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The Washington times., 1903-03-11
Eye- Sores of the Citu.
Unimproved Property Should Either Be
Fenced or Kept as Lawn.

There ought to be a law compelling
owners of unimproved real estate TO
keep II in decent order.
As q general proposition the owner
of this class Of property is entitled to
scant courtesy on the part of other
taxpayers, he doing little or nothing
toward raising the standard Of real
estate values, while theirs is the toll.
the worry, the risk. and the outlaws
III making the improvements which
benefit him. 1t IS no great exaggera-
ton, therefore, to say. that in more
senses than one the owner of unim-
proved property, situated in the heart
Of a city, Is a public enemy.
There are cases, perhaps, which
may be classed as exceptions TO the
rule. Such are properties held in
trust for minors, or properties upon
whose titles there rests a cloud We
can imagine number Of reasons. in
fact, which would excuse, if they
couldn't justify, an owners refusal
TO invest money for improvements.
Still, there are no reasons we can
think of which excuse an owner of
property in the midst of an attractive
neighborhood leaving it in condi-
ton TO become an eye-sore and a
nuisance. 4 case in point is the hole
and rubbish heap in Dupont Circle,
where once stood Stewart Castle"
The Washington times., 1903-03-11
German Held in Favor.

Senator German has the confidence Of
those who are known as moneyed men.
and is an organizer without an equal in
his party. Several other names have
been suggested. among them the Hon.
James NJ. Guffcy. national committee
man from Pennsylvania; Senator Will
liam A. Clark of Montana. and Senator
Francis c. Newlands Of Nevada. All
three are millionaires, Clark and Cuff
fey many times over, and If they saw
ut could themselves individually sup
port a national campaign without being
obliged to curtail any OF their personal
expenses. But they are materially lack
ing in the qualifications for political or
ganization which Senator German has
and they likewise have not had his ex-
perience.
Again, both Senator Clark and Senator
Nowlands come from small far West
States and are not so thoroughly In
touch with the East as a, chairman Of
the committee should be, for IL is in the
East that the gains must be made n
the Democracy is to win The Republi-
cans in 1892 had little expensive ex-
perience with a chairman from a small
Western State when the Hon. Tom Car
ter headed their organization. but then.
matter how clever. could have kept
matter however clever. could have kept
back the great Democratic tidal wave OF
that year.
II Senator German is not chosen 20
succeed Senator Jones. there is a pos
sibility that some such man as Taggart
or Rose may be selected
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In Line for Another Term.

The Hon. J. Q. W. Beckham is eligible
to another term as governor OF Ken
lucky in the official opinion OF Judge
CantriII, the jurist who came into some
prominence by reason OF the fact that
he presided over the trials OF several
Of the GOebel murder cOnspirators. IN
der the Kentucky law a governor who
has served a full term is not qualified
10 succeed himself. II is further pro-
svided that in cases where the governor
dies within a year after his induction
into Office he shall be succeeded by
the lieutenant governor. but that there
shall be an election for governor az the
next general election.
In cases where the governor dies one
year after he has taken Office. the lieu
tenant governor fills out his term with
out the necessity OF another election.
The oath Of Office was administered 20
Governor GOebel while he lay upon his
death bed. The next day he died as
result OF the assassin's bullet, and fol-
lowing the flight of the pretender Tay-
lor. Governor Beckham became the ex-
ecutive OF the State.
In pursuance Of the law an election
for governor was held the following No
vember. and Governor Beckham was
chosen over the Hon. John W Yerkes,
the present whatsoever OF Internal
Revenue His term will expire next
December. Governor Beckham seeks an
other term. but the question was raised
as to his eligibility. In order to test
the matter. Chairman Allie Young of the
Democratic State committee refused TO
place Governor Beckhams name upon
the ballot 10 be voted at the Democratic
State primaries. to be held IN May.
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careful or even considerate of the
feelings Of others.
We shall presently be told, no
doubt, that "Chesterfelds" cannot be
had for so n week. It's an old gag,
Of course; but doesn't in the least re
lieve the street railway management
from the duty Of seeing to it that
motormen arc restricted within rea-
sonable limits in their pastime of
throwing passengers off their feet.
May we hope for an early consid-
Grafton of this suggestion by the Off
Gals of the companies7
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Prince Rupert's Eastern Tour.

