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The Washington times., 1903-02-04
Wachter IN the Running.

W dCILGI IN the Running
The Hon Frank Waehter has seized
a withdrawal rumor by the throat and
with the strength of a political giant
has throttled It, then. taking the life
less hulk. he has suspended It where all
may see and attached label that he
who runs may read and every voter
in the city of Baltimore know that the
Hon. Frank Wachter is stin a candidate
for mayor Of the Monumental City, and
intends to remain in the race until the
Republican primaries shall decide #.
This WeIl-knoWn member Of the House
from Maryland announced long. long ago
thai he would be a candidate for the
mayoraltyr subject, OF course. to the
approval of a majority of the voters Of
his party, and nothing has transpired
since to change his determination.
Notwithstanding the friends of some
rival and less popular aspirants recently
started the rumor that Mr. wachter had
Withdrawn from the contest and was
content 10 remain IN the House and at
tend TO the matter of enrolling bills
fer that body. and incidentally now and
then landing a good fat job for a worthy
constituent. and otherwise looking after
the interests of that portion of Balti-
more which he has the honor TO repre-
sent.
This was an uatounded canaTd, insti-
gated. no doubt, by those who would
gladly see the Hon Frank Wachter
withdraw, for the reason that with him
out Of the race it would be a free-for-
all fight among the Republicans. and al
mCst anyone might be able to carry of
the nomination prize.
Just a. the present writing he is con
sideIed the strongest man in the con
test. and is the favorite in the race.
The Republicans concede they viii have
no easy time eIecting q successor TO
Mayor Hayes, and hence they are de-
sirous OF selecting the man who is the
best vote getter in the city, and there
are few, if any, who can sUrDass the
Hon Frank Wachter in this respect.
In the last Congressional campaign the
Democrats nominated a young man. pop
uIar in the district. and he made a most
vigorous and aggressive canvass. but on
election night, when they came to count
the votes, the Hon. Frank Wachter
was found in the lead, while the Demo-
Gratis had succeeded in capturing the two
other Baltimore districts. Whatever
may happen in the Baltimore mayoralty
canvass, it may be said with authority
that the Hon. Frank Wachter has not
Withdrawn, and does not purpose doing
so. He IS not that sort of a statesman; /;
he believes in remaining in until the
finish IS reached OF course, like any
other man, he may be defeated, but he
win never surrender.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
In the Public Eye.

The rev Turkish minister at London,
Musurus Bey, is d Christian.
on the Thames embankment, London.
above the Savoy Thearer. is TO be placed
a bust Of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan,
4 grouse hunt ~iIl attract Gen Fred
Funston 10 Sheridan. Wyo, where ne
will be the guest of e Gillette, promi-
nent railroad official
Dvorak. VrchIicky, and Ferdinand Won
saar. respectively composer, Czech poet.
and Austrian poet, have been made
members Of the Austrian house Of peers
Ancient grievances are forgiTon Dr.
Jameson with his election as president
Of the South African League, and, it
may be, indicates his succession to the
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
1.-THE LAST CARTRIDGES. "
A New Play Causes the True Story of Neuves Painting
to Be Told.

Any injury to the historical value Of
q great picture is always to be re-
gretted. The new play at the Ambigu,
in Paris. Les Dernieres Cortouches, -
has Indirectly caused Henri des Houx to
put several holes in the famous picture
Of -AIphonse de NeuviIIe IN the win
dovs OF the picture shops of all the
cities in Europe and in this country
copies of The Last Cartridges have
appeared. Long ago the picture was
criticised with some severity from a
historical point of view. but the critics
were squeIched by the prohIe OF Com
mandaut Lambert. the hero Of the cpl
sode, leaning against the old chest
Now comes out the true story, as it
was told by the late General Lambert,
to Henri des HoUx-
Il wes there" said the general, bet
ter known as the commandant. be
cause General de Vassoigne, Of whom I
was chief of staff, orderei me to defend
BaseilIes as long as I possibly could, in
order 10 block the route of one Of the
army corps that we're cOnverging upon
Sedan 1 had with me 100 marines
against 10000 Germans We held out
for two days. At the end Of the second
day I was wounded in the leg and had
to be carried by a few men back 10 he
very last house in the village. In il
were installed a handful Of heroes TN
der the orders of a captain. They
placed me upon q mattress.
The advantage of rank gave me the
command Of this last defense. The men
fred for more than an hour so well and
so accurately that d battalion of Bavari-
ans were unable TO approach the house.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04

