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The Washington times., 1903-05-28
HEARST COMPLAINT
To BE HEARD JUNE 8
Case Against Coal Carrying Roada
Postponed.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
ers have approved the form of petition
drawn up by District Attorney Henry
l.. Burnett, Of the southern district of
New York, which is to be presented to
Circuit Judge Lacombe. in New York,
on June 2. in which the commissioners
ask for an order requiring the attend
ance and testimony OF certain witnesses,
and the production of books. papers, and
documents, which these witnesses refus-
ed at the hearing OF the Hearst COM
plant against the coal carrying roads.
The witnesses mentioned in the petit
ton are George F. Baer. W. R. Taylor,
". G.. Brown, G.. o. Waterman. Eben
q. Thomas, David G. Baird, g. A. Rich
erdson, william H. Trouesdale, Fred c.
Chambers, r. D. Richard, e. B. Stur-
ges. E. C. Hebbard. Samuel T. Peters.
and Orlando c. Post.
In order that the decision of Judge
Lacombe may be had first. further pro-
ceedings IN the Hearst case before the
Interstate Commerce Commission, have
been postponed until June s, at New
York.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
ROOT AND WETM0RE CONFER
ON MCCLELLAN STATUE

Senator Wetmore OF Rhode Island.
chairman OF the Joint Committee on
Library of the Senate and House was at
the War Department yesterday and had
talk with Secretary Root relative to
the Mcclellan statue. Owing to the alb
sence from Washington OF General
Ruggles, who is the third member of the
commission, meeting could not be ar
ranged for next week, as was expected.
Senator Wetmore said he would be
able 10 come 10 Washington again dur
ins the week beginning June Is. Cen
eral Ruggles will have returned to Wash
ington by that time, when a meeting
Of the commission will be held. A Sc
lection from the four models which are
now on exhibition IN the Corcoran Gal
lery OF Art will then be made
The Washington times., 1903-05-28

ement From Service

but 120. consisting of twelve commits
stoned officers, two drummers, and LOG
non-commissioned officers and men.
They are enlisted for a term OF five
years. at the close OF which they are
entitled to a nominal pension. The lat
ter, however, is of but little considera-
ton to them, for they are mostly men
OF good family and weil-to-do. who en-
list in the Swiss Guard for the purpose
OF fulfilling what they believe to be the
traditional duty OF their families to the
Church, and partly. too. on account OF
the opportunity which 1t affords them OF
studying under the most favorable con-
ditions the various branches OF ar. and
OF literature In the Vatican itself, and
also beyond the papaI borders IN the
city of Rome.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT.
philadelphia PresA)

Mr.. Machen has been superintendent
of the free delivery system since Presi-
deaf Cleveland's Administration He
has been an able and efficient officer and
has been largely trusted. with full con-
fdence in his fidelity. II he has been
unworthy of that confidence and has
been faithless to his trust his condem-
nation ami punishment Justly follow. He
denies the charge and IS entitled 10 the
suspension of judgment to which every
accused person is entitled until trial has
Postmaster General Payne and Assistant
Bristow are cool and careful men ana
have not proceeded 10 this action with
out evidence which they regard as con-
elusive.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
The MaChen Arrest.
1t Vindicates The Times Crusade
Against Postal Frauds.

The Times is not TO be tempted to
make the downfall of Augustus W.
Machen text for se1f-exaltation. It
will not cry II told you so" now that
the secrets of the mal-admfnistration
of which 10 complained are being re-
vealed through forces and agencies il
helped to set IN motion.
Convinced that the operations Of
certain Postoffce Department bu-
seaus were tainted with irregularities
and corruption, We urged early last
December complete investigation of
postal affairs Charges we brought
subjected us TO condemnation and
abuse. We were accused by our es-
teemed evening contemporary of
warming over stale scandals-of cred
itipg sensational and idle tales.
But the resignation of Beavers, the
dismissal Of Tyner, the arrest of
Miller and of Machen have amply
indicated our sudglnent. The mai
administration in the department at
which We limited has been uncovered
to the world, and the time-serving
critics who sought 10 whistle our ac-
cusations Down the wind. now stand
amazed and discounted at their own
blindness and folly.
We shall not we repeat arrogate
TO ourselves sole credit for the TN
earfhing Of the Postofice Department
scandals. TO the President, to Mr..
Bristuw, and to Mr.. Wynne I'M
bounded credit for the campaign
against pecu1ation and corruption Is
due. We shall merely comfort our
selves with the reflection that in our
own modest way we have contributed
and contributed efficiently-to rid
ding a great branch of the Federal
service OF a deep-seated cancer Of
crime and fraud
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
Still for BILL.

