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The Washington times., 1903-06-22
The Poulett Estates.

Although young Lord PouIett does not
come Of age until next year. yet his
mother, the widow Of the sixth earl,
as his testamentary guardian, has ini
tiated the necessary steps for the pur-
pose Of establishing the lads rights
to the honors and dignities by pre-
senting petition to King Edward
praying his majesty to declare that
the said William John Lydston Poulett.
is by right entitled to the said dignities,
titles and honors of Viscount Hinton
of Hinton. St. George and Earl Poulett.
or TO recognize his right thereto by
ordering his name TO be entered in the
parliamentary rolls as a minor peer"
1t is officially announced that the King
having called for a report on the mat
ter from the principal law officer of the
crown. namely the attorney general.
has referred it. along with the petition
Of the widowed countess. to the COM
mittee of privileges of the house of
lords. On the strength of the latter's
verdict about the matter the King will
either comply with the terms of the pc
tition, and thus establish the claims of
the owner of the extensive Poulett es-
tates to his fathers honors and peer
ages. or else will decide in favor of the
pretensions OF the other claimant TO
the earldom. William Turnour Thomas
Poulett. popularity known as the organ
grinding lord. owing 70 his having
earned his livelihood for a number of
years as an organ grinder in the streets
L. 81
to acknowledge him as his offspring.
His organ used 10 bear the following
legend in large letters. Il am Viscount
Hinton. eldest son of Earl Poulett.
have adopted this means of earning
living my father having refused TO
assist me through no fault Of my own"
The Washington times., 1903-06-22
The Field of Politics
Friends in the South.


Last week two Democratic Presidential
possibilities. both of New York. Judge
Alton b. Parker and the Hon. Edward NJ.
Shepard. invaded the South, and deliv-
cred speeches, as a result Of which il
is probable that the stock of each will
rise several points in the political mar
ket. Judge Parker went TO Georgia and
bar association, while Mr. Shepard was
the orator at the commencement exer-
cises Of Washington and Lee University
in Lexington, Va, and also spoke before
the Bar Association at Montgomery,
Ala.
Although both missions were nOn-po-
litical. it is likely that much interesting
gossip will ensue, and that each will
make friends who Will be loyal to them
in case their names are presented before
the next Democratic national conven-
ton.
In the case Of Judge Parker. # should
be said that his purpose in going South
was not TO boom his candidacy, although
that is about what his trip will do
Upon invitation Of brother of the Hon
Hoke Smith, who was Secretary OF In
terror under Cleveland's second Admin
istration. Judge Parker as long ago rs
last fall accepted an invitation TO ad-
dress the Georgia State Bar Association.
This was before he had been prominent
~ mentioned as a Democratic Presiden-
tial possibility. and as he IS pursuing a
policy OF "sawin' wood and sayin' moth
in" It is probable that had Judge Par
ker anticipated a Presidential boom he
would have declined TO make the trip.
which is certain to attract attention in
Georgia and elsewhere In the South.
The Washington times., 1903-06-22
PROSECUTED HEBREWS
MAY GO To BRAZIL
Thousands in Russia Likely to Find
Homes Across Atlantic.

BERLIN. June 22.-severaI Jewish
charitable associations in Germany and
elsewhere are combining 10 found
Hebrew colony in Brazil. to which place
prosecuted Jews are 10 be sent.
Thousands OF Jews in all parts Of
Russia and Roumania and in some
Austrian provinces are clamoring to be
conveyed 10 Brazil, out Of reach Of their
enemies.
Russian dispatches say that renewed
Panics have occurred among the Jewish
population in many Russian towns.
The Washington times., 1903-06-22
Not q Candidate.
Senator Beveridge Has No Desire to Be
Vice President.


