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The Washington times., 1902-06-26
MEETING OF COMMITTEE.
Auxiliary to G. A. R. Executive Body
Elects Officers.

The meeting of the woman's public
comfort committee at G. A. r. en-
campment headquarters last night was
called for the purpose of perfecting the
organization and outlining the plan
Of future action. The meeting wa:
called to order by Mrs. Lizzie w. Cal
yer. its chairman. after which Mrs
Fanny Pomeroy was elected vice chair
man, and Miss Lillian V. Calver sec
retary.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, the chair
man Of the woman's auxiliary COM
mittee. and member of the citizens
executive committee. was present and
addressed the committee as to the wor.
that would be expected of them. Nc
definite action was taken by the com
mittee. and they adjourned subject tc
the call Of the chair.
Tonight at o'clock there will be a
meeting OF the survivors Of the Penn
sylvania Reserves, and this afternoon at
415 OF the committee on literature
for the cncamoment.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
FEED THEM.
One Wav to Make LAWYERS.

You can dig up the lawyers and put
them on their feet II you feed them
right, but they are like other people,
they don't thrive on poorly selected
food.
\ lawyer from Seneca Falls. New
York. says: when I went into law
office l was in fine health. having had
much outdoor exercise, but at the end
of the second months study and work
was disheartened to find my self in
poor health and falling every day.
After reading short time / would
become SO nervous that l would be COM
PEELED TO stop. nor could l remember,
to any extent, what l read.
The study of law. which at first was
a great pleasure. became a burden. and
frst-ciass physician told me that !
never would be able to serve full
term in law office, and advised me to
give il up if l wanted TO enjoy life.
When upon the pCint of doing SO |
WIS talking one day with enc OF the
firm, who advised me TO make a change
in food and recommended very highly
your Grape-Nuts, saying / could get a
package ct any grocery and make the
test.
TIE advice impressed me 50 strong
ly that | at once purchased and began
using Grape-Nuts. | found that after
using this food I was not troubled with
he lingering pain in my stomach that
had been with me for some time; in
stead. / was perfectly comfortable. and
had not eaten the food for mere than
four or Ave days when | began to no
tice a change. Ny head became clear
again ard | began TO enjoy my studies
as well rs ! did on the start. and could
accomplish more IN ore week from that
time on than l had in q whole month
criCr 10 that time.
My blood. which had naturally be-
come bad. presently improved; my d.
gestion also was better. The hlotches
en- my face began to disappear and felt
better in every way.
| ~ owe much TO Grape-Nuts. Would
rather you did not use my name, but IL
| it VIII do you any good. use it, Name
| furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek
/ Mich.
Look for free receipt book in each
| package OF Grape-NuLs.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
KING STILL IN THE
SHADOW OF DEATH
LADY PAUNCEF0TE
SAILS FOR ENGLAND
Doubts Reliability Of News PurpoIting
to Come From Kings Bedside.
Continued from First Pagc.)

NEW YORK. June 25.-Lady Paunce-
fote and her two daughters sailed for
England this morning On the American
Line steamship st. Paul to make neces-
sary preparations fer their reception OF
Lord Pauncefotes body at the late an
bassador's ancestral home at Preston
l: is likely that the cruiser Brooklyn
will take Lord Paunccfote's body &c
England.
Lady Pauncefote said this morning she
had never met King Edward. but she
had met the Queen. She said she did
not believe that the people of either
this country or England were being
kept we'll informed as 10 the exact stat
us Of the Kings health. because it Is
the rule when royal parsonage is seri-
ously i'll to withhold all authentic news
until the patient dies or gets well, as
the case may be.
Lady Pauncefote said that her future
plans were too indefinite to be dis
cussed. Her health did not appear 70
day to be particularly robust
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
Honorary Degree BestoW-
ed at Harvard Com
nencennent.
OLD CLASSMATES GREETED
Mr.. Roosevelt Makes John, the Orange
Man." Joyful by Handshake-En-
tertained by Governor Crane at 4
Breakfast-Mr. Hay Also Hono.ed.