New York can have but one 'faYorite
SON. to put forward for the considera-
ton Of the convention, and Hill's admir-
ers do not wish to see repetition of
the conditions which existed In 1922
when the regular organization OF New
York State was for Hill. as 1t is now,
and popular sentiment throughout tho
country demanded the denomination Of
Cleveland. They do not want popular
sentiment to force the nomination. of
Parker. II there IS any possibility that
Hill may win.
Judge Parker shares this feeling. lie
Is one of HIS warmest admirers, and
believes that the former governor and
Senator represents the ideal emoodi
ment of the true statesman. In short. he
is Hill-s proteegS, and is unwilling TO do
anything which Will interfere with his
sponsors chances of obtaining the
honor. This accounts for the fact that
he has remained reticent while the dis
cussfon Of his name bas been going on
throughout the country.
To q Democratic leader in New York
State he Is said TO have confided recent
ly the fact that he would not become q
candidate II by so doing he would pre-
vent his friend Hill from becoming the
nominee of the convention. He would
do nothing to defeat HiIi's ambition, and
prefers to remain silent until il .s con-
clusIvely proven that Hill cannot be
named. In that event. and in that event
only. he is reported TO have said, would
he accept the nomination.
Before Judge Parker became chief JUS
tice of the court of appeals OF the State
OF New York-and he was elected az
much because of e failure OF the Repub-
licans to agree among themselves as by
re ason of his own popularity-he was
one OF Hills most trusted lieutenants.
II Hill had said the word at the last
State convention Judge Parker would
have received the gubernatorial nomina-
tion, and there is good reason TO believe
II at he would have been electel As
governor OF New York there is little
doubt but that he would have been the
foremost man IN the race for the Presi-
Dental nomination next year.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
MOTHERS TO BE TAUGHT
TO PREVENT DISEASE
Further Lectures Under the Auspices
of the Board of Trade.

DR.. Hickling. chairman of the board OF
trade committee on measures for the
prevention of disease. Is much pleased
with The course OF lectures on tubercJ-
losis which is being delivered before the
mothers OF the kindergarten pupils at
the public schools OF Washington. AL
ready several of these lectures have
been delivered and the object Is to teach
the mothers the necessary precautions
against tuberculosis.
On May IS. at 2:3o p. ~, DR.. D. o.
Leech will deliver lecture at the
Buchanan School and on June ?, at 2
p. m. DR.. Burritt will lecture at Masonic
Hall Anacostia
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
4 Clear Track Ahead.
President Roosevelt's Prospects Now
Highly Roseate.

With the collapse of Senator Han
mas ingenious non-committal pro
gram Ohio must henceforth be num-
bered among the great Republican
States securely committed to Presi-
dent Roosevelts nomination and cleo
ton. If the Ohio convention of 1903
declares itself as unreseryedly in
favor Of his candidacy, the conven-
ton TO be held next spring to choose
four defegates-at-large to the Repub-
'lican national convention cannot well
seek to set aside that judgment. In
fact, unless some extraordinary and
inexplicabie ebb III President Roose-
veft's popularity occurs, no possible
pretext can be found for annulling or
superseding this years Instructions.
Senator Hanna's surrender in Ohio
leaves, therefore, an absolutely clear
field for President Roosevelt in the
approaching canvass for the Repub-
hcan Presidential nomination. New
York has Endorsed his candidacy. 80
has Pennsylvania two successive
conventions. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, and
the whole group Of States beyond the
Mississippi are pledged TO support
him. New England will give him a
solid vote, and in the most important
of the Southern States his friends
control the Republican party ma
chineTy.
Of the Northern and Western
States, Indiana alone shows any ten
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
x Permanent Fair.
Washington Not Possible Site for
Such an Enterprise.

