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The Washington times., 1903-07-15
DISASTROUS FIRE IN
PROVINCE OF RUSSIA

BERLIN, July 15.-The "Tageblatt''
today reports a disastrous fire in the
town of Lowry in the province of Rjsan,
Russia. in which IL Is feared that forty
persons lost their lives.
Three hundred and fifty houses and
official buildings were destroyed and six
hundreds persons let homeless. Heart
rending scenes occurred at the hospital
in the town. which was among the build
inRs destroyed. a number OF the bed
ridden patients perished like rats In 4
trap. The charred remains of twenty
persons nave thus far been recovered.
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A Question of Taste.
Should Uorren Be Permitted TO Run
Elevators?

"The employment of women in the
running OF elevators" says the New
York Tribune" rs making some head
way in certain cities. But it ought
not to c1in a foothold generally II
is not a sort Of occupation in which
one sex should come in competition
with the other, at least in this coun-
Try. In various parts Of the Old
World hnale drudges are yoked on
farms with the beasts Of the field.
America would regard such a degra-
dation of womanhood with unbounded
seoIn I'D loathing; and in the guild
ence Of elevators women are out of
place."
Patri ptie, perhaps, but, neverthe-
less, fudgel In fact, claptrap. The
real "degradation Of womanhood" is
oot brought about by offering her an
apporturiity Of earning living which
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The Beauties OF Washington,
Threatened by the Ruthless Hands of
the Promoter and Contractor.

In discussing District affairs, the
other day, we referred. incidentally.
to so-called improvements" made
twenty-five years in advance of the
city's needs. The subject is one which
deserves the serious consideration Of
every taxpayer having the welfare of
the National Capital at heart. 1t is,
we think, the paramount question of
the hour.
One of Washington's chief charms
at one time was the ease with which
you were able TO leave behind the hot
asphalt streets and reach the open
country. A few minutes walk in al
most any direction led you to the
fields and woods. The beauty of ma
ture undetiled greeted You, as If were,
at the city's very back door.
All this is gone now. The irresisti-
bic march of Improvement has con-
verted what was once a landscape of
surprising beauty into a howling will
deTness, in which the carts Of the con-
tractor have taken the place of noble
trees, and where the bray of the mule
browns the song birds note. The head
of Sixteenth Street. Connecticut Ave
nue. extended, and Massachusetts Ave
nue. where 1t crosses Rock Creek, have
been converted by the promoter ana
land-butcher into shambles where ma
ture is the victim Where once a fine
country road made progress easy and
agreeable, the wheels of your carriage
nowadays sink up to the hubs in red
clay. The approaches to Rock Creel.
Park are revolving in their ugliness
and their grim assertion of the con
tractors sway
Is all this necessary? Are the tax
payers of this generation, at the be
hest of real estate spectators, to foot
the bills for Improvements" which
can only benefit people living twenty
five years from now7 Is there not
plenty of room for the present popu-
lation Of the city within the original
boundar, lines, without defiling the
face of nature and conspiring with
promoters of subdivisions to destroy
the unsurpassed loveliness of the
country around us2 Are there not
vacant lots In the heart of the city
proclaiming eloquently the fact that
these suburban improvements" are
premature and unnecessarily Is it
justice TO the taxpayers In those Sub
merged quarters" of the city, the
Southwest and Southeast. to ask them
to assist in paying for costly extern
siOns ike that of Massachusetts Ave
nue. before their own sections have re-
ceived the attention to which they are
entitled7
Above all, shall we not in future be
driving away that very element OF
our population which has contributed
Sc largely in recent years to make the
city what it is today-a city of beau
tiful homes-and which came here to
escape the horrid turmoil and yulgari-
ty of a commercial center in its MAX
ing7 What attraction will Washing
ton offer hereafter 10 this class of
people, if we deliberately destroy one
of the city's chief charms2 Shall we
not be sinking to the level of boorl
town and loose the one distinguishing
feature which has heretofore placed
Washington in class by itself among
the cities of this country7
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likewise to spend a portion OF each
year there. and on the property OF Lord
Fitzwilliam. near Mas. Ia county Kill
dare. may still be seen the ruins OF an
unfinished mansion built Of Dutch bricks.
which the Earl or STAFFORD. when vice
roy of ireland. commenced for the pur-
pose OF. its becoming the residence CT
his sovereign. The latter's project.
however, never was fulfilled. and Charles
1 met with his death on the scafIoid
without ever having set foot in ireland.
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To DISCUSS LYNCHING
SERMON IN SECRET
Rumored That Delaware Presbytery
Will Meet Behind Closed Doors.

