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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
THE DISTRICT COURTS
How News Gathering Has
Developed.
IN THE 0LDEN TIMES
THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
NEWSPAPERS.
Utilizing Many Modern Inventions
for Securing Quick
Results.

u IS almost an everyday occurrence for
the representative of The Evening Star at
the United States court house-populariy
called the City Hall-to be asked: You can
gct any news from here in the paper after
half-past l. o'clock, can you?' Those VINO
make the inquiry are connected with the
bar. all Of them being intelligent, learned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
Speed for an Afternoon Paper.

For an afternoon newspaper the copy
from which the type is set must, ordinarily.
be written without delay-almost at the
moment the event which is reported &C.
ours. Time is too precious to permit the
jotting down of notes and the leisurely
writing of the story afterward. In max
ing running report of a criminal trial that
is to be in progress throughout an entire
day the reporter for an afternoon paper
who would pause, say, to make notes of
the opening address by the prosecuting at
torney to the jury, instead of following the
remarks and writing out the same as
copy as the speech was being delivered,
nine times out of ten would never be able
to catch up.
Several of the justices of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia announce
their opinions ''off-hand;' that is, not from
manuscript. In important cases the delivery
of opinions consumes an hour and one-haif
or two hours. The newspaper reporter must
follow closely the words of the justice, and,
from the mass of legal phrases, put on
paper just as rapidly as a pencil can be
made TO move a statement, clear and in
telligible to the non-legal mind of the av-
erage newspaper reader. covering the deci-
sion. Notwithstanding any hurry and BUS
tie, extreme care has to be exercised in re-
porting court proceedings. for mistake III
a name or the omission of a word of three
letters may result in libel suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

grand Jury the office of the United States
attorney for the District Of Columbia ana
the offices OF the United States marshal for
the District of Columbia, the register OF
wills and the recorder of deeds, as well az
the law and equity sides OF the office OF
the clerk OF the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. where the new cases
are instituted and where marriage licenses
and naturalization papers are issued. With
all the departments mentioned in active
operation at the same time, inertia, so far
as the reporter for an afternoon newspaper
is concerned, is an unknown quantity. Ii
seems to be the rule, too, that when any
thing of special interest is occupying tho
attention of one court, every other court
and office In the building must forthwith
get busy to the extent of Immediately re-
quiring the reporters presence and atten-
tim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
Court Reporters Unknown.

''In the days OF which am speaking such
person as a court reporter was unknown.
for the courts and offices located in the city
hall building constituted but a small por-
ton of the territory the few local newspa-
per men were expected to cover. 1t was
only in rare instances that a reporter felt
called upon to spend much time in the ju-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

covering the City Hall.
Except in connection with proceedings o.
Unusual Importance, such as the Bonina
trial. one reporter covers the City Hall
for The Evening Star. The field includes
the Court of Appeals of the District of Co.
lumbia, Equity Court No. /, Equity Court
No. 2, Circuit Court No. 1, Circuit Court
No. .. Criminal Court No I. Criminal Court
No. 2. the Probate Court, the Court in
General Term, the Supreme Court of the
District OF Columbia sitting as United
States district court. the Bankruptcy Court,
the Office OF the auditor of the Supreme
Court Of the District OF Columbia, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
KETcHUM FOR COMMISSIONER.

lTOcanOnlaS Record
Since the republicans of Pocahontas
county have taken such warm inter-
est in the candidacy of Mr.. n. S. Ketch
nm anr have Instructed our delegation
to the state convention to support him,
we take pleasure in saying a few words
in reference to him and to his candi
dacy. We have met Mr.. Ketchum and
find him a very pleasant and we'll
ilformer man. He has been in close
touch with the interests of the ship
pers over the railroads of the state for
more than thirty years, for all of this
time he has been engaged in the whole
sale and retail implement business at
MarshalltoWn, and a part of this time
he manufactured the noted Ketchum
wagon, which was originated by him.
He built one of the largest manufacture
ing establishments in Marshalltown
and is recognized as progressive
business man of integrity and strong
for the position could be found. The
commission has to do with questions
affecting the rights of the shippers 1t
looks after the methods of the manage
ment of the railroad and express COM
panies. 1t is the duty of the commits
sion to see that the railroad and eX-
PRESS companies keep their roads and
equipments in a safe and suitable con-
dition, and that the general public as
well as the shippers are fairly treated.
I. has been suggested that at this time
a lawyer should be selected to sit on
the commission. We have interviewed
one Of our attorneys on this question
and he gives the following as his opin-
ion: There is no necessity for the Sc
lection of a lawyer. The legislature In
passing the act creating the comms-
sion did not intend that the commits
sion should be composed of lawyers or
even that one member should be law
yer. The act says that the board OF
commissioners shall consist OF
three persons, having the qualifications
Of electors. If the legislature had
thought it necessary that the commits
sion should be composed of lawyers or
should have have lawyer as one of its
members, a provision would have been
made along that line. 1t was recog-
nized that all that is required of COM
missioner is that he shall be an elector.
However,, in selecting the commission
men should be chosen who are ac-
ouainted with the conduct of railroads
and with the rights of shippers. In
case any legal question should come up
for decision before the commission they |
have the right to ask the attorney gen
cral for his advice and opinion. In case
one member of the board were an at
torney and the other two members
business men, the opinions and advice
of the attorney might be wiven undue
weight by the other members on mat
ters of fact 1t would be better that the
commission be composed of business
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

