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The Washington times., 1902-10-10
Norfolk g. Washington Steamboat CO

Superb steamers. daily at ESQ p M. from
foot OF 9TH St, for Fort Monroe, Newport News
Norfolk. and Batticie!ds Of Virginia. g round
trip. Information, tickets and statcr0nms at gem
cal ticket office, Bond Bldg New York ave and
I4th st, and at wharf. foot 7th ST. Phone. 80.
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Football Camel Princeton VS.. Midship-
men, at Annapolis, Satur-
day, October II.

Only sl.35. Washington to Annapolis and re-
turn, via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Trains
leave Delaware Avenue. between + and G
streets, At 30 4. m. and il 80 a. m Special
train returning leaves Annapolis p. m
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Side Trips East Via B. & @. R. R.

Fast and frequent trains. Round trip rate
10 annapolis, s1.S5: Baltimore. 50: Whining.
ton. So: Cluster $3.50; Philadelphia, So; At.
lsniic City, SIS; New York. $40. Tickets on sale
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THE SUN AND THE Moon.

Maximum &c
Minimum 81
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TENIpERATUiRE.
SAME DATE LAST YEAR.

highest temperature, 4 p. m...........1S
Lowest temperature. 6 4. m..........,.4 46
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s1.a5 to Baltimore and Return Via B. 8.
o. R. R. Saturday and Sunday,

October II and L. Tickets valid returning
until midnight train Sunday night All trains
both ways both days except Royal Limited
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Naval Academy Princeton Football
Game.

sI.95 Washington to Annapolis and return,
Saturday, October II. Special train will leave
sixth Street Station at 1913 noon; returning.
leave Annapolis at conclusion of game
The Washington times., 1902-10-10
STREET LIGHTING.

High tide ......1:i9 a. IN. and la p. m
Low tide. e...S.f7 a. m. and s:3l p. M
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Fair and somewhat cooler today; light
10 fresh northeasterly winds; tomorrow
fair
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FIRE RECORD FOR THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
Losses Only About 8 Per
Cent of Insurance.

During September, according to re-
port submitted yesterday to the Dis
trict Commissioners by Chief Dutton.
the Fire Department responded TO
thirty seven bell alarms. Four of these
alarms We're false, and the thirty-three
fires for which The regular calls were
sounded caused a loss of Sl0,o0l. the
property involved bearing an insurance
of Sl22.l75.
There were also eighteen local. or si-
lent. alarms answered by the depart
ment during the month. the fires coca
sioning them causing loss of $1,OOS
and the property endangered carrying
an insurance of $4,000. The total loss
for September was 1.O07. and The total
insurance Sii9,I75. the loss being about
s Per cent of the insurance.
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TIDE TABLE.

sun rises SOS am. Sun sets. 80 pm.
Moon rises. ..... Moon sets.11:35 p.m
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Mill-Work Low. Doors, slas,
TX inches thiek, and W. p, at 9th and New
York ave. NV.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Lamps lit today. G:05 D. IN
Lamps out tomorrow. a. m
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Character of the Fires.

Thirty-one of the lifty-one fires oc-
CURED in brick buildings. eighteen in
frame structures. ore was the burning
of rubbish and one an automobile fire.
In bur a single instance did the fire
travel beyond the place of origin. and
in that case it merely Travelled from
one shed TO another
During the first three months of the
current fiscal year the loss from fire
was s22,215. as against S14,141 during
The first three months OF the previous
year. Up to October CT the present
fiscal year the department answered los
alarms. an increase of thirty as com
pared with the first quarter of the rs
cal year Of 1901.
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H's5 10 Annapolis, Md, and s1.7s
Return,
tohor H. re.nsylvania Railroad, tickets on sale DC.
,Ugit ui,t;. to Is. inclusive. limited to retnr,
i'"'" H'e days including date Of sale ,
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Low Lumber Prices. Flooring, $3.50,
At eii and Sew York ave. +. Libbey & Co.
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SOLDIERS HOME IN
PROSPEROUS CONDITION
War Department Report VIII
Please eInterestedVeterans.
BUILDINGS TO BE ERECTED
Inspector General Breckenridge Ccmpli-
ments Management in His Report
TO Build Mess Hall.

