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The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Anti-Lynching Bill Smothered.

The Senate yesterday indefinitely
postponed consideration of the bill ito
protect persons from lynching." which
means that 1t will not be heard from
again at this session, II ever.
The bill was. in a way, unique. 1t re-
cited that the lynching Of citizen by a
mob Is In violation Of law, and that in de-
fault of prevention by adequate protec-
tion on the part of any State it should be
deemed "a denial to such citizen by such
State of the equal protection Of the laws
and violation OF the peace OF the United
States and an offense against the same"
Another provision set forth that anyone
participating in lynching should be
deemed guilty of murder. and that the
county in which the lynching occurred
should be liable to damages to the extent
Of $40. 900. State officers who should allow
lynchings to take place or who should
permit mobs to take prisoners from them
for lynching purposes should be punished
by fine or Imprisonment.
The bill was considered by the Commit
tee on the Judiciary and reported adverse
ly. on the ground that the State laws. prop
erly enforced, are sufficient for the pur-
poses Of protecting the rights Of citizens.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Miss shallenberger to Wed.

The engagement has been announced of
Miss Mary P. Shallenberger. daughter of
Second Assistant Postmaster General w.
S. Shallenberger, to DR.. Guy S. Shugert.
Of Rochester. Pa. Miss Shallenberger
was former resident Of Rochester. DR..
Shugert Is connected with the staff OF the
Beaver County General Hospital at
Rochester. The wedding will take place
in the early fall.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Turned Laugh on Mr.. Mercer.

Representatives Mercer of Nebraska
and Williams of Illinois engaged in a
little colloQuy, the other day. and the
latter declared that the former was
trying to have fun with him. in order
to pass his bill Mr.. Williams makes no
pretense OF being an Adonis. while Mr.
Mercer is recognized by all the visitors
in the ladies' gallery as one of .'the
handsome men of the House.
II am not trying to make fun Of the
gentleman from Illinois," said Mr.. Mer-
GER. IF | were, | would show him his
own picture, and say nothing more"
"Oh," replied Mr.. Williams. lit is con-
ceded that the gentleman from Nebraska
is one of the handsomest men that ever
came to Congress-exco edingly handsome
and do not have to prove that because
the gentleman from Nebraska admits 1t
himself
Then the laugh was ut the expense of
Mr.. Mercer.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
STATEHOOD SHOULD BE GRANTED
TO THE THREE TERRITORIES
By Senator JOSEPH H. MlLLARD, OF Nebraska

Statehood should granted the
States which knocking the
or ADMINISTRATIONS adj and
possible
lahoma know little
of the conditions New
be admitte statehood n
what gather opinion
Arizona predict for prosperity
Oklahoma Nebraska
uaion AID wealth the responsibilities
will be
will
would under Territorial making
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Fact Stranger Than Fiction.

Philadelphia Inquirer-Booth Tarking-
ton, author, and also owner of bakery.
has been sued for maintaining a nuisance
in the shape Of doughnut factory. There
SIS something beautiful in the relation OF
in Hoosierdom. Why does not/rarkington
write his personal experiences instead Of
fomances based on events of the long
ago? They would at least be instructive.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Mrs. Durfey's Birthday.

The birthday Of Mrs. J. G. Durfey was
pleasantly celebrated by congenial COM
pany at the Durfey residence, 'sunnyside,
Langdon. Saturday evening last. Besides
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Durfey and Miss Edna
May Durfey. among the invited guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. /. J. Baker. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II.
Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs. William Goche-
naur, Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Rapp, Mr.. Au-
gustus Gehret. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton Har-
vey. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davis, Mr.. Au-
gust Birrgh, and Mr.. and Mrs. Birrgh. In
connection with progressive euchre, there
was piano music by Mrs. L. II. Patterson
and Miss Edna Durfey. Mrs. Durfey was
the recipient OF many handsome birthday
gifts Refreshments were served.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
RED ROSES AS RENT.

On Sunday. June s. the Tulpehocken Re-
formed Church. frequently called Lein-
bach's. near Stouchsburg, will pay 1877 red
roses as a rental due the descendants of
Casper Wister, who century and half
ago was a manufacturer in Philadelphia.
In 1745 Caspar Wister gave one hundred
acres of land TO the trustees of the
church. they to pay for 1t one red rose
annually.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Invitations have been sent out for the
marriage of Miss Mary Livingston Austin
to Lieut.. Charles L. Poore. U. s. N. The
ceremony will take place at the Church
of the Epiphany on Tuesday. June 3, and
will be followed by a breakfast at Rau-
schcr's at 1880 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Secretary and Mrs. Shaw at Home.

The Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Shaw have returned from Mount Wash
ington. Nd, where they were the guests
over Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence b.
Kemp. Mrs. S. NJ. Shoemaker entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw at typical Mary
land dinner Sunday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Euchre Club Entertained.

The ID. X. Euchre club met at the home
Of Mrs. Tyree, 1874 F street northeast.
Thursday last. with Mrs. Thatcher assist
ing. delicious luncheon was served and
most enjoyable afternoon was spent.
The parlors were beautifully decorated
with carnations and roses. Mrs. Painter
won first. Miss Mossie Cameron second
and Mrs. Shoemaker BOBBY prizes.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Columbia Heights Art Club.

The Columbia Heights Art club met at
the home of Mrs. F. NJ. Eddy. 511 C street
southeast. Thursday last. Mrs. Frank
Benton read paper on France and the
United States. Mrs. Shade sang De
Koven's Sand Man." and Looks and
Eyes" by Woeckel. Miss Collins recited
"A Lecture" by Mile. de Tohienville, and
part of scene 2. Act v. Of Henry W.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Do Not Admire Potomac Water.

Potomac water and its qualities were
the subject OF discussion in the Senate
yesterday during the consideration OF the
union railway depot bill. Friendliness or
the opposite attitude toward the union
station bill seemed to have no effect on
the opinion as to washington's drinking
water. But two Senators entered the
arena on the subject, but the rapt and
eager attention OF their colleagues was
the clearest kind Of evidence OF the in
terest In the question.
Mr.. Bacon. in discussing the long-felt
want of a filtration plant for the District,
intimated that the union station might
not be such an immediate necessity
Senators will not require any argu-
ment as to the need of the filtration
plant" he said. They have the best
kind OF argument every time they encoun-
ter the water in its natural state"
Senator Gallinger, in defending the
union station bill, answered that he did
not propose to dispute anything that Mr..
Bacon had said.
1T is the worst water in this country"
Mr.. Bacon asserted, emboldened by this.
II will not acknowledge that Mr.. CAL
linger retorted. in turn. Il have not en-
countered other city water supplies more
nearly approaching to unadulterated real
estate in their consistency"
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
De Mortuis.

Philadelphia Record-Death levels all
things. making broad and clear our finite
vision as 1t searches for truth and JUS
tice. With Sampson in his grave. who is
there that would cast a shadow upon his
memory? Not one, let us hope for the
credit of generous and splendid nation
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.
Mr.. Hanna's Conditional Speech.

A delegation Of ehurchmen called upon
Senator Hanna recently. and invited him to
attend a function which was being
planned. They explained they wanted him
as drawing card.
why, couldn't make speech on re-
ligion to save myself from purgatory."
said the Senator laughingiy. II am not
preacher"
You won't have to- replied the spokes-
man Of the delegation. I'VE will give you
carte blanche. Senator, to talk about any
thing you wish, and we won't ask that you
speak more than ten minutes
He then went on to say that Senator
Dolliver had consented to be present and
deliver a short talk.
'1'll go. on one condition." said Sena-
tor Hanna. "and that is that you have Dol
liver speak first. He'll talk the whole
evening IL you'll only let him, and 1 won't
have to say anything
On this basis an agreement was reached.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Fistic Talent in the Senate.

Chicago Record Herald-Senator Nc
Laurin OF South Carolina knocked down
a drunken man in Washington hotel
the other night. Mr. JefTrics may expect
q challenge from some robust Senator
almost any day now.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
A Drop in the Bucket.

New York World-The French govern
fnent can hardly be said to have risen TO
the full height OF the Martinique situa-
ton by sending representative TO .he
island with slOp.0 in cash. 1t was more
than a 100000 catastrophe.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
In the Senatorial China Shop

Chicago Tribune-The Hon. Ben Till
man then carelessly turned around in the
Senatorial china shop again, and away
went another valuable lot of political
oueensware.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Flynn Of Virginia.
By BRET HARTE.

