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The Washington times., 1903-04-28
Democrats Not in Favor.

The reason for the suggestion - avi-
IDENTIFY found IN the fact that there IS
some little question as TO whether or
no Senator Depew may be returned to
the Senate at the expiration Of his pres
ent term in March, 1905. Of course, if
the Republicans have control Of the
Legislature. there can be no doubt that
ne viii be reelected, but as to this
there IS said to be sound ground for
apprehension.
It has been ten years since the Demo-
Gratis in New York had a majority in
the Legislature. and then they were 50
reckless with their power that at the
behest OF the Hon David Bennett Hill
they selected the rewer-poIiticiau, the
Hon. Edward Murphy, jr., Of Troy, and
sought to make of him g statesman by
placing upon his shoulders a Senatorial
toga For that they deserve to have
lost power
Now the Democrats Of the Empire
state are IN better shape Tran they have
been before for decade. Harmony
prevails among them. while with the
and threatens 10 become a clamoT
which may deprive them of the State
The Republican majority in the senate
is meager. so small, in fact, that three
or four insurgent Republicans by com
bining with the Democrats have been
able to thwart the will Of the regulars.
A determined effort viii be made by the
Democrats this fall to elect majority of
the as5emblymen in order to be il bet
ter position for the fight next year, when
q Legislature viii be chosen which will
select Senator Depew's successor
Although the Republicans have the ad-
vantage. there IS still some chance for
the Democrats to win, especially if the
Republicans should divide into factions
and the PIatt-Oden breach should not be
healed IN such a contingency, with the
United States Senate thus deprived OF
the services Of the Hon. Chauncey VI.
DePew. nothing could be more gratifying
than 10 know that he would be made the
American representative in Paris
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
THE LEAF.

Know you Of aught more lovely than the
leaf
When it escapes the. bud-the virginia.
green
Catching the sunlight. taking TO itself
A delicate simmer from the suns warm
gOld2
It's softest touch reserves for it the wind:
It's warmest raindrop sends the kindly
cloud
Thus is it gently nurtured by the spring.
Years come and go. and still the moth
eTing
AS on the drsg ezultant bourgeoning-
tide
Mysterious. TuH Of reetness. and all
The old earJn's elemental Ioveliness.
AS beauteousIy let thou some leaf have
birth
Within the souI-some vernaI shoot OF
love.
OF faith. Of pity, or fair charity.
-Country Life In America.
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
OueIled the Riot.

The instant the dignifed form Of the
speaker appeared. Blows were arrested
in midcourse. violent words died on the
lips Of the combatants, a great hush fol-
lowed the tumult, and by the time he
had gained the chair, pin might have
been heard to drop. The effect Of Lord
PeeTs presence had been electrical.
Then came in due course the rebuke.
and it was as severe as the occasion
demanded, but delivered with a COM
posture that a1layed angry feeling. This
was the greatest crisis which the house
of commons in all its history OF many
centuries has ever known. and what
might have developed into a scene even
of bIoodshed was quelled by the domi-
mating personality Of the speaker.
One thing which will commend Lord
Peel to the people Of his country is his
wonderful sense OF humOr and his gift
for storytelling. Indeed there are few
more admirable raconteurs to be found
in English society. He is also exceed
ingIy fond Of animals, and mis- little
black Pomeranian spitz "Topsy." has
been his constant companion for years,
and has occasionally figured in
"Punch's" cartoons. Let me add that
Lord Peel, who, like all other former
speakers Of the house Of commons, en-
joys a pension for life Of $4,000 a year,
is not a total abstainer. and keeps an
excellent cellar. If I mention this it is
becaus OF the active part which ne has
taken in the cause OF temperance. esDGc-
tally as chairman Of the parliamentary
committee for inquiring into the liquor
traffic, which latter he is convinced must
be cuTtailed within its proper limits
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
MARVELLOUS" PROCESS
FOR TEMPERING STEEL

