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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
LgnChings in the South.
Some Significant Statistics as to Their
Cause.


The remarkable address made he
fore the New York Chautauoua the
other day, by John Temple Graves.
OF Georgia, has probably contributed
toward Strengthening the belief on
the part Of many unprecedented but
poorly informed people in this eoun-
try that assaults on white women bv
negroes in the South are Of very fire.
quent occurrence. Yet. what are the
facts?
Of the ninety-six lynchings that oc-
Cured IN the United States in 1902.
says the philadelphia Press" eighty
seven took place in the South. and
nine in the North. Thirty of the
Southern lynchings, or a little more
than one-third, were for assault or at
tempted assault. There We're also
eight negroes legally executed in the
South last year for the same crime.
making a total of thirty-eight crimes
of this kind committed in that section
by colored men in 1902. There are
less than 3,S00,OO0 colored males over
five years of age in the United States.
And consequently the assaults by col
ored males on Southern white women
IN 1902 were less than one in 100000
Of colored males over FIVE years of
age IN the whole country.
The "Chicago Record Herald" COM
pares these figures with the situation
il. that city, where there were sixty
three assaults, or about one assault to
each $4,000 Of the male population
oyer five years of age in Chicago.
The plain conclusion is that the col
cred man IN the South is eight times
less addicted to the crime of assault
than his white brother in Chicago.
We cite these figures merely to
show that it viii not do offhand to
accept the statements made by men of
the stripe Of John Temple Graves. In
view of these figures, indeed Mr.
Graves becomes criminally ridiculous
Said he IN the course of his address
As a sheer, cold, patent cold, the mob
stands today the most potential bulwark
between the women Of the South and such a
carnival Of crime As would infuFiate the world
and precipitate the annihilation Of the negro
RAGS.
The problem is altogether too
serious a one to have ii befogged by
hot air, or bedeviled by perfervid or
atory. 1t is facts we want, moi
rhetoric.
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words, the only proper way to in
crease the circulation of the currency
Is by reduction of tariff taxes and
by a divorce of the Treasury from
Wall Street. That will be a remedy
permanent in character; the one like
ly to be proposed by the Senate FL
nance Committee will not. Wal
Street Is able, ne doubt, to take care
Of itself, and will readily adjust itself
tC any conditions that may arise. But
AZ long as there is a surplus Of $50,
100000 locked up in the Treasury
every year, Wall Street will cry and
cavort to get it. That surplus will act
as q constant incentive to over-specu-
lation. and until that incentive IS re
moved senseless speculation, leading
up every once in a while to stringen-
cies in the money market and creating
conditions imperatively demanding
instant relief" will continue.
And because at the bottom Of 1t all
we repeat, IS the question of reducing
the tariff so as to restore to circula-
ton among the people money that Is
not needed by the Government, all en-
deavors to treat the currency question
from a national and scientific rather
than a partisan point of view" and
all attempts to take that question out
Of the field of politics will prove abor-
tive. No one knows that better thar
Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Plat, and
Spooner know it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

parison with those Of the ill-organized
and poverty-stricllen peasants who
are lifting the standard of an almost
hopeless revolt, and deliberately and
of set purpose inviting massacre as
the only means by which their people
may ultimately achieve liberty. One
may scott at the high-sounding proc
lamations of the revolutionary COM
mittee of Sofia, but there can be no
doubt that the Bulgarans who are
iiju2ing themselves against the Turks
al Krushevo, Monastir, and other cen
tiers of revolt are desperately in
earnest.
Nor Is there any doubt that the real
responsibility for the bloodshed and
cruelty in the Balkans rests with the
great powers of Europe. They prom
ised to secure good government fol
the suffering populations Of those
provinces, and they have not done It
They have drawn up programs of re
form, only to see them houted by the
Sultan They have not lifted a finger
or fired gun TO repress the unspeak-
able Turk, and now, if the blaze in
Macedonia spreads to a conhagration
they will have themselves to blame.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
HOW THE PERSONAL TAX
AFFECTS POOR PEOPLE
Two Instances of Unequal Applica-
ton OF Its Provisions.
10 the EaItor Of Ne - Tlms.:


