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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-30

Hose extInguiehed fire in load OF
hay in the Gaspee street freight yard,
last evening. The consignment was
badly damaged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
ADVISORY COMMISSION
UPON PUBLIC LANDS
President Names Body and Gives Power
to Investigate and Report Conditions
and Need Of Legislation.

President Roosevelt has announced the
appointment of an advisory commission
on public lands. It consists OF w A
Richards. Commissioner Of the General
Land Office; +. II. Newell. chief engi-
neer OF the United States reclamation
service and Clifford Pinchot. forester
of the Bureau of Forestry
Extensive powers have been given the
commission which is directed TO report
To the President on the condition. policy
and effect Of the present land laws and
on the use, condition disposal, and
settlement OF the public lands. 1t is re-
quested to report especially on the
changes needful in the laws. regulations.
and practice affecting public lands. in
order TO give the greatest benefit To-
actual settlers.
The commission has been made neces-
sary by the wide differences of opinion
on the repeal and modification Of the
present public land laws. AL the mem
bers of the commission are admirably
fitted for the work by long experience.
The first meeting Of the commission
VII be held as soon as Commissioner
Richards returns from the West An
early report is expected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
BIG COAL OPERATORS
THREATEN 4 REDUCTION
Another Widespread Strike May Follow
Joint Conference With Miners in
indianapolis Next Month.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2-Bituminous coal
operators Of the four competition States
western Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana,
and Ilinois-are preparing TO demand a
reduction Of % per cent in wages at
the joint conference with the miners in
Indianapolis next month.
About 10000 miners VIII be affected,
and according 10 reports from the var
ious miners unions. a desperate fight
against the reduction viii be made. The
western Pennsylvania miners are TAX
ing the lead Recently several promi-
nent operators of Pennsylvania visited
Chicago and discussed the subject with
Illinois men. Previous to the meeting
OF the joint conference the operators
associations Of each State VIII hold a
convention and indorse the demand for
% per cent reduction.
The 1000 miners who viii be affected
declare that they win never consent 10
"A Reduction They also say that West
Virgins competition has been mini
mixed to such an extent that &c no longer
cuts any fig are in arranging a scale for
the four competitive States. Nearly 100
organizers are said TO be In West Nir-
ginia now. and are gradually bringing
the State into the union column.
IT is further declared by the miners
that the operators made more money
iH the last three years than ever before
in the history Of the industry, and that
wages should be Increased instead Of
decreased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
CARRIED DYING GIRL
ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD
Mrs. Frederick England Walked From
South Orange to Livingston With
Poisoned Children.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2-Walking five
miles over a rough mountain road car
rying a child three and one-haif years
old the entire distance. fearful that at
any minute the child would die IN her
arms from poison. was the journey
made by Mrs. Frederick England. Of
Livingston. n. J.. yesterday.
Mrs England had taken Grace and
Anna Alsdorf. three and one-half and
seven years old. daughters of John Ais
dorf. of Livingston. \. J., to visit their
aunt. Mrs. Harris in South Orange.
While playing about the house the chill
dren found biscuits covered with ar
senic which had been scattered about
the house TO exterminate rats. They ate
some Of them. Soon the younger child
complained Of pains in her stomach and
was taken to a nearby physician who
administered an anudote which saved
her life. The elder child was taken i'll
later. and the same physician gave her
an antidOte.
Upon reaching home the children grew
rapidly worse. and DR.. Wolfe, OF Chat
ham. resorted to heroic treatment 10
save their lives. Their condition is
serious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
The Peoples Foratm.
The Merit system.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
wish to say that in my opinion, The Times,
under its nov management, has done more to
improve the puiIic service than the combined
efforts Of its conte' ,poraries during the entire
period Of their existence. II has exposed official
graft" denounced favoritism, and has given
loyal and efficient support TO the maintenance
Of the merit system in the departments IN
these things il has done an inestimable service
to the country generally, but to Washington
business men in particular.
As The Times was the first paper TO occupy
this commendable position in demanding fair
play in the departments. il has done a double
service; first, to til clerks. its readers, and,
second, TO the business men, its advertisers.
While The Times has done much in this regard,
there is still more 20 be accomplished. For in
stance, in the Pension Office, whose chief is in
cessantly prating about the merit system, at
the same time ignoring industry and efficiency,
while ignorance and incidence are invariably
repaid by promotions
The chiefs Of division apparently have no con
ception Of the sacreGness Of the trust rePosed
in them can prove beyond question that
chiefs Of division in the Pension Office have
BETRAYED the Commissioner. demoralzed the
public service promoted spies, prosecuted with
out pity men with families trampled on the
law, and are deaf to all appeals for justice.
NJ F. CARROLL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
NO APPEALS TO COURT
IN THE CHINESE CASES
Findings of immigration Officials Are
to Be Final, According TO Opinion
of Judge Ray.

