6 THE WASHINGTON WASBli GTON TIMES TflIEiONDLY1 MONDAY DECEMBER 28 1903
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We congratulate our esteemed con contemporary contcmpornry contemporary ¬
temporary the Evening Star St r upon uponthe uponthe uponthe
the attitude it has taken with refer reference reference rcfcrence ¬
ence to the telephone service furnished furnishedto
to subscribers in this city cityWe eityVe cityWe
We Ve also congratulate the public publicupon publicupon publicupon
upon the fact that the Chesapeake Chesapeakeand Che apeakc apeakcand
and Potomac Telephone Company is isnot isnot isnot
not a tenant of the Star StarPersistent Starersistent StarPersistent
Persistent War Rumors RumorsJapan RumorsJapan RumorsJapan
Japan and Russia RussiaKeep Keep the Correspond Correspondents Correspondcuts ¬
ents Busy Guessing GuessingTho GuessingTho GuessingThe
Tho whol civilized world is today todaywatching todaywatching todaywatching
watching Russia and Japan and the thecorrespondents thueorrespond thecorrespondents
correspondents eorrespond nts are busy telegraphing telegraphingrumors telegraphingrumors
rumors opinions comparisons of the thestrength thestrength thestrength
strength of the two nations the atti attitude attitude attitude ¬
tude of other nations prophecies as asto nsto asto
to the outcome of the struggle if it itshould itshould itshould
should take place Among so much muchthat muchtllnt muchthat
that is conflicting it is impossible for foreven fore foroveli
even e the wellread man to come to any anydefinite anyefinitc anydefinite
definite conclusion beyond the belief beliefon beliefon beliefon
on broad grounds that a gigantic giganticstruggle gignnticstruggle giganticstruggle
struggle cannot be delayed del yed War is isat isIt isat
at best a fearful thing to contemplate contemplatewith contemplatemth contemplateivth
with its vast harvest of suffering and anddevastation andI anddcastation anddevastation
I devastation and nd a struggle between betweenJapan betweenJapan betweenJapan
Japan and Russia could not be other otherthan oUl otitrthan r rthan
than a bloody and nd stubborn conflict conflictOnes conflictOnes conflictOnes
Ones apprehension however in increases increases increases ¬
creases when he contemplatesjhe cont mpl tc t pos possibility possibility possibility ¬
sibility that other first class elnsspowers elnsspowersmay classpoweimay powers powersmay
may be drawn into the broil and the theentire th thentire theentire
entire East swept with the besom of ofdestruction ofdlgttuction ofdesuction
destruction destructionIt
It would no doubt be to the interest interestof interestof interestof
of Russia R ssia if she could fight the battle battlealone battlealone battlealone
alone and on this point a Brussels Brusselspaper Brusselspnper Brusselspaper
paper has already foreshadowed that thatRussia thatRussia thatEussia
Russia will be likely to ask France to towithhold towithhol towithhold
withhold her aid hoping thus to keep keepEngland keepEngland keepEngland
England out of the struggle On the theother theother theother
other hand there are many many disquiet disquieting disquieting disquieting ¬
ing rumors afloat of martial activity
anipng the Chinese and the possibility possibilityof possibilityofan
of ofan an alliance between the two great greatrepresentatives greatreprcsentatics greatrepresentatives
representatives of the Mongolian Mongolianraces Mongolianraces Mongolianraces
races does not seem out of the reckon reckoning reckoning reckoning ¬
ing China has every cause to hate hateand hateand hateand
and fear the Muscovite while the thebeating thebeating thebeating
beating lately administered adminis red to her by byJapan byJ byJapan
Japan J npan would doubtless be looked upon uponas uponas iponas
as a family matter and would not notleave not1eae notleave
leave behind a heritage of bitter bittermemories bittermemories bittermemories
memories memoriesRussias memoriesRussias memoriesRussias
Russias policy of steady and re relentless relentless relentless ¬
lentless expansion is so well underV underVstood under undersleod understcod
stood that the necessity of a combina combination combination combination ¬
tion against her must force itself itselft itsclflipon itselfupon
t upon pon her neighbors sooner or later laterIn laterIn laterIn
In such a giant struggle as this the thedogged thedClgged thedogged
dogged fighting power of Russia and andher andller andher
her ability to resist almost single singlehanded singleIumded singlehanded
handed the rest of Europe can hard hardly hardh hardy ¬
ly h y be overestimated It is true t e that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the Finns the Poles and the Jews Jewshate JewsJlatc Jewshate
hate her but the mass of Russian peo people peopIc peoplc ¬
ple 4fom from roin Vladivostok to Aleian Aleiandrovrta Aexandrovxf AJexandr
drovrta dr di on the German frontier are areunited are11nite areunite
united unite in their loyalty to the Wlute 1VhteCzar WluteCzar VbteCzar
Czar and faith in their religion The Theignorant Theignorant Theignorant
ignorant peasants and the savage savagetribes savagetriboD savagetribo
tribes tribo of Cossacks Bouriaks and the thewild thewild thewild
wild horsemen of the he steppes and the theplains theJ theplains
plains J > lains make up the rank and file of ofthe oftbe ofthe
the Czars army The student class classand c1assand classand
and those who have sufficient enlight enlightenment cnligbtelUnont enlighteninont ¬
enment to think and to become dis disaffected disnffcctcd disaffected ¬
affected are numerically few and arc arcnot arcnot arenot
not such a power ower in the country countI as asthe asthe IS IStho
the noise they make would load the theworld theworld
world to believe bcJievetne believeTKe S STile
Tile Voucher Case Again AgainRemarkable AgainRemarkable
Remarkable Action on the Part of the theGrand th thGrand thGrand
Grand Jury Alleged AllegedThough AllegedThough AllegedThough
Though our citizens cit 7cns are in a meas measure 1I1C85vrc ineasnrc ¬
ure becoming accustomed to surprises surprisesin surpriscin
in the affairs of our wellgoverned wellgovernedDistrict wellgoyornedDistricttbis wellgovernedDistrictthis
District Districttbis this seems a contradiction contradictionii
ii i terms but we shall permit it to tostand to6tandwe tostandwe
stand 6tandwe we cannot help thinking that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the schoolvoucher case so called will willgiva willgirn willgisa
giva rise in the theminds minds of many tax taxpayers taxlaers taxpayers ¬
payers to further reflections when at attention attention attontion ¬
tention is drawn to certain features featuresof featurecof featuresof
of the case not heretofore touched touchedupon touchedtpon touchedupon
upon uponThe tponThe S SThe
The money taken from the school schoolappropriation schoolappropriation schoolappropriation
appropriation for the year in which whichthe whichthe hien hienthe
the illegal acts occurred was not for fora
a bill incurred by the Board of Edu Education Educution Education ¬
cation but to settle a debt of the thejrmer UICfrm thefzrmer
jrmer frm fzrmer r Board of o School Trustees Trusteesfcich Trustcusich Trusteusjich
fcich ich Bad h d passed passed out of existence existenceTc existenceTC existenceTc
Tc use the current school funds ol olthe 01tho oLF oLFthe
the Board oard of Education to settle this >
ancient nnciel t claim was i of itself it clf a clear cle ivi iviolation vij vijolation
olation of statute law arid those who whosurreptitiously whoburroptitiouslj whohurroptitiously
surreptitiously secured the payment paymentof
of this bill m for photography pholographyfrom from tho thoappropriation thoappropriation thoappropriation
appropriation added this iolation of ofa ora ofa
a specific statute to their other in infractions infJactions infiactions ¬
fractions of law 1l These latter as we weknoAv weknow ve vekno
know kno included a fictitious voucher voucherknown voucherknown onclmrknown
known to be such an illegal agree agreement ngrcWEnt agreement ¬
ment with a dealer dealer to receipt for 600 600for 600orwhich GOOforwhich I
for orwhich which he had rendered rc ldercd no supplies suppliesand snpP suppiicand
and pas pn it over to a third party n nfalse nfalse afalse I
false certificate by a school official officialthat officialUtat officialthat
that goods not received and which whichhe whic whiche whichho
he had specified were not to be deliv delivered de1ivered dcliveied 1
ered had been duly delivered deliveredNext delhcredNext deliveredNext
Next there was the delay in the thefuce th thfuce theutice I
fuce of full fl111l1otice notice Hint the statute of oflimitation oflimitation oflinhitatiOll
limitation was about to run until it itwas itwas itwas
was too lute to proceed lrOCCCdlllldCr under United UnitedStates UnitedSlates UnitedStates
