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tarted twelve times last wear and won SIX
aces, his last appearance being at Latonia
where he captured the Railway stakes from n
field Of six starters. The track was in miserable
condition, and he carried LIB pounds 10 pounds
| more than any horse in the race and ran the
mile IN l:474. That's why like Riley. Re-
| ports reach me from Memphis that he is doing
well. and; barring accident, will go to the post
| in good shape.
The Dryer Bros Caldwell comes next but
| hardly think he will start as understand he
met with an accident lately. He was looked on
| as world beater in the west last year. hut he
| proved to be somewhat of a disappointment
! when he came out east. He is being trained
| by Mr.. Frank McCabe at the Brooklyn track.
Frontlno, the full brother TO the great Fall
| setto. Is the next on the list TO catch my eye.
| de did not start last year. but L saw him at
Fleetwood in the spring. and he certainly was
| a grand-looking two-year-old. a trife growthy
| perhaps. for colt of his age. but that will be
| remedIed by the extra year. He is wonder
| fully like Falsetto both in color and con-
| formation.
Robespierre, the property of Mr.. George "
| Hankins of Chicago. will be another probable
| starter i'll the Kentucky Derby He is by Jils
| Johnson, out of Agnes, and started thirteen
| times last season. winning four races in very
| fair company. Reports tell us that he is doing
well and fancied by his owner and trainer
Frontenac, chestnut son of Fasetto and
Lerna, the property of Charley Jordan. the
meteoric colored plunger. is another candidate
that may go to the post. He Is at present in
Vim. Walkers stable at the Westminster track
and is doing well. Last season he faced the
starter five times and got the brackets twice
| He is known TO be very fast but it is n question
| If he can stay over distance of ground
Phoenl. the five-thousand-dollar son of Mr.
| Pickwick and Bonnie Wood. stands in the sta
| bic of that notable trainer, Mr.. VIM. Lakeland.
| at Gravesend. He had an unbeaten record
| last year. having started twice and won twice
| He may not be sent down for the Derby, but if
| he is he will be dangerous candidate.
| PRINCE FoNso.
Prince Fonso. a grand looking son of the
| dead Prince Charlie, will need lot of watch
ing, for last season he showed himself to
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WILLIAM W. KELsFR.

William W. Kelser
was born in this city
thirty-one years ago.
de entered the tele-
graph service as a mes
senger and when seven
teen years OF age was
appointed as operator
in Western Union serv-
ice. Two years later
he was promoted to q
position in the main
office. where he worked
the heaviest wires with
the '-old veterans" He
was transferred to
Montgomery. Ala, but
soon resigned TO return
to Washington TO accept
oau Union ComDauy
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Harry NcKeldin is
another operator who
can hold up his end
with any of the record
seekers of the profess
sion. He learned the
business in Baltimore in
lS65. and from that
time until 1888 worked
for about all the tele-
graph companies in the
east and south. For the
last four wears he has
been working the Chi
cago hter-Ocedn prl-
vate wire, using the
Phillips code system of
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months. Upon his return to this city he Sc
cured position IN the Western Union night
force. where he is now employed. When Judge
Jere Black was buried at York. Pa Mr. Gala
tin did good piece of work. sending 2.375
words to Philadelphia in one hour He has a
receiving record of ninety-seven messages
from New York in one hour and fifteen
minutes. In late private trial he kept up a
speed of forty three words minute for ten
minutes.
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CHAs. W. THAYER.

For twenty-five years
Chas. W. Thayer has
seen continuous service
in the telegraph bust
hess and for the
greater portion Of that
time he has been on at
least even terms with
the best operators in
the country. He was
born in Georgetown
near Toronto, Canada.
where he served his
apprenticeship. When
sixteen years of age he
came to the United
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L. X. MILLER.
Another of tbey many

Another of tbey many
who commenced at the
bottom of the ladder j.
L. X. Miller. He was
born at Homer, n. Y.
and began the study of
telegraphy while a West
ern Union messenger
boy at Auburn, n. Y.
He has worked for sew
eral railroad companies.
and has held position S
of great responsibility.
Newspaper and broker
age telegraphy has also
fallen to his lot. He en-
tered the service of the
Postal Company in 1899.
and now works the New
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JAMES B. AUSTIN


James Beemer Austin,
one of the " old
timers" is now with
the United Press in this
city. He is a thorough
telegrapher. Mr.. Austin
first essayed telegraphy
in March, 1862. in his
native town and home
Simcoe, Canada. In
1865 he emigrated to the
United States. and after
service in many towns
came to the national
capital in 1870 to the
Western Union Office.
Not content with being
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ATTRACTIVE HOMES.
Effective House Adornments at Small
Expense.