Your legal friend has done a good SER
vice in showing up the absurd rulings
in regard to personal taxes. May It
rouse people TO a sense of the injustice
to poor people by further strict con-
structions" OF the law ~
IN the Assessors Notice" left at
all doors, is a note in small type. but
of great import. which says:
Household belongings not held FOR sale TO the
value OF $1,000, owned by the occupant Of any
dwelling house or other place Of abode in which
such household belongings may be located. are
exempt from taxation. This exemption clause
Is strictly construed 1t does not apply in the
ionginss in storage; furniture and belongings
IN the abode Of some one not the owner Of
said belongings; and not more than
sl,OOO IN value may be exempt in any abode
Now for two cases in point. showing
the unfairness of these rulings. and that
poor people are unjustly taxed. by rea-
son Of their poverty.
A widow was evicted for nonpayrn snt
of rent owing to the death of her hus-
band. All she had was piled in the
street, and its value was not more than
500. Too poor to rent house or even
appraiser) took compassion upon her
and stored her poor goods in his stable
loft.
Another friend. almost as poor as
herself, gave her a room in his house,
where she and her three children slept
while she hunted work.
An assessors notice was left for her,
and being an honest woman. she went
10 the tax appraisers Office and was
compelled to render tax on her poor
goods because she was too poor TO rent
one-room house. The man who
evieted her lives in a nicely furnished
house and pays no tax-his belongings
are worth 81 900. but are exempted.
By reason OF an accident a working
man with a family was deprived of his
job. He could not pay rent, so a i-iand
gave him the use of an upper floor. The
friends goods were valuable-worth
about s1,20O-$1 900 of which was ex-
empt-and he paid tax on the other
$500. The poor friend had to pay like
tax on his goods. worth about $50, he
cause of the ruling that only $1,000
may be exempt in any abode
Now if a more Ubiquitous measure.
designed to Cypress poor people, has
been devised than this with its absurd
rulings. point 1t out. The well-to-do man
living IN his own house. pays no tax,
while the poor man, owning only a few
dollars worth of household goods,
earning nothing. must pay a tax on the
value fixed by the appraisers, or have
| them sold for taxes. Think OF il.
JUSTICE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
The New Stenogranher.

have new stenographer-she came TO work
today;
She told me that she wrote the Graham sys-
TEN
Two hundred words a minute seemed to her,
she said. like play
And word for word at that-she never missed
'em,
/ gave her some dictation-a letter to a man.
And this, as remember it, was how the letter
ran:
Dear Sir: I have your favor, and in reply
That accept the offer in yours of recent rate.
wish to say, however. that under condi-
Can afford to think of your free-Iance propo,
! shall begin tomorrow to turn the matter out;
The copy Will be ready by August 10th, about.
Material Of this nature should not be rushed
Thinking You for your favor. am. yours, very
truly"
She took it down in shorthand with apparent
ease and grace.
She didn't call me back. all in a furry
Thought l. at last have a girl worth keep
ing round the place"
Then said. Now write it out-you needn't
hurry
The Remington she tackIed-now and then she
struck a key.
And after thirty; minutes this is what she
handed me:
Deer sir. have the Feever, and in a Pile
And I except the Offer as you Have reasoned
wish TO see however That under any eondi-
can for to Think of free lunch preposi-
shun?.
l Shall be in tomorrow To-, turn the mother
out,
The cap viii be red and VIII cost, $40.
Mateeriul Of this nation should not rust N
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Bailey for Chairman.

Senator Joe Bailey. of Texas. has
been mentioned as a possible successor
to the Hon. James X. Jones as chair
man of the next national committee and
the suggestion has been we'll received
by a number of prominent Democrats
who have great admiration for the
judgment and ability OF the statesman
from the Lone Star State Many rank
him with Senator German as one of the
ablest leaders the Democrats have in
Congress. and believe that the national
organization would fare we'll under his
management
In the selection OF chairman OF the
national committee much depends upon
the candidate nominated for the Presi-
dency. whose wishes are always con-
suited in this matter. If Senator Cor
man is nominated he might be pleased
to have Senator Bailey conduct his cam
paign Senator Bailey is said 10 lave
made a fortune recently, and TO be in
a position to devote his time and at
tention to politics entirely next year
without the necessity of worrying about
business matters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
DR.. WATKINS PAPERS
LEFT TO SMITHSONIAN
Institution to Receive, Under Scientists
Will, Many Valuable Records.

