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The Washington times., 1903-08-31
WOMAN DIES WITHOUT
TELLING OF ASSAULT

BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. 31.-Caroline
Link died last evening without regaining
consciousness. The mystery surround
ing her murder is increased. Marshal
Farnan and Chief of Detectives Humph-
hey declare there is no doubt that Miss
was a heavy club owned by an Italian
fruit peddler. 1t was stolen from him
The club was wrapped In a newspaper.
The murderer must have struck Miss
Link over the head without removing
the paper, the police think. for when
found 1t was still wrapped In blood
besmeared paper.
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
GEARS SHADOW"
OUSTEO FROM OFFICE
Chief of Russian Secret Service Has
TO Quit on Account of lnSolence.

BERLIN, Aug. 31-The "Kleines
Journal" learns from st. Petersburg that
VI. Raskovsky, the chief of the Russian
secret service, has been dismissed from
his post. NJ. Raskovsky held this posi-
tion for many years. and always had
charge Of the arrangements for the per-
sonal safety of the CZar.
This caused him to be in immediate
proximity of the Czar so continuously
that he became known as the Czar' e
shadow.
II Is understood that the Importance
OF his duties misled him to conceive an
exaggerated idea, OF his own personal
Importance. with the result that he be-
came arrogant and overbearing, and seri-
ously offended several members of the
imperial family through his officiousness
One day. not long ago. he uttered a
criticism of something which the Czarina
had done. and this was the immediate
cause OF his dismissal
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
DELAY IN ARBITRATION
OF VENEZUELAN CLAIMS
State Department Thinks Court Cannot
Meet Tomorrow.

1t is not believed at the State De-
partment that the arbitration court for
the Venezuelan claims will assemble on
September I. as originally announced.
Although no dispatches have been ;e-
ceived from The Hague announcing a
postponement OF the first session of the
court, the State Department has not
been informed OF the appointment Of
members of the court to take the places
declined by Prof. Matzen. Of Denmark.
and Mr.. Lardy, the Swiss minister to
France.
Late last week the Gear was said TO
be about to ask postponement OF the
opening of the court because Of his In
ability TO appoint suitable members be-
fore September /. Even II he has chosen
suitable arbitrators who are willing to
act. IL is not believed they can reach
The Hague in time to open the court
tomorrow
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
WILD BEASTS DISLIKE
LIFE ON THE WAVES
Tiger Especially Is Miserable While
On Voyage.

PARIS, Aug. 31.-A French scientist
has made some very interesting observa-
tions as to different wild animals on
shipboard.
The polar bear, he says. is the only
one that takes TO the sea, and is jolly
when aboard ship. All others violently
resent a trip on water, and vociferously
give vent to their feelings until sea-
sickness brings silence.
The tiger suffers most of all. The mere
sight of a ship makes him uncomforta-
bic. and when on board he whines pitt
fully, his eyes water continually. and
he rubs his stomach with his terrible
paws.
Horses are very bad sailors. and often
perish on sea voyage. Oxen are heroic
In their attempts not to give way to
sickness. Elephants do not like the sea.
but they are amenable to medical treat
ment. A good remedy is bucketful of
hot water, containing three and half
pints of whisky and seven ounces OF
quinine-
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
FAVOR SPECIAL COURT
FOR PATENT CASES

Ofncfals Of the Patent once are TAX
ing great interest in the recommenda-
ton OF the American Bar Association
that special court be established 20
hear patent cases. There has long been
feeling that the patent cases which
get into the United States courts should
not be heard by judges who, while they
may be learned IN the law generally,
have not had the time to pay special at
tentfon 10 the intricacies of patent pro-
cedure, history. and pleading
Chief Clerk Irelan and others said
this morning that man deciding patent
cases should have more or less knowl-
edge of the history of the arts and the
manner in which the arts are diyifsd d
in the Patent once. and that unless a
man had such special knowledge he
would find unusual difficulty in giving
a proper decision in patent litigation.
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
MACHINERY INVADES
SCULPTOR'S FIELD
A. Conan Doyle a Part Owner of
Invention.

