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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

Sir Thomas Upton has sent to James
A. Reardon of ST. Louis $1,000 toward
the erection of the building at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be
dedicated to Ireland and the Irish peo-
pie.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

The Rev. D. S. McCurry of GAINESVILLE.
Ca, is seventy-two years old and has
done active work in the Baptist church
for forty years. In this time he deliv-
cred $500 sermons, married 621 couples.
baptized 4.013 persons and conducted
Oil funerals
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

The statistician has been at work
again. On the arrival of the United
States fish commission steamship Alba
tross, which recently explored the
ocean to a depth of $4,000 feet, the man
of figures has calculated that the pres
sure Of water is so great at that depth
that fish ten feet in length must sup
port weight equal to a large building.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

The board of regents of the UNIVERSE
ty of California have added DR.. Albert
Shaw, editor of 1.-THE American Monthly
Review of Reviews" to the faculty Of
the university, as lecturer for 1903, on
1.-THE Morals of Trade" This is new
educational feature Of the university,
created by H. Weinstock, a prominent
merchant of this State, in memory of
Barbara Weinstock, and known as the
Barbara Weinstock endowment for the
furtherance of better and higher ideals
of business morality.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

More than $4,000 shares of preferred
stock have been subscribed for by the
employees of the United States Steel COR
poration under the terms offered them
in a circular issued by George w. Per-
kins, chairman of the finance commit
tee, on December 81. The subscription
list will remain open until the last day
of January. AS only $4,000 shares have
been set aside for the employees. sub
considerably less than the amount sub
scribed for, unless the corporation sets
aside a further amount of stock for the
same purpose.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

In addition to the $4,000 Mrs. U. S.
Grant received as a pension from the
from the royalties on her husbands
memoirs. Mrs, Grant was giving the
finishing touches to a book of recoIlec-
tons when she was stricken with the
illness that proved fatal. 1t is said that
the family will see that this manuscript
is completed.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

A very timely and commemorate CIR
cular letter is that Of John Mitchell, is
sued to all local unions in the anthra-
cite district, calling their attention to
the coal famine on the eastern sea-
board and requesting all members of
the union to cooperate with the man.
agement of the mines in an effort to
increase the production of coal, owing
to the coal famine on the eastern sea-
board
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

On the plate glass window Of the new
office which the Rock Island Railroad
company has opened at the corner of
Fifth avenue and Thirty-flfth street,
New York city, is a large painting of
the western hemisphere which has at
tracted the notice of passers-by on
Fifth avenue for some weeks. 1t is
still unfinished. The design is the trade
mark Of the Rock Island system, and
has been painted with unusual delcacy
of color and handling for window ad-
vertisement.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

So many stars wanted to appear at
the Georgia Cayvan belefit at the
Broadway theater. New York. yester-
day that the doors were opened at 1890
o'clock and the performance began at
1870. William Faversham opened the
entert ainMent. Following him came
James K. Hackett and Mary Manner
ing in the principal scene from Don
Caesars Return" and after them, in
sequence, David Bispham and Walter
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-14

It is estimated that at present about
$4,000 automobiles are in use in the
United States. On the basis of orders
already in. the calculation is made
that by the end of this year the num-
Der Of motor vehicles in use will be
nearly tripled. It is promised that the
building of horseless wagons will soon
be larger industry in point Of men
employed than that which in 1000 fac
tories now supplies the horse-d drawn
carriages OF the land.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
Washington,s Good Manners.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times
It has been said that Washington has the best
behaved theater audiences in the United States
i there was ever any doubt about the truth Of
this statement, it was dispelled Wednesday night
at the Lafayette square Opera House. in whar
other city would the audience have submitted
with such wonderful patience to the delays be-
tween acts-thirty-fve minutes between the first
and second and ffty-eight minutes between the
second and thirds TIE theatergoing public had
been given TO understand through the local
newspapers that Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' was
ready for presentation, owing 20 the gireless
energy d Mr.. BelascO and his c0-wUrkers. They
were told that the performance would begin
promptly az 8. o'clock. and 20 cut short their
dinners TO be on time. Then the wait
began. for il was after $50 before
the curtain went up for The prologue.
am not writing TINS for the purpose
Of criticising the management for putting on an
unfinished play (snd heaven knows there IS room
for criticism), but merely TO compliment Wash
ngton on its good manners and patience. be-
lieve il is safe to say that in no othei city
would an audience have submitted to the mex
plieable delays which marked the initial no
duction Of Mr. Belasco's plsv, R.Bx
Washington. Nov. o.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
News From Abroad,

