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The Washington times., 1902-09-10
SELECTION OF SITES
FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
New Scheme Adopted by
Treasury Department.
Much Dissatisfaction Caused Hereto.
fore by Efforts of Congressman
Local Views Now Sought.

Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the
Treasury, has devised new plan to
select sites for public buildings in the
different cities of the United States,
which is intended not only to be salts
factory to the inhabitants of the city or
ed. but also to the Government in gen.
eral, hand the Treasury Department in
particular.
AS soon as the site for a proposed
new building has been selected, the
department will make the fact known
by posting up q public notice. for thirty
days. describing the location for the
building In the postoffice of the town
where the building is to be erected.
The notice will invite the people to
communicate with the Treasury De-
partment regarding their views on the
site selected
If. at the expiration Of thirty days,
no protests worthy of consideration are
filed, the purchase of the site
will be completed II, however, on the
valid, Mr- Taylor will order an investi-
CATION and. II necessary. order a new
site selected.
The Many New Buildings.
This departure of Mr.. Taylor from the
old method of simply selecting sites
without considering the views of the
people or paying special attention to
their protests. is Of interest to almost
every State, as postoffices. custom
houses and other public buildings have
been authorized by the last Congress for
every State with the exception Of Della
ware and Idaho.
The Treasury Department heretofore
has been considerably hampered In the
work of selecting sites by the impor-
turities Of Congressman in favor of cer-
tain localities often at variance with
the plans of the architects office. This
practice has led to dissatisfaction in
many parts of the country.
Would Satisfy the People.
1t is the opinion at the Treasury De-
partment that Congressman should in the
future limit their influence. so far as
the SelectlOn OF puDnc putting SITES is
to the town or city in which
they live 1t is believed at the Depart
ment that this would give more salts
faction to the people throughout the
who would then not feel as If
their opinions were outweighed or over
ruled by those Of their representatives
In Congress. 1t is also believed that
the greater freedom of action in the
would redOuble to the good
Of the public service.
The Washington times., 1902-09-10

On the opposite side of the roadways
entering the White House grounds and
extending TO the extreme eastern and
western limits of the grounds will be
two additional stands. each seventy five
feet lcng. The total seating capacity of
the stands will be about 5000. With
The 15e0 seats to be reserved for the
rse OF The reviewing party. there will
remain but 300 seats for sale.
Mr. Clark viii this morning confer
with Chairman Warner. of the execu-
tive committee: Chairman Orren G.
Stapice, of the committee On grand
stands and reservations; Secretary
3ulklcy, and others of the committee,
and the contract for the erection of the
stands will probably be let.
Chairman NJ J. Weller, of the public
comfort committee, is each day securing
quarters for vast numbers of individuals
in addition 10 many posts. Yesterday
Two posts secured quarters and num-
Der of others made application for accom-
modations. Sloeum Post, No. IL, OF Provi-
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
A Topsy-Turvy Room.
Title ArgOnaut.)

\ bachelor who lived near Paris man
aged TO secure much amusement out of Il
'topsy-turvy room" which he had built
in his house, a gentleman, who was one
OF stag party that visited him from Sat
urday to Monday. says: when we woke
up, about 2,;oclock, on Sunday morning
after n jolly evening, one o. our number,
sound asleep on the couch in the billiard
room, was carried out like log by cou-
pie OF servants. My host gave me SOL
emn wink, and told me that if sudden
summons came was to rush from my
bedroom, or else l might miss sight
worth seeing. l wanted nothing but sleep
and was relieved when the summons
came to find that it was broad daylight.
Yawning, followed the valet, and found
myself, with four others, silently peeping
through little holes in wall. The scene
was absurd, ridiculous. A dazed man,
slowly waking to full consciousness, was
lying on a plastered floor, looking I'D in
horror at a carpeted ceiling. Two heavy
couches, an easy-chair, chairs and tables,
securely fastened, stared down Mt him
from above. The mans eyes at last rest
ed on fOwer-pOt directly over his head,
from which darihg rose apparently
real-was blooming. He gave a cry, and,
rolling over, grasped with frenzied hands
the stem Of the chandelier which came up
through the floor. The host burst into
the room with loud laugh. sThey all do
it, he cried, they fear they viii fall up 70
the ceiling"
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
xWzH the WESTERN
6A ~4RMY~
IYn4% The Battle of Atlanta.