have the power to injure their employ
er and perhaps can, by clubbing him
hard enough, bring another employer
| to terms.
1t is also justly argued that the coal
barons have no right to close their
mines arbitrarily, throw thousands of
miners out of employment, limit the
product to the restraint of trade and
raise it's price beyond reason. The
same argument would seem to apply
to the organization which has the pow
control or ruin our industrial prosper
| ity. The power of capital combine or
labor union is great for good and as
great for harm, and with this danger in
mind should all deliberations be made.
From the standpoint of good BUSH
ness policy, aside from all question as
to the right of bituminous miners TO
break their contract agreements made
by their union with their employers
have assumed contract obligations to
the users of coal, there is grave ques-
ton whether the miners can afford to
strike at this time. If the wage scale
in bituminous mines is satisfactory,
there is grave danger that hard times,
and consequent lack of employment for
~.
a period of great industrial disturb
ances, will do more harm to wage
workers than good to the anthracite
miners. Business men everywhere seq
great cause for alarm in these strikes
and may soon begin TO curtail their OPP
erations. When everybody begins to
hug the shore and seek safe harbors
there is mighty little traffic on the high
seas and mighty little commerce doing,
hence curtailed employment and lower
wages for everybody. 1t is because of
the danger of hard times for all of us
that we each put in a word about what
the coal miners ought to do. If theI
bituminous miners were striking for
better wages for themselves society
could not complain, since society has
delegated to each class and to each
individual the duty of looking out for
number one, but when great unions, en-
bracing hundreds of thousands of
workers, with the power of choking the
fires of industry everywhere, propose
a strike in the aid Of some other class
of workmen, they should deliberate
carefully the possibility of injuring
hundreds in other ernployments where
they benefit ten in the mines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
THE "ADzING MACHINE"
[Oskaloosa Herald. ]


The adding machine" that has been
operating on the b. & w. road pre-
pairing the ties for the widening of the
gauge to the standard has been at work
in the city and has completed its Ia
bors from Oskaloosa to Mediapolis.
The machine has been taken to Way
land to do the work on the Washing
ton branch of the road. The machine
consisted of sets of saws that We're
placed at a determined distance from
the rail of the narrow gauge. The
saws We're operated by an engine
placed in special car that was
pushed ahead of the engine. They
cut into the ties the width of the rail
bottom and made level all irregular>
tiles and uneven places so that tho
pushing of the rail into it's new place
will be a matter of comparatively lit
tie labor. Everything will be in readi-
ness for the work of the final widen
ing and this will be accomplished on
Sunday, June 90.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
SHOULD BE PITIED.

On the STREETS of Davenport at the
present time there are the blind, lame
and unfortunate humanity plying their
vocations in numerous ways. no doubt
congregating in this city because of
the great carnival to be held here this
week. There is no doubt but what
their presence could be dispensed with
without detracting in the least from
the enjoyments of the occasion, but
those unfortunate people are human
beings, and should be treated kindly.
Those of us who have our sight,
health and human vigor scarcely stop
to think when we see those unfortun-
ate people trying to gain livelihood
as best they can that none of us would
willingly trade places with them, even
tho the change brought with 1T great
wealth. No one wants to be blind, de-
formed or deaf and dumb. When we
see people whom nature or accident
have dealt harshly with they should be
pitied instead of abused.
Men and women with all their facul-
ties, sight and unimpaired health can
well afford to look with sympathy up
on those not so fortunately situated.
Possibly there is more or less imposi-
ton practiced on the public by schem-
ers who ask charity. but blind people
in Il broader sense do not practice 1t,
because their affliction speaks for it
self. These people have right to
live and a right to kindly treatment
from a humane public. 1t is easy to
the worthy from the I'M
worthy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
A sHREWD OLD POPE.