Washington Not a Possible Site for
Such an Enterprise.
1t has been suggested that instead
of Spending any more money on
ephemeral dream cities like those
of Chicago and Buffalo, permanent
worlds fair bindings should be
erected at Washington, 70 be used
whenever II Is deemed desirable to
hold sucf an exposition The mind
offhe, 6rsesnatoy os This Scheme scars
still furthes into the empyrean OF
Imagination. He thinks that a fair
held at the close Of each Administra-
ton would be an additional incentive
TO the people Of fhe country 30 wish
Washington.
Undoubtedly II would, and there is
also no reason TO doubt that in time
some better way Of using money will
he found than that Of putting it into
"dream cities" which are eventually
destroyed. But the magnificent ar
tistic effects at Chicago and Buffalo
have pot been vafueiess TO the coun-
try. They have been worth all their
cost.
At this Stage of our development
ii is the height Of wisdom TO give so
convincing a demonstration Of the
artistic possibilities of She American
people, and TO show the thousands
who attend such a fair what real
beauty in architecture Is. The results
of these achievements, feeting though
their material form may be, viii be
found In a general improvement Of
taste throughout flIe country, and
half century hence there will not
be SO many ngiy buildings which the
progressive element of that day will
find il necessary TO destroy as eye
sores on the landscape.
II weuld have been impossible, at
the time Of fhe Chicago Fair, to build
permanent group Of halls for fhe
accommodation of fhe various ex-
hibits, which should have approached
In stateIiness and beauty tlrose which
we're erectei on the shores of Lake
Michigan. There was not tiura, there
was nos money and there were not
enough artists who could have given
their time to Che work for as many
years as wolld have been necessary.
Some day a permanent White City
may come into being, but the country
is not ready for it yet.
Regarding the idea Of making
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA

The word Chickamauga means dull,
sluggish stream" and IL is from the
waters OF the creek that the Indians.
who were among the most daring and
warlike of all the tribes in East Ten
nessee, got their names The original
Interpretation of Chattanooga has long
been lost The general acceptance OF
the meaning OF the word Is Hawks
Nest" said to have been suggested by
the valley nesting in the shadow of the
ridges and mountain. others say that
the word is derived from the name
Clanowah. given by the Cherokees to
small, warlike hawks that made their
nests in the cliffs of Lookout Mountain.
-Chattanooga Times.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
AN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION.
CPhiladelphia Public Ledger.

q l--1111' PM i t117II0
Aside from the gravity of the charge
the statement that Machen has been i'm
plicated IN these transactions fcf at
least three years reveals an extraordi-
nary situation, ana raises the suspicion
that there is much undiscovered rotten
ness IN the department 1t appears that
there were no specific charges made
against Machen in this connection: that
the trail was found by Government on
Gals in the course of general ex-
animation OF conditions In Machep's de-
partment. Whether the investigation
will be fruitful in other directions re-
mains to be disclosed. The Government
case will not be revealed In detail until
the preliminary hearing on June 5.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
The "Ragging" Scandal Again.

We are very far from having heard
the last OF the raging" OF "hazins
scandal IN the British army, which gave
rise 10 so much controversy IN the Uni
ted Kingdom a few months ago. For
not only has there Just been a particu-
larly gross piece Of Raging at Dub
lin among the subalterns of the Tween
ty-frst Lancers-the victim being an Of
hccr who had served with special dis
the question of Colonel Kinloch's re-
moval from the command of the Gren-
adler Guards last winter, IN consequence
OF the rigging practices in his regi-
ment has been again brought up IN the
house OF lords, by the Dukes of Bedford
and Of Northumberland. both OF them
former officers, and by reason OF their
vast territorial possessions and wealth
enjoying immense political influence.
The dukes. who are supported by a
number of their fellow-peers, contend
that the commander in chief had no
rioht to retire Colonel Kinloch on
charges without the latter being proved
by court-martial, which would have
enabled him to make statutory de-
Tense. The dukes likewise want to know
why, II Colonel kinloch was thus Sc
verely punished for having tolerated the
Tagging the principal victim of the
latter, Lieut. Leveson Cover, relative
to the Duke of Sutherland, OF Lord
Granville, OF Lord de Saumarez and OF
other peers. should have been required
to resign his commission in connection
with the affair by the authorities "as
being no longer a credit to his regi-
ment"
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
The Field of Politics.
Parker Boom Weakens.