The Battle of Atlanta.
By GEN. GREEN B. RAUM.

and the enemy had already, before this
brigade had time to assume its position,
passed through the interval and attacked
the Seventeenth Corpssdirectly in the rear.
ASSAULTS REFUSED BY LEGGETT S
AND SMITHS DIVISIONS.
eff the enemy had concerted his at
tacks from front, flank and rear, so as
to strike my line at the same moment with
his different lines of battle, it would have
been extremely difficult, if not impossible,
to hold our ground; but this was not done,
and MS, his first assault fell upon our
rear, both divisions took the opposite side
Of their breastworks, and repulsed them
with severe loss. The attack was. re-
newed from the same direction upon Gen.
Leggett's Division. but was again repuls-
ed with great slaughter. This was fol-
lowed by an attack upon Gen. G. A.
Smiths Division which came upon his
flank and rear as his troops stood on the
reverse side of their works, with their
backs to the city of Atlanta. Both bri-
gades Of this division were Immediately
formed to meet this attack, at right an
giles with their works, in two lines, facing
to the southwest in the open field, and
The National tribune., 1902-09-25

Art, which was in a position on the
left, was captured. Many Of the men
detailed on the working parties to con-
struct a new line of works in advance
were also cut off, and fell into the enc
my's hands; but q large number Of them
reported as missing were either killed OF
wounded and left on the ground we were
compelled to abandon later in the day.
I'VE captured from the enemy at least
500 prisoners, which certainly equals the
number they took from us, and the enc
my's loss in killed and wounded in front
of the Seventeenth Corps greatly exceed
ed ours. 60 49,:
"On the morning after the fight the en-.
emy sent a flag of truce to- bury their
dead, and we buried and delivered over to
the enemy to be buried Of their dead be-
tween 900 and 1000. These, were col
lected from the ground which formed only
a part of Gen. Leggett's position. About
one-third of the ground occupied by Gen.
Leggett, and the whole of the position
which had been held by Gen. Smith, hav-
ing been abandoned late in the day. re-
mained in the enemy's, hands. land upon
this ground the enemy collected and bur
led their own dead; but upon this ground
the fighting had ragged for over five hours,
and the enemy had been repulsed, with
immense slaughter in five or. six distinct
assaults.
L lie lighting WIS 1T very ClOSe quar-
ters, and our men generally fought from
the cover of their breastworks, and the
officers and men engaged in this part of
the field concur in stating that the loss of
the enemy there was equally as great as
upon that part of the field which remain
ed in our hands. and upon which we gath
cred and counted their dead. l am fully
persuaded that the enemy's loss in killed
in frcnt of the Seventeenth Corps must
have been at least 1000. l believe that
the killed exceeded the usual proportion
of wounded on such occasions not only
on account of the closeness and desperate
character of the fighting, but as the enc
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
IN Dogs Reason
(Cy warman, in September "success.D