The Hon. Albert J. Beveridge has
promptly and vigorously punctured
the rumor that he is seeking a nomi-
nation for the Vice Presidency. A
statement imputing TO him an eager
ness to capture the second place on
the next Republican national ticket
appeared the other day in the col
unns of the "New York Indepen-
dent According to the "Indepen-
dents" story, Mr.. Beveridge had writ
ten to a political friend announcing
his candidacy for the Vice Presiden-
tial nomination.
When the Indiana Senator's atten-
ton was called to this statement he
at once denounced it as a direct
falsehood, a fake of the rankest de-
scTiption." No such letter, he saws,
was ever written. "On the contrary"
adds Mr.. Beveridge, Il have on many
occasions stated that I am not. and
viii not be, candidate for the Vice
Presidency am content with my
work in the Senate, where l expect.
by the partially of the people of In
diana, to remain"
We sympathize entirely with Mr..
Beveridge in his desire to kill the
foolish canard which credited him
with an ambition to become Vice
President. He is altogether justified
in preferring to take his chances of
reelection 10 the United States Sen
ate-of retaining an Office far more
desirable in point of power and pres
tige than the shadowy grandeur of
the Vice Presidency Never in our
time has the Vice Presidency been a
stepping-stone to higher preferment
except through the tragic lottery of
assassination.
The politician who accepts that
post takes himself, as a rule, out of
all serious competition for future
honors. He becomes a name, a shade.
q fgurehead in the world of states
manship.
We cannot blame the junior Sena-
tor from Indiana for shrinking from
o premature embalmment in the Vice
Presidency. He Is young. He is tai
ented. He is honorably ambitious.
Lightning does not strike in the same
place twice in a generation. There
are other broader, easier, and safer
roads to the great goal of American
politics than through the waiting
room of the Vice Presidency.
The Washington times., 1903-06-22
PLEA FOR CLOSING ALL
STORES ON JULY A

To the Editor Of The Washington Times,
Would you lend your valuable assist
ance In an endeavor 10 secure for the
clerks OF the smaller fry in the city a
proper observance OF that legal holiday
which occurs on July next? II ~
strange how many business men. doing
business under the protection OF tbs
Stars and Stripes. ignore entirely the
day on which the grand old flag was
proudly hurled &c the breezes. never
more 20 be hauled down.
A CLERK
June %. 1903.
The Washington times., 1903-06-22

stand, has nothing to do with the pur-
chase of school supplies or the AVID
iting of accounts. 1t handles Lo
money. and sees no vouchers. The
auditing and accounting is, by law.
placed exclusively in the hands of the
Commissioners of the District.
How the Auditor could pass an
item of 5000 for supplies never deliv-
cred seems odd enough to require an
explanation. But let us know, first
of all, by whom the requisition was
signed. And then
Turn on the light, and turn out -
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Queer Business Methods.
How the District Is Made to Pay for
Goods Never Delivered.

We confess that we are not greatly
surprised to learn that fictitious
voucher for goods never delivered
passed the auditing officers of the Dis
trict. After the Watson defalcation
and the laxity in keeping certain ac-
counts which it disclosed. we were
prepared for almost anything. The
fact that a distinctly fraudulent re-
QUESTION for certain maps could be
issued, when, apparently, there was
no use for such maps; that these
maps were never furnished, yet paid
for; that the money thus paid finally
was used TO settle another and totally
different suggests on the
part of those engaged in the transac-
ton disregard of law so bold, and
an Indifference to the obligations of
their oath of office so reckless. as to
arouse the gravest apprehension re-
garding the extent to which these
practices have been permitted to gain
a foothold in the government of the
District.
The purpose Of a voucher is TO dis
close the true nature Of a transaction.
If it fails to do this it is worthless.
In this case Frances Benjamin John
ston had a claim against the District
Of $500 for photographs furnished.
Nobody disputes the justice Of this
claim. To settle II some one signs a
requisition or voucher, directed to
John c. Parker. inviting him to fur
nish maps TO the value of 5000 for
use in the District schools. He doesn't
deliver these maps, in fact isn't ex-
pected to. But he is paid for them,
nevertheless. And the money, thus
received by him, is turned over TO Miss
Johnston to settle her claim against
the District.
Now all this, we maintain, is wrong.
1t is essentially fraudulent. 1t con
ceals something. It is intended to de
eeive. It is irregular and unbusiness-
like. It would not be tolerated for an
instant by any reputable business con-
Germ. II makes just such men as Wat
son possible. It sets a bad example,
and, if condoned by those high in au-
thority, invites on the part Of subOr-
dinates a Juggling with accounts and
a manipulation Of figures designed to
mislead the taxpayer. 1t cannot be
stopped too promptly.
To emphasize the seriousness Of this
business we draw the attention of the
Commissioners Of the District to sec
tons 543S. 1890, 3492, and 3494 Of
the Revised Statutes:
Section 543S makes it an ohense,
under high penalty, to prepare, or
use, or cause TO be prepared, or useK
fictitious" papers in the matter Of
claims against the United States.
The statute Of limitations for such
offenses, Revised Statutes, section
1914, runs against prosecution in two
years. BY the new code of the Dis
trict for such eases as are covered by
section 543s thelimit is three years.
Section 3490 provides for civil suits
against those violating any of the
provisions set forth in section 543S.
Section 3492 makes it the duty Of
the United States Attorney for the
District Of Columbia "to be diligent
in inquiring into any violation Of the
provisions Of section 3400'
Section 3494 fixes the statutes Of
limitation for the civil suits at six
years.
The Board Of Education, we under
The Washington times., 1903-06-22
Turn on the light, and turn out

