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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
Money for a Poet.

1t Is by virtue of this will of Harriet
Duchess OF St. Adams that the bulk of
the fortune Of Lady Burdett Coutts Will
al her death come to her nephew, Fran
els Burdett Money Coutts, a man of
about fifty years of age, educated at
Elton and at Cambridge, and who has a
rather heavy gift of poetry. among his
productions being 1.-The Mystery of God
liness," and THE Revelation of st. Love
the Divine
It is probable that on succeeding to the
Coutts property he will take steps 10
establish his claim to the exceedingly
ancient and long dormant baronies OF
Scales and of Latimer, TO which his
mother and her elder sister. Mrs. Ire
yanion. were co-heiresses with Lady
Burdett Coutts. In such cases it is usual
to permit a peerage to remain dormant
until all the co-heiresses save one have
died, and then the peerage is only called
out of allegiance in the event Of the de-
ceased co-heiresses having left no chill
dren.
Some establishment was aroused at the
time of the elevation of Angela Bur-
dett Coutts to the peerage, in her own
right. some thirty years ago. that she
should not have assumed the title of
Baroness Latimer, or of Lady Scales, but,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
The Field of Politics
Sequel to Cleveland Boom.

The Metcalfe 10 Mack and the Mack
to Metcalfe letters form the latest chap
ter in the Democratic Handbook Of
Harmony. They follow somewhat as a
sequel to the Cleveland boom which sud
denly became inflated and arose to such
height as to attract wide attention about
three weeks ago, but which is now
rapidly descending, punctured with the
thrd-term projectile, to say nothing OF
the Injury inflicted upon it by the rocks
thrown by good conservative Democrats.
Editor Metcalfe, as the agent of
Editor Bryan, singled out Editor Mack
and hurled series of questions at him
about party policies, presumably be-
cause Editor Mack was quoted as saying
something which was construed as ia
vorable to Mr.. Cleveland. Mr.. Mack
should not be charged with advising the
Democratic party to renominate the .ex-
President. He could not do so and be
consistent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
An Attack Which Failed.
General Wood Uninjured by Defamers
and Slanderers.

We are gratified to note the col
lapse of the campaign of defamation,
begun coincidently with his depar-
ture from this country, against Brig.
Gen. Leonard Wood. Scarcely had
General Wood started from Boston
Oh his voyage to Manila when fierce
assault on his official and personal in
tegrity was launched by accusers hith-
erto but cautiously and covertly hos
tile. General Woods relations with
Captain Bellairs," the Associated
Press representative in Cuba-in
themselves involving neither scandal
nor acknowledgement made the basis
of low and cowardly innuendoes. In
General Woods absence his friendh-
ness to "Bellairs" easily explicable
and pardonable-was grotesquely tor
tured into a sinister alliance, whose
object was the Governor Generals ag-
grandizement at the expense Of
ministrators. a
\ moment was chosen for the at
tack when General Wood was on the
Atlantic and President Roosevelt was
on his holiday visit to the Yellow
stone. The defamers had clear field
"a propitious hour. But American
common sense was not to be STAN
peded by stale and discredited accusa-
tons. The campaign of SANDER fell
flat. We are nc longer troubled by
its noisome echoes. ~. J
In the face Of the calumnies heaped
on General Wood it is both proper
and agreeable to put on record the
tribute paid him IN San Francisco the
other day by President Roosevelt. OF
his services in Cuba the President
justly said:
He did the kind Of governmental work which
should be the undying honor OF our people for
ever, and he. came home TO what? He came
home to be thanked by few, to be attacked
by others-not TO their credit-and TO have
as his real reward the that, though his
work had been done at pecuniary sacrifice 10
him; that, though the demands upon him had
been such as 10 eat into his private means.
yet he had willingly and well done his duty
American citizen. and reflected honor,
fresh honor. upon the uniform Of the United
STATES Army.
General Woods character and rec
ord are his own defense. Public con-
fdence in him is too firmly established
to be shaken by the inventions and in
nuendoes Of bushwhacking foes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
Married Her Patient.