BOSTON. June 25.-Thcodcrc Roose-
welt. class of 80, participated with boy
tsh enthusiasm in the reunion Of mis-
classmates ut Harvard today, and as
President OF the United States he was
naturally the most notable figure III all
the commencement day functions Of the
old university. The degree OF doctor ot
laws was conferred upon him in the
name of the university by President
Eliot. the veteran preceptor ard admin
istrator. under whose teaching he spent
his undergraduate days at Harvard.
The President also attended the an
nual commencement dinner. where ne
made his most notable speech OF the
day: he gave a brief reception to the
Harvard overseers. and to the members
of the faculty at DR.. Eliot's home, visit
ed the chapter house OF the Alpha Delta
Phi. the fraternity of which he was a
member in college, and addressed in
formally, S.CO0 or 1900 graduates and
undergraduates assembled al the over
flow meeting in the Harvard Union.
Arrival at Boston.
President Roosevelt arrived in Bcs-
ton at o'clock this morning, and he
reached Harvard a few minutes after 10
remaining until o'clock in the after
noon. The President was accompanied
on his trip to Massachusetts, By Secre-
tary Cortelyou and Dr. J. Uric, of the
navy, the White House physician. Sec
-laA al
gree of doctor of laws today, had al
ready arrived. spending last night II
Boston Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Alice
Roosevelt had como from Oyster Bay
and met the President in Cambridge.
The President was met at the Bacl
Bay station on his arrival in Boston b!
committee of citizens, headed by Gen
Curtis Guild and under escort of TrooI
A, OF the First Massachusetts Cavalry
was driven to the Somerset Hotel. There
he was entertained at breakfast by Gov
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
MAMMOTH FRENCH
EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS
Display Will Occupy Five Times the
Space Used at the Worlds
Fair.

ST. LOUIS, June 25.-Having complet-
ed the preliminary details for the ezhib-
its OF France at the Worlds Fair, M.
Michel La Grave, the French commits
sioner, has returned TO France. lie is
very enthusiastic about the share which
France will have in the success of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
France" sald NJ. La Grave. will oc
cupy five times the space covered at
Chicago in 1898. and l have hopes Of
securing even larger area. ] demon
strated to the exposition managers that
inasmuch as France had been primarily
RESPONSIBLE for the Louisiana Purchase,
it should have the place Of honor at
tho exposition. convincing them at the
same time that il such place were al
lotted TO her she would fill 1t as be-
came the great nation she undoubtedly
is.
II succeeded in this. and / take back
with me the ground plan OF the expo
sition. upon which | mean to put my
architects to work az once. l propose
to erect as a national pavilion a re
production OF one Of our historical pal
aces having to do with Napoleon the
high contracting party III the Lo"i'l' ha
| sale.
THE architects will decide from the
| configuration of the grounds and the
general surroundings which of these
/ buildings would be most in harmon )
with the general plan. think thai
Malmaison will be the building selected
| for reproduction The fact that all the
| historical treasures and Napoleonir
relics of France would be shown in this
building would reduce the fire risks, Sc
runous to US in Chicago in 1903. to
minimum.
Another concession which ] was able
to obtain from the managers of the eX'
position was the organization OF th'
jury on the basis established at th'
Paris Exposition of 1900, instead of oil
that in force at Chicago in 1888. The Chi
cago Fair juries were not representa-
tive. and the majority of American jul
rors on them rendered unbiased judg
ment almost impossible. This was 81
evident to the French exhibitors at th'
time that they preferred to Withdraw
! from competition rather than submit u
the decision of a jury which they con
sidered prejudiced."
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
SILK WORKERS VOTE
FOR GENERAL STRIKE
MAY Throw $4,000 Out of
Employment.
Paterson Mill Hands in Mass Meeting
Retaliate on Employers, Who
Refuse Concessions.

PATERSON, n. J., June 25.-Goaied
by the refusal OF the manufacturers to
grant the smallest concession. the silk
dyers' helpers. at a mass meeting held
at 10 o'clock this morning in Turn Hall,
declared a general strike Of the silk
trades in this city. This means that
at least 25.C0O men. women and boys viii
be thrown idle upon the streets unless
the unexpected happens.
The question of declaring a general
strike was put to a vote and was carried
unanimously, there not being one dis
senting voice heard in the big hall,
which was packed, fully $500 persons
being crowded within its doors.
The meeting, which meant so much in
many ways. was an orderly one, and
was not marked with arrests, as was
that of yesterday.
Chairman McGrath presided. and told
the workers that the time had come st
last for them to decide whether or not
they would give in to the bosses. He
stated that they refused to give the
slightest advance. ard that meant that
IL the workers went back without gain
ing any concessions or slight advance,
they were beaten. lie stated that he
for one. would not go back like a whip
ped dog and let everyone have the
laugh ON him.
Chairman McGrath held up the sche3-
ule of 1894, which the bosses offered to
pay. He cried out: This is the sched-
ule they offer US. We submitted to their
own schedule and they refused it. We
now refuse to accept their schedule.
With these words he threw the paper
to the floor, and the crowd applaudel
the action. The vote for genera
strike was then carried.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
CORONATION SQUADRON
MAY GO TO GIBRALTAR
Navy Department Not Informed as to
Details of Admiral Crownin-
shields Plans.