Didn't know Flynn
Flynn, of Virginia
Long as he's been 'yar2
Look'ee here, stranger,
Whar hev yer been?
Here in this tunnel
He was my pardner.
That same Tom Flynn
Working together,
In wind and weather,
Day cut and in.
Didn't know Flynn!
Well. that is queer,
Why. it's a sin.
To think of Tom Flynn
Tom with his cheer;
Tom. without fear
Stranger. look var.
Thar in the drift.
Back to the wall.
He held the timbers
Ready TO fall:
Then in the darkness
] heard him call:
Run for your life, Jake,
Run for your wife's sake.
Don't wait for me-
And that was all
Heard in the din.
Heard of Tom Flynn
Flynn of Virginia.
That lets me out
Here in the damp
Out of the sun
That ar derneG lamp
Makes my eyes run.
Well, therein done.
But. sir. when you'll
Hear the next fool
Asking OF Flynn
Flynn of Virginia,
Just you cnip in.
Say you knew Flynn;
Say that you've been var.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Reciprocal Benefactions.

Brooklyn Eagle-Cecil Rhodes left
money for American students In English
universities. Some of the far richer
Americans might create fund for the
support Of English students in American
universities.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
1t Never Was.

Baltimore American-President Roose-
welt must be convinced by this time that
filling Federal Offices in Maryland to the
satisfaction of all is no easy task.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Another Bone Of Contention.

Detroit Free Press-The color line hav-
fng been drawn by the National Fedora
fion OF womens Clubs, il is now in order
TO adopt resolutions doploring the po-
litical discrimination against the negro
in the South.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
tBsCRIPTIoN RATES To OUT OF !

MORNING EDITION. one year SIS: six
ihonfhs, so; three months. si.a5. Morn
ns anc sunday. one year, ~; six months,
"'oo; three months. SI.sj. Sunday .sdi-
.,oh only, one year. So; Fix months, 81;
three months, 30 cents.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
TOWN POINTS, POSTAGE PREPAID:

EVENING EDITION, one year. So: six
months, S1.5o; three months, 80 cents
Evening and sunday. one year. -: six
months, 81. so; three months, s1.25. Morn
ing, Evening, and sunday. one year. SO;
Fix months. s5i three months, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Any who Morning. Afternoon,
rouon The Times any stand Washington, suburban
to"ns railroad ans elsewhere by notifying
ne Publisher of The Times, Tenth and St Washington c.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY.
Dinner to Be Given at Chevy Chase Club This Evening in
Honor of the Debutantes of 93.
Mary Daughter of Second Assistant Postmaster General Shaen-
berger Wed-Cards Out for Marriage of Lieutenant Pooe
us. ~, and Miss Mary Austin. June g.
Entertained the President.

President and Mrs. Roosevelt were
among the guests Of Senator and Mrs.
Lodge at their home on Massachusetts,
Avenue northwest last night.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Dauce for Debutantes of 'oa.

Mrs. Townsend, Mrs. Bloomer. and Mrs.
McCauley will chaperon the debutantes
OF '93 at a dance to be given for them
at the Chevy Chase Club this evening.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Mrs. Elizabeth Yeatman Johnston has
returned from six weeks visit 10 her
sister. Mrs. William A. Raymond, In Gin
cinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Raymond has recover
ed from her recent Illness, and is now at
Saranac Lake. where she will remain un-
III October
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Mt. Holyoke Alumni.

Mt. Holyoke Alumni association will
meet with Mrs. E. E. Stevens, 1916 Co.
lumbia road, Wednesday, at 2 p. M. for
a business and social conference.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Gone to Old Point.

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman I. Folsom. Of
North Capitol Street, have gone for
weeks visit to Old Point. Virginia Beach,
and other resorts, returning home by Rich
mond.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Mr. and Mrs. Allison Watkins have re-
turned from Chicago, whore they attend
ed the funeral of the latter's father last
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Mrs. ]. Thomson Swami will leave short
ly for her handsome summer residence at
Princeton.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Messrs. Hatton and Edward Walker, OF
p Street. are spending the week at their
home on Chesapeake Bay.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Personal Notes About
Washington People.

Mrs. Charles A. Schott, Mr.. Franklin
H. Schott, and the Misses Schott will
sail for Europe tomorrow on the Bremen
for year and half Of travel abroad.
They will spend next winter in Berlin.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Will Summer at Wisconsin Home.
Poore- Austin Wedding Cards Out.

Miss Janet Jennings has gone for the
summer to her home in Wisconsin.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Dinner for M. and Mime. Cambon.

The Austrian minister and Baroness
Hengelmuller have dinner invitations out
for next Wednesday in honor of the
French ambassador and Nine. Cambon.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Farming on the Yukon.


