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The Washington times., 1902-04-13
POLICE NO MATCH
FOR TEN-YEAR.OLD boy
Fooled Officers Who Sought
His Fathers Arrest.
While Pretending to Aid in Search fol
Parent, He Signaled Father
to Escape.

NEW YORK, April 12-Pretending to
sid the police Il their search for his
father, George T Howard. who is wanted
70 explain why his residence at Ridge
wood NJ J., was found TO be like rob-
ber's den, ten-year-old Clifford Howard
yesterday fooled the would-be captors of
his parent by signaling TO the latter TO
get away. The father obeyed the pre-
cocious son and slipped off, almost at the
moment the police had their hands on
him.
81 gave him a sign to duck" coolly re-
marked the boy. and, to further hulniliate
the policemen, he added. My old mans
all right, but he's too quick for these
fellows-they amt very wise guys, are
they"
Then, smiling at the men he had de-
ceived, he went to them once more and
after telling them in detail how he had
warned his father TO keep away from
them by signaling to him through the
window of a car, he added, TO their ex-
ceeding discontinue:
But, say, now. you fellows don't want
him any way and you couldn't get him
II you did
When the police forced their way into
they found it was filled with almost every
imaginable kind of plunder, from a
Soluble sleigh to a womans watch, and
.he authorities and the neighbors be-
!ieve they have found the general stor-
age place Of a gang of New York thieves
who have been operating in that part
OF the country for nearly two years
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
A MATHEMATICAL MARVEL.
An lndianian's Lightning Rapidity in the
Manipulation of Figures.

Arthur E. Griffith, the mathematical
wonder of Milford, Kosciusko county,
Ind, Is preparing to make tour OF the
principal educational institutions of the
country for the purpose of demonstrating
before the professors and students his
wonderful mathematical feats in lightning
calculating. The multiplication of one
number of ten figures by another of nine
figures more quickly than the fingers of
a mans hand can set down the product
is one of the mathemat tician's latest
achievements. His answers are always
correct and are given within eight or ten
seconds after the problem has been pro-
pounded. He is even faster in his addi-
tions than the adding machines now in
common use in the banking establish
ments of the country. He gives the sum
of long lines of figures as quickly as his
eye can take in the characters composing
the various sums.
In multiplication Griffith finds no diff
| Guilty in multiplying sextillions by mil
| lions. in a recent test he squared each
of three figures and multiplied each by
the other and obtained the sum of the
products in ten seconds. Thirty-six OPP
Crations in multiplication were necessary
in the solution of the problem. While
working a series of tests Griffith multi
| tanned the product in eight seconds. He
multiplied 327 .S41 ,277 by 999, ,999, 1893 and
had completed the writing OF the product
in nine and one-half seconds. Other large
numbers required longer time, but no
period exceeded thirty seconds.
When baby Arthur Griffith was pc
culiarly endowed along certain lines, and
constant practice and hard work have de-
veloped these facilities Of the mind to
| such degree that Griffith's claim that
he is the greatest calculator in the world
today is not difficult to substantiate. The
mother of this remarkable youth relates
that the first words spoken by the baby
were numbers. He learned to count to
the hundreds and thousands before the
age when most children begin the strug
gle with the first letters of the alphabet.
Griffith has remarkable memory. He is
able to call off rapidly as he can talk
a number containing sixty-nine figures,
which represents the numbers of combi
nations which can be made with a deck
of fifty-two playing cards. His most diff
ficult feat in memory work is to watch
train of about sixty cars pass him and
then recall in the order of passing the
numbers of each car and the name of the
road to which it belongs.-Cincinnat
Commercial Tribune.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
No More Lawyers for Him.

few days ago Harry Tomlinson. 0
worthy colored citizen OF this town, APP
piled TO Judge Johnson for some legal ad-
vice. His case was that he had stood Sc
curity for Rev. Lockett, a colored preach
er, for house rent to the amount of SIG
and Lockett wouldn't pay it. The judge
says: We'll Harry, is Lockett the best
mani" mo, sir" replied Harry, Tin the
best man" well, my advice is, Harry,
remarked the Judge, that you go and give
him good, genteel whipping" Harry de-
parted and in about an hour the news
came down 20 the business part OF the
town that Harry and Lockett had just
had a fight and that Lockett had just nat
urally eat Harry up. The next morning
the combatants were brought before the
mayor to answer to the charge of lighting,
when the mayor inquired II the% wished to
procure a lawyer to defend them. mo.
SIR" replied Harry, with unmistakable
earnestness In his voice, mo sir; just go
right ahead; I've had lawyers advice
enough."-Jssper tFla.) News.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
LIKELY TO PUT OFT
THE ST. LOUIS FAIR
Opening in 1908 Thought to
Be Impossible.
Work Upon Site of Worlds Fair Is
Scarcely More Than Begun-Direc-
tors Favor Postponement.