An engineer has figured out that
the shock to the occupants of an auto
mobile. running at the rate of eighty
miles an hour, and stopped by a fixed
obstruction is equal 10 fall from
Washington Monument. We'd consid-
er a man crazy who jumped from that
height and expected TO live. But,
then. the automobilist never expects to
hit the fixed obstruction.
The Washington times., 1903-06-22

the paternity OF her son, no tribunal in
the land is competent TO settle the ques-
ton as to the legitimacy OF the rival
pretensions 10 the Poulett earldom. The
only person qualified TO determine Il is
the sovereign. who, according to Black
stone and other legal authorities. IS the
fountain OF all honors.
The Washington times., 1903-06-22

Toward
the House of Lords
o Iona

Miss Newman until the day that he mar
ried her. and that he had only just land
cd with his regiment at Portsmouth. the
legal representatives of the organ
grinder have affidavits asserting in the
most positive manner that the late earl
had returned from abroad and had been
living at Portsmouth for nearly ten
months prior 10 the date Of his marriage
The Washington times., 1903-06-22
KAIsER's soN COMING.

LONDON. June "a court circular
says the Prince Henri OF Prussia.
when he. next year. visits the Worlds
Fair at St. Louis. will travel in
cognito. The Crown Prince OF Germany
will also visit the Worlds Fair.
The Washington times., 1903-06-22

Gates now throws his mighty muscle
into Wall Street 10 stem the bearish
current. Next week Morgan will walk
off the deck of the Oceanic and lend
hand OF courage to investors.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08

st. Louis, Mo. March I've are
working on the answer TO the injunc
ton said Judge Irwin, chief counsel
for the Wabash employees tonight.
I'VE. are waiting on the answer to
the injunction" said President Ramsay
of the Wabash.
This epitcmizes the situation and
covers the two centers Of interest in
the present difficulty between the
grievance committees representing the
firemen and trainmen employees and
the Wabash railroad. Ramsey stated
tonight that notwithstanding the in
junction, he is perfectly willing to
meet any OF the employees and consid-
er any grievances they may have to
present to him, with the view of COM
ing to an anlicable settlement.
Counsel for the firemen and train
men spent today busiiy at work upon
a voluminous answer to the writ of
injunction. AS to the magnitude of the
strike, should one be ordered both
sides are noncommittal in their opin-
ions. AS to just when it will be de-
clared in case the injunction is dis
solved, no statement is made.
In 2n interview with Ramsey he
was asked by the Associated Press to-
night Suppose that pending the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
PORTO RICkH LOAN
PASSED One HOUSE
American Members Of Delegates Were
Opposed to It.

San Juan, P. r., March THE house
of delegates today unanimously passed
a million-dollar insuIar loan bill. Tn
bill is now being considered by the
council, but it is not probable it will be
approved by that body.
III the American members of the
house were opposed to the bill, while
Porto Rican members were in favor II
it. 1t provides for dollar
bonds, > per cent, maturing in from
six to twenty-five years, and its pur-
pose is to assist the agriculturalists il
the island by loaning money to the
banks, the banks to reloan to farmers
under governmental supervision. The
banks are to collect a commission of 1
per cent, and , per cent additional in
terest as compensation for handling
the money and assuming responsibility
for the loan. They agree to repay prip-
cipal and interest to the government as
the bonds mature.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08

