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The Washington times., 1902-01-05
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"The disuse into which New Year Day
has fallen, as an occasion of great public
festiyity and social reunion. makes
map who remembers how the first day
of January was celebrated in Washington
twenty years ago marvel at the change"
remarked Mr.. George Leach, at the Fair
fax.
''On that festal day the leading hotels
were centres OF such rayety as mares the
receptions Of this period tame and com
monpiace, indeed. The New Year balls
and banquets given in the Administration
of Hayes and Arthur have no parallel
today for brilliancy. Hotel men used TO
figure on receipts running iHto the thou-
sands for the New Year conyiyialitics.
and, rejecting on the changes since that
day. the local bonfacc well may cxclaim.
sic transit gloria mundi' -
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
4 Virginia Dpp6rtuuitl.

with 50 much waste land in Virginia
It is great wonder that men of means
do not utilize more Of ii Ia the establish
ment of game preserves" said Mr. =. !.
Campbell. OF the Old Dominion, al the
Riggs.
81 have studied The matter somewhat
and am satisfied that the raising OF wild
game in some Of the counties contiguous
10 Washington could be carried on so as
TO combine pleasure with profit One
could take a tract of 500 or . 900 acres
and breed deer. antelope, pheasauts.
grouse, quail and many ojher varieties
that would ind ready markets Ncnison
is worth 30 cents a pound, ana there
ought to be splendid profits in a we'll
managed deer preserve in this region. so
well adapted to that animal. There is i'm
the big cities OF the East demand for
game that is constant and for the man
who viii go into the business of supply
ing il fortune is in store"
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
CHICAGO CLUB FEDERATION.
The Marquette. Hamilton. and Lin.
coin to Work Together

CHICAGO. Jan. Without merging their
Identities into a central organization, the
Marquette, Hamilton and Lincoln clubs,
the leading Republican Clubs of Chicago.
Will work in concert in future political
campaigns.
At a meeting OF the directors of the
three clubs last evening. the future policy
of the three organizations was agreed
upon definitely. y committee of three
directors from each CLUB of which the
presidents will be ex-odicio. members. will
be appointed. and will meet soon 10 formu-
late plan for the federation.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT.
Suit of l.. u. piatt and Others Against
William ThOmns.

Two suits in equity have been filed by
Lester B. Platt and others against Will
liam Thomas. trading as the American
Paper Straw Company.
One of these suits is filed for the pur-
pose of enjoining Mr.. Thomas from in
fringing an alleged patent Tor method
of coating paper tubes which WAS granted
to the late Marvin c. Stone and which is
now held by the trustees under his will.
The other suit is filed 10 enj0in alleged
unfair competition in business by Mr..
Thomas.
The bill sets forth that Marvin c. Stone,
now deceased. during his lifetime en-
ployed Mr.. Thomas and admitted him to
confidential relations whereby he was en-
abled to become familiar with the meth
DDS of Mr.. Stone in the conduct OF his
business OF manufacturing artificial
StTaTS,
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Queen Aiexnndrn's VioIinist.

Lady Halle, VINO has just been appointed
violinist to Queen Alexandra. is the wife
OF Sir Charles Halle, the DISTINGUISHED
London musician. She was formerly
Wilkelmina Neruda, and is a native of
Austria, where her remarkable talent for
music was first developed. Her first pub
lie appearance was made when she was
but SIX years old. She was married in
lSti TO the Swedish musician Norman,
and soon after his death she was united
to. her present spouse
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Fortunes al british Authors.

The fact that Sir Walter Besant died
with less than $4,000 to his credit has
called attention to the fortunes other
British writer's left. EYxept Sir Walter
Scott no novelist has ever made such
sums as would be regarded by men in the
money market rs wealth. SCOTS income
aver ged for years $50, 0y0 4 year. Dick
ems left $iO0 900, Thackeray less. Bulwer
Lytton with very keen eye for The
main chance and Il considerable but en-
estate, S4o1.o4G.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
j. Pierpont Morgan-s Dream.

