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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
Led Way Through Danger.

On his return to Europe via the Red
Sea he found an immense fleet of passen
ger liners and merchant vessels of one
kind and another lying at Suez afraid to
enter the canal in consequence of state
ments that ii had been mined at a num-
Der of places by the participators in the
Arab Instruction, which was then in
full swing. There was likewise the dan
ger that any vessel that attempted to go
through the canal would be raked by In
surgent guns from the high banks on
either side of this great waterway, and
promptly seized and destroyed If she hap
pened to run aground.
Like Admiral Dewey when he declined
TO take into account the mines with
which the entrance to the Bay of Ma
Mia was said to be defended, Admiral
NORM refused to be deferred by the pos
sibility of hostile action on the part of
the insurgents, whose aim ii was to drive
all Europeans and unbelievers out of
Egypt, or to destroy them. He steamed
boldly into the canal, followed at a re-
spectful distance by the entire shipping
that had been waiting at Suez, and with
his decks cleared for action and his guns
loaded, passed safely through the entire
length of the waterway, reaching Port
Said at its Mediterranean extremity
without let or hindrance.
For time he commanded the Italian
Mediterranean fleet. and visiting most
of the Mediterranean ports on board the
battleship "Duilio.'' made himself thor
oughly acquainted with all the features
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
Italy's New Foreign Minister,

King Victor Emmanuel's new minister
of foreign affairs Admiral Constantine
NORM is Genoese. and unlike his pre-
decessor has travelled extensively. In
deed. he Is one of the only two foreign
ministers of Europe who have been in
the United States, and who have a per-
sonal experience of the New World, the
other being Lord Lansdowne. the Eng
lish secretary of state for foreign at
airs, who visited New York and Wash
ington on several occasions during his
tenure of Office of governor general of
Canada
The admiral is fifty-nine years of age,
won the silver medal for exceptional
gallantry at the taking of Ancona forty
years ago, and was one of the principal
witnesses against Admiral Persano when
the latter was tried for his conduct IN
connection with the crushing defeat
sustained by the Italian fleet at the
hands of the Austrian squadron at the
battle of LISA in 1866. He was in this
country about twenty-five years ago
visiting all the principal American
ports, on board the cruiser Garibadi,
which he commanded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
The Tiger Is Ready.

The Tiger is preparing for a great
fight this fall but the anti Tammanyites
are already active. A preliminary meet
ing of representatives of the various
organizations which are parties to the
fusion viii be held next Monday night,
and plans for a renewal of the alliance
be brought together again, Mayor Low
will be renominated, but even his
warmest friends believe that his chances
of election would be much smaller than
they were two years ago.
Probably the man most talked of in
connection with the Tammany nomina-
tion is Representative George B. Nc
Clellan. He was elected to Congress
for a fifth term last fall. but, of course.
would willingly relinquish COMPRESSION
al honors to become the head of the
municipal government of New York,
where the opportunities for political ad-
yancement in his case would be much
greater. He has an untarnished record
both in Congress and as president of the
board of aldermen, which office he held
before he came to Congress. With him as
their candidate. and with the present
feeling against the Low administration
in New York. Tammany ought to win
with comparative ease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
LIGHT TELLS LAWYERS
JUDGE is ON BENCH
Ingenious Innovation introduced in
Court House.

The members of the Washington bar
are now informed OF the presence of
Justice Gould in Equit" Court No. z
of the Supreme Court of the District, by
electric light. Equity Court No. 2
is located in the extreme southeast
corner on the third floor of the City
Hall. Many of the practitioners before
the District Supreme Court, 1t is said,
disliked making the journey to the
courtroom without first being certain
that the presiding justice was on the
bench.
After considering the matter for some
time 1t is said Attorney John Ridout
appealed to United States Marshal Au-
lick Palmer for relief. The matter was
then referred to Assistant Marshal Rob-
inson, who instructed the bailiE On duty
il Equity Court No. 2, when the court
Is in session. to turn on the cleo
tricity in the bulb which hangs over
the first turn in the stairway which leads
to the courtroom.
This was done today and will be done
every other day in future. In addition
the following notice has been put up
at the foot of the stairway: Equity
Court No. 2-When the stair light ID
burning the Judge is in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08

