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The Washington times., 1903-06-28
No Desire for Responsibility.

1t seems that the Belgian government,
yielding to popular sentiment, has def
nitely resolved not TO take over the
Congo Free State as a colony, either
during King Leopold's lifetime or after
his death, having no desire to assume
the responsibility for the present con-
dition OF affairs in the Free State or 10
bring upon Belgium the odium Of the
civilized world for failing to remedy it.
Under the circumstances it becomes
interesting TO speculate as TO what will
become of the Congo Free State when
Leopold dies. To whom viii he bequeatb
its sovereignty? Certainly not to his
brother, the Count OF Flanders. who has
always refused to have anything TO do
with the matter, nor yet TO the count s
only son-Prince Albert, the heir pre-
sJmptive TO the Belgian throne-since
he shares his fathers views about the
Congo, and. moreover, his subjects in
Belgium would disapprove OF any further
connection with the transporting depen-
dency or King Leopold.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Tokens of Military Mourning.

Military and naval mourning usually
takes the form of band OF crepe on the
left arm. a custom which in England
dates from the days OF Oliver Cromwell.
on whose demise the Roundhead cav
airy. who had served under his banner
at Dunbar and Worcester. were directed
to "afilx black band to the left arm
for a period OF six months
This was an Improvement upon tokens
of military mourning for Queen Eliza
beth, whose officers manifested their
grief by reversing the shoes Of their
horses, by shrouding their caps. their
arms. and their ordnance with black
cloth. and by donning black gauntlets.
In the eighteenth century military
mourning for royalty included black
epaulets and black buttons, black sad
die cloths. black gloves. and black
scarfs. Incidentally. may state that
the officers Of one English regiment,
the Loyal North Lancashire, stin wear
black threads interspersed with their
goie braid in mourning for their General
Wolfe. who fell at Quebec.
AS stated above, military mourning for
royalty is now restricted TO crepe bands
on the left arm, although at funerals OF
members of reigning houses the military
ard naval officers present are required 70
shroud with crepe their sword knots,
their epaulets. and the gold lace Of their
chapeaux. MARQUIsE DE FoNTENOY.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Tiger Always a Fighter.

At the same time the -Tammany-
ties arc thus carly indulging confidence
which is not entirely warranted by the
circumstances and conditions Two
years ago they had the record OF the
Van Wyck administration to attack
this year they viii be obliged to defend
the Low administration. which. while it
is deserving Of great praise. has never
theless made mistakes and subjected it
self TO attacks which Will to some ex-
tent place il upon the defensive. There
are a great many voters who supported
Low two years ago who will not do SO
again this year. Again, Tammany has
a record for It's ability 20 recOup when
out OF power and come TO the front with
renewed vigor after a period Of rest.
It was so four years ago when, fol-
many swept the city, although, OF
course. in that year there was no fu-
sion, although had there been the re-
suit would have been about the same
the election OF Van Wyck. New
Workers. do not seem to be able 70
stand more than two years of reform
they soon forget the evils Of Tammany
and return to the Tigers embrace.
The fusion victory is not yet won. de
spite the confident assurances Of Chair
man Cutting The battle this fall viii
be q hard one and the allies Will be
fortunate II they defeat Tammany by
a narrow margin.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Used Chapel for Storehouse.

This was all very we'll when Marshal
MacMahon was chief magistrate of the
French republic. For he was a devout
Catholic. But his successor. President
Grevy, was an avowed agnostic, who
used the chapel at the EIysee Palace as
a storeroom for his old boots and shoot
ing paraphernalia, while Sadi- Carnot.
Felix Fnure and Emil Loubet have all
been free thinkers and members OF the
Masonic craft, which. as everyone
knows. is incompatible with member
ship of the Catholic church. Moreover,
the French government is Just now IN
state of almost open war with the
Vatican, whereas there is probably no
sovereign. either Catholic or Protestant
whose influence at the present moment
is so great in pontiical circles as that
of the Kaiser.
Under the circumstances # seems
strange to deny 10 him the prerogative
accorded to the unbeliever President
Grevy, namely. the right of investing
with the biretta those Of his subjects
who are elevated on his nomination tc
the rank of cardinal
OF course, if the right is accorded to
him. It viii likewise have to be conceded
to the King of England and to the Presi-
dent Of the United States. and II Emper-
or William succeeds in obtaining the con
cession in question from the Holy Seat
we may yet live TO see the spectacle of
the master OF the White House person
ally investing the next American cardinal
with the red biretta.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
ALASKA OFFICIALS
ARE NOW IN TROUBLE
Acting District Attorney Removed.
Marshal Arraigned by jury.

