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The Washington times., 1903-09-02
WANTS INCREASED SALARIES
FOR THE DISTRICT FIRE FIGHTERS
Chief Engineer Belt Presents Annual Estimate Expenses of Department to
COmmissOns-Three New Buildings Needed Benning

each of the twenty-six foremen is re-
quested, as is the appointment OF twen-
ty-seven assistant foremen. at a salary
of S1,050 each. In regard to this lat
ter estimate. Chief Belt says:
There is no such officer in law as an
assistant foreman. hut to every COM
pany, under the rules and regulations.
such an officer is assigned. In the alb
sence of the foreman he assumes com
mand of the company and is held re-
sponsible for its proper conduct
I'm law he is recognized only as a
private. except in truck companies,
where he is both assistant foreman and
tillerman. The assistant foreman of Il
truck company, who is also the tillerman.
receives $500 per annum, while in an
engine and chemical company he re-
ceives but $S40. The appropriation of
S2S,350 for the assistant foremen really
means an increase Of but s5.250. for
there should be deducted from these esti-
mates the sum of $500 for seven tiller-
men and $500 for twenty privates now
serving as assistant foremen. Should
this item be disapproved, then there
should be one inserted for seven tiller-
men at 5000 each, $1,000.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
INSANE MAN ATTEMPTS
TO SEE THE PRESIDENT
Secret Service Men Arrest Him and
Find Revolver.

OYSTER BAY, Sept. 2.-Mysterious
footprints in the mud in the rear of the
Presidents house at Oyster Bay, and
also the fact that Frank Weinbrenner, a
demcnted resident Of the village of Syos-
set, attempted TO obtain an audience
with the President gave the Secret Ser
vice men at oyster Bay a scare last
evening
Weinbrenner had in his possession
loaded revolver. This was considered
sufficient 10 warrant his Incarceration,
pending an investigation. The footprints
were discovered later and to the sleuths
appeared 10 be in some manner connect
ed with the visit OF Weinbrenner, al
though just why a man should crouch in
the rear Of a building and later drive
up to the front door, as the suspect did,
does not appear.
WeinbFenner arrived about 10 O'Clock
and was held up within 100 feet Of the
house. He said the President had tele-
graphed for him. No such name appear
ing on the list of expected guests the
man was ordered 10 drive on, which he
only did after being threatened with ar
-'0'' III AS'uA ASu Hai al muir ldtef
and again departed, chagrined at the re-
fUsal # the guard 10 allow him entry.
Three quarters OF an hour later Vein
brenner again put In an appearance ana
the Secret Service men placed him un-
der arrest
He was taken to Oyster Bay When
questioned he plainly showed evidence
OF insanity. He is the son of a German
truck driver in Syosset, about twenty
eight years of age, and weighs about 200
pounds.
Secret Service men think that he
would have attempted TO kill the Presi-
dent had he been able 10 obtain an au-
dience.
Inc man was arraigned before Justice
Franklin and will be examined later IN
the day by a physician
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
OPEN MARKET BUYING
BLEEDS THE DISTRICT
Startling Statement by Commits
S.oner West.

Commissioner West announced this
afternoon that the District has been
paying $3.50 per dozen for typewriter rib
bons. which are furnished the Interior
Department for $3.50; that no bread.
butter, or cheese, purchased by the Dis
trict is purchased by competition; that
the District pays Is cents per ream
more for typewriter paper than the In
terror Department. and finally. that so
per cent of tie supplies OF the District
are purchased without competition.
whereas only 5 per cent of the supplies
of the Interior Department are pur-
chased in open market, and even that ia
advertised for bids.
The Commissioner also stated that
the District for the past fifteen or twen-
~ years has been supplying carpets
rugs, curtains, and sundry other house
hold furnishings for the private use of
Intendant Stoutenburgh. of the Wash
ington Asylum, in direct violation of
the law. The responsibility for this
rests between the Property Clerk. F. o.
Beckett, and the former Auditor, James
7. Petty. The Commissioner this after
noon produced a requisition for twenty
four yards OF stair carept which had
been purchased by the District for Mr..
StoutenSurgh last January. This prac-
tice will be stopped Immediately, and
the proper officials brought 10 account.
Immediately following these dis
closures Mr.. West sent for Amos Had
ley. in charge of the purchasing of sup
plies for the Interior Department.
These two officials discussed the meth
eds followed in each OF their respective
and the Commissioner an
nounced later that the purchasing sys-
tenn of the District would soon be
revolutionized and the system now in
force in the Interior Department prob
ably adopted
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
BEAVERS INDICTMENTS
ON SLENDER THREAD
Department of Justice Announces
It's Position in the Matter.