States law making the offense pun punishable pUlhablc punishable ¬
ishable hablc by both fine and imprison imprisonment imprison1I1en imprisonSment ¬
ment 1I1en ment at hard hardJabor Jabor Then it was com committed committed coinmitted ¬
mitted to the Attorney Attorne for the th Dia Diatrict D District H Htrict
trict and passed into the hands oi oithe 0 0the othe
the grand jury There it developed developedthat developedthat developedthat
that the bill for photographs was for
526 and the amount obtained by the thefictitious thefictitious tilefictitious
fictitious voucher was for 600 The Thequestion Thcquestion Thequestion
question arose what tbecnmeof < became of the
74 4 Now the report is that the grand grandjury grandjury grandjury
jury allowed a new bill for an even
600 to be submitted in place of the thelong thelong thelong
long standing standingone one for 526 526Our 526Onr 526Our
Our citizens it seems to us have havea
a right to know whether such a tram trausaction tramactiqn transactiqn
actiqn has been added to the sur surprising surprising surprising ¬
prising list of brazen infractions of ofthe ofUte ofthe
the law and nndneglects neglects of prosecution prosecutionwhich prosecutionwbich prosecutionwhich
J which already distinguish this case caseWhats cn cnhats caseWhats
Whats hats Wrong With Heath HeathA
A Subject for Prayerful Contemplation Contemplationby
by the Republican Party PartyEvidence Partyvidence PartyEvidence
Evidence has been abundant of late latethat latethnt latethat
that one Perry Heath secretary of the theRepublican theRepublican theRepublican
Republican National Committee has haslest hasIGSt haslcst
lest control of his tongue and possibly possiblyof
of his temper But the latest state statement stabment statenient
ment given g en out by him is enough to toperplex toperplCJ toperplex
perplex a mindreader mindreader and arouse se serious serious seriotis ¬
rious doubts whether he is not a a sub subject subject subject ¬
ject for medical inquiry It is cer certain certain certam ¬
tain tam that if he goes on on much furtherhe further furtherhe furtherhe
he will be a fit objectrfor object for a prayer prayermeeting prayclmeeting prayermeeting
meeting in the Republican party partyThis i iThis IThis
This newspaper man rom has grasped graspedthe gras graspedthe ed edthe
the idea that in matters of politics it itis itis itis
is sometimes as well to have ones ear earvnthin earwithin earwithin
within reach of prominent public men menac menas
ac 81 to put it it to the ground and his ear earhas earhas earhas
has apparently been at the service of ofSenator ofSenator ofSenator
Senator Hanna He now asserts that thatthat thatthat thatthat
that same ear was also open op n to utter utterances utterances utterances ¬
ances of President McKinley which whichmay whichmay whichmay
may be classed as important if iftrue iftrue iftrue
true Heath says sas he heard Mr Mc McKinley McKinley McKinley ¬
Kinley say just before going to Buf ¬
falo faloI
9 I expect to see my friend and as associate associate associate ¬
sociate Marcus Hanna the next nestPresident nextPresident nextPresident
President of the United States I be believe beliee beLieve ¬
lieve he will be nominated and elect elected el e1ted Ct Ctcd ¬
ed
Now anybody who ever cveh had d the re remotest remotest remotcst ¬
motest acquaintance with WIlliamIi WilliamMcKinley William WilliamMcKinley
McKinley knows that while a consci conscientious consciantious consciontious ¬
Ii entious and kindly man he was too tooastute tooI tooastute
astute a politician ever to utter even evento evcnto evento
I to his nearest and dearest one word wordwhich wordhe wordwhich
which he would not be willing to have havecalled haccalled havecalled
called out from a megaphone on the thestreet thestreet thestreet
street The idea that he bequeathed bequeathedMr
Mr Hanna to the American meri n people peopleas
as a dying legacy that respect to the themartyred themartyred theniartyred
martyred President requires the party partyto part partto partyto
to carry out his last wishes is so ab absurd absurd absurd ¬
surd that it would seein scemas as if Mr MrHeath lIrHeath MrBeath
Heath must have distrusted d st1l tstcd his ears if ifho ifltl iflit
ho thought he heard any an such remark remarkNobody remarkNobody remarkNobody
Nobody could ever find out what whatMr whatiIr whatMr
Mr McKinley was going to t do about aboutan aboutan aboutan
an unimportant nomination until he hewas hewas hewas
was ready to let the world know about aboutit aboutit aboutit
it At the time when he is said to tohave tohave tohave
have made this astounding statement statementthe statementthe statementthe
the next election was three years in inthe inthe inthe
the distance and Mr McKinley McKinleywould McKinleywould McIinloywould
would have been about as likely to topredict torredict topredict
predict the candidate of the Republi Republican ¬
can party in that election as he would wouldto wouldto wouldto
to predict the date of the Day of ofJudgment ofJudgment
I Judgment or the fashion fns ion of next sea seai seatons seasons
i sons straw hats As a piece p pi cc of mock mockpathos mockInthos mockpathos
pathos > Mr Heaths little story s ory is a afailure afailure afailure
failure failureBut failureBut failureBut
But that is not all Mr Heath is isnot isnot isnot
I not content with getting into a hole holehe holohe holehe
he seems to desiro to turn the hole holeupside holoupsic1 holeupside
upside clown and climb out ut of the thetiher thedhcr thecthicr
tiher end He says saysHanna saysHanna saysHanna
Hanna does not notwant want the office officeThat omceThat olliceThat
That does not mean that he le does not notwant notwant ot otwant
want the nomination nominationNow nominationNow nominationNow
Now what in the name of Henry HenryJames Hen HenJames HenryJames
James Mother Eddy Edd George Ge rge Mere Meredith Meredith Meroitb ¬
dith itb Lewis Carroll and all the gods godsof godsof godso
of o elaborate word puzzlos at once oncedoes onceces oncedoes
does ces that means mean lJ Is Mr Heath of the theopinion theopinion theopinion
opinion opinion that Mr Hanna wants the thenomination theJ1ominatioc theiioinination
nomination ill in order to be whipped by bythe hythe bythe
the Democratic party which is still stillin stillin stillIII
in a fragmentary condition unsuitable unsuitableto
to such operations or does he mean meanthat meauthat meanthat
that Mr Hanna would like the nomi nomination 110miToation noniiration ¬
nation offered him in order that he hemay bemay liemay
may coyly coyl decline the honor In the thelatter th thUer thelatter
latter Uer case ensehis his announcement is pre premature premature premature ¬
mature The American people dp not notoffer 110tofI notoffer
offer ofI r nominations to men wjio ait 31tnonnce aitnounce aitnounce
nounce beforehand that they h will not nottake notttke nottake
take them That is perhaps the rca ¬
son why no such SucLh announcement has hasas hasfiG hasas
as yet vet come from froni Mr Hannn HannnMr HannaMr
Mr Mr Heath Healh is not requested requc led to cx explain cxpJnin cxplain ¬
plain these th statements tff f his His Hisexplanation Hisexplanation Hisexplanation
explanation might be worse than the theoriginal theor theoriginal
original or rinal statement But it would be beinteresting beinfclcsting beilitercating
interesting to have 18e the Republican Republicanmanagers Rcpubiicnn111n11agers Republicanmanagers
managers explain what in i the world worlda
a man who 110 behaves like that is doing doingiu doingI doingin
in politics politicsA politicsI politicsA
A Municipal Museum MuseumIt
It Might Be Filled to Overflowing With WithInteresting WithInter WithInteresting
Interesting Inter sting Exhibits ExhibitsIt
It is ic daily becoming more and more moreapparent murlI moreapparent
apparent that one of the crying cIng needs needsof need needthe neethof
of the District is a municipal museum museumIn museumIn museumIn
In no other way can the many curiosi curiosities cmiositics euriosities ¬
ties of o this wejlgoverned we goerued be pre preserved prescrved pmserved ¬
served for ready reference The list listof listof listof
of surprising and abnormal cases casesgrows cns cnsgrows casgrows >
grows so rapidly that the busy citi citizens citizeus citizeus ¬
zeus do not easily ensil keep track of them themThere themThere themThere
There needs ne ds to be a room a largr largrroom Jnr Jnrroom lnrgcroom
room or bQtter b tter still a floor devoted devotedto
to their preservation and full illustra illustration illustnltion ihlustration ¬
tion The new Municipal Building Buildingwill Buildingwill Buildingwill
will afford ffora all needed facilities facilitiesfor facilitiesfortime for fortime i itime
time sat at least When established cit citizens cUi1lns cliizens ¬