Word has been received by the De
partment Of Justice ofta decision on an
important point in the Chinese immi-
grafton law. handed down by Judge
Ray, Of the Northern District of New
York.
The gist of the decision is that the
findings Of the immigration officials in
reference to the admission OF deporta-
ton Of Chinese seeking entrance into
this country are final and no appeal
can be taken TO the courts The de-
cision is considered Of much moment by
the Department of Justice officials. They
say the effect Of it viii be 10 prevent the
interminable delays that have hereto
fore been caused by appeals to the courts
in Chinese immigration cases.
A number Of cases have arisen at Ma
lone, n. Y. and other ports where
Chinese are allowed TO enter, in which
after a Chinaman has been prevented
from entry by the immigration officials,
Notwithstanding the fact that he claims
to. have been born in this country. an
effort is made TO overrule the action of
the immigration officers by habeas
corpus proceedings before the Federal
court. In such cases the court causes
all the evidence to be taken before a
United States commissioner or before the
court itself, as to whethcr the writ of
habeas corpus should be allowed and
the plaintiff prevented from deporta-
ton. The result is much delay, the
manufacturing of bogus evidence by
the Chinese. and frequently a reversal
Of the rulings of the immigration Off
GERS. In thirty cases Of habeas corpus
proc eedings of this nature Judge Ray
deci ed the examinations and findings
which had been made by the immigra-
ton officials were final.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
Manners and Mercury

When the mercury goes tumbling
down 20 zero
And the furnace takes to going out at
night.
We appreciate the feelings Of that
Nero
Who warmed himself by setting
Rome alight.
This ferOcity abates
When the weather moderates
When the winds are wild with impish
mirth and frolic.
And go chasing down the street In
merry glee.
We assume a dignity that's melanchoIic.
And refuse our dearest friends 10
stop and see.
But that dignity abates
When the weather moderates.
When the coal man and the furnace
man together
or human -heaith and comfort hold
the key,
They alone are blithe and clipper and
I'm feather.
And lot of abiect hymn book
worms are we.
But their prideful pull abates
When the weather moderates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
+. Typhoid Epidemic.
Another Town Learns the Painful Les
son That Prevention Is Better
Than Cure

Butler. Pa, Il having lis typhoid
experience. Il Is reported that 800
people are ill with the fever-ore-
tenth Of the population-and doctors
and nurses from other towns are has
tcnng To- Butler TO relieve the neces-
sites Of ils i.5habirants.
Ii seems 10 take just that sort Of
lesson to convince human civilized
beings that prevention Is better than
cure There 3 little doubt that for
several years people vino understood
sanitary conditions had been warming
the people of Butler that they would
have to look after their water supply,
and they paid no n.ore attention to it
tl.an Philadelphia or New York did.
There Is probably not a town in the
United States in winch such a typhoid
epidemic Is possible which has not
been warnsl of It's possibility over
and over again. Then there comes a
sielly season, or some slight aggrava-
tion of existing dangers, and the
whole town Is IN the clutch of fever.
ii Is not enough for the pruden.
ciiy-dweller to boil or filter his own
water supply. He should by every
laeans IN his power endeavor 10 secure
a good water supply for the whole
city. 1t Is just as important that the
alleys and slums should have good
water as that the mayor Of the city
should. Of course, the mayor Of the
city attracts more attention when he
Is III. but there Is only one Of him, and
there are thousands of the alley and
shanty people Indirectly. the more
fortunate members of the community
have 10 pay for every illness among
the poor They pay IN inconvenience,
when some valuable maidservant can
Lot come 20 work because her sister l.
sick, or she herself Is IN the hospital.
They pay in taxes, for city hospitals
and iails and warehouses. They pay
IN their churches, for hospitals and
almshouses supported by charity.
Much better would II be if they paid
honestly for good waterrand proper
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE
KEPT MARRIAGE SECRET
Louis W Emerson Welded Mrs. Thomas
in March, But Feared the
Newspapers.

