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The Washington times., 1902-12-04
SOLD BRASS FILINGS FOR COLD.

Boston Dispatch 20 the Baltimore American
Samuel Brotski sentenced here to-
day 20 four TO six years. and wanted in
Baltimore. Montreal and other cities
has a gOld-brick game OF the latest pat
tern. He was sent down today for sell
ing l60 pounds of brass filing 10 Meyer
Cohen In 1894 for $4,000 He claimed To
have been a convict in the Siberian
mines. thar the captain or his guard fen
in love with beautiful woman. and.
after a long courtship. they fed TO Amer
lea The captain had charge of the 100
pounds Of gold dust" and Brotski was
10 sell IL for fear the Russian govern
ment would discover The deserting cap
tain. BrOtski has been in Sing Sing
tor securing $12.000 by his story i'm New
York. and is one OF the slickest opera
tors in his line in America He Is sixty
six years old
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
MAJOR RATHBONE HERE
TO SEEK WNDICATION

Major Estes G. Rathbone. formerly
director Of posts in Cuba under the
American occupation, has arrived in the
city TO push his claims for vindication.
Major Rathbone was tried by a Cuban
court. convicted. and sentenced. Under
President Palmas amnesty proclamation
he was released.
He will demand Congress in
Vestigation. and will ask Senator Hanna
to help him in the matter. In the House
Major Rathbone viii look 70 Congress
man Nevin. OF Ohio, 20 support him in
his demands.
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
LYLES GOES FREE.

The prosecution against George Lyles.
colored. who was convicted ana sentenced
by Justice Anderson to thirty years i'm
prisonmeat in the peniteutiary. was yes
terday abandoned by the Government. at
the suggestion Of District Attorney
Gould When sentence was imposed upon
Lyles his counsel, John p. Cuttings. took
an appeal to the Court of Appeals for the
District. which tribunal on TUESDAY
granted the accused a new trial
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
SIX MONTHS IN IAIL.

Sidney Davis. colored. who was arrest
ed in the White Lot Tuesday night was
sentenced TO six months in Jail vester-
day for stealing a large quantity Of
wire from the Potomac Electric Light
r.rr.r.nr
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
CHAPGED VIE LARCENY.

Joseph Whiting was arrested il Bal
timorc yesterday by Detectives Tyson
and Trumbo charged with stealing a bi-
cycle. He was released from a Jail in
Baltimore yesterday. and was inmcdi-
ately taken in custody by the local de-
.n.llr.e
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
INJURED BY FALL.

Jessie Ashton. co,ored. fourteen years
old. fell from "a meat wagon in Noian's
Court southwest Yesterday afternoon and
broke her right thieh. Her injuries were
treated at the Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
SEYEPE scALp W0nNn

George Washington coloreJ sustained
a severe scalp wound in fam j7wu the
steps Of his home i'm fingers Court
southwest yesterday afternoon. Hc was
taken TO- The Emergency Hospital
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
STRUCK WITH HAMMER

William Burnett was accidentally
struck In the.head with a slcdge ham
mer while working In the Patent once
last night He continued work for over
two hours and then walked 20 The Emsr-
geney Hospital to have the wound
dressed
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
TWICE FINED BY COURT.

Edward J Dun. said TO be a horse
dealer, was fined so yesterday by Judge
Bundy Tor disorderly conduct. While the
principal witness. Mrs. Adeline Maurer.
was giving her testimony. Duf INDUCED
in an ctbreak OF profanity. He "as
taxed 500 for contempt Of court
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
Notions.

Sc Fancy Wood Cabinet Hair
Pins Observation-Disclosures PIC
Sc rr1iie3 Garter Web all col
Sc Bone Collar Buttons. dozen. - re
Jc Treasure Safety Pins ..-.-..-.3 .31zc
SC Oak Handle Curling Irons. nc
Sc Paper English Book Pins 52c
sc Collar Stidening. lengths. &c
Sc Coat and Vest Black Bone
Buttons. iozen.,-.. ...--.-.-.-2 -212c
sc Horn WhaIebones. dozen. -... .2i9c
So Mendinr Tissue. all cOlOrs.
Sc Package Ncn-twist Tape. 2lsc
5c smiths Best Needles. all
sizes --------.- -.-.-- l1N
90 Tubular 5-4 shoe Laces, 8
pairs fOr........-..-.-...- Zee
The Washington times., 1902-12-04

Several hundred remnants of Table
Damask. in lengths from ~ 10 Sl2
yards: ali qualities IN the lot. reg
ularly sold for 29c 10 s. yard, also
T. dozen lots Of Dinner Napkins that
are soiled on the edges; all marked
a third or more less than regular
selling prices.
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
HOusefurniShingS.