WILMINGTON. Del. July 15.-It IS
now rumOred that the special meeting
of the Presbytery. which meets at New
Castle tomorrow to investigate the
"lynching sermon" of the Rev. Robert
A. Elwood. OF this city. Will be a Sc
cret one The members of the Presby-
terry still refuse to discuss the matter.
and this rumor could not be verified.
Mr.. Elwood and his friends will de-
mand that the meeting be public. for.
as he put it. ''he will go before the
Presbytery 20 defend his actions in the
pulpit" ard he contends that there is
nothing to be kept secret.
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VICTIM OF FLAMES.

CINCINNATI. July l5.-An explosion
of wood @icohol. used to ignite patent
fatiron hlled with charcoal, caused
burns which resulted in the death OF
Stanley George, Of 527 Garrard Street,
Covingjon. The little fellow was wstch-
ing domestic in the laundry, who start
ed to light the charcoal fire in the
iron.
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Daily Calendar Of American Historu
July Is.

INSTRUMENTATION OF explosives and fire.
arms permitted by act OF ongress.
1eiV-Act passed reducing army to peace
footing. Second session OF Forty
first Congress closes.
lSSS-Charles H. Stratton (Tom Thumb)
dies-was born in 1885,
1SS5-Niagara Falls Reservation opened
20 the public.
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VICTIM OF TIE FOURTH.

LANCASTER, Pa, July 15-Daniel
Reinhart. aged fourteen years. died here
today from lockjaw, resulting from a
wound received in Fourth Of July ae-
cident.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
How Louisville Makes Things
Move.

The Commercial Club will give
dinner at the Louisville Hotel
Thursday evening, March 5, to
which all members of the club and
all other citizens of Louisville and
the Commonwealth who are inter-
ested in the commercial and indus
trial advancement Of the city and
State are invited.
A resolution was adopted pro-
viding for the dinner that the men,
bers of the Commercial Club and
other business men and citizens
be drawn together in closer fell
lowship. The list of speakers will
be announced shortly and include
some of the best after-dinner talk
ers in Kentucky.
The meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors, which was adjourned from
last Wednesday, was busy one,
Several important questions rela-
tive to the future policy of the club
were considered.
A communication was received
from Mr.. John H. feathers, presi-
dent &C :hi;s 2oaI4 VI managers or
the Louisville Industrial School of
Reform, asking the cooperation of
the club in the preparations for
the entertainment of the delegates
to the National Prison Congress
which will meet in Louisville in
October. A committee will be ap-
pointed and the club will aid Mr..
feathers and his associates in every
possible way.
A communicated was received
from w. z. Spillman, agnostologist
in the United States Agricultural
Department, asking for iDforma-
ton to be used in making a three
acre map of the United States for
the st. Louis Worlds Fair. The
map will show the cereals, grasses
and forage products as they are
grown in the different States, and
will be on a scale of five miles to
one foot. The letter was referred
to Mr.. L. B. Nall, Commissioner of
Agriculture.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
LIGHTS TURNED OUT ON JONES
9s; 20 20 Talks Talks uu JUST inc same
and More.

An exciting incident growing out
of the prohibition campaign took
place in Dallas, Tex. Rev. Sam P.
Jones, the noted evangelist, was de
livering lecture in lyceum course
at Turner hall, his subject being /:
GLOW to Get There, and How to
Stay There" 1t was not dis
course on prohibition, but was a
talk on character and morals. He
talked against drinking, cursing
and gambling, and used express
ions charactistie of his old-time
evangelizing meetings. Some Of
the anti Prohibitionists considered
that his remarks were intended to
help their opponents in the pend
ing campaign, and suddenly the
lights were turned out and the hall
left in darkness. Several of the
anti-Prohibitionists declared that a
prohibition speech should not be
made in Turner hall"
When Jones realized the situa-
ton, he said: 81 have travelled all
over the United States as a public
speaker, and this is the first time
that l have ever been treated in this
manner. l have taken no hand in
the local prohibition fight, but if
these elbows don't look out, I'll
come back here, and they'll find me
to be like the animal that had the
head Of goat and the heels of a
mule. can fight with both ends"
Jones continued talking for
nearly half an hour with the lights
out in the hall. Finally, a deputy
sheriff and others succeeded in get
ting part OF the lights burning, and
Jones finished his lecture with num-
erous severe thrusts at certain con-
ditions in Dallas, as he estimated
them. The incident has caused
keen feeling on the part of the pro
hibitionists.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18