GLENS FALLS. y. Y Dec AL
though Louis Woodland Emerson has
long been in politics. and has served in
Cons ress, he is a timid. shrinking per-
son. All his friends thought Mr. Emer-
son, who is forty-siX Years old, was a
confirmed bachelor
But il develops at this late day shat
Mr.. Emerson married last March. AT
Fishkin Observation-Disclosures. Mrs Ella Thorn
as, a charming widow, who lived at
Warrensburg. Warren county. the for
mer Representative home town. 10 is
learned. too. that this bachelor. So
called. had been attentive TO the widow
for dozen years
Mr.. Emerson, who is banker and
manufacturer, and rich was asked yes
terday why ne kept has marriage secret
for 50 many months.
II was afraid OF the way the New
York newspapers would tax about it,
said he dimdently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
Difficult to Reform.

The police hold a theory. based on
experience, to the effect that convicts
seldom if ever reform. and il would
appear that this rule if rule IL can be
called, likewise holds good with people
of rank and family VINO have gone
wrong. once they have become involved
in the tolls Of the law they seldom man
age to rehabilitate themselves, and are
forever turning up again IN connec-
tiOn with Offenses either civil or Grim
inal. Alfred MOns9n. for instance. IS
now undergoing i've years penal serVl-
tude for forgery, after having been re-
pearedlV charged with one Omense or
another during the eight years which
elapsed between his narrow escape from
conviction for the murder Of his pupil
young Cecil HamDrOugh, ana MS con
demnatiOn for forgery. and Il mas Deen
the same with Arthur SeDrIEnIr a young
brother of the late Sir Edgar Sebright.
who has been skating on the border
line of crime ever since ne appeared Ia
the divorce court some twelve years
ago, and was shown there 10 nave TER
rOrized one Of She daughters or Lena
Lady Scott into marrying hlIn with the
object OF avoiding being called 10 tc-
count for having sQuandeFed the Ios-
tune Of $50 600 which as young girl
she had intrusted him for prontaoie
The trial was one Of the most scan
daIOus and uusaVOry That has taken
place in the divorce courts Tor many
wears. and resulted in the marriage be-
ing dissolved on the ground or fraud
and OF terrorism the eN-Ars. AElnut
SabrfEhr subsequently married the
wealthy "Dick" Russell. landed pro
DrietOr who is. however, no relatlOh
~ the Earl Russell who married ner
sister Mabel. whose marriage udu ike
wise been dissolved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
Holiday Shopping.
Ways in Which Shoppers Can Really
Benefit the Clerks.

There has been a good deal of talk
lately about the duty of kind-hearted
people to do their holiday shopping
early, and in the daytime, and to pro-
test against the opening of the shops
AZ the evening. As to the latter Gus
tom, protesting would hardly make
any difference The shops are open
III the evening because it Is profitable,
and because multitudes of people can
only shop at that time. They will not
be e.osed 10 make things a little easier
for the clerks.
But there are ways in which holi-
day shoppers can really show their
kindness of heart-ways that count.
They can make up their minds what
they wan before beginning business
with the clerk. so as net to take her
Time when dozen other people are
waiting, impatient and cross. They
can treat her with the consideration
Que to human being. and be az
polite TO her a. she Is to them. They
can, whon going through the shops
without the intention Of buying-and
that Is necessary process now and
tEen-state plainly to the clerk thar
such Is teir intention.
More important even than these
proofs OF proper Christmas feeling is
little system by which the survival
OF the fittest may be helped along. BY
TINS i meant nothing contrary 10
Christmas The reign Of peace and
goodwill is certainly not furthered by
the survival OF the unfit IN commercial
life. 1t Is not hard for any observ-
ing person to see the difference be
tween a shop IN Whieh the employees
are deeently treated and one in which
they are browbeaten. pulled, and I'M
derpaia- No stern discipline can pro
duee the effect of willing service
where service is simply a matter of
compulsion. There are shops IN which
the clerks are selected for their polite
Eess. honesty, enterprise, and general
worth, and paid what they are worth !;
end those wlo deal with such shops
are helping the employees. and helping
to raise iie standard o. business life.
even if t,-~v have to pay q cent or two
more fa ome OF the Things they buy,
wmeL seldom the case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
ANOTHER TOWER MAN
ATTACKED BY ROBBERS