Parker Boom WeaKenS.
There are indications that the Parker
Presidential boom is not SO robust as
II was several weeks ago. The great
wave of sentiment In favor of the nomi-
nation Of the New York juris' which
swept over the country recently. dash
ing its spray in the faces OF other as
pirants, is beginning to recede. The Par
ker enthusiasm. which seemed 10 thrill
so urany good Democrats, especially
those In the South, is dying out, not SO
much because his boom is being over
Swallowed by the boom OF any other can
didate, but because Judge Parker is con-
sidered as Hills man.
Two forces. therefore, are endeavorin5
to discourage the continuation Of the
Parker talk. They are the friends and
the enemies politically of ex-senator
David B. Hill. The former know that
Hill has been an aspirnnt for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President for four
teen years or more.
In 1899 his ambition was thwarted by
the demand for the third nomination OF
Cleveland; in 1896 the silver sentiment
killed whatever chances Hill might have
had for the nomination. He did not
want tho nomination on a silver plat
form, II he could have had It, and again
In 1890 there was no candidate consid-
cred other than Bryan. The year 1904
presents another, and perhaps the last.
opportunity Hill will have TO obtain the
nomination, and his friends do not wish
to have Parker interfere with him, what
ever chances ne may have.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
Lost Capitalists.
Thousands of Savings Bank Depositors
of Whom All Trace Is Lost.

Thousands of Savings Bank Depositors
of Whom All Trace Is Lost.
A list of names of persons, three
columns long, appeared a day or two
ago in the advertising columns of
New York paper. Information is
wanted concerning them. They have
disappeared. What has become of
them7 Whittier have they comet
Death has claimed some Of them.
Who are their heirs7 Money awaits
them on proof that they are legally
entitled TO the estates of those who,
dying unannounced, are sought for in
this public manner.
Three columns Of names! A regi-
nent of lost capitalists! A thousand
men and women who have dropped
out of sight leaving snug sums in the
vaults of the big savings banks,
which are now advertising for infor-
nation concerning them. 1t is
twenty years since their books have
been handed in at the bank window
for any purpose whatsoever, and the
institutions, under their laws and
regulations, have stopped interest
payments upon the deposits and wish
Ito close fhe accounts In one way or
another
What an Interesting volume of
stories there lies behind this adver-
tisement, which appears at stated in
tervals. If some higher than earthly
hand could draw aside the curtain
from before the lives of these missing
capitalists, these lost solvencies, it
would reveal many a romance and
many a tragedy. Some Of the ac-
counts are meager little sums, repre-
senthtgs the seanty savings Of some
fitting pilgrim, some serving girl or
man, who went away intending to re
turn to the city, but who never came
Others are for amounts running into
the thousands, which, with the cumu-
lative interest, have grown into COM
Portable fortunes.
Where are the owners of them7
Where, indeed? The tides of men
ebb and flow Ike the great tides Of
the ocean. The currents of life sweep
along into strange regions, like those
of great rivers, emptying into the sea
called Eternity. 1t is impossible to
keep track of all the chips and twigs
which float upon the surface of these
currents. So is it with men and wo-
men.
One pleasant feature connected
with this advertising for lost depos-
itors is It's illustration of the absolute
honesty Of our savings banks. In
many foreign countries an unclaimed
deposit, after a certain term Of years,
rererts 70 the state or to the banks
private Golfers. But here II belongs
TO the depositor or his heirs forever,
and every possible effort is made,
when che depositor disappears, to find
trace Of him or Of those he has left
behind him, who are entitled TO hts
earthly increment.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
The Swiss Guard.

To the members of the Swiss Guard
is intrusted the guardianship OF what
may be described as the frontier OF
papal territory. They stand on duty
Just inside the Vatican gates, and at the
great bronze doors, and no one, be he
prince or peasant. can pass in without
either showing them an entrance card
duly stamped with the papal arms or
el:e giving them the password They
are very picturesque. these guards. with
their modern helmets. similar to those
worn by the Prussian gunrdsmen, and
the remainder OF the costume identica1ly
the same as designed by Michael Angelo
at the request OF Pope Julius II, who
founded the guards at the suggestion OF
the Swiss Cardinal Schinner.
The Swiss Guard is recruited exclu-
sfvely from men OF the Cantons of Lu-
cerne and OF Zurich. Citizens from
other Swiss cantons. even from cantons
SO completely Roman Catholic as Fri
burg and Ticino, are not eligible.
Members of the guard must. be more
than twenty-five years of age. single,
and six feet In height. Formerly the
corps numbered ESQ. Today there are
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
Excited Messmates' nl-win.

