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The Washington times., 1902-06-29
Movements of Naval Vessels.

June 2T-Michigan sailed from Detroit
for Aackinac Island; Sterling sailed
from Hampton Roads for Lambert
Point; Dolphin arrived at Oyster Bay
June 2S-Dolphin sailed from oyster
Bay for Navy Yard. n. \; Lebanon ar
rived at Lambert Point; New Orleans
sailed from Nagasah for Kiauchau:
Kentucky sailed from NGgasah Tor
Kiarchau; Hannibal sailed from Lam
bert Point for Frenchman Bay: Buffalo
sailed from Malta for Port Said: Caesar
sailed from Malta for Boston: Essex
sailed from Newport fo- Roclzpo-t;
Alert sailed from San Diego for Ven
tura.
The Maylower was placed in com
mission yesterday at the Brooklyn navy
yard.
Following is the itinerary cf the
United States training snip Essex:
Leave Newport June IS; arrive Rock
port june 30, leave July 3; arrive
Gloucester July 3. leave July 6; arrive
Portland July 81. leave August s; ar
rive Halifax August IS. leave august
%: arrive Proyincetown September s..
leave September -: arrive Yorktown
September %. leave October 10, arrive
Hampton Roads October Is.
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PAYMENT BY DISTRICT
MAY NOW Be BHJOINED
Suit Instituted Over Street
Cleaning Machines.
Petitioner Alleges Breach OF Contract
Justice Hagner Orders Defendants
to Answer.

Proceedings were filed in equity yes
terday by George c. Esher and Joseph
NJ Wheatley to restrain the Sanitary
Street Sweeping Company from collect
ing $500 which will be due the company
from the District next Tuesday for
work. The court is also asked to en-
Join the District authorities from pay,
ing the amount named pending the pro-
ceedings.
John Fitzmorris and Charles D. Nj
colaf. president and secretary, respec-
lively. OF the Sanitary Street Sweeping
Company. are named as defendants At
torneys Raiston and Siddons are counsel
for the complainants.
1t is stated that the complainants and
the defendants. Fitzmorris and Nicolai,
entered into contract whereby the for
mer agreed to put the street sweeping
machines manufactured by the defend
ants on the market. either for sale or
lease or both. as exclusive sales agents
Terms of Contract.
According to the terms Of the con-
Idcl' III is dieseu, tne machines were 10
be leased a a rate of S625 a month. For
placing them in use the complainants
were 10 receive 1925 a month for each
machine leased to the District 1t was
further agreed. it is stated. that a set
tlement was to be made monthly.
Among the orders placed by the COM
plainants, it is said. is one by which
the District agreed to lease 1870 ma
chimes. to be delivered before July /,
1901. 1t is also stated that the COM
plairants also placed for the sale and
lease Of large number of the machines
in Ohio. Indiana. New York, and Cuba.
When the petition was presented to
Justice Hagner he issued a rule requir-
Ing the defendants to make answer on
July next.
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Young Girl Victim Of Drugs.

NEW BRUNSWICK. Y. j., June 9s.-
The police are trying to unravel the
mystery of the drugging of Julia Folk
hurst. seventeen years old. who has been
in an unconscious state for over thirty
hours. Physicians say that the girl is
a victim of chloral. She formerly lived
on 11Sth Street New York city. She
visited New York on Thursday and was
seen here that night with an unknown
man. Later she was found wandering
aimlessly about the streets by the police
as II in stupor. She soon became un-
conscious and has remained so.
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TO COIN WASHINGTON
SOUVENIR MEDALS
Proceeds Of Sale to Be Used to Erect
Modument at Alexandria to the
First President.

The Senate yesterday passed the Sen
ate bill providing for the coming OF
200e00 silver souvenir medals to be sold
in the interest OF the Washington Mon
ument Association of Alexandria Va.
The r-turns from the sale of the
medals are to be used in erecting 4
increment at Alexandria, Va, commem-
Grating the centenary OF the death of
Washington.
The medals are to be coined at the
Philadelphia mint, but the association
is to furnish the metal
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Officials at Once Named.