TRENTON. Dec. William De
HaVen night telegraph operator in
the tower of New Glenmore. on the
Philadelphia and Reading, was held up
by four outlaws. who are being searched
for by the authorities From "a station
down the road De Haven heard that
the four men Were ON the road bent ON
mischief. He saw them jump off
freight train, and they were soon
breaking In the bottom door of the
tower. The whistle of "A freight train
was heard ia the distance calling for
clear signals. The robbers believed it
was train following them up for
other crimes and fled without taking
anything.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
Library and Bookstore.
The Influence Which the Public Library
Has on Literature.

1t has, of course, been generally I'M
derstood that the public library Is All
educational influence for Its patrons,
as well as a great convenience. but
perhaps it has not been so generally
considered a great formative influence
in literature. American literature, let
Us not forget, is still in the formative
stage. We have In a measure broker
loose from English standards
thing, by the way, for which the Brit
ish public has been ardently hoping
but we have not as yet set up any
thing but a shifting standard of
values of our own. In time-Drob-
ably within the next fifty years-a
permanent standard will be formed.
and books will be judged, not for
their eccentIieity, originality, or real
ism. but partly by their conformity
to that Standard. If a writer's style
is not What has come to DE accepted
a. good literature, he will not be
placed among the best writers, any
more than he is in England, and the
number of copies sold will no longer
he the only test of the worth of a
book.
In the establishment of this stand
ard the public library cannot fail to
be of material use. In regions which
are without library, the only way IN
which anybody can read new novel
Is to buy or borrow it, and the num-
Der of copies sold, therefore, depends
on the vigor with which the book IS
advertised, and not on the popular
taste. But If there is a library from
which new books can be secured and
read, those who buy will do so be-
cause they ike the book, or some
friend Of theirs likes it, and so it viii
gradually come to pass that those
books which really appeal to the
popular taste, or 10 the taste Of read
ing people, will have the best chance
OF selling. This VIII gradually raise
the standard of popular books, and
the result viii be an improvement III
literature
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
COURTS AND CAPITALS
OF THE old WORLD
Salary Of Sir Mortimer Durand, British
Ambassador to Washington, Said to
Have Been Increased.
By TIE mARoUIss DE FoSTENor.
Durand's Salary Increased.

Sir Mortimer purand's SALARY has il
is reported In government circles IN
London been raised from the $4,000 a
year enjoyed by Lord Pauncefote and
SIR Michael Herbert. to $4,000 year.
which VIII have The effect not merely u
making him the most highly renumer-
ated foreign ambassador ia Washing
ton but likewise viii convert the Brit
ish mission I'm the United States into
the blue ribbon OF the English diplO-
matte service
The English ambassador in Paris re-
ceives $500 a year. ard q magnificent
official residence which was formerly
the palace of Princess Pauline Ber-
gnese the beautiful sister Of the first
Napoleon. The British ambassador IN
Berlin has $4,000 and q residence the
ambassador m Rome has SO 90 a year
and residence. the ambassador in ST.
Petersburg. %3S, goo a year and a palace.
while the ambassador in Constantine
pie has $1,000 n year. and not only a
palace In the city. but also a beautiful
suburban palace at Theraoia- The
grant of a SALARY Of $4,000 q year, to-
gether with a fully furnished resi-
uence. 20 the British ambassador at
Washington demonstrates the import
ance which Great Britain attaches 70
her relations with the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
TO REGULATE LUMBER
AND FLOUR INSPECTION

Corporation Counsel Duval has sub
mitted 20 the District Commissioners
the draft OF bill 20 be PRESENTED to
Congress, which will authorize the
board To make regulations and prescribe
reasonable penalties FOR the violation
thereof
For the inspection Of an Tour made
in the District of Columbia o. brought
therein. whether FOR sale, manufacture
or consumption therein. and 70 prescribe
the fees 10 be paid the INSPECTOR OF
flour or his assistants. for such inspec-
ton.
For the Inspection of ~ h.mber or
wood brought into the District of
Columbia for sale or for building pur-
poses. and to prescribe the fees To be
paid the inspector of lumber or his as
sistants, for such inspection"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
Orleans Divorce Probable.