HAMILTON, Ohio. April 2S.-Joseph
Piper, a toolmaker. announces the per-
lection of a marvellous process for tenn
peTing steel
He gave a public demonstration last
night, using razor OF his manufacture
to cut pieces from nails, and then shaw
ing with the same blade. The keen edge
did not show any sign of its rough
usage. The material used in the TEN
Oering is a secret liquid.
The Washington times., 1903-04-28

possesses more profound acquaintance
of the knowledge of the rules of the
house Of commons, and it was this. as
well as his high personal character,
which led to his election as speaker.
and throughout the stormy period OF
the home rule agitation he maintained
by his <agacity and fine judicial temper
the dignity of the house in a manner
which won the admiration of all par
ties.
The most memorable scene which
transpired during his term of Office was
the free fight over the irish question.
He was absent from the chair when
the broil began. Vainly his representa-
tive t5ied to assert authority Order
was lost in chaos, fsticuffs were in
du1g5d in freely on the floor Of the
house. and the oldest parliament in the
world was turned into pandemonium.
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
TO CELEBRATE CITYS
ANNIVERSARY MAY 26

NEW YORK. April 2S--The committee
having in charge the celebration of the
25oth anniversary of the incorporation
Of the city of New York has decided
on a program
The celebration viii be held in the
aldermanic chamber at 8 p. n. on May
Is The mayor will preside and make al
address
Gen. James Grant Wilson viii deliver
the Grafton. Secretary Hay OF Secretary
Root. representing the President, viii
make an address. The United States ju-
dietary will be represented by Chief
Justice Fuller. and the State judiciary
by Chief Justice Parker. The city hall
viii be handsomely decorated and there
viii be music
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
STUDYING SIGNATURES
OF NAVAL OFFICERS

The register book for naval officers
near the office Of Secretary Moody, IS
source of much interest to visitors
There is usually a group turning the
leaves Of the big volume and coming
the signatures of famous sailors with
all the interest of autograph hunters.
Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers
L. s. N. writes "a large. bold hand and
his name catches the eye Immediately
on whatever page it occurs.
IT is strange that nearly all the Off
GERS write what is called "back-hand. ~
Perhaps the bluff sailor disdains the
more ornamental Spencerian peuman-
shin
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
ENDS LIFE BY FIRE;
$1,000 IN HER DRESS

KUTZTOWN. Pa. April 2S.-Suffering
from temporary mental dera cement.
Mrs. Henry Henner. CT New VirginsvilIe,
this county. went into the cellar Of her
home Saturday and is supposed to have
poured kerosene over her clothes, then
sct FIRE 30 them.
When found she was horribly burned
and died early this morning. On Friday
she received about IS 600 from her de-
ceased fathers estate which she car
rled III her dress pocket. This is sup
Doged 10 have burned with her dress.
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
WORTH MILLIONS,
GOES TO PRISON

NEW YORK, April 2S.-His millions
Al Adams, the policy king was yes
terday taken to Sing Sing on a train
thai left the Grand Central station
at six minutes past 2 o'clock.
Just before he was taken from his cell
ii the Tombs he collapsed and had TO be
carried by two deputy sherins to the
black maria" which was waiting for
him in front of the Center Street en-
trance 10 the prison.
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
LIEUT.. GOV. ]. A. LEES
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED

JEFFERSON CITY. No. April 2s.-Gov-
ernor Dockery teiephoned from St. Louis
yesterday that he had accepted the res
ignatfon of Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee.
Senator 7. L. Bubey. president pro
TEN. OF the senate, becomes acting lieu
tenant governor.
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
Has Visited America.

Lord Castletown. who Is another Of the
royal commissioners, served in the army
il the Egyptian war with some distinC-
ton, and has spent a considerable time
in this country, especially shooting in
he Rocky Mountains. where Lady Cas-
tIetown, who accompanied him, used TO
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
go WATcH PLOWED UP.

ROME. y. Y. April 2S.-Five years ago
Katharine Evans. in walking across a
Geld here. lost her watch Today the
owner OF the field Dl0wed il ". Il is In
perfect condition
The Washington times., 1903-04-28
A Most Intelligent Horse.
Dynamite" Refuses to Buck Before
the President.

