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The Washington times., 1903-01-28
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SURGEONS,

The Indifference manifested by the
medical profession of England to the
clinics of Or Lorenz in the treatment of
hip dislocatiOn by the method
identified with his name, amounting to
positive discourtesy to visiting sur
geon of eminence, was perhaps charac-
teristie So we'll satisfied are the lead
ing British surgeons with themselves
and their methods that not even curl
osity to witness the most remarkable
exhibition of strength and skill in har-
monious combination for the production
in minutes of results which, by the Eng
ish method have been less successfully
attained in months, led them TO eounte-
nance the innovation by looking on
while those of less emiEence who might
crafty their curiosity without loss of
dignity, retained the conviction that
their own professional lUninaries were
infalibIe and their methods the best.
If the British standards of surgical
practice were the best attainable in the
present state of the art, there would be
better reason than now exists for an
ostentatiou of Indifference to the LO-
REM innovation But they are not Sur
gerry in Great Britain is far behind
either the American or the Continental
ST ldards. and the LOrenz incident may
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Spite Of
0 the Kings "A o
on--AM narchW whose Face Was

to the fact that Sir Hugh has never visit
ed Africa or the Congo, and that there
fore his fantastic portrayal Of the super
IativeIy satisfactory. condition Of affairs
there carries no weight OF conviction
when compared with the vigorous con
demnation Of Congo government methods
by authoritative eyewitnesses such as
Robert Codrington, the administrator Of
Northeastern Rhodesis, and Ewart Gro
gan. the famous explorer who made the
remarkable trip from the Cape t. caro-
That King LeopoId's rule Of the Con-
go has been characterized by the most
frightfuI atrocities, which are the in
evitabIe consequence Of his system Of
exploitation, is established beyond a
doubt. in spite Of anything that Sir
Hugh may write to the contrary. 1t
is a system which constitutes a fragrant
violation Of the Treaty Of Berlin, to
which the United States was a party,
and has served to establish an organf-
zati0n of slavery in the Free State
which can only be maintained by The
outrages which have earned for King
Leopold's African dependency such
terrible name throughout the civilized
world, Mr. GrOgan justly describing the
system as a vampire growth"
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
TELEGRAPHING IN EuRnpR

some figures have been published in
Fd.fls which compare The amount Of
telegraPhic business done in varfo,,s
european countries IN Great Britain
every inhabitant sends u teIegrams q
year in France the telegram works our
to little over per head of the nonu-
iation, and in Germany about three
quarters OF telegram per head. The
Italian sends less than half telegrar,
a year In Russia only one person in
six or seven sends a telegram. But
the international kilograms work our
less faVorabiy TO Great Britain. Ger
many sends 1900, 600 of foreign tele-
grams year, Great Britain onlv 10 -
0c00, France about 7,750 600. and Itaiv
and Russia send about ;. coo. 600 between
them Among the youngest nations.
Japan now sends out more than 2500. coo
kilograms and receives about the same
number Great Britain sends more for
eign kilograms than she receives bv
about 750, 600.
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4 Duke Of American Birth.

