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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21

John r. Trumbull. 2 native OF Connecticut and
descendant OF Uncle Jonathan" registered al the
Murray Hill few days ago Mr..
RAILROAD TrumbuII's home Is at NeW-Lonoon.
BUILDING He has just returned from Mexico,
IN MEXICO. where he was q member Of the en-
Eiueer corps that has been engaged
tor about year on the survey OF the contemplated
extension OF the Mexican International Railroad
ron its present western terminus al Durango to
Aazatlan, the Pacific Coast 1t was, OF course
case OF living under canvas and roughtng II, SAID
NJ TrcmbuIl. but the climate is delightful. and !
enjoyed il The country is interesting because II is
l-A % surprises. The air line distance from
durango 70 the Coast is about one hundred and
ATTY miles, and Iaink II is two hundred and MY
ai-es BY the route that viii be traversed By the
Se-soao when IL is built There We're three parties
- - Is many sections Of the work. I was member
= amp No >. which engaged the middle
SeGt-on. Our operations we're through Il oensely
,~-s1atq country. generally T. tablelaud at alt-
&c OF from 1890 70 Soc feet cut here aud there DE
- onsa rugged territory. One never knows when
- sAcn an expedition what he may encounter IN
-ay g experience. II may be fairly assumed that
-olle engineering difficulties must be met and over
Involves the problem OF getting down from ele
oton OF about 5000 feet 10 level There viii be
,--ls-rouE horseshoe curves and unavoidabiy heavy
fe-es Both preliminary and location surveys have
MADE over the route The labcrious
-. expensive character OF the work will be aDpre-
&c when u Is understood that there 10 roads
- very few trails through the country"
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The Washington times., 1903-01-21
GoVernrnentand the Coal Famine
IS There Any Way in Which the Rapacity of Operators
or Spectators Can Be Checked?

1t significant indication of the upon public
taid and conservative paper the New
doubeaded editorial warning operators Of possible
reference of the Government prevent Withholding coal
and TO protect the people against exoionate prices
Photographic showing loaded coal cars
stalled within miles New York. people of the rop
Oils suffering for fuel the final disclosure wrng the
Journal of Commerce It's warning Government intervention the
further suggestion that the coal stimulating
which Ill for capitalsie by-andby.
There ground for this to Government it IS bav
conclude that because it has ordinarily interfering in
matters Of viii necessarily of great public
As the growth of socialism, manner in
which Western communities helped themselves to coal which
ready 10 sell them absolutely unparalleled u
the surprising because ordinarily acts are con
doned by the ard by public sentiment large
The fact points out that there Is
precedent for interference, buressed by of the
United States Supreme Court 1876 Granger cases
the Supreme Court opinion which permanent application 10
the of property affected with public ruled that
fully within the powers Of the fix the rates
be charged by grain elevators for storing and other
cereals
Certainly 1t woud be extraordinary State for
storing grain, the money the dividends
which may be upon railway stock town OF village
regulate cab fares if the Government wholly power to
the public welfare importance the pro
vision Of fuel
nal Of Commerce he people viii their suerngs become
much and they viii have upon seem reasonable
an o them
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
The Deadlock in Colorado.
It Has Its Origin in the Unjusabe Violence of Party
and fractional HatredS.

The struggle Colorado
isauTe bahes all the license
which political
frOwned upon partisan
ship 0 generation age
Counting governor lightly
politicians in
the rascaI?"
asked
Representatives cynical query the greatest
parliamentary up effectively
martial standards political morality
feeling
opinion longer political
hghwayn plea partisan advantage a
for larceny would
into Office President duly indsputabIy elected
COntests like nvulsng Legislature
sincerely to be regretted They passions smdering,
play the breach the
Whether majority
majority the Colorado ppitatng
clearly
IDENTIFY the house within deciding brought
fore it, and giving only
FIVE of the fifteen Republican
Democrats revolutionary
methods deadlock produced.
aans snatorhp the
spirit rgnng
Coorados legislative
Whether Teller be
displaced aspirant scarcely breaking
heads constitutions Colorado reputation
stOnng stupng party at Lead or
allowing succession
politicians sadly
propensity ecncty turbulence in its poti-
cal
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
CHARGE OF THE GERMAN POETS