THE RESULTS OF AMATEUR SKILL WITH HAMMER
AND sAw-wHAT YOUNG WOMAN CAN DESIGN
AND po-AccoMMoDArINa ooUcHEs AND con-
vENIENr BOOK sHELvEs
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Inria Nrnrron Snni+l

Louis Morrell Smith.
night traffic chief Of
the Western Union Tel
egraph Company. was
born in Washington.
ID. c., November %,
1859, and beg N his tel
egraph service as a
messenger boy when
hfteeen years old. Dur
ing the centennial Gel
e5ration of tine surren-
der OF CORVALLIS, held
at Yorktown. Va, III
1881, he was one Of a
half dozen operators
sent there from this
city to handle the great
stacks Of messages and
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FRANK KANE.

Frank Kane is one Of
the best known opera
tors in the city. He
was born IN PhIladel-
phia and entered the
telegraph service there
in 1873. -Four years
atterward he WAS trans
ferred to the Washington
office. and he has been
here ever since, with
the exception OF a six
months sojourn in New
Mexico. where he had
>rharge of the Western
! Union office at Albu-
'guerque. Tie is con-
sidered one OF the most
skillful and reliable men
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GALLATIN,

Samuel A. Gallatin
commenced to worry a
key i'll his native town
OF York. Pa, in 1882.
He started in as a mes
senSer boy in 1881 and
after fifteen months Of
combined labor was ap-
pointed manager of the
American Rapid Tele-
graph Company's Office
in the same city. He
came to this city. for
the first time, in 1885,
) being engaged with the
baltimore and Ohio
Company. When the
e a r { h Ike shook
Charleston up he ten
dered his services to the
Southern Company at
that point; went there
and remained for some
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specials that were fled Tor transmission. He
was also one OF the operators selected by Mr.
Marean TO accompany him TO Cleveland. Ohio.
TO help handle the great rush OF business at
tending the funeral Of the late President Gar
field. Mr.. Smith is employed during the day
AZ the banking house OF Lewis johnson & Co.,
where he looks after the private wire Of Messrs.
Moore 4 Schley of New York.
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states and served tlrst at Grand Haven, Mich
and then at Chicago.
MIR. 1hayer is at present night chief oper-
ator OF the Associated Press. having charge of
the wires and business handled therein at
night. He is also TIE STAR Associated Press
operator during the day. and when he has
nothing else to do passes his time dickering in
real estate.
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the heaviest newspaper circuits in America
(the st. Paul Pioneer Press. He has never
sent for a record, but on one occasion trans
mtted eighty-seven messages in an hour. BY
his colleagues he is considered one of the very
best operators in the employ of the Western
Union.
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20 the front passed over this road and rapid
and accurate transmission of train orders was
an important duty. In 1868 and 1864 he was in
Philadelphia and then was at Cincinnati and
Mobile. at the latter place being chief operator.
Since 1878 Mr. Dyer has been with the Western
Union and the Associated Press in this city.
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JOHN n. FIELD.

JOhn MOTIFS Field
commenced business as
a telegrapher at To-
ledo. Ohio. in 1874. and
afterward, entering the
Western Union service.
roamed around all the
larger cities in the
middle states. and in
1879 came to Washing
ton. Here he enlisted
in the United States
signal service, but in
February, 1884. went
back to the Western
Union. He has worked
all the heavier circuits
out of this Office, In
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ington has been Mr.. Young's field of labor ever
since, with the exception of SIX months in 1856
spent at MOundsvIlle. ". Va. where he was in
charge. He has held MANY responsible posts.
To present the names of local operators in the
order which they merit mention IS almost i'm
possible when SO many of them are about
equally capable.
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1888 he was appointed night traffic chief and
was placed in charge Of newspaper matter.
Locally, Mr.. Field is the organizer and CON-
maEding officer of the signal corps Of the Dis
trict National Guard
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LESTER FISHER.

Lester Fisher, a Buck
eye by birth. entered
the service of the West
ern Union Company at
Cleveland, Ohio.i 1870,
and since then has been
connected with various
companies. He came
to Washington during
the rush engendered
by the Garfield assas-
sination. and has work
ed some of the heaviest
circuits in the Western
Union Office. notably
the Southern Press"
circuit of the Associated
Press. accounted one of
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telegraphy tournament

telegraphy tournament which took place in New
York last week. In the comparative seclusion
of bis Office he can rattle off about 235 words
in i've minutes, but when he has a large and
chilly critical audience his speed is materially
lessened
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GEO. ". HANN.