Stories published in New York saying
District Attorney Youngs there does not
dare TO proceed further in the prosecu-
tion in the Beavers case are emphati-
cally denied at the Department of Jus
tice. 1t has been said by friends of
Beavers that the Government prosecu-
tor realizes that the thread that holds
together several indictments is SO sien-
der that IL the former postofTice official
is arrested and accorded a preliminary
examination before a United States com
missioner his discharge will follow.
At the Department Of Justice it is said
everything is being done by District At
torney Youngs that will best subserve
the interests OF the public, and that his
action is in full accord with the wishes
OF the PostOfice Department. Mr.
foungs within the last few days con-
ferred with Assistant Attorney General
McReynolds in regard to the prosecution
of Beavers. The case was gone over in
the most thorough manner. and it is
known Mr.. McReynolds is fully satisfied
with the progress Mr.. Youngs is making,
and feels there is no laxity whatever in
the prosecution.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02

The estimate for the expenses of the
Fire Department for the fiscal year end
Ing June 80. 1905. was submitted to the
Commissioners this afternoon, by Chief
Engineer William T. Belt. The total
AMOUNT asked for is s653,S1O, against
1872, ,1S0 for the present year, or an in
crease of $2s1. .630 The amount asked
for salaries is 1923 ,45O, an increase of
S59.1SO over the present year. MisceI-
laneous expenses demand sS4, $50
against S6S,36O for the present year.
The most important item. and the one
which brings the total up to such com
paratively large figures. is the increase
in the department, for which $245, 500 is
estimated.
Chief Belt is modest in making his
estimates, and has requested an increase
in the salary of about every officer ex-
cept himself. He asks that the salary
of the Assistant Chief Engineer be in
creased from 81. 200 to $500, that three
Assistant Chief Engineers be appointed
to aggregate in salary. $4,000. and in
crease in the Fire MarshaIs salary from
81 200 to $1,500; clerk and machinist from
81 900 TO 81 200
An increase of $500 in the salaries of
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
MEXICAN DIPLOHATIST
TO AID BOER PLAN
Attendance al Irrigation Congress
Expected to Help Colonizers.

The Mexican embassy military attache,
Lieutenant Colonel Altamira. has been
instructed by his government to attend
the sessions of the National Irrigation
Congress at ogden, Utah, this week. and
has started West for this purpose. Ha
expects to be absent from Washington
for several weeks.
Colonel Altamira arrived in Washing
ton but a few days ago. after his in
spection OF the Canadian militia. In ad
dition to making a report on that sub
ject, he will send his government detail
ed information about the questions lis
cussed in the irrigation convention. as
this Is a subject of particular interest
to Mexico. 1t is expected his obseTya-
tions will be of much service in devel-
oping the new Boer colonization plan
lately undertaken in Mexico.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02

An increase of $1O0 is asked for in the
salaries of each of fourteen engineers,
fourteen firemen. and twenty-seven driv-
ers. An estimate is made for 17G pri-
Yates at $3.50 each. or an increase of
S110 in the salaries of each of 166.
Under the head, Increase of Fire De-
partment," Chief Belt makes the follow
Ing estimates: For the site. house, and
furniture of three engine and truck com
panies, one in the southeast, one north
of Florida Avenue. east of Rock Creek
and west of Eighteenth Street, and one
in the northeastern section of the city.
The cost of these three buildings is
estimated at $35. 900. $50. 900. and $50. 600.
Two more similar buildings are asked
for. one south OF Pennsylvania Avenue
and west Of Seventeenth Street, and
one near Benning, to cost $4,000 and
S23, 600, respectively
fire boat is requested at S63, 600,
two second-size steam fire engines.
s10.6Ga; ore third-size and one fourth
size steam fire engine at $500 and
$4,000; one chemical engine at $1,000;
one 65-foot aerial hook and ladder
truck at s3.70O, and one 55-foot aerial
hook and ladder truck at S3.500.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
Hamid Wishes
Christians Left to His
Tender MerCieS.
WILL RESPECT INTERESTS
Emperor William Asked to
Use His Influence With
the Powers.