THE dream of my boyhood days" OBJ
served ]. Pierpont Morgan to friend re-
Gently. was to be farmer and have the
finest stock in the world--the dolce far
niente of the farmers life was my fancy"
Well, You have your farm and your stock
to say nothing of stocks retorted the
friend. We'll. but | am the man of all
work and haven't got the dolce far
niente: and can't buy il. either. big q
price as l might be willing to pay for it,"
Now York Times.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
SPEAKER HENDERSON ON HAND.
Cannot Estimate Probable Length
of Present Session.

Speaker Henderson, who returned from
his home in Iowa Friday evening. is again
al the Normandie. He had a number of
callers yesterday. who came to pay thei,
respects.
The Speaker is in the best of health
and is prepared to settled down Tor a very
busy session.
In his opinion it will be very inter-
esting session, and the House will 10
business. Just how long the session will
last, he says, no one can tell.
When the session has been going for
ABOUT two weeks, perhaps, some idea may
be gained as to- what the Congress will
do.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Tho Language of cb,uriu,

Der friends across the water who
are. listening to American ragtimc
from American talking-machines,
wearing American clothing, and eat
ing American dainties, have selected
an ugly word 10 designate the success
of the Yankee producer in the for
eign market.
Invasion is an ENTRY into coun-
try with hostile intent" and smacks
OF the clanl1 of the sabre and the
smell OF powder. Perhaps those who
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Chinese Exclusion.

1t looks as though the question CT Chi
nese exclusion will receive the most seri-
Gus consideration at the hands Of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit tee, numer-
Gus bills having that object in view being
now on file. The most of these are COM
paratively brief, simply extending the
laws now in force. That of Mr.. Mondell
of Wyoming extends the period ten years;
Mr.. Connell's extends the laws twenty
years: Mr.. Bromwell's Indefinitely. while
Mr.. Kern proposes to keep the Celestials
out for all time, not only from the United
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
wnen Hnysccds We're Our Consu1..

1T will be great day for the United
States when the practice of sending
Reubens and haysceds to represent the
Government in diplomatic positions
abroad is discontinued, D." remarked Judge
VI. A. Farley, of Chicago, at the Fairfax.
i believe there mas been an Improvement
of late years in the calibre of men sent
10 look after American interests in other
countries. but some of the specimens
that used TO 20 were a positive disgrace
to the country.
Il remember being a number of years
ago in a large town in England. 20 which
man from my own State had been sent
as consul. He was well-meaning citi-
zen, but his life had been spent m Tie
hackwoods, and he had no conception of
the usases Of polite society. He received
me with great kindness. and asked me
to attend d function That was 10 come
of in ii fcw-aays, and which had been
heralded in the press as great social
event, because of the anticipated attend
ance of a rierrber of the royal faInily...-
Il shuddered when | though; of the
sort Of costume my @g"Gtrymaa vas apt
TO array hiIaself in, and ii tool me some
time to impress on him the nee! of pro-
viding himself with The proper garments
for such an occasion. By dint Of patience
and perseverance / succeeded ir hay-
ing him secure very handsome dress
suit, and on the night OF the function
went to his homc to make sure that he
would wear it. ! wish you could have
seen him when he finally appeared be
fore me for inst ectiOn. lie had donned
the suit rightly enough and to make ii
all the more captivating had tied about |
his throat necltie that famed like the |
crimson streaEs OF "A setting sua.'
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Navy Yard short of Funds.

On account OF the scarcity of funds, it
has been found necessary by the Navy
Department to order furloughs for num-
ber of employees, including apprentices at
the Washington Navy Yard. In order to
pay for the armor. guns, and labor re-
CURED during the remainder of the year,
it will be necessary to secure deficiency
Of about $4,000. 600.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
FOREIGN TOPICS.
Armenia's Patriot Poet.

By the death of Father Leon Alishaw,
at Venice, in his eishtyfirst year, the
Armenian race loses one of its most patri-
otic poets and cultivated historians. He
was a member of several foreign acad-
tion to devotional books his three great
topogra phical histories of .Cilicia, Sisuan,
and Shirak, and monographs on the
geology, fauna, and flora OF Armenia are
standard works, though he will probably
he hest remembered by his discovery of
the Armenian text of the Apology of
hristides.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
CONTRIBUTION FROM A CLIENT.
New York Attorney Sends 800 to
the Conscience Fund.

