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The Washington times., 1903-09-01
NEWS FROM BOYDS.

BOYDS, Nd. Sept. AT GAINESVILLE
Saturday afternoon a number of negroes
from this county and from Washington
were arrested at the emancipation ceIa-
bration there, by Deputy Sheriffs Welt
Bradley. and White They were ar
rested for crap playing, selling whisky,
and carrying concealed weapons. The
officers are determined to break Up the
lawless element attending picnics sigen
by colored persons. and. as a result arc
maintaining a close watch on gatherings
of this kind. The Montgomery county
Anti-Saloon League is also taking an
active part IN the campaign against Jug
peddlers.
The remains OF Edward Murphy. the
fireman killed at Hagerstown Friday
evening last, by his engine running into
the roof OF a boxcar. were Inferred yes
terday at North Mountain. west of Mar
tinsburg. The services were attended
by many friends of the deceased, who.
throughout his thirty-seven years OF
railroad life, refused 10 take ZIP the re-
sponsibilities of an engineer.
Murphy was well known all along the
line. and in Washington and Baltimore.
He fired the engine on the Washington
and Hagerstown accommodation for
more than fifteen years. and on this train
he met death. Engineer EphfaIm
Provance who was painfully injured
about the body and waist in the same
accident. accompanied Mur -ys re-
mains 10 North Mountain.
The woods ball to be given by the
young people of Jacksonville, which was
postponed from Thursday evening last.
on account OF rain, is to be held this
week Washington music has been en-
gagged. and a large number OF invita- =
tons are out. Roger Darby, Ernest ALI
mutt, John Williams, and Thomas Lyd-
dane comprise the committee in charge.
1t will be held in the woods near Daw-
sonyille, where a pavilion has been
erected.
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MAJOR ]. K. VARDAAAN
TALKS ON THE NEGRO
Says God Meant Him for a Bur
den Bearer.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1.-Major ]. X
Vardaman. who has just been nomi-
mated as the Democratic candidate for
governor of Mississippi, which is equiva-
lent to an election, has given out in an
interview his opinion on the negro
question, which was the chief issue in
the late Mississippi primary.
MY attitude on the negro question
has been very much misunderstood by
reason of the wholesale manner in which
/ have been misquoted, said Major
Vardaman. "As a matter of fact, my
election. instead of being an unfortunate
thing for the negro. will be a positive
blessing He shall have justice during
my administration. so far as it lies
within my power to give it to him. The
educational needs of the white children
are not at all the same as those of the
negro children.
God Almighty made negroes different
in the beginning, and so they must re-
main until the end Of time In the
solution of this great problem, as m
the solution of all great problems. l be-
Iieve in working in accordance with the
eternal purpose. and when We do this
we may reach a satisfactory settlement.
1t cannot be reached in any other way"
The negro. Major Vardaman holds,
was fashioned by God TO be a burden
bearer. He cites the history OF the race
since the beginning to bear him out. He
thinks that book learning spoils good
servants and field hands. and he does
not hesitate to say so.
1.-The race problem" he says. lis one
in which the whole country is vitality
interested. 1 firmly believe that 1t will
be one of the leading issues in the COM
ing national campaign, I shall advocate
with all my energy the repeal Of the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments
OF the United States Constitution. Sooner
or later they will be repealed. The
greatest minds OF the country. North
and South, realize the mistake which
was made in their adoption"
Major Vardaman believes in giving The
white children of Mississippi just as
much schooling as possible and in Civ
ing the negro just as little as possible.
1t is his firm BELIEF that the education
OF the negro makes for crime among the
negroes. He holds that the negro OF 1861
was far superior to the negro OF today
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
SMALL ARMS CONTEST
OF THE REGULAR ARMY
Results Announced of Competition
at Fort Sheridan, Ill.