The cowboys had arranged for
big time at Edgemont, Mon, In honor
of President Roosevelt's visit. and
everything passed off smoothly but
the main event. They have a broncho
out there named Dynamite" or
something of that sort, of whom they
are immensely proud. He's said to
be the ''buckingest bucker" in seven
counties when he tries, but the day
the President turned up Dynamite"
wasn't IN the humor for a Wild West
performance. He was as gentle as a
kitten, and all Edgemont has been
down IN the mouth ever SINCE.
As a matter Of fact, dynamite" IS
"a horse IN million. He possesses a
super-equine intelligence. He had
heard all about President Roosevelt's
picturesque gallops and Photographic
leaps at Washington, but he remem-
bered, too, how the cowpunchers used
to say, when Theodore Roosevelt was
ranching over on the EIkhorn, that
''the boss Is all right, but he can't ride
a buckng horse"
Now, out Of sheer courtesy, %Dyna-
mite" refused to do anything which
might seem to show disrespect for the
President as a horseman- It required
remarkable self-eontroI, but he was
tractabIe as the Presidents pet sad
die horse. Suppose he had ducked
his head between his foreIecs and
bumped his back and kicked and
squealed, just as he likes 10 do when
some ''broncho-buster" gets on his
back Wouldn't that have been the
same thing as saying to the Presi-
dent: "Mr. Roosevelt, you can't ride
me7" And he would have been telling
the truth, too, So he just Inundated
himself by being as gentle as a kitten
We hope Preside-t Roosevelt and
John Burroughs have Made a note
about "Dynamite's" exceptional con-
duet, SO that when they write maya
zine articles about their wonderful
experiences IN the West due credit
will be given to the native poIiteness
of this remarkable horse. We also
hope that the next man who trits to
get on "Dynamite's7 back viii not
make the mistake of thinking that
'Dynamitc's" reformation Is lasting
and viii be careful to keep his STIR
rups-
The Washington times., 1903-04-28

SO Mr. Carnegie is going TO establish
a temple of Janus at The Hague. Does
he expect that the doors viii always be
shut? VIII not q ruler now and then
open the doors just FOR fun?
Il doesn't take a great deal TO arouse
the suspicious Of the Turkish censoTs
A missionary pamphlet recently printed
for distribution among the various races
in Macedonia contained among other
quotations the phrase, Love one an
other :" bat the censors struck it Gus
apparently imagining that 1t was an IN
element to some sort Of a combined
movement agair@t Turkish rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09

eompanied by four buyers, left Birming- ham for the same place. MT. saks says that he has bought the largest stock of goods in his line ever brought to Bir- mingham before.
 " s. Harlan of Floala is at the Hill man.
 E. H. Graves of Eufaula is registered at the Morris.
 w II. Blake of Sheffield is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 J w. Weiss of Mobile is at the Hill- man.
 Mayo Dade of Kingston, Jamaica, is registered at the Metropolitan.
 c. G. Yates of Chicago is at the Hill man.
 W. L. sibley of Warrior and G, T. sibley of Wilmington, Del, are stopping at the Morris.
 Charles s. Norton of Talladega is at the Metropolitan.
 W. J. Hester of Tuscaloosa is at the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
OVERLAPPING CAUSES ILLNESS.
Most Houses Are Kept Too Warm and Great Injury to Health Results.

From the Chcago Chroncle.
 As result of the recent 'fete of all nations" it is announced that nearly all the participants are laid up with bad colds. That is not at all surprising. It is, rather. surprising that pretty much the entire population of this town is not sim ilarly laid up.
 The women who conducted the fete are suffering from the homicidal practice of overheating buildings The practice ob- tains not only in public halls and hotels, but in office buildings. in apartment houses and in private residences. It is more prevalent in steam-heated struc- lures, but 1t Is too common In houses that are heated by furnaces or even by stoves.
 No judgment is used in regulating the temperature according to the weather. As much steam is turned on during soft. mild weather as during zero weather. During the thaw of last week offices and flats fairly sizzled with unwholesome heat. When the temperature became un- endurable windows were thrown open, people sat in draughts and they natur- ally caught cold. That is what happened to the women who were conducting the ''fete of all nations" It Is what hap pened to thousands--tens of thousands of people every time there Is a spell or mild weather.
 It ought to occur to persons of ordinary intellect that if heavy winter clothing should not be worn during July and Au- gust with the thermometer at 80, such a temperature should not be maintained in a house when people are wearing hannels and similar heavy fabrics. Yet large portion of the population sits in rooms heated to a summer temperature, closes all the windows and swelters, only to wonder how on earth it caught cold when the throat becomes sore and the nose be- gins to run.
 We Americans overheat our houses and our offices. We revel in steam heat, which is the doctors best friend. We keep our selves warmer in winter than nature keeps us in summer, and nature takes revenge by congesting the mucous mem brane and irritating the bronchial tubes. It is safe to say that where one case of illness results from low temperature 100 cases can be traced to excessive heat. The person who maintains a tempera- ture higher than 70 degrees in office. liv- ing room or bed chamber during the win ter is issuing an invitation to influenza and very likely to pulmonary tubercu- lOSis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
To Remove Davis Prison.