The latter, and by far the better lJok-
ing of the two, shortly after leaving
oxford. obtained employment as dele
gate OF a committee formed by the
Dukes Of Sutherland and Westminster
and the Baroness Burdett Coutts for
the relief of the sick and wounded dur
ing the latter portion of the Turkish
war with Russia in 1877. On his return
he fell dangerously i'll from the effects
of exposure and the hardships which he
had undergone IN the orient. was nurS-
ed back to health by Lady Burdett
CoItts, who became SO infatuated with
her patient that she married him, the
match giving rise to much popular dis
satisfaction on account of the disparity
OF years and of fortune. and even OF
downright hostility on the part OF many
of the friends and relatives of the
baroness, who had until that time been
without exception the most popular and
universally beloved woman in London
because of her boundless charities, as a
reward for which she was created a
peerless in her own right in 1871.
MARQUISE DE FONTENoY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
SHARP TRICK PLAYED
BY AN ENGLISH FIRM
Prevented by This Government From
Getting Patent in Japan.

There has just been closed by the In
terror Department an unusual incident
which shows the care with which Uncle
Sam looks after the interests OF his
citizens in other countries It related
to the effort Of an English firm to ini-
tate certain pens, which have been pat
ented in this country, and to obtain q
patent on them in Japan.
A. E. Buck. Unitd States minister at
Tokyo, reported to Secretary Hay that
an English firm was manufa curing pens
in imitation OF pens manufactured By an
American firm. The limitations were
sold below the price Of the American
product. and the Englishnen had APP
piled to the Japanese authorities for
patent. the granting of which would
have shut the American pens out of tho
Japanese market entirely.
Mr. Buck heard OF the matter through
Maruya & Co.. a Japanese firm OF sta
TONERS. who wanted TO obtain certia-
cate of the American citizenship of the
American manufacturers, with power OF
attorney TO go before the Japanese pat
ent office. cancel the application OF ths
Englishmen and have the rights secured
for the Americans.
Secretary Hay turned the matter over
TO Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock.
who sent It to the Patent Office, where e
was found that the pen was an Ameri-
can invention. but was manufactured IN
England Francis Forbes, a patent at
torney in New York, was found TO have
represented the company on previous
occasions. He was notified and has
written Acting Secretary OF the Interior
Thomas Ryan that he took steps which
have Just resulted IN the cancellation
OF the English claim for a Japanese pat
ent and the granting OF one 10 the
American Arm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
RAILROAD AN ELECTRIC
PROVING GROUND" NOW
Speed of Fifty Miles an Hour on the
Surface.

SCRANTON, Pa, May 21.-Unique in
railroads. the new electric line of the
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Com
pany was opened this morning between
Scranton and PIttston.
The construction and development of
the road have been conducted with a
good deal of secrecy. but the fact that
the Westinghouse interests are largely
concerned in the project confirms the
belief that, in addition TO doing regu-
lar passenger and freight traffic, the
Laurel line" as IL is known. will serve
to demonstrate the superiority OF cleo
tricity to steam.
The enormous expenditure in building
and equipping the road would indicate
that 1t is to be used largely as prov
ing ground" in which the practical
value of electric energy as applied
through the third rail Will be shown and
given a thorough test. It is the belief
of electricians and some railroad men
that in the near future electricity will
supersede steam on all the great rail-
roads of the country. and the working
of the Laurel line" Will be watched
with special interest.
1t is admitted that a speed of fifty
miles an hour can be made easily, but
engineers say that much higher speed
can be developed If desired Electric
power is furnished through the third
rail system.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
A Republican Measure.

In this connection the forthcoming Re-
publican State convention will have q
disagreeabIe task to perform in treating
of this measure. A resolution condemn
ing it is almost certain to be offered. and
the problem is how to best smother II
without causing trouble If 1t goes TO
the committee on resolutions of course
the organization Will Kill II, but there is
nothing to prevent its being offered as an
amendment In open convention. Then, OF
course, It would be necessary to defeat
the resolution as the libel bill is strictly
Republican measure.
In recounting the achievements Of the
late Legislature, 1t is probable that the
Salus- Grady law will not be one of the
measures to which the party will point
with PRIDE as the late Ben Butler
would say. II will doubtless be passed
over without mention until some enemy
Of the act gets the floor TO offer RESP
luton viewing with alarm" the passage
Of this obnoxious measure. and then the
convention must go on record either as
indoTsing or opposing the press 'muZ-
zler-"
It augurs no good for the party but
nevertheless the Quay program and
ticket will go through all right. and 1t
is quite probable that If the campaign
of last fall were TO be fought over again
with a full knowledge Of what has hap
pened those Republicans who are aow
having so much TO say about the libel
law would again support Pennypacker
and the entire Republican ticket. Such
is party loyalty and machine loyalty In
Pennsylvania
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
TO KEEP CLOSE WATCH
ON THE B. & O. TRESTLE

