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The Washington times., 1903-06-27

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stoned Commissioned n Army.

to lose by such affairs than the Gar
his ministers and his government For
the horror which the bloody scenes at
kishinev have excited throughout the
civilized world seriously interferes with
the conduct of the foreign policy of
Russia, impairs the prestige and au-
thority Of her rulers. and constitutes
a grave obstacle To her financial and
economic development. 1t is, therefore,
ridiculous to intimate, as some news
papers in this country and in Europe
have done, that the Kishinev massacre
was perpetrated with the approval
OF NJ. Plehve or OF any OF the other
ministers OF the Gar II Is not by
means Of abusing them that Russia can
ever be induced TO improve her treat
ment Of the Jews. Ninety-nne out Of
every hundred Russians are convinced
that if the so-called May laws and all
the Jewish disabilities were withdrawn
within decade every Office of import
ance and power would be occupied by
a Jew.
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Never Seems TO Profit.

Besides, II paved the way for the tenn
porary retirement of the Hon. J. c. s.
Blackburn from the Senate, the election
Of Senator Deboe in his stead. and did
much toward enabling the Republicans
to carry the State in 1896 Notwithstand-
ing this experience. the Democracy seems
almost never to profit OF the experience
Of defeat. The party in Iowa has estab-
lished there much the same conditions
which existed in Kentucky when the lat
ter State was swung from the Demo-
cratic column.
or course, IL does not matter much, for
no sane person either in Iowa or outside
~ the State entertains even a remote be-
lief that the Hon. J. B. Sullivan. however
worthy, upright and capable he may be.
has the slightest chance OF being elected
TO succeed Governor Cummins. Not
since the DAYS of Uncle "HOd" Boies.
when prohibition was the issue which
turned thousands Of German Republicans
from their party, have the Democrats
been able to elect q governor in Iowa.
and certainly they have no chance for
success this year with the party divided
and one Of the factions still suffering
from the delusion Of free silver.
II Is somewhat remarkable fact that
while Democrats elsewhere are endeayor-
ing to forget that there ever was such an
issue or that they supported and de-
Tended 1t TO the point Of madness. the
Democrats Of Iowa, or at least a large
number OF them, are still anxious to re-
new the night for their lost cause.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
FATHER CRAIG GETS
PRESIDENTS PHOTO
Regards Him as One of the Two Great
Men of America.

Among the Presidents callers yes
terday was the Very Rev. Canon Craig,
the Catholic rector OF Crewe, England
Father Craig is on visit TO the United
States for the benefit of his health
He called to pay his respects 10 the
President. who presented him with a
photograph bearing his autograph.
which the priest carried away with
great delight.
Il consider" said Father Craig upon
leaving the executive Offices, that
have seen Americas two greatest men,
President Roosevelt and Cardinal Glib
bons / dined with his eminence in
Baltimore several days ago"
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
POST MASTER GENERAL
At CABINET MEETING
Illness Does Not Prevent His Meeting
Colleagues.

Despite the rumors of the serious i'll
ness Of Postmaster General Payne. that
official attended the Cabinet meeting
yesterday and took part in It's delibera-
lions. The PostofIice investigation was
not discussed at length. The major
portion of the time was occupied in
closing a number OF pending matters
which needed attention before the de-
parture of the President for Oyster Bay
tomorrow
There is no denying the fact that Post
master General Payne has been a sick
man during the past week, but he is
much improved today, and, according TO
to the statement Of an intimate personal
and political friend. he is determined to
remain in the Cabinet until the Post
office scandal is cleared up. While con-
siderauons Of health would dictate that
he should be relieved from official
cares, he does not wish to leave at this
time and subject himself to the charge
that he was running under fire. The
statement OF his friend made today
may be considered authoritative.
The President is not only extremely
anxious TO have him remain, but Mr..
Payne himself desires to see the affairs
of his department Strengthened out be-
fore turning the reins over to anyone
else. Nothing but a serious attack Of
Illness. such as would confne him TO
his bed, will prevent Mr.. Payne from
continuing the investigation TO the end,
under orders and direction of the Presi-
dent
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No Jewish Officers in German Amy.

