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The Washington times., 1902-01-17
COULD NOT FIND MR.. DoNATH.
Not His Fault, He Says. and Refuses
to Pay Bill for Removing Weeds.

The District Commissioners have re-
ferred to the City Solicitor for an opn-
ion in the case of August Donath, who
offered objections TO the payment of a
special assessment against his property
for the removal of weeds. He claims ne
was not notified to remove them. he
question involved is that of the right Of
the Health Department to remove weeds
after advertisement and charge the cost
against the property in a special assess
ment.
The Health Department reports that an
effort was made to locate Mr.. Donath and
serve notice in the usual way, and. fail
ing, the department pursued the course
of advertising the lot as among those
covered with weeds, and after the required
time removed the weeds as provided for
by law.
Mr.. Donath states in reply TO this that
his address has been in the city directory
for several years, and was there when
the effort was made to find him. He
claims that the law was not complied
with. and asks that the assessment be
Cancelled.
The Washington times., 1902-01-17

One CT the important questions left over
by Captain Beach for his successor in Of
fee to struggle with was the application
for permit TO locate market on Four
teenth Street near Street A decision
was reached in the matter yesterday, Col
onel Bid3le siding with Commissioner
Nacfarland in vote TO reject the appli-
cation. Commissioner Ross dissented
from thar view and fled his views for
record on the minutes of the board
The application was flied by Francis
Perciyal and Robert Head for the Co
lumbia Market Company. April %, 1901
TO locate market in accordance with
plays submitted at the point named. The
action of the board yesterday was upon
motion OF Colonel Biddle, who has super
vision of the Office of the Inspector of
Buildings, where the application was filed.
He recommended that the application be
denied for the following reasons:
Law Requirements Met.
while the law has been fulfilled as TO
requiring the consent of the property
owners in the vicinity, there seems to be
considerable doubt as to whether a suf-
flcient number of them actually desire it
TO make it good policy TO grant permit
against the protest of the remainder. In
the opinion of the Attorney for the Dis
trict. of May 10, 1901, he states that he is
OF the opinion that all the requirements
of the law were fully complied with.
"In rendering this opinion he states
that the applicants had received per-
Trlrf nm L,,sI
Fourteenth Street, at the corner of V
Street, covering the entire lot, 16 by 140
feet, which would make void any objeo-
tion Of the dwellers on V Street to the
market, and that the applicants had no.
titled the Commissioners that failure to
erect this building simultaneously with
the market would authorize the revoking
of the market permit.
This application for a store expired
October % last. 1t was not renewed, but,
on the contrary, was withdrawn on No
yember 27, SO that apparently there would
The Washington times., 1902-01-17
SMALLPOX AT BENNING.
Tramp Dew cfops the Disease While
En- Route From baltimore

a case of smallpox was reported to the
Health Department yesterday from Ben
ming. James Murphy a tramp, was the
victim and he said that he developed
the disease while en- route to his city
from Baltimore.
Murphy stated that he left Philadelphia
about two weeks ago. tramping South
ward. He left Baltimore last Friday,
coming toward Washington. He was
taken sick On the road.
Murphy reached the railroad yards in
Benning yesterday afternoon and was un-
able to proceed \ policeman reported
the case to the Health Department and
an inspector found the man with Il we'll
developed case of the disease.
Murphy had sought refuge in an empty
freight car and had called to some of the
yard men to render him assistance They
kept at a safe distance, but gave him
some food and water.
The department ambulance was sum-
moned and the tramp was taken to tie
smallpox hospital late yesterday after
noon,
The Washington times., 1902-01-17
Complain of a Muddy Sidewalk.

The District Commissioners recently re-
ceived complaint against the condition
of the sidewalk in front of 422 Sixth
Street northeast. 1t was claimed that
there was driveway across the walk and
that in wet weather this became so mud
dy as to make it almost impossible. An
inspector oft the Engineer Department
ordered the walk cleaned. and now recon-
mends that the papers in the ease he sent
to the Police Department for the en-
fcrcement of regulation.
The Washington times., 1902-01-17
REWARD URGED FOR FIREMAN.
Chief Dutton 1ecommends Advance
in Numbers for John DAILY.