The Treasurer Of the United States-El
lis II. Roberts, yest eFday received from
William II. Blain. an attorney of New
York city. certified check for the sum
of 500 which amount Mr.. Blain wishes to
be deposited TO the credit of the Con-
science Fund
Mr. Blain in his letter 10 Mr. Roberts
said that the money is deposited ION be-
half of a client whose name and address,
for obvious reasons, am precluded from
stating"
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Compulsory Voting in France.

bill to make voting at elections COM
pulsOry, which is to be introduced into
the French Chamber by VI. Georges Ber-
ry, provides that any person abstaining
from voting at elections shall have his
name displayed on the door of the town
hail. pay "A fine of from francs to 10
francs, and be disfranchised and rendered
ineligible for any public office.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Have We Amy Law at All in the
DiStrirt.

The popular game among the
legal gentlemen of The District now
seems to be. who's found a flaw in
the new code?" If prizes were Of
fered. the Bar Association would soon
have bankrupt treasury. Strange
is that attorney who does not count
the day lost in which he has not sue
ceeded in adding N least one pcrfora-
tion to the many already made in the
Districts new book Of the law.
Yesterday some one discovered that
there was grave question whether
our able, learned. and useful Justices
Of the peace had any legal right to
being. y day or so before that the
business world had all it coald do
to prevent a panic following the dis
covery that Washington perhaps was
without really legal type of that
modest but important and usually
numerous official. the notary public.
The questions raised about iuries
and Police Court Judges and many
OTHER things are part of District his
tory by this time. So abundant and
so apparently vital have been the de
fects found in this new and untried
instrument of the will of the people
that the serious and thoughtful lay.
man is beginning to ask himself:
Have we any law left?
Are we at last reduced 10 state
bordering close upon anarchy?
And this right in the Capital of the
nation.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
a Dcmocrntic Sovereign.

King George Of Greece completed his
fifty-sixth year on December u. Ny
strength is in the love of my-people,"
were the words he used when he went to
his adopted country to become its SOW
ereign. King H.-. i'5l Is that
princes must ,n .e superior .
intellect. llnow' adga taa r'.
those around tn & .rF .
edly lived Ur
thus expressed
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Give Them Time.

Philadelphia North American-The ap-
parent Indifference OF the Cubans to the
outcome Of their first national election,
their abstertion from ballot-box stuff
ing. repeating, and fisGting at the polls,
probably Will be cited as proof OF their
uniitness for self-gOvernmcut and inabil-
ity to appreciate the blessings of repub-
lcan freedom. Evidently they need po-
litical guardians and tutors.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Diving Police in Paris,

The formation Of body of "diving
police in Paris was received with much
banter, but il must not he supposed that
this body has no usefulness. The society
of Partisan Anglers have shown their
sympa ny toward the corps by handing
over to the inspectors i0n francs to be
divided among the men who have been
most msirumentalin in the repression of fish
poachila, ---
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
TO AUCTION TEN CHILDREN.
Tots VIII &c Sold to the Highest
Bidders,

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Jan. Captain
McDiarmid, of the Salvation Army, an
nounces that one week from Sunday night
he will sell at auction ten children, on the
stage of the Park Theatre.
Captain McDiarmid said:
Il have the consent of the parents OF
these children. ana shall sell each to the
highest bidder. l will keep within the
letter of the law, and see that each child
secures good home, and is properly edu-
Gated"
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Cri-..- 2,.-n.-- -

The memoirs OF the late 1ormer
mcr Crispi, showing that it was King
Humbert who prevented Crispi from re-
calling General Baratieri from Abyssinia,
50 causing the Adowa disaster. have cre-
ernment is trying 10 suppress their pub
liru1inn
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Innovation in the French Army.