of
German Army o
Empesso of il Cpenhag

push him from his path. struck blow
at the monarch. The latter's daughter
namely, the widowed Czarina, quickly
and instinctively threw herself in front
of her father, and received the blow in
tended for him on the shoulder, and
though it caused her to reel, yet for
tunately it does not seem to have in
fiicted any serious injury
Before the man could do any further
harm he was seized by bystanders
and would have been lynched haC
it not been for the timely ar
rival OF the police. This happened tht
very day before the Empress and her
sister, Queen Alexandra of England, left
Copenhagen at the conclusion of their
annual spring visit to their father al
Copenhagen.
1t is not the first time that the EN-
press of Russia has been subjected to
an affront of this kind at Copenhagen
Not long after the accession of her faith
er to the throne, at moment when he
was terribly unpopular. the carriage in
which she was driving with him through
the streets of his capital was pelted
with mud and with stones by the same
mob which afterward broke all the
windows of his palace. One OF the
stones, a sharp flint, inflicted a Sc
we're cut on the forehead OF the then
Princess Dagmar, and although nearly
forty years have elapsed since then, the
Empress bears the scar of the wound to
this day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
BRINGS PREHISTORIC
RELICS FROM PORTO RICO
Dr.. Fewkes Adds Materially to Gov
eminent Collection.

DR.. Fewkes. of the Bureau of Eth
nology, has recently returned to Wash
ington from Porto Rico, bringing with
him large and Interesting collection
OF stone and earthenware implements
used on the island by the prehistoric
inhabitants. These he found buried In
mounds and caves
This collection OF DR.. Fewkes more
than doubles the previous collection
from Porto Rico owned by the Smith
sonian Institution, and is regarded as
valuable evidence OF the character OF
the prehistoric inhabitants
Some of the designs in the earthen-
ware are similar to those found in pre-
historic pottery discovered along the
South Atlantic Coast OF the United
States, while still other designs would
point to relation with the former in
habitants OF Mexico and Central Ameri-
ca.
Among the collection are some frag-
ments Of bones and skulls, the only ones
ever taken from the island SO far as is
known. which should prove valuable to
the scientists studying the anthropology
of the island.
During his trip, DR.. Fewkes also visit
ed Haiti. and collected a few relics OF
the prehistoric people, but was inter-
rupted in his work by the revolution
and had TO give II up
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
FORESTRY BUREAU CHIEF
GOING TO MINNESOTA

Clifford Pinchot. chief Of the Forestry
Bureau, has gone to Minnesota to look
over the Chippewa Indian lands that
are to be set aside for forest reserve
according to the Morris bill. a large
part of the proposed reserve has al
ready been surveyed by the Forestry
Bureau. but several knotty questions
have arisen in regard to the selection
of lands, and Mr.. Pinchot has gone TO
look into the matter in person
All forest reserves taken from the
public lands are designated by the
President of the United States, but this
particular reserve. being set aside from
Indian lands, required an act OF Con-
gross.
Mr.. Pinchot will remain In Minnesota
for three weeks The plans of the
Forestry Bureau for the coming field
season are not yet completed, and no
parties Will be sent into the field before
the last of June or first OF July. The
employees of the bureau are now in
Washington mapping the work OF the
past season and completing their re-
ports.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
A Shrewd Statesman.

From 1893 to 1896 he was minister of
marine in Crispis cabinet, and before
being created a senator three years ago,
served several terms in the chamber Of
deputies as representative for Genoa.
Florence, and Spezia- He is not elo-
quent, but speaks easily, effectively,
logically, and convincingly, has most
charming manners. is a thorough man
of the world. and is renowned for his
tact. At Rome, among the diplomatic
corps. he is looked upon as one of the
shrewdest of Italian statesmen.
His successor as minister of the naval
department is Admiral Bettolo, like
himself a native of Genoa, and who was
in command of the Italian ships that
took part in the international naval
demonstration in American waters in
connection with the Columbian cele-
bratfon. He, too, wears on his breast
badges of distinction. conferred for ex-
ceptiona1 bravery. and in particular. a
bronze medal for the fearless services
which he rendered during the last great
cholera epidemic. He has already once
before been minister of marine, name
ly, in the second cabinet of General
PelouX.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
Chance for the Mayor.

Successful mayors are just now much
talked of as Democratic possibilities,
and if Little Mac is chosen mayor
of Greater New York by large ma
jority, there is no reason why his name
should not be added to the list of can
didates for the Presidential nomination.
If the mayor of Nashville. Tenn. can
receive favorable mention, why should
not the mayor of New York be entitled
to be placed among the eligibles with
Mayor Harrison. Mayor Johnson, and
the rest of them?
However Independent and free from
craftsmanship Mayor Low may be in the
conduct of the city government, the fact
remains that he is a Republican. and IN
a national campaign the assistance his
administration would be able to give
would be naturally to the Republican
candidates. Hence the Democrats of the
nation are Interested In seeing Tam
many restored to power before the Pres
idential campaign Of 1904.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
NEW ARMY RIFLE MAY
SUPPLANT PRESENT ONE

