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The Washington times., 1902-05-11
BROOKLYN WINS
HONORS AT CHESS
RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
Canals Render Them Impossible in Some
Sections.

In projecting railway schemes in China
it is of the greatest Importance to give
due consideration TO the excellent exist
ing systems of waterways that have been
extensively developed in the northern and
especially in the central provinces. In
connection with their unsurpassed river
system the Chinese have covered the
country with a great net work of canals
wherever the topography and water sup
ply made II possible. Thus they possess
a means of transportation which, though
slow. is exceedingly cheap and perfectly
safe. Whatever rsly De the conditions in
China fifty years hence. modern railways
cannot now successfully compete with
water transportation. Branch lines OF
railway coming down from mountainous
districts to river and canal ports would,
however, pay as traffic feeders TO the
waterways. but not otherwise. There is
probably no large country in the world
where water transportation can be made
so easy and effective as in China. The
successful application of steam power on
the Upper Tangtse River has just begun.
The betterment of this and other naviga-
BILE streams through use of modern en-
cheering methods will open up to steam
ers thousands of miles of waterways now
fit only for the Chinese sampan. The
natives are unlikely to object to the I'M
provements of their canals and rivers,
whereas they are certain TO throw IN
Vulnerable obstacles in the path OF rail-
way construction.
The writer is not of those who be-
lieyes that unlimited and indiscriminate
railway building is going to beneht
China: the conditions here are quite dit-
ferent from these existing in America,
for example. fifty or sixty years ago. IL
NAV be said that the Western States oil
America have been made by the railways.
the tide of population flowing steadily
along the paths cut by them through an
uninhabited wilderness. The opening OF
new avenues of transportation in China.
however, or the substitution of steam
motive power on those already in exist
ence infringes at once upon thousands oil
native vested rights for which the treat
les provide no compensation Conse-
quently multitudes of people viii be de-
prived of their occupation as boatmen
muleteers. and porters, creating justif-
able discomfort which it will require time
and great tact TO allay until other voca-
tions are found.
Then. too. the people in some sections
of China are so poor and produce SO lit
lie beyond their own needs that II VIII be
exceedingly difficult to make railways,
passing through such sections self-sup-
porting by local business.-Cassier's s Mag
aZine.
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
ODD QUIRKS.
Preferences of Some Great Men in Their
Reading.


Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than a French novel.
Lord Give said that Robinson Crusoe'
beat any book he ever read.
ST. John ChrysostoHi never tired OF read
ing or OF praising the works of the Apos-
tie John.
James I Of England was a lover Of the
classics and very familiar with most of
the Latin writers.
Bunyan read little besides his Bible. and
often said that Christians would do well
to read no other book.
Salvador Rosa liked any kind Of poetry.
but more especially that relating to the
country or to country scenes.
Mrs. Siddons gave much attention to the
history of the drama and had an extern
sive library of this kind OF matter.
Hume said that Tacitus was the ablest
writer that ever lived, and himself tried
to model his style on that of the Roman
historian.
Locke gave most of his attention to
works of philosophy. He said: 81 stand
amazed at the profundity of thought
shown by Aristotle"
The elder Pitt liked Shakespeare. but
not the labor Of reading plays. He en-
joyed hearing them, and once said that
he had learned more English history at
the theater than at the university.
Shelley read with close attention all
the works he could find antagonizing
Christianity. He thought he was an athe-
ist, but was mistaken, as there is not a
more spiritual writer in our language
than he. He read the Bible with great
care. and some of his finest imagery is
borrowed from its pages.
Tennyson would not talk about his
poetry. but once intimated that he re-
garded the lode on the Death of the
Duke of Wellington as containing more
inspiration than some of the others. He
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
ARIZONA FINDS A WHALE.
Scientific Persons Asking How 1t Ever
Got There.

