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The Washington times., 1903-08-12
TTamps and Public Safety.
Certain Conditions Due to Increased
Transportation Facilities.

The recent disclosures concerning
the system of peonage which goes
under the name Of the convict lease
system in two or three Of the South
ern States have an important bearing
on the particular phase of the race
problem which has caused most discus
sion IN the past ten or fifteen years.
II has sometimes been asserted that
the fitness e tho negro for freedom IS
Gisproved by the criminal acts com
mitted by some members of the race
and that before the war such behavior
was unknown.
Those who argue in this way, while
doubtless sincere, have failed to take
into account two or three important
facts. Before the war the railroad
system Of the country was far less
perfect and extensive than it Is today
Facilities were not afforded the Grim
inal for getting away after he had
committed a crime, or for reaching
thinly. settled localities where crime
might be committed The Southern
States. IN short, are suffering from
very much the same sort Of tramp
plague which afflicted the Northern
States some twenty-five years ago, and
perpleXed the general public and the
authorities for some ten or fifteen
years. This tramp nuisance has been
abated by strict supervision on the
part Of town officers and carefulness
on the part Of the public
It is not as safe, anywhere in the
United States, for women to stay by
themselves on lonely farms, as it was
before the war. Those who are
obliged to do so inevitably run a risk,
North or South. 1t is not safe tc
leave women and small children in the
custody Of men about whose moral
character nothing Is known, and Ii
probably never was safe to DO so
Under the plantation system Of the
South, and the village system Of the
North, sixty o. seventy years ago. bad
I characters were known. and could be
guarded against. In these days there
IS always, in the safest community
some slight risk that ones next door
neighbor may not be just what he
SEEMS. Yet women 90 about uncs-
corted as they never dared 10 do then,
III public places, and, on the whole,
are safer than ever before. 1t Is only
when they are in lonely farm houses,
far from possible assistance, that
there Is, and probably always viii be,
chance Of their being attacked.
And, moreover, there was no convict
lease system in the old days by which
the young criminal is thrown into the
intimate company with the old, and
then let loose TO prey on the communi-
| ~. That is not the least consideration
t. be taken into account.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
Assumption of the Name.

The -coachman- assumed the name
which he now uses in order 20 con
firm the story that he was an illegiti-
mate son of the Austrian Emperor. and
thus indirectly a member of the house
of HapsbuTg. The fact that he was
shown in court TO be the offspring OF
English domestic servants who had
never been out Of the United Kingdom
does not appear to distress him or his
wife unduly. and if ten years hence
nothing has been done to prevent them
styling themselves Stuart de Modena
they can easily acquire by purchase from
the republic of San Marine the title of
duke or prince and call themselves
Duke and Duchess, or Prince and
Princess, of MOdena.
Lest this presumption should seem 10
be far fetched and extravagant would
mention that some years ago the Her
olds Amt" or imperial department OF
heraldry at Berlin. in Difference to the
personal direction of the Kaiser, insti-
tuted proceedings against a man of some
means for using the nobility particle
OF won" without lawful authority
that is to say. without being noble
Il was even claimed that he had no right
TO the name which he bore, as his
birth was ilIegitimate.
The case looked very black against
him. Fine and Imprisonment stared
him in the face when suddenly his law
yer bethought himself of the fact that
his client had spent a number of years
in England and found on investigation
that he had used there without any Op-
position or objection not only his
fathers name but likewise the nobiIiary
prefix of won" for a period OF more than
ten years. True, he was not British
subject. but he had during that de-
cadc his legal dOmicile in England. and
this was enough to establish. according
TO English law, his proprietary right 10
not merely his fathers name but like
wise to the particle OF won" This
proprietary right acquired in England
| he retained on his return TO Germany,
and on this being shown the Berlin
courts had no alternative but TO dis
miss the suit against him and leave him
/ in undisturbed possession not merely OF
| his name bat likewise of the nobiliary
/ prefix which he had assumed.
! Perhaps this will servo 70 explain why
! the court OF Austria should be accord
/ ing attention to such very small fry as
! the divorced Countess Russell and her
| coachman husband and should be about
/ 10 invoke the Intervention of the Eng
/ liah tribunals to peyent them from maxi
/ ing use OF a name which belongs to the
/ imperial house of Hapsburg-
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM OLD WORLD CAPITALS
Peculiar Case Coachman Brown Which Interesting Emperor
Francis Joseph-Whaker Wright to Be Tried Before English
Justice, Whose Devotion to Duty Has Earned
Him the Sobrquet of The Ferret"