ST. LOUIS, April 12.-While there has
been no official action taken looking to
postponement of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. and while President Francis
declares unauthorized all reports that the
fair will be postponed, there is a general
belief in ST. Louis that such action will
be taken.
glance at the Worlds Fair site is
sufficient TO convince anyone that the fair
cannot be held in 1903. While an enor-
nous amount of work has been done, the
period of construction may be said to be
just beginning. The site is not yet cleared
and the grading is incomplete. Work has
barely started on the construction of
workmen's and storage buildings. Only
seven or eight States have made any ap-
preparation whatever for exhibits at the
fair, and several of these have made only
preliminary appropriations. The final
work of securing appropriations from
States cannot be consummated until the
next session Of the legislatures next win
ter.
that it is impossible for them to get
ready by 1903. Japan has made formal
request for postponement
Adolphus Busch one of the directors,
has been reiterating for months that the
fair cannot be opened on the date set.
John Barrett. worlds fair commission
er to Asia, in public interview last week,
made the same statement and gave reas-
ons therefor.
Ex-senator Carter, chairman OF the
Government Worlds Fair Commission,
in an interview this week, enumerated
hypothetical conditions (known to ex-
ist) under which, he stated. postponement
" ould become matter OF necessity.
1t has been positively stated in St
Louis newspapers that ninety-two out OF
ninety-three worlds fair directors are in
favor of an immediate request that Con-
gress postpone the fair. Congressman
from Missouri and Louisiana Purchase
territory have candidly expressed their
hope for this. The Government architect,
Mr.. Taylor, has declared in his opinion it
will be impossible to have the Govern
ment buildings at the fair completed by
May. 1903.
Santos Dumont's statement that the air
ship tournament will be a greater sue
cess If the fair is held in 1904 or 1908 is
another thing that convinces St Louisans
that the fair must and will be postponed.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
ILL-FATED CANONCHET.
Governor Sprague's Widow Now Lying
Critically Ill There.

Mrs. Inez Sprague, the beautiful wife
of Rhode Islands war Governor, is re-
ported critically i'll at the Sprague home
stead, Canonchet, and her recovery is
doubtful.
Magnificent CanUnchet has been the
scene of all the sorrows and tragedies
of the Sprague family. 1t was there Gov
ernor Sprague found Roscoe Conkling
after he had forbidden him TO visit his
wife Kate Chase Sprague, the daughter
of the Chief Justice of the United States.
Conkling was driven away at the point
Of a shotgun by the Governor, and Kate
Chase Sprague left the house with her
three children and never returned.
Then trouble followed in all its variety
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
to the war Governor From his financial

to the war Governor. From his financial
difficulties he emerged into the bank
ruptcy courts. Next came the sensational
divorce, and Governor Sprague was for
years a lonely man, and the great house
was the gloomiest place at Narrangansett
Pier.
From this gloom it was rescued by Miss
Inez Wood when she became the second
Mrs. Sprague. The palace was bright
again. and all the old ghosts seemed fled.
There was a ripple when the old Gov
ernor again took down the historic shot
gun 10 drive away his wife's brother. VINO
was 4 suitor for the old mans pet niece,
but that episode was soon forgotten.
Now the woman who brought the light
to the mansion again Is on a sick bed
from which she may never rise She is
a very beautiful woman, and was. before
she became mistress of Canonchet. a
prima donna. She has kept the house
filled with company during her regime
New York Journal.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The Sterling is reported to the Navy
Department as having sailed yesterday
from Lambert's Point for Culebra Island,
off Porto Rico. The Kentucky left Ca
vite for Yokohama; the New York, Woo
sung, for Nagasaki. and the Potomac, San
Juan, for st. Thomas. The Helena has ar
rived at Woosung; the Buffalo at Hamp-
ton Roads. and the Farragut at Sap Fran
cisco.
After leaving San Juan the North At
lantic Squadron will 90 to Nipe Bay. Cuba.
for day.
Rear Admiral Wildes has transferred
his flag from the Kentucky to the Rain
bow.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
TO AID FRANCE IN AFRICA.
Russia's Payment for Support in the
Far East.