The annual small arms competition
Of the army was concluded on SATURDAY
at Fort Sheridan, Ill. Under the regu-
lations for the contest the men making
the highest mark at each post were sent
TO department competitions and the sue
cessful shots at the department COM
petitions were sent 10 Fort Sheridan,
The results of the final competition
were as follows:
Infantry competition - Gold medal
Second Lieut.. Townsend Whelan. FIT
teenth Infantry, 1888; silver medal Cor
poral James J. Gibney. Company NJ En-
gineer Corps, S26; silver medal, Capt.
f. L. Graham, Porto Rico, $40: silver
medal. Quartermaster Sergt. Richard
Lunsford. Company II, Second Infantry,
S14; bronze medal, Corporal Arthur T.
Brown, Company E, Nineteenth Infantry,
no; bronze medal, Quartermaster Sergt.
L. B. Willis, Company L, Seventh In
fantry, sos; bronze medal, Quarter
master Sergt. Emmett Hawkins, Company
X, Twentyfourth Infantry S07; bronze
medal. Sergt. George Brundage. Com
pany X, Third Infantry, SOL; bronze
medal. Orderly Sergt. William y. Puck
EFT. L. S. A., 500; bronze medal. First
Sergt- John r. Rauhoff, Porto Rico. 79S:
bronze medal, First Sergt A. Dusbery.
Company B, Twenty-second Infantry.
795; bronze medal, Sergt L. II. Apirian.
Company NJ. Twenty first Infantry. 1872.
Cavalry competition Gold medal,
Sergt- R. S. Kelly, Troop E, Seventh
Cavalry, ISL; silver medal, Sergt. VIII
liam F. Patchin, Troop A, Eighth Caval-
ry, 743; silver medal, Corporal James z.
Logan, Troop X, Tenth Cavalry, TAI;
silver medal. Capt. Harry Cavanaugh.
Tenth Cavalry, 1876; bronze medal, First
Lieut.. NJ. c. Mumma, Second Cavalry.
1874; bronze medal. Capt. John P. Wade.
Second Cavalry, 1872; bronze medal,
Thomas Q. Donaldson, Eighth Cavalry.
7S1; bronze medal. First Sergt. Patrick
McNally, Troop F, Second Cavalry, 790;
bronze medal. First Lieut. Casper w
Cole, Ninth Cavalry, 702; bronze medal.
Quartermaster Sergt. Spencer Thomas.
Troop H. Ninth Cavalry. SOS; bronze
medal, Lieut.. William v Morris. sixth
Cavalry, GA; bronze medal, Capt. Ar
thur Thayer, Third Cavalry, 672.
The officers and men above named con-
stitute the infantry and cavalry teams,
respectively, and have been sent to Sea
Girt TO represent the infantry and cav
airy of the army. The following are al
ternates:
Infantry team-Corp. William A Wick
cry, Company c. Twenty-second InfaR-
try. 1852; Musician William O'CarrOll.
Company I, Twentieth Infantry. $50.
Cavalry team-First Lieut.. Charles G.
Harvey. Second Cavalry; Quartermaster
Sergt. Frank c. Olsen, Troop II, Second
Cavalry.
Major Frank A Edwards, Fourth Cav
airy. goes to Sea Glrt as captain of the
cavalry team, and Major William l.
Buck, Third Infantry. as captain of the
infantry team.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01

Secretary Shaw. DIT. Golfer announces
that said mule was used purely for
Government work. and was killed while
performing our work. In the matter OF
certifying the bill for replacing the
mule, 1 can certify that his services has
gotten many more times than value re-
ceived. and that as an administrative
act the acceptance OF the mule was jus,
titled by the good use to which he was
put, as the results of his work will
show"
The matter was turned over to Comp
troller Tracewell. and he says, in re-
turning a decision: II do not think the
appropriation for quarantine service is
applicable to the purchase OF a mule
for the Quartermasters Department of
the army. I have the honor. therefore,
to advise you that payment of the bill
transmitted, from the appropriation for
quarantine service. is not authorized"
With this decision. covering many
typewriter pages. the Treasury Depart
ment has successfully solved one of the
most important and momentous ques-
tions ever brought to it's attention. And
now its up to- the War Department.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
COMPLIMENTARY EXCURSION
TO RETAIL CLERKS UNION

