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The Washington times., 1903-06-28
BFeathitt County Hospitality.
1t Includes Plenty of Whisky for Pris-
oneIs Charged With Murder.

Kentucky hospitality has received
new halo since two young men who
are much in the public eye down there
have taken up their residence in the
county Jail at Lexington of that beau
tiful State. The names of these cit
liens of note are Curtis Jett and
Thomas White. The charge against
them IS the nominal one-speaking
from Breathitt county point of view
of murder. They are charged with
helping 70 carry on a feud in their
native county by shooting one Of its
citizens, who happened to be on the
opposite side of the feud, in the back
when he wasn't looking.
That Is the Breathitt county way
of showing that one possesses cour-
age and a good aim in life. They
were tried. Open threats were made
that their conviction would result in
some more homicides of the same sort
which would lessen the number of
men available for jury duty. The jury
disagreed, and the defendants were
sent by a judge who may yet hear the
song of the assassin's bullet to Lex
ington for safe-keeping and granted
a change Of venue to another county.
When Jett and White reached Lex
ington Jail they were both full of
Breathitt county whisky. 1t made
Jett vainglorious and loudly boastful.
and White eringing and cowardly.
Next morning they were more sober,
but there came a prison angel in the
person Of Judge Hargis, one of the
counsel Of the "boys," and he took to
them, TO solace them in their afliic-
ton, some of the exquisite Bourbon
whisky for which Lexington is noted.
in short time they were very COM
Portable, indeed, and able to listen in
genial mood when Judge Hargis re-
proved them for insolent conduct on
Saturday. and bade them be kind to
their jailers, who would see that they
had all the comforts necessary, in
cluding plenty Of whisky, the bills
for which would be borne by the
friends Of the prisoners.
The point of the story is the hos
pitable manner in which whisky was
received by the custodians Of Jet and
White. Where else would two suffer
ing martyrs to a "feudist" cause be
permitted so openly to keep com
fortably drunk while awaiting trial in
Jail? We have prison angels in the
North. and doubtless they are per
mitted to do much TO ameliorate the
condition Of the incarcerated, but if
their kindness takes the form of ar
dent spirits the matter is not an.
nouneed from the housetops nor is the
supply so generously made to equa
the demand as it is in the case Of The
thrice blessedly supplied Jett anC
White, of Breathitt county, Ky.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
MINISTER COREA ON
WAY FROM NICARAGUA

Cable adyices received at the Nicara-
guam legation here announce that Min
lister Corea has started back to this
country from Corinto. It is expected
that he will reach this city within the
next two weeks, after an absence Of a
little moro than a month.
Announcement is also made OF tho
promotion of Senior Don Nicolas Veloz
hiIo Ohe American "junior'D. from the
post OF attache to that of secretary O:
legation.
Mr. Neloz has been here for some
time past and is well known among the
South American diplomatists. In his
new position he succeeds Senor Don
AIejaredo Permudez. who has been alb
sent on leave for many months.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Bishops in the Philippines.
Appointment Of Americans Helps to
Sclve Difficult Problem.