sion that there is something great
err than the House of Lords; it is
the people. So there is something
greater than the court, the Judge,
in the execution of law-it is the
people, their opinion, their co OPP
Grafton. From these the courts
derive their power. The average
court is not going to be high
than the people. AS is public con-
science and demand, so will be the
enforcement of our laws. A Judge
may be ever so just and righteous,
yet, if there is jury without a
sense of justice, or if there be wit
nesses who perjure themselves, for
compensation or without, the court
is powerless. A lawyer said that
no man could practice in the courts
of this country and not be convinced
of the truth of the scripture doc
trine of human depravity. This Is
not a very fattering comment on
thevaracity of the average witness.
Yet not all men who serve as jurors
or testify in courts are conscience
less. The difficulty is that the
ballot of hireling juror counts as
much in making up a verdict as
that of the honest man; the testi.
mony of perjurer is to be accept
ed as truth, unless his truthfullness
be impeached.
There is need of a public awak-
ening on the duties of citizenship
and official obligations. Public Of
fee from the highest to the lowest
is not to be used for private gains,
personal preferences, or political
prcjGdioes.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
Will Take Bis Seat.

Reed Smoot, of Salt Lake City,
it is announced, will go to Wash
ington this week to present his
credentials as Senator to succeed
Senator Rawlins. "The protests
against my being seated in the
Senate will make no difference in
my plans" said Mr.. Smoot. 81 ex-
pect to take my seat, l do not an
ticipate any serious interference.
l see no reason why there should
be. Nothing can be brought
against me except that 1 am a
member of the Mormon Church"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
The Citizens Are Responsible.

Open saloons on Sunday in vio-
lation of our laws are responsible
for no little of our crimes. The
Courier Journal.
Judge Caruth makes a strong
point when he says:
Gin order to enforce the law,
there must be healthy public sen
timent to sustain the courts. Many
of our best people will not serve in
homicide cases, excusing them
selves upon the ground that they
ave'conscientious scruples against
the infliction of capital punishment,
and many others, whilst denying
that they have such scruples, still
will not infict the death penalty
when the law gives them the choice
between capital punishment and
Imprisonment for life. The fault
does not lie so much with the court
officials as with the juries, and the
clergy could help the peace of the
community greatly if they would
uphold the arm of the court and
urge the citizens to accept jury SER
vice and render verdicts which
would make evildoers tremble."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18

Detached bits of human skin live
from two 10 ten days.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
MIR. HAGER's LETTER.

Mr.. Hager's letter is dated Sol
umbia, Oklahoma, Feb. T." TIE
part which relates to the man
Davidson is as follows:
can old or middle-aged man
from Kentucky has been teaching
school in a rural district here.
He attracted some little attention,
as he kept isolated and seemed ret
icent. Two special delivery letters
came to the office for him-one
from Indianapolis, the other from
Kentucky. This was prior to the
confession vi IouUsey. lie left
this place instantly, leaving his
trunk and personal belongings. A
man sent back to collect wages due
him stated he is the w. j. David
son implicated in the conspiracy
for the killing of William Goebel,
and am sure he is the same man"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
Three Times Married.

On last Wednesday, A. j. Craw-
ford, of Henderson, Kentucky, was
married to his first wife for the
third time. They were married
several years ago. Some time later
Crawford went to Missouri, where
he married. Afterward he return
ed to Henderson and married his
first wife for the sAcond ting. Tho
Missouri wife prosecuted him for
bigamy, and he was sent from this
county to the penitentiary for six
years. He has just returned and
obtained license as stated. He is
only thirty-three years old. The
first wife's maiden name was Alice
Long.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
On Trial.