England has already Duke OF North
umberIand. who is the proud possessoT
Of AInwick Castle, the ancestral home
Of the historic house Of Percy, to which
he belongs only through the distaf side,
II is possible that the house Of lords
may. be enriched ere long by the addi-
tion Of an Earl Of Northumberland OF
American birth.
The present dukes patronymic is real
IL smithson instead Of Percy. the frs
duke OF the actual creation. a near kins-
man Of the founder OF the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington. having mar
ried the only daughter and sole heiress
of the last Percy, Duke OF Northumber-
land. and being subsequently elevated
TO the honors Of his father-in-law. Now
one Of the ancestors Of this last Percy,
Duke Of Northumberland, namely, the
third Earl Of Cumberland. had brother
Of the name of George. who emigrateo
to America. and settled in Virginia. In
Burke-s Peerage he is recorded as having
died in 1882. S. P. It would seem, how
ever. that these two letters were er-
roneous. and that on the contrary hs
left legitimate sons
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serve to show why this IS so. II any
question Of professional ethics was
raised in this instance it might very well
have been dismissed
The remarkable reception rendered
LoFenz in this country. exceeding an
ovation and approximating the propor-
tions OF d triumph. was not of his seek
ing. A more modest. unassumiug man
never visited this country. HIS effort
while here was to do all the good h.s
could and lmpart 10 as many as possible
OF those who wished to acquire them the
theory and practice of his method He
did not pose or magnify himself. and %
respond 10 the demands of the pro-
fession upon him he cheerfuIIy surrend-
cred all opportunities Of personal gain
from private operations.
The decadence Of England in the de-
paTtments Of production and distribu-
tion needs no other or better explanation
than is furnished in this illustration OF
what must be considered characteristic
OF the national temperament. Its back
wardness III applied science may be due
10 the same unfortunate cause. The dis
position TO hold the world at arms
length does not favor the rapid assimila-
uon OF invention and discovery and
makes conservatism brake on the
wheels OF progress.-NeW YORK Times.
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CD He eastern section Of the territory of Peru comprised
between the eastern range of the great Andean Noun
tains and the frontiers Of Bolivia and ex-
tending north the boundary lines
and Colombia attractive sections of the
world point Of view The entire territory
comprised within these waered by the Amazon and
its many auents and incloses great agricultural and min
eraI wealth
At the present time the question of connecting eastern
Peru with the Pacific seaboard
government and of all the people country
end several expeditions equipped from the prnci
pal outlets on the Pacific Of the veng
with the others in its eagerness to prove that possesses
the best and most available Edorado
Land OF Tomorrow" aptIy been called
accounts reports these expeditions would
work connecting Pacific with the
gable rivers of eastern Peru is solely question Of capital
technical difficulties that time sup
posed to nsurmounabe are such serious
they cannot be overcome by modern engineering.
The government Of Peru in great measure has already
commenced bring into closer proximity navigable
rivers with the and its ef
this direction well deserving Of the they
attained Already there regular mail service be-
tween Lima the auvia port of Yquos the Amazon
River between both places which only
few years ago took about months is
made on an average Of seventeen days
The huyfaI system such wonderful nature
that ii is certain attract increased attention according
as the country becomes better Nowhere in the
world does Of navigabe rivers
OF Of rivers that can be DavigabIe
in this central region America Many of these
great rivers that the mighty Amazon that flow
into it its rise in the
mountain system They technically Peruvian
rivers as they are navfgabIe for many miles within our
territory.
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Duke Of Braganza Coming Here

Inasmuch as the Duke Of Braganza.
legitimist pretender TO the Portugal
throne, has announced his intention Of
sailing for this country within the 7evt
few weeks for a prolonged tour. it may
be Of interest to recall the fact that
he is the son Of the late Dom Miguel
who ruled for a time as King of por-
tugal until deposed and driven into
exile So far as I know he is the only
European monarch Of modern times who
was subjected to the indignity of hay
ing his ears boxed while king. It han
pened as follows:
WheE a short time before his den5si-
ton he issued a decree suspendfnp tho
constitution so as to enable him TO i'm
prison, shoot, and hang without regular
trlaI all those hostile to his rule. ,1en-
eral ViilareaI called upon the monarch
protested against the move, and then
asked to be relieved of his command
eXclalmlng: From now on Po-ittgaf
VIII not need honorable soIdfers-but
merely hangmen.' Beside himself with
rage, King Miguel let fly his fist in the
race oil the general, shouting. Here
is for your soldiers" Before anvone
could interfere and quick as lightning
the veteran had returned the blow with
swinging box on the ears which sent
the monarch reeIing. excIaimfng. and
here IS for your majesty's hanemen. 60
The general was at once seized. tried nv
court martial and sentenced to deat-i
but before the sentence could be cxe-
cuted the prison in which he was con
fined was stOrmed by mob of students
soldiers, and citizens, and he was set
at liberty, the King being shortly af-
terward forced 20 abdicate and driven
into exile in Austria. where he died
His widow still survives.
MARQJISE DE FONTENOY.
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Had Little Opposition