Apropos OF Bavaria I may mention
that the heir presumptive 10 the throne
and his young consort. Prince and Prin-
cess Rupert. who along with their
nephew. Prince George Of Bavaria. are
now travelling in the Dutch East In
dies. have abandoned their intention OF
returning home via the United States,
and on leaving Java will journey back
TO Munich by way OF Shanghai. Port
Arthur and the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
The prince and princess are travelling
incOgnitO under the names Of Count and
Countess Haardt. while their nephew.
Prince George OF Bavaria. has assumed
the name OF Count Wartenberg. They
have been received with the utmost dis
tinction in the Dutch East Indies and
are reported TO be enthusiastic over
what they have seen there. Prince Ru-
pert is the eldest son OF Prince Louis.
who IN turn is the eldest son OF the
octOgenarian regent OF Bavaria. Princess
Rupert is a daughter OF the oculist duke.
Charles Theodore of Bavaria, and her
sister is married 20 Prince Albert Of
Flanders. heir presumptive 10 the throne
OF Belgium.
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Street Car Motormen.
Why Do the Companies Permit an I'm
skillful Handling of the Machinery?

skillful Handling of the Machinery?
We think we have, on the whole.
one of the best street railway sys-
TENS 10 be found anywhere For this
reason it seems ungracious, perhaps,
TO grunble and find fault. Still. we
are human, and for that reason beg
the indulgence Of the street railway
officials, while we proceed to state
our grievance.
When the underground trolley sys-
tenn was first introduced here. Jess
than ten years ago, the motormen.
though new to the job. handled their
part Of the business infinitely better
than they do today. The ears started
easily, and quickly developed the re-
quircd speed. There was no sudden
jolt or jerk that threw You off your
feet. IL seemed a tremendous I'M
provement, in this respect alone, over
the old horsepower.
What are the conditions today 4?
IN nine cases our of ten YOU are
thrown violently backward. If stand
ing IL a crowded car, by the shock
of n sudden start; or else your i'm
mediate neighbors, hanging on to
straps. are made 10 dance a horn
pipe on your toes, while those fortu-
nate enough to have secured seats
seem seized by an irresistible de
sire 20 shoot through the rear-end
door, without the formality of get
ting up.
The cause seems plain enough The
remedy nc less so. The former is
the quick and don't -care-a-d--
manner with which the motorman
throws about the crank that turns on
the electricity. The latter simply
demands that the motorman exercise
a little restraint upon himself. It is
a case Of familiarity breeding con
tempt. Before ne became thoroughly
acquainted with his tools he handled
them gingerly, with discretion, al
most. Since they have become an
~old story" 10 HIM he is no longer
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that the tribunal Of last resort may
pass upon Il. Should this court uphold
Judge Cantrill's decision. Governor
Beckham's name will go upon the ballot.
The proceeding is entirely amicable.
and is had in order that no question may
be raised as TO the governors right to
serve should he be reelected next fall
He has only little opposition in mis- own
party. Representative Hendrix be-
ing about the only candidate against
him, and IL is quite probable that he
will be renominated and reelected Tha
strongest man the Republicans could
place against him is Commissioners
Yerxes who is popular in the State, but
who is not likely to abandon a good
paying Federal Job for the dubious
honor of being a Republican candidats
for governor OF Kentucky, with the pres
tige OF one defeat against him On the
basis of last years Congress elections
the Blue Grass State is nearly IS. OOo
Democratic. so that there Is scaat en-
couragement for any Republican in I'M
dertaking the task OF defeating Cover
nor Beckham. whose administration haG
been a satisfactory one.
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Long Ruling POpeS.

The usxt number in the series 81 Pope LeO's
juEil-es viii De that in honor Of his attainment
81 the traditional years II Peter in May next.
Peter H. said 20 have been bishop o. Rome for
nearly tweuty-six years, though the exact dates
are involved in more or less uncertainty. Plus
~ reigned from 1916 TO ISIS, a fraction less
than thrty-two years. There have been other
long rcigns, but none Others quite equaling
Leo NUS Leo | reigned twenty-one years:
Leo H.. twenty-one; Alexander III, twenty-five:
Clement NJ. twenty-one; Pins VI. twenty four
and a half: Plus VII, twenty three As o.
who have been the greatest Of the Popes, distin-
guished authorities differ. Pope Clement NJ
undertook 70 answer the question by replying:
st. Peter, 81. Sylvester, Alexander Wand
ourself. Boston Herald
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Reflections of a Bachelor.