While there is no truth whatever
in the story SO widely published of the
elopement OF the Infanta Alice with
her italian coachman. the unfortunate
princess, deserving sympathy ana re-
gDecU instead Of condemnation, reports
come from Vienna Paris and London
OF strained relations between the Duke
and Duchess of orleans. and persistent
rumors have been revived TO the effect
that they are about 10 arrange a sepaf-
alton the Duchess being unwilling 20
live auV longer with the duke
IL is astonishing that she should nave
refrained from taking such step until
now For she csnnot but have felt
cruelty the virtual OSIraCtsm TO which
she has been subjected by every court
in Europe even by thet of her own
native country. Austria by reason or
the conduct of her husband Nothing
but sympathy has been expressed FOR
her but naturally il was impossible
TO show her any attention without the
latter being shared by her husband II
the duke is an object of such particular
prejudice ou the part Of King Edward
aud especially Queen Alexandra u IS
not alone by reason OF the letter which
ne wrote cougratulatlng the Paris artist,
NiHctte on enc of his most disgusting
caricatures of Queen Victoria at the
beginning OF the Boer war. but also on
account of the manner i'm which the
duke treated his wife on the last oc-
casion that they We're borh staying at
SandriCghom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
"OwI" Car Service.

To The Editor 81 The Washington Times.
Several weeks ago ] noticed in this column
4 communication 10 The Times regarding the
lack 81 night car service on the Seventh ana
Ninth Street lines the proposition 20 have
cars run all night is one that certainly appeals
10 many citizens Of Washington and now that
The cold weather has really come !; is not the
lrost pleasant thing in the world 10 have 70
walk more than half tie distance home when
you have not the wl.erewith for cabs II must
be the earnest wish OF every person living Ga
the vicinity Of Seventh and Ninth Streets that
better conditions might be brought about by
"a small 0utlay Of funds on the part 81 the
several car companies. Let them get busy
and rum cars after midnight. so that the work
iugn3n may not have 60 tramp the way home
CITIZEN.
Ws-fiugfoD Not- 90
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
ARMOUR UNLOADS WHEAT
AND CLEARS $4,000
Immense Quantity Thrown on Market
While at It's Height-His Con-
troll Still Absolute.

CHICAGO. Dec. FL. ogden Armour
''scalped" and threw 100000 bushels Of
wheat upon the market yesterday. clear
ing on every bushel profit OF at least
3lz cents. His brokers IN Milwaukee,
Chicago. the seabOard. and through the
Northwest received selling orders stimuli
taneOusly. and while the market under
his pressure was at its highest. i'm
mense holdings were thrown upon II 10
be grabbed up at once by the shorts.
His profits for the day alone We're
$4,000. and his control Of the market Is
as absolute as ever The price yester-
day under The load of wheat thrown
ou the market broke from s25s IN Deem
beer 10 slIz bushel In the May cereal
IL fell from SIS TO SOiz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-02
QUEEN DRAGA'S JEWELS
TO HIGHEST BIDDER
Her Sisters, Having $4,000 Francs,
Must Dispose Of Gems "In
Order TO Live"

LONDON. Dec 2-Aspirants for the
possession OF a queens jewels now have
chance TO obtain them. The sisters
Of Queen Draga Of Servia, who with her
husband, King Alexander, was assas-
sinated in the palace at Belgrade on
June II last. have written to n London
newspaper to the effect that after dis
charging all costs as Queen Draga's
heirs they receive only 127, 600 francs.
Therefore. in order to live, they are
compelled to sell their sisters jewelry,
which includes a diadem set with bril-
liants. which the late Queen wore on her
wedding day