With the appointment and conse-
Grafton of the two bishops, Rocker
and Dougherty, and the probable ap-
pointment Of Father Harty, of St
Louis, to the archbishopric of Manila,
the new ecclesiastical government of
the church in the Philippines may be
considered established. The personal
character of the new bishops gives the
highest guarantee of efficient work in
our distant possessions. All are
Americans of the genuine stamp,
alive to the situation and acquainted
with the significance of the American
invasion Of Asia. Their task is deli
cate in the extreme, but both their
character and their training have
fitted them for it.
The ecclesiastical condition in the
Philippines is as unusual as impress
sive The old order, the union of
church and state, after the European
fashion, has gone to pieces with the
departure Of the Spanish regime.
American Catholics for the most part
look upon that collapse with satisfac-
ton, for they have not been careless
observers of church affairs in France,
Italy, and Austria. They feel that
union Of the kind peculiar to these
countries IS not to be compared with
the American arrangement between
church and state, an arrangement by
which each tacitly agrees TO let the
other alone.
The old method having been
dropped through necessity, the new
must be put in its place, and to put II
In It's place men were needed aequaint-
ed with It's workings. This is the sig
nifcance Of the appointment Of Bish-
ops Rocker and Dougherty. They %
TO the Philippines TO establish and
maintain harmonious relations be-
tween church and state after the
American fashion. They will teach
their brethren of the Philippine HER
archy and their hocks the advantages
of those relations, and show them how
Perfectly the American system works
In this teaching the American bishops
viii be sustained by the splendid com
psrison which our country makes with
European countries in this matter
The Filipinos will be made to see the
immense difference between the
church in the United States and tho
church in France and Italy and Aus
tria.
In America Catholic priests, bish-
ops, and teachers are quite free tC
carry on their work, protected and en-
couraged by the law. In Europe they
hardly dare open their mouths with
ont getting permission from a hostile
government, whose projects are really
the Overseers Of the church. hamper
ing the work Of prelates and priest,
at every turn. II should be an easy
matter to convince the F'ilipinos, who
are a very intelligent people, of tho
advantages Of the new order over the
old. Nevertheless, these far-ofT, an.
cient tribes, brought up for three cen
turies under different ideas, very con
servative by nature and habit, might
easily make a mess Of the new order
by their ignorance Of it.
Under the administration OF the
fou, American bishops, assisted by
the Filipino bishops who are to be
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
A Country Without a Navy.

Belgium, alone among the maritime
nations of Europe. has no navy. Even
Montenegro has feet consisting Of a
species OF antiquated cruiser and the
princes armed steam yacht. But Bel
guim has not even that. The only ship
ping belonging to the state are the mail
boats running between Ostend and Dover.
while the Kings yacht. as English built.
flies the English flag and is manned by
British tars. In fact, it is doubtful
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
EXPEL A MEMBER.

BOSTON, Mass. June 27.-The Ameri %
can institute OF Homeopathy has unanl
mously expelled DR.. William a. Shepard,
of Colorado Springs. Col, for alleged
unprofessional conduct. The mattor
came up before the convention uneX-
pectedly. In the course OF series of
reports of committees one WAS received
from the senate of seniors recommend
ing the expulsion of Dr. Shepard.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
NO HOPE FOR FYLES.

NEW YORK. June 27.-It was said at
the residence Of Franklin Fyles. the
playwright and dramatic critic. IA West
Ni3ety-fourth Street this morning that
there had been no change noticeable in
his condition for the past couple of days.
His physicians. however. entertain 10
boIe OF his recovery.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28

the Congo have become thoroughly de-
noralized and intensely hostile to white
men, and under the circumstances there
is no foreign power that would care to
add the administration of the Congo TO
its existing burden or responsibilities.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
NEGROES APPROVE LYNCHlNG

ELIZABETH, n. j.. June 27.-At a
meeting Of negroes held in Elizabeth
Friday night the murder Of Helen Bish-
op, OF Delaware, was condemned and the
Iynching of her negro assailant, George
White, was approved The speakers
were f. c. Jordan, Frederick Thomas,
and Wesley c. Weaver. all young negroes
Of above the average intelligence.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
BOSTON BANKS MERGE.

BOSTON. June 27.-The announcement
was made this afternoon that the First
National Bank and the Massachusetts,
National Bank had merged. The lsAer
will be liquidated-
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
NORTHERN CHINA ON
ON The BRINK OF RUIN
Financial Panic Reported in Tientsin
Province.

James E. Ragsdale. United States con-
SUI general al Tientsln, has reported
to the State Department that for six
months the finances Of Tientsin have
been in a deolorable condition
The Boxer uprising and the subse-
quent occupation of northern China by
the allied forces created such distrust
on the part Of the southern merchants
that commerce collapsed, while the
Shansi bankers threw the financial equi-
librium into confusion by Withdrawing
their loans Of $50. .OO0. 900 taels. or about
$4,000. 600.
These Withdrawals left Tientsin prac-
tically moneyless, and during the regime
OF the provisional government ali COM
mercial transactions were consummated
with paper money. which could not be
eashed except at a discount OF from 25
to 80 per cent
The Washington times., 1903-06-28