The District Commissioners have di-
rected that the agreement forwarded by
counsel of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company for the construction OF a
trestle to support the water main at
Twenty eighth and Emporia Streets.
Avalon. D. c.. be properly executed and
returned to the company.
The agreement permits the District
authorities 20 enter upon the property
of the company and to construct the
proposed trestle TO carry the municipal
water main over the tracks OF the com
pany at that point. The construction is
a part of the plan to extend the water
service In that part Of the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
Forest Protection.
Enormous Fire Losses Which Can and
Must Be Avoided.

The average annual loss from for
est fires IN the United States is est
mated by the Bureau of Forestry to
be not less than 100000; and, this
year, after an extraordinary dry
spring, the loss, it is believed, will
involve almost double that amount.
Last year, within two weeks, timber
and property valued at over $4,000
600 were destroyed by forest fires in
the States of Oregon and Washing
ton alone. This year, the loss from
fires in the Adirondack region will
certainly reach $10,000,000 And dis
patches received within a day or two
indicate that all along the Appalach-
ian range fires are raging to an extent
never before known.
When we consider that each family
in the United States uses up on al
average-this is the statement of the
Governments forestry expert-the
product Of at least fifty acres of for
est, and that the uses of wood are con
staptly increasing-wood pulp and
eellulose constituting today alarming
drains upon the resources of our for
ests-it will readily be seen that some
thing must be done, and done prompt
ly, TO check the ravages Of these fires
which, IN a majority of cases, are the
result of gross negligence and care
lessness.
The Bureau of Forestry has recent
~ undertaken a thorough study of
the fire problem, hoping to show that
the losses incurred can be avoided.
The whole country has been divided
into districts, and each district as
signed 10 an investigating agent.
Local conditions viii be observed and
recommendations suited to the locality
made. At the same time the co-opera-
ton Of State wardens and railway
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
Tom Coutts' Daughters.


Let me add that old Tom Coutts, in ad-
dition to his daughter Sophia, who mar
ried Sir Francis Burdett, and who is
the mother of Lady Burdett Coutts.
had two other daughters. one OF whom
married Lord Butte and the other Lord
clifford. OF the first of these two mar
riages-that is to say, of the one with
Lord Bute-no descendants remain But
the present Lord North is, like Money
Coutts. great-grandson of old Tom
Coutts, the banker, and a great-great-
grandson therefore Of Elizabeth Starkey,
the scullery maid.
The story OF Lady Burdett Coutts'
American husband has been so often re-
lated in these columns that anything
more than a brief reference thereto
would be superfuous- He was born in
Brooklyn, N Y, of a father who was
raised at Plymouth, Mass, and of a
mother who was a daughter OF John h.
Ashmead of Philadelphia, a descendant
of Theodore Lehman, who was com
panion of William Penn. The early
portion OF his education he received in
lHlS COuHtIy Will nio ia oNHSi' IiAASS 0AN
then went to England and to Oxford.
where they graduated in due course. Ell
lis, the elder of the two. died few
years ago, as a rather discredited politi-
clan of a minor caliber. who had been
knighted by way of consoling him for
not receiving any post. even small one,
on the reconstruction Of Lord Salisbury s
last administration. / may add that he
died a bankrupt, In spite OF the wealth
of his younger brother
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
ANTITRUST REFINERY
OPENS DEPARTMENT