izens would vonl < 1 be able by occasional via visits viaits is isits ¬
its to keep themselves informed and andto andto andto
to teach their children the broad dif difference difitrcnce dlifrcIlce ¬
ference which obtains between theory theoryand theoryand theoryand
and practice There should be a loud loudcall 10111cll loudcall
call for this museum museumso so loud and andprolonged anlJfrolongcd andrrolonged
prolonged that our Commissioners Commissionerswill Commission Commissionwill Commissionerswill
will hear and an provide the necessary necessaryrooms necessarylooms necessaryrooms
rooms in their plan for the new struc structure stru struture struvture ¬
ture tureAs
As an example c aDlple of what might ap appear appear appear ¬
pear on onthie the walls ample room should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe
be provided for District accounts that thatliuve thatluve thatlinve
liuve never been audited The Treas Treasurer Treasurer Treasurer ¬
urer of the United States has just justdiscovered jus jusdiscoered justdiscovered
discovered a dozen or so of this clas clasof clusof class classof
of venerable accounts that have never nevercaught ucyer ucyercnught nevercaught
caught the eye e of fan an auditor au itor or a aCommissioner aCommissioner aCommissioner
Commissioner Some of them are said saidto saidto saidto
to be gray with age They were wereopened wereopened wereopened
opened a quarter of a century ago agosi agotlnd agoiuid
i tlnd nd following what seems to be the thegeneral theg thegeneral
general g nerll rule were never examined examinedThey c exammedThey aminla aminlaTheyprobnbly
They Theyprobnbly probably belong to the class of ofnever ofltneyer ofnever
ltneyer never heard of before winches whic s slrge a agoverned i ilarge
large and growing one in our well Wcllgoverned wellgoverned
governed Naturally Treasurer Rob Roberts Roberts Robens ¬
erts ens thinks it high time that some one oneis oneis oneis
is designated to balance these aged agedevidences agedeidences agedevidences
evidences of District indebtedness indebtednessFrom indebtcdncSdFrom indebtednessProm
From this view our taxpayers will willnot win110t willrot
not dissent dissentBut dissentBut dissentBut
But by all means let us have 1J vc tho thomuseum thomu thonnseum
museum mu ttm I There is already alread an abun abundanco abundancn abundance
dance of interesting material on hand handto handto handto
to start it in fact enough to com comfortably comfortably cornfortably ¬
fortably fill it itThere itThgre S SThore
There is very little reason for this thiseulogizing thiseulosrtzlng thiseulogizing
eulogizing of the early risor Man tan Is Islike Islike Islike
like bread which whether it rises early
or late will come come to loaf loa sooner or orlater orlater orlater
laterIt laterIt later laterIt
It is now said s dld ld that the United States StatesIs StatesIs Statesis
Is practically at at1ar war with lth Colombia ColombiaIt
It can stay tay practically at war with withColombia withColombia withColombia
Colombia for the next fifty years with without without without ¬
out causing half the bother which re resulted resulted resuited ¬
sulted from trying to maintain peaceful peacefulrelations peacetulrelations peacofulrelations
relations relationsRussia relationsRussia S SRussia
Russia has generously offered Japan Japanhalf Japanhalt Japanhalf
half of Korea Korea Wonder what would be besaid besaid 1 1said
said if Korea should offer Japan halt halfof haltat haltof
of Russia RussiaThe RussiaThe RussiaThe
The situation between Russia and andJapan andJapan aidJapan
Japan reminds one of the story of the thelittle thelittle he he1Ittie
little boy who sitting with wit his little littlesister UttJ UttJsIster littlesister
sister on a a very ery short bench deferen deferentially doCorontla1ly dotorontinily ¬
tially observed HIthlnk I think there th re would be bemore b bmore bemore
more room on this bench for me Mary MaryIf MaryIC MaryIf
If one of us wa3 V3 wa to got off offThe ofrThe oftS
S The The mayor of Boston has refused a apoultry apoultry apoultry
poultry society permission to t t thold hold an anexhibit anexhibit anexhibit
exhibit of light Brahmas in Faneuil FaneuilHall FanoullRan FaneuiiHall
Hall Wpuld It have made any an differ difference dltlerence difference ¬
ence It the chickens had bedriPlymouth bedriPlymouthRoCk beoriPlfmouthRoCk be riPlmouth riPlmouthRoCk
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RoCk RoCkThe RoCkThe
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The Th bakers of f Callao olIao are are Iir on on strike strikeThus strJkeThus strikoThus
Thus do tho blesSings of Civilization Civilizationpenetrate chllIzationpenetrute CivilizationpenetrAte
penetrate even to tho remoto corners cornersof cornersot cornersof
of the earth earthThey onrthThe earthThey
S
They The have ants in tho Philippines that thatoat thatoat thatoat
oat paper and when General Wood sees seosthe 8eostho seesthe
the mass of correspondence that has hasbeen haabeen hasbeen
been accumulated In regard to his cane canehe cacehe casehe
he may be Inclined to wish Ish there were wereants wereants wereants
ants of that kind here horoThe hereThe hareThe
The wOrst w rat thing thl g abput a a aar war In the theOrient theOrient theOrient
Orient Is th that t it It may mo precipitate an another another another ¬
other crop > of those cablegram poems poemsKing poemsKing poemsKIng
King Edward objects to people drink drinkIng drinkIng drinklag
Ing his health In port but how about aboutdrinking aboutdrinking aboutdrinking
drinking It when half seas over overTo overTo overTo
To hear some of the moralists Inveigh Inveighacralnst Inveigh Inveighacalnst inveighagainst
against the evils of a a flat flat n as compared comparedwith comparedIth comparedwith
with Ith a house one would ould think that the thechief thechleC thechief
chief agent of domestic morality was wasstairs wasstairs wasstairs
stairs stairsHenry stairsHenry stairsHenry
Henry Norman M 1 P IB Impending Impendinghaving Impendinghwlng impendinghaving
having sailed for New York on the theMajestic thefnjestle theMaSestic
Majestic His Iis baggage probably In lnuludas Include IneludeS
eludeS a trunk full of sew ew photographs photographsand
and sevoraJ thousand brief autoblog autoblographlcs autobIographles autoblographies
raphlcs for distribution ninonS among the thepress thepress thepress
press of this country countryWith comtrI colntryWith
I With Sonator Hoar abusing the Presi Presidents PreslI Presidants ¬
I dents Panama policy poll e and Clark Howell Howelldefending Howelli IToweildefending
i
defending d tendln It it la l going to be a difficult difficultthing difficultthing difilcuitthing
I thing for tho party part sheep to know knowwhether lmowwh knowwhther
whether wh ther thoy are Dcmieans or Republi Republicrats Republlera RepublioraLs
oraLs cratsIt era ts tsIt S SIt
It may not be polite to go gO g where on onIs one oneIs oneis
Is not wanted but men Itko Helaman Helamanfool HelsmanCeol Iieiaxnanfool
fool that it is hardly l1ar IT safe fe to 90 O where wherethey wherethey hre hrethe
they the are wanted WJl wantedrue tcd tcdrhe
The American Baseball Loagw hd ms r rsclndod raclndI re rec1ndo4
sclndod the foulstrike rou1 trk rulf r1I It labor laborunions l laborurilonn bor borunions
unions Would would abolish the foul strike the thewhole thel thewhole
l whole hole civilized world would say sa amen
WOODS OOD8 ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIONIN
4 IN MINDANAO ISLAND ISLANDMnniJa I8LAN I8LANldanila
Manila Press Defends His Policy as asServing asServing asServing
Serving Best Interests of the theMoro theMoro theiiloro
Moro Province ProvinceGovernor ProvinceGovernor PrOvinceGovernor
Governor General Wood Is a successful successfuladministrator succ6SsCuladminIstrator eucecasfuladminIstrator
administrator to toBe several ral reasons first firstof firstof firstof
of which is due to the tact that true trueAmericanism trueAmcrlcanism trueAmericanism
Americanism prompts his every action actionHe actionHe actionHe
He has confidence in his countrymen countrymenwho countrymen countrymenwho countrymenwho
who appreciating this trust give him himthe himthe himthe
the benefit of their best knowledge and andexperience andexperience andexperience
experience experienceHad experienceHad experienceHad
Had Governor General Wood in enter entering enterIng enterlag ¬
ing upon his duties as the chief execu executive ecculive executive ¬
tive of the island of Cuba been so shal shallow shallow shahlow ¬
low and vain as to believe himself pos possessed possessed possassed ¬
sessed of the combined Intelligence and andexecutive andecutlve andexecutive
executive ecutlve skill of an entire nation of ofpeople tfpeopie ofpeopie
people peopie he would have made a failure failureHowever failureHowevor failureHowever