While on this subject it may be of
interest to call attention to the fact
that the German army list just issued
by the war department at Berlin shows
there is not a single Jew left among
the commissioned officers. Indeed. IL
is known that there are at the pres
ent moment no Hebrews even among
the non-commissioned officers.
Emperor William is in no way re-
sponsible To- this. For, although prior
TO his accession TO the throne he per
mitted the American-born aunt of his
wife, the Countess Waldersee, who was
Miss Lee, of New York. to influence him
to accord recognition to the anti
Semitic movement, he has long since
set his face against It, manifests the
same liberal sentiment toward the Jews
as his father and mother, and frequent
ly entertains members of the Hebrew
race at his table.
The absence OF Jews from the com
missioned and on-commissioned Of
1cers OF the German army must be
ascribed to the fact that the
officers of each regiment. espe-
cially its commanders. have a voice in
the appointments thereto, and that the
spirit Of caste is so pronounced among
them, and their prejudices against the
Hebrew race so strong. that It serves
to exclude Jews from their mess
tables.
1t is different in Austria, where there
are quite a large number of protesting
Jews holding commissions all the way
from the rank of lieutenant TO that Of
general. while in Italy the minister of
war and the most capable general Of
the army is a Jew
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
The Vacant JudgeShiD.
Why Not Appoint a District LAWYER
to Succeed Judge Hagner?

Another vacancy on the District
bench Is 10 be filed, and again local
hopes are dashed by the announce
ment that the appointment Is to 90 to
a nonresident lawyer. Not long ago
III commenting the Presidents promo
ton Of Judge Clabaugh to the Chief
Justiceship of the District Supreme
Court and the selection of ex-senator
Jeter c. Pritcbard, Of North Carolina.
for the associate justiceship, thus
made vacant, The Times frankly ad-
mitted that under our peculiar system
Of local government a fair share of
our judicial prizes must go to outside
aspirants.
The District courts are Federal
courts. They have a more than local
jurisdiction, and nearby States will
continue to make good under any and
every Administration their claims to
recognition in the distribution of Dis
trlct Judgeships.
But there Is a limit beyond which.
we think, the President, in filing
local judicial vacancies, should not
60. The wishes Of the people Of the
District are entitled to some consider
alton in the constitution Of their ju-
dietary. The bar Of the District has
a right TO consider itself a proper
school from which local justices may
be graduated. Lawyers trained IN
our courts and familiar with our prac-
tice and our customs should have a
certain priority of claim, when seats
on the District Supreme bench and
ON the bench Of the Court Of Appeals
are 10 be filed by the President.
OF the six Justices Of the Supreme
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CrispPs Body Refused Entombment.

Poor Crispi! After the most extra
ordinary and turbulent of careers,
throughout which he has figured as an
insurgent. conspirator. as manufac-
turer of Internal machines for the mur-
der Of tyrants, as editor, as bigmatist
and as the most autocratic and master
full prime minister that Italy has ever
known. he is not allowed 10 have the
customary repose even in death. The
latter was followed. 1t may be re-
membered, by a lawsuit concerning the
disposal Of his papers and correspond
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ence. in the course Of which there was
much angry dispute between his
daughter. the Princess LinguagloEsa. and
her mother. the widowed Dona Lima
Crispi. and now we have the Cardinal
Archbishop OF Palermo prohibiting the
entombment Of his remains in the
Church of ST. Dominic at Palermo.
The cardinal refuses to permit il
on the grounds that according 70 the
canOnical law entombment in sacred
edinces or IN consecrated ground is
vigorously forbidden to all those who
have died refusing the sacraments Of
the church, as did old Premier Crispi.
The controversy which has arisen on
the subject has served 20 call attention
to the fact that, although Crispi died
several years ago, his body. now com
plefely mummifed. still remains IN
bun led. preserved in the vaults of that
world-famed Capucine monastry at Pa
lermo, which is visited by every Ameri-
can tourist in Sicily for the purpose OF
seeing the extraordinary collection of
bodies that are preserved there in
mummihed condition. Crispl's body was
received there by the monks 70 undergo
the necessary mummifying process pre-
vious to its entombment in the church
OF st. Dominic upon the understanding
that the old statesman had been duly
shriven prior TO his death by Bishop
San Felice, brotheS of the cardinal OF
of that game, who was Archbishop of
Naples. But the Archbishop OF Pa
lermO's present action shows this not
10 have been the case, and, under the
circumstances. it is quite possible the
Capucine monks may refuse to keep
the body any longer.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
The Field of Politics
Need of Harmony.