In the museum at the University of
Arizona. al Tucson, has just been placed
the skeleton of very large whale found
on the desert south OF Yuma.
The find has excited much attention
from scientists and aroused discussion
over the manner In which the big fish
came so far inland 1T has been said, and
is doubtless a fact, that virtually all of
southwestern Arizona and southeastern
California was once covered By the ocean.
and some scientists declare that the whale
was left high and dry when the waters
receded from that region.
II is more likely. however, that the big
fish yentured into the Gulf Of California
and was washed by a food upoA higher
land
Other finds of value from a scientific
standpoint have been made in the same
region. In the university museum are the
tusks and lower Jaw of an elephant. which
were found on the Yuma Desert. The
size of the jaw and tusks prove that the
animal was OF larger proportions than the
elephant of today.
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
WOMEN IN THE STOCK YARDS.
Taking the Places of Men in Chicago's
Distinctive Industry.

Slowly but irresistibly women and girls
are forcing men out Of the lighter work
that is done at the stock yards. Thou
sands OF them are employed in the pack
ing and canning factories there, and II
the business grows as it has done within
the last three years thousands more VIII
be used. In no case, however, are women
working at anything but what might be
termed Kitchen work" such as cutting
dried beef. packing cans, stufiing saul
sages. and labelling cans.
Dread has been aroused by this growth
of female labor in the yards. and many
Of the social settlement leaders fear the
time may come when the girls will use
the knife even in Staying. So great has
this become that Miss Mary Mcdowell. OF
the University of Chicago Settlement,
suggested ii at a meeting OF the Woman S
Union Label League.
General opinion in the yards. however,
is that the day is still far distant when
tine girls actually will take hand in
the killing of even chicken.
Between 5000 and 5000 women and girls
are on the payroll of the various stock
yards houses. They form 70 per cent, OF
1np III INT CdUHlus
In both concerns the girls. while taking
work that once was done by men, are
hired TO 90 only the lighter grades Of
labor.
In one of the rooms where forty girls
were busy painting cans. and where the
fumes OF the paint were heavy, all were
asked IL they liked their work, whether
they got sufficient pay and whether they
were willing to give up their places TO
men.
Like my work." asked Jennie Laugh
lin. Sure, l do. The pay beats that OF
my sister down on State street all hollow
Why. / was off two days of last week
and still made 50. Don't think for min
ute that / am going to give UP this job
to any man. Cutting him out? Sure. l
am, but what's the diff"
THE question is right here" said
James Rostande, who works in the pack
ing department of Armour & Co. The
girls have been coming in here by the
hundreds and they have taken the light
work. There is not girl and never Will
be a girl or woman who will use the knife
for slaughtering purposes, but they have
taken the easy and easy money making
jubs. Their fingers are more deft than
ours and where strength is not necessary
they are doing we'll. / am under the
IMPRESSION lndt ho man a'"S p'e" 49,
out of work. but they have been forced
out of easy work"
The girls cut and pack dried beef and
label the cans. Beef is cooked for ex-
tracts and then packed by them. They
clean and pare vegetables and put them
into cans FOR use. The meat extras are
trimmed and cut UP by them. All this is
called Kitchen work" In addition to
that the canning companies have their
girls solder the cans and feed the tin
machines.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
IMMORTALITY IN WAX.
Reformer Eoberts' Crusade Against
Show Window in Memphis.

Charles +. Roberts is a misguided NOR
alist from Mississippi He inaugurated 4
sort of Carrie Nation crusade on Main
Street yesterday afternoon.
Artificial anatomy is Roberts pet antip-
athy. His long suit is the demolition
of the plate glass windows wherein
tradesmen are won't to display imported
petticoats and white lingerie, clinging
with seductive grace to shapely models
which reveal the latest things in hosiery.
Roberts came to Memphis Thursday. In
passing to and fro, before the brilliant
windows on Main Street his sense of mod
esty was deeply shocked by what ap-
peared to him to be the impicus exhibit
tions in the show windows. Roberts says
that he is a devout church member. and
that his duty to the younger generation
rises to any emergency in the removal
of temptation from the path of youth.
At 3i6 and 34s Main Street there had
been for several days decorated window
The Washington times., 1902-05-11

once said that he did not expect much Oh
the Charge of the Light Brigade, ana
was agreeably surprised at It's reception.
Scott believed that "waverly" was his
best novel. and THE Lady OF the Lake
his best poem He and the Ballantynes
had more than one lively discussion en-
the subject, but he would never admit a
change of opinion. He knew THE Lady
Of the Lake" by heart. and once repeated
the whole to prove the fact. Literary
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
BABY.ONIAN BRICKS.
How the Laws Were Registered in
1000 B. C..

