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The Washington times., 1902-10-21
Appropriation insufficient.

The board announces that obligations
10 the amount of Ss75 were incurred for
The care of children beyond the amounts
appropriated. For the burial of chill
iren, s216 was expended. OF the apprn-
priation of $4,000 appropriated for the
care of feeble minded children. 81. eO7. IS
was expended.
The aggregate cost OF administration
and maintenance was s57,1O615.
The schedule of estimates for the fs-
cal year beginning July /, 1903. aggre-
gates $4,000.
The Board has the following TO say
with reference to the work of the pro-
baton officer:
During the year the work of the
Board under the act OF March 3. 1901.
providing for placing delinquent chill
dren under probation was found to de-
mapd SO large part of the time and
thought of the agent who was acting as
probation officer and of his assistants
that request was made of the Congress
TO make an immediate appropriation for
the salary of an additional employee to
take charge of the probationary work.
Another Probation Officer.
The Board was of the opinion that
such an officer should receive a salary
OF not less than 81 200 per annum. 1t
was not able, however, to obtain the
means 10 pay such salary, and ap-
pointed Philip b. Whelpley on February
Is. 1901. al SALARY at the rate of 81 600
per annum. TO serve for the remainder
OF The fiscal year. Mr.. Whelpley entered
upon his duties February is. 1902
Supplementary 20 the report of the
Board was submitted the report of ]
W. Douglass, agent of the Board. giving
In detail the work of The year sum-
married. in the foregoing.
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

Mrs. Sarah c. Thorn, by her will. dated
April 8, 1896. directs that her estate be
divided as follows:
To her daughters. Mrs. Emile Reade,
one-fifth; Mrs. Kate c. Wood. one fifth:
James w. Thorn. her son. one-fifth: to
her son, Corcoran Thorn. one-fifth. and
the remainder to James w. Thorn and
Corcoran Thorn. for the benefit of her
daughter, Mrs Mary Ellen HELEN. Upon
the death Of her husband. Ben HELEN.
the trustees are TO transfer to Mrs. Hell
len the property in her own right.
The Washington times., 1902-10-21
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Ten PER ATIrRE

Fair today and Wednesday: fresh west
to northwest winds. diminishing.
The Washington times., 1902-10-21
THE DEATH RECORD.

TIE following deaths for forty-eight
hours were reported at the Health De-
partment up to noon yesterday:
Mahala A. Drew, 81 years.
Caleb White. Sc years.
Mary Jackson. IS years
Julia Calvin. SO years
James Williams, II years.
Arthur Edmunds, 66 years.
Mrs. Amanda T. Newcomb, 81 years.
Alfred Busy, 80 years.
Alonzo Perry, As years.
Mary Hailstokes, IS years
Daisy Turner, q years.
James F. Reed, years.
Elizabeth johnson, years.
George Smith, 1 year.
Therlow E. Brown, months.
Rose Teek. 4 days.
John Jones, / day
Coal! Coal! Coal!
] am now ready to take orders for egg stove,
and nut anthracite coal for immediate deliv-
cry; sI4 per ton. j. B. WILLIAMSON. jr,
1907 st. NV. el1-tf
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

The will of Samuel Middleton, dateo
April "a. 1899. was filed for probate yes
terday. He directs that the following
disposition be made Of his estate:
To his nephew, Alexander Middleton,
lot 16. in square 53S, with all the i'm
provements; to Mrs. Anna Laurie. his
housekeeper. a life interest in part Of
and 800: to Mrs. Fannie Middleton,
some household effects; to Mrs. Lizzie
Middleton, s10O The remainder of his
estate is left to his brother, Henry NJ.
Middleton.
The Washington times., 1902-10-21
SIX TESTATORS LEAVE
PROPERTY TO RELATIVES
Wills of Deceased Are Filed
for Probate.

