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The Washington times., 1903-07-17
SOLDIERS IN REUNION
HOLD LARGE PARADE
Society of Santiago de Cuba and Fifth
Army Corps Meet in Detroit.

DETROIT. Mich. July 1.-THE mill
tary parade which opened the reunion Of
the Society of Santiago de Cuba ard the
Fifth Army Corps marched through the
central business portion OF the city to-
day.
General Chaffee was chief marshal and
General Bates, commander OF the De-
partment of the Lakes. was in command
Of the military division Following was
a detachment or marines and jackies
and several hundred veterans OF the
Spanish-American war
General Wheeler, General Hawkins.
and several other military men OF promi-
nence occupied carriages.
General Shafter. president Of the So
ciety. left the parade at the corner of
Fort and Griswold Streets and drove 10
the stand in front OF the city hall, where
the parade passed in review.
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by a farmers wife. Asked how she
disposed of the rattlesnakes on her
husbands farm, she replied sue
cinctly:
"Nouse-trap."
She set mouse-traps, properly bait
ed, in various places frequented by
the snakes, and in due time found
them filed with rattlesnakes ranging
from one to four feet in length. 1t
Is clear that the snakes intellect has
been overrated. The king Of serpents
has been vanquished by a woman
armed with n bit of crooked wire on
q spring.
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MRS. FAIRS BROTHER
NEARLY MET HER FATE
Auto at Full Speed Crashed Into Tree
But He Escaped.

NEW BRUNSWICK. y. j., July IL
Fred Nelson, OF New Market, whose sis
ter. Mrs. Charles Fair. was killed in
France in an automobile accident. had
a parrow escape from similar fate on
the Weston Mills hill, near here, yestcr-
day. Nclron and Nat Ellsworth were on
their way home from the seashore-
The automobile was being driven at a
high rate Of speed when the brake failed
to work. The machine crashed into a
tree. and both occupants were thrown
out hcadlong. Ellsworth was badly
bruised and stunned. The men were
brought TO this city by farmers who had
seen the accident. The automobile was
q wreck.
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In Search Of Converts.

The Hon. Henry D. Green has under
taken the rather difficult task Of con
verting eastern Pennsylvania 70 De
mocracy. and has purchased news
paper as the first requisite in the po-
litical transformation. He is modest
enough-he IS a modest man. anyway
not TO attempt the work OF redeeming
the entire keystone State from the evils
OF Bepublicanism, but is TO conane his
efforts to the eastern half. either regard
Ing the western portion-where Quay
Iives-as past redemption. or deciding
to leave the work Of reformation Of that
section TO others. Mr.. Green announces
that he has purchased the Reading
Telegram" and his prospectus says.
while the political tone OF the news
paper viii remain as heretofore sturdIIy
and distinctively Democratic. its policy
viii neither be dictated by radical par
tisanship nor affected by factional Con-
siderations Of any kind"
Further the prospectus announces that
Mr. Green will give his personal atten-
tIon to the business management OF the
paper, and cdds. This viii insure 20
every patron courteous treatment
straightforward dealing, and will give
energetic direction 10 every department
OF the establishment" Everyone who
has the pleasure OF the acquaintance OF
the Hon. Henry D. Green VIII know that
that statement Is true In every particu-
lar, and viii wish him success in his
journalistic undertaking. although, OF
course. not all Of his friends VIII hope
10 have him succeed in converting east
ern Pennsylvania TO Democracy, for. of
course. many Of his friends are Repub-
licans.
He represented tho Berks-Lehigh dis
trict for two terms IN Congress. and
made creditable record. ,.rd no one
could ever question his adherence to
Democratic doctrine and principles. In
the jugglery OF politics he lost the NOM
ination last year. and viii be succeeded
by another Democrat. Mr. Green. how
ever, remains true TO his political faith
and VIII seek the conversion OF others
through his newspaper.
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queen W1hnina Holland
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throne, in 1860, he found the finances
of his crown in a terrible confusion
due to the recklessness and improvi-
dence OF his predecessor. So he set TO
work TO evolve order out OF chaos. an6
although there is no longer any neces-
sity to cut down expenses. yet he con-
tinues by force of habit TO enforce the
principles of economy which character
lied the early years OF his reign. 1t is
perhaps. because he spends so little. anC
his court is so lacking in brilliancy,
that Neu-Strelitz is but rarely visited
by foreigners 1t lies out OF the beaten
track of tourists, and its very name Is
ignored by most OF the guide books.
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SHiPBUILDING PENALTY
NOT To Be EXACTED
McAdoo Secures Concession, But Asks
No Advance Payments.

