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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-13
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S
IMMENSE PLAYGROUND
Endless Succession of 'Wardens in Yellowstone
Park.

numerous islands. Around it are hot
springs. and it is said that the tourist
can catch fish in the lake, and. with
out moving. jerk his catch into water
hot enough to boil it for dinner. Not
far from the lake is the famous Mud
Volcano, a geyser that spurts boiling
mud forty or fifty feet high. At this
height the column Of mud separates,
covering an immense radius. The trees
surrounding this geyser are literally
covered with mud Three miles from the
Mud Volvano is Birthstone Mountain,
where pure sulphur is shoveled out.
Near this mountain Of sulphur is a
birthstone geyseT, squirting sulphur
water There is also q boiling alum
well, which has long puzzled scientists.
The falls and grand canyon of the
/ Yellowstone ear be easily reached. as
there is a good trail along the river
The upper and lower falls are only half
q mile apart. and between them are the
famous crystal cascades The canyon
near Tower Falls is one Of the most
awe-insDiring scenes in the world, par
ticularIy before the SHOWS of winter
/ have gone.
/ The park contains so many wonders in
/ its vast area that it offers a lifetime OF
study TO the scientist. Yet comparative
/ " few people are familiar with this ma
tional pleasure ground, as It has been
/ termed The park. which is sixty-five
miles long by ffty-fve wide, was set
+ apart by act OF Congress. March I. 1872
& tn.
member OF the Lewis and Clark expedi-
ton in 1906, was the first white man to
/ see the park.
! Golfer was bOnoTably discharged from
/ the expedition in order that he nigh;
/ hunt and trap in the Northwest. He
/ foated down the Missouri River in Z
/ canoe in 1910, and told his friends in
! St. Louis about the wonders Of the Vel
: I0wstone. But apparently he was not be
Heved. as no record was made OF his ex-
/ periences- 4 generation later Jim
/ Bridger, whose name will be indissoIu-
bly, connected with the West. told the
editor Of a Kansas City paper about a
place in the Rocky Mountains where
there were geysers and hot springs
/ When the newspaper man submitted his
copy" he was jeered at, and informed
that Jim Bridger must have been per
petrating q hoax. The report was not
printed, and thirty years later the news
paper man apoIogized TO the veteran
pathfinder for his error in not accept
ing the report.
The soldiers who guard the park from
poachers and vandaIs manage TO lead al
enjoyable life, in spite of their isolation
They spend a greater part Of the wintel
on suowshoes, OF skis, but their barrack.
are comfortable, and there are the regu
lar amusemepts OF army life. It is tn
! general opinion that the game in tn
park is well guarded. though there i
much slaughtered in Jackson's Hole, L
the south OF the national preserve. It i
believed that President Roosevelt ma.
be able to remedy conditions in Jack
sons Hole. and, in so doing, enable tn
animals in the park itself TO increas
more rapidly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-13
CHICAGO GIRL WHIPS
MAN WHO INSULTS HER
Hungarian Chef Chastised in Front of
Palmer House.

CHICAGO, April 13.-In sight of scores
of pedestrians in front of the Palmer
House last evening. Anna Hamilton, Of
247 Michigan Avenue, administered q
whipping TO Joseph ReikoR. the Hun
garian chef of the Press Club, who had
insulted her
After ignoring the persistent efforts Of
the man to make her acquaintance, the
young woman finally turned on him.
using her umbrella effectively as a
weapon. a large crowd gathered. and a
cheer went up at every blow that de-
scended on the head and shoulders of
the .'masher"
Policeman Crowley, Of she central de-
tail, finally broke through the crowd
and arrested Reikon- He was locked
up at the Harrison Street police station
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-13
EASTER HATS LEAD TWO
TO THEFT AND SUICIDE
RISKED GOING TO JAIL
RATHER THAN Be SHABBY
New York Gill Steals Easter Hat For
Niagara Trip,