Thus Congress authorized a new branch
or division of the Department of JUS
tice. No sooner had this action been
taken by the National Legislature than
the Attorney General, acting By direc-
tion of the President, originated the Bu-
reau of Insular and Territorial Affairs.
On March | Mr.. Charles W. Russell
was appointed a special assistant attor-
noy general. and at once took charge Of
the bureau. His assistants. appointed
shortly afterward. are as follows: Alex
ander II. Semmes, Glenn E. Hustled.
Henry A. Vieth. DIR. P. VI. Cox, Leslie
Fuller. The translator of the bureau
is Mrs. O'Connor. Mr.. Charles H. Robb,
formerly of the office OF Solicitor of
Internal Revenue. a lawyer of ability.
has recently joined the staff.
Hardly had the new bureau been or
ganiZed before the Attorney General
prepared terse yet comprehensive in
structions to guide this branch OF his
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A FULL PARDON FOR
GILBERT B. TOWLES
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
President Has Signed os2 Private Bills
and 2oS Public Bills.

Up to noon yesterday the President
had signed 9S2 private bills and 203
public bills and resolutions sent to him
by Congress at this session. of the
private laws G32 originated in the House
ani $50 in he Senate
During the session there have been
reported 10 the House 2.52G bills OF
these 1908 have been passed, leaving 623
on he calendar. OF the public bills and
resolutions originated and passed by the
House % have not become laws; of the
Senate public bills AMI resolutions
amended and passed b. the House -
have not become laws. and OF the pri-
vate bills, Houac and Senate, Dassed by
the House 81 have not become laws
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JUS?.C DEPARTMENT.
BROAD IN IFS SCOPE
IS Known as Bureau of In
Sular and Territorial Affairs.
FIELD OF IMPORTATION
Government Here Obtains Its Knowl-
edge Of Our Foreign Possessions and
Land in the Far East - Established
by Congress- in February.

Within the past few months ncw di-
vision has grown up in the Depas tment
OF Justice. 1t is known as the Bureau OF
insUlar and Territorial Affairs. The idea
originated with Attorney General Knox.
Congress authorized it: the Attorney
General established it; and now Special
Assistant Attorney General Charles W.
Russell. OF West Virginia. directs its
varied and important operations. Secon |
in authority is Mr.. Alexander H.
Semmes, cnce the able Assistant United
States District Attorney. who but re-
Gently moved his desk from the City Hall
TO the Department of Justice, that he
might ASSUME the duties Of his new
position.
As the title implies, the bureau has to
deal with subjects broad in scc1e. and
as varied rs the nations and peoples that
have come under the protection and au-
thority OF the United States because of
the Spanish-Amercan war.
1t is q vast field of information, from
which departments OF the Government
draw data of every sort; but more par
ticularIy legal decisions. technical,
knotted points of law enacted in every
country
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filed away for reference in this new
library, and they include not only acts
OF recent date. originated since Ameri-
can occupation of this island or that,
but the old Spanish enactmeats. and
even the tribal regulations of the peo-
pies living throughout the seas. Thus,
the Bureau of Insular and Territorial
Affairs can refer readily to the Spanish
laws as they were enforced in Cuba or
the Philippines some fifty years ago.
All the official orders of American
commanders. whether in the Far East
or any other part of the globe. and es-
pccially il in supreme temporary com
mead at any seaport, city. or town. OF
the new possessions of the United
! States. are on file at the Bureau OF In
sular and Territorial Affairs
Thus, since civil government was de-
claTed in the Philippines. by executive
order. under date of April I. 1900. the
acts of the Philippine Commission. bet
ter known as the Taft Commission, be-
cause Of its presidency. have been duly
preserved and now they form an i'm
portant part of the library at the De-
partment of Justice.
Judge Taft in Charge.
The full Instructions given the COM
mission by the President are also there.
By some Of these records, it is shown
that the commission began work at Ma
Mia. Philippines, on September IL. 1900.
Judge William II. Taft is president of
The Commission. which is composed of
eight members, five of whom are Ameri
cans, and three native members. Judge
Taft was formerly Solicitor General of
the United States.
The first act OF this Philippine Com
mission was to appropriate $1,000 600
out of the Philippine funds for the
building and Improvement of highways
and bridges in the islands. A copy of
this measure is held at the Bureau of
Insular and Territorial Affairs In this
city.
Although the United States does not
yet control the Danish Islands and like
possessions in the Pacific. the Bureau of
Insular and Territorial Affairs is look
ing into the conditions as they exist in |
these islands. This fact would seem to
intimate that the Government may have
eyes wide open on the subject of even |
still greater expansion.
On the other hand. It may be stated |
that information as to these islands is /
OF advantage to the Government from /
Of every nature bearing on the Pacific |
islands is being carefully preserved.
Alaska Is Watched
The vast Territory of Alaska is also
under the observation OF the Bureau of
Insular and Territorial Affairs. Maps of
this Wild region have been secured, and
should the disputed boundary question
with Great Britain suddenly assume an
aggravated phase, the Government.
through the Department OF Justice,
would be ready to deal with it as would
best advance the interests of the United
States.
No bureau is of more Importance than
Lbat on insular affairs. 1t has come to
stay. The need of such branch in the
egal department of the Government will ,
enhance the value of that branch. and
Tine will build up such a division as
.ill make the Department of Justice
proud. As the new island possessions of ]
he country grow in population and i'm
oortance. so will the bureau about
which so little is yet known.
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Surrendered Himself.