William McAdoo. formerly Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy, and now one
of the general counsel OF the United
States Shipbuilding Company. saw Sec
retary Moody, Of the Navy Department,
yesterday, In behalf OF his clients
Mr.. McAdoo desires TO have removed
certain penalties that have been levied
on the company because It is behind In
its work on several OF the warships
which IL IS building under contract. Il
is understood that the members OF the
board on construction will recommend
that the penalties be removed.
Mr.. McAdoo stated positively that his
purpose fl seeing the Secretary was not
to procure advance payments from the
Government on the contracts OF the
company.
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Republican Not in 1t.

Last year there were three aspirants
for the nomination. Conry. the incum-
bent; KeHher. and a man named Denni-
son. The regular convention failed 70
make a nomination. not one of the three
being able to obtain a majority of the
delegates. After fruitless balloting the
convention adjourned. and nominations
were made by petition. Dennison finally
dropped out, leaving Keliher and Conry
to fight 1t out between themselves, no
attention being paid 10 their Republican
rival. Conry and Keliher each received
double the number of votes cast for the
Republican nominee. Keliher having
about $50 more than Conry, who imme-
diately began contest.
Although Conry, who has been presi-
dent of the board Of aldermen in Bos-
ton, and made an entirely satisfactory
record in the Fifty-seventh Congress. is
popular with his Democratic colleagues.
the chances are against him in the con-
test. The Republicans have no interest
in the matter, as no politics can be
made out Of the contest for them. A
Democrat will get the seat any way. and
Il makes no difference 70 them. The
policy OF the Democrats in such cases
has always been 10 support the sitting
member, the man holding his Office on
the face OF the returns They do this
In order to be consistent, for IL IS upon
the face OF the returns that they make
their fight to hold their members IN
the House when contests are brought
against them by Republicans.
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A Patriarchal Ruler.

The old grand duke. while a kind
hearted man, Is thoroughly old-fash-
Toned in his ideas. exceedingly Jealous
of his rights and prerogatives. and in
sists on knowing everything that goes
on in his dominions. Thus in his capt.
tai not even a house may be built or a
tree cut down without his consent, and
he can be terribly arbitrary at times.
Although he is enormously rich, being
reputed. indeed, the wealthiest OF Ger
man sOvereigns. yet he is notorious for
his penuriousness, and, indeed, there is
no royal court in all Europe that is
conducted upon such an extremely ecc-
nomical scale as that OF Neu-Strelitz.
This is, perhaps. attributable to the
fact that when he succeeded TO the
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Medieval Neu- Strelitz.

There is but one European capital
where the medieval class distinctions
have remained to such an extent un-
impaired that in it's theaters the mem
bers of the nobility enjoy the hereditary
right to the best seats. the merchants
classes and the bourgeoisle, although
able and willing TO pay more than the
aristocracy for the best seats, being
debarred therefrom by reason of their
inferior birth. That capital is Neu-
Strelitz, the metropolis of the grand
duchy Of Mecklenburg- -Strelitz, whose
aged sovereign and his consort have
just been celebrating their diamond
wedding, that is 10 say, the sixtieth
anniversary of their marriage cele-
bration unique in the annals OF royalty
The adjoining grand duchy OF Meek
lenburg- -Schwerin has been frequently
referred to as the country which had
retained more than any other the feudal
forms OF government Of the Middle Ages
But in MecklenDurg-Streli the rule is
Of still more antiquated character. II
Is wholly patriarehal and despotic
There is no such thing as a constitu-
tion. and the diet. such as il is. is com
posed of the land owners and territorial
magnates of noble birth, and the burgo-
masters OF few Of the principal cities
and towns. The peasantry have no rep
resentation whatsoever. The greater
part of the grand duchy forms part and
parcel of the private estates of the
grand duke He imposes what taxes he
pleases, and as he never furnishes any
returns of revenue or expenditure, no
one has the slightest idea as TO the
E--a ar.l.I cor.aLLln-. Of The a-rar Nd aIIchN
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vantage is concerned. of which III
their official position they might avail
themselves.
Still, can the Administration afford
to place itself in the light of per-
hitting the Secretary of the Treas
ury to approve of a scheme involving
the purchase of land held by the
Secretary of State1 Can the Admin
istration afford to sanction the sale
to the Government of land owned by
the President of the Board of Dis
trict Commissioners. considering the
close relations which that official
holds toward the Administration 7
Can the Administration afford to lay
itself open to the imputation Of hav-
ing yielded to the pressure of an IN
fuential Republican Senator whose
interest in the transaction is a purely
financial one? In short, can the Ad-
ministration afford to assume a posi-
ton which, in the eyes of many un-
prejudieed observers, would look
very much like a Republican jobY
To put these questions IS, in our
opinion, to answer them. And as to
what that answer is. there can be no
doubt. Desirable, and, indeed, neces-
sary as the Hall of Records Is. If
would be dearly bought had it to be
erected, at the demand of a ring, In
square 143. We trust the Secretary
Of the Treasury Will see the matter in
this light and foil the scheme of sell
fish spectators. The best interests
of the District no less than those of
the country demand that the Hall Of
Records be brought within the plans
of the Burnham Commission.
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Free Delivery That Works.
And 1t Requires No MaChen to Super
intend It.