SYRACUSE. april 13-The day be
fore Easter, Alice Stephens had an in
vitation TO 90 on a trip to Niagara Falls.
But she had no Easter hat Miss
Stephens lives on a farm near this city,
and has no way Of earning money. She
had thought OF the sort of hat she would
like all week. Saturday she visited the
miIliners shops In South Saliua
Street store. owned by Theodore H
Rautenberg. Alice saw a hat that suited
her
While the saIeswoman went to as
certain the price, the girl hurried OUT
Of the store with The new hat, carrying
the old one with her She vas caught
an hour later and arrested.
What's the matter with the hat you
have on7'' inquired Justice Thomson
Miss Stephens witheTed him with a
glance. It's last years hat. and looks
like fright, she said severely
The justice discharged the girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-13
SLEEPING FAMILY
CUT OFF BY FIRE
Two Members Are Burned to Death and
Others Injured.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 13--Nathan
Morris. one OF the best known attorneys
of Indiana. and Frank Haas, the twelve
year-0Id son of DIT. Joseph Haas, were
burned to death early yesterday morn
ing: and Mrs. Joseph Haas, who IS Mr.
Morris sister; Belle Haas, Rose Haas,
Louis Haas and Grace Lemon, a COVER
ness. we're injured more or less seTi-
ously.
When the FIRE started the family was
asleep, and from the position Of Morris
body it was evident that he was endeaV-
oring to arouse the family. Dr.. Haas was
away on q visit al the time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-13
CLEVELAND ON ISSUES.

NEW YORK. April thorough
President Louis F. Hahen, of the Bronx,
has received from ex-PFesident CIeve-
land letter on political issues which
will be read at the Jefersonian banquet
this evening in that borough. David B.
Hill has also written a letter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-13
SAILOR ATTACKS CREW,

NEWARK. y. J.. april 13.-John T.
Larsen. a sailor on the schooner Mary
A. Hall, became violently insane yester-
day and tried to murder the crew. He
sIashed Andrew NJ Johnson so he may
die In running 10 escape from the cap
tain and mate of the Hall, Larsen fell
overheard and was drowned. Larsen had
been melancholy for several days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-13
EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico. April ia
sharp earthquake shock was felt last
night in this city. Some excitement pre-
vailed for time, many people rush
ing into the streets, fearing that the
earthquake might prove serious. No
damage resulted. however.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
THIS AND THAT.

A San Francisco theater labels union acts.
 Holton, Mo, with a population ot 1,500, has F churches.
 Liverpool is the latest recipient of d present of two royal swans from King Edward.
 President Loubet of France has been a keen musician all his life. When a boy he was member of a village band.
 The Homestead mills produce with about 4,000 men three times as much as the Krupp works with 15,- 900 men.
 Charged with being drunk in his own house, a Bury (Iancashire, Eng land) publican claimed his ''legal privilege to be as drunk as he liked in his own private room." The bench allowed the claim.
 The mines of the Black Hills dis trict, S. D., for the year just closed produced 8,363, ,392, which is nearly $1,O00,000 increase over the previous year. The average value of ore handled in the district per ton was $4.44
 A few years ago quartz mines that would not yield $50 to the ton were despised and rejected as unprofit- able. Now, with improved methods of extracting, ore containing as low as $1 per ton pays large dividends to the stockholders.
 Charles Lauri, the English panto- mimist, is dead. His speciality was the imitation of animals, and no Drury Lane Christmas pantomime was complete without him. He was the son of a father equally famous as a clown, so that a Lauri had been on the London stage for nearly 60years.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
HIS FIRST EARNINGS.
Financier Gathered Leeches on His
 Bare Feet When a Boy.

Abram Barker, the father of Whar- ton Barker, the Philadelphia political economist, is, at the age of 84, still in active business He was during many years one of the prominent fnanciers of the country.
 Mir. Barker tells the storyof how he earned his first money when a boy liv- ing on the island of Nantucket. His father was coming to New York on one of his sailing vessels, and said he would bring his young son along. Abram spent days catching leeches by wading in the stagnant streams which abound on the island. The leeches at tachcd themselves to his bare feet and legs. He brought them to New York and sold the entire consignment to d druggist at the corner of Wall street and Broadway for $3.-N. Y. Times.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
EASILY swINDLFD.
Even the Experienced Sometimes AL low Themselves to Be Fooled.