K. W. Dutton, Chief Engineer of the
IRE Department. has recommended that
Fireman John DAILY. of Engine Company
NO. .. be advanced two number on the
list for promotion for bravery in climb
ing over the engine, while on its way to
hre. to assist the driver in controlling :
the horses.
The Chief Engineer states that through
the neglect of Privates McKeever and
EuDank while hitching the team one of
the reins was not hooked to the bride.
This was not noticed until the engine
proceeded about a square. when the
driver found some difficulty in guiding
his horses. Chief Dutton says that an
accident was averted by Fireman Daily
climbing over the engine to assist the
driver.
Chief Dutton states that Privates Nc
heeyer and Eubanl pleaded guilty to
the charge of neglect of duty and have
been deprived of their days Oft Tor one
month.
The Washington times., 1902-01-17
Says Contract Is Not Fulfilled.

Mr. r. b. Simms, Superintendent of
District Property, has reported to the
Commissioners that Mr.. Thomas Riley,
under contract to furnish the District
with lumber. has not fulfilled the terms
OF his agreement Mr.. simms recon-
mends that notice be served upcn Mr..
Riley that if the lumber is not delivered
at once that it. be purchased in the open
market, any excess of cost over the con-
tract price ..asbe charged against the con-
tractor
The Washington times., 1902-01-17
Friday Special In MEMS, Boys
and Chi'dIeH'S Clothing.

Q!l. Ui!iiGitii OiC:H:!iSi
One lot of Mems Suits. strictly all
wool. single and double breasted;
black Thibets. Scotch mixtures, chew
lots, worsteds, and c2ssimeres; odd
sizes. but your size is in the lot; every
suit perfectly tailored and perfect fit
ting; regular $1G.C0 value. SI m
Bargain Friday y...........-.... Jaw
70 Mems Raglans, with or without
yoke. in oxford. grey. invisible plaids,
and the latest green shades, extra
long. the latest square shoulder ef-
feet. $3.50 value. Bargain Sc 25
100 Ien's Pants in stripes, neat
plaids and mixtures. sold reg 81 %
ularly at $3.50 Bargain Friday '''''
One lot of children's strictly all
wool double breasted Suits, trimmed
in the best fashion and strongly made.
Regular S2.00 value. Bargain 81 GO
Childrens Raglans and Yoke Coats,
in the latest shades of Oxford, grey,
extra long; ages & to 10, including a
lovely line Of Top Coats. with - az
silk velvet collar. s. value. -'0O
so dozen Children's Wooden Knee
Pants. made for purpose of rough
wear and to sell at 39c regular. QC
Bargain Friday. ...............
The Washington times., 1902-01-17

MEMS furnishings Department.
Mems soc Heavy Fleeced Shirts &c
and Drawers. Bargain Friday. III
Mems 121sc Fast Black Hose. &C
Mems soc Working Gloves, l9C
strongly made. Bargain Friday. ~
Mems 12kc Linen Collars; all 7C
styles. Bargain Friday.
Mems 75c Colored Stiff-Bosom 1SC
Shirts. Bargain Friday.
Mems regular $3.50 Cardigan
Jackets. single and double 81 dd
breasted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Mems $500 and $3.50 Hats; 20
all shapes and shades. .......... .oo
Mems soc Umbrellas s.............o
The Washington times., 1902-01-17