John Blank, the librarian at Lundun,
was talking about animal stories anu .ne
growing interest in that line OF literature,
desnite the preposterousness of some OF
the tales, and the almost Impossible Things
credited by authors to horses, dogs, ana
other animals, when l related to hlm what,
as a boy, had seen an uneducated farm
horse do. The old horse had pushed the
barn door open and walked out, the door
being out Of plumb at the hinges, Swung
against the side of the barn. The morse
turned about, hooked his feed-feeler over
the edge of the door, slammed it shut. and
started to walk away, but he had closed
the door with so much force that 1t bound
ed open, though not so wide as before:
Then he stopped, turned about again, ana
closed it not quite so hard. ms tlne
the rebound threw it open about ten
inches. The horse looked at it for five or
ten seconds, and then nosed it up again
very softly. 1t remained closed and the
horse walked off. When midway in the
barn lot he stopped, looked in the direction
of the barn, and then went to the water
trough and took long drink.
.'Three months ago. said Mr.. Blank,
"a neighbor of mine died. At the house
they kept very ordinary dog, which my
neighbOr had never made much of; but,
being kind, good-natured man, he had
never abused him. After my neighbOr's
death, this old dog would take his place
on the walk outside the gate to meet his
master, who had always. reached home at
certain hour. The family noticed the
dogs actions, but not one of the members
of it could remember having ever before
seen him watch for his master.
Yesterday / called at their home and
found stranger there. The old dog trot-
ted across the room, but stopped when he
heard the strangers voice. He looked
at me and spoke to him.
'"The stranger spoke again and the dog
turned and faced him. The man had not
paid the slightest attention to the dog, but
the animals actions were so unusual that
could not take my eyes from him.
"The old fellow tilted his head to one
side. took few steps forward, and then
sat in front of the man and gaZed into his
face.
"Next, he put his front feet on the
mans knees and listened intently, while
the man, needless of the dogs familiarity,
talked to me. He climbed into the mans
lap and looked up at his face. Then he
stood on his hind feet, put a paw on each
Of the mans shoulders, and gazed into his
eyes.
1T may have been only my Imagination,
but it seemed to me that had never be-
fore seen such a troubled, puzzled look in
an animals eyes and tried to reason it
out"
what was the cause of his behavior"
I asked.
''The stranger" said Mr.. Blank, "was
the dead mans brother, whom the dog till
that day had never seen"
The National tribune., 1902-09-25

am the same Geo. S. Beck who IL hated By
every Free Sample schemer. rec Prescription fakr
and {: I'D. fraud in America because ofthe manner
Their only object IN making Free" offers 10 to
get the namesof men who are vitality weak. % that
they may harass them with their impudent letters
and lying, filthy circulars: and ] now again chal-
ense all Of these poison distributors to thoroughly
sift and test my charges Of villiany and fraud In
any court they may select Iyou have had any deal
ings with them you know that my charsesa are true.
! beg to assure you on my honor as man that
matter whether you are married or single. old.
young or middle-aged: or no matter whether your
too frequent indulgence in pleasures tho
practice Of secret vice or the excessive use OF
strong drink Or tobacco. tho use OF my Wonder
body, renew every tissue, develop every organ.
strengthen every MUSCLE invigorate every function.
and bring to you q perfect and permanent Iestora-
0n son br 81 do his because ey
are Pure Nerve Food and Tonic, and because
they do not contain any phosphorus or Spanish fly.
other Of the poisons that make the vile nos
trums sent out by tho frauds and quacks danger
Gus to human lfe It is perfectly safe to use them
at any time or under any circumstances, and their
use will not fail to restore natural strength and
vigor without stimulation in old or young.
Because Of the wonderful merit OF my Wonder
Workers. medicine, have built up the largest
mail-order medicine business in the world in less
than four years, and have been compelled to re-
move from my old quarters at 40 S. Market ST.,
this city, to "A and 46 East Main Street, the
largest business building in Springfield. In
order to properly conduct my enormous business.
II you order "Wonder-Workers," mention this
paper, the publisher Of which is hereby author
lied to publish me as fraud and scoundrel Il
fail to do exactly as agree with any ofits readers
The price of Wonder-Workers" is only One
Dollar per box always cash with order; by express
at your expense. II will cost Is cents to lift them
from express Office II you send 81 Is to pay pack
ing and postage, send them by mail prepaid.
thus saving you ten cents. II you have any doubt
about me: write to any Commercial Agency. the
First National Bank Of this city THE baEk OF which
Hon. Asa S. Bushnell EI-Gov. OF Ohio. Is Presi-
dent.l or to any Of YOUR friends in Springfield.
GEO. 6. BECK.
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
Why the Price of Meat May Continue High
("Success.rD