Most people want 70 make money 50 as to
spend il, but those who make money do IL
by not spending il.
some women with good figures understand
how to dress 50 that blind man would know H.
Even a man who knows enough 90 swap horses
and get the best Of il doesn't always know
enough not 10 get married.
II is no use trying % make a woman under
stand that man never knows why he loves
woman and never cares WIN
II nobody else had the sense when a y.5rrsr
is pretty 10 tell her So she would have the
sense 20 talk il in a pbonograph and then listes
10 it.-New York Preza
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Star-Eyed Statesmanship.

What must be the emotions OF Senators and
Representatives who have spent their time
hothering over antitrust bills and appropria-
hons, currency legislation. and Postoflce at
fairs-weary plodders along the plains Of the
ordinary and maginative-wncu they s,e Mr..
De Almond on the Alpine height Of deathless
glory, from which, by few strokes Of hi- pen.
he anneNcs the vast territory Of British Amer
lea lights a dozen stars in the armament Of
the flag, and confers upon the astonished citi-
zens Of Canada the privileges and immunities
guaranteed by the tiOn!-Louisville
Courier Journal
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BavaTia's New Prime Minister.

Baron Podewils. the new prime min
lister OF Bavaria. is a man OF about 81
and has spent the last twenty years Of
his career as envoy of the court OF
Bavaria at Vienna and at Rome. in
which latter capital he became the in
Innate friend OF the then German am
oassador. Count Buelow. now chancellor
OF the German empire. His appoint
ment is therefore a source OF much
qualification 10 the Cathorities at Berlin.
and it is anticipated that il will have
the effect OF rendering the relations be-
tween Berlin and Munich more cordial
than they have been until now
The baron takes the place of Count
Crailsheim, who may be described as the
dean OF Old World cabinet ministers.
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Many Bills Introduced.

During the life Of the Congress which
adjourned week ago today there we're
introduced in the House IS. 400 bills and
resolutions. A large majority OF the
bills were Of a private character reIat-
ing 70 pensions and claims. OF these
bills and resolutions 2.s1O were report
ed TO the House. The Senate sent TO the
House 1888 OF it's bills and resolutions.
The House acted upon AIS Of its own
bills and resolutions and 1.012 bills and
resolutions coming from the Senate,
making a total OF e.340 bills and resoIu-
tions acted upon BY the House. a very
large proportion OF which, OF course
were passed. although some failed in the
Senate. The House left upon it's calendar
405 House and lis Senate bills and reso-
lutions reported and Enacted upon. The
remainder died in committees
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Forced to Receive Seated.

Forced 10 Receive Seated.
II any demonstration were needed of
the fact that King Edward is far from
being as strong as the newspapers de-
clare. and as his friends and we'll wish
ers would like to believe. IT would be
furnished by the fact that at the levee
which he held the other day at Buck
ingham palace he remained seated
throughout the entire reception only
rising from the throne TO shake hands
with the foreign ENJOYS OF ambassa-
dorial rank. None others were treated
to a handshake, not even his closest
personal friends and acquaintance, for
whom be had merely cordial smile as
they passed before him
Hitherto he has always stood through
out the levee. in front OF the throne,
shaking hands with all his friends and
with those whom he desired specially
10 distinguish, responding TO the low
bows OF the others with a slight incIina-
ton OF the head But that is today a
too great tax upon his strength. and. al
though the levee only lasted three
quarters of an hour and the number OF
those who passed before him had been
specially restricted to 600. yet he re-
manned seated throughout the entire
proceedings.
II Is probable that somewhat similar
procedure will be followed at the draw
ing-roOms this season, and that instead
Of the King and Queen standing TO re-
ceive presentations they will both of
them remain seated on their chairs Of
state on the dais under the canopy in
the throne room, which will. of course,
relieve them OF a good deal Of the
fatigue to which they would otherwise be
subjected.
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Few American Snakes venomous.

OF the I65 kinds of snakes found in the
United States bat twenty are venonous. They
are tho coppcrhead and water moccssin, which
are closely related; the coral snakes Of the
Southwest, and the two species Of sistruuIs and
the fifteen species oi ratt,esnakes. The most
dangerous Il them. the water moccasin, is not
stcn north Of TCnncSSec--Atlanta Constitution
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SHAFTS or WIT AND HUROR.
Lenten Resolutions.