The Retail Clerks Union, combining
the local grocer and drug clerks of local
unions Nos. 262. $50. and 24o, today went
on a complimentary excursion 20 Mar
shall Hall, rendered them by the steam-
boat company. A moderate crowd left
Washington for the Hall on the 10
o'clock boat, and many more persons
are expected to go down on the TWO
other trips scheduled, as 1900 tickets
have been issued. The steamer Charles
Manchester leaves the Seventh Street
wharf at 10 a. m, 2:30. and $3.50 p. m.
The Retail Grocers' Association will
give its annual excursion TO Marshall
Hall tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
TO INSTALL OFFICERS

The District OF Columbia Society OF
Spanish War Veterans will install its
full board of recently elected officers
on Thursday night in it's hall, at us
Sixth Street northwest.
The names of the new officers follow:
Court commander, F. S. Hodgson; Sc
Nor vice commander, G. G. Shorey,
junior vice commander, r. B. Leach; in
spector. w R. Stone; Judge advocate, c.
j. Neis; medical director, DIR. S. Ga
ford Cox; chaplain, Charles c. Pierce
u. S A.: council administration. George
w. Brooke. r. II. Wood, John S. Zim-
norman, w w. Smith.
After the installation of the officers q
portrait OF the late Capt. Charles Y.
Gridley. U. S. N. will be presented to
the corps by his mother.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
FOR TRINITY CHURCH FUND.

The lawn fete TO be held under the
auspices of Holy Trinity Catholic
Church. will open this evening on the
lawn adjoining the church at the north
east corner of Thirty-sixth and. y
Streets northwest, and will continue I'M
til the evening of September ;, inclu-
siye. Among the features will be music,
dancing, amusement booths, etc. The
entire proceeds of the fete will be turned
into the building fund of Trinity Church.
The committee IN charge OF the punch
bowl will be as follows; Mrs. J. c.
O'Donnoghue. Mrs. Daw. Mrs. Maher,
Mrs. Mccain, and Joseph Mccain. The
committee published several days ago
was an error.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Intends to Stir Up
All the Departments

worked the departments for their per
sonal benefit. The agitation which fol-
lowed the exposure of the activity of
this bureaucracy during and after the
Spanish war weakened its influence to
a marked degree, but lately there have
been hints that the old order of things
is being gradually re-established and
that those who do not stand in with
the alleged ring have little chance Of
success in the army or navy.
Representative Wachter expects TO
meet with some fierce opposition to his
proposed resolution. but he is deter
mined not TO abandon his plan without
struggle.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
CONDUCTOR FELL OFF CAR.

William NJ. Bowman, white, twenty
three years of age, residing at 1887 Ken
yon Street northwest, and employed as a
conductor on car No. 81, of the Capital
Traction Company. was painfully in
iured about 1 o'clock this morning. He
fell from his car on the Chevy Chase
line, near the Pierce Mill Road, receiv-
ing a severe scalp wound and several
cuts and bruises about the face and body.
He was taken to the Emergency Hospital
In the ambulance.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY.

A surprise party was rendered Nellie
Ortman last evening by her friends, at
her residence. 1918 p Street northwest.
The evenings enjoyment consisted OF
music, games and refreshments. The
dining-room was tastefully decorated
with palms and flowers. Among those
present were Misses Grace and Emma
Melon. Edith Branzell. Estella Lyons.
Florence Talbot. Marie Tenneyson. Nell
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
OPENING OF UNIVERSITY.

The Georgetown University will re-
open September 9, while the George
town Visitation Convent reopens on
September %. ST. Joseph's School for
Girls, on Thirty-fifth Street. near Q, re-
opens on the 14th. The local public
schools open September 81. Trinity
parochiaI schools, in charge of the Sis
tiers OF Mercy. will reopen September 8.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Insurance Engineering Sta
ton at Boston, Mass, Ex-
periments Successfully
With Black Marsh Mud.
No Chemical Treatment Re-
CURED, Mines Everywhere,
and Coal Famine Need
Hold No Terrors for Man.

BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 22.-Investigators
at the insurance engineering station of
the Massachusetts, Institute OF Teehnol-
ogy, think they have discovered a new
fuel. and one of great commercial value.
Its name is mud. and it might easily, so
ii is thought, prove to be very valua bic
as an emergency fuel should there ever
be a recurrence of the coal crisis of the
last winter
When people are cold in their houses
and when factories are closing on ae-
count of lack OF coal, almost any toll
cradle substitute would be welcomed.
Then, too. outside OF that field of use
fulness. the insurance engineers be-
lieve that the lump of mud has com
mercial possibilities even in piping
times of prosperity like the present,
when coal Is fairly cheap and plentiful
OF course, coal. particularly that Of the
hituminous variety. is found pretty we'll
distributed throughout the United States,
but black mud Is ever so much more
common; in fact, you will easily light
upon it. varying in depth from two or
three to perhaps thirty feet, almost
swamps or wet meadows, and-what is
more important-there is likelihood
that you can utilize 1t as a heat-produc-
ing material which needs only 10 re-
ceive proper treatment to prove itself
lndisputably valuable
Cost of Process.
Whether such treatment, which must,
of course, be inexpensive and effectual
can at present be devised is what the
Insurance Engineering Experiment Sta
tlon. of which Prof Charles L. Norton
is in charge and Edward Atkinson IS
general director. would like TO prove on
a scale large enough to give really sat-
isfactory results. In the report Just is
sued a full account is given of what has
already been accomplished In a rough
and ready way I'm other countries, and
scientifically IN the United States
through Prof Norton's experimentation
and plan is made for additional contri-
buttons from the public for the aid of
this special department which. though
intimately connected with the work OF
the Insurance Engineering Station, does
not belong so closely to it that the di-
rector would feel himself justified in
thus expanding it's research funds.
A small plant, so it is believed, could
be put up for two or three thousand
dollars. which would carry out the pres
ent plan of ascertaining the probable
cost of converting mud into briquettes.
coke. gas. and other secondary products.
How apparently feasible this scheme
appears is, perhaps. most strikingly
shown by the remarkable facts about
mud of vegetable origin which Mr.. At
kinson cites. In the first place. as We
can readily see, incipient coal is what
the experiments are dealing with. the
partly decomposed vegetable matter
known in agriculture as "humus," which
forms the body OF the large boys or
wet meadows. fresh and salt, that are
found everywhere. All this substance is.
so TO speak. nothing less than bitumi-
nous coal in the primary process OF for
nation.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
NO WORD FROM B. & O.

The merchants and business men OF
Georgetown who wrote to President
LOree, Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, some time ago. requesting in
formation as to the probability of tie
entrance of the road to Georgetown.
have as yet received no response
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
CANAL TowAGE HEAVY.

The present week is busy one for the
Canal Towage Company. Daily, from
eight to twelve boatloads OF Cumberland
coal are arriving here. Most Of the coal
is being shipped TO New England.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Will Aid Nature.

BY little assistance rendered "a
natures processes, perhaps by applica-
tion Of heat and pressure, the geologic
ages can. 1t is quite certain. be fore
stalled and mud be made TO burn freely
and. perhaps. profltably. AT any rate
there can be no doubt regarding the vast
quantities now existing OF this mud In
the meadows and swamps of New Eng
land and New Jersey; the Dismal Swamp
of Virginia; the Everglades OF Florida
the savannahs and rice swamps OF
Georgia; the big lagoons along the Cult
OF Mexico, and the swamp land OF the
West: and the chemists. furthermore.
tell US that Il regularly consists in the
largest part OF carbon. the most i'm
portant element IN coal. which has been
preserved by the water, the heterogeneous
substances having been converted into
marsh gas during the process Of gradual
decay.
This familiar black mud. II should be
understood. Is the same in composition
as much of the peat that for genera
tions has been burned in Ireland. though
in Scotland the word peat" applies on
ly 10 the product of decayed MOSES.
heather and other plants that grow on
the upland moors. The black mud of
this country is almost always wet ana
may be called grass peat that Is TO
say. IL Is composed almost entirely OF
tecayed grasses. reeds, and small PUSHES
Examine bit of II from some neighbor-
ing swamp or salt marsh and you will
easily detect the qualities which have
led the insurance engineers TO have IN
limited confidence in IL as fuel posi-
hiIifV
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
5000 Seashore Excursion Tickets. So. oc
Via Pennsylvania Railroad.

