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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Trimming the Fingers.

Grant Allen, who was always on the
lookout for new and curious human spec
linens. introduced one in his last book
''LiBnet.' possessing a peculiarly which
suggests some interesting reflections. The
character in question is a card-sharper
and fakir, who has as his equipment a
mort wonderful sensitveness Of the fin
ger-tips; and Mr.. Allen states, by impli-
cation, that those brought up among the
blind as well as the blind themselves
learn TO work by touch with az much
precision and skill as ordinary persons
exhibit In working by sight He describes
a feat. easily accomplished by the sharp
er In question, which consisted of reading
the signs on cards by mere touch, the
extremely slight roughness Of surface in
volved in the markings giving the fakir
all the clew that he needed.
This may seem rather an apocryphal
story, but it IS well known that the blind.
somehow. learn to distinguish colors in
weaving by the touch. and that they do
many other wonderful things The
thought suggested TO the mind of the
reader is likely to be, whether the sense
of touch. in the average person. is not
capable of far finer training than has
hitherto been bestowed on 1t, and whether
ii would not be a good thing so to train
IT,
There is no question that the training
of the fingers. in various ways helps 10
train the mind; and we have been prone
of late to give all our attention to intel
lectual work, and overlook this very nat
ent fact The constituencies of touch
which makes IL possible for the blind to
work in the dark is naturally impossible
of requirement by a seeing person: hut
something approaching il may be gained
without much trouble. II is good thing
for children to be encouraged to play
genes which develop this sensitiv eness.
The old-fashioned jack-straws, card
houses, the use of fine tools. the tracing
of pictures and making OF drawings and
paintings, all should be encouraged as
much as possible. Aside from the uncon-
scious training which the little one re-
eeiyes, there II no child who is not better
amused by some tool with which he can
make something than with mechanical
toy or senseless game. The mechanical
toys, with their elaborate construction
great cost, and easy destruction. have
perhaps done as much 10 ruin the indus
trial development of American children
as anything has.
More than one boy has laid the founda-
tons of thorough mechanical educs-
tion in his little dam and water wheel.
constructed on the bank of some brook:
and many girl has made her first essay
In some delicate handicraft in sewing
dolls clothes or coioring a picture. The
child who becomes accustomed to receive
amusement from others. to be played
with, to be furnished with elaborate toys
which he is expected to destroy. liz laying
the foundations for an extravagant and
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
NOT TO LEAVE THE CABINET.
Certain That Mr.. Hay
VIII Retain the State Portfolio.

1t is learned positively that Secretary
Hay will not retire from the Cabinet with
the ending of President McKinley's first
term, Heretofore no reliable information
on the subject has been Obtainable and it
has been believed that Mr.. Hay would
surrender the portfolio of the Department
of State. IT is said in official circles that
the condition Of Mr. Hays health may
induce him to retire from public life in the
near future, but nobody in position to
know the exact situation is willing or able
to say whether he will resign soon or con-
tinue to serve for the whole of Mr.. Nc
Kinleys second term.
1t is also very probable that Attorney
General Griggs will remain in the Cab
met until April. so it is likely there will
be no change in the Presidents official
family within the next month
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
THE CAPITOL EMPLOYEES.
steps Taken by the House for "a
Change I'm Methods.

In the House yesterday plans were laid
for an entire reorganization of the force
of employees at the Capitol. Mr. Moody
presented the report from the committee
appointed to investigate the conditions of
employing and paying employees at the
Capitol. In connection with the report
Mr.. Bailey presented a resolution in effect
that the Speaker of the House Shall ap-
point a committee OF FIVE. no three of
whom shall be of the same political party,
which shall frame and report bill TO
the next Congress ESTABLISHING; regulations
for the employment and payment of EN-
ployeS at the Capitol The resolution
was adopted and the members of the com
mittee will probably be announced today
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
AGAINST THE EXPRESS TRUST.
The Indiana Bill Passed by the Leg
isIature After II Struggle

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. Is The Express
Company bill, introduced by Senator
Brooks and passed by the Senate, was
called for third reading in the House
this morning. The bill led to a pointed
discussion when it was before the House
on Monday, and the fight was renewed
today.
The advocates of the bill declared that
the express company combination, Of
which Senator Plat of New York is the
head, had brought every possible infiu
eEca II bear against the bill and was try
ing &C. crush out the Southern Express
Ccul,r;y, bv refusing to receive parcels
transferred TO them, except on conditions
that they did not demand of each other,
and that the trust thus formed ought to
be broken.
Several points of order We're made
against the bill, but these Were overruled
and il was adopted by Il vote of 81 TO
% and went to the Governor for his zig
nature.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
IRON EXPORTS TO ENGLAND.
A Statement Made in the House of
Commons.