LONDON, Aug. 31.-Machinery and de-
vices for labor saving have invaded and
promise TO conquer the field OF sculp-
ture.
Sir A. Conan Doyle has become one of
the proprietors OF an invention by which
IL is possible TO carve busts. life-size
figures, and other works which properly
come within the domain OF sculpture ty
purely mechanical means. to the entire
exclusion OF the artistic impulse, which
since prehistoric times has guided the
chisel and the mallet OF the worker In
stone.
At recent exhibition Of the device
a bust OF Homer. which served as a
model. was fixed in position. adjoining
two blocks OF marble. The operator
guided a wooden pointer over the lines
Of the bust The action OF the pointers
controlled the action OF two steel drills.
which were adjusted so that their move
ments corresponded with those of The
pointer.
BY means Of this invention 1t is pos
sible to make an exact portrait Of a iiv-
inb subject in marble This has been
done by securing the head OF the model
in a wooden frame and tracing his
lineaments with the pointer. the drill
producing them in fac-simile.
Generally speaking the device eeems
TO be an elaboration of the principle of
the pantograph. a familiar contriyance
among artists. and useful in copying
designs and portraits.
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
NEAR THE SUCCESSION
TO AUSTRIAN THRONE
Otto Likely to Head the House OF
Hapsburg.

VIENNA, Aug. S1.-The Arehduke Otto
will almost certainly live to see himself
Emperor OF Austria. for, although ne
has an elder brother, Franz Ferdinand.
the latter has elected, greatly to the
amaZement of those who put greatness
and power on a very much higher level
than love. to make a morganatic mar
riage of kind which interferes serious
ly with his position as heir TO the iua-
peral throne.
The Archduchess Otto, who is now the
first lady In Austria. if the Emperor's
daughter be excepted. was a Bavarian
princess. She is very popular in the
great Austrian world. and would make.
from Viennese point Of view an ideal
Empress. Curiously little is known Of
the Archduke and Archduchess Otto in
other countries than their own; they
rarely travel and have none OF the love
OF mixing with the royal caste which is
so usual among princes and princesses.
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
EX-SENATOR "DAvE" HILL
BEARS YEARS LIGHTLY

ALBANY, N. Y. Aug. 31-David Ben
nett Hill. thrice governor of New York
and once United States Senator. has just
entered upon his sixty-frst year. For
thirty-three years Mr.. Hill has been in
public life. and throughout the entire
United States there is probably no
Democrat so well known as he Mr. Hill
was born August 20. 1s4s. In Havana.
Schuyler county. He is most abstemi-
ous. and carriCu his sixty years very
lightly. His friN~ds still predict that
before he IS seveAA< ks xill be Presi-
dent
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
BLAZE IN THE BUNKERS
OF A NAVAL VESSEL
Flagship of Training Squadron Reaches
Newport With Fire Smoldering.

NEWPORT, r. L, Aug. 3l.-The flag
snip Yankee. of the naval training
squadron. which has been engaged in the
maneuvers off Portland. entered the har-
Dor this morning with her midship
bunker afire.
The fire was discovered Thursday
morning. The fire hose was used, and
since that time the fire has been smoI-
dering.
The Yankee coaled at Bar Harbor on
August 9, and this is some of the soft
coal that was taken aboard there
Admiral Wise will inspect the training
station tomorrow. and the training ship
Monongahela. The latter vessel will
tfen go TO League Island for repairs.
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
JOURNALISTIC GRAFTERS
FOUND IN PUBLIC OFFICE
Thrive Magazine WterSUnc Sam Often Pays the Production
of Articles Based Secrets

''Of the making of many books there
is no end" said Solomon. who knew it
all. but of the making of magazine ar
ticles there is still less end and among
the most active makers of these articles
are high-priced Government officials
with inside information
Because Of the attention which has
been drawn to Government affairs by
the recent scandals in several of the de-
partments, the fact has been overlooked
that some officials abuse their positions
in the service by employing their time
and that of some of their subordinates
in preparing articles for newspapers or
periodicals. To give their articles COM
mercial value many of these official
writer's have adopted the course OF de-
nying TO the regular newspaper men all
the news that could be furnished from
day to day. This course Is declared by
newspaper men TO be plain grating of
the meanest kind.
Effected a Combination.
One prominent official, who retired
from the service in the early summer,
under circumstances which have never
been satisfactorily explained, once form
ed a combination with Washington
newspaper man to furnish other news
papers with advance information about
the workings OF the immense bureau over
which he had control. The scheme fell
through and the official and his partner
went IN for magazine writing.
The newspaper man In the scheme was
also chief of a division. drawing $3.50
per day. He, a photographer in the
The Washington times., 1903-08-31