The will of George H. Cooper. dated
April 4, 1900, was filed yesterday for
probate in the office of the Register of
Wills for the District
To his daughters. Maria Lorena and
Lilly, and his sons. George Houston and
John Scion Cooper, he leaves 500 each !;
to his son, William Henry Cooper. his
business at 1924 G Street northwest, on
condition that he pay to his. mother,
Josephine Cooper, SIS weekly for life;
to his son John. watch and piano. 10
his daughter, Maria Lorena. the pro-
ceeds of insurance in the Travellers In
surance Company, of Hartford, Conn. !;
to his son. George. his encyclopedia
Brittanica.
All the rest of his estate is left to
his wife. Josephine Cooper. for life.
Upon her death it is to be divided
among his children
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

The will of Georgia Anna Chamberlain,
dated September %, 1899, directs the
following disposition to be made Of her
estate:
To Almira A. Cutler. Lydia W. Bark
er and Ada NJ. Wiswell, $1,000 each; to
George w. Chamberlain, $500; to Paul
A. Chamberlain, $500; to Laura Gertrude
Wiswell. $500: to Emma S Barker, 5000;
to Lillian NJ Barker, Herbert L. Bark
err and Addie l.. Cutler. 5000 each: to
Lillian W. Chamberlain, Fayette Walk
er and Mrs. Emma L. Clark, $50 each;
to Lillian NJ. Barker, Paul A. Chamber
lain and Gertrude Wiswell, gifts Of per-
sonal property.
The Washington times., 1902-10-21
Another Probation Officer.

6xao No. Shingles, 5000 per ! 900
COED c,-preS-at 9th st. and y. Y. ave NV
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

Sound N. c. Flooring, $3.50
per 100 IT.: long lengths. F. Libbey & Co.
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

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The Washington times., 1902-10-21

Ann Maria Bowie. by her will. dated
October 5. leaves her entire estate to
her husband. Thomas Bowie
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

Reduced Rates to Frederick and Return
Via B. & O. R. R.
account Frederick County Fair. Tickets sold
October 20 to "a valid returning until the 18th.
80 for the round trip. Special train from
Washington at q. M, October % and %
Tickets. good for day Of issue only. sl65, in.
Guiding admission.
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

THE SUN.
Sun rises. :13 am. Sun sets. ..5:l4 p m
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

'phOne Fast 254l2 quart bottles Of tn.
|s'Ss Hashington Brewing
fOr Roar Co.'S famops Golden Hop Beer
..so0. ' for 81. Delivered in uniettsrsd
The Washington times., 1902-10-21

SAME DATE LAST YEAR.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
VACATION HABIT IN AMERICA.
steadily Expanding Feature of Ma
tional Life.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
Not many years ago II a man who could
not number himself among the great ones
Of the earth fell into the habit OF taking
vacations he was likely to be regarded as
either a triner or a valetudinarian. Now
almost everybody has a few days of at some
time during the year.
1t is not difacult to understand why there
should rave been such a growth Of senti-
ment In this matter. Not only have more
people com to be able to afford vacations,
but the character Of modern life has made
vacations almost inevitable. One cannot
keep pace with the city all the year round.
After travelling under high, pressure for
eleven months, one needs to travel under
low pressure for the twelfth. ON overdoes
and then recuperates. 1t may be that this
is not a tudlcious mode Of life. One can
think Of objections to It. All objections
break down, however. before the impact Of
business necessity. No matter how much a
man may rebel against It. he ends by fall
ing In with his fellows and keeping up with
the procession. Then about the 18th OF
July he drags himself on to a shady tree
and tells himself that he will never again
get himself so near nervous prostration.
For these two reasons, therefore-greater
necessity and greater opportunity-the va
cation habit has become established. 1t has
further become established that the vaca-
ton shall occur In summer. To our fore
fathers, who lived when the country was
almost totally agricultural, this would have
seemed midsummer madness. One needed
the summer then for work. The winter
was the time for whatever play was posi-
BILE. Today the case is altered for a large
part Of our population. Winter means
steady grinding. Summer means a little
relaxation. Even for those who are in AFFECT
poverty something is done.
Here, therefore. is a wish for a vacation
for everybody, and as long q one as posi-
BILE. The vacation means change and rest.
Change and rest means increased powers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
"cnRNrRsn In nRlIN-