100 White Sapcers. ...-......1c each.
$50 ston, rMna Soup Plates. .3lac
% pairs -..! skates. steel ex-
tensions. sitgh ny worn. Worth
i5c. Special Tor Friday. lSc
S Decorated 2arlor Lamps.
Worth Sl-2- Special for Friday y--75c
II Two-quart Granite Iron Stew
Kettles. worth 29c. Special for
Friday .......- ..--.....-- --.. .-.--.-- Loo
. American China Dinner Sets.
in neat decorations containing
100 pieces. slightly chipped. Spc-
Cial for Friday. y......-.......... S5.9S
The Suvio Gas Heater will heat
good-siZed room, no pipe re-
quired Special for Friday. .S1.39
rs Double Sheet Iron Roasting
Pans with patent dripper. Spe-
cial for Friday OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lSc
The Washington times., 1902-12-04

Tell the Lady of the House
You want Sugar loaf Bread
The Washington times., 1902-12-04

Remnants OF Light Outing Cloth.
in lengths OF 20 10 yards. suitable
for UnderEdrments and skirts. in
neat pink. blue, and gray de- A1P
signs special for Friday ~
yard. ....... -.--...-..-.--...TZ Z
Short lengths of full yard-wide
Uubleached Cotton. TO 10 n IT
yards each. round thread ShN
Fridays remnant price. yard 20
short lengths OF "a Fancy and
Plain white Table Oil
cloth, best quality and 10lC
good lengths; remnant ~
price, Per yard.............A EZ
The Washington times., 1902-12-04

Remnant lot of All-lineu Luncheon
Doilys. large size. in plain white.
also colored borders; friuged ali
around. sold regularly FOR zoe n IT
dozen slightly soiled and S6l
mussed, Remnant price. each. 20
The Washington times., 1902-12-04

Small lot Of extra large size Turk
ish Towels. all white. very heavy;
our regular J0c value. but
they are slightly soiled from O0H
window display; Fridays ~
price. each........-...... - -
The Washington times., 1902-12-04
Linens.

? to 5-yard leuEths of lS-inch Glass
Toweling. i'm clear plaids Of red and
blue; fast selvage edges on
both sides. regularly worth 4 II
&c yard; Fridays remnant n@N
price. c.............-........ OG
The Washington times., 1902-12-04

Good Evening. Buy Sugar Loaf.
The Washington times., 1902-12-04

It's Home Made Sugar Loaf.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13
THE IRISH LAND PROBLEM.

There is every Indication that the
British government will take up the
Irish land question for solution in the
next session Of parliament which
opens in February. King Edward is
anxious for peace in all his domin-
ions, and as an evidence of his desire
to restore harmony among his sub
jects in Ireland he has sent Sir An
tony MacDonnell as chief secretary to
Dublin to bring order out Of chaos.
That the celebrated Irishman is EN-
inently qualified for the task is admit
ted on all sides. 1t is because of his
peculiar fitness for the work that Sir
Antony was selected. Before accept
ing the position he demanded and re-
ceived pledge from the king that he
should have Il free hand. He is re-
ported to have said to his majesty:
II am an Irishman, a Roman Catholic,
a Nationalist and Home Ruler. II
now you want me to go to Ireland.
knowing what l am and what want
to do, am willing to CO." The king
told him to go and promised him his
hearty support in an effort to find y
solution for the Irish problem. The
king had undoubtedly held confer
ence with Balfour and Wyndham, and
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13
A HIGH-HANDED PROCEEDING.