The Postal Telegraph
Company has a num-
Der of first-class men.
George W. Ham is a
native OF San Francisco,
who learned telegraphy
in the freigh: Office Of
the New York Central
Railroad at East Buffalo.
NY He heldvar Gus stu
atoms untIk+arly i'll 1882.
when he was appointed
operator to the New
York Produce Ex-
change. handling all
the Chicago grain quo
tations for five years.
Since 1887 he has been
with the Western Union
Associated Press in New
York city and now
works on one of the
heaviest postal wires
running out of this city
organizer and first vic.
FORK Telegraph Club.
dentistry within a year.
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Company sent him to this city when the Balti-
more and Potomac road was opened. He was
then appointe d train dispatcher, position he
filed until 1891, when he resigned to take the
night managership of the American Union
Company. At the consolidation of that COM
pany with the Western Union he became
operator for II. D. Cooke & Co., and at night
worked the special wire of the Cincinnati Com
naerclai- Gazette. Mr.. Hutchinson is one of the
four or five men in Washington who can send
direct from shorthand notes, by means of
which combination he can forward from 1000
to $500 words an hour. He is private secre-
tary to Senator Kenna Of West Virginia.
sLMUEI
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William A. Dyer. the
day chief operator of
the Associated Press in
this city. was born in
Princeton, y. j., in 1915.
and began as a messen-
ger boy. He COM
menced at Trenton.
\. j.. in September.
1859. with the Electro
Magnetic Telegraph
Company. At the age
, of sixteen Mr.. Dyer was
at Bordentown, y. j..
the headquarters of the
Camden and Amboy
. railroad. Great num-
bers of troops en- route
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ia. Hutchinson, one
OF the best-known ope-
rators in the city,
started in as a mes
senger at Harrisburg,
Pa. in 1863, and a year
later was in charge of
an Office on the Penn
sylvania railroad. This
did not last long, for
he fell asleep the sec
ond night he was on
duty and suspension
followed speedily. A
two years trip around
the country followed
and the Pernsylyania
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WILLIAM Il. YOCN(

Known Of all news
paper men and key
wrestIers and as pOpu-
lar as a brief serm on
IA William III. Young.
night manager of the
Western Union Office.
lie was born in this
city and commenced
his Geographic career
in 1854 with the Wash
ingtOn and New Orleans
Company, acting as
the only messenger boy
and as janitor. assistant
battery-man and line
man. He soon became
an operator and went
to work for the Mag
netic Company. Wash
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ii Z. FULTON. LOAN OFFICE. l2ls Pa Ayk
H. n. Established SIC. The only Licensed fnwr
broker IN the I:sTIict Money loaned on Watches.
lianonus, 5eAeiIy, silver haIe ala osler ys uAbes
81 oold Watches ana other nIredetI4ied rlct-es IN
gfeat vaIlet, ~ sess lOs s41Ses- s@lS-olA'
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chief operator and assistant manager. In 1870
the Western Union gobbled the American and
Mr.. Marean was made night manager. Three
years later he was made assistant manager to
capt. Whitney and eleven years afterward was
put IL the position he now holds. The many
important services rendered by him are not
easily 10 be enume ated. but his discoveries
and labOrs form sma portion of the teIe-
graphic history of the country.
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DENNIS F. BROWN.

Dennis F. Brown en-
tered the service at
Boston in 1864 and has
worked in nearly all the
large cities of the coun-
try. He now works the
81. Louis GIObe-Den,O-
CrGt wire and sends
from 5000 to 1000
words every night. In
1888 he, with William
Gibson, sent and re-
ceiyed. with Chicago on
one side of a quadru-
pick. 800 messages in
eight hours. The con-
test was between the
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HARRY M'KELDIN.

the longest and heaviest in the country. He
has been with the banking firm of COrs0n
Mccartney for the past five years.
W.
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THE KENTUCKY DERBY
A Talk About the Great Spring
Racing Event.
SOME OLD TIME RACES.

AVisit to Bellemeade-HOw the Famous
Western Cracks Look in Their stables
Riley, Prince Charlie and FonsO as
Dangerous H0rses-Former winners.
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rROTECTON-

Then comes Protection. one o, the las. sons
of the great Prince Charlie. He. too. is the
property Of colored man. Bob" Campbell.
Mr.. baldwins trainer, being his fortunate
owner and his sensational Winning of the
junior champion stakes last summer is still fresh
in our memories.
Protection started seven times last war and
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LOUIS N. SMITH.

Wheatstone and Morse. and the Morse men.
OF whom Mr.. Brown was one, beat their Op-
ponents by seven messages.
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to Washington to accept p ace with the Ameri-
can Union Company, just organizing, aud
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brated colored trainer, Ed Brown. and started
seventeen times last season. winning three
events In very good company He is a good
looking fellow AMI should be q high class three
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Written for The EVENING sr.n.

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LA GRIPPE.
Gen. Early's Fauhiul servant.