The State Department has no knoTl-
edge of the plans Of Special Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid and the other members Of
the special embassy sent by this country
to the coronation Of the King of Eng
land. Their future movements will be
left entirely to their own discretion.
Rear Admiral Crownirshield. com
manGiEg the European station, has not
informed the Navy Department OF what
he proposes 10 do. now that the corora-
ticn naya! ceremonies have been aben-
doncd. but it is thought that he VIII re
assemble his scattered squadron at Glib
raltar. A cableGram has been received
from him announcing his arriva. on the
Illinois at Portsmouth, England. No fur
thor information is conveyed in the dis
patch.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
PRESIDENT MADE
DOCTOR OF LAWS

" Murray Crane. Mayor Collins. and
other distinguished officials Of State and
city After breakfast. carriages were
aiken for Cambridge
Classmates at Breakfast.
At the Presidents special request
number OF his old college classmates
who we're at the hotel to meet him were
included among the guests at breakfast.
These were: DR.. Henry Jackson, John
woodbury., Charles c. Washbarn, Ed
ward Brooks. Robert Winsor. Col. W.
4. CASTOR. r. II. SaItonstall C. Minot
Weld. c. Corham Peters, and Henry b.
Chaplin.
1 Before going to the dining room for
! breakfast the President chatted with
several OF his classmates in the hotel
/ Lobby. one of them showed him
morning paper which had headline
reading: Harvard, 10; Yale, /. That
pleased Mr Roosevelt immensely, and
] slapping his thigh vigorously, he eN-
claimed: "Hurrah, We beat them 10 to
IA: good enough" Then turning tc
Mayor Collins. and still holding the
paper. he said:
Talk about your reciprocity, Mr..
that gives me pleasure. Yale may beat
US occasionally, but 10 TO 4 just about
squares things.'
The old college town was generally
decorated with fags in the President S
honor, and thousands of cheering peo-
pie lined the streets of the route.
Greeting for John"
Only once was the procession to San
lers Theater interrupted, and that was
when the President sew John The or
ance man" For 4 week John had beer
saying that he would shake the Presi
dents hand The President saw John
and stopping the disnihed procession
spranE forward with hands outstretched
Hello. Johr. my boy he exclaimed
81 want to shake hands with you.
John. the orange man." was the hap
piest man In Cambridge at that moment
He doubled himself up with laughter an'
called out to the President: You arr
all right: you are all right"
The crowd cheered. ard even the mos
sedate members OF the Harvard COZ
! pora tion laughed outright.
While President Roosevelt was at III
house of Dr.. Eliot his classmates OF SO
VINO were nC!Ili3 a. ltbhiSA' IA 3"
boring hall, came over TO serenade MN
: with Harvard songs. When he hear
them the President came out OF IN
] house and shook hands with all of them
e The handshaking, how ever, was not o
, the formal sort, for the way their dis
tinGuishcd classmate plunged into III
( crowd Of graduates, calling many b
= their first names, ard fairly shoutin
with delight as he recognized old ac
D duaintances and chuns, vas enough 1
, remind them of a football scrimmagt
2 This was quite the most informal of IN
. DAYS functions.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
MARRIED AT BRIDGEPORT.
Miss Helen Milliken, of This City, Maid
of Honor