NOME. Alaska, June IS (via Seattle,
June 2O.-Failure to substantiate GER
tain charges he made against the Fed
eral grand jury on May 9 resulted two
days later in the removal from office of
George 3. Grigsby. acting district at
torney. In the same order District At
torney Moore appointed John L. McGinn
as United States district attorney.
District Attorney Melvin Grigsby left
Nome last fall TO remain out during the
winter During his absence George B.
Grigsby. his son. acted as district at
torney until the Intervention of the
court. Mr. McGinn's appointment. ac-
cording to Judge Moore. runs until the
disability Of Melvin Grigsby by reason
of his absence from Nome be removed
or until his successor is appointed"
United States Marshal Frank Richards
was severely arraigned by the grand
jury, which made its report on June II.
The document arraigus Richards for the
alleged exorbitant and extravagant ex-
penses incurred in conducting his Office
and the Federal jail. and for the alleged
false and untrue representations made
by him to the Attorney General 1t also
charges Richards with obstructing the
process Of justice by aiding and abetting
men charged with crime.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
No Power to Punish Assassins.

II have been obliged in my career to
tolerate both murders and thefts." This
admission. expressed In bitter tones. is
contained in one OF the last speeches de-
livered by the Roumanian statesman
Joan Bratiano, whose statue has just
been inaugurated at Bucharest almost
at the very moment when King Peter of
Servia was making his entry into Bel
grade and assuming possession of his
blood-stained throne. The words Of
Bratiano. one OF whose sons is now
King Charles minister of foreign af-
fairs. might be repeated by every SOW
ereign I'm the southeast of Europe, and
are vividly called to mind by the trag-
edy at Belgrade. For there seems to be
no prospect. of King Peters Furnishing
the assassins Of his predecessor. In fact,
he has not the power to do so, and, like
Bratiano, he will be compelled TO admit
by his failure even to Danish them from
his presence that he has tolerated muir
ders"
The court mourning ordered by the
various sovereigns of Europe for King
Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia,
though worn by all court dignitaries,
government officials. and the corps
diplomatique, will not be adopted by
their armies. Indeed. il is quite rare
for mOnaTchs to order their army into
mourning for any foreign ruler unless
the latter happens to have held rank in
their naval OF military forces.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28

college graduates on the average 75.4
per cent marry. But the average of
the native American male is only 6S.S.
That of the entire population, foreign
and native born, is 1902. The aver
age rate of fecundity of the native
American family is 2.7, but, allowing
for losses through the perils of infan-
cy, the surviving rate is only 10, or
at the rate of nineteen children for
twenty parents. In Massachusetts the
birthrate among the native born is
only II per thousand per year, while
among the foreign born it is 80.
Moreover, the tendency toward 3
diminished birthrate is rapidly in
creasing. The average number of
children in American families Is to-
day only a little more than one-half
of what it was forty years ago.
Obviously, a stock which does not
at least reproduce itself from genera
ton to generation is destined to ex-
tinction. That is the destiny which
awaits the native American stock,
unless the present tendency is ar
rested.
President Roosevelt's remarks
about trace suicide" started an active
discussion, in the course of which
some who thought that the President
put the case too strongly had much
to say regarding the mprovidence OF
bringing into the world more children
than q family has reasonable ground
for expecting TO be able to care foi
suitably But that, evidently, is not
the crying evil Of the present day.
The real trouble seems to be where
DIR. Engelmann puts it, in the siren
nous nerve-raeking life of the day
and the struggle not for existence, but
for a luxurious existence. The ever.
increasing desire for luxuries and fol
social dissipations and advancement
makes the responsibilities of paren
tage, which are cheerfully borne under
simpler conditions, a heavy burden.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
President Must Decide.

