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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-04-17

The full amount of 100000 for
the endowment of the VIM. L. Wilson
chair in Washington and Lee Univer-
sity has been raised.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
DEBT TO THE TROLLEY CAR
b, Charles TrpIe Child EDITOR Of the q" Ieccal Review.

dency was checked gently and without
shock at the centre OF its influence, and
an entirely new set of conditions brought
into the problem of housing the influx to
pOpulous places.
Indirectly, by the upbulding Of sub
urbs, the trolley line encouraged the
more conservative steam railway to COM
pete for the transportation of passengers
dwelling in the outskirts Once having
formed the suburban habit, many peo-
pie, by reason OF the superior speed Of
the steam railroad went beyond the con
venient distance OF the trolley car to
make their homes. Hence the suburban
area rapidly extended itself and is today
stll extending. The natural question is.
when and where viii the extension stop?
1t will stop only with the distribution
OF population over areas so great that
rs density will nowhere approach that of
the modern town. Cities. as collections
of residence places, will pass through
period Of gradual decadence, while re
naming as points OF condensation of in
dustry. in the light of recent engineering
advances. though even this last PROPOSE
tion is at least debatable. But the work
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
JnpHn's National lsebt.

Yasufumi Sswali, secretary of The
finance department OF Japan. gives an in
structive and lucid account OF the present
condition of The National Debt of
Japan" and of the successive stages in
its development. Mr. Sawaki thus de-
scribes the inception OF the debt
Prior TO the restoration there existed
in Japan several hundred feudal princes.
who enjoyed absolute power over their
provinces. The systems of administration
were more or less irregular. and differed
from one another. This was especially
noticeable in the matter Of finance. When
a prince had deficit and could not meet
it in the ordinary way he usually bor-
rowed the money required from wealthy
merchants and gave them notes in ex-
change. These notes were legal tender
only in the respective provinces where
they were issued, and made a consider
able aggregate amount. Soon after the
restoration the imperial Government took
over all liabilities contracted by the
princes and promulgated the new and old
loan act of 1873. The bonds ihus author
lied we're given to those merchants who
had advanced money TO the princes. The
bonds carried interest at 1 per cent. and
were rcdeematle by twenty-five annual
drawings. commencing the fourth year OF
their issue. North American Review.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
PARLIAMENTS.

The British House of Commons is
| the largest legislative body in the
world. having membership of $40
! The French Chamber of Deputies has
a membership of 5S4 the Italian Par
Lament, 5Os; the Hungarian House of
Representatives, 45S; the Spanish
Cortes. 43l: the Austrian Reichsrath.
i25, and the German Reichstag. the
smallest of the European parlia-
ments, 2g7. The present member
ship of the United States House of
Representatives is 351. The next House
of Representatives will be made up
of 3S6 members, a small increase
when compared with the growth of
population and the requirements of
presentation for each State as fixed
by ne Federal Constitution. Each of
the four Territories will also have
delegate, bringing up the whole
membership of the Fifty-eighth Con-
gress TO $50, The Canadian Parlia-
ment, under the apportionment of
1892, consists of 2l3 members. The
Boule of Greece consists of 2O1 mem
bers, and the Chamber of Deputies OF
Brazil has 2l2 members.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
senator Pcttus H. Humorist.

senator PettuS of Alabama is one OF
the. most rromincn, figures in the Sen
ate or the old school. he is a stlckler
for form and courtesy. in which he IS
never failing. Behind the gold trimmed
spe,tacles that sit far down on his nose.
however, are eyes that betray humor
and fun.
Senator Pettus humor was never sus-
pected until he took Senator Bcveridle
to task a couple Of sessions back. and il
was never better eXempiiiied than when
he cccU.ied the chair in tie Senate
couple Of DAYS ago to relieve Senator
Frye. The Philippine tariH was up for
debate and speakers were frequently in
terrupted in the course of their remarks
by questi and comments from Senators
who did not rise and address the Chair
Senator Pettus bided his time. until FINAL
ly Senator Patterson of Colorado arose
and answered one of Senator FOraker's
assertions. without obtaining permission
from the Chair and Senator Foraker.
The Senator from Colorado is out of
order and will take his seat" said Sen
ator fattus. rappng with his gavel.
The Senators laughed heartily. and Sem
ator Patterson blushed and sat down.
\ few minutes later Senators Foraker
and Hoar were on their feet. asking and
answering questions when there came
tap of the gavel from the President
chair. and the aGmonition from Senator
Pettus:
Both the Senators are out OF or]er
and will take their seats"
This Was too much for the gravity OF
the Senate and the gavel pounded the
desk for a minute or more before the
laughter subsidcd-
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
Club Houses fo1 Boys.