the Jurisdiction of the courts Of the ma
ton to which they are accredited, can
invoke the assistance and Intervention
They have this power. and it is worth
while placing the fact on record. as it
is so rarely exercised that many people
arc ignorant of its existence. Indeed,
the only case that I can recall just at
the present moment of it's being en-
plOyed was when. some fifty years ago,
the NeapOlitan envoy in London, by the
direction of the then King of Naples,
applied 10 the English tribunals for an
Injunction restraining the Prince az
Capua, brother of the King. from marry
ing, contrary to his family's wishes, the
daughter Of an Irish squire.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
A Short Campaign
Is It Advisable to Lessen the Time of
the National Canvass?

Judge Alton 3. Parker has broken
his Judicial, and perhaps judicious.
silence on political questions long
enough to suggest the ACCESSIBILITY of
q shorter Presidential campaign next
year, and in some quarters the sug-
Rcstion he makes is well received.
Judge Parker has had experience IN
conducting State campaigns and hence
speaks with some knowledge Of the
subject. He believes that the old
fashioned, long-drawn-out contests are
not necessary in modern times, when
the daily paper finds It's way into
almost every household, when the
rural free delivery system places cam,
T-aign literature at the farmers door.
when a campaign orator may canvass
an entire State making a score of
speeches from the rear platform Of a
railroad train and thus reach an
audience Of many thousands in u
single day, and when in general in
telhgence is diffused with such amaz-
ing rapidity as at present. The pro-
longed campaign, he thinks, was best
suited to the people Of two genera
tons ago, before the days Of rail
roads, telegraphs, good mail facii-
ties aud great daily newspapers, and
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
The English Yellow Back.

To the Editor OF The " Washington Times:
In an English publication / recently saw the
expression shilling shocker'' applied 10 cheap
books Kindly explain its meaning. +. }. r.
Washington, August :.
Iish slang. A shilling shocker is sim
ply a more expensive penny dreadful.
or sensational story. Our half-dime no
vels are about equal to the English
penny -drcadfuls; many of the books
published in libraries" of twenty years
ago were shilling shockers-IE Ed.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
VIII Oppose Johnson.

Latest advices from Ohio warrant the
Inference that at least one voice will be
raised in the Democratic State conven-
tion against the nomination OF the Hon.
Tom L. Johnson for governor. Dr.
James 4. Norton has been chosen over
one of Johnson's partisans as a dele
gate TO the convention. and il is ex-
pected that to the last he will oppose
the nomination of CIeveland's mayor
III feeling exists between the doctor and
the mayor, but chiefly on the part OF
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
ITALIAN EMIGRATION.

The disastrous effects OF the fail
ure Of the cocoon crop OF Piedmont. =
reports Pietro Cuneo. United States con-
sui az Turin. together with the furthss
bad effects of the frosts and prolonged
rains on the wheat. grape. and other
crops Of the province. have been exceed
ingly discourasing 10 the peasants. and
the prediction is made that the coming
year will witness a great increase. from
this portion OF Italy. in the emigration
to the United States"
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
In a Lighter VEN.
Bonnd to Become Popular.

'.What a queer fad Mrs. Dashington has start
ed since returning from her latest visit to South
Dakota"
do you mean the popular society fayorite
who has had 50 many divorces"
YES She has had her wedding rings put on
a chain and is wearing them as a necklace
II is awfuIly fetching. too. New York Herald
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
King and Coachman.