When Mr.. Towles was indicted he was
out Of the city. As soon as he was in
formed that there was an Indictment
against him he returned Immediately
and surrendered himself He then gave
bond in the sum Of $4,000 for his ap-
pearance at trial. After his conviction
he again gave bond to await the result
OF his appeal TO the Court Of Appeals
OF the District
Mr.. Towles IS about sixty-fvc years
Of ayc
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Third Anniversary to Be Celebrated at
Tenieytown Tomorrow.

Tomorrow marks the third anniversary
of Potomac Council. Knights of Co,um-
bus. The council. since it's installation.
has increased in membership, and row
numbers over 3G0 members.
In honor OF the anniversary a trolley
party is to be given at the residence OF
Mr.. Charles K. Kengla, in Ten,eytown.
Refreshments are to be served on the
lawn, and dancing will be indulged in.
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department. The plan evolved requires
! that the new bureau make preliminary
/ examinations into such legal questions
/ relating to islands, Territories and the
| like as the President and heads OF the
/ various departments of the Government
/ submit to the Attorney General for his
| opinion and advice. and also legal and
administrative questions presented to
| the Attorney General in correspondence
with United States district attorneys
in islands End Territories over which
they may exercise direction, and pre-
pare answers 10 inquiries which are
proper for him to answer in his official
capacity.
II is apparent that the new Bureau Of
Insrlar and Territorial Affairs deals
vith matters of vital Importance to the
Gcvernmc Mt Questions arc constantly
coming up. whether from affairs in TIE
Philippines, il Cuba CT Porto B:co.
which Involve nice points Of interna-
tional law. and upon the proper handling
CT which depends. possibly. the peace
Of the Government with foreign coun-
tries.
Many Delicate Questions.
presented to the Bureau of Insular and
Territorial Affairs or the Department of
Justice for preliminary examination
anl report
There they are thoroughly investi-
gated, and the conclusions reached by
ire bureau are reported to the Attorney
General, who. in turn. advises the Presi-
dent and heads of departments as to the
proper legal aspect of ever case.
In order to inteiligently investigate
these varied and complicated questions,
the Bureau CT lnsular and Territorial
Affairs is building up rapidly library
composed of books bearing most exten-
sively on the new islands and like pos
sessions OF the United States Maps anI
pamphlets of every description. which
may have any bearing. directly or indi-
rectly, upon the Philippines, Cuba. Porto
Rico. and any other lands affected one
way or another by recent international
events, such as the SpanishAmerican
war, are constantly flowing into the new
bureau. where they are carefully in
dexed and filed away for ready reference
Wherever possible, those employed at
the bureau make special study of sub
iects contained in these reports and
so that the Government al |
ready has a corps OF trained legal clerks f,
conversant with matters of every sort in |
the various islands of the seas.
Library Is Growing.
At this time there are eight hundred |
books in the library of the Bureau of In |
sular and Territorial Affairs, and these
works are largely supplemented by maps 4.
of every section of the earth. The maps.
for the most part, are hung on the walls
OF the rooms occupied by the bureau,
and by reference to them accurate in
formation as to location or distance of
any OF our new island possessions can
be had.
A majority of these maps are military
maps, prepared under direction of the
War Department by army engineers in
the field. Naval maps are also included
n the library, and these show the sound
ngs of the ocean at various points. and
,ther useful information. The Bureau
las subscribed for and receives news
,apers from the Samoan Islands. Manila,
honolulu, Havana. Porto Rico. st.
etc.
The laws of the various islands. so far
IS cbtainable, have been secured and
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Source of Information.