When N. Morgan opens his exhibition
at the Grand Palais on May / OF the re-
suits of his excavations at Susa 1t will
be to give very fairly complete history
of the kingdom of Elan as II was nearly
1000 years before Christ.
Sculptures, bronzes. ename1s and num-
bers Of terra Gotta tiles bearing cunei-
form inscriptions relative to deeds,
treaties and bills OF sales have been
brought to light by NJ. Morgan and his
companions, and the majority have been
translated.
The most interesting discovery is a pill
lar about eight feet high. sculptured out
of hard stone and containing the original
text of several laws framed by Khan
mourabi. King of Babylon, in the twen-
tieth century before Christ, with a por-
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
RAILROADS IN SPAIN.
3,Ioo Miles to Be Built-Reasons Why
They Will Be Narrow Gauge.

The Spanish Cortes has just approved
the new railroad project under which it is
proposed TO construct about S.1OO miles of
narrow-gauge railroad at a total cost of
s5O.OOO.OOO. the state guaranteeing per
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
Washington Commenced Play.

Washington won the toss, and chose the
opening moves on the odd-numbered
boards At lis the time clocks began
ticking In unison with the telegraph, and
the match was on.
Al table No. /. Vladimir Sournin. hold
or of the local club championship, opened
with his favorite Queens gambit. to which
Howell, of cable chess fame, replied with
the Dutch defense.
On board No. 2, A. W. Fox played the
regular defense against the Queens gam
bit, offered by the Brooklyn crack. II.
Helms. De Wiser adopted the same line
of play in parrying the attack Of District
Champion F. B. Walker on board No. 3.
E. p Hanna at the next table. turned
Zirn's opening into French defense. An
other Queens gambit, with the Dutch re-
ply. was carried on at No. ) by ". II.
Smith and A. E. Blaekmar. At table No. 8
II. 7. Guthrie. the youngest member OF
the Washington team. had to defend
vigorous Ruy Lopez conducted by c. Curt.
The lines OF play or the second half OF
boards we're as follows: No. I. Sicilian de-
Tense: No. s. Petroff defense: No. 9. King s
gambit declined: No. 10. two knights de-
Tense; Nos. IL and 12 French defense.
Opening Play Slow.
The first two hours play. owing to the
novelty OF the contest. was naturally slow
During this time neither team gained any
advantage. Two more hours. and Wash
fngton was minus material on two of the
first six. and one of the second six boards.
When adjournment was taken at o'clock.
Mr.. Wilkinson had hopeless game. main
lv brought about by failure to castle.
Cuf bria urae mt ma
in a poor position generally.
On the first table SourDin gave UP pawn
and later the exchange for an uncertain
attack. but with good drawing chances.
With a slight loss of position on two OF
the lower boards, a fighting chance re-
manned.
The only game that showed an advantage
for washington was No. 4, where Mr.. Han
ma was a pawn plus. and with good win
ming chances on the queen side'
Several of the players just managed TO
make their first twenty moves within the
time limit.
ON the resumption of play. Wilkinson re-
e;gned. and Guthrie succumbed to Curt :
irresistible attack, making the score
10 in favor OF BROOKLYN.
Chance to Win Lost.
After an equal contest of 3e moves
which narrowed down TO two pieces ana
four pawns each. Captain Hill and Law
romeo agreed TO draw. Ray also ac-
.on.ed an offer OF draw. The two draws
gave washington point No. /.
chance Tor victory was lost, owing
,o Mr. walkers pressure for time. He
IA a clear advantage, but, under the cir
cumstances, accepted De Nissers oher TO
Sourain and Howell on board l,
reachcd the end game on even terms. and
were satisfied with one-half point each.
. i,to result was reached on board 8, be-
.,,.aan Nessrs Smith and Blackmar. An
error in end play lost for Douglas when
draw was in sight ,,,,,
r Thomas clever win over Elweil
", tho score 3Is to 5ia Mr.. Fox re-
aiSn aISnes after a hard struggle; while the
games of Hanna and ,,, zirn; and md Knight Knight
shu ioes for Washington and the latter
as a draw
The summary: m. NJ.
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
Mr.. Thomas Wins.

