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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
LAW STUDENTS DEBATE
PHILIPPINE ISSUE
Speakers On Negative Side Of Colonial
Possession the Victors.

The Debating Society Of the Schools
Of Law OF Columbian University held its
sixth annual public debate last night in
the university hall. a small but ap-
precfative audience heard the debate,
which was spirited and was prepared
with commendable care.
Resolved. That the United States
Should Permanently Hold the Philip
pine Islands as Colonies" was the sub
ject. The decision was against the
holding Of the islands as colonies and
In favor of treating them as Territories.
Ainsworth P. Sponord. Librarian Of
Congress, was chairman of the judges,
and delivered the opinion The other
judges we're William F. MattfngIy and
George E Hamilton. both Washington
attorneys.
Mark Winchester. A. George Maui.
and F. H Kruse, ali of Ohio, were for
the affirmative. while Jesse ". Barrett.
OF Missouri; c. F. Morris, OF Missouri,
and Samuel Herriek, of Pennsylvania,
represented the successful negative.
Afessrs. Kruse anu Barrett we're chosen
in the order named as winners Of the
prizes for the most successful individual
debaters.
William J. Fritsche. Of Ohio. pFesi-
dent Of the society. was in the chair and
introduced the speakers. The other Of
icers of the society are: Jesse B. Haw-
ley, vice president, Idaho: y. Hastings
Swenarton, secretary, New Jersey: Har-
old J. Pack, treasurer. Pennsylvania;
c,-,,,er LIa--sot- critic pa-osvf4-a Ms
Executive committee-Wiliiam S Fitz
Gerald. chairman, Iowa; Julius Lyman
Baldwin, News York, and y. H. Davis,
New York. Press representative. HUI
bert Bruce Fuller. Connecticut
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
Pope Leo's Many Godchildren.

Leo XIII is. as everyone knows, the
godfather of young King Alfonso Of
Spain. But the latter is By no means
the only godchild Of the Holy Father.
who announced his intention of acting
as sponsor to every child born in Rome
on March last. which was the twenty
fifth anniversary Of his succession to
the Papacy- The average number OF
births per day in Rome do not exceed
thirty-five- But for some extraordinary
reason there were no less than ninety
three births recorded on March last.
1inety-three being cuTiousIy enough the
number Of years which have elapsed
since Leo Kills own birth
A most searching inquiry was insti-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
.merican Dentist Now a Hofrath.

American Dentist Now a Hofrath.
The title of court counselor, which
Emperor William has just conferred
upon Dr.. Sylvester. his American dem
list at Berlin, is noteworthy as being
he first distinction of this kind con
ferred by a European monarch upon a
citizen Of the United States The title
carries with it no pay. but a number Of
prerogatives. and likewise official prece-
dence. among the former being the right
to wear gold embroidered uniform, and
likewise membership of the court cir
Gle. Physicians have had this rank con
ferTed upon them ere now. but this is
the first time it has been granted to any
dentist, native or foreign, and Dr.. Syl-
vesteT is certainly the first American cit
izen to be appointed "Hofrath" or
court counselor.
Equally honorary IN the sense that It
Is unpaid and calls for no active duties
is the title Of gentleman of the cham
Der TO the Gar. borne by Baron Constan-
tine Ramsay. whose engagement to the
daughter of Fitzhugh Whftehouse, has
just been announced. 1t is a dignity
which gives the right to wear a rather
gorgeous uniform, and to appear at Ger
tain court festivals. But that is about
all, and the large corps of gentlemen OF
chamber-there are several hundred Of
them-are never called upon TO be IN
personal attendance on the Emperor.
Baron Ramsay is a descendant of one
Of those numerous Scottish mobiles who
sought service in Russia in the reign
Of Peter the Great. Scores Of Scottish
names are to be found among the houses
Of the Muscovite aristocracy, and the
future son-in-law of Fitzhugh White
house bears. although a Russian baron,
the same heraIdic devices, the same
crest and motto as the English Earl Of
Dalhousie, who is the head OF the
ancient and iIlustrious Scottish family
Of Ramsay, which was founded by Neis
de Ramsay, who was principal physi-
clan to King Alexander II of Scotland.
al the end Of the twelfth century.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
CALLED HIM BROTHER.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. April 25.-Caro-
line F. Upham. for many years chief
stenographer for the common pleas
court, has brought suit for divorce, al
Ieging that r. r. Whitney, consulting
mechanical expert for the White Sew
ing Machine Company, with whom she
has been living, is not her brother, as
was generally supposed. but her hus-
band by a common law marriage. The
petition states that for the last five
years her husband has grossly neglected
her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
Botany in the Schools.
No Need to Add Another Fad to the
Common Curriculum.


