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The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Fleischmann Vindicated.

Because of his large business inter
ests- Mr. Fleischmann declined a re
nomination. but when his administra-
ton of the Office was made an issue in
the campaign. he consented to run again
for vindication. and the result is a sig
nal triumph for him and his party, and
/ a corresponding disappointment TO Mr..
| Ingalls,
Mr.. ingalls, refused to support the
Democratic ticket in 1896, and is sup
posed to have tacttIy opposed it in 1900,
and this may have had something to do
with the fact that his vote fell so far
short OF expectations, although lack Of
proper organization is ascribed as one
OF the chief causes of his defeat. Al
though it is probable that his organisa-
ton will be continued, the large ma
jority against him yesterday viii doTbt-
less eliminate him from consideration
as a strong factor in the future of tho
Democracy of Ohio.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
FIELD OF POLTICS-GOSsP, VIEWS AND INCIDENTS.
Four Railroad Eliminated las aao-Tom ar

he does not wish TO be q candidate. he
can determine the nominee
It is not improbable that Mayor john
son may be candidate to succeed Sen
ator Hanna, whose return to the Senate
rests with the Legislature to be chosen
this fall Mayor Johnson's success
means that the delegation from Cuya-
hoga county. the county in which Cleve-
land is situated, viii be Johnson men,
so that Senator Hanna's home members
viii be opposed to him politically.
Mayor Johnson viii also control the
Ohio delegation to the next Democratic
national convention, and as he is a
friend Of Mr.. Bryan, personally and po-
IiticaIIy. although not free silver man,
it is not improbable that the Buckeye
delegates may join with the Nebraska
leader to defeat for the nomination any
man who did not stand squarely on the
Chicago and Kansas City platforms. The
reelection of Mayor Johnson was an
ticipated but his increased majority is
somewhat Of 4 surprise.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07

Alexandra DebOHe Women Who Have
Experienced Financial Aoe Abou lie Gront Episode.

health, was destined by the aged
monarch to prevent any possibility OF a
reconciliation after his death between
his son. the crown prince, and the lat
ter's divorced wife
It seems that the crown prince is still
devoted to his consort in spite of all
that is past, and that ne does not hold
her wholly responsible for what has
taken place The ex-crown princess was
aware OF this when she declared III one
of the interviews which she gave after
her return 10 Geneva that if she could
only see her husband once more every
thing would be we'll. but that she dread
ed the relentless animosity Of her ia
ther-in-law. King George. and especially
of her sister-iR-law, Princess MathiIde
of Saxony-
King George seems to have realized
that in the event OF his death-he is
considerably over seventy years Of age
his son. the crown prince. On succeeding
TO the throne and becoming his own
master, would be exceedingly likely TO
effect a reconciliation with his former
wife. and possibly 20 remarry her, a
move which would have net with the
approval Of the vast masses OF the Saxon
people. It was to prevent this from
ever taking place, and from shutting OF
/ all possibility thereof, that King George
issued his savage proclamation publicly
/ denoUncing his daughter-in-Iaw as hav-
/ ing been for years past an immoral
woman. possessed by The most ungov-
/ ernable passions
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
WORK ON RELIANCE FAST
NEARING COMPLETION

BRISTOL. r l.. april The spread
ers for the mast of the Reliance. which
are nov completed, are very much after
the pItns Of those on the Defender in
1895. VIA the exception that the new
ones are Of greater length. They are OF
oak. being heavy inboard. IapeTing down
TO fine point at the ends, and are over
twenty feet long. The advantage given
by their broad base TO the topmast run
ners will greatly aid in holding the top
mast from buckIing when the club top
sails are being carried
Work is now so far advanced that
probably the whole week can be spent
on fittings, so that after the launching
on next Saturday there viii remain hard
" anything 70 be done with the excsp-
ton Of rigging and bending the sails
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
American Divorce Records
Cities Which Figure as Centers of Di-
vorce Court Activity.