However he had the tt wisdom to see that thatthere thatthere thatthere
there could bcf bono no breath of character in inany Inany inany
any government goernment where there was no nobreadth nobreadth nobreadth
breadth of action actionFollowing actl actlpnFollowing n nFollowing
Following the policy in Mindanao Mindanaowhich Mlndanaowhich tllndanaowhich
which has marked him as one one of the themost themost themost
most successful administrators In our ourcountrys ourcountrys ourCountrys
countrys history ho called the busi business buslnoss business ¬
ness men of Zamboanga together and andrequested andrequested andrequested
requested them to form a chamber of ofcommerce otCOJY1mcrce ofcommerce
commerce as a means of expressing the thecon thecon theconete
con conete > ete opinions of tho business men menof menot menof
of ti t U5 Moro province provinceGeneral provinceGeneral provinceGeneral
General Wood said that as the busi business business buslneas ¬
ness men resident resl < 1 nt in Zamboanga had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been there for some years ears they had haddoubtless haddoubtless haddoubtless
doubtless formed opinions concerning concerningthe concerningthe concerningthe
the best policy poll C to be pursued In order to toinsure toInsure toinsure
insure progress and prosperity that he hedesired hed hedesired
desired d slred to have their advice and coop cooperation cooperation cooneration ¬
eration In all things looking to the best bestinterests bestInterests bestinterests
interests of the whole people peopleThis peopleThis peopleThis
This may read like ll lc ceJ a dream but but It Is Isnevertheless Isnevcrtheless i inevertheless
nevertheless true trueTtii trUe trUeThJ trIieThe
The second poln in favor of Governor GovernorGeneral GovernfGeneral GovernrGeneral
General Woods administration Is due lo lothe 10the tothe
the fact that he Is pot attempting to iowork towork toWork
work a political graft of any kind on onthe onthe onthe
the American people ople He Is hero solely solelyto solelyto solelyto
to do his duty unincumbered by politi political pollUcal p011thcal ¬
cal ambitions which make so many men mendishonest mendishonest mendishonest
dishonest and deaf to the voice of con conscience conscience conscience ¬
science scienceThe scienceThe scienceThe
The Moro province is exceptionally exceptionallyfortunate exceptionallyfortunate exceptionallyfortunate
fortunate In having Governor General GeneralWood GeneralWood GeneralWood
Wood at Its head In the transition period periodfrom perIodfrom periodfrom
from military mllltal to civil government governmentThe governmentTheManila governmentTheManila The TheManila
Manila Review Rede of Trade TradeFROM TradeINGREASEIN TradeINIEAiIt1
INGREASEIN INIEAiIt1 EXPORTS EXPORTSFROM EXPORTSFROM
FROM UNITED NITED STATES STATESGain
Gain Is General Throughout the List ListAccording ListAccording ListAccording
According to Bureau Bureauof Bureauof BureauS
S of Statistics StatisticsDetails StatisticsDetails StatisticsOetails
Details of eleven months mo ths commerce In InUi InfL inUyear
Ui fL Uyear year 1903 have been made public by bythe by1he bythe
the Department of Commerce and La Labor LtN1 Lator ¬
bor through its Bureau of Statistics StatisticsThey Sta StatisticsThey tIstlea tIstleaThe
They The show an Increase In practically all allof allof allor
of the great groups into which the Bu Bureau Bureau Bureau ¬
reau of Statistics divides the exports exportsand cxportannd exportsand
and in all of the groups into which It 1Cdivides ItdIvJdes Itdivides
divides the imports Agricultural Agriculturalproducts Agrl Agriculturaproducts ulturn ulturnproducts
products as a whole show an Increase Increaseof Increasof increaseof
of 74000000 products of the forests
10000000 products of the mines 3000
000 manufactures s 3000000 OOOOOO and mlscel mlscellaneutts mlsceJlaneu rnlscellaneuns
laneutts laneu articles 2000000 In the single singlegroup singlegroup singlegroup
group fisheries is shown a slight de decrease decrease decrease ¬
crease of a little more than 1000000111e 1000000The 1000000 1000000The
The figures for the month of Novem November November November ¬
ber ber show a marked growth In exports exportsand exx exportsand > rts rtsmd
and manufactures the total for the themonth thlmonth themonth
month being 34093G3 > 9 against 30612512 S3061t612In 30612512In 10513512In
In November of last year ear Agricultural Agriculturalproducts Agriculturalproducts Agriculturalproducts
products also show a marked Increase IncreaseJn Increns2n i
Jn the month the figures for November oember oember1W3
i
1903 being 114172255 against 33035859 33035859in S3035SbIn i
in the same month of last year year Th ThIncrease Thq ThqIncreaSe
I
Increase In agricultural exports occurs occurschiefly occ occurschiefly i3 i3chiefly
chiefly in cotton of which the value of ofthe otthe ofthe
the months exports is unusually high highKISHENEF highKISHENEF highKISIIEF
KISHENEF JEWS FEAR FEARANDTHER FEARANTITHER FEARS
S ANDTHER MASSACRE MASSACREReports MASSACREReports
Reports of Plot to Institute Slaughter SlaughterS
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S on o Russian Russ an Christmas Christ j as Confirmed ConfirmedPreparations Confi ConfithicdPrcparations mcd mcdPreparations
> Preparations Made for Flight FlightLONDON FlightLONDON FlightS
S LONDON Dec 2SfrInformatlon from froma fr9mat
a at trustworthy source sour at Kishenef con confirnfe con cont conrn4
firnfe t rn4 irl8the the statement of or the existence eXlstenceot eXlstenceota of ofa ofa
a a plot plot to to wipe out out more more of otthe the Kishenef KishenefJews klsheneJews CIshenefJews
Jews during the Russian Christmas Christmasholidays Christmasholldas Christmasholidaas
holidays holidaysThe holldasThe holidaasThe
The plot has been hatching hatchlngfor for some sometime sometime sometime
time As tho delivery of the sentences sentenceson
on the first batch of o prisoners tried on oncapital oncapital oncapital
capital charges In connection with the themassacres themaBsacres themassacres
massacres last April was anticipated at atthe atthe atthe
the end of December Decemi > er tho orthodox orthodoxChristmas orthodoxChristmas orthodoxChri
Christmas Chri tmas Januars 7 was as fixed upon uponfortnight upona
a fortnight ago as the most fitting time timefor timeror timefor
for action actionTho aationTho actionThe
Tho correspondent says he has Just Justread justread justread
read a telegram tele am xucelvcd r celved by ba a Jewish Jewishlady j I
lady from her husband In Kishenef KIsh net It Itsays Itsays Itsays
says S STho
saysThe The situation is alarming Do npt nptleave nptleavc notheave
leave Cfor for home homeA homeA S
A latter from a prominent Jew Jewn JewnKishonot Jn JnKlshonof JnKlshonof
Klshonof says he and nd Others will leave leavethe levethe I
the city before before the th Russian usslan Christmas ChristmasJewish Cbrlstm ChristmasJewish
Jewish public men at Klshenof re recently recent recently ¬ I
cently cent waited on the governor and an pre presented prescntcdthe pesented ¬
sented scntcdthe the Jewhih view Iew of tho danger dangerous dangcrDUB dangerous ¬
ous situation created by b Russian dis dissatisfaction dlssatisfaction dissatisfaction ¬
satisfaction with lth the sentences sentonces pro pronounced pronounced proaounced ¬
nounced on Christians ChristiansTOO ChristIansTOO ChristiansTOO
TOO MUCH CHRISTMAS CHRISTMASKILLED CHRISTMASKILLED CHRISTMASKILLED
KILLED THIS BOY BOYPHILADELPHIA B BOYPHILADELPHLDec Y YPHlLADEIPHIA
PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHLDec Dec 28ChrIstmas 28ChrIstmasjoys 28ChrJstmasjoys 28Christmasjoys
joys proved too much for nineyearold nineyearoldAndrea nine nineyearoldAndrea yourold youroldAnUrea
Andrea Loscalso H8 1 lies dead at the thehome thehome thehome
home of his mother Mrs Theresa Los Loscalzo Loscalzo Loscalzo
calzo killed by b overindulgence in boll holiday hollda bollday ¬
day da dainties On Christmas Eve the theboy thebo theboy
boy bo according to hl his brother ate a apound apound apound
pound and a half of candy com1 a great greatdeal greatdeal groatdeal
deal of cake ca1t fruit nuts and pie In ad addition addition addltion ¬
dition to large meals at breakfast din dinner dinner dinncr ¬
ner and supper Late on Thursday Thursdaynight Thursdaynight Thursdaynight
night after he had retired retl rod the boy boywas boywns8QI boywa
was wns8QI wa sallied Qd with violent cramps and all allday allday nilday
day Christmas he remained ill He died dittdlater diudlatet diedlater
later
TO SURVEY CHANNEL CHANNELNext CHANNELext CHANNELNext
Next ext year Ulr the War Var Department will willbegin wn wnblgln willbegin
begin nn Investigation Investlg tlon and survey of ofthft ofth oftlutohiannel
thft th tlutohiannel channel lannel from deep water in Hamp Hampton Hamptori Fiamptoil ¬
ton Roads to the Norfolk navy yard ard for forthe torUte forthe