The Smithsonian Institution is named
as beneficiary by DR.. J. Elfreth Wat
kins, in his will dated March 9, 1899,
which has been filed for probate To
the institution he leaves all his maps,
papers. manuscripts and books which re-
late TO transportation and engraving.
Dr. Cyrus Adler and Francis s. Nash
are named as trustees. and they are d.
reeted by the testator 10 deliver the
gifts mentioned to the Smithsonian In
stitution. The remainder of DR.. Wat
kins' library is TO be divided between
his sons, Elfreth and Francis. The re-
mainder of the estate is left in trust for
the benefit OF Mrs. Marguerite Watkins,
widow OF the testator.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Tribute to Francis Bacon.

New Zealand is about to erect a monu-
ment TO Francis Bacon. popularity known
as the great Lord Bacon" in recogni-
ton of his services. not in writing the
works OF Shakespeare, as some people
allege. but for inventing that method
for preserving meat by the frozen pro-
cess. to which not only New Zealand,
but likewise Australia, owe SO much Of
their prosperity.
II seems that Sir Francis Bacon not
only was the pioneer of the meat freez-
ing process. but actually brought about
his death by his enthusiasm IN expert
menting with the notion. Driving in
Highgate one day he left his carriage TO
collect some snow with which TO stuff
a fowl by way of noting the effect of
cold on the preservation OF its flesh in
doing this he brought on an attack of
bronchitis to which he succumbed in a
few days. 1t has taken nearly three cen
turtles for the idea 10 work out 10 the
practical benefit of New Zealand, Aus
tralia and the United States. But late
as 1t is, the leaders of the great frozen
meat industry OF this country might do
worse than follow the example of New
Zealand and erect statue TO the man
who may not have written Shakespeare s
works, but who certainly did invent the
method Of preserving meat by means of
cold.
Incidentally il may be stated that tits
incorrect to speak of this philosopher,
lawyer, statesman and inventor as Lord
Ig-G III
ographers being guilty of this odd mis-
take His correct designation was
Sir Francis Bacon" after which he
became Lord Verulam, and died as
Viscount St. Adams. But he was never
Lord Bacon.
How he came to be styled thus was
as follows: While still a mere knight
he was appointed to the dignity of Lord
Keeper Of the Great Seal. which caused
him to be addressed as My Lord" al
though not a peer of the realm. In
fact, he used to be known as Lord
Keeper Bacon" In the following year,
on his elevation to the woolsack as
Lord High Chancellor, he was created
a peer of the realm as Lord Verulam
Dying without issue, his honors became
extinct, though the descendants OF his
elder brother still exist, the present
head of the family being Sir Hickman
Bacon, the Premier Baronet of the
realm, who, | am sorry to say, claims
descent from the celebrated Friar Pa
con of Robin Hood days, which is a
reflection on the ecclesiastical celibacy
of that worthy divine The present
Lord Verulam is a Grimston, and has DO
connection with the Bacon family.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
The Peoples Forum.
An Eighteenth Century Newspaper.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Can YOU tel me anything Of the "U4ster
County GazetteY' I have a reproduction dated
January T. 1900, containing the news Of Wash
ington's dea-h. TYPO.
Washington, August s.
The Ulster County Gazette" was first
published at Kingston. y. Y. in 1898, by
Samuel Freer. and after his death was
continued by his son, s. S. Freer. the
building, a large stone edifce. wherein
it was published, is still standing. The
Gazette" was an untiinching advocate
Of the Federal party, and IT continued
and hourished as a strong party organ
until some time IN the third decade -
some time after 1920, the date not being
clearly known. Millions OF facsimile
copies were printed in 1876 in New York
and sold during the Philadelphia Gen.
tennial-LEd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
THE SAGE OF MARYLAND"
DIES AT III YEARS OF AGE

Thomas Cooksey Ward. The Sage Of
Maryland" died at his home at Char
lotte Hall. in that State. on Tuesday, in
the I11th year of his age.
He was born on November 25. 1892, AMI
was the only man in Maryland who had
lived in three centuries. For nearly
sixty years he was Etate tobacco in
srectoT. He retained his faculties up 10
the time of his death
Mr.. Ward was a Democrat. and voted
that ticket even when so infirm that he
had TO be carried to the polling place
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Destroying Historic Relics.