The solitary win scored by the locals
fell TO the lot of w. E. Thomas. who out
played his opponent at all stages.
Mr.. Z. p. Hanna was looked upon as a
probable winner at the time of first ad-
Journment. but failed TO hold his ad-
vantage. the game finally being adjudi-
Gated against him by DR.. Lasker.
The officials were: Referee. DR.. B.
Lasker, of New York: umpires, James
Patterson for Brooklyn, r. r. Williams
for Washington.
The transmission of the hundreds of
Intricate moves was accurately handled
by Chief Operator L. Tharp, assisted by
+. Holbein.
When the exchange of contestants
names was made at 1890 O'Clock p. m,
the Brooklyn club substituted Blackmar
and Grosser for Jones and Swafiield, who
were previously announced.
Twenty moves to the hour was the time
limit agreed upon, with the hours of play
from i to and Z to Il.
The regular English chess notation was
employed in telegraphing the moves.
The pairing of players, received from
Brooklyn at / o'clock, was as follows:
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
Defeats Washington Team
at Kingly Game by
Score of 8 to 4.
MOVES MADE BY TELEGRAPH
Locals Win One Game and Draw Six
Mr. Thomas 0utplays His Adversary
Vladimir Sournin Fails to Do Bette.
Than a Draw.

The first telegraphic team chess match
oetwcen the Washington and Brooklyn
ohess clubs is matter of history.
from noon yesterday until midnight
'ne battle of the black and white ragged.
win the result that the local experts
lost by the score of to 4.
Taking into consideration. however. that
the Washington team was weakened by
the absence of several strong players. the
showing made against the cracks of the
famed Brooklyn Chess Club was most
creditable.
The failure of Brooklyn's top-notch
players to win from Messrs. Walker
Sournin, and W. H. Smith is evidence
enough that President Walkers conf
oence in the chess powers of local fol-
lowers of the game will be vindicated in
future contests
The Washington times., 1902-05-11

wsshinRton-won. l.; drawn, o; points. 4.
Rrookiyn-won, 8; drawn. 9: points. 8.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-12
Events point toward one Of the hot
test county conventions the Republi~
cans have ever held. It will come off
next Monday in Tucson.
Death OF Mrs. FIeishmdn
Fl Well Beloved Resident

Carlota Meyers Fleishman, wife of
Mr.. Fred Fleishman, died at the family
residence on North Church avenue
about ] o'clock this afternoon.
The circumstances attenant upon the
death of this estimable woman, one of
Tucson's most respected residents, are
particularly sad. Mrs. Fleishman fell
from a wheel while riding about three
years ago. The fall injured her spine,
22G she has been unable to walk since
Everything in the way of medical sci
ence had been procured for her by the
indulgent husband, but to no avail.
From ROBUST woman she had gradu-
ally wasted away, until she finally sue
cuntbed to the disease.
Mrs. Fleishtman was the daughter of
Justice Charles III. Meyers, and was
born in Tucson November 4, 1868. She
became the wife of Fred Fleishman in
1881. She leaves a son, Herbert
Fleishman. besides her loving husband,
to mourn her loss.
The funeral will be held from her late
residence, 321 North Church street, to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Ser
vices will be conducted in the cathed-
rail-
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-12
A SIMPLE CHANGE.
Made a World of Difference.

The health resort does not always
bring back health, but the health re-
sort and proper food make a pretty
sure combination.
Mrs. E. Kennett, Springfield, Missou-
ri. writes: Il was pronounced con-
sumptive and sent to Asheville, North
Carolina, for my health. just could
not eat without a cup Of cofree, and
my stomach was in such a condition
that ] could not drink it. 1 was al
most in despair when the landlady of
my boarding house said that if I would
drink Postum Food Coffee I would find
it would take the place Of coffee and
agree with me. She made it so de-
licious that I enjoyed every meal l ate,
and gained in flesh and strength so
rapidly that / was able to come back
home and live.
II give Postum more credit for my
return to health than climate or any
thing else I am sending you this
letter for the benefit of those who are
having hard time living, and I am
sure that if they will use Postum,
their lives will be prolonged"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-12
The Republican Factions
Have T Knives Out