Pope Plus TX. is not SO old nor SO in
when he sees it. and that good thing
Just now is the offer of our government
10 negotiate with him for the with
Grawal of the friars from the Philip
pines, or the purchase of their lands.
An offer to negotiate carries with 1t the
Implication that he possesses some adj
vantages that should be recognized,
and, on his part, it implies that he
would have the right or privilege to
suggest terms that would prove of adj
vantage to mis- church. The willy old
diplomat at least looks at it in this
way.
Whereas, on the other hand, Cover
nor Taft, who went to Rome to consult
the head of the Catholic church, had
only in view the deposition of the
Ing the lands they really held title to in
the islands.
The pope has submitted terms which
1t would be impossible for our govern
fnent TO accept, one of which is that in
return for the sale of the friars' lands
The primary schools should be under
the control of the church. This is
equivalent to saying, GIVE us the
youth and l leave you to deal with the
aged
As result of the popes attitude
Governor Taft suggests the propriety
OF breaking off negotiation and settling
the question without his aid. In this
event it would probably be the policy
of the United States to obtain the
property in question by proceedings in
the Philippine courts, and pay for such
property as it desires by condemnation
proceedings.
The pope is a great admirer of Amer
lea, where his church has strong fol-
lowing, he fully understands the COM
plete severance of church and govern
meth here, and yet he proposes what he
must know is impossible of acceptance.
It may be, however, that this is merely
preliminary to an effort to make the
best terms for the friars that would be
acceptable to our government. Further
developments will be noticed with in |
terest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
ODD ROAD MATERIAL.
Icedar Ranids Gazette

A considerable amount of curiosity
has been aroused as to the exact ma
ture of the material being used for the
road bed of the driveway being con-
structed between First and A avenues
above the railroad tracks, to connect
First avenue with the viaduct now be-
ing constructed. The material is what
is termed "slag" and is the waste pro-
duct from iron ore after the iron has
been extracted. 1t makes a perfect road
bed, and is used extensively in the iron
regions. Cedar Rapids has not been ia
vored with his kind of road material
and it is doubtful if any such roadbed
can be found in this part of the country
The material came over the Illinois
Central road.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
PRESIDENTIAL GRIEFs.

| One may get an idea of some of the
president by watching the row that is
| now waging over the appointment of
half dozen federal officials in Iowa. For
more than a year the Iowa congress-
men and senators have been unable to
muster up sufficient courage to tackle
the uncomfortable task of making the
selections and only after all had re-
ceived their denominations did they
dare make decision. When the recon-
mendations of the delegation went to
the president of course the losing can
didates We're sorely disappointed and
besieged with charges against the moral
fitness of H. G. Mcmillan and II. o.
nominations to the senate he has held
back for further consideration both of
these places as well as the collectorship
for the northern district which is in
volved in the selection of district fttor-
ney. The friends OF the present col
lector, Patterson, are making the
charges against Mcmillan and the
friends of the southern district collec-
tor, whom the delegation would replace
with Weaver. are attacking him.
President Roosevelt must now either
appoint men whose records are perhaps
unworthy of federal honors If ANthe
charges against them can be substan-
tiated or defy the demands of the Iowa
Iowa delegation in congress at time
when he needs all the friends in both
houses that he can get to uphold his
hands in forwarding policies that are of
far greater moment that the selection
of few federal officials.
This is the kind of dilemma that con-
fronts the president and, as one listens
appointments in Iowa, If he will realize
that every day of his official life quar-
rel of the same kind comes up from
some one of the forty mine states and
territories not counting foreign possess
sions to worry him and thwart many
well laid plan for accomplishing things
of great Importance in statecraft, he
can realize what it means to be presi-
dent. 1t is even suggested that if the
Iowa delegation is turned down in these
appointments they will lead their state
in support of some rival candidate when
the president seeks nomination for four
more years Of Office Such are the pres
idential troubles. Many a man would
soon want to be home again when he
encountered few postoftice fights in
which be must be the arbitrator TO be
damned if he does and damned if he
doesn't.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
New Fast Schedule to Denver