Emperor Francis Joseph through his
embassy in London will. it is understood,
take legal steps in England to prevent
the divorced Countess Russell5 present
husband. the former Coachman Brown,
from continuing to bear the name OF
Archibald Stuart de Modena, under which
he married her last winter. AS l men
toned the other day in these articles,
Brown in a letter addressed TO the Lon
don newspapers, at the close Of his trial,
announced that in Difference to the wish
es of his wife, to whom he had become
reconciled. he would continue from
henceforth to bear and be known by the
name under which he had married.
Now this announcement might be
treated with contempt and ignored were
II not for the fact that If in England a
man bears during a period of ten years
a name without anyone making legal OPP
position thereto or resOrting to law 10
enjoin him from its use, he becomes fpse
facto authorized by law TO retain that
name. So that If no objections are
raised by the Austrian court or govern
ment through the embassy in London to
Footman Browns assumption of the
name of Archibald Stuart de Modena, he
will at the close of a decade become
lawfully entitled to bear not only in
England, but also as a British citizen
abroad. a name that belongs to the i'm
peTial house of Hapsburg, to branch
thereof, in fact, which became extinct
in the male line in 1875, but which still
survives. on the dlstaff side. in the per-
son OF Princess Louis of Bavaria. daugh-
ter of the late Archduke Ferdinand OF
Austria Modena. and younger brother OF
the last reigning Duke Of MOdena.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
INTERNAL COMMERCE OF AMERICA
Statistics For Fiscal Year Ended June 80, 1908.

Internal commerce conditions in the
United States. asreported by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor through
its bureau of statistics, show that the
first half of the current year compares
favorably with the corresponding per-
iod in 1902 or 1901. With a few excep-
tions the volume of trade thus far this
year equaled, If not exceeded. that Of
last year, though occasionally falling
below the high level of 1901. There is
no evidence of a general recession in
commercial activities, corresponding to
the extraordinary shrinkage in specu-
lative values.
Western staples for this year have
gained materially over last year. re-
ceipts of live stock at five markets hav-
Ing amounted TO Is. 126. SOL head. com
pared with 1883 head in the first
six months Of 1907. and Is, 710. 800 head
in 1901. The numerical decrease from
1901 occurred in hogs, which have been
averaging equal TO, or heavier than. in
1901. and much heavier than in 1902.
Coincident with this, the trend OF prices
for hogs has been downward. The price
at Chicago on July 1 was 1913 per hum
bred, against s7.61 a year ago.
Wheat Receipts.
Wheat receipts at eight interior mar
kets for the crop year ended June so.
1908, were 236, 675, 669 bushels, compared
with 221, 766 1897 bushels in 1902 and 217.-
05S, 743 bushels in 1901. The total ship
ments of provisions from Chicago and
Chicago points. for the first TWEEN
ty-six weeks of 1908 were 621 1913 tons.
against 653 ,217 tons in the same period
of 1902, and 566, O29 tons in 1901. Ship
ments Of flour from Minneapolis were
1879, 625 barrels. 1868. 7OS barrels, and
1887 barrels, respectively Six
months shipment of grain from Buffalo
by rail were A. 45S 900 bushels in 1905,
81. 259. 404 bushels in 1902, and 39.09S.G2+
bushels in 1901.
On the Great Lakes the tonnage OF
coastwise traffic shipped from ports re-
porting to the end of June this year has
totaIed 20, 1882 tons. compared with
l19.4S9. 45S tons and 10 ,621 977 tons in 1901
Coal tonnage for the half year amount
ed 10 1858 500 tons. OF which $500, 1896
was shipped to domestic ports, and
.. 49,. S73 tons to foreign points. DOmes-
tic iron ore shipments were 1886 III
tons, of which 3, 922. O74 tons were shipped
| in June. The registered tonnage for six
months this year in the domestic trade
OF the lakes reached 25,57O,7 1851 net tons
compared with %, 942, 69s ne tons in 1902
The freight tonnage via the Sault Ste
Marie Canal was 11.944.9 34 tons in 1908
/ II .4S6. sol tons in 1902. and 6,767 .120 tons
/ in 1901.
On Atlantic Seatoard.
/ AT the North Atlantic seaboard gram
receipts. including -four reduced u
bushels. were as follows for six months.
| New York, GO .053,140 bushels in 1903 aud
/ Is. S31 400 bushels in 1902; Boston, 1887
234 bushels in 1908, and 1876, sos bushel:
IN 1902; Philadelphia. 20.442. 659 bushel.
il 1908. and 16.s65.o7s bushels in 1902
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
No Concealment Possible.

''You say woman can't keep secret, -
remarked the philosopher; ''how about telling
her age2'
That's never a secret replied the wise
guy, yawning; cher school friends who in
the grade below her always attend to that
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
His Occupation Gone.