The late Lord Tennyson once re
marked in a cutting way, speaking Of
Browning's "sordeIlo.' that there were
only two lines which the reader might
understand. and those two were untrue.
There have been ether historic instances
OF poet cut poet In fact. it is sufficient
Is shown that sometimes the verse
maker is not without honor save among
his fellows.
It Is in no ordinary way, however, that
Mr. KipIing, OF the Greater Britain, has
come a. odds with his German cousins
Of the muse. His recent AngIo-GermaH
alliance poem of The Rowers, " with its
reference TO the shameless Hun" has
stirred the Kaiser's Ministries into bitter
activity. and the results are something
10 barn out even a wireless telegraph
circuit
1--WE read and wonder" says one re-
spending critic. .'Is that what Britons
call a poeJ2" And again. Call him
what you Ike who himself runs in the
street, who coins words of abuse and
piles CT invectIye, but don't call him
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
Fowler,s Finance Measure.

Representative Fowler. the financial
expert III the House. is at last TO be
accorded q hearing upon his abbreviated
currency bill. The Committee on Rules
has voted 70 allow the measure to be
taken up and considered some time
within the next week or ten days
When Mr.. Fowler started out early last
session he had in mind an elaborate
collection Of IDEAS for patching up. re-
casting, and amending the currency
system Of the country. and finally, after
Incorporating them into a composite
measure, his party colleagues declined
to give It consideration because { was
too complicated for their ind ,rstand-
ing to grasp. Then Mr.. FowIe. started
in with a pair OF scissors and blue pen
ell. eliminating all Of his cherished
propositions, save one, and reeast that
into a new bill, providing For what has
been dubbed a rubber" currency: that
is, it is what the New jersey states
man characterizes as an elastic cur
reney.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21

attves, and at all great court and state
functions act as pages Of honor to the
Emperor. the Empress and to the mem
bers Of the imperial family On such
occasions they wear their court uniform,
which is very handsome one. consist
ing Of tunic, thickly embroidered, hoT-
izontal bar fashion, with gold lace,
somewhat after the mode OF the en-
broidery on the uniforms of the cham
berlains, the masters Of the ceremonies
and of the gentlemen Of the chamber a.
the Russian court With this tunic the
pages on these occasions wear white
knee breeches and high Jack boots Of
patent leather, and a helmet plumed
with white hair
Those who graduate with an average
Of marks emitting them to places IL
class one, receive commissions at par
utschik," or first lieutenant of the crack
regiments of the guards. Those who
graduate in the second class receive
commissions as second Heutenants. ante
dated a year; that is to say, giving them
one years seniority Of their rank. Those
who graduate in the third class, that is
to say, who just pass the qualifying ex-
animation, receive patents as second
Heuteuants without any Of these ad-
vantages OF seniority. Those who have
failed to pass are not allowed to have
another trial, hut are assigned as non
commissioned officers 20 the various reg
imeuts Of the guards, with prospects Of
promotion to a second Iieutenancy when
their conduct warrants it. Those Of the
pupils who prefer the civil to the mill
itary. service are granted places accord
ing to the class Of their examination in
the tenth, twelfth and fourteenth grades
of the civil service
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
Americans and Frenchmen.
Wa They Thought Each OTHER Wo They link
To-Day
By REGINALD II WILLLAMS

7PHE fact that the sentiments of nations. well as
those of individuals undergo sudden and radical
changes is well illustrated by comparison Of the
sentiments entertained by 1898
indicated by the American press period
feelings by the 1902
1903 evidenced by organs public opinion
principal charges against
were as follows, namely:
ID Then lin 1s92he French race proper owing to the
steady birth since 1870 dying
and cedng its place to more prolific immigrants Ger
many Italy and Belgium Now 1909 appears
that these foreigners become transformed by naturalization
land their descendants by the school SYSTEM into
French citizens unfortunately, they
become French blood also
~ Then Gin 1899 the French had no proper conception
Of individual liberty and permitted their police and
judicial perform tyranny inqus-
supervision tolerated America
Now Gin 1902 1899 that possibly owing the
influence Of the foreign immigrants from Germany and Bel
GUM popular sentiment France is being aroused to
change this
80 Then the fearful increase alcoholism
rapidly changing what the moderate
drinking nation world drunken one.
Now owing 10 the increased taxation strong liquors
and the decreased taxation on light vines
more stringent laws against adulteraon wines the
french apear TO De overcoming most satisfactorily the
scourge of alcoholism,
"a Then. the French extremely avareiOus and
they only prudent and economical
90 Then, French criminal trials farce, where
prisoner chance of Justice where
there we're no the
opinions accepted evidence against the
prisoner the presiding the
practically public prosecutor, and browbeat and i'll
prisoner, who supposed to be guilty until he
proved himself Now, that French
The Washington times., 1903-01-21