WAuKE0A. H.. May 21.-The new
Warner antitrust sugar refinery has
opened it's starch department. and is
getting it's glucose department in shape
10 operate In the fall.
Ground was broken yesterday by the
Charles Gindele Company. of Chicago,
for the glucose refining building IL
will be seven stories high. and Will
cost $50 900. This is one OF the seven
new buildings TO be erected in the en-
suing months at cost OF s45e. 200.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21

Tower of London for political causes.
Sir Francis married Sophia, a daughter
OF Thomas Coutts, the London banker,
who was therefore the grandfather of
both Lady Burdett Coutts and Mrs.
Money Coutts. Old Tom Coutts, whose
Cwr mother had been a scullery maid
of the name of Elizabeth Starky. after
losing his first wife. the mother of
Sophia Coutts. contracted second mar
riage with Miss Harriet Mellon, a we'll
known actress. to whom on dying he
bequeathed his entire fortune, making
no provision for his daughters or for
his grandchildren.
Some time after his demise the
widowed Mrs. Coutts, the ex-actress.
married the Duke of st. Adams. She
seems, however, to have resented the
manner in which she was treated by the
family of her second husband, and by
his kinsfolks, who offended her by the
urdisguised ridicule and contempt which
they manifested for her social solecisms,
and for her quaint extravagances OF
speech. At her death it was found that
she had left every penny of the fortune
which she had inherited from Tom
Coutts, her first husband to young An
eela Burdett, her step granddaughter
then a girl of twenty three. who had
tecome a great favorite of hers.
The duchess bequeathed this fortune to
Angela Burdett on the understanding
that she should assume the name OF
Coutts in addition to her own. and that
In the event of her death without issue
it should go to one of her eldest sisters
Clara Burdett, who was likewise unmar-
ried at the time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
Trouble Ahead.

The Metcalfe- Mack correspondence
does one thing at any rate. 1t serves to
emphasize the fact that the Democrats
are likely to have great deal more
difficulty next year in determining what
their platform shall be than in selecting
a man to stand upon it.
This problem will rack the brains of
the wisest counselors OF the party. AS
the average Democrat is wont to ex-
press it. there is abundance OF good
Presidential material" but the trouble
will be in selecting suitable platform
material. Consequently the Democrats
would do we'll to defer for a time the
question of candidates and take up the
consideration OF paramount Issues"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
Some Mixed Logic.
A Well-Meant But Slightly Obfuscated
Twinkle.

Twinkle
Our twinkling contemporary, the
Evening STAR" will pardon us if we
should find it difficult to repress a
smile over its naive proposition that
irregularities" in the local postoffice
can permanently be cured only by the
appointment of a Washington man as
postmaster. While agreeing with our
contemporary as to the desirability of
having a resident of the city fill the
place of postmaster, we do not think
that it is essential for an efficient ad-
ministration of the Office. What Is
wanted is a man with some backbone,
independence, and the ability to say
mo-" man who is no mans man,
who has no difficulty in telling right
from wrong, whose record in the COM
munity IN which he lives is unsullied
in short, an honest man. The fact
that many of the irregularities" now
coming to light occurred while the Of
fee of local postmaster was held down
by a Washington man, demonstrates
the absurdity Ct our contemporaries
contention.
Nor can we agree with the 'Star"
when it intimates that irregularities"
were encouraged by establishing the
headquarters of the local postoffice in
the same building with the Postoffice
Department. Says our sapient con-
temporary:
The joint housing Of the local and general
Offices is type OF the unduly close relations
which exist between the two in administrative
matters, making of the local Office mere
mex or bureau OF the department, 10 be manip-
ulated, it would appear from Mr. Tulloch's
charges, for the payment of political debts and
10 be used for purposes impossible in any other
city postofice in the country.
If this means anything, it means
that "evil associations corrupt good
manners" Does our esteemed con-
temporary wish it TO be understood
that the presence under its own roof
of Mr.. Machen's Rural Free Delivery
Bureau established "unduly close rela-
tions" between the Star" and the
Postoffice Department Or that that
remarkable bureau became a mere
annex" to the Star" "to be manipu-
lated for the payment of
political debts" simply because it oc-
cupied rooms in the Star" building?
Of course, our contemporary would
reject with indignation-and rightly,
too-such assumption on the part Of
the public. Yet it is about as logical
as its own reasoning with regard to
housing the local postoffice and the
Postoffice Department IN the same
building.
An honest man is honest, and re
mains honest, wherever he may be,
whether his Office is incased in mar
BILE, granite, or plain brick. And
while agreeing, we repeat, with our
contemporary when it points out the
desirability of having a Washington
man for our postmaster, we yet
should feel profoundly Inundated if
even by innuendo only we were sus-
pected of believing that outside of the
District line an honest man to stop
the ''irregularities" in the postoffice
could not be found. We think better
Of our country, and we should hate to
see Washington sink to the level of an
Abdera.
Who is the "Star's" candidate for
postmaster, anyway?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
In Failing Health.