Il suppose. Miss Rambo," said the caller,
that your father feels much happier now that
he has been cured Of his rheumatism"
"WeH." explained the young lady, che feels
better when he realizes that he does not have
10 suffer any more; but he feels pretty bad
when he remembers how exactly he used 10 be
able 10 forctcu the weather Judge
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
Versed In the Art.

She's an amateur actress, an amateur cook,
An amateur singer is she;
She paints Just bit, IN an amateur way,
Like many a maiden you see.
Rl!t II Won consider the way she can firt
And capture the masculine heart,
Vol "amatcur' isn't tAe word You should
use
She's thoroughly vcrsed in the art.
--PhiIadelpnia Rulletin.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
Daily Calendar of American Historu
August II.

177S-Gen. Charles Lee tried by court
martial for disrespect TO Washing
ton. suspended from command for
one year.
1S6I-E. NJ. stanton, Secretary of War
refusing TO resign, was suspended
Grant made Secretary pro TEN.
1891-James Russell Lowell died at Cam
bridge, Mass.
1S9S-Peace protocol signed at Washing
ton, N. Cambon acting for Spain.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

Three United States Senator'S struck
bar in the Yukon the other day, and
had to be pulled away-a somewhat
difficult undertaking. For the relief Ct
their temperance constituents it should
be added, however, that it was sand
bar.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
A DRY Warning.

I thought I'd show my dearest one
Wise Dr. Wilcy's screed,
IN which ne claims that summer drinks
Are very bad indeed
She smiled at me and took the sheet
Auu read il through, ! think;
u find IL dry" she sweetly said;
Lets have "a summer drink
-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

The warning TO take no bad money
has not been needed by the Coney
Island resort keepers. Ten thousand
dollars of the queer" was worked off
on them last week.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

The sporting element ought 10 take
great interest in the Ohio campaign this
fall Besides the governorship race
there will be the "colored race" and the
HerriCk-J johnson automobile race.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
Each for Himself.

We all desire the greatest good
To the greatest number done.
But the greatest number is understood
TO be always Number One
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

90 out of bUsiness-forced to the wall,
as Il were
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
A lac Subiect to Handle

Daubcr-I viii guarantee 20 paint anything
called FOX.
Dealer-Good: Do me a speaking likeness Of
a dumbwaiter.- Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

The McComas men ~ the Maryland
Republican board OF appeals cannot
Justly be called "Mudd singers The
Representative from the Fifth district
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
psychologists Next.

The astrologers predict that the Reliance
win win the yacht race Now, let Us hear
from the bacteriologsts. Louis Globe Dem
ncrat.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
A Right Rarely Exercised.

The question will probably occur TO
some Of my readers as TO whether
foreign embassies, being exempt from
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

The directors Of the Yarn Trust have
decided to dissolve the organization
evidently il ran out of tales
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

From the menu prepared for the Dow
cry picnic. it is apparent that there is
nothing the matter with the COmmissary
department of Big Bill's" mayoralty
boom.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12
In His Arms.

Carrye-Do you hold fast TO your ideals.
Harry-Pm trying 10. You're my ideal
Boston Globe.
The Washington times., 1903-08-12

was not thrown out-hc mercl- jumped
out OF the window to avoid the fight
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-31
DUNLAP.
Special to the News.

Special to the News.
Chas. Merriman, of Chattanooga,
spent the holidays with home folks.
Christmas is gone and everything was
very quiet except some drinking
The entertainments at the Methodist
and Baptist church were we'll attended
and a splendid program given.
Wonder why those weddings that
we're expected didn't take place? am
quite sure 1t wasn't the girls fault.
Miss Jennie Byrd and gentleman
friend spent Christmas day in Whit
we'll
Miss Lydia White is visiting friends
at Daus this week.
S. b. Boyd left here to spend a lew
week with his parents at Tracy City.
Ask Miss Julia Byrd what she got Oft
the Christmas tree, and see what she
says.
Miss Edith Howard left Saturday
for Birmingham where she will finish
school.
There are some girls who look so sad
since Christmas. Wonder IT It is be-
cause some young men didn't stay long
enough in town.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-31
9M UNCLE JOE'S
vs. LETTER.
MS Written for the News.