Need of Harmony.
The Iowa Democrats have nominated
an ardent free silver Bryan Democrat,
the Hon. J. b. sullivan, and forced him
to make his campaign on a platform
which ignores the Kansas City declara-
tion OF principles with its demand for
the free and unlimited coinage Of the
white metal at the ratio of sixteen TO
one. The Hawkeye Democrats have evil
IDENTIFY forgotten the experience OF their
Kentucky brethren few years ago
when they attempted to carry the Blue
Grass State with a somewhat similar
inharmonious combination of silver can
didate and anti-silver platform.
When free silver was much more
popular as a tenet of Democratic faith
than it is now the Kentucky Democrats
refused 10 make a declaration in favor
Of the white metal. yet at the same
time they nominated the Hon. 2. Wat
Hardin, most estimable gentleman, a
man of some ability and unQuestioned
loyalty 10 his party, but an uncom-
promising advocate OF sixteen 10 one
without the consent and so forth.
II was an embarrassing position to
place any candidate to ask him 10 de-
fend platform which was antagonistic
10 his bet issue and at the same time
be consistent with his own ideals The
result In Kentucky OF course was the
defeat of the Democratic ticket and the
election Of the only Republican gov
ernor the State has had for many years.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
Car and Kishinev Massacre.

President Roosevelt is well-advised,
by past precedent, in declining to al
low this Government to be a party
petition, message or appeal from public
bodies or societies here in connection
with the Kishinev massacres and the
Muscovite treatment Of the Jews Just
twelve years ago the lord mayor Of
London and a meeting of the leading
mobiles, fnanciers and most eminent
influential men In the United Kingdom.
assembled at the Guild Hall. drew up
a most eloquent and automatically
worded petition to Alexander III, ap-
pealing to him to mitigate as far as
possible the methods of the enforce
subjects. The language was OF the most
courteous al nd submissive character,
and as far as that was concerned there
was nothing to which the Gar could
have taken exception But he did dis
approve of the object and aim of the
appeal, which he regarded as a piece
OF unwarrantable Interference and i'm
pertinence He did not condescend
even 70 acknowledge Il. II was sent
back to his ambassador in London, who.
placing 1t in an envelope. forwarded II
without a single word OF comment or
even OF Enclosure 10 the foreign Office.
One thing IL IS we'll TO bear in mind
in connection with the Kishinev mas
sacres Is this. that no people have more
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
Place for Senator Jones.

Ever since the time that the Hon
James x. Jones, by his vote and actloI.
aided in the defeat Of the Nicaragua
Canal proposition and Joined with the
Republicans in the selection Of the
Panama route, # has been generally
conceded that he would receive an ap-
pointment to a place on the commission
which was provided for in the act.
It has even been charged that knowing
that his political career vas at an end
and that he would not be returned to
the Senate, he entered into an agreement
with Senator Hanna and other Republi-
can leaders TO vote for the Panama
route in consideration Of a promise that
he would be placed on the commission.
There have recently developed owl .
dences that the former Arkansas Sena-
tor will not realize his ambition and &c
cede 10 the soft snap" which "a a
limping duck he was looking for. Tn
are indications that the Republican
leaders IN the Senate who made promises
20 Senator Jones will not be able TO de-
liver the goods. The President is not
inclined TO heed their diCtatiou.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
SUES MANY RAILROADS
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES

A suit for SIC. 900 damages for Injuries
received in a railroad collision on May
80, 1902. near Four Mile Run. was filed
this morning by John William Tiffany
and his wife. Cora Tiffany, against the
Washington Southern Railway Company.
the Scaboard Air Line Railway Com
pany, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company. the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company. and
the Southern Railway Company.
The plaintiff states that she was
passenger on car Of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway Company. coming from
boswell, Va, to Washington, when the
collision in question occurred. throwing
her against another scat and iniuring
her seriously. Attorneys William Earl
Ambrose and Charles II. Merillat rep
resent the plaintiffs.
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Court, two Chief Justice Clabaugh
and Associate Justice Gould-werc
appointed from Maryland. Associate
Justice Anderson is credited TO Ohio,
and Associate Justice Pritehard to
North Carolina. Associate Justices
Hagner aud Barnard are counted as
District appointees. Justice Hagner
is about to retire, and if his place
goes to a nonresident lawyer Wash
mgton will have but a single repre-
sentative left on its Supreme Court
bench.
1t is said that Senator McComas is
urging the appointment as Justice
Hagner's successor of John Writ
Randall, a prominent member of the
Annapolis bar. We have no doubt
that Mr.. Randall would make an ex-
cellent Judge. But why draw so
heavily for the District'Sjudici tai
ent on a single neighboring Statea
With the Chief Justiceship Of the
Court of Appeals, the Chief Justice
ship Of the Supreme Court, and two
Associate Justiceships in the latter
body, Maryland's contributions to our
bench would begin to be excessive.
Why not honor the local bar by Sc
Letting a District lawyer as Justice
II a0ner-'S SuccaSSor.7
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
Last of victoria's Bridesmaids.

The last of Queen Victoria's brides
maids has just disappeared from the
scene by the death in London at the
age OF eighty-four OF Lady Jane Ell
lice Lady Jane was a daughter OF
the third Earl of Radnor and a grand
aunt, therefore. OF the present peer.
who. with his countess, spent last win
ter in the United States. Lady Jane was
one Of the twelve daughters OF dukes.
marquisses and earls selected TO attend
Queen Victoria as bridesmaids on the
occasion Of her marriage TO Prince Al
bert of SaxeCoburg and Gotha in Feb
ruary, 1910. Lady Jane and the old
Duchess Of Cleveland Nord Rosebery's
mother), who died two years ago. were
the only two of the bridesmaids who
survived the Queen.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
The Belgrade Assassinations.

1t is from Russia that comes the most
telling condemnation Of the recent
tragedy at Belgrade For. commenting
on the murder of King Alexander and
Queen Draga, the leading Muscovite
newspapers express regret that Rus
STA should ever have contributed to the
emancipation of Servia from Ottoman
rule. which they unanimously declare
to be the only species of government
suitable for a people that have mani
tested such savage instincts as the Ser
vlans in connection with the assassi-
nation of their late King and Queen
Although Alexander alone among the
rulers of Europe was bound by no ties
Of kinsmanship TO any OF the reigning
houses OF the Old World, yet all of
his brother monarchs have decreed
court mourning for the period of a fort
night for him and for his court. At first
there was disposition to abstain from
any such recognition, and, indeed,
when the earliest intimation of Alex
ander's death reached London, il was
semi officially intimated that inasmuch
as he had never had any personal &C
quaintance with Edward VII and
Queen Alexandra IT would not prevent
their majesties from carrying out
their engagements"
But when all the frightful details
OF the tragedy became known and the
crowned heads of Europe realized the
popular horror and Indignation which
it had excited everywhere. they began
TO appreciate the fact that some public
and official act of condemnation on
their part was imperative, and that is
why they have all gone into mourning,
according 20 the wretched Queen Draga.
when dead, the royal honors which they
recused TO concede her when living, and
why several of the sovereigns have
withdrawn their ENJOYS from Belgrade.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
WASHINGTON FIRMS
To FURNISH SUPPLIES
Local Dealers Among Successful Bid
ders for Interior Department.