'Men who knock around the world great deal, who travel, and who see things, and have all kinds of experi- ences are not as shrewd as they think they are, " said the observant man, to q New Orleans Times-Democrat writer, "and as a matter of fact they are generally further from the truth in their estimate of themselves than the fellow whose life has been con- fined to a much more limited field and who are classed among the un- sophisticated. Of course, we are all more or less deceived about our- selves, our talents, capabilities, and so on, but the one particular man who misses the mark further than the balance of mankind is the fellow belonging to the particularly wise class. These reflections are strength ened and amplifed by little story 1 have in mind, and the man involved is one of the shrewder kind Up to couple of weeks ago if you had told him that sharper could trap him he would have laughed you out of coun- tenance. But he wouldn't do it now. He has been caught since then, caught badly, and in a thoroughly clumsy and commonplace fashion. He prided himself particularly on his knowledge of railroad rates, how to get to and from places, how much it would cost and all that kind of thing. Hewanted tog out to Plaque mine, and had started to the ticket office, when he was approached by a man who said he could give him a ticket at a reduced rate What is the fare to Plaquemine% asked the wise man. 'Three forty-fye, said the ticket vendor, and here is tick ct you may have for $3 even.' It was a go. The wise man congratu lated himself on saving 45 cents. He bought a return ticket at Plaque mine, rendering $5 bill in payment. The agent gave him $2.55 in change.
 Haven't you made a mistaken asked the wise man. Nope said the agent, fares $2.45,' and the man walked away, rehecting on how easy it is for a man to lose 55 cents while trying to save 45 cents"
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
FRENCH IGNORANCE.
Army Conscripts Know Little About
 Even French Affairs.

Compulsory free elementary edu- cation having been established Tn France in 1882, the conscripts drafted into the army, and born one year, or at least two, before that date, have, without exception, passed through the communal or other schools which cost so many million francs to create, and of which the maintenance entails such heavy burden on the taxpayers. It is undeniable, says the London Standard, that the sacrifices have not been entirely wasted, for a Frenchman who cannot read and write is becoming rarity. Cap tains in various parts of France have this year subjected the con- scripts drafted into their companies to sort of examination, which has demonstrated that nearly every man was fairly proficient in read ing, writing and arithmetic. But beyond the three R's, the ignorance of the great majority of the men was astonishing According to the Revue Pedagogique, which gives detailed results of the ex-officio ex- animation, a captain of the Fifth army corps, of which the headquar- ters arc at Orleans, and of which the population is, in the matter of elementary education, above the average, discovered that two of the A conscripts drafted into his com pany were completely illiterate. The others could read and write fairly well, and the greater number could solve a problem of arithmetic correctly. Having ascertained that fact, the captain assembled the conscripts, and giving them pen and paper, asked the 42 to sit down quietly and take all the time they required to write the answers to the three following questions: 'What do you know about Joan of Arc" "Of what does the national fete of July 14 remind you?" ''What do you know about the war of 1870" When the written answers were handed to him the officer discov- cred that more than half of the conscripts knew nothing at all about Joan of Are, that three-quar- ters were ignorant of the event commemorated by the national fete, and that two-thirds had no knowl- edge whatever of the Franco-Ger- man war of 1870. Had they not been vouched for by unimpeachable authority, and if the sober Journal des Debats had not commented on them, one would have been inclined to reject such assertions as incredi- hIp
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
FAHRENHEIT's THERMOMETER
Origin of an Instrument That Is
 Now in Common Use.