admiration American Justice is going
modification of judicial procedure
(6 Then the French very irregious people Now,
they merely seeking themselves from Papa do-
nation.
% Then average Frenchman. while very attentive
negbbors disposed regard his own wife
light servant even Of slave and the laws Of
France made the for the women who
deprived rights privileges which every American
upon absolutely Indispensable regards
belonging by every rule OF justice human and
divine. Now it that feminnism is making great
progress and that women stimulated by
example of their American sisters are demanding rights
which FreEchman 1888 turn green with
horror and indigna ton.
~ Then words of Sarah Bernhardt. the aver
age Frenchman delightful lover time
devotion lasted but husband Amer-
point Now it appears that the great ufu-
foreign blood is changing
this respect and asserts that the FrenchmaH
learned to admire much the virtues Of the American
begun initiate Iatter's "undy-
ing devotion mis-
90 Then, the French were generally immoral peo
Now, It is oaly their novel which which
misrepresents the morality of the people.
Q0) Then, the French very vain boastfuI
and also inclined to Mysteries when the
fered itself Now they merely proper appreciation
of the merits Of their and FILLED with gen
enthusiasm for all that great noble"
fest with artistic which agreeable
contrast to the phlegmatic calm Of the Saxon
G1) 1898, France with the national
the world which continually increasing owing deficits
and political corruption and with stationary population
doomed ruin 1902 1908. marvellous en-
and thrift of the people together with
ADLER statesmen certainly going replace the country
on basis.
The foregoing but few indications of the radical
change of feeling the part of the Americans
the French during the last four years
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
No One to Pay the Piper.

The trouble IN connection with Field
Marshal Lord Roberts refusal TO pay
I the heavy fees exacted by all sorts Of
court and government officials in con-
nectiou with his nomination to a
Knighthood of the Garter are in fair
way to being settled in manner x
tremely satisfactory 10 himself. though
not TO the officials concerned, who lock-
ed forward to muIcting him to the ex-
tent Of nearly $4,000. Tor, by virtue Of
an arrangement between the king and
the cabinet, the treasury has under
taken to relieve the gallant veteran of
whatever responsibility he may have in
the matter
That lets the field marshal out. 7ut
now the treasury having taken the mat
ter IN hand it declines to pay the lees
On the ground that they are altogether
too eXorbitant, and until the various Of
iciaIs Of the court. Of the college of
heralds, etc. have succeeded in prov
ing their legal right to the perGufsites
This Of course is a solution which de-
lights everybody. save the officials in
question. and for once the usually exc
Grated treasury department is coming in
for expressions Of good viii and sym
pathy.
The treasury department is perhaps
the most disagTeeabIe customer that
the grasping and extortionate perquisite-
seeking officials could have been ever
asked to tackle. and We may now at
length witness the disappearance Of
an abuse which neither ministers nor
even the crown have, until now. ven
tUred to reform. and which has been
the dread Of every deserving servant
of the state, who. poor In purse. but
great in merit. has been selected for
some hCnorific distinction by way OF
a reward from his country and his SOW
ereign. MARQJISE DE FuNTENUT.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
White Republicanism Discouraged.

Democrats in Congress view with
mingled delight and disgust the course
of the Administration in nominating
Southern negroes to Office against the
protests Of the little coterie OF Lily
Whites, who are struggling to build
up a white mans Republican party
south Of Mason and Dixon's line. The
complications resulting from the Crum
appointment, the Wick and Hahn con
troversies and the Indianola postofice
affair are afording no small amount Of
enjoyment to the Democrats, no mat
ter how much they may object TO the
selection Of negroes to fill important
positions. To them it means a soiidif-
cation Of the white people in an ada
mantine Democratic compact. TO con
tinue so long as the negro is forced
upon them and made factor in Cheir
politics Just as there appeared &
glimmerfng ray Of hope which promised
TO give life TO that dollhouse plant the
Lily White" organization. the black
cloud Of negro domination appears and
drives them ali back into The Demo-
cratic tent for shelter. So the Demo
Gratis look with more complacency upon
the struggle between the BLACK and
Tsns" and the Lily Whites" for Re
publican party supremacy in the South.
It means new lease OF life to thcHL
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
TITLES THAT HAVE BECOME EXTINCT

