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The Washington bee., 1903-01-24
THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Chicago Barkeeper Thinks They
VIII Not Return Again.
lays Candidates Nowadays WOHf
ThaW Out-CnIIs Them IA Lot OF
Cheap Guys and Chicken
Feed StaIesmen.

ELECTIONS are getting quieter and
ouieter all the time, especially as far
as the saloon business is concerned
said a West side bartender to Chr
cago Tribune reporter, "and the
past election was about the quietest
l ever saw. a dollar of campaign
money on a saloon bar now is nearly
as scarce as a white blackbird.
"No, there's nothin' doin. It's not
like the old election times at all. Then
a candidate for alderman o. any other
political Job had TO be a good fellow
and spender. his way to boost him
self was 10 go round and paint Things
red and make them whoop. When you
saw him and his gang coming down
the street il looked like there was
riot or Il revolution. In every saloon
there was a congregation Of red-eyed
buns waiting to get the glad hand ana
their beer from him and from the
other fellow. The crowd would line
I'D at the bar and shout for him and
tell him he was the whole thing. Then
ne MOulU NldkC HIS A4LLl1 l-NA eA--N- J0--J
them up and order drinks, and the
same again, and a good cigar for all
hands, and throw down five or a ten
dollar bill, or maybe $40 bill. And
expect any change? Not on your tin
type. And no decent bartender would
ever dream of giving him any. Bet
your life he wouldn't.
But my, how different now! The
old candidates were princes compared
with some of these fellows. A cheap
er lot of guys never came over the
pike, and how they have the gall to
look for votes is what gets me. Most
of them seem to be members Of the
W.C.T.U Soda water and brown pop
is their limit, and they seem to expect
TO get it for nothing.
"Why, the other day candidate
for something or other, one Of these
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24
Ia-E nr senrrtnrr shnw-

''...t Shaw tells this story OF
.' second r-.e for governor in Iowa,
'-... he failed ro carry his own coun-
lie was chatting with a witty
-.. .1"o.er who dryly congratu-
.- -." OH his election. Eyes, I'm
.-- To .a elected" said Mr.. Shaw.
--. .w sorry to have lost the
Where I live" Pat didn't say
:. what do you think about
persisted the successful
Me. "Ergorra, it's the DEVILS
60 .s j p didn't hive in every coun-
,,-r- '"e N1tate," was the explosive
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24
OF BALL FIELD
Cir LANG Chen Tung, Chinese Dip
l9u8-, Knows Curves.
.-....... Years tEo lie Was One OF the
.-4-. I...shers Uf New England
-R.n Iir h Minister at
Washington.

E.- matter ..N great may be the
... ...r.g... .. Sig Liaug Chen Tung.
... ........r at Wa Iiug-Fang, in the
..... ....uaey al Washington, he
...... or remembered al Phillips
......... Euouer. Mass. as the pitch
.-.. ... ..-J famous baseball u.c--
graduate VINO introduced the
..... ... That was 20 years ago.
..... coming there ri luh Liaug, as
...... zen called. was a student al ,he
. College m Hartford. Conn. un-
d.. ..p.Ig.~l0U Of Dr. Nuug Wing.
a..... lime Hartford had a National
..seua.l nine that was crowd
r Boston ReC Stockings, under
& .. and George Wright very close,
e. ..LuauJ. Tommy" Bond. with
BIS ...se~, was the hero Of the hour.
I... ..ug Chinamau used 10 60 10 the
ground 10 watch the morning practice,
a E. Iuk became d fayuTite Of Bond S.
j. ught him his famous curve. AS
-. the Chinese students formed a
baseball. nine, with ri Iuk as pitcher.
g... defeated easily the Hartford
big. school nine, the Trinity colIegi-
ar md other baseball organizations
Of local reputation.
Ia. idea was 10 furnish the boys an
ssration at Harvard and Yale. but be-
fore the plan could be fully carried out
ln tm.ssary from the emperor Of
China arrived, found the boys we're be-
coming Americauized to an alarming
extent. and effected their recall by the
- uanmelr
hang Chen Tung was one of the
j.. ar fourth installmeuts of young
(nn.-a sent to this country. He ar
hive. here about 1875. He was then a
boy .f "a. d large, robust, handsome
young fellow, fun of fun and spirits.
For awhile he remained with a family
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24

Fortune spent on Levees
During the last 81 years Louisiana
has spent SOOOO, 900 on the leVees Of
the Mississippi
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-06-20
LAG. n. SCHEDULE.