Sir Samuel Wilks, writing to Knowledge, states that Fahrenheit's thermometer owed it's beginnings to the invention of thermometer by Newton, which was described in the Philosophical Transactions for 1701. Newton's instrument was tube filled with linseed oil, and the start ing-point of the scale was the tenn perature of the human body, which Newton called 12 It Is worthy of notice that at this period, when nu- meration was based upon natural re- quirements, the duo-decimal shstemHs. was proposed for this, as itf@as in use for all other purposes. Newton accordingly divided the space be- tween his datum and the freezing point of water into 12 equal parts, and stated that the boiling point of water would be about 30 of these de- grees on the scale. Fahrenheit, when he began to work with Newton's thermometer, did not find the scale minute enough for his purposes. He therefore first doubled the number of degrees, making the scale number 24 instead of 12. Finding he could, by mixing ice and salt, obtain temper ature below freezing, Fahrenheit next adopted this for his starting point and counted "A degrees up to body heat, making the freezing-point and calling boiling water 53. Later on lie again divided his degrees into four. It will be seen that if the above figures are multiplied by four the result is the thermometric scale called after him which is still in use.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
WONDERFUL WILLIAM PITT.
One of the Most Remarkable Boys
 the World Has Known.

One of the most remarkable boys the world ever saw was William Pitt. He astonished folk with his learning at the age of !. He be- came prime minister of England when he was 24.
 He was a sickly boy, but he took all the out-of-door exercise his deli cate frame could bear, and was as eager to study as most boys are to play. He would not let his weak body stop his work and he was read ing ancient history at an age when most children are reading stories written in words of one syllable.
 His father was the great Earl of Chatham and the boy was brought into contact with all the great men of the time in England. When he was .13 years old he wrote a trag- edy which he called "Laurentine, King of Clarinium."
 At this age, too, says the Detroit Free Press, he was able to read Greek and Latin almost as well as he could read English. He also was well informed on the politics of the day and on a variety of subjects about which only men of learning are supposed to know anything.
 At IA he was able to take the works of Thucydides, written in Greek, and read page after rage, turning it into excellent English as he read, and this off-hand transla- ton of his is said to have been al- most without a flaw.
 His father spoke of him as "eag-
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
Chicago's Birthrate.

The laments of eminent person. ages over the decreasing birth rate in in the United States have prompted Chicago's health department to print in the bulletin the best possible evi- dence that the birth rate in that city is satisfactory. It says: ''The in- crease in the under seyen-year popula- tion was 57.3 per cent, or 5.3 in ex- cess of the increase of the total popu- lation at all ages. This excess is ob- viously due to the births during the period"
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
A SUFFICIENT REASON.
Optician Showed Wonderful Lack of
 Insight Into Feminine Character.


 There were so many pairs of glass es in the room that it put spots on the woman's sight just to look at them. She had no idea what kind she wanted, but after the optician had worked with her for about three hours she decided that the glasses that gave her most satisfaction were a pair with big round lenses set in black rubber frame.
 sThat style is coming into high favor with people these days who read a great deal" said the optician. ''The round lenses protect the eyes much better than the oval, but their size adds so much to the weight that the ordinary steel frame does not hold them steady enough. Soa more substantial frame of shell or rubber becomes necessary. Shell is really the best material, but it is rather ex- pensive, and since rubber is but slightly inferior many lenses are now set in it."
 The woman adjusted the black bowed spectacles critically, says the New York Times.
 "They are awfully unbecoming," she said. "They make me look like a Chinaman."
 '"They really are patterned after Chinese models" the optician ex- plained. "But what difference does that make so long as they are good for the eyes?"
 The look the woman flashed his way ought to have made him very un- comfortable. |'It makes all the diff ference in the world," she said. q will take this pair, but have no idea that I will ever wear them, even if they do feel all right and you say they are the proper thing"
 The optician gFoaned. ''Why won't you wear them?" he asked.
 q just told you why" said the woman. "They are not becoming, and 1 could never stand up before folks looking like fright even if l go blind as a bat from wearing poor glasses"
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
From the Age of Chivalry.

The lifting of the hat in salutation, on meeting a friend, had its origin during the age of chivalry, when it was customary for knights never to appear in public except in full armor, It became a custom, however, for a knight upon entering an assembly of friends to remove his helmet, sig nifying: q am safe in the presence of friends" Among the many acts of courtesy which can be traced back to the age of chivalry, none is more di- rect in its origin than that of lifting the hat to acknowledge the presence of friend.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
A QUERY.
Do People Need the Assistance of
 Doctors When They Die?