The committee having charge Of the
bids for supplies for the Interior De-
partment for the ensuing fiscal year has
deal Of change from the prices paid last
year Cloth and cotton goods are high
er, as are willowware articles, because
Of a scarcity of material Washington
firms Jared well and the greater parts
of the material will be furnished by
local business men. Following is list
of the successful firms and the articles
which they will supply:
Woodward & Lothrop. baskets, scrub
brushes, mops. floating soap; Rudolph.
West & Co, buckets, mop handles,
wooden water-coolers. wire nails. hat
and coat hooks. screw drivers, tacls,
stepladdeIs: Blum Bros, whisk brooms,
toilet brushes. spittoOns. combs, feather
busters, dustpans, soap, tumblers,
sheeting; James B. Lambie & Co.. corn
brooms: Lansburgh & Bro. toilet
brushes: the J. s. Holcomb Manufactur-
ing Company, dust brushes; George F.
Muth Co. dust and typewriter
brushes, cotton waste. chamois skins.
magnifying glasses, oil and oilers
for typewriters. bristle sweeps;
Shoemaker & Busch. camphor, elder
flower; Charles K. Edmorston, soap cups,
slop Jars. wash bowls. metal water
coolers; Fred A. Schmidt. mop sticks;
the H. Sheldon Manufacturing Company,
map rollers; the J. G. Ergood Company,
matches; J. p. Nawrath, mops, sponges;
McC. Farr. paste: Mackall Bros, soap
Oakley & Co, glycerine, honey, oatmeal.
lettuce. Florida wa<cr, camelia; Armour
& Co. laundry soap; James s TOpham,
err
screws: w. B. Noses & Sons, chairs,
stools: John Wa amaker. chairs. desks.
cloth desk covers, towels Clark & Day-
export. carpets, linoleum, mating;
Thomas Kelly. carpets and rugs; Edwin
II. Taggart. towels.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
SLEEPY RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.

To sleep at any moment IL undoubt-
eddy a sign OF physical soundness and
Philistine sanity, especially in the mat
ter of the brain and its functions. A
physician would have little anxiety
about the general condition of patient
who could sleep at will on a railway
journey. In these days OF hurry and
hustle there could be no more encour-
aging sight 20 the phlloSug her than a
railway carriage at MONDAY full OF
sleepy passengers. Press aud
Circular.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
Belittling Lord Randolph Churchill.

In the memoirs of Lord Dufferin, just
published in London. there seems to
be disposition to belittIe Lord Ran
dOlph Churchill Yet il was the latter
who, while secretary OF state for India,
gave Lord Dufferin. at that time vice
roy at Calcutta, the orders TO annex the
kingdom of Burmah, and that, too. with
out consulting his colleagues in the cab
met. It was Lord Randolph likewise
who endowed India with its magnifi-
cent Midland Railroad and who brought
10 a successful conclusion the delicate
negotiations with Russia over the AZ
CHAN boundary question. II is only fair
TO Lord Randolph and to his sons that
these services to the British empire
should be remembered in his favor
MARQUISE DE FoNTENOY.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
FRIENDSHIP AMONG wASPS.

A story of how one wasp cared for
another that had been injured is told
by a gentleman who. while reading the
newspaper. felt bothered by the buzz
ing of a wasp about his head and
knocked II down. II fell through the
open window and lay on the sill as
II dead. A few seconds afterward, 70
his great surprise, a large wasp flew
TO the window sill and, after buzzing
round his wounded brother for few
minutes. began to feel him all over.
The injured wasp seemed TO revive
under this treatment, and his friend
then dragged him gently TO the edge.
grasped him round the body, and few
away with him. II was plain that the
stranger. finding a wounded comrade,
gave him aid as well as could and then
bore him away home.-Family Herald.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
FIRST OF GOLD FLEET.

SEATTLE. Wash. June 27.-The
steamer Oregon. the first vessel TO reach
the city from Nome since the close OF
navigation last season. arrived yes
terday with seventy-hve passenger.
and $140,O 900 in gold. -.
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
CHANGE PROBABLE.

Reasons Why Some One VIII Succeed Jos
J. Bristow.
II r. safe 20 predict that Joseph i. Bristow
will shortly sever his connection with the
PostOfHce Department. II is generally believed,
as stated IN yesterdays star, that this IS duo
in a large measure 20 Mr.. Bristow's action
N sending an irsr~cto- 10 West Virginia FOX
The Washington times., 1903-06-27
Bonds of Union.

NY sincerest wish is that our two
peoples may become yet closer aequaint-
ed. No serious citizen In America or
Germany. trust. believes that the har-
mony and continuance of our mutual
interests could be disturbed by perma-
nent factors in our relationship. We
are knit too closely together 10 allow
OF the development of any antagonism-
1T is my lrmest conviction that the
fact OF so many thousands OF Germans
living and thriving in the United States,
with their hearts still warm with their
love OF their fatherland, Will render the
task more easy OF smoothing the path
OF undisturbed and progressive relations
which are OF vital importance TO our
countries"