LONDON, April 12.-It has been made
tolerably clear in the last two or three
weeks that France is not entirely with
out compensation for her declaration of
full support of Russia in the Far East, as
announced in the Russo French note rcla-
tive to the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
1t seems that the original treaty of al
lance between France and Russia ex-
pressly excludes from the scope Of COM
mon action the two questions which were
of chief interest to the French-namely
Alsace-Lorraine and Egypt.
II now proves that in order to induce
France to sign the Franco Russian note
On China. Russia gave her assurance that
she would be ready to waive. if need be.
the clause in the alliance which excluded
Africa, and would freely give France the
same support in African matters that
France has offered her in Far Eastern
questions.
Some significance. therefore, is attached
to the visit this week of French and Rus
sian squadrons to Tangiers
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Luck Came His Way.

Yes. I play the races occasionally" "
said the man with the fur-trlmmed over
coat, and. CT course, hit 1t occasionally.
For instance. | came out way ahead in
New Orleans the other week. had 500
up on 10 to l shot"
And he came in ahead?' was asked.
''Oh, no; he was among the last
Then | don't see how you made good
thing
Easy as grease. There were no less
than seven friends of mine there who'd
have wanted to borrow the thousand dol
lars if l mad won it. and so | figure that
was $500 ahead by losing,
Commercial Tribune.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
FROM RESTAURANT TO RosTRUM.
Waitress in a Cleveland Lunch Room
Changes Her Calling.

When the record of the present cam
paign is made up and its details recorded.
il is not improbable that one OF It's bright
features will be the place filled by one OF
the workers of the Democratic women S
committee who last evening made her
appearance as a spellbinder at meeting
called to arouse enthusiasm in the cause
of Democracy.
Less than six months ago she was pass
ing out lunches to hungry Cicyelanders
over q lunch counter. Then she was
chosen to execute contracts and care Tor
the business interests of the organized
mattresses; today she appears in the role
of stump speaker and has made such
success that the managers of the woman $
campaign look upon her as one Of the
most potent Influences at their command.
The speech which brought Miss Clara
Mcconnell, the business agent OF the
Mattresses Union. into prominence as a
noIitical factor and one who might be eX-
pected to sway not only the workers OF
her own class. but move the sympathics OF
that mart of womankind who listen TO her
exposition of politics and education as
the weapons with which labor must tignt
its battles, was delivered before the Utica
auxiliary club last evening. The club is
housed in "A neat little cottage on York
street and last evening turned over it's
rooms TO the Democratic ladies for a
noliticaI meeting There were gathered
in its coy rooms a balf-hundred maids of
the West Side when the members of the
executive committee, accompanied by
Mrs. May c. Whitaker, arrived and took
charge Of the meeting. Miss Anna Shee-
han was chosen to preside and introduced
the members of the committee. who spoke
of the work of the campaign. IL was
Miss McConnell's first appearance upon
the political platform.
The public does not demand oratory
as a side dish. with its steaks and saul
sages, and a waitress is the only honor
which Miss Mcconnell claimed. Her po-
sition on the executive committee was
due to her acquaintance with the mem
bers of organized crafts. and 1t was ~
personal solicitation rather than speaking
that her influence was expected to be
turned to yotes.--Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Conf MERCIAL PEOPLE
SHOULD READ BOOKS
Advice by Mr.. w. A. Fraser,
Author of The OutcaStS.
Is IN TOWN FOR A FEW DAYS
AT Work on a New Novel in Which a
Horse Race Plays Prominent Part
SAYS Turf Methods in America and
England Are Very Much Unlike.