The statement recently made, that
there are one hundred thousand chill
dren in Chicago who cannot tell a rose
from a dandelion or a daisy from d
violet, has aroused some comment
among lovers Of nature and children.
the gist Of this comment being that
at Is a shame" Thoughtful people,
however, may well fear that this dis
cove1y viii result in the introduction
Of botany into the primary schools of
Chicago.
Undoubtedly the loss which any
child suffers IN not being familiar
with the sights and sounds Of country
life is a great one. and it Is to be
hoped that IN the city of the future
rapid transit or some other improve
ment will enable the majority Of the
people 10 live in the country and
bring mp their children, without all of
tie disadvantages which now attend
suburban life
But as things are there must new
tally be thousands Of children who
are familiar only with city sights and
sounds, and receive their education by
way Of the shop, the sidewalk, and the
tbeater. The children who cannot tell
a daisy from a violet are by no means
uIinteIligent They know the differ
snee between objects with which they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
Queer Old Aristocrat.

Count Edeouard Lamezan, who has
just resigned the Office of president Of
the supreme court OF appeals of the
Austrian empire, is one OF the most
picturesque personages of Vfennese So
ciety, to which, now that he has no
longer any official duties, he viii be
able to devote more time. Pole by
birth, and chief Of family that form
erly constituted part Of the old French
aristocracy, his appearance is that rath-
er OF a Spaniard than of an Austrian.
while his manners and mode Of speech
are essentially Viennese.
He is the most extraordinary and par
adoxicaI mixture OF aristocratfc pretu-
dice and democratic Ieanings, of reserve
and Of impuIsiveness, Of extraordinary
elOqUence and Of taciturnity. and may
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
The Use of Drugs.
An Alarming Increase in American
Consumption of Narcotics.

1t is, perhaps, one of the penalties
which we pay for our overactive life,
and the high pressure under which
we conduct not only our business, but
our pleasures. that there should be an
tendency among Americans
to make use Of stimulants OF sedatives
which purchase a little ease for the
nerves or q brief oblivion at the cost
of long suffering and a sapping of
the physical, intellectual, and moral
forces.
There is no mistaking the signifi-
canoe of the comparisons made by the
Chief of the Bureau Of Statistics, O.
P. Austin, of the importations Of the
chief drugs during the last five years.
Of medicinal opium we imported IN
1898 72,2S7 pounds; in 1902 the i'm
ports reached the appalling total Of
54S,674 pounds, or between seven and
eight times as much, The importa-
tons of morphia and salts rose from
$50, 659 IN value in 1898 to $96.559 IN
1902; those of cocaine and salts III
the same period from $780, 500 to
S254.704; and those Of opium and
morpbia from s9S9,690 to $3.50, 421
in the same time.
This exhibit Is not complete, as it
does not include all Of the drugs which
are used either to procure temporary
relief from pain or a period Of brief
exhilaration, but it conveys an i'm
pressive warning of a dangerous ten
dency.
Something can be done by legal en-
aetment to check this evil by reguIat-
ing the sale of these drugs. 4 vigor-
Gus effort is being made in that direc-
ton in Illinois, where a drastic law
has been enacted, and the county at
toTneys IN every county have been IN
structed to make investigations Of ex-
isting conditions. The State board Of
pharmacy and the Chicago Retail
Druggists Association are assisting IN
the collection of evidence, and the
January grand jury Of Cook county
indicted five druggists for the selling
Of cocaine.
Investigations indicate that not a
few railroad wrecks are due to the
use of cocaine, as railroad men do not
dare use liquor. because the signs of
its use are easily detected, and resort
to cocaine as a substitute, During
the last nine months there have been
14S deaths in Chicago from temper
airy insanity, and the coroner reports
I that one-half Of these were due to the
/ use of cocaine
Something may be done by the en-
foreement Of such laws as those Of
Illinois; and something by inducing
in pharmacists a higher conception Of
/ their duty to the community. But the
final appeal, after all, precisely as IN
the case Of intemperance, must be
made TO the individual conscience.
Each generation has its own special
burdens and temptations. If the great
/ danger with us Is Of overexcitement
and overwork, 50 much the greater
need of intoxicating seIf-restraint.
/ Other generations have faced perils
and gone through sufferings; why
cannot the men and women Of today
do the same without flying TO stimu-
Iants and anodynes?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
LONDON SURPRISED
OVER APPOINTMENT