the purpose of widening and strengthen strengthening strengthenIng strengthening ¬
ing It and increasing the depth to thirty thirtyfive thlrbfive thirtyfive
five feet
BIGGEST iE1GEsT WAR AR FLEEr FLEErIN FLEETIN
IN PACIFIC PAIFI PORTS PORTSArrival PORTS4rriv PORTS4rrival
Arrival 4rriv 1 of Evans Eval s Squadron of Battle Battleships B Battleships ttIe ttIeships ¬
ships and Cruisers at Honolulu Great GreatEvent GreatEvent GreatEvent
Event for Islanders IslandersHONOLULU Istanc1crsHONOLULU IslandersHONOLULU
HONOLULU Dec 20 via San Fran Francisco Francisco Francisco ¬
cisco Dec 28 28Tle The arrival on Wednes Wednesday Wednesday Yednesday ¬
day of the largest llo fleet t of war vasstls vasstlsever y veaselsever s818 s818ever
ever seen In any an port on the Pacific PacificOcean Il1elficOcean IaciflcOcean
Ocean was a noteworthy notcworth event The Thefleet Thefleet Thefleet
fleet comprised three battleships and andfour andfour andfour
four cruisers of the United States Asi Asiatic Asiatlc Asiatic ¬
atic squadron which crossed the ocean oceanfrom oceanCram oceanfrom
from Yokohama The battleship Ken Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky ¬
tucky was In the lead followed by the theWisconsin theVlsconsln theWisconsin
Wisconsin and the Orgeon and the thecruisers thecruIsers thecruisers
cruisers New Orleans Raleigh Albany Albanyand Albanyand Albanyand
and Cincinnati Coaling began as soon soonas soonns soonas
as the Kentucky Kentu kY and the Wisconsin Wisconsinreached Wisconsinreached Vlseonslnreached
reached wharf It was kept up at the therate therate therate
rate of 1EO tons an hour and the coal coalIng coaling coallag
Ing of the theentire entire fleet was completed at atnoon atnoon atnoon
noon today todayThe toda todaThe todayThe
The entire fleet reached here after afterthe nIterthe afterthe
the long voyage without accident and andwith andwith andwith
with with no repairs necessary As soon as asany asany asany
any any one oDe of the th vessels had coaled she shemight shenilght shemight
might have started at once on the re return reo reotUl11 returi
turn voyage This exploit Is regarded regardedas regard od odas
as one of the most Important that any anymodern anynlodern anymodern
modern fleet has accomplished d in time timeof tlmcoC timeof
of peace peaceWith peaceIth peaceWith
With Ith the arrival 6f the fleet Honolulu Honoluluboasted HonolulubOllsted Honoluluboasted
boasted of three rear admirals and a amajor amajor amajor
major general of the army ann The ad admirals admirals admirals ¬ i
mirals were Admiral Evans in com command command cornmand ¬
mand of the fleet Admiral Cooper ha hacharge n ncharge ncharge i
charge of the North Pacific squadron squadronand squadronand squadronand
and Admiral Terry In command of the thenaval thenaval thenaval I
naval station at at Honolulu The major majorgeneral majorgencral majorgeneral
general was MacArthur returning from fromChina tromChina fromChina
China to San Francisco Many Man enter entertainments entertalnments entertainments ¬
tainments have been planned before the thedeparture thedeparture thedepartureofthe
departure departureofthe of the fleet on December 29 29NEW 29NEW 29NEW
NEW CARNEGIE PLANT PLANTFOR PLANTFOR PLANTFOR
I
FOR ARMOR PLATE PLATEPITTSBURG PLATEPITTSBURG PLATEPITTSFflJRG
PITTSBURG Dec 28 2SThe The Carnegie CarnegieSteel CarnegieSteel CarnegieSteel
Steel Company expects to start Its new newarmor newarmor newarmor
armor plate plant next week It cost costabout costabout costabout
about 52000000 2000000 and will double the ca capacity capacity Capacity ¬
pacity of that department at Home Homestead Homestead Homestead ¬
stead The T e largest J rgest forging press and andheading andhendlng andheading
heading furnaces in the world have beon beonbuilt beonbuilt beonbuilt
built for It A new machine shoo has hasalso hasalso hasalso
also been built builtAFRICAN buntAFRIGAN builtAFR1A
AFRICAN TRIBES REBELAGAINST REBEL REBELAGAINST REBftAA1STGERMAN
AGAINST AA1STGERMAN GERMAN RULE RULEGreat RULEGreat R RGreat
Great Namaqualand in Revolt RevoltReport RevoltReportThat RevoltReportThat Report ReportThat
That Whole Garrison Has Been BeenWiped BeenWipec1 BeenWiped
Wiped Out OutCAPE OutCAPE OutCAPE
CAPE TOWN Dec 28 SA A general in insurrection Insurrection Insurrection ¬
surrection has broken out among the theBondeizwarts theBondelzwarts theBondeizwarts
Bondeizwarts tribes In Great Nam qua qualand qualand < iualand
land German Southwest Africa The In Insurgents Insurg Insurgnts ¬
surgents surg nts have collected In tho Kara KaraMountains KaraMountains
Mountains MountainsThe MountainsThe MountainsThe
The Kara Kara Mountains are in the south southeastern southeastern southeastern ¬ I
eastern part of Great Namaqualand Namaqualandnear
near tho British frontier frontierThe frontierThe frontierThe
The Hottentot tribes In German South Southwest Southwcst Southwest ¬
west Africa are regarded as dangerous dangerousfighters dangerousflghtors dangerousfighters
fighters their love of o hunting having havingmode haYingmnd havingmade
mode mnd them good 000 marksmen markS I1en They are areall areall areall
all armed with modern weapons eapons and andadopt andadopt andadopt
adopt Boer tactics as the Germans din discovered dlscoered dincovered ¬
covered In the Witbool war which last lasted lasted lasted ¬
ed from 1892 to 1895 1895Even li liEen 1895Even
Even when the present outbreak was wasconfined wascontlned wasconfined
confined to a small number of natives it itwas Itwas itwas
was realized that the work of repression repressionwould repr repressionwould slon slonwould
would be long and difficult for the dis district district ¬
trict In which hlch tho Hottentots are in inrebellion Inrebellion
rebellion is wild and mountainous mountainousLittle mountainousLittle
Little definite news has been made madepublic madepublic
public concerning the Insurrection Even Eventhe Eventhe Eventhe
the date of the massacre of the Ger German German German ¬
man garrison at Warmbad is uncertain uncertainThe uncertainThe uncertainThe
The first report which reached Cape CapeTown CapeTown CapeTown
Town via io Kenhardt was that the entire entiregarrison entiregarrison entiregarrison
garrison had been wiped out but the theonly theon theonly
only on news obtainable from German Germansources Germansources Germansources
sources was that hat one ope officer and one onesoldier onesergeant onesergeant
sergeant hal been iUned and one private privatesoldier privatesoldier
soldier wounded Later Information re recalved received recalved
calved mostly most from British sources sourcesmado sourcesmade I Imade
made it clear that the rising was a more moreserious mo moeserious e eserious
serious matter than the German au authorities authorities authorities ¬
thorities were inclined to admit admitAt admitAt admItAt
At one time it seemed likely lIkel that the therevolt therevolt therevolt
revolt would spread to British terri territory territo terntory ¬
tory to 1 but apparently the natives have havebaen havebeen haveboon
been careful not to kill British subjects subjectsAt
At Warmbad it is said none of the Brit British British Britishi ¬
ish settlers were ere killed or wounded but butall butall
I
all were made captives captivesTho captivesTho captivesThe
Tho profldont of the German Colonial ColonialAssociation ColonialssocJadfJn ColonialAssoeiation
Association places the blame for or the therJslng therising j jrising
rising On the policy pollc adopted by the gov government gQ gQernment government ¬
ernment For some years ears ho declares declaresthe declaresthe declaresthe
the natives have been favored to such 3uchan suchan suchan
an extent that the German settlers arc arcregarded arcregarded areregarded
regarded by the Hottentots as Euro Europeans Europeans Europoans ¬
peans of a low order The farmers have havebeen havebeen havebeen
been unable to prevent continual thefts theftsof thefLof theftsof
of their cattle because they tho are for forbidden Corbidden forbidden ¬
bidden to arm thulr employes employesPOPE employcsPUPE I
POPE SENDS MESSAGE MESSAGETO MESSAGETO MESSAGETO
TO AMERICAN NEGROES NEGROESHoly
Holy Father Pronounces a Special Bene Benediction Benediction
1 diction Upon Catholics of That ThatRace ThatRace ThatS ThatRace
Race in the United States StatesNEW StateJrEW State3NEW
S
NEW YORK Dec 2S 2SA A letter from fromthe fromthe rom romthe
the Rev Dr John E Burke director directorof directorof I IoC
of the negro Cathoilc missions of ot New NewYork NewYork I IYork
York was read by b Father F ther Thomas M MOKeefe MOJCeefo u uOKeefe
OKeefe at the services yesterday in inwhich inwhich inwhich
which the doctor told of J f his latest inter interview Intervlow interviow ¬
view with Pope Plus X and of the theholy thehol theholy
holy hol fathers special benediction and andgood andgood andgood