Baroness Burdett Coutts has just en-
tered upon her ninetieth year, and al
though she continues her good works,
yet she has withdrawn almost entirely
from society and from the public. In
fact, she has become so frail that her
death cannot be long delayed. At her
demise her peerage will become extinct,
and while most of her personal belong
ings and savings will go to her American
born husband, who is forty years her
junior, and upon whom she settled an
annuity of S250,000 per annum on the
wedding day. the bulk OF her fortune
Will go to her nephew. the only son of
her elder sister Mrs Money Coutts,
who died few years ago at the age
of ninety-four as the widow of the Rev.
James D. Money.
Lady Burdett Coutts' nephew, who is
member of tee bar. is by no means
IN his aunt's good graces, and If he is
destined to inherit the bulk OF her i'm
mense fortune it is altogether indie
pendently of her wishes Lady Burdett
Coutts and her elder sister got along
pretty we'll together until the former S
marriage in 1881, a union which the
elder Of the two old women opposed in
tie most flat-footed manner. subiectine
the baroness to such exceedingly plain
speaking concerning the affair that the
latter never forgave her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
KEEN SENSE OF JUSTICE.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, May 21.-Two
farmers drawn on the jury stopped the
machinery OF the court yesterday. One,
anxious about his crops. waited till the
clouds rewarded him with rain; the
other was detained talking politics in
.I2Wysy's aSAcs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21

the Republican National Convention"
from 1856 to 1900 Mr.. Johnson has
served as an official at many of these
conventions, and has the authorization
of the Republican national committee
to compile and publish the record com
plete to date The volumes he has is
sued are a useful and necessary addi-
tion 10 any political library.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
Hopes to Be Realized.

Princess Charles of Denmark, young
est daughter of King Edward, and whose
childlessness since her marriage seven
years ago has been a source Of con-
siderable sorrow to herself, to her popu-
lar young husband. and to her parents,
is at length about to have her hopes full
filled, and expects to become mother
during the latter portion of the sum
mer. While the news is not yet official
ly announced, it is pretty generally
known in London, and until the happy
event takes place the princess will re-
main very quietly at Appleton House,
her place near Sandringham. The prin-
cess has been very delicate for a con-
siderable time past, and 1t is anticipated
that the birth of child will restore her
to complete health, not only in a ply
steal sense. but also in regard to heI
nervous system. She Is the most popu-
lar and sprightly of the Kings daugh-
tiers, as well as his particular favorite
rejoices in the nickname of Harry
among her family circle, and is distin-
guished by certain dainty coquetry
which Is entirely lacking in her sisters
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
TO WED AMERICAN.

LONDON. May 2O.-Lord Monsoon. hon.
orary attache to the British embassy at
Paris, will shortly marry Mrs. Turnure.
daughter OF Gen. Roy Stone, OF the Uni
ted States Army.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21

Goo
Establish Claim
t. Dormant Bones

of course. this would have been siren
uously opposed by her elder sister MIS-
Money Coutts, and by the latters son.
Francis Money Coutts, who is now
married man with family OF children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
The Burdett Coutts Fortune.

1t is an odd story how this colossal
fortune came to Lady Burdett Coutts,
and why it should have come to her
rather than to her elder sisters. Her
father was Sir Francis Burdett, the
WelI-known member OF parliament for
the borough of Westminster. and the
last person to be imprisoned in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21

The seats in a Nebraska theater col
Iapsed during a performance OF Uncle
Toms Cabin" That classic drama has
long had a reputation for bringing down
the house.