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. June 25.-Miss
Mary Wheeler Harrall, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Wright Harrall, aud
Mr.. Edward Pierpont Rowland, CT New
York city. were married here at noon
TODAY.
Miss Helen Mnliken. of Washington.
D. c.. was maid of honor; Henry Row
land. brother OF the groom. attended
him.
There were no bridesmaids. Guests
attended the wedding from New York.
Boston. Washington. Baltimore, and
other places.
MIR. and Mrs Rowland will sail Satur-
day for Europe They will not return
until October. when they viii take ul
their residence In New York city.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
Ocean Steamship Movements.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Arrived: Ma
jestic, Liverpool; Graf Waldersee. Ham
burg: Menominee, London; North
America, Genoa Arrived out: Phila
delphia. from New York. at Southamp'
ton; Ethiopia, from New York. at Glas
gov; Lain, from New York, at Naples
Teutonic. from New York, at Liverpool
Auguste Victoria. from New York
Cherhourg: Rotterdam, from New York
at Rotterdam.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
Failure of Reciprocity Re-
sponslblee.
PLANTERS THE SUFFERERS
Financial Collapse to Come Gradually
Bankers and Merchants Solvent and
Able to Cary Mortgages Upon Plan
tations for a Time.

In an interview upon the effect OF ere
failure of Congress to grant CONNER
cial reciprocity to the republic of Cuba,
Gen. Leonard Wood, recently governor
Of the island. says:
"In the first place, there will be no
Black Friday in Cuba. By that l
mean that there will be no general or
sudden financial collapse. This is be-
cause the Cuban banking firms and COM
mercial houses which hold the bunk tf
the mortgages upon the plantations are
solvent and are able to carry for m
siderable period the credits that they
have extended.
Planters the Sufferers.
1.-THE planters themselves are barely
able to par the interest on these loans.
Many of these loans were increased last
year, because it was necessary to borro"
more money to pay for the machinery
and labor required for the larger acreage
planted in cane, which accounts for he
large crop of sugar this year.
THE real sufferers will be the owners
of large plantations and the great mass
of the laborers whom they have en-
ployed. The first result of low prices
of sugar. due to the maintenance OF the
present customs duties on importations
of the United States, will be no ne"
plantfpg ef sugar next year. Assuming
that cane will continue to be productive
for an average OF Ave years, this would
result in only slow and gradual reduc-
ton of the total acreage. Reduced acre
age means, of course, smaller crop. Ii
will mean also less employment foI
labor.
Will Increase Idleness.
THAT will mean a progressive de-
crease in the amount of money expend-
ed for labor; that will Tean, in turn,
decrease in purchasing power; that vii
cause a lesscning of importations, ant
the effect of that will, of course. be
failing off in customs receipts.
THUS it becomes apparent that the
denial of reciprocity to Cuba is like 4
two edged sword-it will cut both ways
striking both the insular government
through a decrease in its revenues. ant
1.-THE humblest peasant thr- ugh decrease
of earning capacity.
The Idle Forces.
Conditions OF disorder in Cuba al
WAYS depend upon the number OF un'
employed among the mass of its popu
lation. At this very time large numbers
of Iaborers ought to be busy, under nor
NAL industrial conditions, breaking
ground for an increase Of the acreage t.
be planted in cane. Instead OF that,
lis probable that the acreage Will be de-
creased. perhaps 90 per cent below tina
of this year.
Island Left to Ruin.
"Advices that l have received IRON
Cuba recently show a disposition anon!
intelligent planters to praise the United
States for the splendidly restored con
dition in which they left the island. Bu
these advices also say in effect that W.
have left the island to its ruin. There
will now be progressive increase II
the number of idle and unemployed
Fer example. one planter writes .
me that he has had 500 laborers steadily
at work. He can now give employment
Ionly to fifty He reports that'the othel
45O have either begun to steal or ar'
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
FOREIGNERS TO RECEIVE
THE ORDER OF MERIT

LONDON. June 25.-"Tbe Times" SAYS
the newly formed Order OF Merit will
include distinguished foreigners as hon
orary members.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
Cuts, Bruises, and Burns Quickly Healed

C1,amberlain's Pain Balm is an antiseptic
lnrnent. and when applied TO cuts. bruises and
brrns causes them to heal without niaturatior
and much more quickly than by the usual
treatment. For sale by Henry Evans. whole
sale and retail. $50 Street, and all druggists.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
Greeted by Comrades.
Mr.. Long Cheered.