The board OF ordnance of the army
will recommend to Secretary Root the
adoption of the new army rifles as a
substitute for the Krag -Jorgensen now
in use. The new gun, the Springfield
magazine rifle. is a design OF the Ord
nance Department. and has a barrel
but twentyfour inches In length, six
inches shorter than the regulation
Krag-Jorgensen rife. and two inches
longer than the Krag Jorgensen carbine
now used by the cavalry.
1t is proposed by the Ordnance De-
partment that the rifles of the infantry
and cavalry snail be uniform, and II its
report is adopted. it will have the eff
feet not only of displacing the Krag-
Jorgensen rifle. but the carbine of the
cavalry now in use. 1t is claimed for
the new gun that it has all the gocd
features of the Krag- Jorgensen, with
several material improvements, and is
alao about one mound lighter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
West Virginia's Coal Wealth.

The people of eastern West Vir-
ginia are much interested in the an
thracite coal beds in the Morgan county
section Of the State said State Senator
William Campbell, of Charlestown, w.
Va, at the Raleigh this morning. West
Virginia will soon be the greatest coal
producing State in the Union, but the
greater part of the production will be
of the bituminous kind. l am of the
opinion there is anthracite coal in my
section of the State, and am waiting TO
see its development commenced If
there is any great amount of it, the
conditions of the eastern part of the
State will be greatly changed. The
population is now composed entirely of
farmers and retired business people.
With the advent of hard coal miners
the eastern part of the State would be
populated with foreigners who are
usually employed in that class of mines.
AS far as wealth is concerned, however,
it would mean complete change of
conditions. In my section of the State
the civil war did much harm, and many
OF the residents have not fully recovered
their fortunes. With coal under their
farms, it would mean a snug fortune for
many of those who are now compelled
to depend entirely upon the farm
products for living. I do not mean
to say We have no wealthy farmers We
have many of them, but there are hun
dreds OF others whom the anthracite
coal development would aid materially .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08

Trustworthy Woman's revolution IN
her sphere has made her outlook on
life more narrow, her judgment OF
men, women, and things more dis
tinctly ministerial, and her sense OF
justice personal rather than impartial,
Woman is naturally more spiritually
minded than man, but man IS quite
apt to get the better practical results
in solving a concrete problem.
Mrs. Livermore and President Eliot
Notwithstanding, man and woman
stand before the world fairly bal
anced. They should go best III double
harness. And sometimes they do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
American Ideas Rule Europe.

Everywhere you go in Europe. it is
American flour, American machinery.
American hotels. American railroads,
American electric lines, American cleo
trio lighting, and American ideas gener-
ally" said Isaac jackson, of GIossop,
England, at the Shoreham. this morning.
Il have Travelled over Europe, and visit
ed every large city on the Continent, bat
there Is no place one goes to he does
not run into the ubiquitous American
and his idea OF progress. I am greatly
surprised at the wonderful development
of this country. A little over one hun
dred years ago, the United States was
fighting for freedom, with an insignifi-
cant army of men. English capital aft
erward came to the United States, and
big Investments were made Later they
owned a majority of stock in every large
railroad system in the country. Now.
conditions are reversed. English money
has been driven out OF the country by
the hustling Americans, and now the
American is investing his capital in
foreign countries. London is having a
great electric railroad system started by
American capital Many railroads are
owned by American capital. J. Pier
pont Morgan has mastered the financing
of the great merchant marine, and were
it not for the prohibitiye orders OF the
English government every outlet for
English commerce would be controlled
by American capital. Washington is a
beautiful place. Every street is broac
and well shaded. The best mathnds NJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
Man and Woman.
They Stand Before the World Fairly
Balanced.
Baer.

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore has come
from her retirement to tell the
interested young women of today how
fortunate they are. When she was
young a girl was taught to stay at
home and obey her parents until she
married and went to her husbands
home and obeyed him. Mrs. Liver
more also chides President Eliot be-
cause once he said that the admission
of women to Harvard would be the
lowering of the standard. She calls
attention to the fact that little later,
when students Of Harvard and Rad
cliffe competed, it was Radcliffe girl
who took the prize for a Horace
translation.
Mrs. Livermore may rest assured
that no man today, unless he be fool
man, is going to enter upon any argu-
ment to prove feminine inferiority.
He may have his private opinion,
publicly expressed by his proneness
to take the advice of the average man
as against the advice Of the average
woman, but he isn't arguing the ques-
ton. He has learned by experience.
Even Mrs. Livermore, however, will
allow that the years during which the
weaker vessel theory was hard ct
work have left their mark on woman.
PROFESSIONALLY, woman's capabilitie:
are equal to those of man, but al
present they are developed along quite
different lines. In word, man is
practical; woman is theoretical.
Mans training has made him more
broad-minded, more charitable, with
an instinct for justice inherently more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
Tammany a Power.

