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The Washington times., 1903-07-19
WANTS TROUSERS
TAKEN FROM HIM
AT THE WORKH0USE
George KnickerbOcker Don't Say
They Were Shorts" However.

In letter to the Commissioners dated
July 8. George Knickerbocker. Of 493
Missouri Avenue northwest, claims 20
have lost his trousers, and holds fthe
Commissioners responsible Mr.. Knick-
erbocker does not state whether the
lost garment was knickerbockers or just
ordinary long pants. but they were worth
$3.50. were tailor made, and were taken
from him when he was incarceTated in
the District workhouse last October.
At that time the District furnished
him with another pair--of the striped
pattern-which he wore every day until
June IL last. when he was released from
custody. Before the doors swung open
giving Knickerbocker his freedom, Mr..
Maloney, Overseer in charge of the re
ceipt and discharge OF prisoners and
clothing room. returned to the prisoner
all articles taken from him when he was
locked up.
Knickerbocker declared a pair Of
trousers missing, and Mr.. Maloney. with
true Irish generosity, gave the prisoner
a pair Of his CMaloney's) trousers. which
compare well with any clothes Knicker-
booker ever wore.
Notwithstanding this. Knickerbocker
wrote the following letter to Commits
sioner West, which has been noted by
that official
Il were in to see you in regards to
trousers that were misplaced by the
keepers of the Wash Asylum. / were
made prisoner on the 4th day of Octo-
Der. 1902. under the care of Mr.. Stout
enburgh, and when I were released on
the nth day of June, 1903, what they
taken from me when l entered they
failed to give me when l got ready to
leave"
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

The death Of Mrs. Harriet Stanwood
Blaine, widow of the late James c.
Blaine. in Augusta, Ne, on Wednesday
last. calls tc mind the incidents of her
long life and of the share she had in
shaping the career of her distinguished
husband
Mrs. Blaine was born in Augusta in
1880. She came of good Puritan stock,
and her father, Jacob Stsnwood, mi
grated from Ipswich, Mass, TO the Maine
town in the early part of the century.
Her elder sisters. Caroline and Sarah,
had been teaching at the Female Col
legiate Institute of Millersburg. KY, for
some years. and it was decided to send
little Harriet to that institution. Ac-
cordingly. at the age of eight, she Joined
her sisters in the famous old State and
studied at the Collegiate Institute.
Courtship and Marriage.
It was during her school days here
that she met James G. Blaine, of Penn
sylvania, grsdus te Of the Washington
College OF his state, and at the time ali
instructor in the Western Military In
stitute of Blue Licl; Springs, Ky. They
were married in Pittsburg about 1850
and remained in Kentucky for two years
afterward.
Not long after Blaine secured a posi-
tion as a professor in the Pennsylvania
Institution for the instruction of the
Blind and returned to that State, taking
his wife and little boy, Stanwood, with
him.
Two years later he was made editor of
the "Kennebec Journal" His entry into
the world of journalism was also the be-
ginning of his life as a public man, that
brilliant career which lasted from 1854
to 1893. and during which he was Mem
Der OF Congress, Speaker OF the House OF
Representatives, Senator from Maine,
Secretary of State, and candidate for
the Presidency.
Her Married Life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine had seven chill
dren-Stanwood, who died very young
Emmons. Walker. Alice, Margaret, Har-
riet and James G., jr. Three of these
children survive and were present al
their mothers deathbed, namely: Mrs
Damrosch. Mrs. Truxtun Beale and
James G. Blaine. jr
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
On q Wedding Tour.

John J. Ryan, the advertising agent
Of the Seaboard Air Line. Is In the city.
a guest OF w. f. Conklyn. the general
agent for the same company. Mr. Ryan
is accompanied by his bride, who until
Wednesday was Miss Monnie Brien, of
Norfolk, Va. They were on their we'd
ding trip, and after a short sightseeing
tour OF the Capital they are to start
for Cincinnati. Ohio where they Will
visit Mr.. Ryans parents.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
WITHDRAWN FRoM RNTRY.

