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The Washington times., 1903-04-23
GIVE NO EXTRA PAY
FOR OVERTIME WORK
Commissioners Must Employ Out.
siderS In Water Office.

The District Commissioners will be
compelled 10 employ persons not now in
the service of the Government TO pre-
pare the card record system in the Of
fee Of the water registrar, or make Dis
trict employees work overtime without
extra compensation. The Comptroller
of the Treasury has determined the
question in his answer to the Commits
sioners VINO requested information as to
the manner in which the 81, 600 appro-
priation shall be used.
The Comptroller vas asked whether
under the act of Congress making the
appropriation annual or per diem en-
ployes of the water registrars ONCE, OF
OF other District Offices, could be en-
gagged after hours and receive pay for
such services. The Comptroller cited
authorities to show that II is unlawful
to allow to an employe OF the Govern
ment compensation in addition to that
fxed by law for his services. except By
act of Congress
Under the exception designated, comes
tue Hofh oi preparing general dSsesS-
ment books and tax certificates II
these cases Congress provided for the
payment of employees Of the District AS
/ SCISSORS Office for overtime work.
The District Commissioners have tbs
authority 10 fix the number OF hours 4
day that District employees must work
and the Comptroller rules the Commis
/ sfonsrs pzv Il racessarv erfeud tbs
number Of WorgJ pZ .,.1c Irs in oeder L
/ prepare the system desired The Com
missioners will employ outside forces
/ however. and not add to the duties o
District employees. when it viii be impos
sible TO give them additional compen
sation.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
WOMAN NOTARY MUST
ANSWER SERIOUS CHARGE
Pension Office Clerk Accused of
FalsIfying Affidavit,

Employees and officials Of the Pension
once are busiIy discussing the case Of
a woman notary employed in the Of
fee who has been charged with falsify-
ing an afidavit This woman has been
in the employ Of the Office since 1888, and
was considered a faithful and efficient
worker until the present scandal arose.
The story told of the affair is that in
her capacity OF notary she took an an
dayit to a pension claim and having the
papers in her possession made inter
linear changes in the papers which per
fected claim which otherwise would
not have been allowed. The witnesses
10 the documents were summoned and
asked about some of the interlineations
but protested they. knew nothing Of
them. II is said there are hints that
signatures were forged,
commissioner Ware Wzs iE1Iaedia e5 y
informed. and charges were preferred
against the female notary The incident
was kept as quiet as possible, and has
only leaked out in the last few days
How Tar the investigation has proceeded,
or what has been learned Of the details
OF the tTailSr1t ltOAi- lbb+AE u hAA' @@--N----
viii say Mr. Ware was asked about
the case this morning, and replied II
/ was one of those things which It would
! do 70 good to publish When further
pressed for information, the Commis-
sioner gallantIy replied;
Il would not give out any i'll news
about woman. even if she we're accused
} Of murder
/ The accused woman has given her
/ testimony. but the papers have not yet
! been forwarded to Secretary of the IN
terror Httchcock. MT- Hitchcock knows
/ of the case. but this morning refused
/ 10 make any comment The papers viii
/ eventually 90 the appointment division
( of the Interior Department. but there II
was said this morning they had not
/ been received, aud nothing was known
OF them in the Office. except from gossip
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
GREAT FALLS ROAD
NOW IN NEW HANDS
Transferred to Company
Headed by J. r. Mclean.
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE
Money Voted for Repairs Of Aqueduct
Bridge-Road to Be Double-Tracked
and Well Equipped.