Women are now being substituted for men N
the Italian postal service. Signor Galim5erti'
the minister Of posts and telegTaphs, is respon-
sible fox the change.
IN Norwsy's new cabinet sigurd ibsen- son OF
Henri and son-in-law OF Bjornson, holds the Of
fee Of minister Of state at Stockholm
After driving a London bus for siNty-cne
years, from 1872 to 1903. James Perry has re-
tired
Kumassi, in Ashantiland. IS now connected
with the coast. $50 miles distant, BY railroad
Trains began to run in October. The line was
begun IL 1898
Owners Of the Victoria Gross who sell or lose
the decoration without being able 70 account
for the loss viii hereafter forfeit the so pension
that goes with it. by recent war Office order
Franz Won Yecsey, hungarian, ten years Of
age. is the latest musical prodigy that Berlin
has greeted He plays the violin and is highly
praised by Joachim
A double succession Of very late marriages
brought the Hon. Lovel Coke. now ten years old,
into this world l40 years after the birth Of his
grandfather. This was william Coke, who gave
his name 70 the billycock hat, was born IN l75=
and became first Earl Of Leicester. He married
a Keppei in ls22, being sixty-eight years Old
and left three sons One Of them. the present
earl, now eighty-one years Of age, became tbs
father Of the Hen. LoTei when he was seventy
one years old.-New York sun.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
Peter "The ProdigaI."

Inasmuch as large families are the
rule. rather than the exception, IN Rus
sia, and all the sons bear the titles Of
their fathers even while he is still alive.
IL Will be readily understood that the
limited number Of patents of nobility
mentioned above as having been con-
ferred in the last 200 years viii account
for large number Of bona dde princes.
counts and barons. whose titles are dis
tinctly Russian and authentic. Not that
they are particularly distinguished for
the blueness Of their blood For Peter
the Great distributed nobniary titles
without any regard TO aristocratic birth
and ancient lineage, TO which he mani
tested most democratic. or rather auto
cratic, Indifference. Intent on obtaining
the services OF living men, he paid no
attention TO the claims Of dead ances-
tcrs, and rewarded his coadjutors. ire
spective of the plebeiau character OF
their origin
Prince Menschikon had commenced
life as bakers apprentice Count Han
nibai. who died with the rank of COM
mander-in-ehief of the Russian army.
and who is one Of the ancestors Of the
Countess Torby. morganatic wife OF
Grand Duke Michael Michaelowitch, was
a coal black negro. who had been pur-
chased as a slave boy at ConslantinOple.
Baron Shahron was Jew Count Dew
Ter, a Portuguese by birth. had started
life as a cabin boy Count Yaguzhinssxi.
who long held one OF the most i'm
pCrtant offices Of the state, was the son
OF n poor sacristan.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
Politeness Under Fire.

Major General PlumeF, who led battalion Of
mounted riaemen in the Matabeleland campaign,
IN 1876, has reputation rivaling that Of the
..lnildest hammered man that ever seuttled ship
or cut a throat In the chick Of the hght
he is .he politest Of warriors
As an example Of his unvarying drawing
room Manners as a brother officer once styled
them, story is told q him that during the
aatabele campaign his small force found itself
in a very hot corner. and men were falling
rapidly in all directions. Plumer had two ma
chine guns with him. and these, he considered,
were not doing as we'll they might. he
called up an orderly therefore, and said 20 him:
'Wil YOU kindly go to Captain Blank ITno
commanded the giinsl and tell him thar J
think he might do better if he would please
move his guns little farther to the rignry
Thank you"
And then he calmly vent on with his direc-
ton Of the aght in the same quiet, easy manner.
again, he was rather badly hit while N com
mand Of column during the recent south
African war, and sent a message to his second
n command TO the effect chat he was rather
badly scratched, and he would be greatly obliged
if Colonel Blank would take the command OF
the force pending further orders. New York
Tribune
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
Cause for Suspicion.

Finally. there are the titles borne by
those subjects of the Car who hail
from Poland. or from the provinces OF
the Caucasus. So indiscriminaJe has
been the usurpation of the Polish titles
of prince and count that. save in the
case of "A few illustri0us, well-known
families, the prefix of "a title of this
kind 10 a Polish name is usually -calcu-
lated to prejudice one against its bearer
and cause the individual in question TO
be regarded with suspicion until one
has assured ones self that he is really
what he pretends to be.
In France, for Instance, number of
the members OF the demimonde have
taken advantage Of the confusion which
prevails with regard to the Polish aris-
tocracy TO assume both Polish names
and titles, the confusion in question aris-
ing from the constant succession OF
dynasties that occupied the throne of
Poland when IL was still kingdom IL
was the most turbulent monarchy of
Europe constantly engaged in dynastic
strife and in civil war. and each
pretender. whether successful or defeat
ed conferred titles upon his followers
and adherents, little or no record was
kept OF the patents OF nobility conferred.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
chronological Panama.