Government service, a stenographer. and
the prominent official spent four work
ing days preparing a single article.
When it was finished 1t was signed with
the officials name. and sold for a good
round sum. The head of the bureau
got the money but the newspaper man
wrote the story.
The cost OF this literary effort to the
Government for the four days has been
estimated as follows: Clerk -photog-
rapher. SIS; journalistic head of division
(at $3.50 per day.. $50; stenographer and
typewriter. S12: Photographic material
and stationery. $3.50; total s6O.50-paid
by Uncle Sam for the privilege of seeing
one of his most important employees ap-
pear before the public as the author of
a story which he did not write.
Preparations for Expose.
Newspaper men who were familiar
with these facts had all the data in
reserve. with the intention of laying
them before the President, but before
this was done the CRAFTY official stepped
down and out. AS a general thing. the
Washington newspaper man is a docile
creature and will submit to great deal
of rubbing; but when he sees his legiti
mate field usurped by such officials the
limit is reached.
Articles published over the signatures
of those prominent in official life in
Washington decrease the amount of
news that filters through the regular
channels. because newspaper men, no
matter how alert and enterprising, are
unable to cope with the CRAFTY officials.
The Washington times., 1903-08-31

their secretaries. chiefs of divisions, and
a verbal order that no news must be
given out respecting such and such ques-
tions.
Perhaps the 6rst intimation the news
paper man has that the story is ripe is
the advertisement In the daily papers
that Hon. Magazine Graft, Secretary of
the Department of Exclusive News, will
tell over his own name the inside facts
of How Increased My Bank Account.
in the July number of the Official
Round Table Article fully and beau
tifully illustrated tat Government ex-
pensel and secured at heavy cost"
Secretary Tired Of 1t.
The secretary to one OF the high off,
cials said TO the writer while talking
of the difficult matter of getting inside
facts about matters of a news nature:
lit would be worth my Job IL 1t were
known that / said so, but 1 am sick of
but think will resign In the fall and
enter newspaper work. for the good Lord
knows / have had experience enough to
make me a pretty fair newspaper man.
Two thirds OF my work has been that OF
preparing articles for magazines and
newspapers for the boss, and the other
third OF my time has been utilized in
manufacturing lies to tell you news
paper fellows to throw you of the track
of what is going on. I was told about
the answer Dewey sent the editor, and
I'd give half my salary If all the high
fellows were like him. Let's go and
wet our whistles in his honor"
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
REDUCED THEIR OWN
SALARIES $500 EACH
Tourist of Australia Tells
of Remarkable Incident
MEMBERSHIP NOW LESSENEl
Number of Representatives Nov
Ninety-New Bill Provides for
Fifty-Six.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. Aug. 3D.
r. J. Hogg. of Melbourne, Australia. 9
registered at the Alta Vista. He is tour
ing the United States merely to see, a,
he expresses IL. II this is as great 4
country as he has heard.
Mr.. Hogg tells story OF the legisia
tive assembly and council OF Victoria
that state OF which Melbourne is the cap
ita1, which. If told OF a legislature In thi
country. would be taken with a smile
The assembly recently voted TO reducs
the number OF Its members. and the as
semblymen voted to reduce their Owl
salaries The bill passed by large vote
and has gone to the governor general 70:
the royal assent, but that official has
not yet affixed his signature. and 1t IL
considered quite likely that he will vets
the measure.
The number OF representatives in thi
assembly was ninety. and the new meas
ure reduces them to hfty-six- Each rep.
resentative drew a salary of 81 500 Pc
year, and. If the bill is passed over th,
veto OF the governor general. the mem
bers will hereafter receive only 81 zoe
Smiled at Idea
Mr. Hogg smiles as ne remarks that
Judging from American newspapers whici
he has read. this kind of proceeding ol
the part of legislative body in thh
country would be very novel.
I'VE have q great system OF conduct
ing the government in Australia" sail
lfr Dat rr.f
error which seems to be popular here. I
is generally supposed that We are So
cialists. This is not true The onl.
feature of our government which Is ii
harmony with socialism is the govern
meat ownership Of railroads and tele
graph lines. person in Australia whs
claimed to be Socialist would be lookes
down upon by his neighbors-
Calls This Strange.
Your railroads are conducted on PLAN
which seem TO me very peculiar In Aus.
tralia l can get on a train, book m.
ticket before starting, and am not mo
Tested until / reach my destination
Since leaving San Francisco / have beel
forced TO carry long ticket. run (;
chance OF losing 1t. and be kept continl
uaily showing 1t TO the conductor. ~hs
! is always tearing little pieces OF it, .
think this is very strange.
Another thing which L almost forgo
TO speak about is a bill which recentl.
passed the assembly and council OF Vic
toria. This measure disfranchised th'
class of people known as civil servants
that is TO say, those who are employes
by the governm ilt in the operation o
it's systems These people are now al
lowed a representative in the assembly,
but cannot vote in ordinary elections
The measure was the outgrowth Of q
public sentiment which set IN against tbs
civil servants because of their being tos
much interested in politics to the detrt
ment Of the public good
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
LETTER CARRIER FALLS.