The stock of the original Old Do
minion and Great Falls Electric Rail-
way Company was transferred in Ross
Iyn yesterday TO q new company OF the
same name, headed by John R Nc
Lean. A new board of directors was
elected Certain preliminaries attending
the prospective use of the Aqueduct
Bridge were met. and the stockholders
adjourned after having given their Of
fcers the instructions necessary to the
beginning of construction.
The new board of directors follows.
John R. Mclean. r. H. GoIdsborough. c.
H. Livingston. Robert d Weaver, Will
lam F. Hart, George G. Boteler, and
Senator Nathan B. Scott
These gentlemen and Senator Stephen
B. Eikins are believed TO hold all the
stock in the new railway COMPANY The
amount of their joint holdings is not
known, but is believed to be about $3.50
GOO IN any event, about this sum is now
paid in and has been drawn upon for
the purchase of the old company's hold
ings, and the payment Of $25. 900 to the
District Commissioners for the repair of
the Aqueduct Bridge so that ii can with
stand the added strain OF street car traf-
/ fc-
| All the gentlemen named attended the
meeting at RossIyn excepting the two
/ Senator's from West Virginia. Follow
/ ing the transfer OF the rights and priv
iIeges of the old company to the new.
! they discussed the plans fer the rail-
j road with more detail than at any ear
| iier meeting.
| It was agreed, as indicated in The
/ Times OF last Monday. that construction
/ should begin with the least possible de
/ lay. With that erd in view The allow
ance Of $25, 600 for the Improvement OF
TIE Aqueduct Bri6ge was voted 70 be
paid today II was further agreed. as
| heretofore stated. to equip the road
with double tracks. ballasted with stone
from Georgetown TO the far terminus
and with the best passenger and freight
cars now manufactured for electric rail
wa~ uses
The tracks viii cross the Aqueduc
! Bridge and end near the present car bar
of the Capital Traction Company. Their,
was some talk Of a transfer arrange
ment with the latter lines. but the cor
| sensus Of opinion seemed to be tha
such move would be tIl-advised. III,
present purpose Of the directors is {,
conduct their lire entirely as an inde.
pendent enterprise.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON
SAILS TO DRILL GROUNDS

TIE North Atlnatic squadron, com
prising the KesrsaTge- Olympia, Ala
bama, Illinois. Iowa and Scorpion, left
Pensacola today for the southern drill
grounds off the Virginia capes. where
the review will be held in the presence
cf Admiral Dewey and the general
beard. Secretary Moody is going to Bos-
ton aud viii not attend TIE review.
While the ships are of the capes Rear
admiral Higgiusou win turn over the
command OF the squadron to Rear Ad-
miral Barker. -
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
NO POWER TO REMOVE
UNSANITARY HOUSES
Commissioners Fully Cognizant OF
SIum Conditions, But Helpless.

Budget Meakin. Cf London. in his
structures on the alleys and siums Of
Washington. did rot imDart any infor-
nation to the authorities. The condi-
tions of which he spoke are well known
to the District Commissioners. 20 the
Building and Health departments, and
to the Associated Charities.
Commissioner MacfaTlaHd today,
speaking Of the matter, said:
..For several years the Commissioners
have been endeavoring 20 secure from
Congress law which would enable them
to improve housing conditions in the
District OF Columbia By dealing effee-
lively with unssnitary buildings, espe-
ciaIly those IN alleys. The Commission
ers are we'll aware OF the bad eondi-
ion Of many of the buildings in which
he poorest OF the poor live, but theg
! aave not the power, under existing law
either 10 remove The buildings or pre-
vent them from being occupied, even
when they arc plainly unfit for human
habitation and mepace 10 the general
health of the community
"Our laws and building regulations
now prevent the erection Of new build
ings in such way as to produce IN
sanitary conditions, and we have. under
the District code. authority for opening,
widening, and extending alleys and
minor streets. with provision for re-
endorsement BY assessment, although
our appropriation is not adequate. But
he effort TO secure the additional leg-
islation needed has not yet succeeded
Of Congress-"
The Washington times., 1903-04-23

A T Stuart, Superintendent of the
Public Schools. said last night that
the board had drafted a compulsory
education bill. and will present it to
the District Commissioners at the end
OF a week or ten days The bill, if
approved by the Commissioners and the
Corporation Counsel. viii be introduced
in Congress at the next session.
This bill will compel parents living
in the District of Columbia 10 send their
children, between the ages Of eight and
fourteen, TO private or public schools
for period of from twelve TO sixteen
weeks each year In case this law Is
not obeyed. the parents will be fined
the exact amount has not yet been fixed
or il the children prove iusorrigioie
and refuse to attend school. they vii
be assigned to q reform school
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
PERHAPS FATALLY BURNED
AT KITCHEN STOVE

Aname from head 10 foot Rachael
Johnson, an aged negress. was. per
haps fatally burned this morning at the
residence Of Charles Thomas, 3108 P
Street northwest. where she was en-
pIoyed as a servant She was taken TO
the Georgetown University Hospital.
where the physicians pronounced her
condition extremely critical
The woman had been working near a
stove in tHe kitchen. when her clothes
brushed against the hot iron. and imme-
diaIely igrited- Like n fash the flames
consumed the garments, enveloping her
in q fierce heat Her body was severe
" burned, and the physicians believe
she cannot survive the wounds longer
than d few hours.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
BOWEN CONFERS WITH
BRITISH AMBASSADOR