There is another important element that
seems to Indicate that the price of meat
will continue to be higher for a long time
there is falling off in the production of
cattle. In the United States ON january
l, l9OO the oxen and other cattle num-
Dered 2I,6lO,Oo4. AT Corresponding
time, four years earlier the oxen and other
cattle numbered 32.0S4, 400. There is
falling off something like fourteen and one
half per cent, during a period when the
population increased something like ten
per cent. Here are conditions which were
not brought into existence by the beef
trust nor yet by the predecessors of the
beef trust.
Is the beef trust preparing to take ad-
vantage Of these conditions? That seems
very likely, for the men who have COM
bined to form this trust have waited until
now to do it, waited until time when the
eyes Of the whole country are turned upon
them to form a combination more init
mately connected with the life and hap
plness of the people than any of the other
great enterprises-the steel, sugar, and the
oil trusts, for instance. Is their purpose
sinister! That can hardly be, unless it is
sinister to employ large aggregations Of
capital in large way; for after all, the
only security that the future holds out
to them is good service to the people. The
people are just beginning to look into this
matter of trusts. They will understand
them very thoroughly before discussion
ceases, and, if they are baneful in their
influence, ways will be found to curtail
their power. Besides, beef cattle and
other animals can be raised and killed in
the old way in the older parts of the cOun-
try. But meat is likely to be high, if not
as high as at present, until the production
and the demand are in more harmonious
accord.
Meantime, the best efforts Of the clever
people who try to make two blades of
grass grow where one grew before will be
continued. There will be oil-cake fat
tened cattle, distillery-fed cattle, and
baby" stall-fed beef. 1t may be that
some of these make as good beef as that
Of fnely-bred cattle fattened on succulent
grass and corn, but any meat is much to be
preferred to none at all. Certainly none
Of them at present commands the very
highest prices in the best markets; that
is, if the retail butchers know what they
are buying.
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
CURES WEAK MEN FREE.
Insures Love And A Happy Home For All

- -~>>-~ = >>>ss
How any man may quickly cure himself
after years of suffering from nervous weak
ness, lost vitality, varieocele, etc, and re-
store the organs to strength and vigor. Sim
ply send your name and address to DIR.
Knapp Medical Co., S72 Hull Bldg, Detroit,
Mich, and they will gladly send the free re-
ceipt with full directions so that any man
may easily cure himself at home. This Is
certainly Il most generous offer, and the fol-
lowing extracts taken from their daily mail
show what men think of their generosity:
Dear Sirs:-Please accept my sincere
thanks for yours of recent date. l have
given your treatment a thorough test, and
the benefit has been extraordinary. 1t has
completely braced me up. I am just as Wig
orous when a boy, and you cannot realize
how happy l am"
Dear Sirs:-Your method worked beautI-
fully. Results were exactly what 1 needed.
Strength and vigor have completely re-
turned, and is entirely satisfactory"
Dear Sirs:-Yours was received, and /
had no trouble in making use of the re-
ceipts as directed. and can truthfully say it
is a boon to weak men. l am greatly i'm
proved In strength and vigor."
All correspondence is strictly confidential.
mailed in plain, sealed envelope. The re-
ceipt is free for the asking, and they want
every man to have 1t.
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
rilipinos Stealing United States Nail.

The "Manila Freedom" prints a cir.
cumstantial account Of the finding Of emp.
ty mail sacks in the possession Of natives
along the wharves. A Customs Inspec.
tor while endeavOring to straighten out q
number of carcOes which were massed to-
gether, thereby nearly blocking the pas
sage Of the river, noticed q q. s. mail
bag on one Of the boats as a curtain to
keep out the sun and rain from the little
shelter built ON the end Of each. The
Customs Inspector took note Of the fact
at the time, and later, by inquiring of the
Manila Postal authorities, learned that all
old bags that cannot be of further use are
returned to the United States. The find
ing Of the mail sacks, in view Of the fact
that many valuable letters have been lost
recently, leads to the belief that the ma
tives have been robbing the mails.
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
Weak Man
4 W1dsOpea Letter % tAse 6eest Afay Of
Week Mea Who Have Beea 6oodwiaksd
ssd DefrsUded By the lafa@oss
RascaIs Who Disgrece tho
M0d5ci00 8vSi0esS.