final decision of the court on this in
junction there are any matters con-
meet with the question at issue between
company and employees which they
want to settle, are you willing to meet
them, regardless OF the Injunction?
Certainly replied Ramsey. .As l
have stated before, I do not consider
the injunction proceedings as interpos-
ing any obstacle between the company
and its employees in the way of settling
the questions now at issue, or any
other question, and l am ready at any
time to meet any committee of em-
plcyes and settle the supposed sriev-
ances that can be adjusted between
us"
What will be your next move in
case the injunction is dissolved and
the strike is ordered?''
Then there will be but one thing to
do in such an event" he replied. and
that will be to fill or endeavor to fill
all the places made vacant by the
strikers and go on with the conduct of
the traffic of the Wabash railroad"
John Hopkins, chairman of the gem
eral committee OF the railway conduct
ors, has made a statement detailing
the grievances held by the employees.
He states that the real grievance is
not case offwages but violation O;
the old schedule
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
4 STRIKE kVERTED
IN ILLINOIS DISTRICT
a Conference Yesterday at Which
There Were Mutual Concessions

Springfield, I'll. March IA strike OF
fG,0G9 coal miners IL Illinois was avert
ed this Afternoon when the operators
and miners Of the state met in joint
conference. signed an agreement for
the year commencing April 1903. The
miners receded from their demand OF
nine cents over the Indianapolis scale
in the first district, or in the Northern
Thin Vein, and ten cents over the same
scale in Williamson county.
The agreement ior a six cent raise
over last years prices all over the
state was the raise agreed on at the
conference of the operators and miners
at indianapolis. The operators want
ed to charge $1.S5 per keg for powder
and the miners were willing to pay but
$1.15. The latter figure was agreed on.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08

Glen's Falls, n. V. March i.-Nlne-
teen men are dead as 4 result OF the
capsizing CT a boat used by workmen
at the Spir Falls, about ten miles west
CT GIens Falls. on the Hudson river
More than . thousand men are en-
ployed there at present il the con-
strueticn Of the power dam OF the
Hudson River Power Company. The
men and many nasOns are Italians
who live in shanties on the north side
of the river. The main portion of the
work is at present on the opposite
side CT the river. The men have been
in the habit of crossing . small bridge
where the river flows through an uniir-
ished portion OF the dam, but the river
has been rising several days and the
company fearing the bridge was un-
safe, destroyed it with dynamite.
Below the work about half mile is
a ferry. The beat is a scOwshaped
affair. thirty feet long and thirteen feet
wide, and is operated by means of
cables. It is large enough to carry
= heavily loaded team. and IS many as
$50 men have been taken ACROSS at
cne time. Yesterday, when the men
were being ferried across. an Italian
boy became frightened and fell over
board. He was rescued, however.
This morning severity or eighty men
got aboard. When a few feet from
shore the water splashed against the
rail. and the boy who had ia1len over
board the previous day, s-5zed' one q
the ropes which ran from the cable t1
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
WHY HE IS GOING.

Washington, March 1T was learned
tonight that the visit of General Fun
ston to Washington has no special sig
nificance. a number of questions have
arisen in the department with respec.
to allctments of land belonging 10
government reservations in Alaska to
persons and various companies desiring s
tC do business there
As Alaska is under the jurisdiction
of the department of Columbia, 10
which General Funston has been as
signed, and as Funston is in all like
lihood to visit Alaska during the COM
ing year. it was deemed advisable 10
summon him to Washington for a con-
ference.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
INSURANCE FRAUDS.
Proof Secured by Opening Graves of
The Insured

New Yori, March with the disir-
termert OF three bodies in Calvary
cemetery today, under an order from
Judge y. German o. the supreme court.
the district attorneys office clinched
the case against the graveyard insur-
ance suspects. The bodies exhuned
differed so greatly from the descrip-
tiors of the applicants fer insurance.
that the medical examiners of several
insurance companies and the county
officials declared that there was no
rco,n Cor doubt that gross frauds had
been perpetrated.
The preparation of the cases for the
grand jury viii now proceed ex2adi-
tlously and indictments may be ex-
pscted within few days.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
CAUGHT IN ; SNOW SLIDE.
0vertaken at Night and Asleep in a
Utah Canyon.