Especially IS this bureau designed
however, as a source of information re
specting Cuba, the Philippines, Guam,
the Isle of Pines. Danish Islands, Tutui-
la. and Manua Guano Islands. MidN az
Islands. Porto Rico, Hawaii. Island OF
Vieques, Alaska, Indian. and other Terri
tories.
The subject of the ocear cables. and
especially the Pacific cables, also comes
under the observation of the Bureau OF
Insular and Territorial Affairs, so that
every quick means of communication
with our new possessions in the Pacific
and the Far East is Lot only preserved,
but provision made for any legal tan
gle which might tend to overthrow the
right of the Government to their con-
tinued use.
Recognizing the growing Importance
of the new possessions, Congress, on
February H. enacted as rider to the
urgent deficiency bill the following:
'Iusular and Territorial Affairs-For
defTayilg necessary expenses incurred
in the conduct OF insular and territorial
matters. and affairs within the juris-
diction of the Department of Justice;
including the payment Of the necessary
employees at the seat o. Government, or
elsewhere. to be selected and their COM
Densation fixed by the Attorny General
Of the United States, and to be expend-
ed under his direction" An appropria
tion accompanied and was attached to
the FOREGOING resolution
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
License TO Wear Ribbons,

There still exists in London a bylaw
which forbids a cask of beer TO be un-
loaded between certain hours. but no
mention is made of casks containing
any other liquor.
Luccrne has on its statute books
law which is FOL enforced. 1t prohib-
its hats of more than eighteen inches
in diameter. forbids the use of artificial
flowers and imported feathers and or
ders that a license of % cents a year
shall be paid for the right to wear rib
bons or silk or gauZe
Vienna has the severest cycling code
of any city in Europe. No one may
ride bicycle in the streets without
certificate of proficiency. Ladies must
be able to mount and dismount from
both sides of their wheels, show that
they can turn corners and ride in and
out between a number of dummies.
All cyclists are photographed by the
police. and this photograph is fitted
into a little book containing the rules
for cycling in the city For this book
the cyclists must then pay $1.20. Be
sides this huge brass number has to
be worn conspicuously placed on the
handle bar of the machine.-Stray Sto.
ripS
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14

on her and made her prisoner, and
she uttered such screams of fear that
the tramp on the highway who heard
her did not dare go to her assistance
until he had summoned help At an
other time she slipped on the cellar
stairs, and after much looking about
she discovered peach stone and treas
ured it up rs legal proof of the hus-
bands planning. Love, trust and con
fidence had flown out of the window.
and the neighbors sagely shook their
heads and observed that they were
prepared to hear of an awful tragedy
any day.
One night the husband woke up with
chill of fear He had dreamed that
he saw his wife standing over him
with a butcher knife raised to strike.
He found her beside him and seem
ingly fast asleep. but he determined to
pass the rest of the night on the hay
in the barn. He had scarcely left the
house when the wife woke up. She
had dreamed of being hacked to pieces
with the AK. and her husbands alb
sence seemed to be proof that he had
gone out after the weapon. She would
battle him by hiding in the carriage
shed until morning. 1t therefore hap
pcned that while he was skirting the
duck pond on the right to reach the
barn she was skirting 1t on the left to
reach the carriage house, and presently
they came together in the darkness.
Murderer" she shouted as she
turned to fee
"Murdercss" he shouted as he start
ed back.
Then both went slipping down the
bank. clawing and clutching at each
other, and brought up with Il great
souse in the pond Wet and bedrag-
glcd. they climbed out on opposite
sides, and while she spent the remain
der of the night shivering under the
currant bushes and wondering if he
would kill her at the first blow or chop
her up by degrees he sat on the door
step and made up his mind to appeal
TO the law without further delay.
Morning had come. and the pair had
just confronted each other when a
ncghbor who was passing halted at
the gate to say:
Hello, Jake, have you heard the
news"
No" was the reply.
! Amt you and Mary insured in the
Sure Pay Life Insurance company?'
YES"
We'll, she's busted highern a kite.
and your policy amt with corncobs."
Shes busted for sure?" queried ia
cob
"Sure's you live"
and amt insured and Mary amt
insured, and we wouldn't get a burned
cent if either dicd?'
Not burned red"
"Thvn-then come here, Mary, come
and kiss me" said the husband as he
opened his arms.
Pears to me like you might be glad
of the bust up" remarked the neigh
Dor
burned if l ain'tw replied Jacob
with tears in his eyes
And som IT, sobbed the wife as she
threw her arms around his neck.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
Mutual
Insurance
By HOMER LEE WARREN
Copyright, 1901,
BY A. S. Richardson.