This. in view Of the fact that there
was little expectation that the ReDub-
licans could carry the State. left Mr..
Newlands practically alone in the field,
with only the opposition Of Judge Haw-
ley. a straightout Republican. who in
the election just held received but eight
votes out Of the ffty-one cast by the
Legislature for United States Senator.
Mr. NewlaBds mas served ten years in
the lower house OF Cc-sress. where his
record has been conspicuous by his
agitation Of the question OF irrigation,
and his final successful effort at the last
session in having the irrigation bill
passed, thus making available many
millions Of dollars for the watering Of
the arid lands of the West. This fact
no doubt contributed materially to max
ing his contest for the Senate a COM
paratively easy one. With the dimfn-
ishing population OF Nevada the hfty-one
members Of the Legislature comprise a
large percentage OF the people whom he
viii represent. and it is not improbable
that if an accurate census were to be
taken it would be found that Senator
elect NewIands' larger constituency is IN
Chevy Chase rather than Nevada.
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briiEiancy which was little less than
genius. On this occasion they noticed
a great change had come over him, aud
many anxious Inquiries Of interested
friends followed
Mr. Reedy's married life had been Bna
OF great happiness He married Miss
Lallite Bauduy a great beauty. who
died more than a year ago, shortly be-
fore Mr. Reedy's last visit here. His
friends agreed that this sorrow had
ehaneSd his whole view Of life and tried
TO give him the strength Of their syn
pathy and encouragement But all their
efforts seemed Of little avail. One Of
them, Ernest McGaney OF Chicago. in
dIted the nine stanzas he named with
the title mentioned and sent them %
Mr. Reedy- The latter was so struck by
them that he published them in his
paper. the st. Louis Mirror" They ara
as follows:
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No Democrats From Kansas.

With the election Of the Hon. Chester
I. Long to the United States Senate to
succeed the Hon william Alexander
Harris. the last tie binding the Sunfower
State to the Democracy is severed. For
twelve years bleeding Kansas has been
playing with Populism and with Popu-
Hstic Democracy, and now. after more
than a decade. she returns again to the
Republican fold from which she wan
dered after rainbow dcIusions Of eurren-
ey, socialism. and dozen other isrns and
fsnciss born IN the distorted brain Of
wild-eyed rcformers and cranks For a
time the State was mad with their the
ories. It was the hoU-bed OF the revolt
against the existing order Of things. and
the State that in 1ssS gave Gen. Harrison
a majority Of so 900 turned upon the Re
publican tFFo years later and swept the
party out of power within its borders.
The nigh tide OF Populistic reform which
never reformed anything was perhaps
reached some time during 1s94-1S96. aud
since then has been steadily and grad
ually receding, but not until after March
! viii the Republican party be again in
full control in the State government and
the Congress delegation from that State.
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CHANGES IN PRONUNCIATION.
Though Not Always Euphon5ous They Have Evidently Come
Stay,
to STAY.

In 3 recent number of the Nine
teenth Century it is shown by Mr.. c..
/. EaztIake that important changes are
taking place in the pronunciation OF
English by the English, and not always
fer the better. The clipping Of the
anal tg'' was formerly regarded in Eng
land IS in Maryland, as an ineZpiable
sin. bar it has now become the mode, 1t
IS stated. to say ''m0Tnin',' ''puddin',
'ehuntin'" and the like. IN London
father. we are told, has beome 'fathah, -
mother "mothab" and good fellow IS
debased into a "felIah." a London pa
per disputes this. but has tc confess
that sawf'ly jolly is of universal aD-
pIicatfon, like our ALI right
Various pronunctations once in vogue
ameng -the best circles are now bar
barous. Fer example. il was not over
lo0 years age. according TO Mr. Eastlake.
when an educated Englishman OF the
best society could say "dook' for duke
and .sToosday" for Tuesday Captain
MacMurdo. Of the Life Guards. a crack
corps. called Rawdon Crawley "OId
sfoopld Earl Russell was always
..obleaged. never obliged.
Pope. who prided himself on his cor
rect use Of words, rhyned Rome with
doom. join with line. obey with tea. and
mead with shade. Axe" we are assured,
was The original form of ask, and is not
50 ridiculous in the mouth Of the unedu-
Gated as some persons think, being a
survival, \ dish OF "tay, instead Of tea,
IS similarly OF respectable ancestry As
for Mr.. WelIer's use Of w for wit
ties, for example. for Yicuuals-it. too,
according 10 1Ir. EastIake, has history,
being traced TO the French silk weayers
Eho settled IA London after the Edlct Of
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A Virginia Claimant.

In the early part of the last century
the descendants Of this George Percy
we're still living in Virginia, their ances-
try being a matter OF common nowl-
edge. Their descendants are still living
today. and the senior Of them in point
OF lineage has, hear, initiated STEPS
in England to establish his claim to the
earIdom OF northumberland. as the her
in the male line direct Of the Hon
George Percy, younger son OF the sec
ond earl. OF course. he VIII not be able
to recover the Percy estates. But / IN
Ierstand that he is wealthy, and viii
be quite content with the earldem and
with the chieftainship of the historic
house Of Louvain- Percy, which the pres
ent duke viii be compelled to surrender
to him along with the Percy armortal
bearings.
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Solid Republican Delegation.