The recent corn corner at Chicago
has led to an effort on the part of mem
bers Of the Board Of Trade to have that
body amend it's rules so as to prevent a
recurrence Of this form OF speculation.
1t is proposed to make n rule that when
ever the price Of corn is fictitious, mot
In line with the price in other markets
and above its legitimate and actual
value" the board of directors shall, upon
petition Of twenty-five members, deter
mine the actual and legitimate value Of
contract corn and provide that deliv-
cry may be made OF a lower grade on
payment of the difference between the
price of that grade and the price fixed
for that contracted for. 1t is also asked
that the same method be applied In con-
tracts for the sale Of wheat and oats
under like circumstances and conditions.
In referring to this the New York Mail
and Express observes that it Is long
since any attempt was made to corner
grain on the New York Produce ex-
change. 1t is apparently prevented by a
simple rule that in case of failure to de-
liver on maturity of a contract. the COM
mittee on grain shall buy for the account
Of the person in default, but no unrea-
sonable price shall be paid, arising from
manipulated or fictitious markets, or un-
usual detention in transportation" AS
this takes the pressure for delivery from
the person who made the contract and
throwns 1t upon the exchange it renders
the working of corners .impracticable. IF
in any case it should prove Intellectual"
says the Mail and Express, ut would be
an easy matter to adapt the rules to u
complete prevention of efforts to control
the market supply Of any important
product for the purpose Of forcing up the
price on those who have sold for future
delivery"
The effort of members of the Chicago
Board Of Trade to do away with the
practice of ~cornering grain ought to be
successful. 1t is utterly i~ndefensible,
having, as our New York contemporary
remarks, not even the merit of fair gam
bling, for it attempts to defeat calcula-
ton and block the working of chance at
the same time. in order to squeeze
money out Of those caught at a disad-
vantage" Such an operation is un-
known on foreign exchanges and should
not be permitted here. There are forms
Of speculation which perhaps cannot be
done away with and which 1t is claimed
by some not only do nc harm but serve
a useful purpose. There is nothing,
however, to be said in defense or justif-
cation Of the corner"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

-
There is but one specific for vacationitis.
A vacation will cure it.
outlaw Tracy's remarkable curves ought
to bring him a steady job as a base ball
pitcher.
Those monkey dinners at Newport are an
Interesting modern instance Of aping SIM
ian ancestry.
Talk about shipping Goals to Newcastle.
The old saw is cracked. Chicago is sending
weinerwurst to Austria.
Although the reporters have not succeeded
in interviewing him. all chronielers Of the
chase agree that the elusive Tracy wears a
hunted look.
Henry E. bosch, manager OF the Oregon
exhibit at the Trsnsmississippi and other
expoeitions, has been chosen executive head
Of the Lewis and Clark exposition which
Portland will pull OF in 1905.
Horace white. editor Of the New York
Evening Post, has been made q trustee Of
Beloit college. He graduated from that
institution, soon afterward going to Chicago
to engage in newspaper work.
A Chicago school teacher demands dam
ages TO the amount Of $500 o for an alleged
attempt to kiss her. These lofty ngures
npucuiO Nhb OtWGN u GNoNdN9
Of success AND poignant grief of failure.
Pious old Boston has sent another cargo
Of New England rum to cheer the savage
breast In South Africa. Boston's efforts in
behalf Of civilization In the dark continent
are a shining example OF unselhsh mission
airy zeal.
Two young men in st. Louis have been
fined $40 each for making goo-goo eyes.
This is part OF the plan to make the fair
city a model one for 1904, but an extra good
reputation will not swell the crowd at the
box office.
ippines into Hawaii has been checked by
the authorities. It Ia confidently believed
the mainland can supply all reasonable de-
mands In that line, not only for snake-bite,
but also enable the native to see wrigglers
without stirring the grass.
The board Of review of tax assessments
In Chicago ie suffering from an acute at
tack Of nervous prostration. One OF the
McCormicks dropped In on the board, I'M
announced, one day last week and asked to
have his personal assessment raised from
$3.50, 900 to $475, 402. May his tribe Increase.
S. r. Taber Of Lake Forest, Ill, comes
out with a warm demand for reform in
Fourth Of July observance. He wants to
check the appalling waste Of good money
and stop the noise. All the old boys will
second the motion. but before putting It to
a vote II would be well to consult the small
boys.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20

prices and cheap things, when the dol
lar was as big as a cartwheel and work
ingmen were scrambling to get a chance
to arm it7 Would It not be better to
close half Of the factories, or all Of the
factories, for awhile and give the work
ing people a holiday
What advantage would II be to the
laborer If he could buy meat for a
penny a pound, IL he did not have a
penny to buyIt with or the chance to
earn the penny Grant that labor dis
turbances are the natural sequence of
prosperity. how would general hard
times, low prices and cheap things
afford the desired relief Would the
condition of the wage-workers of Amer
lea be improved by a return to the
good old times when soup houses had
to be opened in every large city and
hundreds of thousands of men and
women would have been glad to toll
from morning till night for a bare sub
sistence? Surely the great mass of
American workingmen would prefer to
battle for their right to earn living
wages In an era of prosperity and high
prices than to struggle against famine
and starvation In times of general de-
preston.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
PASSING OF THE BLUE.
Color Identihed with the Army from
the Beginning.
New York Tribune.