d ." .
. f.r Sal. rI..r. f-..r .r r..I.
~ Nf.rt.r i4
d rrllarofC,Iv.r- v,... lilo
s.,, y..,.rt,y
Scot, ri.lt rr returned t. C.r.
ysr, r..,.,.i.v
PRO. T.. j. KYLE returned fuu
Bmm. Yesterday.
RM Wilson of Palestine wa, H
taec.ry yesterday
ha'' t.a n',t-hI.'A.a'i he.i
''''A. " i"ln'''A. i'
Couiters kitchen ha, every ut.usi'
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-06-20
II e III & E.s "a E 4 "a e. 81 e g; e

w. J. Long of Kurten was Ga town
yesterday aud called on the Eagle.
Mrs. VI. Nagle returned yesterday
from visit % relatives at Manor
Prof T.. Dwight Saudersou OF Col.
lege went 20 Grapelnnd yesterday
Spring mouse traps sold 3 Tor 2jc
Coulter brought them down toto for
2lc.
Mrs. Henry Rolde and son Master
Henry left for Hot Spring, yester-
day.
,i.ss Jennie Hauway returned 20
Dallas yesterday after a visit 90 rel-
atiyes.
Breakfast Beu Coffee, whole.
ground or pu,verized. Clarke and
Fountain. lG9
W. u. Brown of Palestine arrived
yesterday oyislt 81 J.. Dausby and
other Relatives.
J.L. Eobilsor returned 90 Mart
last night after spending "a Jew days
Don. Resting up.
D. T. Boyle has returned from
vacation pleasantly spent 40 Hous-
tnu aad LaPor.a
J.C Berger, lut. 1f Galveston. is
now night OPERATOR and ticket agent
fog taeI.&G.N
Hey. D.. l.. Saetties has been visit
.H- az Tnup. ibis week he re-
turned yesterday
have you noticed row some few
prices have bs.lrsducei hy C0u.ter-
Kitchen department
Ni,, Dewitt Darlington returned
o. Marquee yesterday. after visit
Co Miss Maybelie Hortmau.
Tam not running my Kitchen de-
partmsut Co please competitors but
to please customers. Coulter
Mother Mary Joseph and Madame
81. Pierre OF the Ursuline convent
went 90 Galveston yesterday
For Beut-New cottage. bath room
aud water works south front.
Chatham Machinery Co. l75
Fr.,l bread and cakes. light. clean
and wholesome. supplied iu any
quantity by the TeNa, Bakery. Mrs.
OTTO Boehme, propriatrcss. i5.t
Miss Leila Russell returned to Cali
vert yesterday after visit t1 N-s.
W. e.. TSliaiorro. ~a. was accom-.
panied by Nis, Bessie Gibson. N..
n- ha.a attending tae Jua...
Academy
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-06-20

Mr.. w. ID. Prater, now with the
Wrought Iron Range Co, Of Kansas
City, Mo-, is here on visit to rela'
tives.
Lola aud Stuart Wilson OF Hous-
ton, children of Mr.. aud Mrs. Is. +.
Wilson, are here on visit 10 rel
ativos.
The county board Of examiners Is
In session. There are fifteen appli-
cants for teachers Certificates, ten
white and five colored.
Emancipation day was as quiet
locally almost az Sunday. The good
order maintained was most credlta-
bic to the colored people.
Ladios-A visit 20 my kitchen de-
partment will surprise you IL Is full
Of cooking commences etc also fruit
jars. Coulter The Slasher.
Twelve cars of scrap iron have
been shipped from Bryan during the
past several months aud q consider
able sum has been realized from the
sale thereof.
$. W.. Higgs gave the colored peo-
pie ou bis place ou the Little Brazos
"a barbecue dinner yesterday. Sew
oral persons were present from Bryan
by invitation Of Mr Riggs
ThoL& g. n. pay car was here
yesterday. Among those who showed
up for their "tme' were four OF the
negro section men held iu jail here
charged with tho murder of Dennis
Malcolm.
Mrs. G.. %. b. Kirk of Mississippi
lef. yesterday Tor San Marcos after
"a vlsitt Mrs. j. ". Tabor Mrs.
Tabor aud Miss Matte Tabor viii
leave next week TO join hes Ia "a visit
90 Austin and San Antonio.
J. a. Robinson, who lately re-
turned from Shawnee, Oklahoma,
informed the Eagle reporter yester-
day that Doe has sold his interest FOO
the Shawnee Mercantile Co 20 r. j.
Patterson, who is now Ia charge Of
the business Mr. Robinson has re-
turned 10 Bryan 90 live. He says
his health was not good IN Okla
homu.
Dr. Rankin OF Dallas lectured 40
the Methodist church last night, un-
der auspices of tho parsonage and
home mission society ON sights
aud scenes hy Land and Sea" The
discourse was based upon observa-
tions made by Or. Rankin ON a trip
abroad, aud was full OF interest. Dr.
Rankin is a cultured gentleman and
a fluent speaker, who is at once
brilliant. sincere aud impressive.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-06-20