the Health Department. SO as to prevent
the sale of unwholesome and improper
foods.
There is an immense territory be-
tween the Boundary and the District line,
which will soon be built up. and which
would naturally have recourse, to mar
ket so situated. To the people of small
means in all of that vicinity it would af-
ford food supplies without the cost of car
fare. There must be in the general vicin-
ity a market in time, and | believe that
the building up of this market would tend
to the improvement of the neghborhood.
Il was especially desirous that, as pro-
posed by the plan of the promoters, it
should become model market, charaC-
terized by cleanliness. good order, and
good management. patterned after the
markets which | have heard are estab
lished in Paris and other European cities,
which do not constitute n nuisance to
anyone.
Wcaried by Delay.
Il am informed that the withdrawal OF
the application for a permit for the erec-
tion of the store building at the corner
of Tourteenth and V Streets was due
wholly TO tne long ana prOlracleu ucidy
in acting upon the application for a per-
nit for the market itself, inasmuch as
six months had elapsed since the issuance
of the permit, and it would therefore of
necessity have to be renewed, and that it
was not thereby intended to indicate that
the building would not be erected if the
market were allowed.
1T seems to me that the building regu-
lations should be amended in some way,
SO as not to invite promoters to go to The
expense and trouble of procuring all of
the signatures required by the regulation,
with no possibility, or no likelihood, that
the Commissioners would after that had
been done issue a permit; that it would
be we'll to have the regulations so framed
as that the locality of the market can lie
presented to the Commissioners for their
and, if wholly objection
able to the Commissioners. even with the
consent of those property owners ,mme-
diately concerned that the promoters be
so advised in advance.
I'm this case the promoters had the
consent of the majority of the property
owners in square 235, on which the mar
iet was to be located, and OF the majority
Of the owners in the square Immediately
west of the said square on Fourteenth
Street.
The Washington times., 1902-01-17
The Minority View.
Markets of Public Advantage.

ri believe that markets properly con-
Quoted tend to the public advantage. They
concentrate in one locality nearly every
thing one wants to buy in the way OF food,
and furnish it fresh from the producer.
They are subject, in an exceptional de-
gree. tc he inspection of the officials of
The Washington times., 1902-01-17
Two commissioners Oppose,
One FaVOrS the
Proposition.
COL. BIDDLB PRESBN rs CASE
he Thinks the ThOrOughfare Would
Be thOked and Traffic Hindared.
Mr.. ROSS TAKES OPPOSITE VIEW.

The History of the Case Reviewed
md an Appeal Made to Opinion of
the Attorncy-Law Complied With.
Hut the Project Said to BE Con-
trary 10 Municipal Interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
FREEDOM FROM RING RULE.

From the Falkville Chronicle
 The only just way for candidates to be chosen is by primary, and every Lag arus in the land ought to send up such a demand that their voices will drown the surge of old ocean as 1t sweeps the southern coast-their words should not betoken begging but should ring with the clarion tones of demand-Ye have the right to demand 1t. and the moguls can't afford to refuse you your wishes. The old standards are broken-old usages are changed-old customs are antiquated -and old methods must be changed that Aiabamais constitution can subserve the best interests of Alabama's people. The constitution would become a ludicrous hoax if 1t in some measure did not give us freedom from the tyrannical rule of the political barons. The constitution will become travesty If the peoples voice is not heard bowling in the wilderness as they rush onward with their own standard bearer at their head. He must be made such by the voice of the people the whole people-and there Is only one way given under heaven and among men to do it.
 Less than a thousand men have for years had hold of the mill that ground out the nominee for state offices while these hundreds of thousands stood by and held the sacks while the other fel- low bagged the snipe-and they hadn't word to say. The people must have turn at the sausage mill this time and they will make mincemeat of the state big stomacheu politicians who have be- come bloatde on the wines of Bacchus and the meats of Egypt.
 A convention Is dominated by a frac- ton seven times out of ten-an election never. There has been such a thing as stuffing a ballot box but it Is "heap" harder to do now than to turn a con vention into q packing house.
 Gentlemen. let's try 1t one turn at the wheel-ask, in tones of thunder, the com mittee to give an election-they will do 1t, or their heads will drop quicker than Louis XVrs did, and we will be free from the ring rule forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A Rranoh rhatlle Needed.

"The technologicai schools in this country have made great progress, but with the exception of a few of them too little attention has benn paid to English in these schools" said a we'll educated electrical engineer.
 The college where studied paid almost as much attention to grammar and com positoin as 1t did to mathematics. But hundreds of men who are we'll grounded in engineering will never succeed in life because they lack an English education. This Is true in all branches of the en- gineering profession. Civil engineers, me- chanical engineers mining engineers as we'll as electrical engineers, should be able to express themselves clearly and in a way to impress If they cannot do this they are deficient.
 "The only way that men can learn to write in good style is to practice compo- sition and the groundwork of compost tion Is grammer and rhetoric learned at school.
 "In discussing this question of gram mar in connection with technical educa- ton, a writer in the Electrical Review says We are a careless people. Per haps more than any others we are willing to condone faults of expression if we are sure that the man committing them Is correct in his general principles. We do not ask for correct grammar so long as the facts and the statements concern ing them are correct; but the habit of sllpshop and illogical expression necessar- fly begets a similarly illogical and slip shod mental attitude. The man who can- not express himself in a straightforward and concise way Is apt not to be able to think straightly and clearly. Training then, in the art of expression is of twofold value, in that 1t also trains the mind of the student to run in logical channels and to act with precision and clarity upon problems presented to It. This training Is noticeably lacking in many engineering graduates whose expe- r!ence has certainly been sufficient to qualify them in other regards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
PATRIOTISM IN THE BLACK BELT