Newport News. Va, February S.-The work of tearing down the old Carroll House, at Fort Monroe, will be com menced in few days. Upon it's site, just within the ramparts of the fort a new mess hall will be erected The building Is said to have been the first structure erected on the reservation. It has a further claim to historic interest from the fact that it was occupied by Jefferson Davis while the President of the Confed- eracy was awaiting his trial on the charge of treason. The house was built in 1879.
 Robert Barker. 25 years old an en- ploye at the shipyards in this city, was arrested today on the charge of betraying Miss Hattie Lou Mccormick It is al- legged that Barker and the girl left here a month ago. saying they would go to Washington and be married. Two weeks ago Barker returned to this city and it IS stated. told the girls parents that his wife would follow him in few days. To other persons he declared, 1t Is alleged. that he had not been married to the girl. Her father swore out the warrant for Barker. The girl is said to be in Char lottesvlle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
The Money Situation.

A financial authority, in discussing banking matters, said yesterday:
 Money in New York continues very easy, and no attention is paid to the fact that the banks are now losing largely to the sub-treasury. although they continue to gain from the interior in somewhat diminished volume. But the money market has. for the time be- ing, ceased to be a cause of worry in financial circles.
 'The announcement of proposed action of the New York clearing house to com pei the trust companies clearing through clearing house banks to keep cash re- serves which on and after June 1 shall amount to per cent of all their depos- it's and which it is intended shall even tually be increased to 15 per cent as re- quired of the state banks, was the most important financial news of last week, although it had absolutely no effect upon the stock market. This action will un- doubtedly tend to strengthen the finan- cial situation, although the opinion has gency in the money market the reserve which trust companies will be compelled to maintain in their vaults will be an important factor in keeping up money rates and In increasing the stringency in loanable funds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
GRASS, HOUSES OF WicHlTAs.
Ingenious Indian Architecture That
 Has Become Lost Art.
From Scientific American.

From Scientific American.
 The finest house ever designed by a redskin is the grass house of the Wich- itas, a tribe that at present live in south- ern Oklahoma. They are the only tribe that ever accomplished successfully the erection of a grass structure. Soon they are to abandon these huts and take up their humdrum reservation life in two room frame shacks which are being built for them by the government The grass house, it is claimed, is far from being healthful, but 1t Is certainly comfortable.
 There are but about fifty old men of the tribe alive today who understand the art of building one of these houses so that 1t will stand. And these refuse to work even for generous wages The gov ernment has offered these grass house builders lucrative employment to con struet some houses that may be preserv- ed as models of an ancient art. But they refuse, and the grass huts that used to dot the prairies of the Wichita reserva- tion are now being torn down. The Wichitas are determined that their huts shall not survive them.
 Appearances are often deceiving. One can look upon a grass house and imagine it an easy thing to build. But not so. It
 is indeed most intricate. The grass is gathered early in the spring, when it is yet fresh. The sod cutting usually takes place immediately after a rain, the soo being removed to a thickness of about eight inches. Buffalo grass sod is the only kind that will answer the purpose of the builder, He begins to lay the foundations as does the stone mason, digging away the earth to a depth of about one foot. The grass portion of the chunks of sod is laid to the outside, and the house is built to height of from twelve to fif- teen feet, in the form of pointed dome. There is no hole in the top for the smoke to pass through, the latter being car ried away through pipe on the outside of the hut. The door is usually in the south and there are no windows. Through each turft of sod Is run @ willow reed string, and these strings are bound clear around the structure. The grass remains green, and will grow if there Is plenty of rain. It is not at all uncommon to see the sides of these grass houses turn green as spring approaches, just as do the pastures near them The houses are warm in winter and cool in summer. They never leak often the Indians have barns made of the same material. But in these days the redskins are made to live in frame shacks. and the once fa- nous grass house will soon be but recollection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
KINGS WORD IS POWER.