The Chicago Record Herald has
recently been making some curious
experiments with what It calls the
muster roll of the Grand Army Of
the Divorced. According 10 It's com
putations, there are now over 10000
divorced Americans. Nearly two
thirds Of those who have shaken off
one matrimonial bond and have 50 far
resisted the temptation to contract
another are women. To be precise
there are 32,205 women and only 49,
3S4 men on the Record HeraId's''
roster Of matrimonial derelicts-on
its register of stragglers from the
two hearts that beat as one" pro
cession.
Chicago fully MAINTAINS its repu-
tation as the breeding ground Of Ii
yorce litigation. From that city alone
nearly one-tenth Of the American
army Of the divorced is recruited
Chicago boasts an exhibit Of 1879
divorced men and 2,46s divorced wo-
men. That is . total l 800 larger thar
the total for Greater New York, afld
two and one-Lalf times greater than
the total for Philadelphia
This last named city has just the
proportion of divorced residents 1t:
size entities 1t TO. It Is third among
our cities IN population and third in
It's share of matrimonial castaways
Washington shows the normal aver.
age also, being fifteenth in population
and-with 302 men and 80 women
fifteenth IN It's quota Of divorced. Ou1
neighbor, Baltimore, makes a better
showing, being sixth IN numbers and
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ONLY FIFTEEN DAYS NOW
FROM MOSCOW To JAPAN
Direct Trains From Russian Capital to
Dalny in Operation.

Consul Miller. at Nieuchwang. China,
has sent 20 the State Department a re-
port I'm which he says that the Siberian
Railway on February Is began direct
through train service from Moscow 10
Dalny. The train. be states. is
scheduled to reach Dalny in thirteen
and one-haIf days. AT DAIRY two steam
ers Of modern construction. with all the
latest improvements for the comfort CT
travellers, will meet this train and sail
Immediately. one direct to Nsgasaki,
Japan, and the other to Shanghai, the
tine being thirty-six and forty-eight
hours. respectively. thus making the
time from Moscow to Japan fifteen days
and to Shanghai fifteen and one-haf
days. For the present. these trains are
to run once a week. but the service viii
soon be increased to twice a week
In addition to these steamers. the
Chinese Eastern Railway viii also run
a line from Dalny TO ChemuIpo. Korea,
and Shanghai and return. Another line
viii run from Dalny 10 Nagasaki and
Vladivostock and return. other steam
ship lines are in contemplation
The Pacific terminus Of the Siberian
Railway through Manehuria-known as
the Chinese Eastern Railway - is just
now being turned over from the con
struetion department to the operating
department, and these steamer lines are
being operated by the Chinese Eastern
Railway. The railway and steamship
lines are practically operated b. the
Russian Government, and their entrance
into the carrying trade Of the Chinese
coast, together with the extensive ex-
penditures OF the government IN VIA
livestock, Port Arthur and DaIny. fndf-
cate the purpose Of Russia TO take an
active part il the commercial and In
dustrial life Of the Orient
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DELAY on Long Bridge.
Another Red Tape Check to a Vital
Public Improvement.


The discovery by the Engineer
Corps that all the bids made for the
construction Of the new Long Bridge
are technically invalid and must be
rejected, illustrates afresh the en-
barraSsments Of that red-tape system
of government in which the District
Of Columbia seems so bopeiessly en-
meshed Il IS the old exhibition of
backing and filling over needed public
Improvements, Of halfway measures,
Of shilIv-sbaIly, MISUNDERSTANDING
and delay.
Congress, by the act Of February u.
1901, authorized the construction of a
new highway bridge across the Poto-
mac 10 replace the outgrown and out
worn Long Bridge. To meet the cost
of the new structure $56S,00O was APP
propriated. The plans of the Govern
ment engineers submitted October %,
1901, estimated the full cost of the
work at 100000, and the additional
sum was provided by Congress IN the
act of July /, 1902,
Now that bids for the bridge have
been invited and opened It Is diseov-
cred that the cost limit has been ex-
eeeded by every contractor who fol
lowed the Engineer Corps plans and
specifications, and Is respected by the
single competing firm which has offer
ed an alternative plan of It's own.
Colonel Allen. the engineer III
charge of the Improvement, is com
PEELED TO recommend the rejection Of
all the bids; and If his advice is fol
lowed, all progress on the new bridge
viii be blocked until Congress comes
to cur aid again late next winter with
another extension Of cost.
It IS explained that the cost Of iron
and steel work has increased so much
in the last two years as wholly to up
set the calculations on which Con
gress based its original appropria-
tons. But the same mistake Is made
again and again. In fact, there are
few public improvements now II
progress III the District on which
the limit Of cost has not haC
TO be raised-once or oftener. Witt
an aldermanic council in session SO In
frequently as ours and adjournins
for such excessive periods the incon
veHiences Of this see-saw process, oil
this hating and piecemeal system Of
carrying on great public works, are at
times 50 fantastic as to be almost in.
credible.
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The Talk of the Day.