Ten townships IA the susanyille. Cal,
porarily from entry by order OF the Uni
ted States Land Commissioner. The land
may be included IN the Warner Mountain
Forest Reserve, and viii not be opened
10 settlement until It is determined
whether IL Is desired for reserve pur-
sosSS.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN

county, parallehng the line Of the Cam
den Interstate Railway through Central
City and Huntington
The new line as projected is eighteen
miles in length, but it is believed here
that the ultimate aim of the new com
pany is to extend it to Charleston,
thence TO Mount Carbon, in the Kama
wha coal fields. distance of sixty miles.
1t is said that the new line will connect
with the Portsmouth (Ohio) Electric
Railway, and that II Will not be great
while until the capital of Ohio and the
capital Of West Virginia will be con-
nected by electric line.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
BALTIMORE EXPECTS
100000 IN ELK WEEK
City Prepares Brilliant We'll
come for Guests.
TO GIVE BIG CRAB FEAST
Great Sum of Money Spent in Elec-
trical Decorations in Purple
and White

BALTIMORE, July 1s.-This city IS
preparing to entertain more than 200. 900
guests In the convention of the Grand
Lodge of Elks, which opens Monday
Great sums of money have been spent
on electrical decorations in purple ana
white, the colors of the order. Tri-
umphal arches adorn the street corners
and the plaza between the courthouse
and Government building has been con-
verted into magnificent court of honor
Another court of honor is being con-
structed in Fayette Street in front of
the Elks' home.
Opening Tomorrow.
The first formal ceremony will take
place on Monday. when the Grand
Lodge viii go to Annapolis A large
number Of distinguished men will make
the trip, among them being Ex-Governor
Wise, of Virginia; Ex-Governor Black.
of New York; Senator Daniel, of Mary
land; Joseph T. flaming. Democratic
leader Of Indiana Eugene Lewis, OF Gin
cinnati, and William A. English. of Ia
diana.
The huge parade on next Wednesday
will be followed by a contest between
more than fifty of the best bands in the
country.
Great Crab Feast.
The greatest crab feast ever attempt
ed in this country will be provided
Thursday at colchester Beach. down the
bay A feet of forty steamboats, has
been engaged to convey the Elks and
their wives and daughters TO the beach
1t is believed that there will be not
less than 100000 guests The commits
sary department has ordered the follow
ing for delivery at colchester early
Thursday morning:
Fifty thousand crabs, 60, 900 rolls. 300
lbs. coffee, 600 lbs. boiled ham. $50 lbs.
beef tongue, Is barrels potatoes, 10 gal
Ions mustard. 5000 bottles ginger ale.
400 lbs. crab meat. 200 lbs. butter, 200
lbs. sugar, 200 lbs. spiced beef. tubs
potato salad. 80 gallons of cream, 90
tons of ice, and 5000 bottles OF sarsa-
parilla.
The grand lodge will hold two ses-
sions. one on Monday evening in Ford's
Opera House. and one Tuesday morning
in the same place.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
Assessing the Railroads.

Dispatches from Charleston, W. Va,
say that the State board of public
works has decided to hold a meeting Of
the board at old Sweet Springs. Green
brier county. w. Va. commencing July
p and lasting about two weeks. for the
purpose of finishing up the work of as
sessing the railroads of the State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
MOVING OF MOUNTAINS
IN SISTER REPUBLIC
The Mexicans Have an Exalted Opin-
ion Of American Enterprise.

The Mexicans have an exalted opinion
OF American business enterprise, and it
is their intention TO achieve the hustling
habits and boundIess daring of their
Northern neighbors. It was this which
led native capitalists 70 subscribe to a
100000 fund for the first extensive
Mexican steel plant, TO be managed by
an American, and which Is now in full
operation. 1t was easy for a practical
Joker TO convince the ignorant among
the Mexicans that the purpose Of the
Americans who have recently bought
the volcanic mountain Popocatepetl is
not to mine for sulphur. but that they
intend to transport IT in all it's is. 600 feet
Of altitude to the ST. Louis World 8
Fair That a Yankee company took the
great brick tobacco warehouse known as
Libby prison from Richmond to Chicago
is well known; that John Browns fort,
brick building at Harper's Ferry, was
carried TO the same Northern city for
exhibition purposes hardly caused sur
prise. and there are Egyptian monoliths,
old London houses, Pompeiian ruins,
and other like things on show in this
country. There has been talk of bring
ing over Shakespeare's house, of tot
ing Plymouth Rock from place 20
place, and Of achieving some vastly
more difficult transportation feats cal
eulated to inspire Mexicans with con-
hdence in the resources of American
showmen.
It was inconsiderate of nature to
place all volcanic mountains of great
/ height so far away from the populOus
sections of this country that was TO be.
Even when she placed within the fu-
! ture boundaries of the United States
such marveIs as the Yellowstone region
offers they were still to be remote from
the population center. 1t is not. sur
prising, therefore, that the simple and
/ credulous Mexicans should think POpo-
catepetl (the peculiar spelling Of which
has made it's name known to people
who have no accurate geographical
knowledge would be a stupendous at
traction at the Worlds Fair, with as
cent by a captive airship or some new
railway contrivance. AT the rate at
which such enterprises as the trans
portation of enormous structures is
/ growing. in the early future the world
may look on the transfer Of a mountain
as within the boundaries of the prac-
ticable. Much as art can do for great
industrial exposition, it can afford
nothing which could rival in interest a
/ real mountain
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
TERRIBLE RISKS WHEN
TRAINS REALLY RUN FAST
Passengers May Expect Trouble When
100 Miles an Hour Is Reached.