MY DrAH Bnorxrls than 10000 pefms.
nent cures during tho past four years prove that
mon everywhere. There Il not q case OF Mems
Weakness or Nervous Troubles OF any kind any.
where on earth tho matter whether caused BY over
man be old or youns) that Wonder Workers" will
fail to euro quicker and at less expense than any
ether remedy made anywhere In tho world. u
dose three times Q day. They cured me In less
than ono month 8 time. at the sge OF forty-four
years. when l. like you. lacked that vitality without
which q person Is . man only in name. and after
had been nearly ruined BY the frauds and fakifs
who disgrace the medicine business. Bear in mind
that am the only man in the world in the business
who has solemnly sworn that the medicine he sells
cured himself, and that ths names OF all who buy
il will be held sacred forever. Cures Varicocele.
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
GEO. s. BECK,
- and Sc Main ST., SPRINGFIELD. OHIO

exercises. Three men of Spencer County,
who were personal associates of Abraham
Lincoln while he resided in Spencer
County, have been selected. They are
Capt. j. w. Lamar, of Buffaloville; Red
mond Grigsby, of Lincoln City, and
James Gentry, of Rockport. The work
of clearing the Lincoln Park. which sur
rounds the grave and monument, has been
commenced. The place where stood the
cabin in which the Lincoln family lived,
and where Mrs. Lincoln died, is on a
small hill Immediately across a narrow
valley from the site of the grave and
monument The cabin has been torn
down and destroyed, and the only thing
that row remains Of the original land
marks is an old cedar tree that stood in
the front yard of the Lincoln premises.
This tree is now under constant guard to
protect it from relic hunters.
The National tribune., 1902-09-25
Nancy Hanks Monument.

Gen. John A. Black, commissioner
of Pensions, will be orator at the dedica-
ton of the Nancy Hanks monument at
/. Col. Charles DENLY, Of Evansville,
was first chosen, but he had to decline.
A pretty bit Of sentiment has been brought
in play in the selection Of the Reception
Committee to serve during the dedication
The National tribune., 1902-09-25

"He calls his office dental parlor.'
Isn't that ridiculous?"
1T is. indeed. He should call it a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-26
Honest Elections.



Ex-Governor Johnston, in the opening
speech OF his campaign. announced that
the issue between himself and Governor
Jelks was honest elections and the right
of every man to have his vote counted
as cast This Is strange turn. That is
sue was fought out when the new con-
stitution was presented to the voters of
Alabama fer ratification or rejection.
That instrument insured honest elections.
1t promised that every white mans vote
of Alabama should be counted as cast.
It sounded the death knell of the un-
scrupulous political manipulation and bal
lot-box suffer
The issue between honest elections and
a continuance of those conditions which
had become tntolereble to the manhood
of Alabama was clearly defined. Cover
nor Jelks stood for the new constitution
and honest elections. Ex-Governor John
ston is opposing the new constitution,
necessarily standing for the oio order OF
things.
BY virtue OF Iht new constitution 1t
was possible to break away from the con-
vention system. By reason of the very
instrument he condemns, Ex-Governor
Johnston will seek office on August 25,
with the assurance that every vote Will
be counted as cast.
If Ex-Governor Johnston stands for
honest elections the issue which he ant
nounces overshadows all others does not
exist. It was decided at the election last
Novennber with Governor Jelks battling
Johnston against II. The reform was ac-
complished in spite of his strenuous OPP
nosifion. 1t will be maintained in spite
az insidious assaults upon the instrument
which has enfranchised the white men of
Alabama and placed the politics of the
State upon a more elevated plane and in
sured white supremacy with an honest
ballot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-26

Republican leaders out of the primary
and will debar some more prominent fol-
lowers, but hundreds of plain men who
vote as they please IN general elections
may be influenced by the Republican
leaders to support Captain Johnston.
Clearly there is some reason why the
Republicans want Governor Johnston
nominated. and the Democrats should set
about finding out the why's and where
fores.
The Democratic workers who were in
terested In the Constitutional Convention
campaign in 1899 understood in part why
the Republicans are partial to Governor
Johnston. He repealed the constitutional
Convention act that year With Populist
votes In the Senate, and lcagued himself
with the Populists and Republicans last
year to defeat the ratification of the Con-
stitution by the voters of Alabama. That
action was calculated to make the Re-
pubIicans feel kindly toward him.
But there is another reason why the
Republicans are inclined to support Gov
ernor Johnston. They regard him dis
organizer; a man who places his own po-
litical welfare above the welfare OF his
party, and thew hope to see that SELFISH
ness disrupt the Democratic Party in AL
ALBANIA.