Rockefeller's increase of income to tbs
extent Of 500. 600 Coo been made in this
way2 Certainly not
Then again. the man who invented
double and triple expansion contributed
infinitely more TO the wealth and vel
fare of mankind than Nr. Pierpont Nor
gan has done by all his shipping com
bInes. Mr.. Pierpont Morgan has con
tributed nothing Yet he secures a lot
Of money. Nor has he contributed by the
ordinary method OF investment. Then
how is 1t all done? Simply by conrri-
vances, very clever, very far-seeing.
on the part of these men to draw 20
themselves q huge proportion OF The
wealth which other men produce either
by their labor or by their capital direct
ly employed.
al political economy. even that which
is in other respects uDsouud, is found
ed on the principle that capital is only
useful TO the world when employed fair
ly and squareIy in producing wealth But
now We have schemes for the amazing
accumulation OF riches by a few favor
ably cireumstauced individuals by me-
thods quite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which
are not, so far, legally dishonest. and
which do not go through the meshes Of
thn law but so dodgiEE round che ends
of the net. Cannot the net be made long
en-. Il VII ~ Uy and 10y, but probably
net until there has come an Industrial
disaster greater than ne world has ever
knoWn--L0udon News,
The Washington times., 1903-02-04

the case viii ever come into court For
the countess in question. with her pre-
tended mother. and two or three mascu-
line friends. was expelled by the police
from Rome some sixteen OF seventeen
years ago for having kept a species Of
gambling establishments where mum
Der OF young men Of rank and fortune
ruined themselves. victims Of frauds Of
the most bare-faced description. The
only reason Why they were not criminal
" prosecuted at the time and sentenced
TO Jail was in order 20 avoid the un-
enyiable notoriety which would have
been brought upon the families of the
victims, which manifested their reiuct-
ance TO take any part in the prosecution.
They consequently escaped Jail on the
understanding that they quilted the
country.
Whether the late King ever knew the
claimant is exceedingly problematfc- But
IN view OF her police antecedeuts it is
more than probable that the action at
law which she has instituted is merely
a bIacRmailing scheme. undertaken in
the expectation that Queen Marguerite
and the King, sooner than allow the
memory of the murdered monarch 10 be
besmlrched by any such scandal as might
result from a lawsuit, would prefer TO ef-
feet a compromise.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04

When there was only one cartridge LEFT,
gave it to Lieutenant AubeT, who was
the best shot. He ared ana a BaYariaa
fell. Then. as there were no more ca
tridges, my companions shouted that
they were about to rush out pafonnet-e
en- ayaut and die to a man. 'HaIte Ia
I cried. You can rush out If I do not
come back. Then, supported by two sol
oilers, opened the door and stood fac
ing the Bayarians. About a hundred
rifles were pointed at me and about
ten sabers gIittered over my head But
the heroic Bavarian commandaut. Lus-
stgnoIo. covered ne with his body. He
saved my life, grasped both nay hands
and told me TO keep my sword. and
our little band had the honors OF war
from the Bavarians. That IS the whole
story. Anybody in my place would have
done the same.
"LussignoIo remains my friends. He
comes 10 see ne every time he visits
Paris. and I was witness at the mar
riage of one OF his daughters
'-AIphOnse de NeuvfIIe took it into his
head TO make q picture of The Last
Cartridges but it is not a historical
picture, He placed here and there,
evidently for the sake Of the o0lors red
and blue, zouaves and turcos. Oar mar
inc uniform was too dull for him. But
he did me the honor of taking my pro
file, 70 make me figure as the principal
personage- Moreover, he makes me
standing, while. il reality. I was lying
on the mattress. Perhaps 1 yielded 10
vanity by posing as the hero of The
Last Cartridges It cost me pretty
dearly. Il retarded considerably my pro-
motion. New York Sun
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
A HINT TO THE PRESIDENT.