CONSTANTINOPLE,S Sept. 2.-The Sui
tan has sent an autograph letter to the
German Emperor dealing with the Bal
kan situation Abdul looks to his i'm =
perial brother and friend" TO use his in
fuence with the powers to pursue a policy
of hands off, in dealing with the Mace
donian situation, leaving Turkey to put
down the uprising. He promises that
every respect will be paid to the inter-
ests of the various nations.
An Uprising Feared.
SOFIA, Sept. 2.-There is great
scarcity of news from the disturbed dis
tricts and many wild rumors are in cir
eulation.
A general uprising is feared and the
revolutionists are gaining strength
daily. The Sultan is showing extra
ordinary vacilIation and no decisive
work on comprehensive plan is being
done. AS a result the insurgents il.
the Monastir and AdrianopIe regions
have no trouble escaping from the Turk
ish troops
A Great Help.
The optimism on the part Of the Sui
tan and his advisers is proving OF the
greatest help to the Macedonians who
are utilizing all of their opportunities
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
CHEkIB BEY HEARS
FROM HOME GoVERNM NMENT

Chekib Bey. the Turkish minister. has
finally heard from his home government
concerning the Magelssen affair. The al
legged attempt upon the life of the
American vice consul at Beirut is said
by the Turkish minister of foreign af-
fairs TO have been merely the hilarity
attendant upon wedding celebration
The shots, which the vice consul though.
were fired at him. are said by the Turk
ish authorities to have been fired into
the air.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
DISTRICT TO PROVIDE
FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT

The Commissioners will inform r. W.
Walker G Son. OF 1905 f Street north
west, that an item will be included in
the appropriation bill presented TO the
next Congress providing for the i'm
proven mt OF Lanier Avenue An item
of 5000 was included last year in the
bill, but was stricken out Most of the
streets adjacent to Lanier Avenue have
been concreted. sidewalks, sewers, and
water mains laid. hut Lanier Avenue,
according to MIR. Walker, has been woe
fully neglected.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
BISHOP DOUGHERTY
is READY TO SAIL

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.-Bishop B.
ID. Dougherty, of Philadelphia, accom-
panied by three secular priests and
Profs. J. McCloskey and J. Mckinley,
have arrived on their way to Manila to
restore the Importance of the Catholic
Church in Luzon.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
EMPEROR WILLIAM
UPH0LDS ARTISTS

BERLIN. Sept. 2.-Twenty Berlin ar
lists. led by Herr Helzbecher. have join
ed in a protest to Emperor William
against the rejection of their works by
the commission charged with hanging
the pictures for the Royal Academy ex-
hibition. The Emperor ordered the COM
mission 10 submit q reply
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
THREE KILLED BY GAS.

MILWAUKEE,. Sept. 2.-Three men
were asphyxiated by gas in the North
Avenue sewer, near the Chicago and
Northwestern tracks yesterday. Sew
eral others were rescued. Contractor
Hickey and Superintendent Schunke
were two of the victims.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
NEW CHICAGO THEATER
TO COST 100000

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-The w. S. Clevc-
land Amusement Company has leased
the Seventh Regiment Armory and will
expend 100000 transforming it into
theater. The company has $500. 900. and
has two other eligible sites for theaters
here.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS

The following movements OF vessels
have been reported 10 the Bureau of
Navigation. Navy Department:
Arriyed-Hannibal at Boston, Balti-
more at New York navy yard. Adams at
Mare Island, Celtic at BTemerton Mo-
hican az San Francisco, and Nina at
Vineyard Haven
Sailed-Cuigoa, from New York navy
yard. for Menemsha Blight; Sylph, from
OYSTER Bay for Menemsha Blight
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
MILL MEN ON STRIKE.

TELLURIDE. Col. Sept I'm pursu-
ance OF the call Issued by Secretary
Treasurer Carpenter, of the Miners
Union. all union mill men In this dis
trict went on strike yesterday Six mills
arc closed.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
Fifteen Merchants and
Laundrymen Held Un-
der New Regulations.
RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY
Have Written to Friends in
Washington for Much
Needed Aid.