The War Department made public late
yesterday afternoon the annual report
of the Board of Commissioners of the
Soldiers Home of the District of Colum-
bia and the report of the annual in
spection of the Home by the Inspector
General of the Army. Coming at this
time, when Washington is filed with
thousands of old soldiers, many of whom
are directly interested in the Soldiers
Home in this 1>ty, the report is of par
ticular interest. The repart covers the
period between July /. 1901. and June so,
1902 On the latter date there were
1852 regulars on the rolls of the Home.
and AZ temporary benefciaries, making
a grand total of 1899 old soldiers at the
Home
During the year temporary relief was
given to destitute discharged soldiers,
regulars and volunteers, who were not
entitled TO admission to the Home, to
the extent of 2,526 meals, and 2a5 were
provided with lodgings for few nights
each. The treasury report shows that
there was a balance of funds for the
Home on hand June 80, 1902, of s15,-
S57.22
The report says in part, as follows:
"The current expenses were materially
greater than in former years, owing
not alone tc the high average number of
inmates cared for, but to the increase in
the cost of all food and other supplies.
and to the constant outlay necessary to
keep up the miles of roads and walks,
the care of the grounds, garden, farm,
and dairy. and other numerous features
of the institution.
As shown above, the expense of keep
ing beneficiaries suffering from con-
sumption in the general hospital at Fort
Bayard was about one-fenth OF the whole
current expenditures of the home. and |
the amount paid for outdoor relief was |
about one-eighth of the current ex-
penses.
New Buildings Necessary.
THE construction of new buildings
and additions and repairs thereto form
a separate expense account under the
head of permanent improvements, and
was not so large as in former years. In
ts'e board desires to in
ts 3t he necessity for the
: ~ sr lew mess hall, plans
- A ing the action of the
al aE being deemed high
ie at necessary prepara-
l7l ns early date in order
commenced On the
~--- e coming spring.
The treasures account of funds re-
ceived for the inmate pensioners shows
that he had on hand June 80. 1901.
S5O, $685.; that he received during the
year s16S.7S440, and paid to pensioners
ana legal heirs of deceased inmates
Sios,ooS.5 leaving on hand, deposited in
he United States Treasury. as required
I
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New Buildings Necessary.

The construction of new buildings
and additions and repairs thereto form
separate expense account under the
head of permanent improvements and
was not so large as in former years In
, 1902-02-11
Buried cities OF Asia.

Dr.. NJ. A. Stein during his recent re-
searches among the buried cities of
Asia discovered much information re-
garding the life Of those cities which
for 2,OOu years have been Immersed in
the sand. The most striking excava
tons were made in the heart of the
desert north of Ell Riya. There one
settlement vas exposed covering with
Its scattered dwellings and shrines an
area of about t~wenty-four square miles.
Refuse heaps which were unearthed
near some ruined houses which appar-
emily had been tenanted by village Of
ficials contained hundreds OF docu-
ments. beautifully written on wooden
tablets and carefully tied and sealed.
Owing to the preservative nature Of
the sand many of these were in SPLEEN
did condition-the ink as black and
the seals and string as perfect as If
they were only a few weeks old. AS
these documents are in a known In
d script their decipherment can be
eH to reveal in a fascinating
mar many of the details of the an
cient village life.
, 1902-02-11
THE TELLER CUBAN FOLLY.

How simple and satisfactory the Gu
ban question would have been If Sen
ator Teller had been absent from con
sress for a week or two around the
time of the declaration of war with
Spain. The Teller provision in the
val resolutions of 1898 that the United
States would get out of Cuba just as
soon a. the island was completely pac-
flied after the expulsion of the Span
iards is responsible for all the ills
which have come to Cuba since then.
Teller's stipulation was a piece of i'm
pertinence which should never have re-
ceived any sanction. Had it been de-
feated at that time the condition OF
the island today would be vastly better
than it is.
If the United States held Cuba by
the same tenure as that by which 1t
gained Porto Rico. as 1t would have
done but for Teller's pernicious activi-
ty. immigration and capital would have
flowed into the island in broad streams
Just as o o ne the Spanish troops
, 1902-02-11
ME- PLASTER.