Mr.. W. A. Fraser, author of "Mooswa of
the Boundaries, The Outcasts," and
other books of short stories, is in town for
few days.
Mr.. Fraser has been spending the winter
at Atlantic City, at work on a new novel
which is to be ready for publication some
time next season. There is horse race
in this novel, and the authors presence
here at this time is partly due to his de-
sire to absorb local color at the Benning
racetrack.
To the Younger School.
While Mr.. Fraser belongs to the young
er school of Canadian writers, much of his
life has been spent in India, in England,
in the United States, and other places
which are not in Canada. In appearance
he betrays the Scotch descent, which his
name indicates. being blue-cyec and of
sandy complexion, with eyes both keen
and humorous.
To use colloquial phrase, he gets
right down to business" in his conversa-
tion, and there is no pose about him. He
is rather sloY in getting enthusiastic
about anything, but when he is, the quail
ity Of the enthusiasm is conta gious and
he is likely to have good listener
What is the most striking difference
between racing in this country and Eng
land?" Mr.. Fraser was asked.
''Oh, everything is different There is
no comparison between the two. The
methods are unlike, the racing talk is
entirely different, and the people who
attend the races are not of the same sort
as in England.
A Society Event
Racing in England is much more
formal affair-much more OF q society
event. There is nothing here which cor
responds to the Derby. / have seen n
good deal OF racing, in England and else
where but l had to learn everything all
over again. Yo4 see. every bit of the
talk in a racing story must be true 10
life; there must be no chance for any
one who was familiar with the life to say:
d" Yes. but that man would never .alk
in that way or, that would never hap
pen in such a way.
at doesn't do to write a story and be
careless about the use of phrases and
terms of a technical nature. II man
is going TO use technical name for
thing, he ought to make sure, by ask
ing some one who knows all about it,
that his use of the word is absolutely
correct. II isn't enough for him to say
there are a great many stories published
in which mistakes of this sort occur and
il won't matter"
There seems to be a disposition lately
to produce novels dealing with techni-
oalities-the careers of men who have
achieved success in some branch of com
mercial life"
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Those Used by Insurrec-
tionistS to Stir Up Strife
in the Islands.
SAMPLES AT THE WAR OFFICE
A Copy OF the "Manila American" De-
tails Means Used by These Enemies of
the United States to Continue the III
Feeling Heretofore Existing.

A recent copy of the Manila American
received at the War Department contains
an interesting letter in regard to the ef-
forts of the insurgent leaders in Batan-
gas province to deceive the ignorant ma
tives and bring about further hostilities
Batangas province is one of those not yet
pacifed, and recently brought into
prominence by report called for by the
Senate on the conditions there.
The correspondent OF the American" in
Batangas says that IN insurrecto COM
mandante has issued proclamation, say
ing that the United States was in the midst
of bloody civil war, a great battle had
been fought at Chicago. in which 600
regular soldiers were killed; that an
army of anti-imperialists was besieging
Washington, and Roosevelt would be de-
posed and DIR. Brien" proclaimed Presi-
dent.
A Grand Decoration.
In a circular letter issued by another
officer It was declared that the "junta
central at Kongkong had received a ca
blegram from Berlin saying that the En-
peror of Germany was about to confer
upon General MaIvar a grand decoration,
and that in consideration of the re-
,inquishment by the insurgent general of
all claims to the Caroline Islands, which
formerly belonged to the Philippines. Ger
many would supply the insurgents with
$500 new rifles and 100000 Mauser car
tridges.
Stay Out of Hospitals.
The same officer charges that in Iloilo
the Americans established public hos
pital and then compelled all the very sick
people to he taken there for treatment:
it was noticed that some of these sick
people died very soon; that they might
not be bothered with cases, the Ameri-
can doctors administered much poison. In
this easy way the Americans meant TO
kill off all their enemies. Consequently
all who were true to the insurgent cause
should under no circumstances be taken
TO an American hospital"
The same officer declared that additional
chaplains had been sent to the Philip
pines the reason being although the
United States was considered a Protes-
ant nation, so many Americans were sent
20 hell from the Philippines that all
Christendom was scandalized, and the
Pope of Rome commanded the President
20 send more chaplains to these islands. "
The paper adds that these are only sam
pies of many such lies proclaimed for the
purpose of making trouble among the ma
dves.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
INSURGENT CIRCULARS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
CHANGE IN FLAGSHIPS.
Rear Admiral Wildes to Use Rainbow in
Place of Kentucky

Rear Admiral Rodgers, commander-ir-
chief of the Asiatic Station. telegraphed
the Navy Department yesterday that Rear
Admiral Wildes. junior squadron com
mGnder, had transferred his flag from the
battleship Kentucky to the Rainbow,
which will be the stationary flagship at
Cavte. The Rainbow was a merchant
vessel purchased for use in the war with
Spain. and recently fitted for the use to
which she has now been put.
The Kentucky left Cavite yesterday for
Hongkong to meet Rear Admiral Evans
whose flagship she will be on his arrival
there next month Admiral Evans sailed
from San Francisco on April s, accom-
panied by the members of his staff, Lieuts
F. c. Chaplin and Thomas Washington,
and Ensign Franck T. Evans, Admiral
Rodgers sailed yesterday in the flagship
New York from Woosung for Nagasaki.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Criticism of Rough Rider.