Minister Bowen and Sir Michael Her
bert. The British ambassador arc in con
ference this afternoon. the result o.
which wiz determine what questions in
the Venezuelan affairs viii go to Tha
Hague FOR settlement. and when the
matter VIII be submitted.
3lr. Bowen returned last night from an
extended trip to New York In addition
% tAe conference with the British am
bsssador ajr. Bowen spent some time
today is c.fFvsTaatiou with Senior Pulido,
charge agfaires of the Venezuelan le-
CATION
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN
PHILIPPINES DISCUSSED
PARENTS MUST SEND
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
Dzatf of Compulsory Education Las Nearly Peeced- Ia
Be Submitted 10 Congress.

The bill also provides for the ap-
pointment OF truant officers TO enforce
this Law.
There has been q strong sentiment
in the District recently in avor Of such
law. and the Board of Education is
making every effort TO present Drac-
ticabIe and reasonable bill to Congress.
There is in existence a law compelling
parents in the District to educate their
children, but it has never been en-
forced for two reasons. In the first
place it provides for fines to be paid
by the parents 10 the District schools.
a provision which is now illegal. as all
such moneys go directly to the United
States Treasury; and secondly there
are no officers appointed to see that the
citizens conform to this law.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
GRANT AN ADVANCE.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, April 23.-Throu2h
headquarters for district Ne. 19. United
Mine Workers OF America, the fact was
made public last night that FIVE OF the
largest coal companies at JeIlico hal
Voluntarily granted a 10 per cent IL
crease IN wages 10 their employees.
Notices were posted at the mines yes
reTday that the increase is 10 date from
April /.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
INDEX TO TODAY'S TIMES.

British Army Defeated.
Wreck on Southern Road.
Catholics Discuss Education.
Joe" Hickey Dies Suddenly.
3-Bryan's Choice of Leaders.
Rules for Rifle Contests.
4-Mysterious Disease in Montana.
5-Reform Saloon in New York.
Events in Alexandria.
Editorials.
Marquise de Fontenoy.
I'm Society's Realm.
Baseball, Racing, and Other Sports
e-Maryland and Virginia News Note:
1o-Finance and Commerce.
12-virginia Woman's Strange Story.
Knights Templar Visitation.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
Traffic Halted.
TWO BUILDINGS or
STE OF UNION STATION SOLD

Thirty-two OF tho 400 buildings TO be
sold at arction to make way for the
new Union station were disposed Of this
morning at prices ranging from s. 80
s42e. in many fnstencea only she front
and rear walls Of the structures we're
sold. owing to he fact that The ad-
joining buildings were still occupied
James ". RatcIlEe viii continue the
sales until the entire lot has been sold
and cleared from the premises.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
ENGINEER KILLED IN
EARLY MORNING WRECK
ON SOUTHERN RAILROAD
The Southwestern Limited
Crashes Into Freight Car.
WASHINGTON MAN INJURED
Two Mail Cars Burned-Express Was
Travelling at Rate 9f Fifty Miles
an Hour.
WASHINGTON MAN INJURED
Special to The Washington Tines


LYNCHBURG. Va. April 23.-Because
the rear of a freight train, presumed to
have taken the siding. had dropped back
and the caboose extended out upon the
main track. the northbound Washington
and Southwestern Limited on the South
ern Railroad was wrecked early this
morning at Wilmer, small station
south OF Lynchburg. The engineer was
killed and several were injured.
The Killed.
Charles R. Kinney, engineer; lived
in Thomasville, ". c.; crushed to
death
The Injured
NJ. S. Fealy, postal clerk; lived at
1oz Massachusetts, Avenue, Washing
ton, D. c.; slightly injured on left leg.
F. B. Brooks, postal clerk; lived in
Culpeper, Va; head cut, slight.
]. E Harding, fireman, colored; lived
in Spencer, N, c.; slightly injured.
Cars Caught AfIe.
The cars of the passenger train we're
rot damaged except the two mail cars.
which caught FIRE from the gas and
were burned The mail was saved ez-
cept for a small amount which was on
the working tables. and was consumed
by the flames before the postal clerks.
uninjuFed could save IL
The northbound passenger train al
tFe time of the accident was running at
the rate Of about fifty miles an hour
When the collision occurred the en-
CINE of the Limited was ditched and
Engineer Kinney caught in the wreck,
crushing his life out instantly. Fire
man Harding was brown from the train
and painfully injured Postal Clerk
FeaIy was thrown through the mail car.
but only slightly injured. He assisted il
caring for the mail after the accident
Traffic Halted
The trac. was blockaded fer Ava
hours. The passengers were transferred
and taken 10 Lynchburg, where th'
Southern Railroad served them witt
/ breakfast At 10 o'clock the train VA.
made up and the trip to Washington
begun
The officials Of the road say the de
Iayed train viii arrive in WashingtoI
! this afternoon. Postal Clerk Fealy !.
On the train and will continue his trips
/ MS injuries having been pronounced in
( consequential. The crew of the fTeigh
! -rai=f has been SUSPENDED.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
WEATHER REPORT.