gal fruit jars Masou's loc.
lat fruit jars Masou's zoe.
Coulter makes prices others follow.
Coulter The ~lasher.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
Yachts and Boats.

f. L. Macomber has received an order for,
and begun work on, a 25-foot gasolene launch
for A. c. Bowman and C. Fl. Smith of Hart
land.
Captain Ned Davis of Rockland has COM
pleted a 16- foot launch to be used as tender
this summer The launch has a one and one
half h. p. Palmer engine that will give her a
speed of six knots.
Captain George Webster, formerly of the
steamer Gov Rodwell, has gone to New York
where he will inspect the building of steam
yacht for Charles E. Bryan of New York.
The vessel will be launched in June and
with Captain Webster in command will
cruise in eastern waters this summer, going
as far east as Newfoundland.
H. NJ. Prince of Camden is building gas
olene launch for Mr.. L. c. Moody of Boston
who is commodore of the Dorchester Yach
Club. The boat is 16feet long and the inside
is finished in oak. She is a handsome and
staunch boat.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

Cuba in 1898, the advance guard OF the
r s army. Around the steamer IS
good imitation of water and sand, IN
which there is a fine display OF mount
ed fish. birds and alligators. There is
A large map in which Florida is shown
in relief, that one may see State as il u.s.
To the east are the hot houses, where
sWeet-scented flowers are grown, ana
the power house whose five boilers en-
able the big engines to grind out the
electric current for the thousands OF
lights in the house. Beyond is the BOAT
house. where row boats are found ana
a half dozen naphtha launches, III when
one may reach cool breeZes IN the Gay
time and enjoy delightful pleasure trips
by night on the moonlit river. Nearer
the house is the Casino, or theatre
building. This is fitted up as an up-to-
date theatre. having a seating capacity
of 1900 The stage is we'll furnished and
the scenery of the best. During the
height of the season the floor OF the
main theatre is removed and under II
is a first class swimming tank, while on
either side of the hall are dressing
rooms. The building also has fine bowl
ing alleys, billiard and pool tables re-
ception rooms and card rooms, and
the printing office. Taken as whole
the Tampa Bay Hotel and grounds can
not be equalled in the south, and as a
resort hotel it leads. The rates are
from S. perday up, according to room.
The roads are of very light sand and
fine shells and look white and clean, but
are hard to travel on with load. In
the city of Tampa, the streets are all
paved and afford great bicycling. There
are as many wheels here as one would
expect to see in New York city, for
everybody takes advantage OF the flat
country and the pavements,a and old and
young. white and black, find pleasure in
their wheels. Like Georgia, the Florida
wheelmen take the sidewalk from the
pedestrians and you are forced to leave
the walk for wheel.
The rates for carriages here are 81
per hour, and while the rigs do not equal
those in the north, they are very good
and the landau's prevail.
There is plenty of silver currency in
the south and it is hard to get paper
money. Silver dollars or cart wheels
are more than plentiful.
Lovers of the little lizard-like green
chameleon find them very plentiful
here. Every morning when the sun
shines warm and clear you see them
stretched out on the cedar hedge bask-
ing in the sunlight. Many are taken
north. !. OKhlN .. DlChE1'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