Coroner Nevitt, according to the Washington Star, has been kept busy lately Investigating cases of sudden deaths and giving certificates in order that burial permits might be obtained at the health office. In most of the cases the reports come through the police department. Many times the reports telephoned to headquarters from the stations have conveyed the information that the particular individual "died with out the assistance of a physician" A case of this kind occurred when Dr. Patterson was coroner, and the po- liceman who made the report heard from the coroner.
 "What kind of a report do you call this?" the coroner asked the officer, when he went to make an inyestiga- tion. "Do people need the assist ance of doctors when they are going to die?"
 q don't know," was the police mans response, "but l judge that they have helped many poor fellow to die. It may be wrong to say that person died without the assistance of a physician, and it may also be right to say that death occurred with the assistance of medical man"
 "You may be right" " admitted the doctor, ''but l thought the wording of your report might have been such that there would be no reflection cast upon the profession"
 After that incident most of the reports merely told of the sudden deaths, without an effort to fix the responsibility.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
DEFINITION OF A WATT.
Necessary in Order to Save the TeE
 per of a Justice.

Everybody connected with the First District Municipal court in Long Island City, from Justice Thomas c. Kadien down, has been burning the midnight gas delying into electrical lore since the trial, a few days ago, of suit brought by the New York and Queens County Electric Light and Power company against a consumer to recover the amount of a bill for power fur nished. Among the witnesses, says the New York Times, called by George W. Schoonmaker, counsel for the company, was an expert in electrical matters.
 "Now." said MT. Schoonmaker in the course of the examination, ad- dressing the witness, "will you please explain what watt is?"
 'What?" asked Justice Kadien, looking up suddenly from some papers before him.
 "Yes, your honor," returned the lawyer.
 q said what" repeated the court, somewhat irritated
 "Why, yes, that is it, your honor, and 1 have asked the witness to ex- plain what a watt is" said MT Schoonmaker, coolly.
 Explain what?" asked the jus tice, beginning to wax indignant,
 What watt is" replied the lawyer.
 The court was about to lose its patience when MT. Schoonmaker saw the point and hastened to ex- plain. And he told that in the world of electricity a volt was the unit of measurement for pressure, an ampere the unit of measurement for volume, and a watt the unit of measurement based upon both pressure and volume. He was going into kilowatts and such things when the court suffered short cir cult, and the case was adjourned for the day.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
Superstition Dies Hard.

Avery unusual event was witnessed at Luffincott, small parish bordering on the Tamar An agricultural labor CT sat in the church porch on a Sun day and collected half a crown in pen nies from the congregation, the thir- tieth donor giving a silver half-crown and receiving the 29 pennies in change. A ring is to be made from the silver coin, which will, it is supposed, cure the collector of fits. This is one of the ancient beliefs which die hard n the remoter parts of Devon and CornWall.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-04
A MYSTERY OF SCIENCE.
Radium Exerts a Force That Puzzles
 the Most Learned Men.

In 1896 M. Becquerel discovered that salts of uranium gave out rays like the Roentgen rays that pass through opaque bodies and affect a photographic plate, and Mime. Curie, while experimenting with "Becquer- el rays" discovered radium, so named from its property of radiating cease lessly into space minute particles of electrons at velocity of 120,000 miles a second. The material is found in such minute quantities that a single pound of it is said to be worth$1, ,000, 1000. Some experiment. CTS, says the Indianapolis News, think that the rays thrown out by ra- dium are streams of particles of elec- tricity called electrons, together with minute particles of radium. These particles proceed with such amazing force that it is only their smallness that prevents them from destroying surrounding objects. They pass through sheet iron without loss of speed, and, like the Roentgen or X-ray, they have a destructive effect on the human skin. A small bit of radium salts in the pocket will pro duce a serious burn.
 Radium is luminous without heat and causes objects to phosphoresce It colors glass, changes oxygen into ozone, turns white phosphorus red, ionizes gases, liquid air, petroleum, parafin, etc. And yet it loses no weight notwithstanding this inces- sant bombardment of surrounding objects If it throw off electricity and not its own particles its retention of weight is understandable, and yet the source of its energy is an enigma.