The Laramie plaster industry shows
a big industry. The new owner, Mr.,
Samuel A. Walker of St, Louis, is a
man of ample means and wide expert
ence in this particular line of business
and announces that it is his purpose to
push the Laramie plaster industry to
its fullest capacity, supply from this
point all the territory west of the
Rocky mountains. as well as the states
of Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa.
During the time the Laramie mill
has been in operation a piece of
ground covering just about an acre has
been worked IL It. The company has
more than 1000 acres. 1t will be seen,
therefore. that there is no immediate
danger of running ont of the raw ma
terial.
In discussing the possibilities of the
industry the Cheyenne Leader says:
For a number of years architects
II builders have e~ndeavored to find
a substitute for timber, stone and steel
in building construction. The former
is continually growing scarcer. and the
latter, owing to the increased demand,
mas increased in price, till in some
Instances. their use is practically pro,
hibitcd.
While the possibilities of construct.
f.
ing houses of Portland cement has
been agitated for some time, Chicago
ar"hltects have already made them an
accomplished fact for the last two
years, notably in Kenilworth, the fash.
suburb, Is miles north OF Chi
raEo. on the shores of Lake Michigan,
More than one-half of the houses of
N''l'"orth are composed of Portland
cement concrete, which presents the
appearance of rough stone work.
some of this work is colored in its
composition The concrete is applied
TO il metal lath. and does not crack
nor discolor. Houses built in this way
can be put up more rapidly and sub
Stantlally ,n2n by any other kind of
material. One of the finest examples
OF this class of houses is the residence
Of w. w. Blair. the Chicago architect,
at kenilworth. The residence cost
over 81, 900, and was erected within
four months time complete. All the
ground floors. veranda roofs. etc, are
of Portland cement construction. The
latter is colored somewhat in imita
ton of tile work.
"A surprising fact about these
houses is that they are cooler in sun
mer and warmer in winter"
, 1902-02-11
THE "HORRID MAN" FLED.


How n Pretty Girl Rebuked the I'm
pertInencs of q Student.
He was a Columbia man and she was
a Barnard girl. Chance sent them
downtown. side by side in an Amster-
dam-avenue car. He was big and good
looking, and dressed in typically col
legian style. She was quite pretty and
refuted the aphorism that there are
pretty girls and girls who go to Bar
nard. She was writing vigorously In
a blue and white notebook, and he
kept trying to see what she was wri-
ting by peering over her shoulder. She
seemed not to mind at first, for ap-
p%arently she thought him rather nice.
Gradually he became more firtatious
and more curious. Suddenly she lifted
her paper 81 he saw quite plainly that
she was writing to a girl friend.
There is" she wrote, "a horrid man
staring over my shoulder at every
word | write" He started. but she
didn't act as if she thought he saw
so he continued unabashed. Then he
read: Don't you think you have read
all you really need to Of this letter
Mr.. MANI" He took one glance at her,
says the New York Times, and fed
hastily from the car, while she erased
her last sentence and %serenely con-
tinrad her missive.
, 1902-02-11
THE RED SEA PASSAGE.
Booker WashinKton's Story Of an Old
Colorcd Preacher.

Colored Preacher.
l remember that in one of his talks
Mr.. Washington. referring to his be-
lief that the most profitable education
OF h people of his race required va
r1ous methods, according to the needs
OF the people under different condi-
tons, told a story of an old colorsd
preacher who was endeavoring to eX-
Daain to his congregation how it was
that the children of Israel passed ovsr
the Red sea safely, while the Egyp-
tians, who came after them, were
drowned. The old man said: My
brethren, it was this way: When tho
lsraelites passed over /. was early in
the morning, while it was cold. and
the ice was strong enough so that they
went over all right; but when the
Egyptians came along it was in the
middle OF the day, and the sun had
thawed the ice so that 1t gave way
under them. and they were drowned"
At this a young man in the congre8a-
ton. who had been away to school and
had come home, rose and said: II
don't see how that explanation can be
right, parson. The geography that I've
been studying tells us that ice never
forms under the equator, and the Red
sea is nearly under this equator"
There, now" said the old preacher,
that's all right. Use been 'spectin'
some of you smart Alexis would be
askin' some such fool question. Tho
time | was talkin' about was before
they had any jogafries or 'quators
either That good old man. said
Mr.. Washington, was Just trying in
his simple manner to brush away the
cobwebs which stood in the way of his
logic. BY some such method the mis-
conceptions which hamper the course
Of education for the colored people
must be removed before the best re-
suits can be attained."-Outlook,
, 1902-02-11
PHOTOGRAPHIC A QUEEN.