good wishes for the American negroes negroesDr negroesDr negroesDr
Dr Burke was presented to the Pope Popeby Popeb Popeby
by b Monsignor Kennedy of the Amer American Amerloan Amenloan ¬
loan College The Pontiff invited them themto themto themto
to bo seated and asked the missionary missionaryto mlsslonal mlsslonalto
to relate In detail tho conditions and andneeds andneeds andneeds
needs of the colored people At the theclose thecloso theclose
close the Pope said saidCarry saidCarr saidCarry
Carry Carr our love and special apostolic apostolicbenediction apostollcbonedlctlon apostolicbenediction
benediction to the colored people of ofAmerica ofAmerica ofAmerica
America AmericaDr AmericaDr AmericaDr
Dr Burke Burl e related how ho during durln the in interview Interview ihterview ¬
terview the great bells of St Peters Petersrang Petersrang Petersrang
rang out the Angelus The holy holyfather holyCather holyfather
father rising said Let us pray prayAll pra praAll prayAll
All those present knelt and gave the theresponses therosponses theresponses
responses while the Pope recited the theAqgclus theAlJgelus theAugelus
S SAn
Aqgclus
An Unusual Individual Individual4He Indhid aL aLlie
< lie is positively 1 ltIel tmoHiny tJnc n lie IK i so unlike unlikethe 1Jnl1kethe iiniikethe
the average CrabU mah mahWhy mahh1 mahWhy
Why h1 whets the themetter nutter with ith Wml WmlI hIm hImI
I dont wow 1 told t ld him today tod y that I IMIffe11nI wall vraaBuffering wallluttering
Buffering ftom a bad rtld hJ and he h didnt suggest suggestit 8I esl eslI
it I single iln le remedy rcmw for it itCincinntl Cincinnati TimesStar Tirnes Star
lINE ONE CORN CROP NETS NETSm NETS4IMTaThREE
m 4IMTaThREE 4154 TO THREE BOYS MWorlds BOYSWorlds BOYSWorlds
Worlds Fair Distinction in Addition to tothe tothe tothe
the Pecuniary Profits for Ener Energetic Energetic Energetic ¬
getic Missionaries MissionariesST
ST LOUIS L UIS Mo lf Dec Decv De v 28 28y B > culti cultivating cUltivating etiltirating ¬
vating a patch of o corn all last summer summerthree summerthree summerthree
three Missouri boys bo rs earnqd carn not only onlythe onlyth onlythe
the th handsome sum of 115452 415452 but the thedistinction thedistInction thedistinction
distinction of having the fruit of their theirindustry theirIndustry theirjndustry
industry selected to be one of th thfeatures the tbefeaturos thefeatures
features of Missouris exhibit hlblt at the theWorlds theWorJds theWorlds
Worlds Fair The commission comm commission sslon will willplace mUplaco willplace
place their photographs in a place of ofhonor ofhonor C ChonQr
honor in the Missouri Building BuildingThe BuildingThe BuildingThe
The boys are John George and Joseph JosephChristian JosephChristian JosephChristian
Christian aged eighteen sixteen and andtwelve andtwelve andtwelve
twelve years cnrs sens of C A Christian Christianof
of Tarklo AtchisOn county The work workwas vorkwas workwas
was all done between May Ita 1 and No November 10vember November ¬
vember 1 and the boys are now In Inschool Inschoo1 inschool
school schoolThe schoo1The S SThe
The boys accepted an offer from Davis DavisRankin DavisRankin DavisRankin
Rankin who Is the most extensive cattle cattlefeeder cattleteeder cattlefeeder
feeder fn tne world Mr Rankin has haseoh
30000 < acres of land and each year he heraises heraises heraises
raises corn on n fifteen to twenty twentythousand twentythousnnd twentythousand
thousand acre acreWhen acreWhen acrer acrerWhen
When the Christian boys applied for forland forland forland
land on which to raise corn Mr Rankin Rankinpromptly Rankinpromptly Ranklnpromptly
promptly turned over 510 acres and andagreed andagreed
agreed to pay pa the boys 12 cents for forevery forevery
J
every ever bushel of corn they the raised raisedHitching raisedHitching
Hitching six mules to a lister the boys boyswent boyswent I
went ent to work This machine plows har harhows harhows liarbows
hows and seeds at one operation They Theyworked Thc Thcworked Theyworked
worked like Trojans and soon the 540 540acres 540acres 540acres
acres were planted Then the boys hud huda hl d da
a breathing spell When the corn b bgan bgan btu btugait
gan to grow another task was as theirs theirsThree theIrsThree theirsThree
Three times the growing corn had to be becultivated becultivated becultivated
cultivated Again was a requisition requisitionmade requisitionmade
made on the Missouri mule and six were wereattached wereattached wereattached
attached to each of the three tworow tworowcultivators tworowcultivators tworowcultivators
cultivators The weeds were kept down downand downand downand
and the soil loosened loosenedThe loosenedThe loosenedThe
The grain grew and ripened and when whenNovember whenovember whenNovember
November rolled around the harvest was wasbegun wasbegun wasbegun
begun When the corn was gathered Into IntoMr IntoMr IntoMr
Mr Ranklns great corn bins it was wasfound wasfound wasfound
found that the boys had grown 31621 31621bushels i621 i621bushels
bushels of grain At 12 cents a bushel bushelthis bushelthis bushelthis
this netted f415452 41545 and Mr Ir Rankin Rankingave Paukingave
gave them a check for that amount amountCOMBATS amountCOMBATS amountOMBTS I
COMBATS OMBTS OLD THEORY THEORYOF THEORYOF THEORYOF
OF HEAVENLY BODIES BODIESEarth
Earth Dwellers Can See No Stars Re Requiring nequirlng Requiring ¬
quiring More Than rooo ooo Years Yearsto Yearsto Yearsto
to Transmit Light LightMADISON LightMADISON LighLMADISON
MADISON Win Dec 23 SProf Prof George GeorgeC
C Comstock director of Waahburn Ob Observatory Observetory Obaervatory ¬
servatory and professor of astronomy astronomyat 1
at the University Unlerslt of Wisconsin has hascaused hascaused hascaused
caused a furore among scientists in his hisdepartment hlIJdepartment hisdepartment
department by declaring that according accordingto
to exhaustive exhausU experiments made by b him himfor himtor himfor
for a period of years the ideas held by byastronomers byastronom byastronomers
astronomers astronom rs about the telescopic range rangeof rangeot rangeof
of vision Islon and photography are enor enormously enormously enormously ¬
mously exaggerated exaggeratedperhapO perhapb 2000 times timesHeretofore timesHeretofore timesHeretofore
Heretofore it has been b n held that as astronomers astronomers astronomers ¬
tronomers could see through their teles telescopes telescopes telescopes ¬
copes stars the light from which took
2000000 years to reach the earth Prof ProfComstock ProtComstock ProfCornatock i
Comstock declares that it is in his hisopinion hisopinion hisopinion
opinion Impossible to see a star with withthe withthe withthe
the best telescope In existence the light lightof lightoC lightof
of which star takes more than 1000 1000years 1000year8 1000years
years to reach the earth earthModern earthIodcrn earthModera
Modern invcstlgation n Prof Com Comstock Comstock Cornstock ¬
stock said in an address before a gath gathering gathering gathering ¬
ering of scientists and students proves provesthat provefithat provethat
that the statement statement of the astronomer astronomerwho astronot astronomerwho er erwho
who said a century or so ago that with witfahis wltl4his withhis
his telescope he could see stars from fromwhich fromwhich fromwhich
which it took the light 2000000 years seaih eaiS to toreach toreach toreach
reach the earth was wa enormously exag exaggerated exaggerate exaggerated ¬
gerated gerate Modern tloder astronomers astronomer claim caIm to tobe tobe tobe
be able to see stars from which the thetransmission thetansmision thetransmission
transmission tansmision of light Jght takes 20000 OO to 30090 30090years 30
years ears but I believe that we 0 cannot see seefurther seefurther seefurther
further than the stars sta whose whose light l ht Js Jstransmitted Jstransmitted Istransmitted
transmitted in 1000 10 years ear nor do I be believe be behere ¬
here leve we will wl be able to get beyond bond that thatdistance t thatdistance at atdIsance
distance distanceRAILROAD dIsance dIsanceRAILROAO distanceRAILROAD
RAILROAD HELD HELOP HELOPBY UP UPBY1ULOBE1ECKER UPBY
BY1ULOBE1ECKER BY1ULOBE1ECKERTelegraph BY WOULDBE WRECKER WRECKERTelegraph REKE8 REKE8Telegraph
Telegraph Operator Opertor Terrorized and Sig Signals Signals Signals ¬
nals in Every Evet Direction DirectionDisorganized Direcon DireconDisor DirectionDisorganized
Disorganized DisorganizedCUMBERLAND Disor DisorganizedCUMBERLAND anzed
I
CUMBERLAND CUERLD Md lId Dec 2S 2A 2SA A E EGrimes El EGrimes
Grimes is In jail jal at Kingwood KinSoo W Va Vacharged Yachaged Vacharged
charged chaged with wih holding up the Balti Baltimore Bal Baltimore ¬
more and Ohio Railroad Ralroad Grimes at attacked 3t attacked ¬
tacked the telegraph office ofce at Anderson AndersonIt Adorn AdornIt
It Is charged chared holding up the operatcr operatcrJ oportC