From London Letter in the Philadelphia
 Ledger.
 The Kings influence on diplomacy is considerable From the time of the death of the Czar Alexander III. the King has maintained a constant and friendly pres sure upon the present Czar for the pur- pose of improving the relations between Russia and England. He has labored silently and without stint to counteract the malign influences which have sep- arated England from France and Eng land from Russia.
 In regard to Ireland the Kings in- fiuence is all in the direction of large and liberal measures. His statesman like instinct forces him to the conclu- sion that there is no insuperable obstacle to the arrangement of a permanent un- derstanding with the people of Ireland. The Kings views are imperial and sym pathetic, and before he has reigned much longer his influence on the solution of the Irish question will have borne rich fruit.
 When the memoirs of the present day are published it will not only be found that the country has had no more de- voted servant than King Edward VII, but that his influence was undoubtedly a powerful element in national strength. We may say with the Wise Man: Where the word of a King Is there Is power"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09

Harrison or Hayes, and that he had therefore been unjustly assailed-after saying all this he went on to say that the experiment of universal negro suf- frage had fallen through. t1 fear" he said, I've shall have to face the con- clusion that the experiment. has fail- ed." These are significant words, and he goes on to elinch the matter in these words: Now that the first at tempt has failed the question is what to do, and it should take the greatest thought or the greatest minds of the country"
 When all reach the ground that Elihu Root, clear headed, forcible and ever republican, has arrived at, it will not be long before a sensible solu- tion of the greatest problem is found When all admit, as Mir Root praoti- cally does, that the ignorant should not become electors, there will be no
 
 great difficulty in finding a reasonable, just and proper solution of the tremen- dous problem. When all agree that in- telligenee shall be the test, all will simply stand on the Alabama constitu- tion, which today represents the best thought of the best men in the coun- try. The constitution draws no race lines, but it does say that a man must be taxpayer or man of intelligence -one and the same-in order to be- come a voter in this state. Elihu Root in other words accepts the Ala bama plan of suffrage as it stands today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-09
There is no vice so simple but as- sunnes some mark of virtue.
 Merchant of Venice.
Georuia Has Many Rooms.

The Parker boom and the Olney boom are sweeping Georgia alternate ly, laying subject vast districts, and colliding at various points, and involy- ing the Hon. Hoke Smith, who has been compelled to define his position in this crisis in Georgia. He says. ....
 never said to any one that MT Olney had told me he would not permit the use of his name or that he believed Judge Parker to be the logical candidate Early in 1902, while in Boston, l spoke to MT. tOlney of the probability that his name would be urged for the democratic nom- ination for President He expressed him. self as being disincllned to re-enter pol itics. He did not say that he positively would not be a candidate or that he would not permit the use of his name. No reference was made to Judge Parker by MT. olney.
 It will be observed that MT. Cleye- lands exsecretary of the interior leaves both booms in the field, which means that Georgla is still in dis tracted and torn-up condition. It is not every state that can afford to have two red-hot rampant booms at one and the same time, but Georgia it seems has a pair of them in full bloom. No one in these parts has a right to attempt to limit the number of booms that Georgia shall indulge in simultaneous ly, but Georgia should not incucate the idea that she has been designated to set the pace for the rest of the cot ton belt. She can speak for herself, but for no other state, and her clash ing Parker boom and Olney boom have no significance beyond her own limits and convention strength.
 The chances are very good that the two Georgia booms are premature. Their very violence may result in their respective overthrow long before pub lie sentiment in the party crystallizes next spring, which is really soon enough to start a genuine and we'll supported movement in favor of a leader who will lead the party to vic tory.