LONDON, April 25.-surprise has been
expressed in social and diplomatic cir
eles in London over the appointment OF
DR.. Shelter Schwartz as secretary of
the German embassy at Washington. He
formerly occupied a similar position il
London. but his appointment vas rather
Unexpectedly terminated in September
last. Il can hardly be said that he at
tafned great popularity here. and this IS
one Of the reasons for establishment over
his selection for the Washington post
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
pRINcEss LOUIS cHILD.

BERLIN. April 25--A Munich dis
patch says the ACCOMPLISHMENT of the for
mer Crown Princess Louise Of Saxony
is expected within fortnight. and that
a court official with a physician and
nurses. has already arrived at Lindau,
Lake Constance, from Dresden. having
royal orders to bring the child 10 Ores
den three weeks after its birth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
Ex-Mayor Grace's Departing.

Ex-Mayor Grace. of New York. who
has been here for several days. leaves
Washington this morning for home. He
will be accompanied by a party of
friends who came here with him to at
tend the Grace-Martin wedding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
DIR. HAIRLESS EXTRACTION.

Ell PASO. Tex. April 25--Francisco
Mallen. the Mexican consul here, has re-
ceived a warrant from the United States
Secretary of State. authorizing the sur
render Of DIT. c. S. Harle TO the Mexican
government, to be tried for murder as
Chihuahua. in connection with New York
Life Insurance frauds DR.. HaTle VIII be
transferred to Mexico within few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
Mallory Elected Senator.

The Hon. Stephen r. Mallory has just
been elected by the Legislature Of
Florida to succeed himself in the United
States Senate Senator Mallory had
practically no opposition. only one vote
having been cast against him by the
Legislature al It's joint session. His
election is the last Of those necessary
to all the vacancies caused by the ex-
piration Of the terms Of one-third Of
the Senate on March ! last.
Senator MaIlory's term expired upon
that date, but he sat during the ex-
traordinary. session of the Senate under
commission of the governor of the State.
because at that time the Legislature Of
Florida had not assembled 10 choose his
successor. For the past two months he
has been holding his title to a seat in
the Senate by virtue of the governor s
commission, and during the late session
was the only member who had not been
regularly elected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
HEARD IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

meeting Of the shrine in either city
that is not attended by members from
the other. no matter what the season
Of the year We Philadelphia Shriners
are now looking forward to a visit from
the Washington temple and purpose
giving them q warm reception"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
THREATENED BY PRETENDER.

MADRID. April 25.-Advices from No,
rocco say the consuls at Tetuan and
Ceuta have warned the foreign residents
to be ready TO leave at a moments no.
tice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

The Danish commissioners are not
taking back with them to Denmark a
very roseate account of the conditions
existing in the Danish West indies. But
the annexation treaty still remains open,
If Denmark has thought better Of the
matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

More than $I4e,O0O,0oo was given to
charitable. philanthropic, and educa-
tfonal institutions in 1902 IN the United
States. The world do move.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

Is this true? We fear it is. A CORE
spondent declares that the man who is
ready and willing 10 drink highballs as
long as you pay for them, and who viii
blow" q dollar on drinks IN return
without thought. viii not be able to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