The Juror in the Republican camp is
increasing hourly. The harmony OF
which the leaders have been boast1ng
has been suddenly turned into DIN of
discord. The brotherly love which
was so much in evidence at the mass
meeting last Monday evening has
been turned into extreme hatred. The
elements are pulling this way and
that. In fact the family is SO dis
rupted. the camp is so dlsorganized,
that many of the more peaceful ones
are questioning seriously the exist
ence of a local division of the G. O. P.
Both sides are still claiming victory
and exhibiting their knives with the
gore of the first encounter still upon
them. Wilson is tickled over the dis
comiture of the push" and they in
turn are threatening him with every
thing on the calendar. He declares
that he has majority OF the delegates
fixed, that he has smashed the COM
bination and knocked out his enemies.
OF course if Mr. Wilson has accom-
plished all this he can rightly feel
iubilant. The ''bosses," to tell the
truth. are feeling little glum. They
have to admit that Wilson is danger
ously near his purpose, but they are
determined that he shall not accom-
plish his object If he does succeed
in getting the nomination, they prom
ise that he will be the worst knitted
candidate ever put in the field.
Meanwhile the poor, eluded. hood
winked voter is asking himself how it
happened He can not see how it
was possible for him to have rushed
in with a ballot to defeat Wilson and
at the same time knock out the idol
of the party, w F. Cooper He, with
out exception, is swearing vengeance
on the ''big bunch" for putting up the
Job on him. However, the man with
the ballot has another guess coming,
and should Mr. Roscoe Dale succeed in
working the game in the convention.
at the expense of the Republican
voters, he will be surprise at the un-
That straight ballot of the machine in
the primaries was a scheme to trick
the innocent voters, and, once exposed
| it can never stand approved.
| A low rumble is just starting in one
corner of the machine. It will only
take day or two for this new friction
to smash the machine to smithereens
1t will be remembered that Judge
Kirkpatrick, Colonel Zabriskie and
Farmer" Shrine were on the boss
ballot. IF indications go for anything
they should have been elected. Tht
count shows them to be many votes
short of the required number How
did 1t happen? This is the question
which the trio is asking just at pres
ent. Wilson evidently was not stronl
enough to do it. The defeat of the ma
chine men can be laid directly to thei
comrades in the band wagon. The.
were knitted pure and simple by thr
other half Of the machine.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-12
G.F. Kit in the East
What Tie Saw and Heard

Mr.. George F. Kit, the we'll known
Tucson merchant, has returned from
an extended trip to the east, with New
York as his objective point. Mr.. Kitt
is ar observant traveller, and while
away from home took note of passing
events.
lie says that the trust problem has
aroused the people Of The east, and
that it is discussed. almost to the ex-
clursion of everything else. The in
creased cost of living has brought the
power Of the trusts home to the people,
and there is a general demand for their
suppression or regulation. Mr.. Kilt
says that the power of the trusts alb
eorh the attention of the merchants
and traders everywhere, and that it is
we'll Understood that unless the COM
bines are suppressed or put under con-
troll individual enterprise will soon be
eliminated from industrial activity.
! The great coal strike has called at
tention to the trust problem as moth
ing else could. Mr.. Kilt says that
coal enters into the life of the people
in the great cities almost as much as
air and water. Coal famine confronts
the people of New York and the
people ar ready to destroy the trusts
a. the first opportunity.
Mr.. Kilt believes that If the Demo
Gratis take a bold attitude against the
trusts, and nominate a safe. conserva-
tive candidate in 1904, they will cap
ture the Presidency. The Democrats
of New York. Mr.. Kilt says, are tired
of Bryan, and can not be induced to
support him again. But the tariff
and trust policies of the Democrats are
popular and everywhere that Mr.. Kilt
went he heard people say that they
would vote for the party that would
take stand against the combines and
high tariff.
Mr.. Kit says that Arizona has a
good reputation among eastern busi-
ness men, but it was made apparent to
him that Tucson has not been judi
ciously avertised. Many people asked
him. when they were told where he
lived, chow far is that from Phoenix
The explanation is that Phoenix has
been extensively advertised by the
railroads an it's Chamber of Commerce
while Tucson has been neglected.
Mr. Kit did not hear much State.
hood talk during his eastern trip, but
whenever the subject was brought III
the people were disposed to be friendly