The extra session Of the Senate falling in Lent.
senators comparing notes as 10 what they
viii ''give up" Senator Morgan proposes 10
speak only four hours each day. This will rep
resent a severe modification Of the hesh FOR
him. but there is danger that il may encourage
spiritual pride in the senate az large. Mr..
Hanna has decided 10 go into retreat with his
friend Addicks. senator Depew plans 20 read
history for three hours every day instead OF in
venting il for four Quay-well, he said that
he never gives up anything.-New York
Evening Pos.
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opened at the Quirinal and in which the
now widowed Queen Marguerite would
Invariably lead OF with the dean of the
diplomatic corps. the remaining mem
oers OF the quadrille being made up OF
the foreign ambassadors and ambas-
sadresses and the cabinet ministers. IN
spite OF these innovations the bali was
pronounced 10 be very great success.
The Washington times., 1903-03-11
Innovations at Quirinal Balls.

King Victor Emmanuel has introduced
two innovations at the court balls at
the QuirinaI. the first Of which since his
accession took place the other day
King Humbert was always won't to ap
pear at court balls in ordinary evening
dress. and consequently everyone from
the oldest general to the youngest lieu
tenant considered it necessary TO follow
his example. King Victor Emmanuel.
however. not only wore full uniform at
the ball. but insisted that every one OF
his guests who was entitled 10 wear uni
form should don it. This. OF course.
gave the scene a much more brilliant
appearance
The King has also done away with the
so-caIled "quadrille Of honor" with
which the court balls were always
The Washington times., 1903-03-11
A Hypothetical Sidewalk.
Mr.. Chandler and His Troubles in TTav-
cling Fifteenth Street.

The Hon. William f. Chandler,
president of the Spanish Treaty
Claims Commission, has for some
time past been dcvoting his intel
lcctual energies &c proving-to the
chagriE Of claimants before that
tTibunal-that there are times when
n state Of peace cannot be satisfac-
torily distinguished from 4 state of
war. When is . state Of peace not a
state of peace?-is the riddle with
which Mr.. Chandeliers commission has
been wrestling. And disappointed
claimants aver that it has found an
answer something like this: A state
of peace Is not n state of peace when
it entails uncomfortable and unex-
pected liabilities on a government un-
willing to confess the existence of a
state of war.
Mr.. Chandler has now turned his
attention from this subtle interna-
tiOnal law eonundrum TO an equally
annoying puzzle in municipal admin
istration. When is a sidewalk not a
sidewalk? IS the burden of an inquiry
which he has Just addressed to the
Commissioners Of the District Ac-
cording to the president of the Span
ish Claims Commission the pavement
for pedestrians on the east side of
Fifteenth Street, between II and
Streets northwest, can be recognized
as a sidewalk only by some such
stretch of theory as is required to re-
heve Spain of responsibilities in
Cuba by discovering the existence,
prior to April, 1898, of a state of
belligerency in that island, which
both Madrid and Washington Official
ly denied.
For thirty years" says Mr..
Chandler, II have walked almost
daily over this sidewalk, and | can
truly say that l know of no sidewalk
in the center of any city in the world
which is so bad as that sidewalk has
been all this time The bricks seem
TO have been always laid in earth in
stead of in sand or gravel, and after
they are laid, these bricks sink and
the sidewalk becomes a basin, filing
with water, which remains for hours
and often for days A raft or boat
Is sometimes almost necessary to get
from II TO ! Street"
The ex-senator from New Hamp-
shire speaks feehngly and eloquently,
and before any other tribunal than
the Spanish Claims Commission we
should rely implicitly on his making
good his case. Indeed, the District
government Is too open-minded to
borrow that commissions logic, and
has already promised TO see that Mr..
Chandler makes his future daily pill
grimages through Fifteenth Street
dry shod.
But what astOnishes us most about
this incident is that the ex-senator
from New Hampshire has waited
thirty years before filing his initial
complaint. He is not the man, ordi-
narily, to let the shortcomings Of his
neighbor in politics or in office 90
uncovered and unprodded as long as
that.
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THE FIELD OF POLITICS-GOSSIP, VIEWS, AND INCIDENTS
Doubt b E rdAh anas oHN ytBh
Min

Presidential candidate, it is not improb-
able that he may be made chairman Of
the national committee Under his man
agement the Democracy would certainly
be able to obtain some of the much
needed "sinews OF war without which
national campaigns cannot be conducted.
and which the Democrats have suffered
contests.
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Chester I. Long, the new Senator
from Kansas. is the man who discourage
ed "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, and sent
him out Of politics into New Mexico.
Mr. Long is an enthusiastic fisherman.
and belongs to trout-luring club in
Colorado.
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An UncompIeted Romance.