The weather viii continue fair and
cool tonight iH the middle and south
Atlantic ard cast Gulf States. with frost
indicated generally, except in FioTica
and along the GaIf coast Tomorrow
the temperature viii rise. In the Ohio
valley and lower lake region he weather
viii be fair and warmer.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
LETTER CARRIER CONVICTED
III CRIMINAL COURT

John F. Russell. negro. was yester-
day convicted in Criminal Court No 1
of violation of the United States postal
laws. He vas employed Al the City
Post Office as a letter carrier.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23
Mullah Defeated

Permission wsza received from the
Italian government lor British trooDs 10
enter somaIaand in pursuit OF the Mad
MuIlah and Obbla was selected as base
from which TO send strong force
against hin. At the same time officer
went.fo Abyssi1ia 10 secure the coop
Grafton of King deneiik's forces, IN g
fight with Abyssinian troops shortly At
terward the MulIah lost 1000 men-
a ayIng coluaa under Major Sharpe
had an engagement with the Samalis in
the latter part Of March, in which II"
MuIIah's force was defeated with a loss
Of twenty-seven men.
The Washington times., 1903-04-23

High tide today -...--....-4 ID p. ~
High t5de toznorroW..5:17 q m. 5:f0 p n.
Low tide tomorrow R,..........-Ii.5S 2. 10
The Washington times., 1903-04-23

HaH Mohammed AbduIIah, the Mad
MuIlah'' Of SomaIIIand, has been a thorn
in the side Of the British for years. He
tas absolute control of many OF the
fierce tribesmen Of that country and sew
eral British expeditions that have been
sent against hin have been defeated
principally because of the utter worth
lcssness Of the British native troops
The Washington times., 1903-04-23

Fair tonight, with frost;
fair and warmer tomorrow;
variable winds
The Washington times., 1903-04-23

The TINES columns arc flied with
fresh news. exclusive news. reliable
news. It is more discussed today than
all It's competitors
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
The Stockman's Column.
Observation-Disclosures
One Mans Method.

One successful hog raiser writes
as follows in speaking of his manage
m ent:
"In the mornings they are given a
slop of one-half middlings, one-fourth
Red Dog flour and one-fourth gluten
feed or germ oil meal mixed with lit
tie more than the same bulk of cut
fine clover hay This slop is heated to
temperature of little more than milk
warm and allowed to soak several
hours before feeding. After feeding
this slop we sprinkle whole oats very
thinly around the yard, where the sows
will spend from one to two hours every
forenoon picking them UP, and thereby
get q great deal of exercise that they
would not get otherwise, A short time
before feeding at night they are given
small amount of corn silage, allow
ing from two to three pounds of silage
to the SOW. What corn there is in this
silage and what little they can get by
roofing over the manure from the dairy
herd, which is fed largely on silage,
is all the corn the old sows get. The
young sows get ear corn in addition
and not quite as much clover hay in
their slop, as we wish to have them
make all the growth possible before
furrowing time, while with the old
sows we aim to keep them gaining
slowly but steadily in weight from
breeding to furrowing time. AT night
they are again fed the same kind of a
slop as was fed in the morning only a
little skim milk is added. Clean, pure
water is given to them every day, and
they always have free access to wood
ashes or corn-cob charcoal broken up
fine and air Stacked lime and salt add
ed to it. A little salt is always given
in the slop, both night and morning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
Evil of overfeeding.