Well, Mr.. Editor, am here again
after having roamed the world over,
and if you will kindly give me space
somewhere in your columns I will tell
the people little of what have seen
in my travels, and a little of what l
didn't see.
l saw myself several times in mighty
hard luck, and never saw myself with
much money. l have travelled good
while, been in many countries in my
Imagination or anticipation, If not in
person, but of all places l ever saw Bill
Dooley's home, or where he calls home,
is the worst. He never saw sunshine
until he was ten years old. The reason
is the sun don't shine where he lives
except from 10 a. m. till 2 p. M, and
these are the hours he sleeps. He
does all his work night. stayed over
night with Bill and l do love to be
there. It's so much like home. His
lovely wife and the little Dooleys are
very kind to me, but don't tell Bill as
he's little jealous. Anyhow he's o,
X.
Yes, and went to see the jack. Oh,
oh! / made a mistake, the Jacksonian.
He's fine man, but has one fault, he
has never married but six times. l dc
not see why a man can talk like that
man hasn't married as often as he
chose. The last time he married | rec
kon just about put him out OF the no
tion, and came very near putting him
out of the world, or in one he was not
so we'll acquainted with as he is about
Whitwell, but you need not tell hin
this, as he is a little ''techous" along
this line of thought.
Mr., Editor in all my travels and in
every cline my mind wanders back tC
childhood days. long for the long
ago when this life was not life, wher
the world did not trouble my fertile
brain, when did not have to hustle tC
keep something in the kitchen.
often when muslng over the past
wake suddenly at the sound Of Joe
the meal is out" or perhaps the meat il
out, and then l think life is real anC
death certain If l move not at once
And then it is l say to myself, well, i
l had my life to live over again woulC
not make such mistakes. And agaiI
when meet with old mother fortune
and she lends me few dollars to keel
old man Pete stood of there is no plac'
like home, everything's lovely and th'
goose hangs high.
Some say, Oh how we are progressing
in the world of nations. We are lead
ing in almost every avenue OF trade
We have fine churches, fine schools
fine laws, and above all a fne Presi
dent. Yes, say the people Of this sci
tlement sent a lot Of canned fruit t
the Orphans home at Nashville, th
Baptist home. Now wish some on
wonld tell me whether It is more char
table to send 1t down there than to Civ
1t to the widows and orphans Of ou
lown town. We have plenty in ou
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-31
Christmas in SeQuachee.

Christmas in this city was celebrated
very quietly, there being very little di-
version except that of eating. While
the Christmas jug frequently bobbed up
the Christmas jag was not much in evil
denee. those foolishly partaking in the
cup that inebriates and does not cheer
being content to crawl off to some OBJ
scure corner and die-for the time be-
ing at least. 1t is not very appropriate
to celebrate the birth of Christ with a
booze, and the limited number of
such apparitions reflect credit to the
town.
The turkey shoot was enjoyed by
quite a number, but the scarcity of the
birds was a damper on the enthusiasm
OF the marksmen, who fell back on
chickens as dernier resort.
The small boy, the torpedo, the can
non cracker and the Roman candle
played their usual part in the festivi-
ties, and the bellies of the town watch
ed the incoming mails for Christmas re-
membranes from friends, &c.
The Christmas Tree at the NJ. E.
Church, South. was a source of attract
ion to the members of the Sunday
school of the church, although a second
tree was arranged for citizens. The
exercises were held in the church
Christmas eve, at O'Clock, and while
brief were enjoyable. The singing was
furnished by choir of female voices,
while the Sunday school furnished sew
eral choruses. Neal Cunningham and
others recited nicely, but we did not
get the names of those reciting,
After the program the distribution
of gifts was made. and quite number
seemed to be benefciaries of Santa
Claus bounty,
The occasion would have been much
more enjoyable if held in the Town
Hall, as owing to the sacredness of the
place, attempts at appreciation of the
various numbers by applause were
promptly silenced. 1t was also difficult
to see the performers who being small
OF statue and on a low platform were
visible only to limited number.
Tho News regrets that it cannot give
full program of the occasion. This is
the first time in it's existence that it
has failed to print such program but
none was furnished and hence the
omission. 1t was also the first Christ
mas tree we ever attended that there
was no illumination of the tree.