The Maine legislature at its present
session viii be called upon TO decide
which IS the mere important. the life Of
q human being or that of q bear The
Legislature four years ago repealed the
law providing fer the payment Of a
bounty Of s. each On bears. because it
had been represented that The game was
becoming scarce. and that when it came
10 fun and excitement, any sportsman
would rather XIII one bear than q dozen
deer.
Since the bounty wa5 removed bears
have been rapidly increasing. so that
people living IN remote regions have
begun 10 circulate petitions fer the res
toraticu Of the bounty II sections
where bears abound sheep raising has
The Washington times., 1903-02-04

been abandoned by many farmers. The
bears eat up the fOcks. and If is q mat
ter Of record that a yoke OF two-year-
old steers were recently Killed and eaten
by bears }n the town OF Wesley. In the
town OF Byron. It Is said. last fall TWEEN
ty-seveu sheep were thus destroyed
Some women and children are afraid
10 go into the hack lots 10 pick berries.
Bruin is also nated by OTchaTdists. be-
cause he not only steals ali the sweet
apples but breaks of limbs as large
ground as mans arm. The country
people feel that they ought not 70 suffer
all this simply ia order that plenty of
bears may be raised TO furnish sport for
visiting sportsmen. They are asking the
Legislature, accordingly, TO restore the
bounty.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
To Pay ROYAL Penance.

On Wednesday next, the King and
Queen Of Servia viii attend the memorial
service in honor of the late ex-King Mi
Ian at the monastery of KrouchedoI. in
Syrmia-that is to say. on Austro- Hun
garian soil, the Emperor being repre-
scented on that occasion either by one
Of the archdukes of his house. or eIsN
by the ban" or governor general OF
Croatia. The Emperor has stipulated
that this tardy act OF fIiaI respect
should be paid by King Alexander to
the memory Of his dead father before ~
would consent to hold any relations
with him. It may be remembered that
he was profoundly angered by Alexan-
der's attitude at the time OF Milan's
death at Vienna. and himself acted as
chief mouTner at the funeral of which
no notice was taken By the young King.
In view OF MIlau's fierce denunciation
Of Queen Draga. and OF the abuse which
he lavished upon her, as well as upon
his son, this Is a bitter pill for AlexaR-
der and his consort to swallow. Indeed
only two months ago, Alexander took
occasion to publicly assaiI the memory
of his father. and he certainly would
not submit TO what is virtually an act
Of penance imposed upon him by En-
peroT Francis Joseph. unless It had been
stipulated that he was to receive ''quid
pro Quo''-that Is to say. the resunr tion
By the court Of Austria OF friendly rela-
tions with that Of Belgrade. the Tecep-
tion of Alexander once more by the ven
cradle monarch Of Austria Hungary. and
possibly even the acceptance at the Hor,
burg of Queen Draga. though that Ia
eNceelingL. aueatinnahle
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
N THE COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD World
Beginning "P
he Ing Of Se~iaF Froe Pay
oman o Be for

married the late PoIydore Nillaud, the
founder Of that wonderful organ Of the
French press known as the Petit Jour
nal, which has a circulation Of over
100000 copies day. penetrating to
every village throughout the length and
breadth of France. Two children were
born Of this union, a daughter and a
son. the late Albert Nillaud so long
connected with the Paris Figaro and
who was therefore a half-brother OF
Baroness Julia Oppenheim.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04

leadership of the Loyalist party, not
only in Cape Colony, but in South Al
rica as we'll
The first male dressmaker in the
United States. Frank Miller, a descend
ant Of John Quincy Adams, died recent
" in New York
1T IS well known" writes T. P. OCon-
nor, that Lord Rosebery has been
cursed by recurrent insomnia
all through his life and I be
Iieve that what is apparently erratic in
his career is to be attributed TO the
want Of sequence which the depression
of sleeplessness, amounting sometimes
TO despair. has produced In his mind"
Prof. J. J. Thomson, Of Cam
bridge, authorizes the London Ma
ture" to contradict the announcement
that he had accepted the chair OF
physics in Columbia University.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
An Old Roman Palace at Auction.

Z
Prince Orsini, head of the historic
house of that name. and who shares. with
the chief OF the priuceIy family OF Co
Ionna the principal lay Office at the Vat
lean. namely, q dignity known By the
name Of hereditary prince assistant of
the Holy Seat has just been subjected
to the profound humiliation of having
his celebrated Roman home, the Orsini
Palace, in the Via Monte Sayello at
Rome, sold at public auction. for the
benefit Of his creditors. It was ad-
judged for ridiculously small sum to
the Roman Savings Bank. It is perhaps
the grandest Of all the old Roman pal
aces. and IT rises from the ruins of the
old MarCellus Theater. which was built
by the Roman Emperor Augustus in
memory of his nephew MarceIus. to
whom he was deeply attached, and who
died st an early age.
Prince OTsini, who is about sixty years
Of age, Is one of those Roman patricians
who is likewise an Austriau prince, and
has an Austrian wife in the person Of
Countess Julia Hoyos. His domestic re
Iaficns have not. however, been alto
gether uncrowded, and the loss of his
palace is mainly due to his extrava-
gance, which his family a5crIbe TO the
fac: that his mind is not altogether cor
reCtly balanced
AIARQUISE De F0NTENOY-
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
Proiected aProgresg" PostpOned.