The fact that another title became ex-
tinct with the death of Lord Pirbright.
who left no heirs, recalls, according to
a contributor 10 the st. James Ca
zette that durinr the present genera
ton more thau 100 titles have passed
out Of existence. Two dukedoms, a mar
quisatc. five carldoms and two titles Of
viscouuts-recaIIing them at haphazard
during a comparatively few years have
passed away.
The marquisate Of Drogheda, familiar
Tor q century. became extinct in 1892
Two years before that there died out a
barony which had been in existence
for 800 years OF five earIdoms which
have passed away in the last twelve
years. one at least had lasted since
Queen Anne's reign.
There nave also been titles which have
died out almost before the ink was dry
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
'ImbeciIe and Ridiculous"

How imbecile and ridiculous were these
statements is shown by the result at
Albany the other day. when los Repub--
iican members OF the Legislature cast
their votes for the return Of Senator
Plat while the single boItar declares
the Hon. Elihu Root to El MS ch5i,e. and
is not likely TO receive more than a pre-
functory thank you Tor his compli-
ment- So the PIatt grip upon the lever OF
the New York machine is frightened. and
if be deems it wise TO show am. resent
ment a those who have been barking at
his heels. some who have been doing
heap Of talking about the possibility Of
defeating the Senator may rue the day
they started it. for the Senator's mem
DRY OF these things has the accuracy Of
a photograph It has also been a source
OF sorrow TO Senator PIatt's opponents
that their predicted rupture between
him and Governor OdeI has failed 10
materiaIize even after microscopic sx-
animation
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
HARD LUCK, INDEED
The Sad Experience Of Parachute Jumper in Michigan.

Last fall I was billed to appear al
small country fair" said the para
chute jumper with an amused smile.
When I cut loose from the big bag I
saw was directly over a small pond.
I paid no attention 10 it at the time,
for it is possible TO steer a parachute
more or less by slightly tipping IL But
this time. for some reason or other. the
parachute refused to answer. with the
result that I came down in the middle
of the pond. Just before struck no
ticed an Old man by the side Of the pond
jumping around in an excited way and
yelling something TO me that I did not
catch. for I was busily engaged in Won
dering how deep that pond was.
Well. I soon found cut, for I went
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
PuniIs Of Distinguished Ancestry.

To the best Of my knowledge there are
DO foreigners whatsoever admitted to
this school. For inasmueh as Prince Alex
is Karageorgevitch is. IN spite of his Ser
Wan birth and professions to the Ser
Wan throne. a Russian officer, it IS
hardly possible to describe his boys
as foreigners. Strictly speaking the i'm
perlaI school Of pages is restricted to
the sons and grandsons Of officers Of the
three highest classes il the service Of
the state-that is to say field marshal.
general. and lieutenant general in the
army. and Of the corresponding grades
in the civil service. After them. if there
are any vacancies. come the sons and
grandsons of provincial governors, am
bagsadors. and ministers plenipotentiary
provincial rnarshals of the nobility. pro-
vfdfng they are not below The rank OF
major general in the army or priyy
councillor in the civil service Finally, Il
there remain any vacancies the Gar may
nominate sons and grandscns OF major
generals OF FIVE years standing. who
have either lost their lives in war. OF
else who have taken part in several
campaigns
One hundred and seventy Of the pupils
are lodged boarded educated, and main
tanned entirely at the expense OF tn
Gar. Besides this. there are 200 day
boarderz who pay a nominal fee OF 200
roufIes a vear-that is to say. less than
s10G-toward The cost of their educ1-
lion
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
Current Political ak.

It shows how feeble and ineffective are
the efforts OF political amateurs and
novices to overthrow an organization
constructed BY the deft hand Of the
Hon. Thomas C. Plat and erected upon
SO firm a foundation Of favor and pat
ronage. For a long time 1t has been
declared in New York that there was a
strong undercurreut OF opposition to the
Senator and that it only needed a little
assure 70 start the aow against the Sen
ator upon the surface and sweep him
awaY
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
The Crumpacker Resolution.