LONDON. Feb 2s.-1n reply to speech
by Sir Charles Howard Vincent, Con-
servative and fair trader, for the central
division of Sic.fi..--...5i In the House of Com
mons this evening. Sir 1i.oidei Z. hicks
Beach, Chancellor of the E&chequer. said
he was aware of the fact that the United
States had exported sl45,o00,000 worth cf
iron and steel in the year 1900
He demurred. however. to Mr.. Vincent's
statement that the greater proportion Of
this export had been sent from the mi
ted States to the United Kingdom. He
said that for the year ending June 10,
1900 the proportion Of iron and steel sent
from the United States to Great Britain
was only s2oeJo, 600 out OF a total of $685.
OGO.000
Gerald Balfour President of the Board
of Trade, said he did not think the Gov
eminent could take any action In regard
to thu American Steel Trust. He added
that he was not prepared TO accept the
view that the main object of the trust
was to destroy industries in the United
Kingdom.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
ERIE PORTS THREATENED.
The Lowering of the Lakes Level
Discussed by Surveyors

TORONTO, Feb. 2S.-Lake Erie ports
are threatened with great loss by the
lowering of the level OF the lake, Niagara
River drawing off great quantities Of
water to furnish electric energy.
The Ontario Surveyors Association to-
day discussed the matter and sought for
remedial measures II was shown that
the supply to provide electric power that
was drawn from the Great Lakes inclu !
ed an area of 10000 square miles II was
suggested that the capacity of Niagara
River be increased by widening and deep
ening its bed for certain distances. or by
raising the water In the lake above the
river bed.
dam at Black Rock Harbor near Buff
falo, and a channel were proposed. the
dam to be a total length Of 2S10 feet with
a suitable channel, the cost OF the chan
mel to be Il 10000. and the cost of the dam
Sspo, 600
IN the discussion it was shown that
By dam ming in this manner the level Of
LIKE Ontario would be lowered. which
would invO'Nc much expense i'm deepen
ing th' harbors of the cities along is
shores
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
TO BE CONSUL AT HoNGKoNG.
william A. RubIce to Succeed the
Late RounseviIIe WiIdman.

William A. Rublee, of Milwaukee, is to
be nominated by the President TO succeed
the late Housewife Wildman as Consul
General ut Hongkong. This decision was
arrived at yesterday and unofficially an
nounced.
Mr.. Rublee is forty years of age and a
graduate of Yale and has Travelled and
studied abroad extensively. His father
was at one time United States Minister to
Switzerland.
During the Harrison Administration Mr.
Rublee was Consul at Prague, Austria.
For the past seven or eight years he has
been principal editorial writer on the
Milwaukee Sentinel" and a stakeholder
In the Sentinel Company
A large number of applications have
been filed for Mr.. Wlldmans post. but Mr.
Rublee's record at Prague made him the
foremost candidate. He was strongly en-
dorsed by Senator SpOoner and other
members of the Wisconsin delegation in
Congress. His nomination will be sent to
the Senate in day or two.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

not very useful life IT, on the contrary,
he is encouraged to make his own toys,
they become too precious to he wantonly
spoiled. aud the next step is making them
forothers, and taking the greatest of pains
in their construction Every scrap of in
dustriai training which the child gets in
this way is as valuable to him as If he
received it in school. The more our
children can he trained 20 def handling
of tools, and light instead of heavy and
clumsy touches, the fewer people there
VIII be in this Republic furnished appar-
emily with paws instead of hands
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
TESTS OF CANADIAN CATTLE.
The Restrictions ON Dominion stool.
Ia BE Removed