OF course the entire matter is in the
hands of the next national committee,
which body is made up at the national
convention, each State delegation nam
ing its member The wishes Of the
Presidential candidate as TO chairman
are always consulted. and it is likely
that the President would be extremely
glad to have the management Of his
campaign placed in the hands Of his
personal and political friend. Senator
Lodge. The friendship between the
President and Senator Lodge is equally
as strong as that which existed between
the late President Mckinley and Sena-
tor Hanna.
Senator Lodge is an astute politician
as wen as a statesman. and it is prob
able that the Presidents interests would
not suffer in his hands lie proved him
self a prudent manager twenty years
ago. when. as chairman OF the Massaehu-
setts Republican State committee. he
wrested the State from the Democrats
and elected a Republican governor. Sen
ator Lodge is not now a member Of the
Republican national committee. the
Massachusetts, representative being the
Hon. George Won L. Meyer, the present
American ambassador to Italy. AS IT is
quite improbable that a man ranking
as an ambassador viii be continued as
q member Of the political committee, II
is reasonable to suppose that he may be
succeeded by Senator Lodge.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Debarred From Church Ceremony.


While the Archbishop of Salzburg.
who has just been created q cardinal.
will receive his red biretta from the
hands or Emperor Francis Joseph at a
religious ceremony organized for the
purpose in the chapel of the Imperial
Palace at Vienna, Emperor William is
debarred from taking any part in the in
vestiture of the Cardinal Archbishop of
Cologne, although the latter admittedly
owes his elevation to the Sacred College
to the Kaiser's Intervention in his be-
half on the occasion Of his majesty s
recent visit TO Rome
This is due to the fact that the king
dom of Prussia is classed as a Protest
ant power. although a considerable
moiety Of its population is Catholic.
France. on the other hand. is regarded
at Rome as a Catholic power, in spite
of its large and influential Protestant
population, and, thanks to this, tho
President of the French republic, no
matter what his religious belief, enjoys
the same rights as the monarchs OF
Austria, Spain, and Portugal, Of per-
sonally investing those OF his fellow
countrymen who are appointed cardi-
nails with the first emblem of their
rank-namely. the scarlet biretta.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
CARNEGIE'S OFFER TO
STRkTFORD-ON-A N-AVON
Explanation by Mr.. Lee Of the Accept
ance-Marie Corelli a Critic.

LONDON. June 27.-Sidney Lee, the
author in behalf of the trustees OF
Shakespeare's birthplace, has written a
long letter. which Will appear in the
newspapers on Monday. explaining the
trustees action in accepting Andre v
Carnegie's offer Of a library for STRAIT
ford Avon. He declares that the ac-
cusatiOns that the trustees are de-
stroying the historic street where Shake
spcaro was born are untrue. adding
Through the generous aid of Mr.. Car
negie they are doing precisely the Op-
posite; they are permanently preserv-
ing all the structural work which has
been proved on accurate examination 20
possess any kind Of archaeological in
terest. Modernizing has Of past years
progressed very far. and of late, but for
Mr.. Carnegie's interposition, threatened
a conspicuous advance"
The rumors that Mr.. Carnegie pro-
posed to erect an "ostentatious building
oC palatiaI spIendor" is not true. Mr.
Carnegie has left everything in the
Lends Of the Stratford corporation, and
has expressed the wish that his name be
not bestowed on the building.
Mr. Lee quotes a letter showing that
Harie CoreIll. who is the chief critic OF
the trustees and Mr.. Carnegie, had her
self negotiated for the property in ques-
zion. for the purpose Of erecting q
library. The negotiations failed. owing
to the price being higher than Miss
CoreIIi wished 10 pay.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
MISS BULL BLUSHES
ABOUT KOREAN PRINCE