That Sir Edmund Antrobus was justi-
fed in taking steps for the preservation
of the Druid monuments at Stonehenge,
as long as they remain in his possession
by surrounding them with wire fence,
Is shown by the treatment to which
relics OF the same character on Dar.-
moor are being now subjected by the
war department, which, ultra conserva-
tive in the retention Of abuses, is icono-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
In a Lighter Vein.
A Mean Advantage.

Dan Cupid with the rules Of war
Was playing fast and loose;
He used her lacy handkerchief
To serve as flag Of truce
When / advanced 70 treat with him
Ii wasn't any use.
He shot and hit me in the heart
Behind the flag Of truce.
New York Herald
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
The Macedonian Rising.
Bloody Work Now Being Done in the
Balkans.

1t Is useless to try to reconcile or
to piece together the fragmentary and
conflicting reports Of what Is taking
place in Macedonia. According to re-
ports from Bulgarian sources, the
Turks are perpetrating frightful afro
cities upon the peaceful inhabitants,
especially upon those Of Bulgarian
origin. According to reports from
Turkish sources, Bulgarians are raid
ing Turkish villages and buteherins
their inhabitants, men, women, and
children.
Probably both sets Of reports are in
some measure exaggerated. But prob
ably. also, both sets Of reports are in
large measure true. There is ferocity
on both sides, and the innocent and
defenseless are the sufferers.
It may be, as some contend, that
there Is not much to choose between
the combatants IN point Of blood
ihirstiness. But impartial persons
viii remember that the Turks are the
ruling race, that they have a long rec
ord Of tyranny and ferocity to their
account, and that their strength and
resources arc overwhelming by COM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

That Chicago man who has invented a
vest made of bullet-proof cloth ought to
open up a tailoring establishment in
Breathitt county, KY, where the trade in
such material would doubtless be good.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Daily Calendar of American Historu.
August IS.

1Sl2-Surrender Of Fort Dearborn (Chi-
cago) and massacre of inmates
1S14-Midnight assault of British on
Fort Erie repulsed.
1S64-English- cruiser Georgia cap
tured at sea by an American
vessel.
1S'O-National Labor Convention met
in Cincinnati.
Educational Guard in Buffalo ordered
out on account of strike on Erie
Railroad in that city
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

a dispatch received by Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin yesterday from General
Wade, at Manila, states that five miles
OF roadway and one storehOuse have
been completed at Fort Mckinley wharf
Work is progressing on eight barracks
and quarters FOR twenty officers. 1t is
November 20. Satisfactory deep wells
have been sunk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

President Gompers was robbed of his
purse by a pickpocket in Wisconsin, but
the account does not state that the wall
let contained a package of railroad
nasseS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

There was 4 cynic bachelor
Who ridiculed the SEX
Said women were hystericai
And always made him vex-
Then suddenly he fell in love,
Though why, nobody knows,
And wed a red hard tempered girl,
Who leads him by the nose.
New York Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

Those Democrats who are talking
about the nomination of General Miles
for the Presidency should not forget
paign and coach their candidate on the
difference between local and national
Issues.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By THE MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.)
An InSOlvent Prince