1t appears that the little republic of
Venezuela owes British and German
subjects something like $5,OOO,OOO
which it is slow to pay. With the con-
sent Of President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Hay, Great Britain and Ger
many have sent over war vessels to
compel payment of the debt. The time
selected for the enforcement of the
claims is anything but convenient for
President Castro who has his hands
full just now after suppressing rev.
olution. In an open letter he says:
Foreign cablegrams relate that cer-
tain foreign nations, among them Great
Britain and Germany, have allied
themselves together to carry out acts
of violence and aggression against
Venezuela and their manner of obtain
ing the resumption of the payment Of
interest ON the public debt was to he
suspected as consequence Of the rev.
olution that lately crushed. Notwith-
standing the official character of this
news l refuse to believe it because it
is inconceivable that nations which en-
tertain cordial and friendly relations
with Venezuela should prefer to resort
to force rather than follow the diplo-
matte path, especially when the sup
posed difference comes fully within the
jurisdiction of our laws, which are
based upon the principle Of justice
which together with the other attri-
butes of authority have just re-
deemed. Had Venezuela refused to
fulfill her fiscal engagements and had
justice and diplomacy exhausted their
resources against such an attempt, only
then could such extreme acts be eX-
pected, but this will never happen"
In subsequent interview President
Castro says that the British claims are
small, and that up to the present time
his government did not know of them,
for the reason that they were not pre-
sented. Therefore, he considers Great
He says that his government has not
received or repudiated claims and that
he will prove to the world that Vene-
zuela has not refused to pay its ma
tional debt. The plucky president is
not inundated by the formidable
fleets, and to show his resentment he
arrested the British and German resi-
dents of Caracas.
The intention of the allied powers is
to take possession of one or more of
the custom houses and keep them un.
til the receipts shall have betrayed the
claims. AS a preliminary step, the
four vessels comprising the Venezuelan
Navy We're captured last Tuesday, and
the maritime towns are blockaded.
We confess tnat we do not like to
see little republic used in this way
by two European bullies with the
sanction Of the United States govern
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

The cynical editor of the San Fran
cisco Leader continues his campaign
Of SANDER against the noblest men Of
the Irish race, both living and dead.
Having belittled the poetic fame Of
John Boyle O'Reilly, the latchets Of
whose shoes he was not worthy to
loose, Father Yorke turns his atten-
ton to Michael Davitt and says:
''The best friend Davitt ever had
is the English government, and
the brightest day that eever
dawned upon him was that in
which he was found guilty Of the
crime of child stealing" Father
Yorke's mental machinery must be
out of order, and if he has any friends
they should look after him. Yorke!
Isn't that an English cognomen? A
queer name for an Irishman born in
Connaught!
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

Judge Mullins, of Denver, Col, caus-
ed the arrest of Mayor Wright and
eleven aldermen for disobeying his i'll
junction against granting a free fran
cllise for term of years to IL street
car company, and sentenced them to
tour months each in the county jail.
The judge says he has Il right to pre-
vent the city council from granting Il
Valuable franchise to corporation
without any compensation to the mu-
nicipality.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

In his book entitled 1.-THE Loyalists
in the American Revolution which
has just been published, Claude Hal
stead Van Tyne, of the University Of
Pennsylvania, says: New York alone
furnished $4,000 men to the British
army and navy, and over $500 Loyal
ist militia. All of the other colonies
furnished about as many more, so that
we may safely state that $4,000 sol.
diers, either regular or militia, were
dawn into the service of Great Brit
ain from her American sympathizers"
1t is from these Tories of the Revolu-
zion that the Anglomaniacs of today
are descended. If war occurred be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain tomorrow, a large number of
pseudo-Americans would sympathize
with the mother country"
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13
escapes hell fire and birthstone here
after it is not because Of his philan-

escapes hell fire and birthstone here
after it is not because Of his philan-
thropy.
What with their stores, their miser-
able huts, their doctors fees and their
low wages, the coal barons always
kept their employees with their noses
to the grindstone. They compelled the
men to sign iron-clad leases, and when
ever they pleased they could make a
horrible example of their slaves to
strike terror into the others. A man
named Henry Coll testified before the
commission. He had worked 10 years
for NIarkle 4 Co. and few days ago
he was evicted from his lowly hut by
the corporation, though he was physi-
cal wreck. II haven't whole bone
in my body" said the old man. my
skull was fractured, an eye put out,
and one leg is as bad as wooden
one" He then spoke of his boy going
to the asylum and told of the eviction
as follows:
"Well, had a six day notice. My
people were ali carried out. My old,
blind mother-in-law was carried down
stairs by the deputies and my wife
went out in the rain and tried to gath
er the household goods. 1 found a
house, such as it was, and got my
family into it, but my wife got worse.
She grew worse and worse, and the
other night she woke me up and said:
I'm choking I gave her some medi-
cine, but she sprang to my arms, and
while 1 looked at her she died."
Judge Gray turned sharply. "Died? ?"
he asked.
Eyes, died." said Coll. "I buried her
yesterday"
''That is ALL" said Lawyer McCarty,
who had taken up the examination.
eyes," said Judge Gray, that is all,
and it's enough"
Yes, it's enough. The inhumanity
of Markle & Co. has been thoroughly
exposed. Other companies in the an
thracite regions may be as bad, but
they certainly cannot be worse. Such
white slavery is disgrace to Amer
lean civilization.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