their loans OF $50, 100000 taels, or abOut
$4,000 900.
These Withdrawals left Tientsin prac-
tically moneyless, and during the regime
OF the provisional government ali COM
mercial transactions were consummated
with paper money, which could not be
eashed except at a discount Of from IS
to 80 per cent.
Officials Interfered.
The merchants claim. however. that
conditions would have righted them
selves had it not been for official in
reference.
Viceroy Yuan, with the assistance OF
the customs taotai, undertook TO fix Z
low rate OF interest without considering
the law OF supply and deD-ad, but the
plan did not work The .-ce-oy issued
circular in which he said in substance:
Owing to INSCRIPTIONS money dealers
cornering all the good coin and COUNTER
feiters flooding the country with bad
coin, the official bank had been opened
to redeem spurious money and reduce
the usurious rates of interest. Over
10, 1000 900 cash q. 600 cash equal taeI.
or 50 cents) were imported from other
provinces and were loaned at reasonable
rates. Public confidence was restored
for three months and notes and drafts
became universally current. The native
bankers then claimed that the Official
BanH was crippling their business and
running trade. so the bank was closed.
The bank had hardly been closed ten
days when the busy and acute Chinese
money spectators cornered all the good
money in sight and shipped it out Of the
province. This revived usurious rates
and business returned to the old ruinous
basis.
To add TO the confusion some OF the
banks recklessly issued notes which
could not be redeemed and panic was
created. Failures of the most reliable
firms occurred and it was felt on all
sides that something must be done 20
avert general disaster. The customs
taotai proposed that the foreign banks
relieve the situation by loan Of 50. .000.-
600 10 the local banks on notes bearing
the chop OF the taotai.
The foreigners did not think much Of
the chop security and declined to lend.
New Plan Approved
vfceroy Yuan next called together the
leading men of the port, asked their ad-
vice. and formulated certain rules
which. ii is thought, will relieve tho
tension.
These rules are that the native banks
may continue to issue notes, but that
the reliability of the banks shall be
tested by the authorities OF the vice.
roy's official bank; that foreign banks
lend to native banks on the production
of good security, but that the official
bank put it's chop on all orders which
are to pass the foreign banks; that the
OficiaI Bank and the foreign banks be
equally responsible for notes bearing
this chop; that the vieeroy stand as Sc
eurity to the extent of 100000 taels for
each of the five leading native banks.
and that the documents TO titles OF
goods belonging TO the native banks be
placed, under certain conditions, in the
hands OF the foreign banks.
All Of the foreign bankers except one
have approved OF this scheme. The cir
cuIation Of notes bearing this triple
guaranty Of the native. the Oficial, and
the foreign banks is expected 10 revive
the trade. not only OF Tentsin, but OF
all north China.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
The Comma Race.

Tie ialle spider is dwarf; the
female is a giant. 1t is the female
which invites the fly to walk into
her parlor. A Chicago anthropolo-
gist hns recently been prophesying
that the human race viii soon re-
semhlc tie arachnide, for the woms
en- are growing larger and the men
smaller. What viii the poor men
do il his prophecy should come trnes
They fad it hard enough even now
to get their rights, so few are left
after the women have got what they
want outfits COMPANION.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
cotfeae eeneaIooy.

DR.. William Everett at the Will
Eams college commencement gave
the genealogy of American colleges.
he said that Williams was grand
daughter of Harvard. The first
ptesident of Williams was a gradu-
ate of Yale, the first four presidents
~ Yale were graduates of Harvard,
tie first two presidents of Harvard
we're graduates of Cambridge uni
versity, Cambridge was descended
rom Oxford and Oxford from Par
Is that from Antioch, Antioch from
Alexandria and Alexandria from
athens by way of the disciples of
Aristotle. Williams was sixty-nine
Generations of men away from Soc
rates, but only nine generations of
institutions of learning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
eoidest shin.