There is no longer any fear. il there
ever was any necessity for alarm over a
Congress investigation of election laws
and methods in the South as was pro-
posed by the Hon. Edgar Dean Crum-
packer, and the whole matter is likely TO
sputter out with a little sectional and
racial talk upon another resolution Which
Mr.. Crumpacker has introduced in the
House seeking inquiry into the Indianola
postofice case He has asked why It is
that the resignation Of the eoIored lost
mistress has not been accepted. Why her
successor has not been appointed, and
Why the Office is closed. When it s-omes
before the House the Indiana statesman
whose ambition has been to arouse III
feeling between the sections by move
ment looking to the curtailment Of
Southern representation viii have an op-
portunity to deliver a portion Of his long
delayed spell upon conditions in the
South. His utterances will be supple
mented by like outbursts from some Of
his brethren who have been associated
with him in the unsuccessful effort to
induce the Committee on Rules to report
in favor of his election Investigation res
olution. Then Mr.. Swanson and Mr..
Henry OF Mississippi, in whose district
Endiaaola is situated, viii make reply.
setting forth the case from the Southern
point Of view Thus the whole question
Of negro appointments may soon be ex-
peCted 10 be aired In Congress.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
A Counterpart School for Girls.

The majority Of the pupils join the
army. and a very large proportion of the
officers Of the guard ar graduates Of the
imperial school Of pages.
The latter may be said to have a fem
mime counterpart in the school OF the
maids Of honor Of the Czarina. where
young girls selected very much in the
same way as the imperial pages are
educated entirely at the expense of the
Empress. being called upon occasionally
to do service at court as maids Of honor,
and receiving on graduation the hon
The Washington times., 1903-01-21

which created them. Lord Leighton
lived only a few days after his peerags
was created and never took his scat IN
the house of lords The barony Of
Marlborough came into existence and
went cut again IN a few months in 1886.
The barcny OF Kelshead, created in 1873.
became extinct in 1894 LORD Armstrong
was known among titles only three
years. So was Baron KnightIey. Three
years. TOO, was the limit with the stIu
more familiar name Of Lord Pauncefote.
which wss first heard in 1893 and last IN
1902. The barCny Of Sanford. which
died out in 1898. had existed only two
years.
At least twenty-five baronies have be-
come extinct in the last dozen years
Quite 250 peerages of the nineteenth
century are now unknown ana forgotten.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21

into the water Eerpluuk- It was over nv
head, and while I am good swimmer.
the parachute fell down upon me, with
the result that I had the struggle Of nv
life 70 escape the situation. But finally I
managed 10 reach the edge OF the pond.
where I fe,i down. completely exhausted
by my eh.r
While I lay there covered with mud
and wondering if hadn't better give up
the business before was killed tie old
man. who had been yelling at me al the
time I had been struggling in the water
came running up where I lay sasping.
Shaking his fist in my face. he shouted:
Col dern Yer ugly picture, didn't ys
see that sign: No bathing allowed in this
pond?' Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
FIRE-FIGHTERS OF THE WORLD.
French German. Russian, and Other Bga-es to Be Present at
London Exhibition.

Preparations for the spring exhibition
at Earl's Court. which has become quite
one OF the features of London life, are
actively under way. This year the fire.
fighters Of the world are TO be in pos
session of the court, and an interesting
as well as instructive entertainment is
assured
The Duke Of Cambridge. president Of
the London Exhibition Company, which
controls EarIs Court, is taking a great
Interest in this firemen's congress, and
is ably seconded by the Duke OF MARI
borough. who is president of the Ma
tionaI Fire BTigades' Union. Edwin o.
The Washington times., 1903-01-21
A Peaceful Sepuleher.

IN reality it IS q credit or asset cur
rency plan. While it IS in sense a
party measure, st is not likely that ali
of the Republican brethren VIII sup
port it. although its author IS confident
and believes that he VIII have enough
votes to carry it safely through the
House. When it reaches the legislative
graveyard at the other end Of the CAPT
toll it is quite probable that peaceful
pigeoRho1e sepulcheT VIII be found for
it in the Senate Committee on Finance.
as the Senate has about all the business
IT can conveniently handle b between
now and the end OF the session