People do not generally look upon
Alaska as a farming country" said Mr..
Thomas E. Ridley, of sitka, at the Ra-
leigh last evening.
II can tell you, however. that it has
enormous agricultural possibilities. l have
seen fields OF hay on the Yukon so high
that the cattle that were turned in were
hidden from view. At the little mining
town of Eagle City barley, wheat. aud
oats are grown abundantly, and in the
gardens at Sitka have seen as fine peas
lettuce, cabbage. and potatoes as ever
saw In the United States.
Some Of these days Alaska will be n
full-nedged State. And what a State II
will be! II will be almost equal In area
TO the whole region east of the Missis-
sippi. Besides its great mineral wealth
it offers to poor young men opportunities
in farming that may make them indie
pendent"
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Mrs. Eifie Martin Hall left yesterday 70
Cuba
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
Has Held Her Tongue Forty Years.

Near the town of Shelbyville. in my
State" said Mr.. r. L. Turner, Of Ken
lucky, at the Ebbitt, lives an old col
ored woman who has never spoken since
her husband was put upon the block and
sold to a slave dealer, over forty years
ago.
1.-The vow old Aunt Susan made at the
time that she would never utter word
until her husband was returned to her
she has religiously kept. She is now al
most seventy years old, and in good
health and there is not a particle of doubt
that she Will keep her vow OF silence for
the remainder of her days"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-05
ARBOR DAY.
Dedicated to the Teachers and Pupils
Of the Public Schools of Our Country.

An ancient woodland is now rarely seen,
With it's hosts of veterans with banners green.
Great cities stand where proud forests once
There's noise of the mart for hush of the wood !;
There's the hum of wheels for the song of birds,
The shrieks of engines for lowing of herds.
The vines, the shrubs, and the wild feld-fowers,
Bowed lowly their heads in April's showers;
They nestled or climbed in shade of the trees,
They laughed or they sighed in the passing
breeze,
And cast their shadows on the crystal rill;
They shone in the meadows like stars on high,
When Night strews with her gems the midnight
sky.
The pine bowed to storms on the snow-capped
peak,
Where the eagles soar and the thunders speak;
The bird and the deer found their sweetest rest
Beneath the cool shade on the mountains breast; /;
Bough of the oak Graded the robins nest,
Like the song of the wave the oceans crest.
The children swung on the low-swinging vine,
And gathered brown cones from the fragrant
Bushels of nuts from the great chestnut tree,
And lessons of thrift from the busy bee;
They fshed for minnows at foot of the hill,
And bathed in the race near the village mill.
The arm of Progress hath swept these away,
There's scarce relic of the olden day;
The race for wealth and the power of greed
Have swept them away with the lightning's
speed.
A brave loving voice lifts its helpful hand,
For Nature 1t Pleads IL 'rOuSeth the land:
There are places bare, uncouth and unkept,
The sources of ills, ungarnished, unswept;
All these would lift to beauty again
Plant trees in the street and shrubs in the lane.
I'll marshal the children with fairy's wand,
With green wreaths and garlands they'll strew
the land,
And lessons they'll learn from flower and nook,
As true and lasting as from well-thumbed book"
Gladly, cheerily they brighten each scene,
In brick and marble they blend in the green;
A new era comes to the quaint old town,
Trees and creepers shake their bright blossoms
down;
Shades of lindens line the long stony street,
feast to the eye; there's grass at the feet
Down from the cOrnice, DER yon sunlit wall,
Troops of sweet roses in bright clusters fall;
Fair fountains aglee with clear mountain
streams,
Chant music by night or dance in sunbeams.
Away with alleys; go broaden the street.
The homes of the poor and the haunts of crime,
Then plants of childhood. the cries of the poor,
Shall never be heard at thy kitchen door;
From ashes of hope sing peals of laughter,
Comfort and joy from cellar to rafter.
Blend charms of Nature with the grace of Art,
The skill of the hand with glow of the heart,
Blend them into one magnificent whole
What grand uplift to the human soul!
Displayed afar to youths enraptured eyes,
To broad ennoblfng levels it shall rise,
In strength as the steel, in bloom the flower,
To rule the land with beauty and power.
-Edt0tn Higgins, In Baltimore Herald.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-05
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE
AUTHOR OF "HoME, SWEET HOME"
BORN JUNE 2, 1872.
DIED APRIL 10, 1862.