We note that, according to statistics
compiled within the last twenty years,
there is dimfnution in the birth-rate
in those regions of Italy where the pop
ulace IS most educated and refined.
Twenty years ago the medium by the
! 600 Inhabitants was: Marriages, $50;
births, $3.50; deaths, 27.60. They are
now: Marriages. 713: births. }3.46.
deaths. 22S7 Although the births are
less. the population is rapidly incTess-
ing, which is due to the fact that the
mortality is much less. There is not
always a direct connection between the
birth and marriage rates. IN France
the marriages are more than in Italy.
and the births much less. in Italy he
proportion Of the marriages is about the
same in seven of the provinces. while
the births vary from 30.6 to 34.9. and two
others which have comparatively the
same number Of births have great di-
yersity in the number of marriages.
Possibly Deputy Ptnshfa's bill may al
feet the statistics of the next twenty
years. if II be passed He proposes 10
make it obligatory on every primary
school in Italy to have rooms where
all the students before going into class
shall be thoroughly washed under the
( eyes of the teachers; TO insure proper
/ supervision the health officers will be
subject to fine If any sIackness IS OBJ
served. Furthermore, those communes
/ that are too poor TO sustain new ex-
! penses viii have a government subsidy
( If the bill passes, emigration to tbs
/ United States will increase enormously.
/ The court of appeal England de
cIares solemnly that bicycle is not "a
sIedge or a drag" nor is it a suchIfke
! carriage" It all came from a question
of toll. The bicycIist offered the toll
/ keeper a penny, and was willing 10
wheel his machine across the bridge
/ The toIlkeeper insisted on sixpcnse
/ which is extracted from "sIedges and
drags." And q bicycle is not a gondoIa
nor is it a hanson.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
INCREASING USE OF
BICYCLES IN CHINA


The State Department has received
from Consul Miller at Niuchwang an in
teresting report upon the use Of bicycles
in China. which he says is increasing
notably. and that the possibilities Of
the market are limited only by the abiI-
tiles Of the Cinnamon 10 purchase.
He adds: a special study OF the
character Of bicycles suited to this coun-
try will greatly increase the sale IN
north China men travel extensively, and
they would use the bicycle much more IL
it were brought within their means. The
roads are somewhat rough, and a sub
stantiaI vehicle is required TO traverse
them. The Chinamau is not a great
mechanic and has little ingenuity. and
wheels for his use should not be delicate
or require much il way Of repairs. On
account OF their manner Of dress they
generally prefer wheels designed Tor
ladies,
Strength, durability and cheapness.
rather than. Iightness and comfort,
should be the main features of bicycles
designed for this market. a Chinaman
viii sit all day on horseback or in a
cart in a position that would be simply
unbearable for a foreigner. The people
here do not want TO pay for luxury"
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PACKERS MUST ANSWER
THE GOVERNMENTS BILL

CHICAGO. April Judge Grosscup
has corrected the order in the so-caIIed
beef trust" case so that the packers
viii be compelled to answer The Gov
ernment's bill OF take an appeal by April
q. The date agreed on few days ago
was April IS.
While the Government attorneys have
TO definite understanding with Attorney
John 5. Miller. for the packers. it is be-
Heved that the defendants viii appeal
to the United states Supreme Court IN
a few days from the order overruliug
their demurrer.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07

person Of Prince Erwin Won der Leyen.
Poor Princess Mary OF Cambridge. the
mother of the Princess Of Wales, and
wife OF the late Duke Of Teck, though
never bankrupted. was forced to submit
to the humiliation Of a sale by auction
OF most of her belongings at Kensington
Palace for the benefit of her creditors
This was through no fault Of her own,
as she was forced 20 keep up royal
state and dignity with an expensive
husband. and an expensive family. and
no means beyond her annuity from the
government Of S25. 600 a year
Among the princesses not of royal OF
mediauzed houses who have come to
grief financially may be mentioned the
widowed Princess George Bjbesco, who,
while still the wife of Duke Paul Of
Bauffremont, got into financial trouble
in London. from which she was only
+ rescued with good deal OF difficulty by
her brother, the late Prince Joseph
/ Caraman Chimay, minister OF foreign
J affairs at Brussels; the Princess Ypsi-
/ lanti, widow OF the Greek envoy to the
court Of Vienna. who ran through the
/ enormous fortune which she had in
/ herited from her father, Baron Sina, the
/ Princess Catherine Radziwiu, mother of
. Princess Butcher. who IS now in prison
/ in South Africa owing 10 her having
/ been led by financial straits TO indulge
( in methods of securing funds which she
did not realize we're OF a criminal char
/ acter. and the Duchess Roger de Bauf-
fremont. widow Of Duke Roger. and who
became involved in very. serious fpan-
ciaI scrape at Venice a few years ago,
owing 10 her having been led by her ex-
/ travagance to place herself in the hands
( of swindlers who made a criminal use
/ OF her name. though she herself. as it
subsequently turned out, was personally
/ altogether innocent of any wrongdoing
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Gets a Fourth Term.


