship subsidy
resolution approved some of the most dan
eerois fallacies In the science OF govern
ment. The bankers are opposed 10 the
government continuing In the banking busi-
ness opposed to the issue of fat money.
backs now in circulation. And yet they
indorse the principles of paternalism in the
proposed ship subsidy scheme, In its most
vicious and offensive form.
From the New York Times
We remarked day two ago upon
the opportunity Secretary Shaw wasted
when he addressed the American Bankers
Association In piatitudes upon banking
ethics and neglected to say anything prac-
tical regarding the financial problems which
have caused him anxiety In the exercise
of the functions which he Is about to re-
sign We have now to record another dis
appointment of the same sort. The assoc
citation itself hilariousiy adopted resolu-
ton upon subsidies and had nothing to say
regarding the report OF It's currency COM
mittee.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
In short, the financial and business world
realizes that. In Mr.. vanderiip's words. the
prosperity we are enjoying does not alb
solve US from prudence and common sense.
This Is no time for iaxness and Sashness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

A good deal of energy Is being put into
this project by the Municipal Parks Asso-
citation and the Outdoor Recreation League.
and not long ago an appropriation OF
81. 800. coo was made for small Fairgrounds
and athletic fields 1t is said In New York
by students of this problem that New
York.s park expansion has fallen far be-
hind the public needs and that available
park sites are every day being built up.
The New York Evening Post recently
said:
1.-The necessity for early and intelligent
action Is thus apparent Not long ago the
east of Corlears Hook Park. in order to
prevent it's use for commercial purposes.
Controller Grout found, however, that the
property had already been acquired by spec
price several times It's value. We need a
definite park policy: the adoption of
clearly detailed program, under Whlch a
certain number of parks shall be laid out
each year. The Hewitt law. passed in. 1887.
authorizing the expenditure Of $1.0oO00o
annually on small parks. gives US the neces-
sary power. Several investigations mace
within the last ten years indicate where
new parks are required.
Even old London feels honest pride in its
parks, gardens and foliage. The London
Mail says Of that city's foliage and flowers
that in comparison Paris Is desert and
New York wilderness" Continuing 1t
says:
Every verdant back garden and plane
studded street In London is a separate sur
prise to the visitors who are now filling the
metropolis For the last three years the
seasons have been remarkably favorable to
the growth of wood and leaf. Warm sum-
mers wet artumns and mild winters nave
done excellent service to 1eafy London
especially in establishing the young trees
freshly planted In new streets and open
spaces In several of the parks, plum.
apple and pear trees. and here and there a
grapevine, testify to the kindly nature OIL
London's air and sum-.
Greenery is the boast Of Paris. A writer
in the Chicago Post says that flowers, trees
and blossoms are all over Paris; some OF
1t Is municipal gardening and some private
taste, but no spot is too small, too obscure
or too mean to escape the gardener beau
tifying touch. This writer says:
. The government keeps pace with the peo-
pie. Each little crook in the street has us
tiny parklet. It's trees and its flowers. us
benches for the weary and IT'S refreshing
shade Do the people appreciate II! 20
they favor these expenditures OF money lot
purposes of beauty? Go ask them Iney
are as proud Of Paris as we are of our Ola
Glory or our Declaration of independence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Jerome.

We can all easily understand Tammany
rejection OF Mr. Jerome. Each has an ex-
cellent reason for hating the other. The
one stands for corruption. and the other
is the foe of corruption. Tammany repre-
sents the lowest and Mr.. Jerome the high
est aspirations of the community. They
could not well mix. although there were
few members of the organization who de-
sired his nomination. But the real power
of Tammany, Leader Murphy and his
friends, could not be brought to accept the
man now in office against their opposition.
and who, If reelected, would continue
entirely independent of their influence. And
so they downed him IN convention. They
wanted, and nominated, man of their
own.
But what explains the attitude Of the
republicans? Why should they have re-
fused to accept him? He Is In office largely
by reason of their support. They threw
the bulk of the votes which carried the
fusion ticket into power four years ago.
He certainly has measured up to all that
was promised and vowed for him then. He
has been a terror to evil doors. and
faithful officer In every way. And yet,
when asked to indorse him by thousands
Of the members of their party. and when
every consideration of good purposes and
good politics called for his Endorsement. the
republican leaders. quite as contemptuously
as the Tammany leaders, turned him down.
Why? The public will not miss the reason.
The bosses In New York, democratic and
republican. do not want a man of the
Jerome type in the district attorneys office
when the time comes for criminal action
against the insurance thieves. He would
push the cases with too much energy and
ability. He would be too stubborn proof
against all the Establishments and in
f1uences which will be brought to bear In
those cases against the state. And so they
have virtually banded together to best him.
and unless there is a phenomenal uprising
in his favor they are likely to succeed.
For this reason Mr. Hughes should from
now on push his probe with a firm and
sure hand. If exposure is all that the pub
lie is to get in that tangled mass of graft
and general crookedness, let that be COM
plete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Indian Summer.