What is stated to be the Oldest
ship in the world has recently been
sold at Tenerife to be broken up
This is the Italian ship Anita, reg
istered at the port of Genoa. The
Anita, which resembled Christopher
Columbus ship, the Santa Maria.
Was built in Genoa in 1913 and eff
3ected her last voyage at the end of
March, 1902, from Naples to Tene-
rife six or seven weeks ago. The
Anit1 was of tremendously stout
build and had weathered countless
atorms and tornadoes in all parts of
the world; but, says the Shipping
World of London, it was also the
lowest ship afioat, taking EOS days
On one voyage from Baltimore to
Eio Janeiro.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
The easinx Needs an umbreIIa.


Venice has lost her famous campa-
nile, and now Egypt has good cause
to trembie for her sphinx-at least
so says a distinguished European
Psychologist who examined tins an
eient monument recently.
+ 1t is slowly wasting away, he
says, and the sole cause is because
too much rain has recently descend
ed on il. Each year, he points out,
there are terrible showers of rain in
Egypt, which are followed by fierce
tempests, and as result the sphinx,
which has stood for centuries, is
now being slowly, but surely, de
stroged, the stone of which, ii is
fashioned being no longer able to
resist tie periodical onslaughts of
the weather.
as the only efiicacious remedy he
suggests that an immense umbrella
be placed over the monument, as
thus thu rain could be warded of,
and thu some method be also de-
vised to protect it against the sand
which capelops it during tenpests.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
AMY RATIoNs.

y Il
A perusal Of the annual report of
General J ohm F. Weston, chief com
missary of the army, viii convince
the reader that to be an efficient
officer one must have knowledge
of business methods as well as of
tactics. The army consumed in the
last year s, So, 07s pounds of beef
and mutton, and by the business
arrangements of the department
this was delivered at a reasonable
price. The Philippine supply was
sent from Australia and was of the
First class refrigerated kind. The
beef was bought ut an average of
6.6S cents pound and the mutton
for $50 cents a pound. The delivA
cry at army stations averaged 2
cents pound. In drawing COM
PARSONS between prices paid by the
United States government and Eng
land General Weston points to the
fact that a ration of beef alone, de-
hvered to the British army IN South
Africa, cost more than aour entire
ration of beef, flour, fresh and dried
vegetables, fruit, coffee, etc., deliy-
cred at Manila.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
kainr EnalIah.

The historic Babu will have to
look to his laupels now that the
educated Kaffirs has entered the
field, says the London Speaker.
The following is the text of letter
sent BY . government employee who
had been officially rebukcd for his
intemperate habits:
Having promulgated by conduct
ct drinking presumptuously, beg
81 tel me nominally the person in
formed you. Consulted by specula-
tons, the case should be reprimand-
cd for the derogation of my name.
When you addressed your inspec.
ton, I perceived dishonest informed.
ding; otherwise I am not contro-
vsrsial acumen. Remember you are
forced to tell me. The matter is
not to be appreciated handsomely,
because It was proclaimed publicly.
Quiclxness of the answer will SO
oblige yours truly
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
onion SOUP:

Onion soup is often liked by peo-
pie who disdain the savory herb in
any other.form. There is no doubt
Of the wholesomeness of the onion,
and those who have never tried the
soup are recommended to use this
celebrated recipe of the elder Du-
mas: Take for three pints of soup
four Bermuda onions or eight COM
mon white ones, mince them and fry
to a golden brown in two table
spoonfuis~ of butter. Pour in two
quarts of water, season with pepper
and salt and boil until the onions
are quite soft. Beat the yolks of
three eggs, mix with the soup and
pour the mixture over slices of
toasted bread. Milk may be used
instead of water in this soup.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
NO PETRIFIED SONGS THERE.

Representative Lacey, who is
chairman of the committee on pub
lie lands, was recently urging the
passage of his bill to make nation
al park of the petrifed forest in
ASizona and telling the house that
this tract was. one Of the wonders
Of the world when Representative
hobinson interrupted him.
May ash, said the Indiana
representatiye, Of this is a forest
where petrifed birds sing petrifed
songs as they perch on. the petrified
branches Of the petrifed- trees, the
one where the petrffied fish are
swimming in petrified streams;
where the petrifed buffalo is seen
Suspended IN the petrifed atmos-
pierre, having tried to jump across
the canyon and having been petri-
fed in transit and still hangs there
because the force of graritation is
retrifed too ~
"0h, no, replied Mr.. Lacey @that
il IN the Yellowstone. There are no
rsSrifed songs IN this forest; all the
songs are up to date Nv Washington
Times.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
Uses Of eAId Riee.