The projected visit of the Prince Of
Wales to India has been postponed sine
die. and there is no likelihood that the
subject VIII come up for discussion
again for several years, IN spite of the
expression of hope contained in the
Kings message read at the Delhi dur
bar 10 the effect that the Prince and
Princess Of Wales would make prog
ress through India next winter
i seems that the expenses entailed
upon the various semi independent SOW
ereigus and yassal princes Of India IN
connection with the recent durbar and
with the entertainment of the Duke and
Duchess Of Connaught have been so
enormous and the drain upon the An
eIo-Indian exchequer-that is TO say,
upon the Indian taXpayer-so heavy,
that It IS considered that It would be
unfair and inexpedient 70 subject
princes and taxpayers so soon again to
the serious burden of expenditure en-
tailed by royal progress through Hin
dustan of the future KaiseT-I-Hind and
OF his consort next winter.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04

This is the way the Worcester. Ga
zette" headlines cur Franklin Street
fire: "Lurid Flames Lick Heavens
And the fire department finally licked
the 'Iurid flames. Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
To BlaCkmaiI a King.

While it IS perfectly true that General
PonziO-Eagiia. the minister OF the royal
household at Rome and the executor of
the testamentaTy wishes Of the late King
Humbert. has had legal proceedings
brought against him by a soidisant
countess. who claimed share in the es-
tate left by the murdered monarch for
her son OF about eighteen years old, Of
which she alleges the King 10 have been
the father, 1 venture to doubt whether
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
That Selfish Laadladv.

First Boarder-Don't you think our
landlady keeps a good table ?'-
Second Boarder-If she does she keeps
it to herself.-Harvard Lampoon
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
UnCOnSidered TrifIes


i COckney Bull
This is not a bad specimen Of the
Irish bull in London.
where are yer going ter, Maria 2'
i amt a-goiug nowhere I've bin
where I'm a-going ter.''-Londou Ez-
press
The Washington times., 1903-02-04
The Baroness OPPenheim.

The Baroness Julia OPpenheim, who
died the other day. bequeathing to the
present Kaiser a sum Of 1000, coo marks
was u daughter of that Old Baron Cohn
who was the lifelong banker and fnan-
ciaI agent OF the late Emperor William.
The old banker was unfortunate in his
matrimonial experiences. His wife Sc
cured a divorce from him and tbereupon
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05
What the Year Promises.

By the inventors of the world We
are promised the attainment this veal
of many desirable things. Santos
Dumont promises that we shall have
a dirigible balloon capable of carrying
passengers across the ocean. Prof
Bell says we shall have a flying ma
chine that will traverse the air as in
different to the winds as is a steamer
On the sea. MaTconi assures us the
power to telegraph without wires. Ed
ison says we shall surely have an
electric storage battery which will
enable every family to keep an auto
mobile and be happy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05
Thousands OF Americans for " Isl
err Gambia