CINCINNATI, June 27.-Clara Bull. pc
tite brunette. who is said 10 have cap
tured the heart OF Prince Penkeel Yee.
heir apparent to the Korean throne.
bushes prettily. and denies that there is
any engagement between her and this
scion OF Oriental royalty
I'VE are Just good friends" she said.
when seen at her home. 1909 Central
Avenue. this city.
How would you like to be the wife OF
the ruler Of Korea?7 she was asked
II don't think 1 should fancy il at ALL"
Miss Bull replied. And. anyhow. YOU
know if Prince Yee married an Ameri-
can girl he would probably have TO give
up any idea Of being a king
Despite Miss Bulls definition Of the
status Of their relations. apparently
weIl-founded rumor has it that the Ko-
rean prince has long since passed the
stage of 'Just friendship"
Twice in as many weeks he has visit
cd the Queen City. and the young wo-
man who has drawn him hither has in
her possession many letters. breathing
ardent Eastern feelings. and not at all
the sort Of letters evolved by platonic
sentiments Furthermore. there are
stories OF a ring and other gifts that
lack authoritative denial. and the BELIEF
that the charming little Cincinnati girl
and the infatuated young prince will be-
fore long be the principals in an inter-
national alliance gains ground steadily.
Prince Yee met Miss BUlI> not long
after he came 10 this country. They
first saw each other az Delaware. Ohio,
where the Korean is acquiring an Amer
lean education So far as the prince is
concerned. Il seems 70 have been a case
of love at FIRST sight. This was six
months aEO Since then letters have
been FREQUENT. and recently he finds the
temptation 10 visit Cincinnati TOO strong
10 be resisted.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Fusionists See Victory.

The -Tammanyites are rejoicing
over the prospects Of fusion this fall,
which. It is asserted. will be stronger
and more compact than was the organi-
zation which routed the Tiger two years
ago. and elected the Hon. Seth Low as
mayor of Greater New York. For a year
or more Tammany has been confident Of
winning back it's lost power at the cleo
tlon this fall. Some Of the enthusiasts
have even gone so far as TO declare that
Tammany would win by from 5000 to
10O, 900 majority, and that "a yellow dog
ticket would be able 10 defeat the fusion
lists. This sort Of talk was INDUCED IN
Immediately following the gubernatorial
election Of last fall. when Tammauy
rolled up more than 123, 900 majority for
the Democratic ticket. or nearly 10000
more than Leader Murphy predicted. and
his ante election forecast was regarded
as wildly visionary.
Now, while the Tammany men are
still confident OF victory. they are not
indulging in prediction Of such exaE
8erated majority figures as they were
a few months ago. No doubt Leader
Murphy, who has proven himself 4 most
able politician and manager. has placed
the organization in better condition
than Il has been for many years, ard
where II commands more respect, but
nevertheless he has a hard fight before
him. Devery is more or less Of an In
known quantity, 80 far as his vote in
the mayoralty contest is concerned, and
he declares that he will make good his
threat TO run for mayor. He will take
several thousand votes from the regU-
lar Democratic ticket
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
FUNDS
NEARLY ALL SPENT
Committee Meets and Discusses the
Situation.