\ French general has inaugurated 4
plan o. 1Fmitting and even encouraging
soldiers 10 sing when on the march, a
privilege which has been strictly denied
until recently. 1t has also been arranged
that any soldier who can play on any OF
the smaller musical Instruments shall be
provided with such instrument at the ex-
pense Of the state
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

Governor Shaw dec!ination 10 talk
for publication on financial ques-
tions proves that the Hawkeye states
man is wise in his day and genera
ton. He realizes that the seven-incil
guns of the yellow press are charged
with mud. and he has 10 desire TO
become the target OF such marks
men
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

1t would be Il great blessing to
Western World humanity If The canal
project were TO furnish a field for the
surplus energy of the Central and
South American enthusiasts. Uncle
Sam might give them a chance to at
tack the Isthmus of Panama with
nirkS and ShnNelS
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT,
a Tip for Mr.. Payne,

Houston Post-Thc new Postmaster
General :avors cheaper letter postage. Ii
he can get on the track of the man who
looted the Chicago postofIice he can
doubtless get a supply Of stamps at near
" cost Irice.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

Governor Odcli's private secretary
announces that the Empire State cx-
ecutiyc does not wish to have dctec-
tives lettering about in his vicinity.
The information that the Governor
can take care of himself is volun-
teered. Governor Odcll apparently
believes that the private detective
bears a strong resemblance 10 Il
Nermiform appendix.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

Tho New York World' declares
that even the microbes commit sui
eide when compelled to drink Chicago
wafer. If we believed that Potomac
WAS such germicide. we could take
ours through sieve and be conpara-
lively happy.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Ta interest of sonriety.

Lon rte-DemOcrat-If Senator
.u-ent be true, that the
South Carolina dispensary law has de-
stroyed the evil of treating, The rest of
the States should take it up at once.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Enclanu's Time Limit.

Topeka State Journal-Perhaps England
is ashamed to give up in South Africa
any sooner than she did in America at
the time OF the Revolution. If she has
her mini set that way she still has more
than four years Of fighting before her.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Editorial E..rntinIs in the Mcsf.

Chicago Record -Herald-The highway
man who tackled the Chicago editor evil
IDENTIFY forgot that no man who is not
quick on the draw can hope to edit sue
cessfuily here in the glorious West.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

There is a prospect that the Demo-
sist upon waving its clubs secured
from the wreckage of the Kansas
CITY platform.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

The 'Philadclphia Tines asserts
that the political victory in New York
was q democratic" one. But the
Times apparently made grave
mistake in spelling ii with L capital
~
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Worthy of Invitation.

Cleveland Plain pealer-After all, the
Chiuaman has some good traits. One OF
these is his rule u pay all his debts on
New Year Day.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Rumnrs in ihc Air

Chicago News-Fra gmentary news that
floats out from Ohio is TO the effect that
Foraker will not be unanimous for Hanna
for President in 1904.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

AS matter OF fact, those who
iections To the proposed decolette
dress reform are the ladies them
selves,
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

Mr.. Croker seems to have played
golf in New Jersey just about rs well
as he played that last game of politics
in New York.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Uair-PulIing Harmony.

Atlanta Constitutional is useless to
.. 'ho Chicago Democrats to get to-
They / so, and it required
the police to separate
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

Some people are very much diseon-
ccrted because the octopus was
caught ON December %, carrying n
well-i"aded pack and wearing long
grey Whiskcrs.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion having been ordered out, the
Northwestern railroad Dar is likely
10 be interesting. ,,1 e..
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Restrictive Legislation Certain.