From the Mobile Register.
 Emenations from Montgomery lead us to think that the state committee is lis ening to the general and persistent call for a state primary, and that, if a way of placating the black belt can be found. the primary will be ordered. It Is time for the black belt to act the patriots 8 part. The new constitution makes a state primary a logical feature of future party operations. We can all get together by this method and party strife will be avoid ed The Selma Times, the most infiuen- tial organ seems inclined to ad- wise liberal and generous action on the part of its people. Ad- dressing local contemporary the Times says: We are certain that he will hear something from Montgomery within the next two weeks that will rather Jar him. Within that time every state official and candidate will be as lustily crying for a state primary as children are said to cry for certain patent cure-all. The black belt has all to lose in a state primary, but the black belt Democracy has been for quarter of a century the savior of the party in the state, and it Is now will ing with one last great sacrifice, to save 1t for the future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
New Test for !mmiurants.

The Underwood amendment has been widely discussed, and 1t has been we'll received by all parties and in all sections. Why" asks the New York Mail and Express, should We admit foreigners who are past the school age and make citizens of them with out the preparation required of na- tives?" The Philadelphia Inquirer thinks some test that will limit un- desirable immigration is necessary, and the Chicago Record Herald holds that any test that keeps down the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03

number of undesirable immigrants should meet with general favor. Mir. Underwood's proposition may be said to have been endorsed by the coun- try, few, if any, papers objecting to it.
 This sentiment Is strengthened by the fact that immigrants are coming into the country in large numbers. The arrivals of the month just ended foot up 8S,500, or 15,000 more than ever before arrived in a single month. Thus far this year PCT, ,104 immigrants have come in, and 53 per cent of them, says Immigration Commissioner VII. Hams, are undesirable. They are non producers seeking casual tasks in the large cities of the country. They have no trade or regular vocation.
 The greater proportion of all mod ern immigrants come from northern Europe, southern Italy. Greece, Syria anu Ju6 OCldfOuIC SOuhlilCo aAO SShN ing over in great ship loads. The Hun, the Polander and the Syrian are com ing in ever increasing numbers, and the large cities are congested by them. They are illiterate, full of ha- tired for authority, clannish, with no conception of what constitutes free government. MT. Underwood pro- poses to stop this tide by means of an educational test, and a simpler or better restrictive law cannot we'll be devised. It is needed in order to protect the cities of the country against an undesirable population. It will not keep out any desirable i'm migrant, any producer of wealth, for such can read It will promote immi- grafton from northern Europe, while it restraints and regulates the tide pouring in from southern Europe and Asia. There is much practical sense in it, and if the senate needs public sentiment it will be passed during the present session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
Primary Band Wagon Full.