The uses OF tdd rice cannot be
enumerated. Ttefe are so many
methods of Transforming it into
most attractive dishes that many
housewives while preparing hot rice
for the table cook double portion
and reserve it for various uses. A
cup of rice is a pleasant addition to
many hot breakfast breads. 1t may
be made into delicious puddings,
fritters, pancakes, mixed with cup
of cold tomato or even leftover to-
mato soup, well seasoned, sprinkled
with cheese and buttered bread
crumbs and baked till brown, when
it appears as a palatable entree. 1t
can be utilized for croquettes, drop
cakes, for thickening to soups and
stews; it may be curried, worked
into leftover meat dishes and even
changed into ice cream.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
Ruddlnas from stale cake.

Stale cake, especially sponge cake
or lady myers, may be converted
into delisious buildings. Where the
pudding is to be steamed or baked
cut the cake in fingers or break it
into crumbs. If the pudding is to
be soaked with wine, have custard,
fruit juice or cream poured over it.
Cut it in slices. Reject icing when
preparing a pudding, 1t generally
makes a Pudding sweeter than is de-
sirable. A good plain pudding is
made BY putting slices Of the stale
cake in steamer and when moist
serving with a spoonful of straw
berry or marmalade sauce. 1t may
be covered when cold with hot
stewed berries and served with
cream. Stale sponge cake serves
for foundation for charlotte russo
and cabinet pudding, or if steamed
may be covered with Strawberries
and whipped cream, when it makes
an excellent imitation of strawberry
shortcake.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
Well seasoned Newa.

A writer in the Boston Transcript
says that ''far up in the icy north
ern wastes of Canada we have heard
there lives an official of the Hudson
Bay company to whom but once a
year mail and provisions come. He
is an ardent reader of the London
Times, receiving with each annual
arrival of the modern Mayfower
sledge the complete edition of a
year. Each morning he unfolds at
breakfast copy of the Times, just
one year old upon that date. For
him the Boer war has not yet closed,
for him the Lucania's and the Kali
ser Wilhelm's docking months ago
are not yet in. We are writing him
this morning asking if he has ever
considered taking boarders."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
The oarrote In Porto Rico.

The garrote still 1ourishes in Por-
VI Rico. It is popularity reckoned
relic of barbarism, but there is emf
nent authority for the proposition
that it is the most scientific of all
the methods of administering cap
ital punishment. That it excites
horror however, is indicated by the
act that in the latest executions a,
\ bnvict murderer acted as execu-
.oner, as no other person could be
obtainsd to- perform the duty. At
the garroting last year this same
convict acted as executioner, for
which service his term of imprison-
nient was committed. He will now
b set at liberty and will receive
400 for his work.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
speneer is Probably Rlnh..

Herbert Spencer is quoted as say
ing that he has no illusions as to
the popularity of philosophy. al
think it probabls that if you would
ask ninety-nine out of a hundred
people whether they would daily
take a spoonful of cod liver oil or
read chapter of my Principles of
Psychology they would prefer the
cod liver oil" he said. The philoso-
Pher has again declared that he is
broken by the burden of years and
has laid his pen down forever as
far as any large work is concerned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-06
Facts About Soar

There is much CASTLE soap which
is not Mt all good for hair or skin.
Good CASTLE soap can be told by its
clean, agreeable smell, not of rancid
refuse oils or of cottonseed oil I'M
purified, which is unpleasant in any
state till it is carefully treated and
which develops bad smell on the
hands after drying. A sharp pot
ash odor-i- e., like potash-is not a
good sign. The alkali is too strong
and will irritate the skin. Good old
soap dries quickly after wetting;
poor soap in n Shiny way. Babies
and children suffer untold miseries
from poor soap, which, especially
when not well rinsed off, causes irri-
tation about the throat aud armpits
and legs, making the children fret
full and tiresome. They suffer dis
comforts their elders would find in
tolereble.