There is movement on foot in
Brooklyn to have the city establish
club houses for boys. 1t is argued
that the good which is done by pri-
vate philanthropy in this direction
would be immensely greater were the
city to take charge of the business.
This would probably be so, if the
right people had the matter IN hand
and their resources were equal TO the
| task to be accomplished.
The great need of city boys is a
decent place in which to associate
! with each other. OF course. the boy
! belonging to well-to-do people gem
| orally finds this place in MS own
! home. in the homes of his friends. or
in some club established by or for the
boys of his class. The youngster be-
longing to poor folks is very apt to
have no place bur the street in which
to carry on mis- social life. At home
the rooms are full of small children
and domestic business. and there IS
nothing which boy OF from ten to
fifteen hates worse than household af-
fairs. The house is too small for him.
! anyway He has reached The stone
age of his development, and he Graves
the open.
When ne lives in the country his
craving is healthy and beneficial All
he can find out of doors. as rule. is
nature. and the eompanionship Of
natme is not bad for anybody's health.
moral or physical The neiehborhood
boys who get together for fishing.
hunting or swimming excursions are
merely enjoying tribal life ami learn I
ing to deal with each other. and mos
of their diversions are harmless. But
in the city it is different. Attractions I
which are not good for the youthful
Imagination abound and unless the |
natural instinct of the young creature .
for social life and the shaping of his /
own recreations can be gratifed III the .
right way, his Imagination is liable
to be stimulated to precocious and .
baieful growth. Hence the club
house, in which he may find a gym
nasium. opportunity for manual train
ing. and plenty of books may be to
him the saving element in life.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08

| they are inconsistent with or re-
placed by some provision of the
code. these being G) the common
law; (2) British statutes in force in
Maryland on February %. 1901; (3)
the principles of equity and admir-
atty: (D general statutes of the
United States not locally inappli-
cable to the District; t5) municipal
ordinances and regulations, and a
further provision continuing in
force acts of Congress and Mary
land statutes relating to certain
matters specified.
1t is therefore evident that n
great mass of law exists not set
forth in the code. but to be found
in other books. One object of the
code is to supersede great mass
of law that has become obsolete or
untitled for present conditions;
another to introduce provisions
concerning substantial rights as
well as procedure which are be-
lieved to be beneficial many of
which have been tried in States hav-
ing modern codes.
As soon as the code was in print
and lawyers had opportunity to ex-
anime it. amendments were sug-
gested and continue to be suggest
ed. In many respects it is incom-
plete and imperfect. 1t also con-
tains some provisions based on prin
ciples which many people think err
roneouS. But. taken as a whole, it
is an Improvement, and we will soon
get used to it. Meantime, however,
some unfortunate results may oc-
cur. particularly in respect of prop
erty rights. Citizens generally un-
derstood what disposition would be
The Washington times., 1902-02-08

ing class. by which is meant all the use
fuI elements of ths population. is desert
ing the town centre for the town edge.
and the edge is growing wider and far
ther Al the lasttre population remain
ing in the once erpfded centre must be
those too inactive or too poor to move.
he surviving remnant of the submerged
To prove the probable truth of this
tprobable only because no one can fore
see all the elements that the future will
inject into the outgrowth of any set OF
present conditionsD it is only necessary
10 consider the History and present status
of the electric railway. Fourteen years
ago electricity first definitely competed
with the horse on street railways.
Improvements rapidly made soon en-
abled this motive power TO displace ami
mails for traction purposes Other i'm
proyements made 1t possible to Increase
he length Of electric lines at the same
tine preserving all the economies and
ben, FITS of the new system. In its short
histo.y the electric motor has advanced
from The rival Of the- horse to a formid-
able competitor 0f the locomotive, Its
possibil ties are beyond the limits Of rea-
sonable prophecy.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
UNDER THE CAPITOL DONE.
senator CIarI,'s Proposition.