The fnal passing away, for practical
purposes, Of the famous old army blue"
is an incident Of much sentimental and
historical interest. The blue uniform has
been Identified with our army from the
beginning. 1t dates back beyond the ma
tion itself to colonial times. We might
ever trace 1t as far as the civil war In
England. Certainly TO the present genera
tion It seems almost inseparable from the
army; absolutely inseparable from the his
tory Of the army and OF the nation. Half
the literature OF our wars is tinctured
with 1t. The boys in Blue" have for many
a year been as much a household word
as the Red. White and Blue" OF the flag
under which they serve. To abandon the
historic blue for what is described as
q "greenish yellow"-happTly, not quite
a "greenery yallery"-is nothing short Of
revolution.
The change Is also OF intensely practical
Significance as well as sentimental. and
affects the present md future even more
than our memories OF the past. II means
that henceforth the "pomp and eireum-
stance" Of war are to give place TO busi-
ness consideration. Effectiveness, not
sentiment or aesthetics, will rule. For
whatever reasons-and they are plenty rs
blackberries-biue was adopted for our
army. and red for the English. and white
for the Austrian, practical effectiveness
was certainly not included among them.
In the substitution OF khaki we are sub
ordinating sentiment to sense and aesthet-
les to utility. The British did II q little
before US. But then again we did IL be-
fore them. with our green-ciad rlnemen
in the Revolution. Far back Of that. per-
haps, we may discover an earlier appli-
cation Of the principle by our ancestors,
while as yet the Anglo-saxon race was I'M
divided, in the Lincoln green" Of Robin
Hood and his merry men.
The results Of the change. which bids
fair to extend throughout the armies Of
ali the world, will probably be complex,
and may be somewhat surprising. Doubt
less khaki-elad troops will be more EN-
Client. They will be less readily discerni-
| BILE and therefore less subject to IRE at
long range. But their identity will be less
distinguishable. and It will be far mors
dincuit TO tell friend from foe; where
fore we may expect much confusion when
hostile armies meet clad alike. Nor
should we overlook the possible effect OF
making war so intensely practical and
bpsinesslike. 1t may be that thus It will
fall into discredit and be abolished al
together. The suggestion b not fantastic.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20


1t is interesting to note that n of the
weekly trade reviews issued by the great
commercial agencies incorporates infor-
nation relating to summer resort bust
ness" which is reported below expecta-
tons with few exceptions. This means
that the summer resorts have now at
tanned to the status Of a business whose
pulse is felt In the arteries Of trade in
the same as other businesses.
This is Of course a result Of the tire
mendous expansion experienced by the
summer resorts during the last few
years and the introduction at the same
time of business methods in their man
agement. A serious mention of the sum
mer resort business wen ten years ago
would have elected merely a smile from
most intelligent people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
OBJECTIONS TO ANNEXATION.

A movement is said to have been
started by the sugar planters of Cuba
in behalf of annexation. There is an as
ISOLATION Of these planters and according
to report 1t proposes to inaugurate in
the island an annexation propaganda,
for which It would doubtless find more
or less support from those in this coun-
try who want Cuba to be made Ameri-
can territory and given participation as
a state in this government.
Referring to this the New York Trib-
une says 1t may as well be understood
plainly at both Havana and Washington
that the United States does not desire
the annexation Of Cuba. Its reasons
therefor are sound and convincing and
are not derogatory to Cuba" says that
paper. For n thing, It does not want
a detached or insular state. This is a
continental union, the United States OF
North America, and not of America and
the islands of the sea. The best states
manship and the best popular thought
strongly incline toward keeping it so
Whatever outlying possessions we may
have, the union OF states Is TO be
confined to contiguous territory on the
mainland Of the North American con
tinent. The United States wants no de
tached members" Another reason
against annexing Cuba is that her PEG
pie are aliens in blood. speech, tradi
lions, customs and institutions ant
would not for many years, II ever. form
a homogeneous part OF this union. They
would remain an alien community. Still
another reason why Cuba is not wanted
as American territory is because heI
entry would increase. intensity and com
plicate the race problem, which is al
ready serious enough to absorb U bes
attention"
These are objections to ~annexing Cubi
that ought to be quite sufieient, bu
they are not all that can be urget
against the proposition. IL is dihicul
to understand how any American cal
seriously advocate giving the Cuban peO
pie, who have not yet shown that the!
are capable OF self-gOvernment, repre-
sentation In congress and In tn
electoral college, as is proposed in tn
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.