Mayor Jones, of Golden Rule" and
sucker rod fame, is chosen for a fourth
term as mayor of Toledo. The result
was accomplished without the assist
anee of any political organization, ar!
after a most unique campaign, II which
the mayor addressed the voters from the
street corners, from the steps Of the city-
hall, and in front of the big factories
during the noon hour. He was assisted
by a negro quartet. which sang songs
of the mayors composition, and BY his
son, who played saxophone accompani-
ment. RefOrmeTs and radicals from va
rious parts of the country came and
aided him in his sensational canvass
Elsewhere than in these three cities
the results yesterday will not have an
important bearing upon the future OF
Ohio's politicians. Mayor Hinckle, OF
Columbus. Democrat. was defeated, the
result of local issue raised against
him
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
WILL NOT GUARANTEE
INTERNATIONAL MAILS

ANTWERP, april THE Dutch au-
thorities have informed the Belgian
government that they viii not guaran-
tee the international mail service be-
cause Of the railway strike.
Passengers en- their way to Holland
are turned back at Roosendaal No
mails were received from Holland this
morning and that country is practically
cut OF from the business world
ROTTERDAM, April IA warship and
enc thousand soldiers have been or
dered here. owing 10 the threatening at
tftude Of the dock labOrers-
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
"a Nation of ShopkeepeTS.
The United States Should Feel No
Sting in That Outworn Sheer.

An article in the Revue des Deux
Moudes' comments on the fact that
american shopkeepers" so easily
overcame the forces of Spain, and II
has been argued in reply to this that
the men who fought Spain were not
shopkeepers, but veterans of a big
war. This is true; but to take up
another phase Of the question, Is 1t
not about time that we Americans
stopped Directing to being called
shopkeepers2
We are shopkeepers, for the most
part, and, for that matter, so are
numerous worthy people in other
countries, who have perhaps as much
to do with controlling the life of their
respective fatherlands as any other
class of the population. Those Of Us
who do not sell goods over a counter
sell our brains, our muscles, our land
or anything else that we have TO sell.
But that does not necessarily mean
that we cheat, or that we regard the
dollar as the only desirable thing in
the world.
There are a good many American
'tradesmen" who would look with
righteous disgust upon the efforts OF
certain impoverished members Of the
British aristocracy TO get something
for nothing by selling their names or
their daughters, or squeezing the al
ready slender revenues of their ten
ants and dependents. There are men
III trade In this country who are
virtually IN control Of more human
/ lives than any feudai lord ever count
ed on his domain, and who can say
! that every one Of their employees j.
better off for having worked for them.
The conditions have changed; that
/ Is all. Instead Of a feudal lord on his
own domain, managing his estate 50
as to Weld a living for himself and
/ his vassaIs, and a surplus for himself.
we have captain Of industry mauag-
/ ing his business 50 as to yield a liv-
/ ing for his employees, with a surplus
for reserve capital, and obliged.
moreover. to manage II wisely enough
/ to make his people measurably con
! tent with their lot, because, If they are
not, they viii 90 and leave him to get
on by himself.
Such a captain Of industry may
abuse his power or use it for good,
and If he does the latter he may be
as clean-minded, cIean-hauded, MP
right, gentle and refined as anybody
/ in the romances Of Sir Walter Scott
and frequently he Is. There Is nothing
dirty about dollars made IN trade If
/ II IS clean trade, and It Is time thai
every intelligent American should see
the absurdity of a country ike this
accepting the feeling behind phrase
which is growing arsrchronistie even
on the other side Of the water
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Terms of Decree Not Known.