OTTAWA, Feb. 2S.-The Hon. Sydney
Fisher, Dominion Minister of Agriculture.
has returned from Washington. where he
interviewed the Agricultural Department
in regard to the withdrawal of the tuber-
cuIIn test from Canadian cattle exported
from this country to the United States.
IL is said that Mr.. Fisher mission has
proved successful and that while cat
tie entering the United States or Cana
da from Europe will continue to be tested.
stock from the Dominion will be allow
ed to enter the United States without in
reference.
A representative of the Canadian As
ISOLATION for the Prevention of Tuber-
eulosis Will attend the tuberculosis conven-
ton to be held at New York, on March
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
RoDENBERG's NAME URGED.
Mentioned for appointment ns 81
Louis Fair Commissioners.

The members of the Illinois delegation
in Congress saw the President yesterday
and urged the appointment of Represent
alive W. a. Rodenberg OF that State as
II member of the st. Louis Worlds Fair
Commission. Mr.. Rodenberg is from the
East st. Louis district and from the first
has been an earnest advocate of the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition. He is to
present term.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
MR.. ROOSEVELT COMING.
The Vice President-EIee. Will Ar
rive Tomorrow.

Vice President-elect Roosevelt. accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt and his child
rem, will arrive in Washington tomorrow.
They will be the guests of Mrs. Roose-
velt's sister, Mrs. Cowles, the wife of
Capt William 5. Cowles- of the navy Nj
Roosevelt win remain here a short time
after the inaugural ceremonies and If
there is no extra session of Congress
other than the extraordinary session of
the Senate to confirm nominations, he
will return to his home at Oyster Bay
He will probably not select residence
here until next fall.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
GEORGE j. GOULD IN TEXAS.
With Il Party He Visits the LegisIa-
ture In Austin.

AUSTIN. Texas, Feb. 2S.-George ].
Gould. of New York. with his family and
number of friends and business asso-
ciates spent few hours here today They
called on Governor Sayres and visited the
Legislature.
A resolution was unanimously adopted
by the House OF Representatives this
morning extending to Mr.. Could and his
party the courtesies of that body Mr.
Gould started for the North tonight
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

Cl'rom the Kansas City Star.

Every time that there is a series Of deadlo,ks
such as there is this year the attention Of the
people throughout the Union is called TO the evils
Of the present method OF electing Senators
Delaware and Montana two years ago and Della
ware aud Nebraska this year, have made senti-
ment in favor OF the popular election of United
States senators. The Semitic itself il the chief
obstacle in the way OF constitutional amendment
10 this end. But few more Delaware and Nom
tsBa cases may force even the Senate to yield.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

'fioih 'H' h"''7'7 Ny ""''''''t
II may be assumed with reasonable degree
OF confidence that the embarrassing craze IN
Kansas has run its course. The anti-ioint senti-
nient may be none the less strong and its ac-
tivity may be undated. but the methods en-
ployed will be different. Pressure Will be brought
10 bear on the officers of the law and slioonists
will be proceeded against the same other law
yOlators through legal processes and legal
agencies. The Ratchet will go back to the wood
shed its proper feld OF usefulness.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Veterans Rights.


Iffom the PhlIadtIpHla KeCord.)
The generous provision Of the Pension laws
puts the American soldier before the soldiers of
all other nations in the grateful consideration
of his countTymen. That should be satisfactory
Preferment for places in the civil service should
also be allowed him. other conditions being equal
but he should not a matter of statutory right
be preferred before men who are fitted to more
efficiently serve the public. The rule of merit
should be rigidly adhered To a. the only test
applicable for positions within the classified
civil scryicc
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
The hristocratic Navy.

tFrom the Chicago Chronicle)
The navy should be thrown open to all Ameti-
can citizens competent and worthy Of commits
stoned rank The existing situation is scandal
and an outrage. As shown by the mspeakable
snobbishness which it has engendered in Admiral
SAMPSON
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Our Commercial Policy,