Fifteen Chinese merchants and laun-
drymen OF Washington have been de-
tanned at Malone. n. Y, under the new
Chinese into this country. Word of their
predicament reached the city today, and
a lawyer was engaged TO go TO New York
and try and effect their release.
The friends of the men in this city
say they have all been in Washington
more than year, and that some of them
have been in business In the National
Capital ten and fifteen years.
At the Department of Commerce and
Labor it was said that while there was
no desire TO delay the admission of
Cinnamon to the country. the rules are
now so stringent that much time is re-
quired to pass them.
In the cases of the men Just held up,
little could be learned at the depart
ment as Secretary Cortelyou is in New
York and Commissioner General OF I'm
migration Sargent is also away.
Delayed Some.
The detained men. however, have
written to City Ticket Agent Henry S.
Howser, Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. who handles most of the Chi
nese traffic in and out of the city, ask
ing him to do what he can for them.
These letters are both amusing and pa
thetic. Lee Son. one OF the detained
men. is a member OF the firm OF Hong,
Chung & Co., of 34s Pennsylvania Ave
nue.. and he is among those who have
written. His letter says:
II write these few words to let you
know l am in the detention house.
Malone, most for three weeks. I leave
one year ago. Now the
custom house he say I am unlaBful for
to come into the United StateS Now 1
send the letter for let you know about
me. l hope you please to help. Help
me some. When l am pass the deten-
tion house / meet you some soon in
Lee SoBeis well known in the city.
With him, also detained, are Charley
Hoy, merchant; Lee SUE, iaundryman
Muy Yung a merchant; Charley Lee, d
May Tung Nan. a merchant.
and nine others.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
NATIONS WILL PROTEST.

LONDON, Sept. 2.-The Birmingham
Post" states that it is probable that
the British and Japanese ministers at
Pekin Will unite in a protest against
the decree prohibiting the Importation
OF arms and ammunition into China.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
CALL COWBOY BANDIT.

HAVRE. Mon, Sept Prank Baker.
a cowboy. has been arrested at Malta or
suspicion OF being connected with the
Curry gang OF outlaws. who. II is al
legged. had planned to hold up the west
bound flyer AT Wagner on Sunday after
noon
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
TACK MAKERS STRIKE.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Sept. 2-The
Atlas Tack Company. in Fairhaven. is
not in operation today through the de-
cision of the thirty tack makers to
strike rather than accept new wage
schedule posted yesterday.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
WEATHER REPORT.

The weather viii be fair tonight and
tomorrow in the East and South, except
along the lower lakes, where showers are
probable tomorrow. Temperatures will
change but little.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
MAY GOBLET ENGAGED.

LONDON, Sept. 2.-The "Kelso Mail"
announces the engagement of the Duke
of Roxborough to May Goelet, of New
York
The Washington times., 1903-09-02

High tide today ay.............-.5:2i D. n.
High tide tomorrow. .5:25 a. M, 6:l5 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow 10 a. N.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
TEMPERATURES
THE SUN.
TIDE TABLE.

Sun sets today. ay...............6:3 D. m
Sun rises morrow......5:2O a. m
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
Doors-White Pine, SI.2o.

Libbey s Co.. Sixth and New York ave-Adv
The Washington times., 1903-09-02

Advertising Is Ike fishing, success comes
by keeping at it. 1t Is only the persistent
advertiser that makes his newspaper space
pay him.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02

Fair tonight and tomor-
row; light, variable winds.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18

ano, stlll Ieellng somewhat dizzy, lay
down, wrapping my cloak around me,
when / soon fell fast asleep.
Upon my awaking, the room was In
DARKNESS and the house silent, save for
a faint, measured football below. that
of the guard over the prisoners. I lay
staring into the gloom around me for a
While, and thenta faint. gray glimmer
upon the pane told me that the day was
breaking, n I sprang up. I had lain
down with my head too confused to
think clearly about things; I rose up
with a firm conviction, however, how
reached ] know not. unless in my
dreams, that 1t was my uncle's hand
which had fired the shot against me.
1 went down to the hall and found two
men on guard. The day had broad
ened slowly n the shine Of fire and
candle from various rooms showed that
the household was fully astir. I drew
the bolts at the door and stepped out
into h cold morning air. The weather
had settled down to a keen frost and
a bitter east wind was blowing stead
lily. A cold, gray sky hung over the
bleak outlines Of the hills, and some
where below the house mattocks and
spades rang shrilly as a large grave
was hewn in the frozen earth for the
fallen.
A footstep sounded on the flags be-
fore the house, and I turned and saw
Sir Arthur approaching me. He shiv-
cred, and rubbed his hands together
as he came.
How biting, how cruel is the wind!'
said he. well did the Did Welsh cal
the east wind, 'Gwynt Traed y Meirw,
The Wind of the Feet of the Dead.
All, name of dreadful poesy!"
He coughed feebly, and drew his
cloak closer about him. He looked sc
old, SO worn, so broken, that a feeling
of Involuntary pity stirred at my
heart, yet the conviction I have men.
toned remained mistaken, n I spoke
not to him. lie made another careles.
remark, as If he had not observed m!
silence, and went on Town to the work
men, While 1 turned Ind re-entered tn
house.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
Continued Next Weekly
A Unique Western City.