81 met Captain Bell he said, lin Cam
ada at about the time, / think, that Mr..
Roosevelt was made Governor of New
York, and there was a great deal Of criti-
cism OF him in the papers, as man like
ly to incite the people to military ideals
and stir up bad feeling between the Unit
ed States and England and what not and
there was some feeling in Canada that he
might show a desire TO pander TO the
anti English element in this country and
so involve the two countries in war.
1T was also charged that he was in
clined to make great deal of his mill
tary reputation. Captain Bell, however,
in telling of his acquaintance with him in
Cuba quite discredited these ideas, and
evidently admired Mr.. Roosevelt greatly.
At that time / had never met him, but |
am inclined to think he is one of your
greatest Presidents"
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Should Have Books.

yes, and l can't understand why any
one should want to write such books-or
read them. Why, man said to me the
other day. We are a commercial nation.
and we like novels which deal with the
things in which we are Interested That
is the very reason, il seems to me. why
we should not have the commercial novel
IF a man has been hard at work all
day making spades or wagon wheels and
things, why should he want to go home
and read book which tells about spades
and wagon wheels? II We are a CONNER
cial people in commercial age all the
more reason that we should have books
which are artistic and beautiful
Here's a book that deals with lumber
camp life, and 1t represents young man
of twenty-five. by his own unaided exer-
tions, rising to the control Of a logging
camp and achieving success in that busi-
ness. Do you think that that is in accord
with realism?'
Well. no. OF course no book is with
out faults-false touches of some kind.
From what | know OF lumber regions and
numbering ! should say that young col
lege graduate without money or expert
ence could not do that. 1t is one of the
things which happen in books, but do not
happen in real life. / used TO see on the
ranches out West what becomes of he
college man when he attempts to live in
the midst of conditions which are not
natural to him. He is apt to get careless
and lose his ambition, and come to moth
ing. He doesn't enter these conditions
and come off conqueror. as he does in the
books He is more likely to spend his
money and become demoralized."
In regard to President Roosevelt, Mr..
Fraser told of an interesting little inter-
view which he had with Captain Bell,
who was an English attache in Cuba
during the war, and was with the Rough
dI.r.. for ri OF fhe ftrna
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-06
ARE BUYING: FINE. CATTLE
American Purchasers of Thorough
BREEDS Are Very Busy in
England,

New York Sun Special servics.

NO" 4oLk GUN 6peC1Rk service.
London, Dec. 6.-TheE last few months
have found in the United Kingdom an
unprecedented number of American buy
ers Of thoroughbred cattle, whose pur-
chases of high-class breeding stock ag-
gregate many thousand pounds. A num-
Der Of the animals bought are intended
Tor exhibition at the st. Louis exposition.
The prices paid range from 50, 100 to over
$3.50 per head. Scores Of high priced
bulls and cows have been shipped during
the summer and fall. Among the buy
ers now here is G. E. Marvin of Lexing-
ton, KY, who will take back twenty five
thoroughbreds in May and July.
j. s. Goodwin of Chicago has purchased
a number of Angus breeders and the Ar
mour agent is sending 100 Herefords to
the United States. A number Of purchases
also have been made of Tiny Dexter and
Kerry cattle in Ireland, the breeding of
which has recently become quite the fash
ion in England under the patronage Of
Lady Lansdowne and other titled fanciers.
The ruling Of DR.. Salmon, chief of the
United States bureau of animal industry,
allowing the importation Of Jersey and
Guernsey cattle into the United States
without the tubereulin test, is expected to
stimulate purchases in those islands. The
agricultural departments agents during
the last ten years have inspected over
10000 head of cattln Jersey and Guern-
sey and have not. M}lnd a single case Of
tuberculosis sOn& tl1e& other hand. Eng
land and Scotland are badly infected and
breeders here, on that account, appreaend
the early adoption ofsm ore stringent quar-
antine measures by the United States.