These men, Key and Payne, who
have been swept out to sea by the
undertow, returned on the incoming
wave, and are resting in the hearts
of their countrymen. Their memo
ries will always float in the "Star
Spangled Banner" which protects
Home, Sweet Home" and as we
look at the green mounds which cover
them, we wonder if after all the years
of privation, of exile from his native
land, of yearnings of soul and burn
ings of heart, if he is satisfied with it
all, or has it come too late? Would
he still sing
"Mid pleasures and palaces, though we may
roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Which we seek through the world is ne'er met
with elsewhere.
Home! home! Sweet, sweet home
There's no place like home"
Did he, to the last, with the weary
waste of waters between him and his
native land and those he loved, still
sing
IAN exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain;
o; give me- my lowly, thatched cottage again.
The birds, singing gaily, that come to my call
Give me these, with the peace of mind desire
Home homel Sweet. sweet homeI
There's no place like home,
There's no place like home!
"A. r. E. ~, in NeaOtown (Pa.)
Enterprise.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-05
A CURIOUS LAW CASE.

A very curious case came to light
from Chickasaw county. 1t seems
that some time ago a man named
Richardson, well-to-do planter, was
murdered. Before Richardson died
he stated that he was murdered by
Leroy Harper and his wife. They
were arrested and tried. Feeling
against the Harpers was high. Har-
per was Immediately tried and con-
victed. An appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court, but pending its con-
sideration the attorneys advised that
the appeal be dismissed, and this was
done.
He was sentenced to life impris-
onment in the penitentiary. The
wife, however, being in no danger of
lynching, decided to stand her trial.
An appeal was taken in the case of
Harper to the Supreme Court, but
owing to the state of public feeling it
was dismissed year ago. The wife
was convicted in the Circuit Court of
Chickasaw county on the testimony
of those who heard Richardson say
that he was assaulted by the Harpers.
In the lower court it was admitted as
a dying declaration. The attorneys
for Mrs. Harper set up the plea in the
Supreme Court that it was not dy-
ing declaration, that Richardson's S
physicians had told him that he was
going to recover. The Supreme
Court took this view of the case, and
the case was reversed, and Mrs. Har-
per is free woman. When the at
torney's saw how the thing was going
they desired to reinstate the husbands S
appeal case on the docket, and an
order to this effect was issued, but
when it was found that the case was
more than a year old, and the court
had no jurisdiction over it, the re-
quest of Harper's lawyers was dis
missed.
Here is present case where the
wife goes free and the husband is
serving life sentence in the peniten-
tiary, and both results were reached
by the same testimony. The Harper
case is the only case of the kind that
has ever come up in Pennsylvania.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-05
SOME ACCOUNT OF JAY COOKE.

In recent issue of the Jenkintown
Times Chronicle appeared the follow
ing account of the youth Of Jay Cooke,
the we'll known fnancier, as giving by
himself:
II came from that part of Ohio
which is known as the Connecticut
Reserve-from one of its westernmost
counties in the Fire Lands. Nine
tenths of the people there were of old
New England Yankee stock. My
father was. He was descendant OF
the eighth generation from Puritan
pioneers, but my mother was an Irish
woman. Ny parents were among the
first settlers of what is now the city
of Sandusky and 1 was born in 1872,
August Ioth-when it was frontier
hamlet. The country was wilder
ness and the Indians were still nu-
merous thereabout in my boyhood.
One Of them, an Ottawa chief and
most interesting and admirable char
acter, often carried me on his shoul-
der and gave me my first lesson in
hunting, which 1 have not forgotten
yet. He was named 'Ogontz.' I
brought that name east, for it had
fond place in my memory, and now
it's on the map.
"My father, who was a man of
character and ability, and was a Judge
and Congressman, was named Eleuth-
orous, and thereby hangs the tale of
my naming. Solely because many
of the simple backwoodsmen couldn't
spell that long name on their written
ballots, my father was badly beaten
III a contest for local office by real
ly less popular man. That was about
the time my father, disgusted by his
defeat and unwilling to handicap his
boy in the journey through life with
an unspellable name, gave him the
name of Pitt. When 1 was born he
bestowed on me that of the patriot
statesman Jay, but when the third
was born-the one who became the
first Governor of the District of Co.
lumbia and did so much for its devel-
opment-my mother objected to fur
ther bestowal of the names of great
men upon her children and he was
called Henry D. Cooke-a name
which he made famous enough too"