Colonel Hickey. the alleged inventor
OF the gin rickey. has committed sui
eide in New York A sad end for the
man whom hot and thirsty ones have
hailed time and again as a Hfe-saver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

The practical humiliation of Colonel
Plunkett's little force in Somaliland. fol
lowing only a few months after the de-
feat of Colonel Swayne's force in the
same difficult bit Of East Africa terri
tory, is a heavy blow TO British prestige
In the wearying war with the Mad Null
Tab
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

The Hon. William Jennings Bryan
will not read the remarks OF the Hon.
J. T. Morgan on the present condition
Of the Democratic party with pleasure.
The Senator says that it is through"
with internal discussions. That must
mean. if it means anything, that in the
opinion Of thinking statesmen Bryan is
now a negligible quantity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

Andrew Carnegie has built his best
library in the shops Of Tuskegee-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

find the price of beef stew for you If
you are broke" Think it over. We o?
the treating brigade
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-01
Saved From The Gallows.,

Birmingham, Ala, July 90. -
Felix Hall, a negro, who was SEN
fenced TO be hanged here to NOR
row, has had his life saved, and
probably will regain his liberty.
He was identified by T. NJ. Nor
rissey, of Vicksburg, yesterday as
Henry jackson, end MIR. Morris
sey says the negro was in Louis
lana at the time of the killing of
Norwood Clark, of whose death he
was convicted. Hall has clai ned
all along that his name was Henry
Jackson. He said he could not es.
tablish the alibi at the trial be-
cause he could not get his witness
es in time. Governor Jelks has
telegraphed reprieve and Hall
probably will be set at liberty as
soon as necessary legal forms can
be complied with.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-01

that can of nitro glycerine,
which was stored in the magazine,
was leaking. Mr.. Good win pick
ed up what he thought was a lug
of water and began to pour it en-
the nitro glycerlne with the idea
of diluting it and was washing It
up. AS soon as the fluid from
the jug struck the floor, he foun d
that it was nitric acid. The floor
ut once began TO smoke, and when
the men saw it they rushed from
the building, but had not gone 10
feet when the explosion occurred.
This magazine was, therefore,
the first to so up, followed imme-
diately by the gunpowder in the
three teams and several seconds
later by the second magazine.
TO those who heard the crash,
it seemed as if there were two dis
tlnct explosions, with a ,contin.
uous roar between them. There
are, however, five holes in the
ground, which clearly Indicate
five explosions.
The entire catastrophe, howe
YER, occupied the space of scarce
ly five seconds, but in that time
the surrounding property was
swept MS ifa small volcano had
broken forth in its midst. Every
house within 200 yards COLLAPSED.
Trees were blown down, the
grass within q hundred wards
moved as # by lawn mower,
while bricks from the two maga-
zines were hurled far across the
river and all over the neighbor.
hood.
For several minutes afterwards
the air was completely filed with
smoke and dust, illuminated by
the glare from the already burn
ing houses.
The work of rescue began at
ence. but in many cases the flames
had already gained full sway over
the crumpleu ruins and several
persons were burned to death be
fore the debris which covered
them could be removed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-01
HEd' Claus. wanted in Geo

"Ed' Claus, wanted in Geor-
gia for a criminal assault, has
been captured. Claus was sup
posed to be dead, negro having
already been lynched for the
crime. This is another example
of the beauties of lynching. The
case is unusual, however, because
generally when the wrong negro
is lynched the right one is never
pursued any further AMI is left to
prey on other victims. He is
emboldened by his successes. -
The State.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-01
CURES BLOOD POISON TREAT.
MENT FREE.