Ex-Archduke Leopold's Viennese law
yer. DR.. Emil Frischauer. has written
in behalf OF his client TO the various
Viennese papers to announce that there
is no truth IN the stories according to
which the ex-archduke IS about TO marry
Wilhelmine Adamovic. who is generally
understood to have parted company
from Leopold. 1t may be remembered
that she was one OF the party which
The Washington times., 1903-03-11

DR.. Klopsch, whose activities among
sufferers OF all nations have earned for
him the name OF an international phil
anthropist. has just landed in England
on his way from America 10 the scene OF
his latest iabors. Finland. where half a
million people are reported to be starry
inc.
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Fight in the Courts.

Governor Beckham took the matter
into the courts, with the result that
Judge Cantrill has decided that he is
eligible. and now an appeal has been
taken to the court Of appeals in order
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A Patriotic Movement.

Another reason for taking patriotic pride IN
the Revolution 81 &c has already been indi-
Gated by President Roosevelt. Look at the large
family Of daughters il left Chicago News
The Washington times., 1903-03-11

Ex-President Steyn is convalescing at
Clarens. Switzerland. and as soon as his
medical advisers allow him TO travel he
will return TO the Orange River Colony.
The Washington times., 1903-03-11

The Swedish scientist DR.. Rubin. who
has been asked to assist in the survey
of South Africa is in London. and viii
leave for the Cape on March Il.
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BITS OF MISCELLANY
A "GIad-Handn Statesman.

At his Washington's Birthday reception at
the state house in Boston Governor Bates. Of
Massachusetts shook the hands OF more citizens
Of the State than had any Of its governors in
any preceding similar function The number
wa0 &.I77. inc,uling three inflnts--New York
Tins
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Couldn't Live on Love.

There was young man from Woonsocket,
Whose picture was worn in a l0cket;
RE married the belle.
And ere long il befell
That they took out the locket % hook IL.
Chicago Record Herald.
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Didn't Need a Hotel.

APOSTLE Reed SmOot has arrived in Wash 1
ington, and to the astonishment of his enemies /
did not rent a hotel for the accommodation Of /
his family.-Atldnta Journal
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Free-Hand Comment.

The trouble with the introduction OF
terrapin culture from Japan e that the
terrapin might then become so common.
few dishes are held sacred by the So
ciety novelist. One Of them is terrapin.
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The White House crocuses are begin
ming to show their brilliant yellow
petals But the skeptic may be pardoned
for distressing these too reckless har-
bingers OF spring. II takes more than
one White House crocus to herald the
true balminess Of Washington April.
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THE BEST THINGS FROM OTHER NEWSPAPERS.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Too Exclusive.

Kansas women are protesting against allow
ing the sultan 81 Turkey TO have any space for
exhibits at the st. Louis Exposition. II all bu-
the sublimely good arc 10 be ScPt out Of that
show the only exhibitors viii be from kansas
Philadelphia Press
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Mr. Addicks says be was q Theodore
Roosevelt in Delaware politics ten
years before the Rough Rider attained
TO the Presidency. and Dr.. Rainsford
claims credit for putting forth the race
suicide Idea fifteen years ago. II Mr.
Roosevelt really wants 10 establish n
reputation for originality. he will have
TO look up some OF the bright things he
said in his early childhood.
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The Duke OF Loubat has presented the
American Museum OF Natural History.
New York. with a collection Of ancient
jadeite ornaments from Mexico and a
valuable chronological collection from
Brazil
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Byron's great granddaughter. Lady
Mary MiIbanke, will soon make her first
appearance In literature with little
book OF verses.
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When Trusts Will Bust"

Prof. TriEEs now predicts the coming Of the
unselhsh man Of business Il prophecy were
fulfllment, Congress would be relieved Of the
antitrust issue.-New York World
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for he has held cabinet Office uninter-
ruptedly for twenty-three years. during
thirteen OF which he has been premier.
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Clement Scott. the known author
and dramatic critic. is seriously i'll at
his home in London.