It already has, and has had for three
years OF more, majority of the county
and local officials throughout the State.
In 1892, Kansas voted for Weaver. the
Peoples Party candidate for President.
and four years later, when the coalition
Of Democrats and PoPuIists was effected,
with Mr. Bryan as their leader, the Re
publicans again lost the State; two years
ago they redeemed it on the Presidential
ticket, and also elected q governor and
seven out of eight members of Congress.
The Hon. Alfred VI. Jackson alone re
mained to represent the Democracy Of
the Sunfower State. Last year. even he
was defeated. and the Republicans will
return solid delegation to the Fifty
eighth Congress The term Of Senator
Harris viii expire on March t, and the
Hon. Chester I. Long. now a member of
the House. and who, perhaps, first
achieved national fame by his defeat Of
the Hon. Sockless Jerry Simpson. is to
be his successor. For few terms
Simpson and Long aIternated, first one
and Their the other winning out in the
Medicine Lodge district. The last time
Long won, Jerry gave up in despair, ana
moved out of the State into the valley
Of the Pecos. IL Kew Mexico, went TO
growing apples, and waiting. until New
Mexico shall become a State, when he
hopes to come 10 the Senate, an ambi-
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Nantes They could not negotiate the ".
and all cockneydom was affected by their
misuse of the letter.
In excuse for the which Thackerav
found so very ridiculous when added 10
French words ending in n. the writer
cites the fact that French dictionaries
published not long ago. print augfane
aDd mainteRong as the phonetic eoufva-
lent Of enfn and maintenant- He sug-
gests that the g here used is q srIrvfva
"hlch such words as Ioin Latin Iongus)
make Ineligible, 1t is evidently danger
Gus to laugh at the supposed error of
speech Of the uneducsted poor. since
lhey often represented the good usage
OF an older, If not better, Gay.-BaIti-
more sun.
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ASHES OF ROSES.
(To ". N RI
BY ERNEST McGAFFEY.

Inc gh1s are out the wine is drunk the sung
And Time inrnched in suIIen speaks with iron Ba
While Dawn in ghosy paIlor, citys among
Now faded are the gase flares, amplfghs fu CLEANS
The morning light fast growing bright marble seems
As colo and fair dim Loves old dreams
Gomez I'LL the glass his
To faith and hope to and years decline
To Life that holds the goblet sign
hold him iaggard at the best.
Who hTin candle book and hell
Who loses glimpse Of Heaven long on He'll
Behrew the tales of bedames Of foo
Wen live lives best unwarped by or rules
Untrammeed the churchman's the schools
friend TO clasp waiting
4 to hold a sparkle a poets rhyme.
And through it all. with Woman, Time
The horny road Of righteousness. the
The primrose highway still
For the lights ares gone:
For the wiII-o-wisp Hope, which on
The that skies lapse o.
Sorrow waits
with laughter gates
As those who do fear the fiat Of
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Leonold Shrewd and Astute.

Leopold, Shrewd and Astute.
King Leopold Of Belgium, whatever
else may be said about him, is a shrewd
man Of the world, and singularly as
tute monarch, and in nothing has he
given stronger evidence thereof than in
his silence in the face of attack upon
his administration of the Congo and OF
his private life. Only on one occasion
did he make the mistake Of prosecuting
a German editor at Hamburg for some
thing that the latter had written about
him. and the annoyance. expense, and
vituperation to which he was subjected
IN the matter. as well as the mortiIying
failure OF his action, caused him TO bit
terly regret having allowed himself to
be influenced to depart from his usual
sensible policy of silence
Unfortunately for King Leopold he
The Washington times., 1903-01-28
Newlands Succeeds Jones.

After the 4th Of next March the
Hon. Francis C. Newlands. Of Reno.
New. and Chevy Chase. Nd. viii rep
resent these two Drincipalities In the
United States, hlling the seat for thirty
years continuously held e. the Hon.
John P. Jones. OF Gold Hin, Nev That
this change would occur has been known
for many months. for the representative
from the Silver State has long cherished
desire to come TO the Senate:
it was made certain when the election
was held last November. and it was as
eertained that the Democrats had re-
tanned control OF the state Legislature
almost unanimously. Nearly a year
ago Senator Jones. realizing that as a
Republicaa-haviug again returned 10
the fold after wandering OF 10 PopuIism
after the silver idol so dearly beloved in
his little borough-he could not hope
for Reelection against the candidacy OF
Ar. Newlands. and having desire 20
retire TO private life while stiH enjoy
Ing strong mental and physical vigor,
announced that he would not seek a re-
turn 10 the Senate.
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A Fantastic Defense.