Leslie's Weekly: In some particulars
Cincinnati has an especial distinction
among western cities. The literary
capital Of all the country on the Ale
ghanies' sunset side in the old days,
it is still a center OF great culture and
refinement. Music and the arts, melted
largely at the outset by the great num-
Der OF highly educated Germans who
settled there, are supported in it to a
larger extent than in any other vest
ern community. In proportion to popu-
lation the number Of books published
and the number read there are par.
ticulariy large. -
Cincinnati has always been a leader
in the great social movements of the
country. In her Lane Theological sem.
mary, back in 1892, under the presi-
he first anti-slavery society establish
ed in the west, and when in 1888 the
conservative trusteesvoted that slavery
agitation was improper in a religious
college there was a secession from
| Lane, the seceders. under the lead Of
Theodore D. Weld, going UP to Oberlin
n giving prestige and success to the
school, just established there, which
was the first educational institution
opened to both sexes and all races and
colors that the world saw.
Cincinnati's Salmon P. Chase was one
Of the founders of the liberty party of
1S40-44, which was a ~progenitor of the
republican party Of Lincoln and Nc
1 Kinley. With her William Henry Har-
rison (ninth president of the United
States), Jacob Burnet, George II. Pen
6leton, Chase n Joseph B. Foraker
that city has from the beginning con.
tributed many powerful p~ersonages tc
one or the other branch of congress
Cincinnati has been a potent force II
the industrial, social and political an.
NILS OF the limited States 49,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
Genuine PARTING,

Hubby, do you remember that you
did not kiss me goodby when I started
out shopping this morning?"
mo. But I remember hat I kissed
my money goodby."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18

Philadelphia Ledger: Jack-Miss
Fay-Fay-will o marry me?
FAY wouldn't marry you If you
were the last man on earth.
Jack-O! / say-that's rather hard
/
Fay-Goose! how could I? Who'd
perform the ceremony?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18

New Boarder-Yes; / very much like
to study the mysterious, to explore the
regions of the unknown, to fathom the
unfathomable, to
Old B~oarder-Then try some of this
hash, professor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18

Philadelphia Press: "A horseshoe Is
supposed to be a sign Of good luck"
land so it Isl replied the sport. .if it
goes under the wire first on yong
hourse."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18

GEORGE DAY
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-08-28
All communications should be addressed TO
the PRESS Athena, Oregon
ATHENA, AUGUST 49,: 10

An Eastern man who has never been
on terms Of familiarity with any great
amount of money, has visited the fash
ionable stores where wealth assemblies,
witnessed both buying and paying, and
declares that the country is going to
the dogs; that the people are spend
thrifts, and that home life in New
York is on such scale Of magniticence
that ruin must come some day. A fur
coat was sold for $4,000. A man paid
$500 for basket Of roses. A set Of
undergarments for a woman we're
eagerly purchased for $250O, and baby's
bib was marked $50. Those are scatter
ed samples. The complete list Of costly
things to eat, wear and admire is almost
endless. 1t is possible to stand in more
than one American store and spend a
million dollars for things that are on the
shelves and in the cases awaiting pur-
chasers. Where is the harm or the
dangerH The people buy things more ex-
pensive than their means warrant.
They did the same in the rag.carpet and
log-cabin days. It is natural to enjoy
luxury. 1t is the common lot to enjoy
comfort. Because all Of us cannot
wear silk shall all OF us wear cotton9
The rich goods IN the stores are sign
of prosperity. They are there in in
increasing amounts, because more and
more people can afford to buy them.
There lis hardly a man, no matter how
humble his position, who would be sat
isfied with the luxuries that were the
privilege of his ancestors century ago.
Another thing, good goods means good
wages. You may see q priceless dia-
mond in store window, or So 900 lace
dress, or cunningly- wrought gold orna-
mehts, worth kings ransom. Those
were not formed in sweatshop. They
are the product of skilled labor, of ar
lists in the various lines. They are ex-
pensive, because only those who are
quick with their brains and fingers can
do the work that makes up large por-
tion of the cost of every article. Don't
rage at the people who are spending
their money. They are only passing it
on. 1t isn't idle. 1t reaches the plain
people. 1t turns over and over. The
rich who spend their money are, uncon-
sciously, perhaps, public benefactors,
and the more costly things they buy the
greater the prosperity among the high
order of skilled toilers.