AEL8AAS u OGNAGC ANOL -2uD " L.
Let me add that neither the Saxon tri-
bunoIs, nor yet the Saxon government.
have made public until now the pro-
ceedings of the divorce of the crown
prince and crown princess. nor even the
full terms Of the decree Thus these re
main until now just as much a matter
the divorce Of the Teigning Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Hesse.
King George is now in Italy. recruit
ing his strength after his recent severe
attack of Illness. and seeing a good deal
Of his sister, the widowed Duchess of
Genoa, mother Of Queen Marguerite. and
grandmother therefore of the present
King of Isaly.
NARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07

The French language has long been en-
riched with lie snobisme" which may be
seen. in company with lie sleeping and
lie steeple," on the first page Of most
newspapers In the case Of the two
words last named the better part has
slipped away: and when we read Of a
gentleman rider mounting a steeple. -
we must distinguish. 1t is not a church
stcepIe. but a steeple-chaser that he
mounts But "Ie snobsime'' is complete.
and so is 10 snob, borrowed, with care
full grammar, by the newspapers Of italy.
So is new word which has, somehow, q
grotesque seriousness in German. It
was spoken in Sudermann's play by the
German actors. and We hasten to present
1t as novelty worth noting-"snob-
thum. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Big Mayor IN Control.

The Republicans made a most deter
mined fight against Johnson. but at no
time did their candidate, the Hon Har
vey Goulder, have a chance of winning
Senator Hanna, Representative Burton
and other distinguished leaders were
dragged into the contest to give help
but they we're unable 10 defeat the
single tax mayor The effect viii be TO
place Mayor Johnson more strongly in
control of the Democratic organization
in the State. If he desires the guber-
material nomination this fall he viii
probably be able to get it, and in case
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
PP0TEST KAISFR,S ACTION.

BERLIN, April The Kaiser has
promised to attend another lecture on
..Babylonia and the Bible" TO be given
by Prot Delitzsch on April L. The lit
eraIist believers in the Bible are again
protesting loudly as a result.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
killed the Antitrust CIV.

The great central fact about the Presidents
trust record is that he has won the dav on the
lines which he himself laid down and has com
Pletely destroyed the antitrust cry as a Demo
cratic issue.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Upton and the Cup

Sir Thomas Upton has made sacrifices
enough 20 be entitled 10 win the cup, bur the
prospect is no more favorable TO him at this
time than It was az the corresponding time be
fore the last race Should he win he would
be congratulated by many persons on this side
because Of his pluck and good nature in so
often repeating the effort to win.-Philadelphia
Press
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Just Like a Car.

Gee Whit" exclaimed the impatient pas
seager, don't these cars make you tired7'
Yes" replied the good -natured one, when
ever I get into trolley car it reminds me Of
my old silk ha.."
What's your hat got to do with it?'
Wen, it's frequently blocked while I wait
Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07

ment, by the Ministerial Alliance, and
by the leading Hebrew newspaper. de
spite the fact that Mayor FIeischmann
is a jew
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Made Reconciliation Impossible.

From Germany I hear that the eX-
traOrdinary manifesto issued by King
George Of SaXony against his uufortu-
nate daughter -in-Iaw. just before his
departure for italy. and in which he held
her up to public obloquy as woman
who had been immoral for years, in
stead OF allowing the public 10 be
Iicve that the Giron episode has been
due to a temporary mental alteration
resulting from her delicate condition Of
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Ought to Be a Go.

4 new political phrase was born on Tuesday:
Better to tax liquor than 70 tax land said
an oratcricaI assernbIyuan- What that lacks in
logic is enjoys in ALTERATION. It viii go"
in politics Brooklyn Eagle
The Washington times., 1903-04-07

The Conservatives in England seem TO
be bidding higher Tor local seIf-govern-
meut in Ireland than the Liberals. Red
mond in London speech says King Ed
ward will get a rousing reception In Ire
land. The Irish have taken the empire
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
APPLICATIONS FOR REFUEJD
Or BONDS REACH S14,oo

Treasurer Roberts reports that il the
refund of Government bonds. S2.46S,750
have been adjusted. and that the total
applications for refund amount TO Sl4,-
I20. 600.
The Washington times., 1903-04-07
Facts in the Case.

Monument Man--What shall I put on your
husbands tombstone, madam?
Distracted Widow-Oh, say that he was my
husband, and that he is happy now.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.