senator CIarI>'s Propositions.
Senator Clark of Wyoming came dan
gorously near being obliged to resign his
scat in the Senate the other day. or else
TO ''crawfish'' on a proposition which he
made 10 Senator Hoar. Several Senators
were discussing the amount of money
that it had cost certain men to realize
their ambition by becoming members of
the upper house OF Congress. Senator
HoarS-who has {. constituency EhiehNwill
return him. doubtless as long as beslires
without even so much'Eas, aareslaest 80
anyone on his part, was denouncing the
methods which some Eeuien had gemployed
to seeare election. s~ss
Il tell you what I'll DO said Senator
Clark; ''I'll make you a proposition to
prepare statement Of our respective
expenses, and if mine wereS greater than
yours III resign my seat
.''Oh, | wouldn't agree ITO anything thai
would deprive the distinguished Senator
said Senator HoarA laughinEly.
Senator Clark thereuQOE drew from his
pocket a reCeirted bill showing that his
election TO the Senate had cost him but
S27a senator Hoar has not stated what
his expense was. but if he should. it is
still ina eined that he might rall upon the
Wyoming member to make good his prop
ositioE 10 resign.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
A WASTE OF GOOD ENERGY.

With Pickwkan international
The Yankees
bithy Minister
allegation of William
being duty,
ed to
official in Washington describes
unde Uncle
have problems hands prob
of
in
som a of history
is to
TO
The Washington times., 1902-02-08

made of their property in cases of
intestacy. Now. taking, for exam
pie, the disposition of the personal
estate of a married woman dying
intestate. section 37s of the code
provides that the surplus, after the
payment of debts, shall go to her
children; but section 116O provides
that such surplus shall be the prop
erty of her husband. This latter
provision should have been inserted
with or near section 31S, in that
part of the code covering that sub
ject matter: but as the code is now
arranged and indexed it is mislead-
ing. No doubt this is the result of
the method by which the original
draft was revised.
The work is more revision than
a code. Whatever il is, it is capable
of improvement. A competent law
yer of experience should be en-
ployed to arrange, in proper order,
all the matter set forth as law in
the code. and also the laws thereby
continued in force. lie should pre-
pare. as an appendix to his draft,
memoranda of alterations which
may be suggested to him by resi-
dents of the District, and refer to
such memoranda by marginal notes
at the appropriate parts of the text.
Everyone interested in the admin
istration of the law here should have
an opportunity to suggest altera-
tions. and then the draft of code,
so revised. and in orderly arrange
ment. setting forth in full the body
of law now intended or supposed to
be in force-with an appendix set
ting forth proposed changes
should be laid before Congress for
its action.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08

The movement toward the codifi-
cation of the laws of this District
was slow. This was chiefly because
of the conservatism which is char
acteristic of the legal fraternity.
Lawyers feared the results of Il
possibly sudden or violent transit
ton from the old system, with
which they were familiar, to an
other, new and experimental.
The draft of a code. prepared by
Justice Cox, who undertook the
bar, should have been printed in
sufficient numbers to enable every
citizen of III, District who desired
copy to obtain one. But this was
not done. On The contrary. the
draft went inro ;he hands of Il few
gentlemen who applied themselves
induStriously ~ the task of review
ing the work. and for quite long
period the courts suspended opera
ti'iiN i'i INV VI Jaw IS Nbo
We're so engaged.
The draft of a code. so revised.
Went to Congress with the supposed
endorsement of the District bar.
but. in fact, comparatively few law
yers had seen it or had had any OPP
portunity to examine it.
There is much merit in the work.
1t is brief. containing only 1.642
sections, all set forth in 275 pages
This breyity is accounted for by the
fact that what is set forth in the
code consists principally of the acts
of Congress and Maryland statutes
lately i'm force here. as amended in
the coditication. and provision
continuing in force certain laws not
therein set forth, except so far as
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
Mr.. CARNEGIE'S EPITAPH.

Mr. benevolent
libraries
of
Mr. Carnegie He student with
welstod literary knowledge insight
human his judicial dissection of
illogical
to
amboyant with life the selected
the philosophy
experience
wishes q following chieel
10 l geta ao great any
That and paphif thing
will
will be before according the
wishes of eNcellent remarkable humanitarian
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
Mahome, Going to the Mountain.