1t is worth noting, in connection
with the question Of rural free deliv-
cry, that there IS one delivery system
that can be made 20 work, in country
neighborhoods, and that it was work
ing long before they had letter-car
riers in cities. 1t is only practicable.
however, IN those small settlements in
which every man knows his neighbor
and expects, and is expected, TO ae-
commodate that neighbor on occasion.
The system is familiar to everyone
who has ever sojourned in the coun-
try. The postmaster-more often it
Is a postmistress sorts out the mail
and greets those who come for it
after this fashion:
Here, Mr. Brown, here's your
mail; and there's a letter for Miss
Jones, and your paper and Mr.. Rob
inson's. On, yes and there's a postal
card for the lady that's staying at
Deacon Smiths"
And Mr. Brown deposits the letters
which he has CLEANED along his route,
and receives mail to be disposed of ac-
cording to direction. That is the kind
Of rural free delivery that works. On
almost every country road there is
somebody who receives letters often
enough to make it necessary for him
to go or send to the postofiice every
day; and the other dwelers along
that road who receive letters and
papers not oftener than once or twice
week depend upon him for their
mail service, and incidentally for all
the news which he may have picked
up at the postolIice or the village
store But when a village becomes too
large for this sort Of neighborly de
pendence and bother the system dis
appears in the natural course Of
things.
The free delivery system Is not
suited to villages. Perhaps something
will some day be evolved which will
suit this element Of our population.
In the meantime it must suffer the in
convenience Of the half-grown crea-
ture of civilization.
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AFRIcA 10 pEFEND INDIA.

LONDON. July I'm the house OF
commons War Secretary Brodrick said
ii had been decided TO keep $4,000 men
permanently IN south Africa. whence
re-enforcements could be readily dis
patched 10 India in the event OF an at
tack on the frontier.
Mr.. Brodrick added that the prepara-
ton for such a contingency was a
timely step and less costly than an In
crease OF the permanent garrison OF in
dia. although the extra cost OF keeping
this emergency force in South Africa
would be s7,500, 900 yearly.
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The Field of Politics.
Democrats at War.
q spring.

DenOCIdLS dL w dI.
The Hon. J. A Keliher and the Hon.
Joseph A. Conry. the two Democrats
who are fighting each other for the right
to represent the Ninth Massachusetts
district in the House. have filed their
testimony in the case with the Clerk Of
the House of Representatives. They did
so yesterday, and each entered protest
against the evidence presented by the
other.
This promises TO be perhaps the most
interesting of the various contested
election cases with which the House
will have to deal IN the coming session,
not even excepting the Butler contest IN
the Twelfth Missouri district, which.
like the contestee's vaudeville house in
st. Louis. presents a sort OF continuous
performance. Keliher and Conry are
both good and loyal Democrats, and, re-
garding that matter, neither questions
the other
The district which each seeks to rep
resent includes a large number of Bos-
toms most historic places, Faneuu Hail
among them. Under normal conditions
1t is the strongest Democratic district
in any Northern State. only two districts
In New York city proper and one in
Brooklyn comparing with It for Demo-
ocratic majority
II is possible for three Democrats to
run In the district and each to receive
more than their Republican opponent.
Because Of this fact, there is always
much rivalry for the Democratic nOmi-
nation, and the district has sent some
distinguished men 10 Congress
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BURNED IN HOSPITAL.