Salt L2ile, Utah, March "A special
from Vernon. Utah, says that Frank
Burns of Salt Lake was killed and his
brother John Bulns and J. W. Taylor
injured in snowslide in Oakbrush
Canyon. The men were working a
claim near the head of the canyon and
were asleep at the time The Snow
tore their cabin to pieces and carrie 1
the men down the mountainside for
some distance. They succeeded in dig
sins themselves cut. but Frank Burns
was seriously injured. The other two
started for help in their night clothes.
and Taylor, in The teeth of a storm.
succeeded in reaching Benni3n's house.
SIX miles away The last half mile he
craWled or his hands and knees. The
rescuing party found John Burns body
but franks has rot been recovered.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
ASKING QUESTIONS.
An Inquiry Changed a Mans Whole
Life

An Inquiry Changed Mans Whole
Life.
When you get a man to recognize
that his bad feelings come from i'm
proper food and that he can get well by
using Scientific food the battle is half
wen. One Of New Ycrk's business men
says:
II was troubled for a long time with
indigestion, headache and stomach
trouble, and had taken various medi-
cines but with no good results. l con-
c!tded to see how a change of food
would affect me. l never cared particu-
larly for cereals of any kind, but ate
meat and pastry continually and drank
coffee.
u found on inquiry that Grape Nuts
were highly spoken of and decided D
give them a trial. To say l was sur
prised at the result would not begin TO
do justice to my feelings. My head
aches left me: my brain became clearer
and active: my attacks of Indigestion
grew fewer and fewer until they ceased
entirely, and where l once went home
tired, tagged cut and indisposed to any
eXertion whatever. L now found a diff
ferent state of affairs.
My color was good, my muscles
strong and firm and fully equal to any
thing l asked of them. instead of soft
ana habby. l live two miles from my
business and walk it daily back and
forth, if the weather permits. l am %
years cid and feel as well and strong rs
when l was 80, and can ride 20 miles a
day On bicycle without feeling any
bad results" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
POLICE erred
IN BURDICK CASE
Arrest Of Young Woman En-
pIoyed by Murdered Man
It Is Denied That She Was Under Ar
rest. but Was Wanted to Give In
formation Mystery Is No
Nearer Solution Than on Night of
the Murder.

Rnffalo. n. Y. March In their
eagerness to solve the mystery sur
rounding the assassination of Edwin
L. Rurdick. the police today made
false move. They immediately retrac-
ed their steps when it was found that
the district attorney considered their
case to be entirely f1imsy.
Miss Marian III. Hutchinson, a young
woman formerly employed in Burdick's
office. was taken to the police head
quarters by detectives at an early
hour. She was not under arrest, the
police say. Her attorney says she
was. After being detained five hours,
she was released because the police
could find absolutely nothing against
her.
The result of the days work brings
the authorities no nearer the solution
of the mystery than a week ago. Miss
Hutchinson, who is very attractive
woman in appearance. came here about
a year ago in company with her moth
er and sister Florence, from London
Ont. Soon after arriving in the city
Miss Hutchinson secured a position on
a monthly paper printed by Burdicl< at
his factory. Last January she left his
employ. Since then she has been sing
ing in church choir, but has not been
employed at any kind of work.
Philip V. F'ennelly, the attorney act
ing for Seth T. Paine, obtained from
Justice White, Of the supreme court,
a writ OF habeas corpus, directing the
police to bring Miss Hutchinson before
the court. The police said that she
was not under arrest, and she was al
lowed to go.
Later the following statement was
given cut: what seemed to be reli-
able information having reached the
police department last evening that Il
certain young woman living in the city
might have some valuable information
regarding the murder Of Burdick, we
requested this woman to come to police
Headquarters this morning and give
any Information she might nave She
came and made statement She was
at no tine under arrest"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-03-08
TIE BRIDGE STRIKE.
President OF Workers Tells Why it
Was Ordered.

Philadelphia, March President
buchanan 5f the International Asso-
citation of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers today issued a statement Civ
ing as the reasons for the general
strike against the American Bridge
company. that work in the various
cities has been sCb-let to non-union
men contrary to established working
rules.
Pittsburg. Pa, March No change
has taken place in the structural iron
workers strike in this district. The
general strike order stops work at Am
bridge, the mills at Homestead, Nc
keesport, Monessen, Clarion, and on
the two railroad bridges in this city,
the Pennsylvania and the Wabash, af-
fecting altogether about 1G0G men.