III reply to an inquiry as to the re-
ligious belief of John Mitchell, presi-
dent of the Coal Miners Union, Rev.
John T.. Power, the Catholic priest at
Spring Valley, ILL.,, says that so far as
he knows Mr.. Mitchell has never at
filiated with any of the sects. While
he is not q Catholic, he is not any
thing else. His wife and four chill
dren are Catholics and two Of them a..
tend the Sisters school and are altar
boys. Mr.. NIitchell's parents died while
he was young and his father is be-
lieved to have been Presbyterian.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

In recent speech at Ottawa, Cam.
Hon. Edward Blake, M. P, said: Il
know Of no argument more conclusive
of the incapacity Of England to govern
Ireland than the contrast between the
condition of the island which ruled
and the island which is ruled. At the
time Of the union the, population Of
Ireland was one-third the whole popu-
lation Of the two islands; it is now one
eighth, representing a loss Of some
thing like 12,OOO,OO00 or 100000 peo-
pie in the interval. England, on the
other hand, has gained about $4,000:
600, an increase of about two anu a
half times it's population"
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

When Michael Davitt was in Chicago
recently a man accosted him at the
Auditorium and introduced himself as
Lynchehaun, the escaped convict for
whose arrest the British government
has offered a big reward. Mr.. Davitt
dec lined to speak to him. Next day
a letter signed Lynchehaun appeared
III the American in which the writer
asserted his identity and accused Da'
witt of divulging his whereabouts. The
fellow was evidently British spy. A
report from Dublin says that Lynche-
haun was seen in Tyrone about the
sllue tine.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

Hon. w. D. Dwyer, of West Su-
perior, will oficiate at the comforting
of degrees in Columbus hall next Sun
day afternoon. He is district deputy
supreme knight of the order of the
Knights Of Columbus in the State Of
Wisconsin. Delegations will attend
from Winona, Duluth, Superior, La
Crosse, st. Paul and other cities to wit
ness the imposing ceremonies. All
knights will wear the full regalia of
the order.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13
WORSE THAN AFRICAN SLAVERY,

The stories told by the victims of
the mine operators of Pennsylvania be.
fore the anthracite commission at
Scranton, as reported in the daily
press, make the blood run cold in the
veins Of the American people. The
treatment to which the widows and
orphans Of the miners have been sub
jected is enough to make the angels
weep. Instead of receiving humane
and sympathetic treatment when the
heads Of families were killed in the
mines, the poor widows and their lit
tie children Jared worse than negro
slaves or Russian serfs at the hands
of the corporations. Nothing like it
has occurred under Irish landlordism
i'll Mayo or Roscommon.
While listening to the sad tales Of
the poor widows ON the witness stand
the commissioners were visibly af-
fected., On one occasion Bishop Spald-
ing turned suddenly in his chair, ami
the prelate's back only could be seen
by those in court. All the members
of the commission made no effort to
conceal their sympathy with the VIC
tins of the coal tyrants who had
shown less humanity than wolves to
the families of the men killed in their
employ.
1t is not surprising if anarchists
had sprung up in the coal regions. In
s,ead Of receiving any aid or sympathy
from the coal barons, little orphans
who should be going to school were
forced to work for nothing to pay al
legged bills, and their mothers had to
scrub and wash the mining offices
without any compensation. One wild
ow, Mary Ann Raber, testified with
tears in her eyes and in sobbing
voice that after her husband was killed
she sent her fifteen-year-old boy to
work in the mines Mt so cents a day,
working 10 hours day, and after he
had been working six months he
brought home only $5. The magnan-
imous slave-owners for whom the boy
worked for less than five cents day
are Markle & Co. The man Mt the
head of the concern has been adver.
tised as philanthropist in the organs
of the coal operators. and undoubtedly
he occupied front seat in one of the
aristocratic churches and was proba
bly, one Of the 6eacons therevf. II hs
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

Says Father Hudson in the Ave
Maria: "Few men of our generation
have been so genuinely mourned as
John Boyle O'Reilly. 1t is indeed a
most impressive tribute to his charac-
ter as a man and writer that his
name is so often and so admiringly re-
called in the public prints, while many
of his contemporaries, in their brief
day more belauded than O'Reilly, have
been most completely forgotten. But
there Is no mystery in this when one
recalls the superb character of the
man-for it is this, even more than his
fine mental powers, that seems to have
impressed his friends"
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