One Likeness Wa. Spoiled.
A London photographer who has
probably taken more photographs Of
kings and queens than any other man
in the world has been confiding to the
public, under a discreet but not wholly
blind inCosnitO, his professional ex-
periences with royalty. The Queen
OF Holland, he says, is. with King
Edward, one of the most charmingly
easy sitters | ever took. She does not
mind to What trouble she puts herself
SO long as she can please o and
look, as her majesty once said to me.
as a queen should look Shortly be
fore her marriage | was summoned to
Amsterdam to take the young queen.
| was somewhat nervous at first in the
royal presence and Queen Wilhelmina
quickly noticed this. Now | want to
look very nice indeed in this photo
graph said her majesty, smiling, and
II you feel i'll at ease | am sure you
Will not be able to do justice to your
self or to me- After that | soon lost
all my nervousness. | thought her
majesty looked rather too dignifed and
stately, so | said: will your majesty
please smile a little? | am sure the
photograph will come out much better
then The queen laughed and said:
Certainly. But how ought | to smile?
Like a queen or like an ordinary NOR
tai The photograph proved to be a
hne one and Queen Wilhelmina was
delighted with it. oh. you have in
deed taken me nicely this time she
said some time afterward to me as
she examined the picture. Why. this
photograph is far better than the other
one you o of me! But then you
were not to blame. | remember I had
tight boots on at the time. and oh,
how they pinched me! How can one
o happy or cheerful with tight
boots New York Sun.
, 1902-02-11
Wall Streets "Kansaroos."

There is a new class of operators in
Wall street. They are known as Kan
garoos." What is a Kangaroo? Well,
a Kangaroo is a man who jumps in
and out of the market, fearful lest he
has made a mistake in going in and
equally d%istrustful as to his judgment
in selling out. He has all the char
acteristics Of a Kangaroo quick
jumper either way. Meantime, he ex-
hausts his wind, his legs. and not least
Of all, his margin. From time i'm
memorial there have been bulls and
bears and lambs in Wall street, but
only recently has Wall street observed
this new class of operators, the Kan
garoos. The Kangaroo is without
nerve in any direction. He is fighty,
e~rratic, and of no use to himself or
his friends. but then it must be said
in justice to the Kangaroo hat only
in times like those of the last few
weeks have there been opportunities
to display kangaroo characteristics
Chicago Journal.
, 1902-02-11
Classified.

Stories of Father Taylor, the sailors
friend, are perennial in their warn
human interest. He was a man who
at all times spoke with an engaging
frankness which sometimes became
more brusque than vas desirable. A
banker from the West End Of Boston
once visited Father Taylor's church
during a fervid revival, and varied
the usual character of the meeting by
a rather pompous address. Its pur-
port was that the merchant princes OF
Boston were a very benetlcent set OF
men, whose wealth and enterprise gave
employment to thousands of sailors.
and that it was. above all. the duty
of Gamer to show their gratitude to
the merchants. At the close Of his
speech the banker was somewhat taken
aback when Father Taylor rose and
asked simply: rs there any other
sinner from uptown who would like to
say a word?'-Youth's Companion.
, 1902-02-11
ENGINEERS FALSE ALARMS.
One Pooled by Rcd shirt and Another
by EIcctrir Headlight.


When a mans sitting in an engine
cab. looking up the track with a con-
slant watch for danger a burden on
his mind, said an engineer, things
sometimes ooh different from what
they really are. This is especially true
II after long service his eyes begin
TO be a little affected. | used to know
an old engineer who was one of the
most careful men on the road. In fact,
he was always worried. and fear of an
accident got to be almost a mania
with him. One day he was pulling a
long freight down a pretty fair grade,
when he suddenly Clapped on the air,
inc gave the 'highbalA with the whis-
tie, sending the brakemen out oyer the
train setting the hand brakes as fast
as they could. Finally they brought
the train to a stop, II everybody ran
up to see what was the matter. Among
the men who came UP was a redshirt-
ed section man. When the fellow got
close, Jack, the engineer, began to rir
out the biggest string OF cusses | ever
heard. He damned up and down any
man who would veal a red shirt while
working on the section. for Jack had
seen that shirt and thought is was a
red flag and stopped his train.
Il had an experience myself not
long ago" spoke up another engineer.
1T was since the new electric head
lights were put in. You know how
they look coming up the track. They
are so bright you cant see anything
else. and its hard to tell whether they
are moving or not. was running a
freight n had a pretty heavy train.
We were coming around a curve just
before making a siding to pass ar
other train, when one Of those electric
headlights flashed on me. | thought
it was all over with me. but | stopped
to put on the brakes and reverse, and
hung on just a minute in the hope Of
getting the train stopped before I
jumped. The grade wasn't very heavy
and | got the train stopped all right.
Before | started to jump | looked
again. | discovered then that the light
didn't seem to be any nearer. l in
vestigated and found that the other
train was at a ~standstill and wait
ing for me at the switch."-Salt Lake
Herald.
, 1902-02-11