A. A. Weigh. fifty-four years old. liv-
ing at 3640 Thirteenth Street northwest.
a letter carrier. was seized with con-
vulsions at the city postoffice this morn
ing. In falling he struck and cut his
head. He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
woULD-BE ASSAILANTS FLED

RIDLEY PARK. Pa. Aug. 31-Two
unknown men attempted to hold up a
woman near the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad on Saturday night The woman
ran away and a number OF citizens
searched for the men. but could find
m af than
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
BIG FIRE IN TANGIERS.

TANGIERS. Aug. S.-A big fire in the
Moorish quarter today was attended
with heavy damage. The populace was
thrown into a panic, in which several
persons were killed
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
vEsUvIUs MORE VIOLENT.

NAPLES. Aug. 31.-The volume Of LAW
from vesuvius is acquiring vast proper
tions. and a more violent eruption is an
ticipated. o
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
RUSSIAN PRISONERS
APPEAL TO THE GEAR
Mysterious Letters Reach
the MuscOvite AutOcrat.
TALES OF BRU TAliTIE S
Inmate of Prison Treated in Most Bru-
tai Manner for Com
planning.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.-The Car
majesty. in some mysterious manner. Is
made the recipient of letters which he
should never get sight of. Some time
ago complaint from the political prison
called the Cross reached him. nobody
knows how and through whom, which
suggests that the revolutionists have
allies in the palace, who may do worse
than forward forbidden literature. The
second letter smuggled into the hands
OF the Gar reads as follows:
"One night. a week after We sent
your majesty word about the awful tor
lures to which we are subjected in this
prison, the writer. who is sentenced TO
solitary confinement. heard pfteous cries
of agony and shouts of Help, brothers.
they are numbering u.s. all over the
prison. In few minutes every inmate of
our institution seemed 10 be bowling with
pain and fear As 1 listened the door
of my cell was thrown open and half
a dozen guards ran in. who, without ex-
planation, began to pummel and NAL
treat me, aiming principally at my head
and face.
Seized by Guards
81 shouted for the director. Then the
guards seized me by the legs and drag
ged me along the corridors, my head
and shoulders humping against the flag
stones, walls and cornices. Finally we
reached the open door. where the di-
rector stood, lantern in hand. He held
the light up to my face. and said with
an oath: 4 should not wonder if he was
in that letter writing conspiracy, too.
Well, We Will give him reasons for
complaining OF ill-treatment TO the En-
peror. Send him flying, boys
Accordingly, the guards seized me
again by head and feet and threw me
into the vault below / fell upon heap
OF my comrades. to which circumstance
/ owe my life, for the floor of the dun
geon is of granite. After awhile the
guards brought lights and bound US head
and feet, using their hobnailed boots
freely on our bodies. Thus twenty-one
of US suffered for telling the truth to
your majesty, among them teachers.
authors and other members Of the learn
ed professions"
The Washington times., 1903-08-31
This College was highly indorsed by the late
WILLIAM MCKINLEY,