J T Cruise wltfi wlit two ugly guns gns and andbreaking andbreaing andbreaking
breaking breaing In took possession of the theplace thl theplace
place throwing the signals sigals and block blocking blockIng blocking ¬
ing the road both ways s Cruise was wasterrorized wasterrized wasterrorized
terrorized terrized by b Grimes who knowing knowingsomething knowingsomething knowingsomething
something about telegraphy telegrphy it is al alleged nllesed alleged ¬
leged tried to manipulate the instru instrument in8tr Instrumeat
mont to the great gret danger of trains trlns and andtraffic ad adtrfc andtraffle
traffic trfc on the road roadOrders rondOners roadOrders I
Orders were ere finally lnal pushed pushe through throughfrom throughtrom throughfrom
from Cumberland to Tunnelton to ar arrest are arerest arrest ¬
rest Grimes Special Constable Constble J 0 OHerndon 0Herndon 0Herndon
Herndon was dispatched dIsptched on a special specialengine spcial spcialengine specialengine
engine to An Anersn n erspn er > and in a a few mo moments moment momenta ¬
ments Grimes Grmes was in the clutches of the thelaw thelaw thelaw
law
lawBut <
But this man had for two hours the thetrainmen thetrainmen thetrainmen
trainmen soy 51 delayed traffic tmc and so somixed somixed somixed
mixed up orders and telegrams telegms that thatboth thatoth thatboth
both oth trainmen and operators oprtors had been beenafraid beenafraid beenafraid
afraid to make a move for fear er that a acollision acolsion acollision
collision colsion or some other disaster would wouldresult ivouhdresult auld auldresult
result resultOnly resultOnly resultOnly
I
Only one reason is given for this queer queerGrimes queerhold I
hold up The otcers officers declare that thtGrmes thatGrimes I I
Grimes Grmes was merely merel sore on the Bal Baltimore Baltmore Saltimore ¬
timore tmore and 3d Ohio Railroad Rilroad Company Compn for forsome forsome forsome
some supposed injury it had done him himand himand i iand
and that ho sought this method to get geteven beteven geteveiu
even evenBEA
BEAR BEA HUNT HUT NEAR NA PITTSBURG PITTSBURGPITTSBURG PITTSBURGPITS PITTSBURGPITTSBURG
PITTSBURG PITS BURG Dec Dee 28 28George George e1e Graff GraffNelson Graft1lson GraffiThlson
Nelson Kerr and E W Yo
1lson Myers killed kied a alare alarge i ilarge
large lare bear at Castle Cnte Shannon six miles mies miestrm milesfrom i ifrom
from trm this 1hls city clt The animal had been a apet apet
pet at Castle Caste Shannon for a year yea but a amonth amfnth amonth I
month mfnth ago escaped e caped and has been living lvlng i ion
on orthe the chickens chtcI C ns and young oung pigs of Pitts Pit Pit I
burg bu suburban residents frequently frquenty ter terrorizing terrorizlng terronizlng ¬ I
rorizing women and children chldren Ths Tb Th hunt huntfor huntfor I
for trhe the bear lasted several hours When Whenbruin Whenbruin hen
bruin was brought to bay he showed showedfight showedfight I
fight but was soon dispatched dispatched
COURTS COUIITSAND AND CAPiTALS CAPiTALSOF A11TASS
OF OFTHE THE OLD IBID IBIDViennas WORLDVicn RO ROVienns
Viennas Vicn s Burgomaster Burgomater Burg master Starts Strts Crusads CrusadsAgainst Crsadt CrsadtAgainst CrnsadAgainst
Against Physicians Physiciansays PhysiciansSays Says One Old OldWoman Od OdWoman OldWoman
Woman Is Worth Ten Doctors DoctorsBr Docl Doctrsfly rs rsDr
Br the MARQUISE 3foIQ E DE gONTENOT gONTENOTViennas O ONTENOL ONTENOLViennas ENOY ENOYVlcnnas
Viennas burgomaster Dr von von Lucger Lucgertho Juegerthe Luegerthe
the intimate Intmate friend and ald crony as well wellas wel wellas
as political plticl associate asOate of Prince Aloys AloysLiechtenstein AloysLiechtenstein AhoysLiechtenstein
Liechtenstein and ad who enjoys ejoys great greatfavor gent genttnor greatfavor
favor with lh the old aristocracy ariatorcy of Aus Austria AustrIa 4tustria ¬
tria and nd Hungary Hungry by reason reson of his In Intense Intense intense ¬
tense animosity anlmosl toward the Jews has hasnow hs hsnow hasnow
now fallen Calen foul of o the doctors doctorsHe doctor doctorsHe
He le has publicly publcly declared that In his hisestimation his0tmaton hisestimation
estimation 0tmaton an old woman woma Is I worth any anyten anyten anyten
ten doctors dotor and ad so effective efr tve has been beenhis bcn bcnhis beenhis
his denunciation of o tho medical medlal pro profession pr protension ¬
fesion tension In the Austrian capital cpitl that tht for forabout fa forabout
about a n fortnight Cor9lght there was a something somethingIn
In the nature of a 0 strike there on the thepart theprt thepart
part prt of sick sic people pople That Is to say sy
there th re was wa for the space of two weeks weeksa wee
a a most remarkable remarkbte spce decline declne on the part partof partof
of the Jx Ioorer > orcr classes In seeking seekins medi medical mdlcai niedlcal plrt plrtot ¬
cal attendance atendance and a the Central Hen HoaHO HosIll Henpital
pital Ill alone there waJ wa n a falng falling c aff ot
HO 0 00 patients ptont per pr day The TE doctors dotor how however howeer howeier
ever insist that since then the number numberof nurnerof
of their patients has been far larger largereven le largereven
even than JUentc before beforeNo bforc bforcNo beforeNo
No Respect Respec for Learning LearningIn Learg LeargIn
In one of his public pUblc tirade trd6 1ie Tie e burgo burgomaster burg burgomaster ¬
mster master calmly informed Intormel tho municipality municipalitythat In innniclpahitythat mlcIplty mlcIpltytht
that tht until untl science could Invent Ient and andmanufacture andmrnufacture andmanufacture
mrnufacture manufacture a blade of grass g which hlch a acow a acow acow
cow would cat ct he bad no respect rset for forlearning forlearnlng forlearning
learning learnlng he went went on to advise the thepeople thepple thepeople
people pple of Vienna not to be b fooled any anylonger a anrlonger
longer J mger by b doctors who who sought sught to exist existon existon existon
on the credulity cr duly of their more Ignorant Ignorantfellowbeings igorant igorantCellowbelng Ignorantfellowbeings
fellowbeings Cellowbelng and to tl remember that thatshortly that5hortly thatshortly
shortly a 0 second aqueduct alueduct would sup supply sUJ supply ¬
ply the city with wih an abundance abundace of fresh freshpure Crsh Crshpure freshpure
pure water which Is after nter all al natures naturesown natrs naturesown
0 own medicine for all al ills illsYet il illsYet
Yet with all al this the burgomaster la lanot I isnot
not only onl a power In the land as burgo burgomaster burgo burgomaster ¬
master mter at Vienna commanding commandig a large largemajority lrge lrgemajority largemaJority
majority in the municipal municpal cpuncil cunci but butis butIs butIs
is also one of the most influential influental lead leaders led leder leadera ¬
ers er in national politics H is i covered coveredwith covere coveredwith
pltc
with orders and ad decoratiors deoratIors from al almost almost almost ¬
most every sovereign in Europe Eup and his hiswords hL hLor hiswords
ever svereig
words are listened Istened to with wih respect respct and andhis andhis andhis
his or recommendations recommendUon accepted accepte It I id idsaid h tasaid
said sid that the Viennese Viennee doctors doctrs are ar now nowhoping noWhoping nowhoping
hoping for the burgomaster buromater burgomasterto to fall tU 111 111of 1 liiin
Ir in such a maner manner a as to std stand In ned nedof need needof
of their services servicesThe srvice srviceThe S SThe
The Gurney Guey Family FamilyLady Fay FayLdy FamilyLady
Lady Ldy Troubrldge Trubrldgc whose play pI Mrs MrsOaklelgh MrsOakleigh rs rsOaklerght
Oaklelgh Oaklerght is being treated tret with wih so much muchderision muchderision muchderision
derision by b the London Lndon critics ctcs cniticssince since sinc Its Itsproduction It itsproduction
production prducton the other day at at the New NewTheater NewTheater NewTheater
Theater In the British Britsh metropolis metpols Is a asister asIster asister
sister of the Countess Countes of Dudley Dudle and andlike andlke andlike
like lke her figured flJred for or a time as a sales saleswoman sal saleswoman s sWoman ¬
woman In a Regent Street modistes modltcs es estrblishment esubUshment entrbhishment
trblishment ubUshment also helping her mother motherMrs moter moterMrs motherMrs
Mrs Gurney In the latters latters unsuccess unsuccessful Unsucc Unsuccful unsuccessful ¬
ful venture entur as a milliner miiner after ater the e finan financial financIal financml ¬
cial disaster dister of I her first fst husband husbandCharles hubdr hubdrCarl husbandCharles
Charles Carl s Gurney Gurneybeen GurneyThe GurneyThe
The Gures Gurneys one of nom ha has just justben justbeen
been ben assigned a8 lge to duty dutyembassy at te the British BriU8hembass Britishembassy
embassy embass In Washington belonged blongt to toone toone