BONNER SPRINGS. Kan. July II
Four persons lost their lives in 4 fire
early yesterday. which destroyed Bon
ner Springs Sanitarium. Capt J. A.
Mcclure, a former attorney for the
Union Pacific Railroad, was killed. and
DR.. A. z. Rogers lost his life in an at
tempt to save a woman patient.
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GIRL PRISONER TRIED
TO MAKE HER ESCAPE

HUDSON, y. Y, July 17.-Jennie
Green. eighteen years old. tried to cut
her way out Of the new Ulster county
Jail at Kingston by digging through the
walls Of the ward where she was con-
fined. When discovered she had removed
the plating. and was at work on the wall
itself, which is about eight inches thick
at that nnint.
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Romance and ReaIitu.
How a Woman in Montana Kills
"Rattlers."

Since the dawn Of time thrilling
romance has been put TO fight by
prosaic reality. A fresh instance Of
this is to be found in Montana. where
rattlesnakes have been troublesome.
The rattlesnake has, from the time
when elsie Venner" set its readers
Shivcring over the possibilities Of
snake nature, been a handy tool for
the writer Of romance. The hero,
walking with the heroine in The woods,
sees a giant "rattler" about TO spring
on the lady, and saves her by means
Of herculean efforts and a forked
stick. The veteran guide wears about
his head the halo Of a reputation as
exterminator Of snakes. Even eceles-
iastical tradition has its thrilling
legend Of Saint Patrick driving all
the snakes Of Ireland before him by
supernatural power.
But a woman took hold Of the
snake problem out in Montana and
solved IT, and if Eve had had the in
ventive genius TO do it after that
fashion much trouble might have been
saved the world. This feminine snake
killer has avenged herself on the race
Of serpents once for all. The trap
50 eunningly set for the mother Of
mankind by the Wise Snake of Eden
has been turned upon his snakeship
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BROWNS WHILE CROWD
Is NEAR TO AID HIM

MONTREAL. Can, July lin sight
of several hundred people John Horne
was drowned at the island swimming
bath. With swimmers in the water
around him, and solid ground less than
twenty yards away, he sank beneath the
current almost without an Outcry. and
never rose again. SO quietly did he 20
down 20 his death that men swimming
quite near him went on unaware that
a club mate was drowning before their
eyes.
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PLAYING WITH PISTOL
He SHOOTS HIS MOTHER

SWAINSBORO. Ga, July 17.-Robert
Rich. aged twcnty-one. accidentally shot
and KILLED mis- mother. Mrs. Allen Rich.
to whom he was devoted He was
'pranking'' with a pistol. showing how
smoothly II worked and praising its fine
points His mother, an invalid, was
seated near. In unbreaching the pistol
something went wrong. there was an ex-
ploslon, and Mrs. Rich screamed and fell
shot through the breast.
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THE CHAUFFEUR.

A rubber mask adorns his nose,
Large goggles hide his eyes.
Two winglike things are on his ears,
As down the street he hies.
A rubber coat cOnceals his form.
Great gloves his two hands fill,
A raklsh cap is on his head
In fact, he's dressed TO kill"
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Daily Calendar of American Historp.
July II.

1S61-Congress authorized a loan OF
$3.50 O00. 900.
lS62-Consress authorized enrolment of
militia between ages of eighteen
and forty-five; appointment of
Judge advocate general, etc seiz-
uTe and eOnfiscatlon of Confeder-
ate property.
1S64-Hood succeeded Johnston in COM
mand of Confederate forces oppos-
ing Sherman at Atlanta. Ca.
lsSS-Formal surrender of Santiago de
Cuba 10 American forces under
General Shafter
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reigning sovereign is always one of ex-
treme difficulty, which is intensified In
the cases where he happens to be a
foreigner. 1t is a position that re-
quires the exercise Of almost super
natural judgment, tact and deIIcacy.
which In a measure can only be ac-
quired by experience. This latter the
Prince of the Netherlands may be said
TO now enjoy
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SENATOR STEWART
SELLS HIS DAIRY

Senator William NJ. Stewart has sold
his Ashburn Farm Dairy. at 1888 Four
tcenth Street. 10 Thomas ". Schaeffer.
The deed Of conveyance was fled today
and so named as the consideration.
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VENEZUELA HAS PAID.