An Insolvent Prince.
Not often does it happen that prince
OF one of the reigning houses of Europe
is proclaimed insolvent, reduced by de-
cree TO the civil condition of a minor
or of a lunatic. and deprived as such Of
all control of the remains of his prop
erty and of the administration of his
/ income, which is vested in the hands
OF a guardian or of a trustee. The APP
pearance, therefore, of a notification in
the Official Gazette" of ST. Petersburg
and of Berlin, to the effect that Duke
Constantine of Oldenburg. has been
placed under "Curatel," calls for more
than passing mention.
The prince in question belongs TO that
branch of the German sovereign house Of
Oldenburg, which for more than hun
dred years has been established in Rus
STA, the head of this branch being Duke
Alexander of Oldenburg. commanding
the division of the guard at ST. Peters
burg, and whose only son Duke Peter is
married TO Grand Duchess Olga of Rus
| STA, the youngest sister of the present
Car. Duke Constantine is an exceed
ingly jovial and sunny tempered man OF
about fifty, who ever since his morgan
attic marriage with Countess Zarkenau
has made his home at Abbutoman, in the
Caucasus, and was one of the most init
mate friends and associates of the Cars
younger brother, the late Czarowitch
| George. who it may be remembered died
there, from the rupture of blood vessel
some four years ago. One Of Duke Con-
stantine's daughters, a very lovely girl.
/ is the wife of Prince George Yourievsky,
only son of the murdered Emperor Alex
ander II. by his second and morganatic
wife, Princess Catherine Dolgourouka.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

One Of the horses recently purchased
by Mr.. Bryan bears the name OF "Roose-
Welt" It's owner will doubtless find him
a strenuous animal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Like a Woman.

''If you'll notice" said Finnick. ''the poets
invariably say She when referring TO the earth.
Why should the earth be considered feminine?''
''Why not? Nobody knows just how old the
earth Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Affected by 0verwork.

Let me add that the present reigning
Grand Duke of Oldenburg, who some
time ago was obliged to withdraw into
the seclusion of a sanitarium, in order
to recover from the effects of over
work. in connection with his duties as
ruler of his tiny grand duchy, has but
one frail little four-year- son, and
brother who is not only a confirmed
bachelor, but also an invalid. Failing
them his throne will pass to the head
Of the Russian branch of his family,
Duke Alexander. who is German only
in name and ancestry, and at his death.
to his son Duke Peter, who as stated
above is married to the sister of En-
peror Nicholas
This is a possibility which the Kaiser
does not in any way relish. For Mus
covite influence in Germany has always
been hostile to his policy. and to close
intimacy between the reigning Grand
Duke of Hesse and his brother-in- law
the Car which renders Darmstadt to-
day quite as much of a center of Rus
sian influence as Schwerin was during
the lifetime of the late Grand Duke or
Mecklenburg Schwerin, married to a Ro-
manoff wife. has created quite enough
difficulties fer Emperor William TO
cause him to anticipate with anything
but satisfaction the conversion of olden-
burg into another center of Russian in
fiuence and political activity in Ger
MANY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

If General Miles could be induced to
accept the Vice Presidency his position
in the Senate chamber would afford him
an excellent place from which to ex-
hibit his decorations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Securely Fastened.

''What prevents the ocean from overfowing
the landI'' asked the teacher.
Its tide came shrill voice from the tail
Of the claSs.-Ph Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
No Lark.

The motorist was visibly detected.
II went out for a lark said he.
''Yesg" said l.
"And all ran over was heu,'' said he
Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

follow the Depew plan of announcing
his intended marriage in his autobio
graphical sketch in the Congressional
Directory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

In his letter to Governor Durbin. the
President urges the protection of prison
ers, but makes no recommendation as to
the protection of fugitives.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

If Prof. Langley's flying machine fails
at aerial navigation, how would 1t do to
turn the thing over TO the Navy De-
partment II may solve the problem OF
submarine navigation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

Another choice set of plots to kill
Governor Goebel has been revealed by
Prisoner Youtsey in the third trial of
ex-SeCretarv Powers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
The Place for Him.

81 see you didn't bring your husband along.
The last time ne came he rocked the boat"
well, he's safe enough now. I left him
home rocking the cradle. ''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

BY reason of his recent experience
with gloves Jim Corbett is in posi-
tion TO sympathize with Mr.. Littauer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

on Egg Rock and the she'll pierced her
armor-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15

Excelsior" is doubtless the fayorite
poem of the Hon. Robert Baker, for he
has decided to try not the pass"