II, as seems 20 be the case, We really must
use the word .Panamanian'' ourselves and lei
everybody else use it. why not 80 further along
the same line and coin the word ''Panananiac, 81
Tor which, according TO present appearances
there is going to be much employmentg 1t
would be applicable. OF course. the people
m Washington and elsevh here. for whom the
name 'Pananlist. with its evil associations az
theft and fraud. would be unduly harsh, but
who yet must be described in a way In,re OF
less critical. 'Panaulaniac' would be critical
enough without being too critical; it condemns
what che bearers Of i are doing. while il does
not deny that their intentions may possibly
be honest saving tiler regulations as il were.
At tue expense II their responsibility, and 1uiti
eating denuneiation with a charitable after
thought Thus would an sensitive feelings be
saieguarded and the severest Of language would
have netaphorical string attached to il tc
prevent the doing OF more than harm enough
New York Times.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
CleVeland's Defamation.
This Time It Is ~Unalterable and Con-
elusive"


Mr.. Cleveland's declaration to be-
come the Presidential nominee of. his
party under any circumstances or
upon any consideration could not have
been made more positive. To use his
own words, his decision IS ''unaltera-
bic and conclusive"
However much his many admirers
may regret Mr. Cleveland's final with
drawal from the political field, all
Democrats vii feel grateful to him
for making his position known SO long
IN advance of the active campaign.
He has not only offered an outright
refutation of the charge that he was
covertly seeking denomination. but by
abandoning UNSUITABLE ambition he
has helped immensely, as it will prove,
to restore peace and unity TO the
party which he mas twice led to VIC
tory. We have no doubt that, aside
from any personal motives, il was the
desire to contribute to the harmony of
ms party, so far as IN his power lay,
that impelled him to speak his mind
50 plainly.
The way Is now opened for a free
ard unrestricted contest for the high
est honor the Democracy can award
aEy man. Between now and the meet
ing Of the nominating convention the
field VIII be thoroughly canvassed, the
merits Of the various candidates meas
ured, and their elements of strength
carefully weighed. And the result
viii be the nomination of a Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency
who IS he choice of the whole party.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
Lie Heights OF Mountains.

VIII you please tell me how tho heights Of
mountains are measured? STUDENT
BarOmeters are sometimes used in
rough work for this purpose. But If the
exact altitude is 80 be ascertained the
height is measured by the use Of en-
gineers' levels 1 once asked an engi-
nee the same question you have put TO
me and his reply was: Run a level
from the nearest Government bench
mark 10 the foot and thence 10 the sum
nit. This Is tedious work. but for ac-
curacy II Is necessary. A frst-class
levelman ought TO reckon the exact
height within one-tenth OF foot. The
Government benches can be relied on 20
the on4-hundredth part OF a foot The
height OF mountains Is reckOned from
the mean level OF the sea
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
The Caucasus Princes.

With regard TO the Caucasus. princes
are more numerous there than anywhere
else in the world. For the old MingreIlan
rulers used 20 ennoble their subjects on
the smallest pretext. one peasant. for
example was accorded the style of
prince" for picking up a scarf which
the monarch had dropped in The mud
while another was created prince as "A
reward for having acted as beater on the
occasion OF royal shoot. The conse-
queuce is that Russia is fun OF princes
who keep small shops, who act as hack
drivers, as circus performers, as steve
dores, and as street cleaners. There are
Some thousands OF princes doing time
IN Russian penitenuaries ana penal es-
tablishments. while Cork. who prides
himself on his realism. has written q
story from life OF "a Caucasian prince
who was also a tramp.
1t Will be- readily understood from this
that titles,. under present conditions.
carry but little weight in Russia and
have lost abroad whatever prestige they
may have formerly possessed. The her
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
Fun and Nuisances.
New Customs Which Make Holidays
Uncomfortable for Quiet Folk.

The New York Times" prints a
short but vigorous protest against Ger
tain new holiday customs which make
Efe miserable for the average citizen.
Among these is the habit, developed
BY some city youngsters, of spending
Thanksgiving morning ringing bells
and then seampeiing away, leaving
the exasperated servant to discover
that her journey from the kitchen has
been for nothing. They also foot
horns and indulge IN other provoking
observanees. The "Tmes" justly says
that there Is no reason for giving
every holiday It's own particular nm-
Isance
Nobody, of course, can complain II
these mirth-loving but ineonsideratc
small BOYS eonfue their attentions to
members of their own families. That
IS a private matter, and if the fathers
and mothers of the young imps choose
10 tolerate the nuisance, they might as
well take their amusement that way as
any other. Bpt when it comes to al
lowing the little seamps to make them
selves a general pest, it Is time for the
police to interfere. 1t Is true that
boys need some sort of outlet for their
i1repressible spirits, but it will not do
them the least good to indulge their
love of fun at the expense of other
! people, strangers, who cannot protect
themselves against the inhiction. II
| Is the mistaken indulgence which per
mits this sort of thing which leads to
all sorts of hoodlum performances
and eventually to lawlessness which
results In actual lawbreaking and the
four walls of a Jail
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
The Baggage SmasheT.
a Much-Abused Individual Puts in a
Word for Himself.