Philadelphia North American Speaker
Henderson and Messrs. Payne. Grosvenor.
and Daizell have trained all their high
tariff arguments on the President with
out making him retreat an inch. They
have multiplied the difficulties in tine way
of granting trade concessions to Cuba.
devised laborate schemes to ccmplicate
the issue and proposed substitute meas
ures of doubtful practicabjliIy, only 10
find the President immoyable in mis- pur-
pose to defend the nations honor. some
one must give in. so Mahomet Grosvenor
and company are preparing 20 go 10 the
mountain
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
In Training for the SENATE

When Senator. who has graduated
from the House of Representatives into
the upper body walks over TO the south
side Of the Capitol, and views his old
stamping ground from the floor. his for
mer colleagues whisper, He must get
lonesome over therei' When, however. a
member Of the House Of Representatives,
comes over 10 the Senate. and sits at
one of the desks. as he is BY courtesy
privileged to do. and any of his colleagues
from the House side are in The galleries.
they whisper He is training for the
Senate"
Three OF the former leaders Of the
House are now serving their first session
in the Senate-Messrs. Dolliver Of Iowa,
Carmack of Tennessee. and Bailey Of
Texas.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
ConscriptioH Not Popular.

Baltimore Herald-The fact that 13l l6g
sble- bodied men emisrated from Germany
last year 10 avoid conscription should
make Rudyard Kipling and the British
advocates OF compulsory military service
in the British Empire pause somberly
This silent record speaks volumes, al
though. perhaps, not so poeiical as the
collected words Of the troopers bard
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
A Tunnel for Avenae Cars.

There is only one thing lacking to
make the Capitol perfect. and that is a
tunnel for the Avenue cars said Repre-
sentative Charles e. Hooker, of the Sew
enth district of Mississippi. There
should be- said he, "a tunnel beginning at
the Peace Monument, and it should con-
tinue in a direct line until it reached the
Avenue on the other side of the Con-
gressional Library There should be a
the Capitol with steps leading to either
wing of the building 1t would be great
convenience to the members and Sena :
tors and especially to ladies' who . now
have quite a distance to walk from the
ears TO the building.
In very windy weather | have seen
people almost taken off their feet by
heavy gust of winter wind. | remarked
10 Chairman Cannon. of the Appropria-
tions Committee, only the other day that
the improvements contemplated for Wash
ington lacked but one thing. and that was
the tunnel. Some day, perhaps. 1t vii! be
built ana the cars. instead OF gong
around the Capitol and up the steep
hill. will run underneath the building and
continue en- until they reach the Aver nue
on the other side of the Congressional
Librarv
General Hooker was first elected to the
Fortv-fourth Congress. The only mem
her of the present House VINO served
with him in that Congress is Represen7
tatlve Cannon of Illinois. General Hooker
and Mr.. Cannon differ in politics. but tbey
are warm personal friends.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08


nj shall see a repetition Of the for
l Y mer conditions of manufa curing
towns human bcehives. where the
worFC.s swarmed about their work in ut
terly insanitary and evil closeness 10 one
another Their crowded areas have been
lhinned out the tenement has given way
TO the cottage, and the town has spread
into the pleasaa; country. And all this
has been accomplished in fourteen years
by {; single and most unexpected agency,
the trolley car
This statement may possibly be dis
putcd. but il is self-evident that trans
portation facilities have released the cen
trifugai tendencies OF aggr egaiions Of
people. Nothing approaching adequacy
as 2 means % urban transit had preceded
The trolley. and its effect upon cities was
practically Immediate. Boundaries were
overflowed and communities hitherto
horni by limits Of distance expanded and
took vivifyng breath of their suburbs
The occasional commuter was Joined by
an army Of pilgrims of the trolley. and
farms were staked off and sold for villa
sites on every hand. The centripetai ten
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
Dead as Dead Can BE.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph- is diff
fcult to obtain any Trustworthy informa-
lion concerning Tolstoy's physical con-
ditiCn, because according TO the enlight-
ened Russian idea, when man has been
eXcommuBicated from the orthodox
church he IS as dead as he ever vii! be.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
In Defiance of INipIing.