Jacob Fletcher and his good wife
Mary had lived together the lives of
farmers for twenty years or more and
had never had an hours misunder-
standing. They had no children, but
their company was all sufficient for
each other, and at the age of forty-five
they were in the best of health and
without regrets. Then the serpent
crept in. He was the agent of a life
insurance company, and he sat down
in the kitchen where Mrs. Fletcher
was making pumpkin pies and talked
her to a standstill. What he wanted
was TO secure mutual insurance, a pol
Icy by which the surviving husband
or wife would profit in the sum of
$4,000. The farmers wife had heard
of such things. but was opposed to
them. and the agent had to talk for
two long hours before he could secure
her promise to talk to pa about it."
That night she did talk, though with
out any heart in it and was much re-
lieved when the husband turned to
her and said:
MARY, it would be like flyin' in the
face of the Lord, and wouldn't think
of such thing"
He had to think. however. The agent
came back again and again, and at
length his persistency received its re-
ward. After much doubt and hesita-
ton policy was duly taken out and
filed away in the bottom drawer of the
bureau, and the serpent had inflicted
It's sting. That afternoon as the huS-
band followed the plow in the field he
found himself wondering whether he
or his wife would die first and whether
1t would he good policy for him to
build new barn out of that insurance
money in case he was the survivor.
And the wife, as she sat peeling pota-
toes for supper and opening the oven
door now and then to look at the bak-
ing bread, found herself wondering
what she should do with the farm and
al! that money in case Jacob met his
death. Two or three days later a wind
mill agent called. and as he incidental
ly heard Of the mutual insurance he
laughed and said
May be all right in your case. but
should look at it as a temptation to
my wife to yet rid of me- Husbands
have been poisoned for less than So
COO
lie WAS speaking in levity. but he
sowed Il seed. ON that same day the
wife of a neighbor dropped in for a
gossip. and OF course she was told
about the insurance policy 1t struck
her at first us good thing. but two
minutes later she held up her hands
and exclaimed:
Mary Fletcher, do you know what
you have done? You have prepared
your own graye.''
LA. but how you TALK
Yes. you have There isn't a hus-
band on the face of the earth who
wouldn't throw his wife down the eel
lar stairs and break her neck for So
000. You won't be alive to see Thanks
giving"
Here was another seed. and that
night for the first time since their mar
rage the farmer couple felt suspicion
and distrust. AS they sat together the
husband looked the wife over and de
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
ION A..
TECHNICALLY:
BY Morrill, Hazard.
BY Morrill, Hazard.
Copyright, 1901. by A. S. Richardson

II was to be a candestine meeting
with Elaine. If Vincent thought of his
Implicitly at all. he simply Rugged him
self for the inspiration of it. He was
elated by the change in her attitude
toward him since she imagined him to
be the man who had curbed her fright
ened horse in the park.
Springng from the train, he glanced
M to the overhanging bluff and saw
her outlined against the autumn land
/. scape. firm and erect upon her own
Kitty and leading the mares riderless
companion by the bride. He hurried
to her side. blushing crimson, as he al
ways did in her presence. with the
Thought of the lie he was acting heavy
upon him.
In their greeting was the brevity Of
good fellowship. He swung into the
saddle, and she smiled at his strength
and agility Surely she thought, if he
were not her preserver he had been
most wonderfully endowed to play the
part. She was satisfied to believe in
him. whatever the violent skepticism
of her Aunt Buford.
She studied him as they rode along,
but he was like the sphinx, unreada-
Bile. Again she strove to draw him
forth regarding his gallant deed.
"What made you run away from us
after your splendid conduct?' she ques-