Blood Poison is the wors. disease on
earth ct the easiest (, cure when B..
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Many have rimp!es. spots on the
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hair. itching skin. bone pains, rheu-
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fostering sores. scrofula, scubs and
scales, cancer, and don't know It is
blood poison. Get Botanic Blood
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else fails Ii BIB. makes the blood
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improves the di ses'i"n.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-01
The Second Trial
OF Jet And White.
Alleged Assassins of Attorney
Marcum Face the Jury-Capt.
Even Again On The
Stand

Cynthiana, KY, July 90
The court for the second trial of
Curtis Jett and Thomas White for
the murder of James b. Marcum
at jackson, Ky, opened today's
session ut $50 u. m. Fifty-one
witnesses for the commonwealth
answered to their names. Pros
scouting Attorney A. T. Byrd,
who conducted the common
wealth's side of the case at the
trial at Jackson, made the opens
ing statement for the prosecu-
ton.
While the defense has subpoe.
naed over u hundred witnesses to
lmpeach those who are testifying
for the commonwealth and prove
alibls for Jett and white in the
Marcum murder case, the prose-
cution is also securing many val>
liable witnesses that could not be
secured ming the first trial. Of
ficers arrived today from Brea-
thitt county with Samuel Little,
who is considered Il stronger wit,
ness than either b. j. Even or
John l.. Patrick. 1t is stated
that Samuel Little not only saw
Jett and White just before Mar
cum fell, and again after the
shooting, but also that he wit
messed the shooting in the court
house. Little was arrested last
night by the soldiers while in hid-
ing and brought here today by a
deputy. Little IS related to Cur
tbs Jett. John Freeman, another
important witness for the COM
monwealth, who is said to have
fled to the mountains during the
trial at Jackson last month, was
also brought in by a deputy to-
day. Both will be held until they
are called by Commonwealth At
torney Byrd.
Capt. b. j. Even, the princi-
pal witness for the prosecution,
was the first witness called by the
commonwealth. Capt. Even left
the stand after he had been sub
jected to a rigorous cross examin.
alton by the attorneys for the de-
tense. After his testimony Judge
Osborne asked him if he desired
guards to take him across the ri.
yer to the camp. He said that
he did, and he was temporarily
placed in one of the jury rooms
until the military was called for
and they took him to Camp Lick
ing. On tho witness stand it de-
veloped that he had made differ
ent statements to Judge Hargis
and others Immediately after the
killing of Marcum IN Breathitt
county. He gave as his reason
that he was afraid of Hargis and
Callahan. He said that Hargis,
Callahan and Combs had called
him into consultation after the
killing and told him what to say
and that he had agreed to do so,
as he was afraid of being killed
then. and there. This created
some stir in the court room and
Immediately after he left the
stand some applause was started
which Judge Osborne promptly
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-08-01
Unopened For Thirty Years.
"A Package Left at Charlotte With
Family Which Holds Honor
Higher Than Curiosity.
{ (trom the Atlanta journal \

Charlotte, N. c., July 25.-
One family in this county certain
ly holds honor higher than curl
osity, and has not the least desire
to open sealed package thst has
been in its possession for over
thirty years.
ln 1869 a man who gave his
name as Madison M. Tyler, and
SAID he was from Brooklyn, n.
T., came to the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh McAuley, who live
near Huntersviile and leased a
vacant store room that was on the
premises.
There was an air of mystery
about the man. He never, or
rarely ever, spoke of his past life,
and he conducted all his CORES
pondence through the postofice
at Harrisburg, which was some
distance away. He managed his
store successfully and seemed to
be making money.
In the second year of his life at
Huntersville Tyler boz rowed $500
from Mrs. 'McAuIey. Six months
later she saw him making some
preparations that indicated his
departure. Before she had time
to get uneasy about the discharge
of the debt Tyler walked into the
house and paid her the money
with interest. Then he gave her
the sealed package, asking her to
keep it for him. He said the
parced was valuable and that he
would certainly return for it. This
happened in 1871.
Tyler left, and has never been
heard from since his departure.
Some years ago Mrs. McAuley
died, but before she died she gave
the package to her sister, Miss
Martha Black, asked her to keen
it until Tyler returned for it Or
sent for 1t.
The parcel is now in the pos.
session of Miss Black. She still
holds it for the owner. Not even
the paper that covers the box has
been touched harshly fly curious
hands. The package is eighteen
inches long, three inches thick and
quite heavy; that much Miss Black
and her relatives know, and no
more.
The future Of the mysterious
parcel! Why, the reputation of
the McAuleys and Blacks were
established long ago. Unless the
owner comes or sends that box
will be held intact through the
centuries.