evacuated. q At the end OF 1898. The
pupulaE H. Of cuba would be tens of
thousands greater than it is now. and
its wraHN would he higher by tens of
milliuu- of dollars. There would be
no appeal now for reciprocity with the
United State for by this Cuba would
probably haze been ready for admis-
sion to statehood. when it would have
ahsuIur, free" trade with us. 1t would
undoubtedly hay" a material reduction
Of duties even in its territorial status.
Cuba as the rorty-sixth state of the
union would he in a vastly better situa-
tion than a cuban republic could be nm
der any sort Of "A president who could
be named lay her people. AS a state OF
tn" union II would have good govern.
mcnt. its resources would be imme,
diatcly developed. and it would. for
tive points in all the United States for
immigration and capital from the en-
tire world. There would be no doubt
ir that cas-" as to its future. immediate
or ultimate. The hesitation of capital
lists and wOuld-bo settlers which is cx
hibited now would be lacking. All this
talk of approaching ruin to the island
if reciprocity is not granted by the
United states would be part of this
country. Common sense dictates thai
the Cubans repudiate the Teller folly
by Immediately asking for annexation
to the United Sales.--future Demo
Crat.
, 1902-02-11
CONSIDERATIONS OF MONEY.


a Writer Protests Against the Taking
of Interest.
such laws as the prohibition to take
interest for money loaned to one in
distress Exodus. xii, "a: Leviticus,
XIV. 80; compare Psalms. XIV. ~ is
4 protest against the business of mon
ey lending as carried on in Babylonia,
where thousands of tablets found be-
meath the mounds reveal the extent to
which this enterprise was developed
in the commercial centers of the Eu-
pirates Valley. OF course, without
money lending on IA large
scale cannot be carried on. but this is
exactly what the Pentateuch aims to
avoid. says Morris Jastrow. in the In
dependent. The ideal which it holds
up Is not commerce, but agriculture.
1t has no sympathy with commercial
expansion: it does not hold out the
hope-nay. it distinctly discourages
the prospect of the people becoming
the rivals Of the B~abylonians and
Phoenicians. the great merchants of
antiquity. The progeny of Abraham Is
to be "as numerous as the sands Of
the sea" but nowhere is wealth held
up either as a goal or I'VE a posi-
bility. The picture which the com
pliers of the Pentateuchal codes had In
mind was that of each mar sitting
with his family under the shade Of his
fig tree. Every pater familias was to
own the land which he cultivated.
Country life is given the preference
over city life. Hence interest is in
~tentionally tabooed as an effective
blow against converting the people
into a commercial nation.
, 1902-02-11

= Colorado cattleman has been in.
terNicwed by the Denver Republican
h makes the astounding statement
that 800 lives were sacrificed last year
over range trouble. He maintains the
present land laws are an absolute mis-
fit and advocates n leasing plan under
the control of the secretary of the in.
terror. la regard to the deaths occur.
ring through range troubles. it is prob,
able the Colorado man has multiplied
the actual figures by ten. Leasing
could be brought about. he says. by q
very simple bill. providing that the use
of the grass on the public lands shall
hc under the control and direction of
the secretary of the interior Tor agri.
Culturel and that he shall have pow,
cr to make such rules and regulations
governing their use as he may think
proper This should be don at once,
lands for demonstration. The fact
that the range is being rapidly destroy
ed. that what little vegetation nature
provides II the arid west is being re
moved by the promisCuous use of these
lands and that millions of acres are
being annually returned into absolute
desert. is sufficient reason to justify
such a measure"