The year has done its duty. 1t has been
right busy. too.
An It's wantin' vacation jes the same as
me or you,
The hay is on the wagon an the corn is In
the mill:
The OIL year wants rest before the snow
is on the hill.
1t thinks about the May day when the fiow-
ers were bloomin' sweet.
With blessn's freely scattered at the most
unworthy feet
The rustlin' breeze is prayin' fur them dis
tant days SO fair.
An then comes Injun summertime in an
swer to the prayer.
1t isn't jes' the same as when the year was
young and gay.
For memories fond can ne'er revive the
biossomings of May.
It's sort o. realizin' that existence is so
brief.
1t seems shame to waste 1t all In struggle
an In grief.
An so the year jes settles back as kind as
it kin be
An recollects the clover an the robin in the
tree.
1t seems serenely happy when 1T pauses In
its prime
To smile an rest little while in Indian
summertime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
GRAFT.

From the New York World.
When President McCurdy says the insur-
ance business is pure philanthropy he means
that charity begins at the home of the Nc
Curdys.
From the Montreal Star.
With over $500. 100000 of the poiicy-hold-
ers' money lying around loose. the McCurdy
family takes much pride in announcing that
1t only grabbed little over S4,OoO.0oe.
From the Boston Herald.
President McCurdy calls the lifting of his
salary to $4,000 high compliment. Very.
From the Newark News.
In the light of later revelations that $780,
600 a year seems 50 Insignificant trifie
that DIR. Depew ought to be able to pass 1t
of with some of his other jokes.
FROM the Birmingham News
Those defaulting clerks appear to have
contracted cases of high finance fever.
From the Rockville Ssnffnel.
The name should be changed TO the Mutual
McCurdy BENEFIT Life Insurance Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
NEW YORK POLITICS.

From the Newark News.
Now that Mr.. Hearst has suceumbed to
his exalted sense of duty let no one sup
pose for a minute that the municipal
ownership campaign is going to depend
entirely upon the big insurance compa-
MES for the necessary expenses OF the
canvass
From the New York Tribune.
Tammany's campaign for honest graft.
is at last well under way.
From the Buffalo Express
Tammany will look upon William r.
Hearst as q base migrate IN consenting to
run for mayor as an independent. Did
not Tammany send him to Congress?
From the New York Globe.
Mr. WINS acceptance of the proffered re-
publican nomination for mayor and Tam
many's rejection Of Mr.. Jerome for dis
trfct attorney give promise of q campaign
calculated to make the Tiger squirm. Both
these gentlemen are experts in the history
OF that interesting organisation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Bidding for a Bride.

Money is also a power in matrimony.
Sometimes 1t wins and sometimes 1t loses,
but nevertheless it plays an important role
in affairs of the heart. 1t is the hero in the
novel who usually wins the beautiful heiress
despite his own poverty. but somehow the
poverty-stricken hero comes into possession
Of his ancestral estates, strikes a gold mine
Of incaIculabIe richness. fishes up millions
of sunken treasure or something Of the
sort toward the last chapter. Money IL
great aid to courtship. OF course. some
men have courted and succeeded without a
big reserve fund. but this proves that they
had great genius or good credit.
Money certainly wins in syrio-American
circles as shown by this dispatch:
DUBOIS, Pa, October 13.-This town to-
day lost Its most beautiful girl, Maud kas-
souf, who has married Charles HaZy OF
Altoona. They are Syrians, and Hay is
wealthy. Miss Kassouf was the belle OF
all the Syrian colonies in western Pennsyl-
vania. and she had scores of suitors. To all
she said she would not leave her mother
unless the old lady was taken care Of
Hay. who is head ofsa big confectionery In
Altoona. came with his pocketbook. Mrs.
kassouf told him there were others, and 1t
was decided to bring together the more
eligible suitors. A wealthy young Dubois
Syrian bid against Hay, Offering 5000
Hazy raised him $1,000 and took the girl.
The cash was paid to the girls mother. the
Rev. +. McGiveny performed the ceremony,
and the couple left for Altoona
There is brutal frankness in this. The
mother invites competitive bids, and the
highest bidder takes the property. 1t is
possible that merchandising of a similar
kind may take place in other society than
in Syrio. American circles. but the attitude
of the mother toward the suitors is not so
frank, and the bidding not so public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Foot BALL.
From The Buffalo Express.