Chicago Tribune: Bishop Potter should
mediate before entering the marriage state.
But why give adviee1 Youth Is forever
headstrong.
Chicago Post: There is profound interest
in the action Of the vatican IN selecting
Archbishop Feehan's successor. Bishop
s~palding OF Peoria is a leading candidate
and he probably has more admirers and
friends in Chicago than any other Of those
prominently mentioned"
Boston Globe: One Of the dreams Of I'd
ward Bellamy has been realized In wash
ington. Last Sunday every church in the
city had a telephone connection 90 thai
patrons could remain at their homes and
listen to the services instead OF going
through the heat to the church.
Atlanta Constitution: The whistling wo-
man has appeared in a New York church
choir. She did her turn during the onertory.
II is now in order for some rival pastor to
Introduce the female high-wire bicycle art
iste doing a stunt between the front gallery
and the pulpit desk. The gospel must be
made attractivei
Philadelphia Press; A Boston clergyman
has discovered that Masons, odd Fellows,
Elks, Red Men and secret societies gem
orally are the wolves in sleeps clothing"
referred to in the scriptures. We always
suspected that their goat-riding business
would get secret societies into trouble
sooner or later.
Chicago News: It would be dimcult to
FIX limits defining the extent Of the influence
exerted upon this community by Archbishop
Feehan during his long and useful life. The
vital factors in the social or religious evo-
luton OF a people are frequently those
which ara not most conspicuous. Archbishop
Feehan seemed to shun the public promi-
hence which naturally would have been his
had he chosen to play a positive part In the
more obvious aud superficial concerns Of
public life. Personally Of a retiring dispo-
sltion. he lived the life OF the churehman
men, performing his countless good deeds
In a way to escape notice.
Boston Transcript: The popular cant
about the supremacy OF the devil during the
heated period when the clergy take their
vacations is being more and more disproved
each year. Not only do the summer meet
lngs Of various denomination quicken the
spiritual life and establish that tolerance
which makes for culture, but the growing
custom Of business men TO leave their stern
and unrelentlng strife for wealth and power
and go out with wife and children to the
shadows Of forest and the cool. clean touch
Of great waters is Of itself an uplift to the
world. The days spent In simple, loving life
are more than sermons and theology 10 an
overtired and tempted soul. The hills at
twilight and the starlit sea are full OF
healing and real religion for all who come
to them for rest.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-20
CLOSING ALLOTMENT IN RAILROAD
TAX C1sE

with this issue we conclude publica-
ton Of the stenographic report Of the
testimony and arguments in the rail-
road tax case heard before the supreme
court, on which the court has reserved
decision until Its session In September.
In conformity with our policy Of alb
solute impartlality, we have given space
not only to the arguments urged by the
attorneys in behalf Of the people for
whom this suit was instituted by the
editor of The Bee. but have also printed
In full the pleas Of the railroad attor-
neys for a continuance of the present
evasion of taxes by those corporations,
Notwithstanding the fact that the argu-
ments of these railroad attorneys are
directly at variance with the ideas and
convictions of The Bee. So confident
are we that our position on this all
important question is right that we are
perfectly satisfied to have our readers
presented with both sides of the contro-
versy and placed In position to sift the
testimony and weigh the arguments pro
and con, so as to form their own judg-
ment.
We venture to add in passing that the
address Of John D. Howe, closing the
case, is last, but by no means least. as a
lucid and convincing statement of the
points at issue, and should be carefully
read by every taxpayer in the state, and
more particularly by every taxpayer in
Omaha, South Omaha and Lincoln,
where the inequity of the exemption of
railway property from municipal taxa
ton constitutes the most fragrant abuse
in the municipal body polite.