Practical charity was the keynote OF a
meeting Of the public Fairgrounds com
mittee yesterday afternoon in the Office
OF Harbormaster Sutton.
The object of the conference was a
discussion of plans for the completion of
a new playground in a vacant lot on
Seventh Street. between NJ and y. A
number of minor changes for the in-
9rovemeRt of the park were acted upon,
and an urgent appeal for the assistance
of the public in maintaining the place
was recommended by the committee.
Prior to the meeting. an inspection OF
the playground was made the members
of the committee The apparatus on
hand was reviewed. and arrangements
were made TO improve some of the con
t=ivances.
These changes are trivial. and will
make no material difference in the ar
rangement Of the grounds. Following
the inspection the committee assembled
in the Office of Commodore Sutton.
The report OF the treasurer showed
that only $23 remained on hand to meet
expenses. This sum is not sufficient for
the purchasing Of new apparatus, besides
leaving no funds for the maintaining OF
the park. In view of this fact the COM
mittee asked charitably inclined peraons
for immediate help.
A description of the new grounds. as
they appear when the children are en-
joying themselves. was furnished by the
secretary, Clara J. Van Trump. In COM
meuting or this excellent method OF
charity. she said the policeman on the
beat had told her that there had bee1
a scarcity of arrests among the children
since the vacant lot had been transform
ed into a playground for the little ones
There is only one objection 10 the place
Some of the mothers in the neighborhOcC
have complained that see-saws. swings
and giant strides. are pretty hard on
sundry trousers. That opposition. how
ever. is not considered serious
Cuno H. Rudolph. chairman. reported
that the playground for negro children
at First and Streets southwest. was
rapidly assuming an improved shape.
A donation for lumber has been OBJ
tained by Prof. A. L. Craig, of the Arm
strong Manual Training School. and tht
necessary apparatus is being Installed
gradually.
An active interest in the grounds
has been shown by the residents OF ths
neighborhood. and the younger popuia-
ton has volunteered 20 assist In per
fecting the place. An effort viii b,
made TO have a swimming pool con
structed on the lot
The Washington times., 1903-06-28

appointed, no blunders viii be per
mitted. Slowly and properly The Iiew
order Of things viii be built mp and
the church will become in those islands
what it was under the Spanish regime,
the steady support of the Govern
ment. The President and his Cabi-
net deserve congratulation on the wis
dom and patience with which they
have brought this delicate affair to q
satisfactory conclusion.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
The Field of Politics
Lodge in Favor.


The selection of the Hon Henry Cabot
Lodge as chairman of the Republican
national committee to succeed Senator
Hanna is much discussed among pOliti-
clans, who believe that the Ohio Senator
does not desire to continue at the head
Of the party organization for another
four years after the next national con-
vcntion. It has been generally reported
that the President intimated to Senator
Hanna weeks. perhaps months. ago-in
fact. long before the Ohio State cOnven-
tion--that he would be pleased TO have
the Senator act as his campaign man
ager next year. This was no doubt
something more than a perfunctory re-
quest prompted by courtesy due to Sen
ator Hanna. for the President is well
cware of Senator Hanna's capabilities as
a campaign director, his ability to raise
the dough-" and his experience in con-
drcting a presidential canvass so as to
bring success.
Besides, it would be a pledge Of Sen
tor Hanna's loyalty to the President u
have him accept the position for another
term. Aside from any consideration of
his unsuccessful attempt to prevent the
Ohio convention from demanding the
nomination of the President. it is quite
probably that Senator Hanna will de-
sire to be relieved from the arduous du-
ties of conducting another Presidential
campaign. II ne wishes to continue at
the head of the party organization, 1t
is quite likely that he will have no diff
Guilty in retaining the leadership Should
he retire, however. 1t is not improbable
that Senator Lodge may be his success
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
The Diminishing Birihrate.
A Problem Too Serious TO Be Dismissed
With Easy Jests.


Considering in a thoughtful article
IL the popular Science Monthly the
question whether the male graduates
of American colleges are, BY reason
Of their education or for other causes,
moro disinelined than other Ameri-
ears to marry and rear children, DIR.
George J. Eugelmann reaches a mega
tive conclusion, but by a process
which reflects no credit upon the mass
Of Americans.
The statistics which he marshals do
not show that the higher education
tends to "race suicide" On the con
trary, it appears that college grad
mates are above the average American
gtock in the percentage Of births in
their families. But, among the Amer
lean people at large, DIR. Engelmann
finds conditions more extreme than
those which exist in any other coun-
try, France even not excepted.
The average couple of graduates
does not reproduce itself. That is 70
say. It does not bring to maturity two
Ives 70 take the place Of the parents.
But It comes nearer doing so than the
average native American family.
The statistics show that Of male