From The Buffalo Express
It is now reported that President Roose-
Welt suggested to those college men who
visited him that .'gentlemen's agreement"
be entered into for the Improvement of
foot ball. Goodness. such a. suggestion after
the innumerabfe failures of gentlemens
agreements in the railroad world?
From the New Yosk Globe
If the President gs:sceeds In purifying
foot ball he will have wen a triumph not IN
ferior to his other contributions to the
cause OF peace.
From the New York Commercial.
Colonel Bni Reid, athlete. OF Harvard.
says foot ball ISN'T sean-bag 1t isn't. We
agree. It is merely O. cross between war
and the surgical ward OF hospital on
active duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Denver.

Denver knows the worth of good civic
housekeeping. Citizens detected that GER
tain parts of this bright. yivacious and
energetic young city began to look seedy.
rundown" appearance Is altogether out
of place in a hustiing. prosperous western
town II is bad form anywhere. but espe-
ciaiiy Is 1t reproach in western town.
where It is the boast of the people that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Superior,

Il have just been reading of the May
flower" said Mrs. Cumrox.
'One of my ancestors came over In that
boat" said the visitor
Indeed? Well, l am quite sure none OF
my people would ever have been satisfied
with such inferior accommodations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
SHOOTING STARS.
Little Suspense.

81 suppose you are usually in suspense
about what your airship will DOR
No" answered the inventor; my diff
Guilty is a lack of suspense and an excess
of rapid descent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Across the Styx.

Il see.' remarked shade blandly,
that l have just been awarded a tablet
In the hall of fame"
''Indeedr' rejoined the other. who Is
your infiuence?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
Appreciation.

do you enjoy grand opera?"
yes" answered Mr.. Cumrox: especially
when its loud enough to keep me from
hearing a lot of fool conversation that's
going on around me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15
The Perfect Climate.

We've yearned for it since days of old.
But somehow never strike it;
No matter IL It's hot or cold,
There are some germs that like it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

Occasionally a clergyman appears who
approves of divorce The clergy is recog-
nized at the wedding and some of them pos
sbly feel like giving the law chance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

The opening of the fall trade causes more
than the ordinary difficulty In making a
magazines stories as interesting as it's ad-
vertising pages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

Mr.. WINS. the Odell candidate for mayor,
Is a noted admiralty practitioner. This is
most appropriate considering how much at
the Odell republicans have BEEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

In spite OF all this talk about mobbing the
umpire no President has ever felt 1t neces-
sary to call convention to reduce the
mortality In base ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

Young Mr.. Hyde has decided to testify.
Policyholders are waiting to hear how much
Of their money went into pink tea funds
for advertising purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

1t is no wonder that the man who steals
large sums never drinks, swears or CANDLES.
Men who drink. swear and gamble never
get a chance at large sums
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

New York has put quietus on that old
idea about everybody being anxious to run
for office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

1t seems impossible to get W. J. Bryan
as much interested In municipal ownership
as he was in free silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

Tammany is described as having it's war
paint on. Most of the other graft institu-
tions are reaching for the whitewash brush
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

In few weeks more the weather pessirn-
list will be predicting the hardest winter
on record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

From the Baltimore Sun.
honor and humanity on MY side, wit In my
head. skill In my hand, and higher life
for my aim" You would never suspect 1t
when you see one Of his plays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

Kansas is more and more inclined Il
talk about corn instead of politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

Inquiry reveals the fact that Esopus,
Portsmouth and Oyster Bay are still on the
map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-15

1t is manifest from Lord Lansdowne's let
ter and the expressions of the Daily Tele-
graph that the maintenance
America of the integrity OF China Is
and China viewed as depending chiefly,
If not exclusively upon
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-09
THE COAL WAS DELIVERED.
However the Man Who Brought It
Dumped It Into the Wrong
Hole.

A confectioner at 475 Fourth avenue or
dered three, tons Of coal to be delivered
the other day. A driver, with three
ton wagon. went to tine store late in the
afternoon, lifted big iron cover in the
sidewalk near the curb, and chuted the
three tons into the dark hole. Then he
drove away, says the New York Times.
The confectioner went down to the eel
lar in little while to bank the coal. He
found none. He wondered for some
time, as he remembered seeing the coal
wagon in front of his store, but he told
the company he had received no coal.
The driver went down to see about it.
What's the matter?" he asked. "You
got your coal. What We kickin' about"
Didn't get any coal. Come down into
the cellar and see"
Why, ! dumped it into the coal hole
) out there"
(Which hole?"
"That one," said the driver, pointing to
the cover near the curb.
"Himmel!' exclaimed the purchaser, in
agony. That amt the coal hole.
That's the sewer"