The following words of President
Roosevelt to Southern white man
who objected to the appointment Of
negroes to Office do credit to the chief
executive Of the nation: II cannot con-
sent to take the position that the door
of hope-the. door of opportunity-is to
be shut upon any man, no matter how
worthy, purely upon the grounds Of
race or color"
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

A meeting under the auspices Of the
a. o. II. of New York was held last
Sunday evening in Carnegie hall for
the purpose of discussing the feasibil-
ity of erecting am Irish lyceum build
ing as monument to 'the genius, in.
dustry and fealty of the Irish element"
of the population in the American me-
tropolis. Archbishop Farley presided
and some Of the leading Irishmen Of
the city attended.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

In his address in Chicago for the ben
eft of the Christian Brothers, Rev. W..
O'Brien Pardow, s. j., made an earn
est plea for aid to Catholic schools and
said: '"The Roman Catholics in the
United States are annually paying into
the national treasury $25,OO0,OOO be-.
yond their rightful taxes and are ed
ucating 100000 children without
charging the country one cent for it
Yet we have never been given one
word of praise for this tremendous
work. The country is not to. blame
for this; we ourselves are at fault, be-
cause we have never told the United
States what we have been doing"
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

AN English priest named Father Ea-
ton has come to the United States
with credentials from Cardinal Waugh
an for the purpose of collecting funds
for church to be erected to the MEN,
ory of Cardinal John Henry Newman
at Birmingham. There are many ad-
mirers of the author of LEAD, Kindly
Light in this country who will find It
pleasure to contribute.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

1t is pitiable to see Dr. Ames, the
late Republican mayor of Minneapolis,
become fugitive from justice In his
old age. He is now wanderer on the
face of the earth and there is none so
courageous among his former friends
and associates as to speak kind word
of him. He is now paying the penalty
of an ill-spent life. AS man sows,
so will he reap. DR.. Ames had no re-
gard for the laws of morality and vio-
lated them repeatedly. And yet he
was elected chief magistrate of this
city by "the God and morality party"
What lesson!
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

Thomas Mast, OF Th. Mast, as he
used to sign his name, died the other
day of yellow fever in Ecuador where
he was IL consul general of the United
States. He was famous, cartoonist
in his time Though Of Bavarian Cath
olic parentage he frequently carica-
tured the church of his fathers in
Harpers Weekly in the days Of Eu-
gene Lawrence. But de mOrtuis nil
Eisi bonum.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

The Catholic Citizen recently said in
its editorial columns that the late John
Dillon, of the New York World, died
an apostate from the Catholic Church.
Such is not fact. On the contrary,
John Dillon received the last rites of
the church and died in it's bosom.
Had he known what the Milwaukee
paper would say of him he would have
cried out from his bed of sickness, in
the words of Robert Emmet: "Let no
man when I am dead charge me with
dishonor; let no man attaint my mem.
ory." 1t is in order for the Catholic
Citizen to make proper reparation.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

Says the True Republican of Hud-
son, Wis: Prof. Donnelly, of the Su-
perior Normal school, will be assistant
to State Superintendent Carey. He is
graduate of the Platteville Normal
and Of the State University. When
the new regime let's inspector Parker
out to stay it will have done the cause
Of education great service
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

John Barrett, ex-minister to Siam,
has been appointed minister to Japan
by President Roosevelt. If we mis-
take not, Barrett is gold Democrat
who favors the Philippine policy of
the Republican imperialists. He is a
lightweight, but he has very exalted
opinion of himself and that makes ND
for his lack of ability. Gall nowadays
passes for genius.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

Walter Wellman, the famous CORE
spondent Of the Chicago Record-Her
aid, Is now in Ireland. He is sending
fine reports Of the fight now going on
between landlords and tenants. The
Chicago Tribune has a representative
there in the person of Guy Cramer, and
the American may soon send a man
to scoop the other two. For enter
prise the Chicago papers are unsur-
passed.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

1t is said that William Waldorf AS
tor has refused to be raised to the peer
age and that he considers the plain IT,
tie of "Mr." greater than any which
royalty could confer upon him. We
hardly believe the report. The dena-
tionalized creature has been doing his
utmost to obtain some British title
since he left his country to reside
abroad.
The Irish standard., 1902-12-13

Bishop Morrison, the Episcopalian
prelate Of Duluth, thinks that the
church established by that pious wife
killer, Henry VIII, should be known
by the name of the Reformed Cath
olic Church" If he substitutes de
formed" for the first word of the title
it would more accurately describe the
institution of which King Edward
now is the spiritual head.