The members of the Humbert
family of swindlers were placed on
trial at Paris last Wednesday, on a
charge of libeling M. Catteaux, a
banker who had loaned them mon
ey. The case does not directly re-
late to the swindle of the "Craw-
ford millions" Frederic Humbert
attempted to incriminate high
French officials, but was restrained
by the Judge on the ground that
such testimony did not relate To
the libel suit.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
Refused TO Accept.

The President offered to appoint
Gen. Basil Duke United States Cir
cunt Judge of the circuit composed
of the States of Michigan, Ohio,
Kentucky and Tennessee. Gen.
Duke declined. The appointment,
it is said, will go to either Ohio or
Kentucky, depending upon which
States politicians shall first agree
on one candidate. The President
is said to favor Judge Cochran as
the most available of the Kentucky
candidates.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
THE RAMBLER.
aNSN~No~oNoNo~s~o
MY TROUBLES.

I've sung to you about that maid, so dear,
Who's gay caprice makes my existence drear-
Who's antics put my heart way out OF gear.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18

Good fortune followed me, the other day;
She smiled; oh, hearers, doubt me not, pray;
But since she always looks the other way
III.
hope that, soon again, she'll make me proud.
Her smile would lift me far above the crowd
I'm watching for the brightness meath the cloud
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18

But since, she always looks the other way.
III.
hope that, soon again, she'll make me proud
Her smile would lift me far above the crowd
I'm watching for the brightness meath the cloud.
Rev. George Adveron, Methodist,
Brooklyn, speaking of the young
ladies who indulge in street and
public Irritation, says:
81 want to say to the mother
who has a daughter just launch
ing upon the brink of social or
business life, that there is no rose
sweeter than the modest, unassum-
ing, refined character of a young
lady. Mother, the young lady who
forms the distasteful. unrefned
habit of INDUCING in Irritation in
the house of worship, on the street
or in public office-or in fact any
place-and thinks she is making a
favorable, moral impression upon
the heart of the young man wnom
she is trying to catch for a beau,
makes a sad mistake, indeed. She
blindly ignores the fact that she is
making herself the object of much
uncomplimentary comment, and by
so doing but lowers herself to that
level of her sex who are invariably
looked upon by the moral and
refined as a giddy, fastidious Great
ure in whom the young men can
see nothing but q good time
The young lady who enters into
business-public or private office
should take great care in
displaying a marked degree of
refinement and pOliteness while
in company of her employer during
business hours, and should not be-
come so friendly with him on short
acquaintance - be he married or
unmarried-that she should accept
favOrs other than those she de-
serves by her attentiveness and
aptness to business. If she in
dulges herself to do so she asserts
herself a bird of the same feather
as the good time girl, and soon she
will be winking and using the
facial hirtations, which are in this
enlightened age regarded as the
heighth of vulgarlty. One breach
of good taste in this direction is
enough to destroy her claim to
good breeding. She need not be
priggish, of course, but young
lady cannot value her purity too
highly. She will be all the more
loved, respected and admired by
those who are thoughtful, for her
carefulness. A good name is rath-
err to be chosen than great riches
The mother should train her
daughter in the higher walks of
life; Undue her thoughts with
things modest, refined and elevat
ing; make her to love and respect
those of her associates who are
clean and free from such actions,
and soon she will see her, like the
well nurtured rosebud, blossom
into a sweet full bloom"
Tend that bud, mother, soon,
Tend that rose,
It'Wlll blossom il will bloom.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
ANOTHER CONsPlRATOR
Scented - YOutseys Confession
Started Him a Going.

j. M. Hager, of Columbia, Okla
homa, has written a letter to Louis
vile concerning the whereabouts
and strange actions of a man nam
ed w. j. Davidson. Mr.. Hager
says that it is said in Columbia
that the man is W. j. Davidson,
Assistant Secretary of State under
Caleb Powers, whom Henry E
Youtsey named in his confession
as one of the men in the conspi-
racy to murder Gov. William Goe-
bel.
While Davidson's name was never
brought into any Of the cases
against the alleged conspirators
until Youtsey implicated him, it is
known that Davidson was an ac-
tive follower of w. S. Taylor dur
ing the contest for the governor
ship before the Legislature. Short
ly after Goebel was shot, David
son, who had been Superintendent
of Public Instruction under the
administration Of W. o. Bradley,
left Frankfort. Residents of the
capital say that he told no one
where he was going and gave no
intimation of his plans. He was
frequently summoned as witness
by the Commonwealth, but he was
never located. Recently, however,
it was rumored in Frankfort and
in the mountains that Davidson
was in the State of Washington
and was prospecting there. In fact,
this was said to be the informa-
ton of Commonwealth Attorney
Franklin.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-02-18
shall the Law
Be Enforced! 4. !"
GSpeaker ArrdiGns All Law
Breakers and Officers
Who May be III League
With Vice.