Baltimore Hera!d-The proposition OF
some OF the members OF the British House
of Commons TO install ping-pong outfit
in one of the committee rooms, in order
to beguile the hours during which tedious
speeches are made. indicates remark
able imperviousness on the part of its
authors to the oiions of Poet hipling.
The latter has grayely discountenanced
athletic sports. and II is sad TO see the
brotherhood OF "oafs'' multiplying in the
face of his withering contempt for them
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
The President aud the People

? Baltimore American-The President has
The people back of him in his champion
ship Of The rights Of Cuba. He is repre-
senting and obcying public opinion with
a force Hnich Congress must regard. for
the indiguatiCn Of = nation is not thing
that any man or body OF men can defy
with Immunity
The Washington times., 1902-02-08

nes Moines Leader-The Hon. Champ
Clark is still favorable 10 the Beers. but
not 10 the extent of declaring that he
doesn't want the votes of those OF his CON
stitUents Who sell mules for the work of
subiugation
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
A Pointed Question.

: Atehison Globc-Worer abuse the men.
Ever hear OF = Sheriff assisting murder
ess in breaking jail. and leaving ms wife
and children 10 live with her?
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
Americanized FiIipinos,

Pitlsburg Telegrapn Perhaps
those eighty-four Filipino voters who put
eighty y-nine ballots in the box at BaIanga
We're only trying to show that they were
b.cOming AmericaniZed.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08

Norfolk Virginian -Pilot-The Richmond
mayoralty race has reached the point
where the comparative size of rake offs
is banded about. Apparently. Richmond
ers are billed TO find out something about
their cifv affa irs.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
cou,n,., Wa ,rh pink CnIic".

Represep.ative De Graifenreid and Rep
resentative Randell, both of the Lone
star State. have adopted the practice OF
matching pennies down in the House res
taurant to determine who shall pay for
the lunch for both. The other daY the
BLACK Eagle" had bis luck with him
and won every course. including several
rounds of liquid refreshments.
I'm done exclaimed Mr.. RandeiI-
I've reached the conclusion, De, ihal
you're a natural born gambler
"Zotbing of The sort" said Mr. De
Gra1fenreid. simply. you don under
stand the game Talk about matching
pennies. why. Randell, YOU couldn't match
a piece of pink calico
The Washington times., 1902-02-08

Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant has gone to
New York TO meet her brother, Mr.. Har-
ry H. Honore, of Chicago whose wife has
just died at Florence, Italy. Mrs. Grant
has Cancelled all social engagements.
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
Miss May Hownrd's Birthday Party.

Miss May HOward's Birthday Party.
/ large party gathered at the residence
OF Mrs. VI. E. Howard, 2725 Thirteenth
Street, Thursday at a birthday party Civ
| en- TO her daughter May. Those present
were Alfred Calderon, of the Peruvian
Legation; Mr.. WI Sho-lien, Mr.. Ou Sho-
| tchun. Mr.. Loo An Chin. Mr.. Shen Fung
of the Chinese Legation Misses May E.
Howard Mary Grindall, Lillian Howen-
stein, Tanena Desio Florence O'Brien,
Valinda Holmead, May 1. Mcguire, Eli
more Moriarty. Catherine O'Donoghue
! Margaret Kennedy. Cecilia Kennedy Mel
lie Curtain Florence Karns. Mary Agnes
Morrison, Anna Mccormick Mary Nc
Cormick, Louise Sharpless Anna Burke
and Messrs. John Hartnett. jr.. John ].
MahOney. Victor Desio. Daniel O'nonog-
Bernard Fitzpatrick. Harry Callahan. Will
liam J. Campbell, S. Wren Howard, Harry
Quinn. Drs. Joseph Regl, Robert Love-
W. Ashford Reiss. and John O'Donoghue
Games were participated in until late
hour. followed by refreshments The prize
Donors of the evening were won by Miss
Lillian Lowenstein and Mr.. Louis B
Woulfe.
Miss Fannie c. Hooker, OF Copfah Coun-
ty. Miss. is here for the winter with her
uncle. Representative Hooker. at SO
Street northwest.
Mrs. d. Moore will he at home at 123
Maryland Avenue northeast next Monday
The Washington times., 1902-02-08
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Secretary shaw's Reticence.

Schenectady Union-The latest gossip
about Governor Shaw-that he once sawed
wood for a Iiving-may account for his
present reticence.