Word for Himself
Many people have said things about
the ''baggage-smasher' of the Amer
lean railway, and some Of the things
were not fit to print. He has now
seen fit to defend himself IN the col
umns of a Philadelphia paper. He
says that if people would use smaller
Trunks and more Of them, and take
care that their trunks were strong,
they would not suffer from railway
travel.
There is something IN this, and it
would be well for prudent travellers to
consider it. It is not fair to expect
a cheap trunk intended for short
journeys to stand the wear of trave,
across the continent, or TO last as long
as a better-made one would. The men
who handle baggage at many small
stations have only a few minutes If
which to do a good deal of work, and
il they stopped to lift each trunk as
if 1t were a two-year-old baby, the
trains would be delayed, and then
there would be trouble. The number
of trunks actually smashed Is proba-
bly, small in proportion to the whole
number carried, and of these, many
are old, dilapidated, and improperly
secured. There Is sense IN the bag
gage mans blunt statement that il
people would use trunks Of moderate
size, well built, and properly secured
with a good strap, they would have no
trouble.
There are some folk who seem to
think that it adds distinction to their
progress from one place to another to
have a trunk of enormous size. 50
that they are attended by the groans
of weary porters who dread carrying
the thing upstairs. A woman Of this
type used to 60 to Saratoga IN the
days OF the glory of that resort, and
she had Saratoga trunk of enormous
size, painted black, with her initials
in white on the end. The initials hap
pened to be &C. A. T." and the rail
way men were impolite enough to call
it chat black eat" with a participle
before the adjective If the woman
had only had the sense TO distribute
her belongings IA two trunks ? she
would have escaped the notoriety and
the blessing.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29

most brilliant minds of the eommun-
ity. From all these things It easily
came to pass that the lawyer became
the best known man of his eommun-
lily, and found political prefelment
easy We had here no such type as
the country gentleman Of England.
who stands tor parliament" purely
as a matter Of honor, and is willing
to allow his private affairs 10 be man
aged by his steward while he gives his
services to the country. In the early
days of the Republic our best men
had their way to make, and they
could most easily make it by law and
by politics. Hence it has come about
that, almost without knowing it, we
have identification between law
makers and lawyers, and a precious
mixed condition of things it is. How
ever, within the last twenty years
have come signs of a change. Look
over a list Of the most powerful men
III the Senate and the House today
and you will find that many Of them
are not orators at any rate, and some
are not lawyers. What THIS change
portends remains to be seen.
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
The City POstmastership.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
see in morning paper the name OF Henry
Castle mentioned being urged by his friends
for City Postmaster What ! wish to know is,
what Mr.. Castle has done with that business in
ST Paul which WIS pressing that he resigned
the office OF Auditor for the Postofice Depart
ment to attend TO it. Now, il his private busi-
ness was so pressing then, how does tie expect
20 attend 90 the duties Of City Postmaster and
his vast interests in st. Paul 81 the same timeg
Il strikes q citizen Of this District that tine
Republican party has enough competent men
within its ranks 10 select Postmaster, without
calling in the services Of one who has been
forced out Of -he service
Give us citizen Of this city for this Office,
anyway. JUSTICE.
Washington. NOV. p
The Washington times., 1903-11-29
An Old FeudaI Custom.

The Duke of Buccleuch. whose an
eestor has been sung by Sir Walter
Scott in The Lay of the Last Minstrel. p
has just received the so-called annual
Wroth silver. The collection thereof
constitutes one of those quaint old feu-
daI customs which are still kept up In
the United Kingdom. and which date
from medieval times. The payments are
relatively small. but have to be made at
Nfehtlow Cross, In Warwickshire. the
representatives of the twenty eight par
fishes concerned being forced to Assem-
bic around the remains Of the old mon
astic cross on the brow OF hill at
sunrise. and then TO drop coins into a
hollow worn - hundreds Of years into
the head Of the stone.
The Wroth money in question Is be-
lieved TO owe its origin 10 tribute as
CONDENSATION Cor the murder OF some
member of the Buccieueh family, and
the penalty for non-payment at the tims
and place appointed is fine OF ~ shiii-
ines for every penny of the missing
Wroth money. and the forfeiture OF 2
white bull with red nose and ears. OF
one occasion within the past century was
the Wroth money withheld. but the law
courts decided IL TO be JUST ana lesa
due. and. accordingly, the twenty-elgh ~
parishes were forced to pay the ful
amount of the fine. though the duke re-
fused to accept the white bull which
they offered. owing to its not having
the necessary red nose and ears pre-
scribed by law.