vChurch in Lexington on Sunday
& Wning, Feb. 8, Rev. U. G. Foote
I'd for the subject of his sermon
"Shall the Law Be Enforced9" He
took for his text, Proverbs 1872:
"When the righteous are in au-
thority, the people rejoice, but
when the wicked beareth rule, the
people mourn"
Mr.. Foote spoke in part as fol-
lows:
The truth of this proverb is easily
recognized. Rulers and officers of
thetaw are set for the order and
peace of the community. If they
fail in this then they should be SUI
perceded by those who will not
fail. Law and its proper enforce
ment is of divine order. The mag
listrate is a heaven approved posi-
ton. He is not, if just man, a
terror to the good, but to the evil ;
yet it comes to pass in some COM
munities that he is the reverse.
The good, law abiding citizens are
terrorized by the open and fragrant
violation os the law anu the indis-
position of the officers to check it.
1t is not uncommon that evil dom
mates, and morality is laughed to
scorn,. and men who are interested
in the we'll being of the communi-
/, .tyS6emanding the protection to
themselves and their children that
the law is supposed to give are
held up to ridicule. We are taught
to be subject to the powers that be,
and this we will be, but we demand
that all others shall do the same.
In this country we rule ourselves
by the sovereign power of the bal
lot. We elect men to official po
sition to execute our laws in equity
and justice. If they do it not and
will not do it then 1T becomes our
duty to impeach Them or supercede
them with men who will swear the
truth. If we stand idly by and
sag nothing, then we become par
tiesN.o their wrong.
Laws are made to restrain the
vicious and punish the guilty; yea,
more, to insure protection to the
good citizen. The lava biding has
the right, we may say, it is his du-
ty to demand the enforcement of
the laws written for his protection.
We have in the main good and just
laws in this State, but no matter
hoy good they may be if they are
not made effective in their admin
istration, if those who are set fer
their execution abdicate in favor of
rthe,%rong, of what force are theyP
vi we are going to play with JUS
tice, we had about as well destroy
our statues and be branded by the
world as nation of anarchists,
wnlcn is not much worse than TO
be in fact nation of civis hypo-
critics.
Not all the blame for the non-en-
fsEGement Of the law is to be as
cribed to the courts. We have
among our public officers men of
conscience and truth-men who
are anxious to see righteousness
prevail. But we heard. recently,
a judge say "This court cannot
enforce the law without your help"
He was addressing grand jury at
the time. That jury which is to in
!. dict, the jury which is to convict,
y the attorney who is to prosecute,
the witness in the stand, and we
may add every citizen who by his
uprightness of conduct helps to
make wrong-doing conspicuous and
monstrous, are parties in fact to- as
sist the court in the enforcement
ofEhe law.
Mr.. Gladstone said on one occa-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-01

The Choctaw Mill and Elevator
90. have been making some valu-
able improvements on their mill
property in the rear of the Will
hanson Halsell. Frasier Co.'s houses
on Choctaw avenue. The entire
plant has been overhauled and
improved and much new machin-
cry added. A spouting house has
also been erected jnst north of the
mill, and connected Herewith by
q belt conductor. The Express
will have more to say about this
institution in Q short time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-01

Judge Payne bas received q
sample Of handsome school deek K
from the manufacturers in the east
which may be he pattern adopted
for The use in the uew school
buildings Of Ohickasha Judge
Payne is Of the opinion that by
deslrng direct with the mauu-
fsciurers instead Of buying the
school furniture from agents or
middle mer, considerable money
can be saved, and at the same
time as good furniture be secured
The sample is high : satisfactory
to the members Of tue board.