Two aspirants before the people who desire to become candidates of the Democratic party have spoken, and both desire state primary. One of them is J. Craig Smith. now state treasurer, who desires to succeed him. self, and the other Is J. Thos. Hef1in, who wishes the nomination for sec retary of state. The former lives in the heart, the political capital, of the Black Belt, while the other resides in a county on the Georgia line Both say the wishes of the people should be needed Each bows to the people as the true and only sovereigns.
 These two expressions of opinion show which way the crowd Is moving. The Democratic primary bandwagon is to be overcrowded very soon, for all Democrats are hurrying to the pri- mary camp. The stampede is all one way, and it is sweeping all before it.
 There is no longer need of argu- ment, for the sovereignty of the peo- pie stands recognized and confessed All now see that the one road to har- mony and victory lies in the holding sof a Democratic state primary. On Thursday of this week Georgia will hold a state primary in which all nom- inees from United States senator to a beat constable will be selected. There will be harmony then in Geor- gia, because when the people act d. rectly and each Democrat has an op- . portunity to express and to make eff fective his choice, there Is little room for complaint and none at all for bolt ing. The harmony plan that Georgia has adopted will be adopted here ant all danger of two tickets in one party will disappear altogether. The entire
 capital and stock in trade of the DO
 litical knockers consists in denuncia' tions of the convention system which belonged to the rotten period of our politics. That period has been abol- ished, and so should its concomitant, a convention, be abolished also, as it will be, and with its disappearance will go the last chance for split in the Democratic party. The Demo- crotic rank and file will select their own nominees in their own way, and they will support them at the polls to a man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
GOLF CLUES FIRST MEETING
Nashville Will Witness First Contest
 in Southern Association.

Nashville, June 2.-The recently or ganized Southern Golf Association holds its first session here this. week. preliminaries beginning Wednesday. The links of the Nashville Club will be the scene of the contests tot he participated in by players from Ashe- vile. N. C., Chattanooga, Birmingham, Rome. Ga., Anniston, Ala, Savannah. Ga., New Orleans, Montgomery, Lou. isville, Atlanta, Mobile and other cit les.
 Players have already begun to ar rive and on Saturday Selden, of Sc. vance, went over the course in an exhibition game with H. H. Burton, Jr. Selden made the course in fl, but Burton smashed the amateur rec. ord of the course, 40, held by him. self and went the nine holes in 39.
 Capt. Schwartz and several other crack golfers from New Orleans are among the latest arrivals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03

Latham, Alexander & Go. received 2786 replies, and their tabulation es- sentially agrees with that of the Jour- nal of Commerce. The former puts the reduction at 6S2,9SS acres, while the latter estimates 1t at 612.000 acres. We may, therefore, safely assume that the acreage will not exceed 27,00O, 900 acres; whereas, last year 1t was 27,- 587 ,534 acres.
 Latham, Alexander & Co. received 2S5 replies from Alabama. and these replies go to show that the acreage in this state will be 3,433 ,666, as against 3.614,385 last year, a decrease of about per cent. Instead of normal increase. we have an actual decrease on account of the high price of corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
SENATOR MORGAN.

From the Boston Globe.
 As Senator Hoar. Republican, made a speech opposing the administration in the Philippines, so Senator Morgan, Dem ocrat. made a speech upholding 1t. Both Senators seem to maintain their local prestige and neither Is accused of insin- cerity. Yet while Senator Hoar opposes his party only at one point, Senator Nor gan agrees with 1t at hardly one point Unless we except the trusts, which every one is aginst. Senator Morgan does not agree with his fellow-Democrats on any party plank.
 Such approved independence on the pert of two distinguished men ought to please the independent and tend to re- flute the theory so common in the early days of the republic, and still not un- prevalent, that party rancor is ever like ly to destroy free government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
contribute ,sSOO to 5000 towards this home
csorus Washington.

When was boy was taught to believe that George washington was not only a man who couldn't tell falsehood, but that he wac a man who went to church every Sunday, like other good people," said an old citizen.
 "The question of washington's church relations is now being agitated by histor- ical authorities and the preponderance of evidence goes to show that Washington was not a constant church goer. He spent four months in Philadelphia and in that time he went to church only six times three times to the Episcopal once to the Presbyterian, once to the Catholic and once to the Quaker meeting house. Some of the writers go so far as to assert that Washington was not a Christian but a Deist
 Washington was a great man and the father of his country, no matter what his religious belief was, and I am sorry to see these old records raked over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
The Confederate Home.

Colonel J. NJ. Falkner has addressed a letter to some of his friends in Birming- ham in behalf of Camp Jeff Falkner of Montgomery as the promoter of the Con- federare Veterans Home. In this letter he says that Mrs. Fred Warren. accompanied by a number of young ladies, will visit cts for Governor Bob Taylor's lecture, which is to be given June IA for the bene- fit of the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. Ala.
 The home is already open, and Colonel Falkner we'll says that Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile ought each to