IRON the chicago Iribme.)
The true commercial policy Of the United States
is policy which shall facilitate the marketing
of its surplus products Of all kinds, even though
some trihing interests may have to be deprived
of part of the excessive protection they enjoy
now. Is it wise TO foster few manufacturers
OF cheap iewelry when the effect il to check ex-
ports OF grain, provisions and iron aud steel
products?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

pie condone and excuse the very faults
which Christ unhesitatingly condemned
avarice, hauRhtiness. duplicity, and un-
charlottesville discrepancy between
theory and practice is too wide not to be
noticed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Possibly.
From the Baltimore SUM

IFfOM IHt BaIIItnUTe Nlln-l
II Mr. Mckinley should sun 0und himself during
his srcond administration with men rich in
character and ability the country would gain
immensely II his Attorney General should be
a great constitutional lawyer. instead of a cor
pOration attorney. the President would profit
by the change, while the best traditions Of the
Republic would be preserved
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Folly of Petty Larceny.

CFrom the Minneapolis Times)
The gentleman who stole a freight train down
in Illinois the other day came to grief His
methods crude; lie should have gobbled the
whole road and then he would have been respect
ed by all
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Not Yet a Juseernaut.

tFrom the Philadelphia Press)
Big the trust will be it cannot main
tain prices against the steady, pitiless forces
lowering them the world over, and its vast
capitalization adds to It's danger, and periIs,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
Defined.
CFrom the Denver n

From the Denver News)
,idies. What does a subsidy mean, IohnY"
a subsidy Mary, is where ] give you $50 for
going to see ysar mother instead OF having her
as.... .se Won
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
she Evidently Numbered.

tFrom the PhlIadeIphll IIhts.I
II may say" remarked the physician, your
husband is in bad way. Any arrangements you
may want to make
'oh, doctor" she cried Il could never think OF
marrying again
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

In the death of ex-senator William NJ
Evarts, the country parts with one more
of the few remaining men of national dis
tinction who connect the Empire of the
Twentieth Century with the constitutional
Republic of the fifties. Mr.. Evarts lived
to green old age aud has died fun of
honors. His career as lawyer Cabinet
Minister, and Senator was notable
triumph Of American brain. energy. and
industry Few of the contemporaries of
his most active life are left. One by one
the old Trojans drop out of the ranks,
generally leaving no one to take their
places. Men like Webster and Clay in
their generation. and like Evsrts and
Edmunds, in theirs. are followed in the
Senate today by Hanna. McLaurin, and
Kyle. Sic transit gloria mundi.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

The Nicaragua Canal bill is dead FOR
this Congress. Yesterday the Senate
Committee on Appropriations refused
to report the Hepburn Morgan bill
as an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill.
The Panama syndicate, the trans-contl-
mental railways, and MIR. Hanna are to
be congratulated upon winning another
signal victory over the American people
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01
The New Manche.,er school.

If we may accept as gospel truth an
interesting article which appeared IN the
columns Of one of our New YORK CON
temporaries yesterday, il is to lie reared
that a staggering blow has been leveied
at the principles underlying the system
of international marriages. BY this is
meant the system under which the papas
of American heiresses buy impoNerlsheu
peers for them. always heretofore paying
liberal dowry to the latter. According
to the report to which we refer the DOW
ager Duke of Manchester, Cincinnati
millionaire has established new ana
alarming precedent in the connection
which will create anguish in the Souls
of his less fortunate American son-in-taW
lords.
1t would appear from the published ac-
counts that His Grace the Duke of Man
chester did not take the precautton TO
negotiate for and receive dot before
his nuptials We know that all along
and up and down Piccadilly it would be7
hard to find either an aristocrat or
soubrette who does not blame him for
this Indifference to his own interests. But
circumstances were peculiarly against
this Montagu. He could not well play the
legitimate in his international business,
as his ancestor. Romeo, did in his fine old
fruity Italian love making. The spirit. in
deed, was willing. but the price was lack
ing. Pass we gently over the sad es-
tate of dukes, with the duces tecum hang
ing over them.
Manchester it seems. after landing on
this side, was gallant enough to buy two
beautiful little loves of bull pups as a
present to his duchess. He is said to
have surrendered them to the vender be-
fore leaving, on his return to his an
cestral seat at Tagandrag Castle. in Ire
land. The reason assigned is that the
American Dowager Duke took the I'M
kind and unfatherly position that no bull
pups were worth fifteen hundred per pair,
and the money was not forthcoming.
Thus again does history repeat itself, and
Young hopeful is found upon the wayside
bowling with grief. in the language of
the cherished classic, Because pepper
won't buy me a bow-wow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-01