There will he thousands of Ampri-
cans coming up here in the spring.
was the remark made by farmer from
the vicinity of Langdon, North Da-
kota, when he arrived in Winnipeg.
Manitoba, the capital of Western Can
ada, a few days since. He was the
advance guard of large body who ere
following him. and hr has already in
vested in several farming sections for
himself and others and purposes to
take up his permanent abode in this
country. He went ON TO say: Hun
dreds are coming from my district
alone. | know this to be a fact, for
many of them are neighbors of mine.
The chief topic of conversation with
the farmers is the coming immigra-
ton in the spring"
THE impression general in the part
of Dakota where | live that farmers
can get from 10 to IL cents more Il
buShel for wheat on the American side
of the line than on the Canadian has
not prevented people from turning their
eyes to Canada as a place to live n.
They know they can get land in Il is
country which is every bit as fertile
the price. 1t is safe to say that the
exodus from Dakota into Canada tbs
year will exceed the expectations of o |
Canadians
The Government has established
agencies at st. Paul. Mimi; Omaha.
Neb.; Kansas City, Mo; Chicago, ILL.,;
indianapolis, Ind: Milwaukee, Wis;
Wausau Wis; Detroit, Sault Ste.
Marie and Marquette. Mich; Toledo
Ohio; WATERFOWL, S. D.; Grand Forks
n. D., and Great Falls. Mont. and the
suggestion is made that by addressing
any of these, who are the authorized
agents of the Government, it will lac
to the advantage of the reader, who
will be given the fd.i-st a1rd most au-
thentic information regarding the re-
suits of mixed farming. dairying.
ranching and grain-raising, and also
supply information as to freight and
passenger rates. etc, etc.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05
THE BIRTH-RATE.
1t Grows Less in Proportion as civiIl-
cation Advances.

Philadelphia Press: What Presi-
, dent Eliot attributes to college gradu-
ates is true of all the advantaged,
educated classes, whether they go TO
college or not The conspicuous,
wealthy, able or exceptional lines of
families in all countries tend TO disap-
pear. Our presidents leave no fam
lilies, or small ones.s OF the twenty
five men who have held this post in
/ ia years ten have today no descend
ants, and of them all the Adams line
is the only prolific one The British
peerage would die out but for cou-
slant creations. Men of genius have
VIGOROUSLY no descendants, or few.
Even of countries as a whole it is
true that the birthrate falls with civ
| ilization. The American birth-rate
has been decreasing for a century. If
the decrease which has gone on for
the past thirty years continues, by
1850 or 1860 our population will be
nearly as stationary as that of France.
In this state from 1880 to 1900 the wo-
| men in the state over IA years of age
| increased 46 per cent, but in the
same stretch of twenty years the chill
dren years old and under only in
| creased 80 per cent. Where the wo-
men had grown nearly one-half the
children had grown onethird
This decrease in Pennsylvania S
babies had nothing to do with college
education. 1t was part of general
! decrease which has gone on in all
classes, and most of all in the classes
which have the advantages of life
| Late marriage does something, but
when in all classes in a great state
the proportion of children falls, deep.
er and more serious causes are at
work than the length of a college edu-
cation.
This process is going on every,
where. New Zealand is the newest
of all civilized lands, with the most
modern of advantages in the way OF
land reform, taxation, labor arbitra
ton and the rest. From 1874 tC
1896 the population of New Zealand
more than doubled, rising from 299,
514 to 703,360. The births only rose
Cne-half, from 1884 year to 1862
! In another generation or two New
Zealand too will have a stationary
population and stop growing.
When President Eliot therefore
falls foul of the length of the college
course and the late entrance on life
of college graduates as tending to
diminish their families, and Prest-
dent Roosevelt exhorts everybody to
have babies. both are pursuing a
laudable course; but President Eliot
writes in ignorance of a general
world-movement toward a diminishing
birth-rate and President Roosevelt is
attacking a change in progress in all
ages as lands grow civilized. Ger
many and England longer escaped this
change than the rest of Europe, but
the last decade shows them under a
diminishing birth-rate.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05
r. e. kENAH.

bought a bottle to try. | am pleased
that | did, for 1t brought speedy relief.
1t only took about two bottles, and l
considered this money well spent.
You have a firm friend in me. and |
not only advise its use to my friends, but
have purchased several bottles to give to
those without the means to buy. and
have noticed without exception that it
has brought about speedy cure where
ever it has been used Miss Rose
Gerbing
If you do not derive prompt and Salts
factory results from the use of peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your ease, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitnrium, Columbus, o.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05

" OMEN should beware of contract
w ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain, slush and mud of winter are
especially conducive to catarrhal de-
engagements Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
cold Peruna should he taken. 1t forti-
fies the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
wOman'S experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gcrhing is popular society
woman of Crown Point, Ind, and she
writes the following:
Recently | took long drive in the
country. and being too thinly clad |
caught bad cold which settled on my
lungs, and which | could not seem To
shake off | had heard great deal of
Pcruna for colds and catarrh and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05
Folly of Prematureness.

If the report is true that Cole
Younger and Frank James have bought
a wild west" show it will at least
teach the lesson of not throwing bou-
quets at ex-bandits prematurely.-
Kansas City Star.