one of those untitled untted Washingon county families taUes of ofEngland orEngland ofEngland
England which hlch constitute consttute countY the real Brit British BritIsh Bnitlab ¬
ish aristocracy The founder of tm tmfamily th thfamn thfamily
family famn arstocy was Hugh 3e Ie e Gournay Gurnay one of ofthe orthe ofthe
the Norman Norm1 barons bllrns who accompanied a accompaniedWillIam ompanlc
William VIUn the Conqueror to England Englad Engla d In In1C
1066 while among other ancestors ancetors ancetorsTomas was wasThomas wasThomas
1C Thomas Tomas whleaong u Gournay Gurnay who ho murdered murderedKing murdere murderedKing
King Edwrrd II in such an appalling appallingmanner appallingmanner
manner Edwr by b thrusting thstn I hot irons appn appnmanner into his hisbody hi hisbody
body bodySeparated bc bcSeparated bodySeparated
Separated From Husband HusbandLady Husbad HusbandLady S
Lady Ldy Troubridges mother mother1lr motherMrsCbarIe motherMrsCbarIeGurney Mrs Charje CharjeGurney Crle
Gurney Gurnev separated separate from her husand husandafter hus husandafter d dater
after ater the scandal scndl which resulted reulted in his hisretirement blsretirement hisretirement
retirement from the old Gurney Bank Bankand Bankand Bankand
and which necessItated the te sacrifice scrifce of ofall ofall
all al his possessions possesion and after ater the te mar marriage marriage marriage ¬
riage of her two daughters one to the theEarl theEarl theEarl
Earl of Dudley and the other ote to Sir SirThomas SirThomas SirThomas
Thomas Troubrtdge Troubridfe had been brought broughtabout broughtabout broughtabout
about by b Lady Ld Henry Somerset Smerset and andAdelalne andAdelaln andAdelaine
Adelalne Duchess Duch s of Bedford respect respectively reset reset1rely respectively ¬
ively she secured a a divorce dl ore in this thiscountry ts tscount thiscountry
1rely country from secure her first frst husband and ad Is Isnow Isnow Isnow
now count the wife of Colonel Jack Stracey Straceyof Stacey Staceyor
of the Scots Guards GuardsWhen GuardsYhen GuardsWhen
When Laura Lur Gurney Gurey married Sir SirThomas SirThoma SirThomas
Edward as assumed assmed assumed ¬
Thomas Troubrldge King
Thoma Troubrdge Kng Edwa
sumed the privilege until then regarded regardedas
smed regre
prlege unt
as somewhat somewht te parental parentl of presenting presentng her herwith herwith herwith
with a check instead of a piece of ofJewelry ofjewell ofjewelry
Jewelry jewell by b way of a wedding wedng gift giftSir git giltSir
Sir Thomas Is the fourth Court baronet barnet of ofhis othis ofhis
his line the first firt having been ben the well wellknown w1 wellknown
known ko admiral admirl who was wa the righthand righthandman righthandman
man and flag captain cptin of Nelson at the thebattle thebatle thebattle
battle of the Nile Nle The second end bare baronet bao baonet barenet <
batle
net was likewise an admiral admirl and the thethirdthat thethirdthat thethirdthat
thirdthat is to say the th father of Sir SirThomas SirThomaas SirThomaswas
I 83
Thomas Thomaswas was a famous Crimean soldier soldierwho soldierwho soldierwho
Thomaas
who left leC his right leg at the battle btte of ofInkerman atInkcrman ofInkcrman
Inkcrman and sat sat composedly on a gun guncarriage gn gncarage guncarriage
carriage there to have it I hewed hewe off or by bythose b bte bythe
carage the primitive srgicl surgical procedure of ofthose ofthose
those te days Sir Si Thomas Thoma and Lady LadyTroubridge Ldy LdyToubrdg LadyTroubridge
Troubridge make their home at Gray GrayFriars Gry GryFriars GrayFriars
Toubrdg Friars a a pretty prety place near Ascot AscotTo AscotTo cot cotTo
To Preserve Presere Od Castle Caste of Milan MilanEvery Mian MianEel MilanEvery
Every Eel American Amercan tourist who has ha ever evervisited eerIsled evervisited
visited Isled Milan Mian will wl be clad to learn that thatactive thatacthe thatactive
active steps are now being taken taken fbr fbrthe rr rrthe fbrthe
and of the fa famous Cam famus
the repair pre prescninuon ervs eIon on ¬
mous m us old castle caste of o Milan lln overlooking overlookingfie oerlookng oerlooknglle
fie Plazzi Piazl dArml dArl and which a a short ahorttime shorttime hort horttme
time tme ago was as on account of Its ts toterng toterngcondition tottering totteringcondition totteringcondition
condition on 01 the point of being belni con consigned con31ged consigned ¬
signed 31ged to t demolition demolitionIt demolUon demolUonI
It I was built buit by b the Sforsa Sfor Dukes of ofMilan orIlan ofMilan
Milan Ilan who reigned there in the fifteenth fifteenthcentury trenth trenthcentul fifteenthcentury
century centul on the thl rulrfn of o the the still older oldercastle odrcaste oldercastle
castle caste of the Vlscontis Yisconts which wl11c had been beenalmost beenalmost beenalmost
almost entirely enUrel raed nfd by b the populace populacein
in 144S It I was regarded regared In the middle middleages mlddlf middbages
ages a as the proudest and strongest stronget for fortress fortress or ortNSS ¬
tress in Italy 1al and served as ac a n model modelin mOdel modelIn
in part part at any an rate for tOI the Kremlin Kremlinat Kem1
at Moscow Mosco Its history hlslor is rull ul of Inter Interest Interest Interest ¬
est est It I has had ha many mnn different dIferent masters mastersof masterot mastersof
of diverse nationalities laUona1ltes since the days daysof days daysof daysof
of the Sforzas Srorn and has sustained many manysieges man manssieges
sieges the last of these being at the theclose ta tacloe theclose
close of th the < eighteenth eightCfnth century centuryPossibly centuI centuryPossibly
Possibly Posibly because its fortune fortun have al always alwas always
ways been identified with tyranny trnn and andbecause andbeue andbecause
because beue it has ever been in the eyes of ofthe otte ofthe
the te people peple the outward outwa and visible sign signof sig signof
of foreign forelb domination it i has been neg neglected meglected
lected by the Italians Itlans of the present presentday prent prentda presentday
day da and It I Is doubtful doubtul whether any of ofthe orthe ofthe
the Milanese Mianee now living lylng save sae the sol soldiers sl sldiers soldiers ¬
diers quartered quarter within the precincts precinctsof prcnct
of threshold thresholdHowever threshotdHowever thresholdHowever the castle cate have ever crossed crosse its itsthreshold Is Isthreshotd itsthreshold
However now the municipality municipity of o Mi Milan MIlan Milan ¬
lan and the government goerfmcnt have awakened awakenedto
to the Importance of preserving this in interesting interesting Interesting ¬
teresting monumenj monumen and work has been beencommenced ben bencommence beencommenced
commenced clearing cerng out the wide and anddeep anddep anddeep
commence
deep dep moat removing huts hut and shanties shantieswhich shantieswhich hantes hanteswhich
which have been built bui against aginst its is walls wallsrestoring wals walsrestoring wallsrestoring
restoring the drawbridges and the bat battlements battement battlements ¬
tlements tement and in one word wor taking taing the thsnecessary th thncesal thenecessary
necessary ncesal steps stcp for its It preservation preservationWOULD prelaton preservationWOULD
WOULD PURCHASE HOUSES HOUSESFOR HOUS HOUSESFOR S
FOR AMERICAN AMERICANDIPLOMATS AMERICANDIPLOMATSAmerican DIPLOMAT DIPLOMATAmerican DIPLOMATSAmericn
American Americn diplomatists diplomatst here are ar Inter Interested Interested interested ¬
ested in the report rport that a bill bl will wi be beintroduced b beintroduced
introduced Intrduced at the next session of Con Congress Congress Congress ¬
gress providing that the United Unite States StatesGovernment State StatesGovernment
Government Gvernment build houses for its am ambassadors ambasadors ambasnadors ¬
bassadors basadors and nd ministers mlnl8ter abroad abroadThe abrad abradThe abroadThe
The bill bu will wU be introduced it is ISNd ISNdat sld sldat d dt
at t the instance of W J Bryan former formerDemocratic fekinerDemocratic rer rerDemocrtc
Democratic Democrtc nominee nomnee for President Prshent Mr MrBryan MrBryan r rBlnn
Bryan was as entertained entertined in Berlin Bertn Satur Saturday Salu Saturday ¬
day dn by United States Ambassador Ambasador Tow Tower Tower r
er and he there announced annotmce that h hhad hhad he hehad
had been greatly gaty impressed Jmprssed with the thoImportance th thImpornce theImportance
Importance Impornce of this Governments repre representation repr reprsentaton reprosentation ¬
sentation sentaton abroad and strongly stron l advo advocated adocted advotated ¬
cated cted that tat the United Unie States Stt have per permaneht perman permanent
maneht man nt and suitable homes for her herdiplomatists her1lomatsts herlilomatists
diplomatists this tals 1lomatsts at all al the foreign torlsn capi capitals cpl cpltals captthis ¬