The German engineers are spending a
large amount of time and money on
experiments whose aim is the produc-
ton Of an electric or steam locomotive
which can run 100 miles an hour. Ac-
cording to a cable dispatch they sue
ceeded last week for the first time in
reaching 100 miles an hour speed: but
the question which naturally suggests
itself to railway engineers in the United
States is, Who wants to travel at such
speeds? Side by side with the speed
records of this German experiment we
would set the discussion which took
place on the location of distant Signals
at the recent meeting of the Railway
Signaling Club. reported in our last is
sue. The signal engineer of a leading
railroad there stated that he had not
been able to work satisfactorily a me-
chanical signal with a greater length
of wire than 1000 feet
1t is well known that IL trains are to
be run with safety under the block
signal system, the spacing of the dis
tant signal from the home must be
proportional to the speed of the fast
est trains. The distant signal tells the
engine runner that the home signal
stands at danger. and that he must
stop his train before reaching 1t, and
the faster the train is running the far
Their back must this information be
given him. With present train speeds,
! it is not uncommon to place the distant
signal $500 feet back of the home. ana
if this is "A proper distance for sixty
mile-an-hour trains. then for 100 miles
an hour the distant signal ought TO be
placed at least 1900 feet back.
! But trains are run large share of the
time when the signal cannot be made
ont at !, 600 feet, or anything like that
distance. They are often run when a
/ is within. say, 200 feet Under such con-
ditions the engine runner would have
just one and one-half seconds to de-
/ eide whether his train were dashing on
TO safety or destruction.
/ Numerous other considerations might
/ be cited 10 show that. whether il be
practicable or not to attain 100 miles an
/ hour in burst of speed. it is not prac-
ticable on railways carrying a general
| trnhic TO run trains at speeds much in
excess OF the highest now attained. II
trains are to be run at 100 miles an
hour then il must be on road built
for them alone. from which all other
| traffic is excluded Numerous attempts
/ have been made TO show that such a
railway would be a paying enterprise
but the capitalists have never been con-
( vinced The mere fact that the Ger
mans have attained over 100 miles an
hour on their experimental road, there
/ fore, proves nothing as to the practica.
biHty OF adopting such speeds.-Engi-
\ DeprinR News
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
MILLIONS IN MONEY FOR
FRANCE IN TOBACCO TAX

The French government controls the
sale Of tobacco and from its monopoly
realizes a net profit Of almost $500 900 a
day-S66. 100000 a yeSr. The greater part
Of the tobacco is grown in France, and
although the regulations are very strict.
permits 10 grow tobacco are in great
demand. In wine-growing districts where
the vines have suffered from phylIoxera
the authorities have granted excep-
tional facilities, and in many places to
bacco plants have replaced vines.
In twenty-five departments in France
there are IS, 900 planters, and an area Of
about IS 900 acres is under cultivation.
In Algeria the cultivation of tobacco
is free and the manufactured product is
cheap; considerable quantities are ex-
ported to France. which also buys from
Maryland Kentucky. Ohio. and Virginia
Supplies Of choice tobacco are obtained
from Havana. Mexico, Sumatra, Java
and Brazil--St Louis World.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
.PLUMS FOR PAVEMENT
IN BRITISH CAPITAL
Condemned Fruit a Component of the
City's Paving Material