At an institute in Wisconsin a far
mer detailed his first experience in pig
raising as follows:
"When / started In the pig business
I thought / knew all about it. My faith
er used to keep good many hogs, and
| thought when had fifty pigs about
of an age j would show my father a
thing or two about raising hogs. He
said to me one day when he looked at
my pigs: Young man, what are you
going to do with those pigs?' l replied,
4 am going to have them at six months
weigh more than yours Very WE'LL
he said, six months will tell com
menced to feed those sows all the corn
they would eat and whey from the
cheese factory The pigs began to re-
spond very well and grew rapidly.
kept the pigs shut up in a place three.
or four times as large as this room. In
six weeks from that time of the fifty
pigs I had nine left, and it was all on
account of the manner in which fed
those sows. / had spoiled my pigs
with kindness. If / had fed middlings
and milk or midlings and whey with a
little corn, and given them pasture l
might have shown my father how to
raise pigs; but as 1t was, he showed
me-"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
GOOD SAMPLES OF PREACHERS

Chicago Inter Ocean: Bunyan was
tinkerer before he, was a preacher
and was as painstaking as a preacher
as he had been as tinker Cart
wright came to religious work from
the brawling, fighting life of dissi-
pated frontiersman, and to the last
used the figure of zhe wrestler and
the strong man in a fight to point his
arguments.
Robert Collyer came from the black.
smith shop to the pulpit and in his
best days in Chicago closed in on a
subject after the manner of black
smith pounding red-hot iron into
shape. Unconsciously the body of the
preacher swayed like that of a man
pounding, and his voice took on the
musical jingle of a hammer on an an
vii But Collyer's preaching was the
more effective for it.
Robert Mcintyre who was for many
years one of the most popular of Chi
cago preachers, was a bricklayer and
stonemason before he entered the pull.
pit, and his best illustrations came
from the familiar phrases of his fell
low craftsmen. His sermons were
not less elegant nor less forcible be-
cause of the new figures introduced in
illustration.
Bishop Simpson came to the pulpit
from the practice of medicine and the
earlier training gave him inclination
to talk much of cure, of poison and an
tidote, of nursing and care, and in the
war era he lived up to the standard
of the helper and comforter, and was
the stronger for it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
THE MINIMUM WAGE.
Boston Herald.

Indiana has minimum wage law
enacted in 1901. 1t provides that no
one employed on work done by or for
counties, cities or towns shall be paid
less than 20 cents an hour. The act
passed at the demand of organized la
Dor, and the purpose, of course, was to
establish a standard minimum rate OF
living wages. While it was not be-
lieved that the state could enact any
law making minimum wage in pri-
vate business. 1t was imagined that
municipal corporations could be re-
quired to pay a minimum wage or more
for work done, which would become
a common standard. The supreme
court OF the state has pronounced the
law unconstitutional, as being prop
er interference with the liberty of con-
tract If the legislature has the right
to prescribe and enforce minimum
rate of wages, it also has power to
prescribe maximum rate, and need
not confine itself to wages, but proceed
to fix the prices of corn and potatoes.
The court concludes that counties, cit
les and towns stand upon the
same footing as private or quasi-public
corporations, and cannot be compelled
to pay more than it's market value for
any property or labor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
AN EYE TO THE FUTURE.

Mrs. Pelton, the author of "a Tar
Heel Baron new novel of North Car
DINA which is winning general praise
by it's character drawing, has for one
of her special friends among the noun
tain people in her home in North Caro-
lima, the village assessor, wagonmak
er, blacksmith and vender of paints,
putty and other useful commodities.
His various duties sit lightly upon him,
however, and he has ample time for
shreWd observations OF men and af--
fairs, and for prolonged chats with his
friends. Last autumn Mrs. Pelton, who
was leaving the village for the winter
decided that the extremely slow pace
of her horse, Bird, was due entirely to
old age, and after much painful an,
guish she made up her mind to part
indefinitely with the animal. After dill
igent search for proper guardian, she
found an old mountaineer who prom
ised to take the bestaof care of the
beloved horse, and to give him mex
to no work.
Now, the blacksmith knew that Bird
was not very old, and that he ought to
be good for a considerable amount of
work; and he had a shrewd suspicion
that the horse would live much longer
than his new master. After Bird had
been led to his new home by the aged
and feeble mountaineer, Mrs. Pelton
met the blacksmith and after telling
him of Birds feebleness and her sor-
row at having to give up her horse,
she asked, did you see the man who
is to look after Bird, and do you think
he will take good care of him?"' The
m an looked at her quizzically with his
twinkling blue eyes,, and drawled in
his slow, gentle voice, WAL, Mis- Pei
ton, | was just awonderin' If youh ad
provided home for Bird after the old
man dies