The Colorado service of the Chicago
& Northwestern and Union Pacific rail-
ways was changed on June s.
The famous Colorado special, which
has been leaving Chicago at 10 a. m.
now leaves at $50 p. m., arriving at
Omaha z a. m, Denver p. m and Col
orado Springs about 1890 p. m. This
enables passengers to leave MARSHALL
town at 80 a. m.
The entire train will be run solid be-
tween Chicago and Denver, with thru
sleeper to Colorado Springs.
Eastbound the train will be known as
the "Chicago Special" and will leave
Denver / p. M. Omaha 5:45 a. M, ar
irving in Chicago at 4 p. m.
Accommodations are provided for all
classes of passengers, the equipment
including free reclining chair cars,
dining cars, buffet smoking cars, draw
ing room sleepers and day coaches The
entire service to be as nearly perfect as
modern and sl,illful railway manage
ment can make 1T.
A second daily train for Colorado
points leaves Marshalltown at 9:05 a.
m arriving at Denver the second
morning.
C. D. Reimers, a former Iowa news
raper man, has purchased the Fort
Worth fTex) Mail-Telegram
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Mr.. Bryan has endeavored to bury
the Ratchet in Cleveland's scalp.
4
The house passed an amended bank
ruptey BILL but it will not be finally
acted upon at this session of congress
desirable tho it may be.
In view Of the coal strike and the
probable high price of coal next winter
some one ought to perfect stoves and
furnaces for burning Texas oil. II
might thus "fll long-felt want"
Down in Texas the terrific heat at
the close of last week literally cooked
and made unfit for market more than
1000 carloads of watermelons In the
country south of Austin along the lines
of the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
and the International & Great North
ern railroads. The melons We're on
vines, and almost ready for shipment to
northern markets. No use to ask now,
'Whar dem millions?"
Pine and Cedar trees from the Black
planted on the two forest reservations
of 100000 acres in northern Nebraska.
II Is movement as desirable as irriga-
ton.
2 $50
President Mitchells address to the
public is regarded as a cleverly written
but deceptive document
The Brooklyn Eagle has compiled
statistics on the canal debate In the
senate. The speeches filed 420tcolumns
of the Congressional Record. They
would make nearly mile of type set
in the ordinary column measure. Sem
ator Morgans eight speeches make 172
columns and Senator Hanna's two fill
forty-two.
In Texas cotton is in suspense be-
tween a bumper crop If rains come and
short one if ,drouth continues. Iowa
would gladly spare it many showers.
When in doubt about the future, look
for rain.
When Johann Most was sent to Jail
he howled that the freedom of the
American press had seen it's last day.
Herr Mosts idea of a free press in
cludes the right to teach anarchy and
counsel assassination. 1t might be an
excellent happening for the press and
public alike should Most never emerge
from prison.
Down in Oklahoma, q bull fight" is
to be given at the Lawton street fair
but it is promised that it will be only
believe--that the bull will not be
even scratched.
The bridging of the Strait of Canso
between Cape Breton and the main
land of Nova Scotia will be undertaken
at once. The task is an immense one.
great engineering difficult
ties and an outlay of about $5,000,000
j. A. L. Waddell of Kansas City has
been engaged to oversee the work. He
is a Canadian, and has been knighted
by the emperor of Japan. He was a
one time professor of civil engineering
IN the University of Japan. Mr.. Wad
dell says that the bridge will be can
tilever, with span of 1,S00 feet, the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25
THE CLOUD ON THE HORIZON.

In union there is weakness as we'll as
strength; gave danger as well as Sc
curity. Bound together in bonds of
fraternity, guided by reason and led
with wisdom mankind accomplishes
great reforms and secures and defends
the interests of humanity. Without
reason, or lacking the counsel and
command of wise leadership, it's united
effort works disaster and spreads de-
struction. Such are the principles that
should be kept in mind in viewing the
possibilities of bituminous miners
strike. There is more than posi-
bility of national calamity ahead. A
sympathetic strike order by the asso-
citation of bituminous coal miners.
which Will soon meet at indianapolis,
would prove g. greater disaster than
frost or floods, or even war itself. 1t
would paralyze trade. It would put out
the fires in the factories and on the
hearthstone alike. 1t would add a mill
lion unemployed to the 100000 miners
the strike order would directly effect.
1t would mean loss to nine workingmen
out of every ten and hardship to their
families
The bituminous coal miner may have
a legal right to strike in sympathy
with the hard coal workers, altho his
union is under contract with his en-
ployer, but his moral right to destroy
prosperity and inaugurate hard times
is not SO clear. SO long as society is so
organized that each individual and
each class must struggle for its own
interests and the weak fall while the
strong succeed, the right of no man, or
set of men, to quit work when their
interests are being best served can be
denied. But In the organized strike
there is always another element aside
from the simple refusal to work longer
under present conditions. Large busi-
ness enterprises are cooperative or
CARNATIONS in which owner is depend
ShI uPoi NoIhiiiSliidI ana working
man upon owner. If the former closes
his mill or mine the latter has his sup
port cut from under him, his home
which has taken the labor and savings
of a lifetime to earn, is useless TO him.
because there is no longer employment
an the community. Likewise If the
Workmen quit in body the mill or
mine is idle and perhaps the whole
property investment is destroyed. In
neither case has the one party moral
right to ask the other to continue
working under conditions that either
considers unfavorable in order that he
himself may prosper but when each
knows that he has it in his power to
ruin the other he has no right to use
This power as mere pastime. He has
no moral right to use the club over his
companion in production in order that
Said companion will squeal and coax
another man to give his workingmen
what they ask, whether he can afford it
or not. There is a clearly defined eth
ical difference in the right of men to
quit work individually or in body be-
cause they are dissatisfied with their
share of the results and the right of the
same men or body of men to strike |
Simply because they know that they