Last year when shorn of all power,
so far as the holding OF offices Is con-
cerned, under the leadership of Charles
J. Murphy, Tammany rolled up the
phenomenal majority of 122, 900 for the
Hon. Bird S. Coler. to the surprise OF
Tammany's friends as well as its
enemies
Intrenched in Office again there would
seem to be no limit to the majority
the Democracy might get in Greater
New York if the right sort of candi-
date is nominated. Hence the Demo-
Gratis of the nation are deeply interest
mayoralty contest
There have been indications for many
months, and they are growing stronger
every day, that the forces which united
and overthrow Tammany in the fall of
1901 will not harmonic as well again
as they did in that memorable cam
paign. The fusion OF Republicans, the
Greater New York Democracy. the Ger
mans, the Citizen Unionists and the
other organizations of voters which
coalesced two years ago and drove Tam
many from power, will not be so COM
plete or so successful this year.
The Low administration has not been
all that It's supporters had hoped that
1t would be; its reforms, pledged during
the campaign. have not wrought all that
was promised; the memories of the vo-
tiers OF New York are not long lived, and
because they fail to see the results from
the fusion government which they had
been led TO expect. they are ready to
forget the vices of Tammany and to as
sist in turning the affairs of the city
over 20 the Wigwam.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
No Fighting in Morocco.

81 have heard no unfavorable news
from Morocco" said James W. LANCER
man, a former United States consul at
Tangier, but now employed by the COM
1nissioners of the st. Louis Exposition
TO look after foreign exhibits. Mr..
Langerman arrived in Washington last
night from New York and is registered
at the Arlington. II think the reports
OF renewed fighting in Morocco have
been manufactured out of the whole
cloth I have received private advices
from Morocco saying the fighting has
ceased and peace is assured. When I
left the country, two months ago, the
end seemed near at hand and l think il
is here"
Perhaps no one in the United States
is so we'll acquainted with the situation
IN Morocco as Mr.. Langerman. He
spent several years in Tangier and has
travelled all over the domain of the Sui
tan and is familiar with conditions. On
his recent trip to see the Sultan in be
half of the st. Louis exposition, Mr..
Langerman travelled twelve days over
land with large armed escort to reach
the Sultan and place before him the
commissioners request for his assist
ance.
That the Sultan purposes sending an
elaborate exhibit is we'll known, and it
is possible the Sultan himself will come
to the United States and attend the
opening OF the big fair. The Sultan
is young man, twenty-eight years OF
age. He Is progressive, and looks for
ward to the st. Louis Fair with much
anticipation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
Life One Round of Pleasure.

Eben Smith, of California. is a guest
at the New Willard. He is a former
banker of Denver. Col. where he was
engaged in many business enterprises
with David H Moffett, the majority
stakeholder in the Chesapeake Beach
Railroad. Mr.. Smith retired from bust
ness several years ago and lives on an
annuity received from a life insurance
company which contracted with him to
pay him 500 900 year for life acd then
pay his daughters a smaller annuity
each for a long term of years. Con-
sequently. Mr. Smith has nothing TO do
but enjoy life. which he does in travel
ing. He will remain in Washington for
several days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-08
SETTING HONOLULU
RIGHT ON THE CHART
Correct Longitude to Be Determined by
Coast Survey Work.

The first set of observations to de-
termine the longitude of Honolulu by
comparison of it's time with that of San
Francisco, has been completed by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey. The first link
in the new Pacific cable is the instru-
ment used In this work Hitherto the
longitude of Honolulu has been deter
mined by carrying chronometers on
shipboard from San Francisco to that
port. The constant jar due to the mo-
ton of the sea is apt to make a chron-
ometer inaccurate and IT is possible the
longitude hitherto attributed to Homo
lulu will be found wrong.
When the longitude of San Francisco
was first taken by means of telegraphic
connection with an Eastern point, San
Francisco was found to be a mile far
lther west than ii was registered on the
chart. The determination of the longi-
tude is in charge OF Assistants Fremont
Morse and Edwin Smith. Mr.. Morse has
been taking observations in San Fran
cisco and Mr.. Smith in Honolulu. They
will now exchange stations and con-
tinue their observations.
Assistant J. v. Doun has begun topo-
graphic work on the Potomac River in
the vicinity of Marshall Hall.
Assistant a. T. Masman has gone to
New York TO take charge OF the tri-
Of Greater New York. This
work has been undertaken by the city
authorities.
Assistant W. W. Duffield has gone to
the Kentucky mountains on months
leave of absence.
Assistant II. T. Retter is in Seattle,
Wash, organizing a party for work in
Prince William Sound, Alaska, during
the coming field season.