Nothing affecting his personal honor
was ever laid at his door. But he ex-
cited the ill-will Of his messmates by
rcsentiIg the indignities which he was
subjected to at their hands and COM
planning about them. The commander
in-chief denounces the indignities as in
toIerable. and Furnishes the commander
of the regiment for having winlfed AT
them. This being tho case, II is OBJ
vlously illogical for Lord Roberts to
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
Old Memories Awakened.

The death at Brussels of Baroness
Harry Won Reichenfels serves to evoke
memories of one Of the most popular
and celebrated Of professional eques-
triennes and high school riders. Clo-
thilde Loisset, who was the star of the
Paris Hippodrome and of other leading
circuses IN Europe, when she was wooed
and won by Prince Henry XXX OF Reuss.
a scion of the Kpstrttz branch OF that
German sovereign house. IN consequence
of this mesefliance Henry was deprived
by the chief of the family-the reigning
prince-of his allowance, and was grant
ed an annuity on the condition that he
renounce for himself and his heirs all
his princeiy prerosntives. as we'll as his
titles. his right to the succession to the
throne and to share in the family
property, and even to the very name AS
he was terribly IN debt he had no al
tentative but to yield and was thereupon
created Baron Won Refchenfels by the
reigning Prince Of Reuss. every men
tion of hts name disappearing from
those pages of the Aimanach de Gotha
devoted to the Reuss family, just as IL
he was dead.
He settled down at Brussels with his
wife, who IN course of time bore him n
daughter But the union was a most I'M
happy one. There were stories of Ill
treatment and neglect OF The wife ami
eventually the ex-prince disappeared
leaving his wife and daughter at Brus-
sells, and is believed TO have come to
this country. What has become OF him
no one knows in Europe, though perhaps
some OF my readers may be able 10 en-
tighten me-and incidentally his now
motherless and twenty-three-year-o
daughter1on the subject.
MARoUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
CoIer Drew the Plum.

Hill insisted, however, that Coler
should be named. and being in control of
the convention the former Senator had
his way. Judge Parker accepted H!ll 8
decision without question. and in the
same manner he is deferring to HIS
wishes regarding the Presidenc7.
This is the situation concerning he
friends Of Mr.. Hi. On the Other hand
the opponents OF Hill object 70 Judge
Parker, on the ground that he is "Hili s
man" and contend that should he be
nominated and elected, Hill would be
tho power behind the throne. All they
pant no such man.
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
End of Domestic Misfortunes.

Baron Fritz Myer Won Schauensee,
whose domestic misfortunes have Just
eliminated In his abandonment by his
long suffering American wife. the
charming daughter of Mrs. Robert To-
land, Of Philadelphia, is not, as might
be imagined from his name. nobleman
of recent creation or a member Of the
Hebrew race. On the contrary. he is the
eldest son of Baron Leopold Myer Won
Schauensee, commander OF the famous
Swiss Guard of the Pope, and chief of an
old patrician family OF Switzerland, to
which the German Emperor Rudolph Of
Hapsburs granted. IN the year 1878. the
Castle of schnuensee, on the shores Of
the Lake OF the Four Cantons IN switz-
erfand. The Myers have been fervent
Catholics for eight centuries, and have
occupied their ancestral castle for some
seven hundred years. Consequently they
can hardly be looked upon as new rich
or as parvenues.
II I mention this. It is because at the
time of her wedding considerable as
constituent was expressed here at the
idea of an American hetress throwing
herself away. SO to speak, upon young
man with but little money, people in
America being ignorant of the antiquity
and aristocratic character Of his descent,
and likewise of the fact that he would
undoubtedly have succeeded his father in
course Of time In the command of the
Swiss Guard, which his great grand
father and many Of his forbears had
held In bygone centuries-had It not
been for his insane extravaganza. and
his treatment of his American wife. 1t
is another one Of those international
marriages which I have been preaching
against in these letters for so many
years-which has come to grief
The Washington times., 1903-05-28
REBUKED THE PICKPOCKET.

4 pickpocket tried to remove the val
tables of Piccadilly "irreproachable'
as he sauntered to his club the other
morning. The irreproachable seized the
thief by the wrist, gazed at his filthy
Paw and flung it from him with disgust
saying:
For goodness sake. my good man,
wash your hands before you put them
in gentleman's pocket. London Ex-
nIess.