An enthusiastic reception was also
given ex-Secretary Of the Navy John D.
Long. who responded to the toast. The
Navy" II had been on the program that
Gen. Leonard Wood should respond to
the toast The Army" but on account
of his absence at w.iliamstown. where
he received an honorary degree from
The Washington times., 1902-06-26
Confined from First Page.)

position where in a year or two, he
had the leadership Of the bar of the
great city within his grasp. gave II up,
made the very great pecuniary sac
rifice implied in giving it up, and ac-
cepted the position under Pr Nsident Nc
Kinlev of Secretary of War, position
for which for the last three years and
at present amounts to being not only
the Secretary of war, but the Sccre-
tary of the islands. the secretary for
the colonies at the same time; who
has done the most exhausting and most
responsible work of any man in the
Administration, more so than the work
of the President. because circumstances
have been such that with man OF
Roots wonderful ability. industry. and
conscientiousness the President could
not help but deyolve upon his work that
made his task one under which al
most any other maE>I know would have
staggered
Praise for Root.
HE has done that and done 1t abb
solutely disinterestedly.
Nothing can come to Root in the way
of reward save that which is implied
in the knowledge that he has done some
thing which hardly any other man in
the Union could have done as well as
he has done 1t.
"He has done all that with the GER
tainty of attack, with the certainty OF
misunderstanding, with the certainty OF
being hampered by ignorance and worse
than ignorance so that ne could not dc
the best that was in him, only the best
that conditions would allow OF. 1t was
all. Abraham Lincoln could do, Incl
dentally
"He has done all: Taft has done it,
Wood has done it. Those three mer
have rendered that service.
Can Give Only Praise.
"I can do nothing for them. car
show MY appreciation Of them in no wa!
gave the wholly insufficient one OF stand
ing up for them and for their works, anc
that will do" GLong and continuous
noplause.i
President Roosevelt was the guest o
honor tonight at two dinners. The frs
was that of the Naval and Military Or
der. Spanish-American War, at New
Algonquin Club, which began at 6:3'
o'clock. and the President rcmaiuet
there until nearly 10 O'Clock. Shcrtl!
TO the Somerset Hotel. ami was theri
greeted by the international League o
Press Clubs. the convention delegates
OF which were holding their annual ban
cuet.
Greeted by Comrades.
It was arranged that ths Presiden
should spend the greater part of III
evening at the veterans banquet, goinl
to the Press Club dinner only for a few
minutes. between and $50. He re
mained nj the former function. however
an hour longer than had been expected
and his reception by his former com
-aGes-!u-arIns was most enthusiastic.
When he rose to make his address il
response 10 the Introduction Of the pre-
siding officer. all the diners. who. witt
their friends. numbered several hun
dred. rose en- massc. CHI, ering and wav
ing napkins above their heads for sew
eral miputes. His speech wag frequent
ly Interrupted by applause.
Mr.. Long Cheered.
An enthusiastic reception was ala
given ex-Secretary Of the Navy John D
Long, who responded to the toast. ''Th
Navy" II had been on the program tba
Gen. Leonard Wood should respond Il
the toast The Army" but on accoun
OF his absence at W.iliamstown. wher
he received an honorary degree from
The Washington times., 1902-06-26

J. Thcmas Faring hos purchased from
Dahney Herndon. trustee. the hcuse and
lot on the northwest corner of Prince
and Alfred Streets. for 81 .495.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26

An unsuccessful attempt was made
las; night 10 enter the residence of Mr..
George H. Hinken. The man was a ne
gro. lie was scared off before he had
time to get 10 work
The Washington times., 1902-06-26

Mrs. J. P AGnew and family have
conc to their country home near Ac
co.ink. to spend the simmer.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26

Mr.. Graham Hill and Miss Susie
P-oughtcn of Norfolk. were married In
that civ ifst Monday morning by Rev.
!. T. Thacker. Mr.. Hill formerly re-
sided In this city and is now chief in
specto- of The Southern Bell Telephone
Company in Norfolk.
The Washington times., 1902-06-26

Mayor Simpson this morning. after the
adjournment of police court. called the
attention of TIE officers to the fact that
the law. recently passed regarding ash
barrels. boxes and other receptacles, was
not being enforced. He stated that should
the policemen be derelict in perfornirg ?
their duty they would be held responsible.
Later in the day Lieutenant Smith, in
company with several officers. made an
inspection Of the city and reported that
he had never before seen the streets and
alleys more completely clear OF ashes and
! och rncr Ii q clnS
The Washington times., 1902-06-26

Mr.. r. Strong Yen of Shanghai China,
vho vas educated at the Episcopal HiGh
School. near this city. has graduated in
civil engineering Mt Lehieh University.
Tie will return &c his native country thi'
summer. where he has been appointed
assistant superintendent OF 4 rai'rra1
heinz constructed from Canton to Pekin.