His nephews Barber John
in bookkeeping with and well pleased Mr. James Bar
Der writes: From experience
who desires thorough knowledge
to attend Woods Commercial College"
Young man. you have in yourself the magnificent
permanently commanded-you should be a commander
employer Do not talk of trusting the of the
spurs If you expect spurs you must win ther
your own heels before into the fight Any
fight for it. Whatever you win in life conquer
If you wish to become self supporting would
September l. Call any time Day sessions from to 2
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der decoration OF Chryss nthemurus flower dec
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any other capital Of the world Is less visited or
less known by them The principal reason for this
Is the extraordinary situation OF the city itself
Closer TO New-York than is San Francfsco-ba,,,e.
only six hundred miles from the northern coast ~
South Americans many weeks must be snant N
reach II as days are required 10 cross the rnitad
States 1t is entirely OF the worlds highways. in,
deed. the miserable Andean mule trail thar Ia.ds
from the Magdalena up 5000 feet Of Wild mountain
TO the mesa OF BOgota can scarcely be called a
hyway, while the MagdaIena at the best co,4,,ct,,,
neither TO pleasure health, Is at times an I'M
navsable river. IL is therefore obvious WHY for
e-gners do not make this trip during u summer
vacation; but the story of the journey may be of
interest particularly to such patriotic Americans
have had visions of army OF Uncle Sam
marching on the Colon bian capital to rescue the
American Minister. Should such an unlikely neces-
sty arise, it is to be hoped that Mr. Beaupre can
arrange 10 meet the troops half way
The complete story Of this trip would show TWO
absolute contrasts: First. from the luxury OF life
on q modern steamer in the tropics 10 the discern
fort and primitiveness OF travel on the MagdaIenn
ana the trail. second. that between the rough
journey and the city which is at its end. But as
the first phase Of the journey is matter OF COM
mon knowledge, let Us imagine that we have en-
tered the rather dangerous harbor OF Savaaila and
touched South American soil the little hamlet OF
Puerto Colombia This village is not so imposing
as its name, for it consists simply OF dozen mud
huts thatched with straw. Playing IN the dust OF
the street are score OF naked children, mostly
Indian while the adults are taking life easy in the
doorwavs men and women alike smoking long thin
cheroots There is a railroad running from this
place 10 Barranquilla. eighteen miles away
The train which is awaiting our steamer. con-
sists % an engine. a baggage car and q cabOose.
on the top Of the latter most of the passengers take
their places The railway is a narrow gauge. It
has no rival and time table Our departure is
DELAYED for some time to await the outcome OF
cockdght on the station platform Al length We
start on at a snsirs pace through the hot sand
hills for BarranQuilla the beginning OF navigation
n the Magdaiena the mouth OF the river being
practically closed by a great bar In few minutes
we come upon flock OF big. black vultures de-
youring The carcass OF mule ct tho side OF tAs
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THE LATEST "HERETTC."
Borden Parker BOzcne and His
Scholarly Career.

The latest heresy hunters are aiming al big
game. Whether. 10 continue the sportsman's
simile. they loaded for bear remains to be
seen. There IS 10 doubt that they need 70
be II they are TO bag their quarry. for the OBJ
tect Of their attack is one Of the foremost men
in American scholarship and il the whole
worlds philosophical thought he has. more
over. had thus far a career Of unbroken success
and Of exceptional distinction in scholarly at
taiuments.
Borden Parker Bovine. who Is charged with
unfatthfulness 10 the teachings OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church and who may therefore pres
entity be summoned before an ecclesiastical trt-
bunal. is Jerseyrnan, having been born in the
village OF Leonardsville. Monmouth County, n
J. about ifty-six years ago. His parents were
Joseph and Margaret ParlHer) Bovine. the for
nler being farmer and also local preacher OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church The future phil
osopher attended the district school and was It's
brightest scholar. Thence. in lsbo-'O6 ne went
10 PENNINGTON Seminary, at Pennington y j.
where he eIso stood NJ the head OF his class
year after leaving Pennington he entered The
University Of the City OF New-York, as New
York UniYerSitys was then called. Thai lnsLisn-