Meanwhile all that Sir Hugh's letter
in the Morning Post" has served to
achieve has been to bring about a vlo-
lent recTudescence of the attacks in the
EngIish press against Leopold personally
and against the Congo administration.
Even the London Post, which pub
fishes his letters, makes it the theme of
a savage editorial denunciation Of the
Congo administration. drawing attention
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A Kings Press Agent.

Now. unless Sir Hugh holds a very
definite and fulI-fedged brief for the
King, as well as a power of attorney TO
act in his behalf, what possible right OF
qualification can he have to institute
legal proceedings against an English
publication for having assailed the
Belgian monarch in its pages Either we
must believe from this that Sir Hugh
does not mean what he says about his
intention of taking legal action in the
English courts to defend Leopold. know
ing that he had no status in the matter.
or else we must assume, what everybody
believes to be true, namely, that Sir
Hugh, in spite of his assertions to the
contrary, is the duly commissioned press
agent Of the Belgian King, who has con-
ferred upon him high grade of the
order Of Leopold. as well as Of the Congo
order. in recognition of his "unrequited
services
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An Unreauited Free Lance.

@AAA - II = t-@NSA 4 ~~S 41-N@s~N-
Sir Hugh, without an. apparent rea-
son. has just published over his sigma
tuTe in the London Morning Post" a
two-coIumn letter defending, not only
the Kings administration of the Congo,
where he portrays the conditions as al
together idylic, but also takes up the
cudgels in behalf of the private charac-
ter Of Leopold, intimating that all the
unfay0rabIe criticism Of the latter in the
European and American press origi-
mates with syndicates of SPECTATORS
with designs on the Congo.
In the course OF the letter, Sir Hugh
repeatedly assured the public that he
holds no brief for King Leopold, ex-
presses doubts as TO whether his free
lance activity is always appreciated in
high quarters" and insists that he is
and has been "an unrequited and non
commissioned free lance" in behalf OF
the King and of the Congo admfnistra-
ton Yet in the very same article he
speaks of having quite recently threaten
ed the editor of "an important English
monthly" publication with legal proceed
iEEs on his fSir Hugh's) own response
bility" tor allegations against the King.
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UnCOnSidered Trifles
Sweet Is Revenge.

Mr.. Mulhooly-Phwat fur are vez
maxim such noise on thot pianny?
f'r drivin' me distracted wild y'r racket.
an ne head achin' Ioik it wud split in
two 9acesi
Daughter-Them new neighbors nix
door has been complain OF my playin'.
MIR Acknowledgements. hammer hard
eT.-New York Weekly
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has some friends possessed of infinitely
less cleverness and knowledge of the
worId-friends whose zeal is altogether
out of proportion to their discretion,
and among the number is Sir Hugh
Reid, who for a number of years past
has been regarded as the English press
agent Of the Belgian monarch.
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High Life in BROOKLYN.

The Hifens are awfuIly proud of their
family tree" But it seems to me il
might have been greatly improved by a
little pruning. g.'-BrookIyn Life.
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Lights and Shadows of Politics.

tion which be will probably never real
ize. Such. in brief. has been some OF
the effects Of the rise and fall Of Popu-
ism in the state Of Kansas
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Tolstoy. She found that splendid old
man under the loving domain Of his de
voted wife. who made him eat and drink
for his bodily good. without the slightest
regard for his theories of diet. Men
of genius she remarked to the visitor,
need people of common sense to con-
tradict them occasionally"
The Washington times., 1903-01-28

Swami Frigunatia. of the Rama Krish-
ria Monastery, of Calcutta, has arrived
in San Francisco on tnree-year pill
grimage around the world.
The Washington times., 1903-01-28

Lord Rosebery has invented q new
phrase. Now that his son. Lord Del
many. has reached his majority. the for
mer premier refers to himself as a dow
ager peer"
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In the Public Eye.

Major Horace GIenworth Devandre, the
only American serving in the Austrian
army. has just died in Vienna. He Was
several years ago connected with the
United States diplomatic service at
Rome and Vienna.