"One of the greatest instances of de-
votion that I. ever saw" said nm old
Nirginian to the Man About Town.
''outside of that of a dog for his mas
ter, is that shown by 'Early's niger
Joe.' Joe is an old negro about seventy
years of age, who was born q slave in
Gen. Jubal Early's family, brought up
with .Jube,' became his body-servant.
served all through the war with him.
as watchful of his master as q mother of
her babe. After the war Joe was in
formed that he was free. Use free?'
said Joe, with a1ook of contempt. Use
not free. 1 belongs to Mas Jube till I
dies.'
EARLY is very fond of his servant,
and has told every shopkeeper in
Lynchburg to let Joe have anything he
wants and send the bill to him. Joe
follows his master around on certain
occasions like a dog. When Early let's
the mountain dew Of old virginny get
the better of him, Joe will say:
Mass Jube, you mus come home.'
why, you-n niger, who are You
talking to? Who's boss, anyway
Well, Mass Jube, when you,s So
Der you's boss, but when you's drunk
Use boss.'
Well, Joe, you're. right. When
I'm drunk you're boss.
aAnd Early will resign himself to the
faithful old darky's care."-Sl Louis
Ren3lh1io
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president of the council and master of
the mint. In 1913 he relinquished the
first named of these Offices in order to
sun that of president of the board
of trade. In 1S45 he entered the cabi-
net as secretary for the colonies, under
the premiership of Sir Robert Peel:
but soon resigned this office and also
his seat in Parliament. In 1851 MIR.
Gladstone broke away from the con-
sentative party. The following year
he became chancellorof the exchequer,
a position for which he showed a mar
velous aptitude. handling The national
accounts with an easy mastery, and
presenting them before the House of
Commons and the country witha degree
of eloquence which perhaps had never
before adorned so u%nattractive a mat.
ter as national finance.
In 1888 Mr.. Gladstone declined a
position in the cabinet, but accepted a
special mission to the Ionian Islands.
In June, 1859, he again became chan
cellor of the e%xchequer. under Lord
Palmerston, Mt whose death, in 1865.
MIR. Gladstone became the leader of
his party in the House of Commons.
In 1868 he became premier for the first
time, which office he held until 1874,
when the conservative reaction displac-
ed him. While in power he disestab-
lislied the Irish Church, passed the
Irish land bill of 1870, and also an edu-
cational reform bill; lie abolished the
purchase of commissions in the army,
and established the system of voting by
ballot i'll elections.
In 1880 the country welcomed the
liberals back intopower, and Mr.. Glad
stone again became premier, which
office he held until 1856, with the on
ception of brief intervals. Under this
great statesman's leadership. the per
mancnt good that has been accomplish.
ell in English domestic reform is most
remarkable.
In 1899 Mr.. Gladstone was married
to Miss Catherine Glynne. Two of
his sons are members of Parliament;
a third son is clergyman of the Church
OF England; and one of his daughters
is married to a minister of that de-
nomination.
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whom you lave probably not invited. If
you are not aware beforehand that the
guests 70 me simply for the purpose of
getting a free feed. you will soon be made
to realize it. Tho mon will make n rush
for the dining-room the moment the
doors are opened, and stand around tho
tables gorging themselves until they can
hold no more. Three rows of them
can supply themselves directly with
on the outside grab the bottles of wine
and chicken salad, etc., from the
wafer borne ly the servants as the
latter try to make their way through
the crowd. You will refrain, however,
from trying to clear the supper-room by
initiating the expedient once adopted ly
the Chinese Minister here in such q case
burning pepper-becaasc your object is
to get into Washington society at M
cost, and this is your first step in that
direction. 1t will not occasion you too
much dis .omposure when you observe
that your guests dispose of the soiled
plates bythrowing them uns.er the tables.
and Your wife and daughter will merely
smile graciously as hiccoughing good
nights are addressed to them by young
men who havo difficulty in concealing a
quart bottle of eXtra-dry champagne UNI
dor each arm, beneath their dress-coats:
nor will yon be otherwise than philosoph-
zeal about it when you discover, after the
final departure of the company. including
the removal of a few gentlemen WHO have
accidentally fallen asleep on the stairs,
that many articles of silver, as we'll us the
more readily portable of the parlor orna-
ments, have also disappeared. For this.
you SEQ, must all be gone through if
you are to get into society at the national
capital.
Far from being discouraged, you give
% o,ne, s seleet ihae ibe eai last one q li xifs
wedding her invitation list continually of
the most undesirable pcoplo-untii at
length q pretty fair sort of crowd comes
to your balls and parties.
The most exclusive circle of fashions
BILE society in Washington is defined by
the membership of the Dancing Class,