There Is a biblical authority for belief
that the streets in a better land are
paved with gold, but those of Bermond-
sey. a progressive London parish. are
partially paved with sardines. canned
salmon and tomatoes. Before long. TOO.
Bermondsey expects to have pavements
largely composed OF plums.
1t should be added that these variogs
comestibles are used by Bermondsey for
the purpose Of pavement making only
when they are-unft TO be eaten. Thus
the vast quantity of plains which are
being transformed INTO cobbles were
condemned by the sanitary inspectors as
impossible for human consumption. They
now are refuse" and in Bermondsey
all refuse is formed into pavement,
which is used by the parish for its own
streets. No matter what may be the
nature of any refuse, Il is carted away
TO the parishs great dust Instructors
and there burned. The result is Stag
which. after it has cooled, is ground by
machine into a powder which is mixed
with cement and then fattened into
paving stones by hydraulic press. or
course. for the most part ordinary ref
use only is fed TO the "destruetors."
but when the inspectors condemn lot
of sardines. canned salmon. or any sort
OF foodstuff. the quality Of the next lot
OF pavement is enhanced thereby
Bermondsey's recent acquisition or
piums for its pavement industry came
as a positive windfali Owing 20 some
characterization 80 tons Of German fruit
was not marketed in London until it was
past the eating stage, and IL was
promptly seized by the authorities and
sent off 10 be burned OF course. fruit.
unless mixed in small quantities with
some dry substance, would extinguish
the fires in the Instructors. so the
plums went in with other rubbish and
came out ready II improve the parish
streets.
Bermondsey's refuse has produced
such quantity Of paving material that
the parish is unabte TO use il all, and is
now disposing OF the surplus TO other
London districts at cents a pound
Kansas City Star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
JONES, OF FREIGHT FAME,
AUTHOR OF A NOVEL
Old and Blind, He Turns His Thoughts
TO Literature.

Edward F. Jones. former Lieutenant
governor OF the State of New York, but
best known TO fame as Jones, He Paws
the Freight" has become a novelist
Although he is totally blind and is sew
enty-five years old. hts book. which IL
called Richard Baxter" compares fav-
orably with many OF the novels OF rural
American life that have been so success
full in the last nve years. The story
was dictated to an adopted daughter of
the blind author. 1t is said by his pub
fishers that II Is the intention Of General
Jones to devote the greater portion of
the proceeds from the sale of the book
to an institution for the blind in Wash
ington.
General Jones spent the early years of
his life on a Massachusetts farm, and
therefore knows the place and the people
of whom he writes. The scene of
Richard Baxter" is a little village in
New England called Mannings Corners.
the time between the years 1880 and IS40.
The story concerns two young men,
Richard Baxter and John Manning. who
are exact opposites in word and action.
Richard being AL that is admirable,
John a villain of the type made familiar
by melodrama.
A mortgage figures in the development
of the plot-for without a mortgage no
story of rural American life would be
complete-and in the end Richard comes
into his happy reward and John ends
his life miserably.
The book is full of pithy expressions
that are distinctly in the manner OF
American rural life.
This is not General Jones first ven
ture into literature. for he is the author
of Uncle Jerry and The Origin of the
Flag" though neither of these EMU
sions is as well known as his famous
idiom He Pays the Freight This
phrase was evolved when he was manu-
featuring scales in Binghamton, in 1866.
His business was only Of moderate pro-
portions until he began to advertise il
with the catch phrase: Jones. He Pays
| the Freight" and the novelty of this
announcement made his business boom.
That particular chicken came home to
roost with him when he ran for lieu
tenant governor in 1885, when the Re
publican papers kept constantly com
menting on how much freight" he paid
to the campaign fund He was elected.
however. and served his State well. just
as he did in the civil war. when he won
a brevet as general for his gallant SER
vices.-New York Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
JAPAN'S FIGHTING SAILOR
VICE ADMIRAL TOGO
He Commands the Squadron That Con-
fronts the Russians.