/ Restrictive L=SislatiOn Certain.
| At this time 1t may be considered a
moral certainty that some legislation will
| be enacted by the present Congress to
| prevent the free immigration of Chinese.
| 1t is equally certain that this Will be done
| merely III response TO what is believed to
be a popular demand and against the
better Judgment of some of the Senator's
and members who will feel constrained to
vote ior such Il measure
BY these it is even now quietly but
earnestly argued that any legislation
along this line is violation of the spirit
OF our entire treaty intercourse with
emma, an affront to that nation. an in
justice to the Chinese themselves. and
wholly unnecessary for the protection of
American labor. 1t is stoutly urged that
the chinese are quiet. Industrious. hon
est. and law-abiding people. and that
within reasonable limits as to numbers
they are positive advantage to the
country, because they will do work vh;ct,
white men seriously object to doing, and
Will perform other kinds which. while
necessary to be dofsc cannot be paid for
at high rates. As there are less than So
ooo Chlnese in the country. il is claimed
that III there is q danger point it has not
yet been reached. and that general ex-
tiuSIDH dt lHiS time Is premature
On the other hand the advocates OF
exclusion contend that the very quietude
and industry of the Chinese make them
formidable competitors in the Industrial
held; that their mode of life enables
them 10 work for wages upon which white
men would starve: that they can cUt
wages still more, because. as q rule. thew
have no families to support: that almost
the only women among the laboring
fta y, ,s,r,
immoral purposes, and that they have
wrought incalculable injury to the youth
OF the country by the degrading habits
TO which they are addicted-particuIarIy
that of opium using-and which they have
introduced among the whites wherever
the two races have come into contact.
1t is furthermore argued that the num-
Der OF Chinese here is small simply be-
cause they have been forcibly kept out:
that with the door wide open to them they
would now come in multitudes, and that
the only way effectually to safeguard
American labor is to act long before the
danger point is reached, for after that
it might be too late.
Referring to Minister Wu's strange
protest, it is claimed by those who are
anti Chinese that his arguments arc
purely legal and technical: that it is no
hardship upon his countrymen to remain
home in view OF his own statement that
very few of them desire to do anything
else. and the opinion is freely expressed
that his earnest opposition is based not
upon any desire to have them come here.
but rather upon the feeling that such
legislation is disparagement of
his country's dignity, while we are
iealing with the question as one
,f farreaching economic and social eff
'ects. Putting all questions of argument
aside, the feeling is very general in Con-
sressional circles that the exclusion Of
he Chinese will be continued, and pos
;ibly with some additional restrictions
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

Our British friends have at least
one comfort. King Edward Will not
don Il royal diadem labeled Made in
America The invasion" is yet in
complete.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
||nz2 & ]ll9R l11l7z TEE CAPTToL De1E

States proper. but from the Philippines
and Porto I,ic. iso.
whether This would result without ex-
pressly 50 stipUlating in the law is an
other OF those uncertain legal questions
which have arisen respecting the precise
status OF orr new possessions. Mr.. Kern
evidently feels that il is safer to have
tnsm named IN the exclusion law. al
though the supreme Court decisions are
considered as fairly implying that q gen.
erai statute win extend TO the outlying
possessions unless there are words of
limitation.
by Tar the most elaborate OF these bills
IS that OF Mr.. Kahn of California which
goes into the subject exhaustiveIy it
apparently being the aim OF the author
10 cure the real or ina ginary defects in
the existing statutes. 1t excludes all Chi
nese except those born or naturalized
here; these admissible under article of
tne convention of 1894, between the United
states and China: Chinese officials. teach
ers, students, merchants, travellers. and
duly registered laborers who, being al
ready here. may desire to visit China
with the privilege of returning to the
United States.
All OF these different. classes are par
tieuiafly described. so as to prevent eva
sions of the law. and severe penalties are
imposed for false swearing and fraudu-
lent practices whereby the aims and pur-
poses of the law are sought to be defeat
co. IL IS almost unnecessary to say that
the exclusion is made permanent
The Irish standard., 1902-12-27
CHAPTER III.
MR. HECTOR PLANS A NEWSPAPER
IRII Sr

MR. HECTOR PLANS A NEWSPAPER
TRUST
The morning after the supper Hes
tor appeared at tie Record Office ut
an early hour. Hn looked over his
mail, and then wl.ltc a note to Pal
mer j. Morton, the great tinalcier
and railroad maynute, requesting an
early interview on a matter of some
Importance. This off his mind, Hes
tor made the rounds of the office.
lie chatted awhile with Mr.. Chalmers
and then driftcd into the art depart
ment. He was in etfervescent spirits,
and seemed highly satisfied with all
the world Fi:,a'f,. he returned to
his room ;n,l proceeded to work Off
tile exub,Iance of his animal spirits
by performing clog step to live
ly tune, the words of which he sang
with more regard for speed and ex-
act time than for expression:
There was an old geczer, and he had a
wooden leg;
could he beg;
Another old geezer was as cunning as q
fox,
And he always had tobacco in his old to-
bacco box"
Spirited breakdown and repeat-)
a'Yes. he always had: tobacco In his old
tobacco box
As the versatile Mr.. Hestor paused
{ to contemplate with much salts.
factinn, the success which had been