CARACAS. Venezuela. July 1.-THE
Venezuelan government yesterday paid
to the representatives of the allied
powers the last installments of the in
demnity as stipulated by the protocol.
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The Hall of Records Site.
Reasons Why the Government Should
Not Purchase Square No. 112.


Not Purchase Square No. 14s.
We have repeatedly protested
against the purchase by the Govern
ment of square No. 143-the square
bounded by Z, f, Eighteenth
and Nineteenth Streets-as a site for
the proposed Hall of Records. We
renew that protest now.
The Burnham Commission, after
mature deliberation, recommended
the adoption of a certain plan for the
Identification of the city. In that
plan the public buildings TO be erect
ed hereafter were placed in a section
of the city comprising the present
"Malf and the strip of land extend
ing south Of Pennsylvania Avenue.
from the foot of Capitol Hill to Fif-
teenth Street-a strip now fortunate
ly disfgured by only one architectur-
al monstrosity of a permanent char
aeter. We refer 70 The building which
Is the home of the Postoffiee Depart
ment.
Within a few years three new
buildings-and, let us hope, they
may, arehitecturally speaking, be a
credit to the Government have
been erected within this area: the
new addition to the National Mu-
scum, the District Building, and the
Agricultural Department. This seems,
and is, in fact, very fair start in
the direction of realizing the designs
of the Burnham Commission.
But now comes this Hall Of Rec
ords seheme-it might more appro-
Priately be called a "job"-craftily
engineered through Congress by an
enterprlsing set Of real estate specu-
lators. 1t IS not necessary. perhaps,
here to recall the details Of this tri-
umph Of the lobby over the true IN
terests Of the District, except TO say
that should this lobby reap the full
benefits Of its pestiferous activity the
taxpayers Of the country would find
themselves mulcted TO the tune, prob
ably, Of 100000.
At the head Of this Job is a United
States Senator who seems to have
recognized the impropriety Of his
connection with tins matter by trans
ferring his title in the ownership Of
part Of the property involved to
local trust company. At his side
stands a former attorney for the Dis
trict. If, outside of these two men
and a few kindred spirits, there is
anyone eager to see the Burnham
Commission plan receive a "black
eye"-to use the language of the prize
ring-we haven't heard Of it. And
"black eye" the purchase Of square
las would certainly be to the com
mission plan, should the Secretary of
the Treasury consent TO II.
Everybody wants a Hall Of Rec
ords Nobody wants it in square 1t3.
Nobody, certainly, wants il, who has
given the matter a thought or who
has the best interests Of the city at
heart.
There is another aspect Of this
case, however, which It behooyes the
Administration, we think, to take into
consideration. We have seen that q
Republican Senator is actively inter
ested in the sale Of part Of the prop
erty. In his capacity as legislator he
helped to pass this iniquitous meas
ure. Among other ow,ers Of square
143 we discover the Secretary Of
State and the President Of the Board
of District Commissioners. Neither
one nor the other of these officials.
we happen 20 know, is anxious 20
sell; and both are, IN any event, above
suspicion SO far as any undue ad-
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-15
WHAT TIME PROVES.

This thing of being sick and looking
for a cure is a mighty serious busi,
ness. People are not given 20 joking
even at the first symptom of the ap-
proach of the grim destroyer. They
do not want 10 be the subjects OF ex-
pertinent, but want medicine that has
.. the test of years behind II. A
medicine that has been made and used
Tor 20 years gives assurance OF its
worth, and can be taken with "a faith
that they have the very best cure the
world affords All this can be said
ABOUT Dr. Gums Improved Liver Pills
as remedy for sick-headache, dys-
pepsia and indigestion, II begins right
at the source OF the trouble and re-
moves the Sause. We viii send a
sample box of these pills free, OF a
fun box on receipt OF Csc. Sold by all
druggists for Csc per box. or address
DR., Bosanko Co, Philadelphia, Pa.
For sale at DIR, stones Drug Stores. 2