The Japanese have reason TO be proud
Of Vice Admiral Togo. who has just sue
ceeded Admiral Tsuboi in command OF
the standing squadron. the force which
would probably be engaged first in case
OF war. says the London Daily Tele-
graph" He is young officer. as flag
officers go. in the prime of life. and he
of all available admirals knows what
naval war under modern conditions
means
In 1894. when the Japanese wiped out"
tiis Chinese feet. Admiral Togo-he was
Only a captain then-struck the first
blow. He was in command of the sec
ond. class cruiser Naniwa, not an ar
mcred vessel in the usual sense of the
term. but a good British huilt ship OF
$3.50 tons. with a protective deck from
two inches to three inches thick and ar
mored coming towers. For her size she
was very heavily armed. carrying two
l0.2-inch guns. six 5.9-iach. and a couple
Of nine Founders and ten Maxif1s for
repelling torpedo craft. This little ship
saw more fighting than any other vessel
in the Japanese navy and Captain Togo
won for himself then his title. The
Fighting Admiral,I He is one OF the
popular heroes Of japan.
The British steamer Kowshing and
two others had been loaded up with sol
diers and stores by the Chinese, and
had started for Korea On July 20. when
in sight of the islands of the Korean
archipelago, Japanese man-of-wsr. the
Naniwa, came in sight of the Kowshins
and fired blank shots as signal to her
to stop The order was obeyed, ano
then Captain Togo signaled: Remain
where you are or take the conse-
quences."
The Kowshing was subsequently di-
rected to follow the man-of-war, but the
terrified Chinese would not let the Brit
ish skipper carry out the order and
threatened to murder him. Captain
Togo is what would be styled AN arbi-
trary gent" and when he was disobeyed
he warned Europeans to leave the ship,
and then promptly discharged a torpedo
and opened are with the five guns which
could be brought TO bear
The torpedo BIT the vessel, and, in the
words of Herr Won Hannekin. a Prus-
sian officer in the Chinese service. who
was on board, The day became night;
pieces oftcoal. splinters and water filled
the air: then l believe all of w leaped
overheard and swan" Many of the
crew reached land. though it is said the
captain OF the man-of-war would give
no aid in resculng the Chinese; his idea
OF war did not go on these humanita-
rian lines The Kowshing sank in half
an hour -PhfiadelDhfa Ledger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVE
THAT EVER RAN ON RAILS
Of Course 1t Is American-Buil and for
an American Road.

The latest development CT the railway
mammoth is a locomotive OF fairly
cyclopian dimensions, which is now be-
ing turned out by the Baldwin Ltcomo-
tive works for the AtchisOn, Topeka and
Santa Fe road. What the sensitive fol-
lowers of old John Stephenson would
say on beholding one Of these huge az
fairs it is interesting to imagine. Great
wonder in their breasts il wehld doubt
less excite, although their admiration
would probably be limited by their mar
row and conservative provhcialism.
But to the American mind a leviathan
of this kind is a thing of unquestloned
beauty. a symbol of strength, mobility
and power, strikingly typital of the best
ideals and aspirations Of IFS birthplace
The English are won't u complain that
American locomotives ere crude, I'M
wieldy. unfinished monstrosities. The
Americans retaliate by Ealing the Eng
lish locomotives trinSets for the watch
chain. Despite this Apparent conflict
Of ideas, however. it is evident that
British engineers and technologists are
inevits bly,. il somewhat tardily. emu
huge mogul of the United States is
rapidly assuming tie proportions of a
first class battleshp
Seventy-five of thtse engines have been
contracted for and fifteen have already
been delivered. Fifty Of the locomotives
are being fitted fo- oil fuel for use in the
Southwest. They are the heaviest and
largest engines ever constructed. each
weighing 14S tors. eight more than the
big Baltimore subway. Five such en-
gines with their tenders would more
than cover Philadelphia city block
The height at the shoulder" is only
twelve feet. 5ut the enormous boiler
nearly thirty feet long. rises eleven feet
above the gfound. The smokestack
which has slrunk in seventy years from
the most conspicuous to the most insig-
nifcant feature of the American locomo-
tive. is in this instance a mere stub
Its diminutve size. however. rather adds
TO than deiracts from the beauty of the
engine ami serves 10 emphasize all the
more the colossal proportions of the
boiler As these engines will be used
largely for freight. they have not the
immense drivers Of the modern flyers
There are in all fourteen wheels in.
GLIDING two 'trailers'' and a pair OF
small ones in front The 'showrooms.
If such they may be called. of these a.
well as the other new products of th'
Baldwin shops. are now at Twenty-sixtl
and Aspen Streets. On the triangular
plot bounded by Aspen. Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seventh Streets. and Penn
syIvania Avenue a big one-story struc
ture has been erected capable Of hous
iing from thirty to thirty-f1ve locomo
tivss- Here the smOkestacks are usual
~ put on and the few decorative or EN-
belishing touches of these eminentl,
practical and Enthusiastically Ameri
can traction machines are supervised
Here also is where the at present unrfv
aled Atchison locomotive is taken be
fore departing for the steep grades Q
the Rockies and the binding alkal
plains of New Mexico.-Philadelphi
Record.