Those of US who recall the Tweed
ring in its palmy days, and its subse-
ouent overthrow, naturally thought
that the depths of municipal corrup-
ton had been reached. The infamy OF
Tweed and his followers seemed almost
too great for belief. But the Tweed
gang were clean in their methods, and
the veriest novices in crime, when COM
pared with doc" Ames and his satel-
lites, whose Ubiquitous career in Mime
apolis was recently brought to close.
Reading the story Of their rascality in
McClure's for February one finds it
difficult to believe that such things
could have been tolerated in an Amerl-
can city. But tolerated they were, for
a time. Then came the day of reckon
ing. with Mayor Ames and many of his
rascally subordinates fugitives from
Justice, and the city once more in clean
hands. And now it is st. Louis that
stands pllloried in the public gaze. The
story is told in McClure's for March,
under the significant title of 'The
Shamelessness of st. Louis and the
Boston Herald we'll says that it ''makes
the history OF the Tweed ring seem
tame and insignificant by comparison. y
The worst feature of the situation is
that although Boss Butler is now serv-
ing term of three years in prison for
bribery. other convicted boodlers are
not only at large but holding their
positions in the city government; and
there seems DO disposition on the part
of the people Of st. Louis to punish or
get rid of them. All that has been
done in this direction has been done,
practically alone, and in the face OF
every obstacle that wealth and the In
tiuence OF politicians and Others could
bring, by Joseph W. Folk, the circuit
attorney. His term will soon expire,
and then the ring expect to resume
business unmolested at the old stand.
Will they be permitted to do so? Ii st.
Louis expects the world to come to her
fair next year she had better clean her
Augean stable, which now stinks IN the
nostrils of the nation.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
THE LOYAL LEGION

Hold a Very Successful Meeting in Bangor.
The regular quarterly session of the Maine
Commandery of the Military Order of the
LOYAL Legion was held at the Bangor House
BANGOR, Wednesday evening, March 4th.
The session, which was one Of the happiest
and most successful in the history of the
order, included, besides the usual matters
of routine business, an elaborate supper
followed by three eloquent and witty post
nrandial addresses,-and was attended by
members of the commandery from all parts
of the State. At the business meeting,
Gen. Charles p Mattocks presiding, Second
Lieutenant William II. Moody of Liberty
was admitted to membership and memorials
were read of the five comrades who died
during the past year: Richard Lawrence
Howard, Elijah NJ. Shaw, Rear Admiral
Frank Wildes, Thomas B. Reed, and Henry
+. Sellers. The latter, a native OF Bangor,
died in Searsport Aug. 90, 1902: He was the
first military instructor at the nlverslty OF
Maine, soon after the close of the war For
sixteen years he was inspector of customs
in the Bangor department, and for one year
was in the revenue service at HOulton. A
companion and comrade in his regiment
saws; ssHe remembers him as an officer con-
spicuOus for his anxiety to perform every
duty as a soldier and an officer, and took
pride in performing his duties IN manner
ors." At this point Gen. Joseph S. Smith.
upon behalf Of Mrs. Lester Dwinal OF
superb set of etchings, drawn by the dis,
tinguished artist Edwin Forbes and entitled
"Life Studies of the Great Army"-0ne OF
the most handsome gifts which the Depart
ment of Maine has yet received. In making
the presentation Gen. Smith paid hand;
some tribute to Major Dwinal, who passed
to his last roll call, Jan. 4, 1901. The Com
mandery passed a vote Of thanks to Mrs.
Dwinal for her gift.
At O'Clock an adjournment was taken
to the big dining room Of the hotel, w 6er,
ernor Frederick ROBBIE and Gen. G. P. Mat
tocks occupied the head of the central table,
while upon either side were seated long or!
lines of Loyal Legion members and their
guests, John O. johnson of Liberty and A.
E. Fernald of Winterport were among those
present Ex-Gov Robes address on A6ra'
ham Lincoln was paper Of great value
and was listened to with deep interest by
the assemblage.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

We print on the 9th page an extend
ed obituary of Hon. James Staples Of
Bridgeport, Ct, native of Swanville
in this county. The Bridgeport Stand
ard says editorially of the deceased:
There was hardly an important sphere
of public duty in which he had not done
his part with credit and with the energy
and push which were his most charac-
reristic qualities. He had served the
city so we'll that his place will be hard
20 i'll and he will be greatly missed in
all the public activities in which he was
SO long engaged. He was good citizen,
an interchangeable worker in whatever
his hands found to do, and he set anex-
ample of probity in all the relations of
life which will exert powerful inhu--
ence for years to come. Fearless and
able in the support of his opinions he
was a power to be reckoned with Wher-
ever he was interested, and his effort
was always in the direction of what he
conceived to be the public welfare.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