There seems to be good evidence that
Commandment General Botha. chief of the
Boer army. has surrendered to Lord
Kitchener. Assuming the truth OF the
report. there is reason for hoping that
the people of the Transvaal and Orange
territories will now give up their hopeless
struggle and set about repairing the dam
age of a war In which. although thev
have forfeited their local Independence.
they have covered their arms with glory.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-10-04
CzOlgOsx All Right.

Auburn, N. Y, Sept. 3O-Warden
Meade today gave out the following:
"Czolgosz has eaten his meals regularly
and has had no conversation with any of
the other condemned men. He answered
questions in regard to his meals, such as
inquiry if he would have salt, ETC., which
were put to him by the officers, but aside
from that he has said nothing. Part OF
the time yesterday he lay on his bed and
the rest OF the time he spent walking up
and down his CELL"
Prison Physician Germ visited Czolgosz
but found no need for his services. In
addition to the hundreds of requests from
all over the country for invitations to wit
ness the execution, Warden Meade today
received numerous requests for the auto
graph of Czolgosz, and also some from
medical men for pictures Of his brain after
he shall have paid the death penalty.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-10-04
Yacht Club Anxious.

New York, Sept. 3O.-An anxious
but determined lot Of yachtsmen gath.
cred at the New York Yacht club Sun.
day night for another talk over the
exciting race, the chances Of the Co.
lumbia in her next contest with the
Shamrock II. on Tuesday, but above
all that the dreaded question of the
prospects Of the famous cup at last
returning from whence it came after
being in American hands brief month
over half century. The anxious
members seemed to be in the major
ity, although the grim air Of determi.
nation not to give up the cup was
quite prevalent. Every member frank
ly admitted that he had experienced
something like scare, and no one
wanted to see the Columbia win anoth-
err race by SO close a margin.
Columbia's close call over Sham.
rock in the initial race has stimulated
speculation and the British boat is not
without friends who are ready to back
her at proper odds to carry off the
cup. Everybody is hoping for stiff
blow Tuesday, as both captains de.
clare the boats will be at their best in
a 20-mile blow.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-10-04
AstOr's Yacht Damaged.

New York, Sept 3O.-John Jacob As
tors magnificent steam yacht Nourmahal
was badly damaged and strained by be-
ing in collision in the lower bay with the
North Star, the latest addition to the fleet
of the Maine Steamship company. The lat
ter vessel had four Of her plates stove in
and about dozen feet of her railing torn
away. Although there were about 300 ex-
cursionists aboard her at the time, there
was no excitement, but aboard the Nour-
mahal, which got tangled up with the
steamship, confusion prevailed. This was
due to the fact that the yacht was dragged
along for some distance by the head.
way of the liner, and during the interval
her deck was awash.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-10-04
BIG FIRE At ALTON, ILLINOIS
MANY LIVES WERE LOST.
stnnnrd Mating COmpnny's Struc-
ture Destroyed with :sOO,OOO BUSH
els Of Whcnt-Estim mated Loss Will
Reach Half n Million DOl1nrs-St.
Louis sent Fire Companies.

st. Louis, Oct. 4.--Firc that broke out
in the plant of the Stanard Milling com
pany at Alton, H., destroyed that struct-
ure and 100000 bushels Of wheat and
spread rapidly to adjoining buildings
driven by high wind. The st. Louis
fire department was called on for help
and sent up two complete companies on
a special train.
The Stanard milling plant, which was
entirely destroyed, covers an entire block
with it's elevators and mill. 1t is re
ported that some of the employees failed
to escape, but this can not be learned
definitely now, as all is confusion there
The total loss so far is estimated a
100000, of which probably $20O,OOO wa
suffered by the +. o. Stanard Milling
company. The territory burned includes
the block on the river front from Plaz;
to State street.