A little book, dealing with big ques-
ton, whose title should attract atten-
ton, is ga Country Without Strikes. -
The country is New Zealand, once a
penal colony, but now coming rapidly
to the front materially and morally,
and which has apparently satisfactor-
lily solved problem that has given
England, the mother country, great
concern, and caused the loss of millions
to both capital and labor in this coun-
try, to say nothing Of the discomforts
arising from the coal strike. The
author of the book is an American,
Henry Demarest Lloyd, who visited
New Zealand to make an impartial
study of this question; and there is an
introduction by William Parker Reeves,
ex-Minister of Labor in New Zealand
and author of the compulsory arbitra-
ton law. Mr.. Reeves says: 1.-TWO of
the knottiest questions which humani-
tartan social reformers have endeavor-
ed in our time to solve, are confessedly
the conflict of organized capital with
organized labor, and the necessity of
securing minimum of comfort for
the humber class of workers. Among
eleven self-governing British colonies
two only have made any serious endea-
vor to cope with the second of these
,,,ob1ap,e op6 ono only baC ma6n apv
determined effort to grapple with the
first. Victoria and New Zealand essay
to control by statute wages and the
conditions of labor: in New Zealand
alone the conflicts of labor and capital
are by law and custom submitted to
the arbitration of state tribunals The
book is timely, interesting and instruc-
tive.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

sons of the winter will undoubtedly
lead to greater economy in the use of
fuel in the future; particularly if, as
now seems probable, the price OF coal
remains high. 1t is probable also that
more soft coal will be used, as many
have found it good fuel for the kitchen
stove and more economical than the
hard coal. Altogether, from local
standpoint, the coal famine has not
been an unmixed evil.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

The elections last week III Vermont
cities and towns indicate that the anti
prohibition sentiment is growing since
the change in the constitution from
prohibition to local option. The total
vote in 221 cities and towns out of 246
was. yes, 27,72S: no, 23,57S, as compared
with last months vote of yes, Is, 1853;
no. IS. 2s6. The missing % towns stood
last month yes. 2,629; no, 1,426. This
shows a gain for high license of 435 and
a loss for prohibition of 2,711. OF the
22l cities and towns, 50, or about 40 per
cent, voted yes, compared with 30 per
cent. last month.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

Mr.. Charles W. Frederick contributes
60 this issue of The Journal very in
teresting letter on the carnival in New
orleans. The writer has attended sew
eral Of these festivities, the first in 81,
when the only carnival organization
was the Mystic Crewe of komus, which
still exists, having been revived after
the interregnum caused by the civil
wal 1t is generally conceded that the
New Orleans carnival exceeds that of
any other city, even those of the Latin
countries, where it originated, and it
attracts thousands of visitors from
every part of the Union.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
Perry's Confession.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, March 9. George L.
O. Perry, the negro lad who was indicted
for the murder of Miss Agnes McPhee of
somerville and Miss Clara Morton of Wav-
er,v. made a confession when he realized
that he could not live, ana now that ne IS
dead Sheriff Fairbairn has made public
what he said. February 26th he admitted
that he was responsible Tor the deaths Of
both girls and that connected in any way
with the crimes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

The Kansas legislature has adopted a
resolution to place bust OF John j..
ingalls, in the historical gallery OF the
capitol at Washington.
There are many dead and gone legls-
lators who might be appropriately rep
resented by bust; but ingalls, is not
one of them. In his case, no doubt,
bust is selected because a full length
statue would resemble an interrogation
p0in-,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

The late session of Congress was a
failuYe-in the estimation of Henry
LOOMS Nelson. In fact, everything
and everybody is failure, because the
world and its inhabitants were not
created according to the wishes and on
the lines of Henry LOOMS Nelson.
This is very sad, but we see no remedy
Tor il,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

Sir Thomas Upton is sure he is going
to lift the cup this time. Shamrock
III. is said to be 1.-The prettiest boat
ever sent across the Atlantic" She
will have her first trial spin March 9th.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

The crows-like the poor-we have
always with us: but they are not much
in evidence during the coolest weather.
Last week their presence in the fields
gave us caWs to believe that spring is
near at hand
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

The Boston Herald speaks of 'the
senile and maudlin weakness that char
acterizes the proceedings of the United
States Senate. And yet Brother Hoar
is member of that body.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

And now Massachusetts proposes to
have an Old Home week. The Massa-
chusetts folks in other States number
299,614 This is enough for quite a
picnic.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12

However it may have appeared to
those on the ground, or behind the
scenes, we confess that the action of the
House on resubmission was something
Of a surprise. From the indications of the
growth of antirprohibition sentiment it
seemed not improbable that the House
would vote for resubmission, but that
it would be defeated in the Senate;
while that if submitted to the people it
would be voted down was a foregone
conclusion. But resubmission was de-
feated in the House March 9Th by the
decisive vote of "a to 46-more than
two to one. Resubmission had gained
but two votes since it was before the
legislature two years ago. At this rate
of progress it will take twenty-four
wears to get the measure through the
House.