Beginning June IS, round-trip tickets be-
tween Washington. D. C., and Atlantic City,
Cape May, Sea Isle City, and Ocean City, n. j..
will be sold every Friday and Saturday, good TO
return until the following Tuesday, at rate of SO
for the round trip Atlantic City tickets good
via Bridge route
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
WILLIAM SMITH REMANDED.

William Smith was arraigned in the
Police Court this morning on the charge
of promoting palicy." After short ex-
animation Smith was remanded TO jail
for further hearing.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
JUDGE ADVOCATE HOME.

Judge Advocate General Davis. U. s.
A, returned last night from Atlantic
City. and resumed his duties at the War
Department this morning.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
THE SLEWS OF GEORGETOWN

lie V. ortman. Doris Dale, Josephine
Boteler. Mr.. and Mrs. ortman, and
Messrs. Leonard Wood, King, Brewer.
and Ortman.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Non-Combustibles Absent.

Sand. grit. stones-in other words. the
substances that especially prevent COM
ousttoa-are hardly present in IL at all.
On the other hand. particularly in the
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Seed Scandals.

The Agricultural Department is labor
ing under the charge that there was col
fusion between the seed contractor and
the inspectors who we're appointed to
see that the contractor gave full weight.
The case is now IN the courts because Of
the contractors attempt to get what he
claims is back money due him, but the
disclosures about short packages have
been of a surprising nature.
The Department OF Justice has several
officials in the Indian Territory who arc
accused Of completely In the Indian land
frauds, while only recently punishment
has been melted out to United States
marshal and a district attorney in
Alaska.
Customs. scandals, and alleged irreg-
ularities in the letting OF contracts. have
been mentioned so often in connection
with the Treasury Department that con-
scientious and painstaking investigators
would find a wealth of charges with
which 10 start their work should the
Treasury be placed under fire. The Gus
toms scandals in Porto Rico, especially
aroused great popular interest when
they first became public, but they have
been allowed 10 drop and in many quar-
ters there is a feeling that something
should have been done TO settle the cases
more definitely.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Army and Navy Rings.

Long before the Spanish war there
were charges that both the War and
Navy Departments we're controlled by
cliques OF officials who had soft jobs and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
BUILDING IN BAD SHAPE.
Report of Board OF Charities OF
-BIsckfo-d Poor Farm.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Nov. H-The
county board Of charities, which inspected
the poor farm Friday, says that the old
frame building in which the insane and
invalids are kept is in a frightful condi-
ton. 1T is a disgrace to civilization and
to Blackford county" said James Fulton.
one of the member of the board. You
would not put hogs in such a place, let
alone human beings. The air was SO foul
we could not stand il to thoroughly inspect
the place. How human beings live there
at all Is beyond me. The rest of the build
ings and the farm are all in good shape
and we'll kept. 1t is not the fault of the
superintendent, Mr.. Mills, for no one could
keep the old building in good shape. 1t is
unsanitary and in every way a disgrace
and a shame. A new building is imperative
there. and it ought to be built without
delay"
The County Council has appropriated
$500 for the purpose OF a new building
there, and it will be erected in the spring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
Twenty COlOred Persons and Three
Whites Injured, Some of Whom
Probably VIII Not
COLLISION IN LOUISIANA
ILLINOIS CENTRAL EXPRESS TRAIN
CRASHED INTO ACCOMMODATION.
Latter Was Filled with Section Hands
and Few Escaped-SOme Burned to
Death-Other Accidents.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. ia rear-end
collision on the Illinois Central Railroad.
near Kentwood. La, eighty-five miles from
New Orleans, tonight, resulted in the kill
ty-three. Thirty-nine of the dead and
twenty of the injured are negroes.
The collision was between the McComb
City accommodation train and the North
ern express bound to Chicago. The Nc
Comb City train left here at $50 D. m. 1t
should have sidetracked to let the express,
which left at $40, go by, but lost time be-
fore it reached Kentwood. Near that sta
ton the express ran it down. The rear
coach of the accommodation, filled with
negroes. many of them section hands who
had been picked up on the way, was COM
pletely wrecked. The engine of the express
did not leave the track and after an hours
delay the through train proceeded.
Physicians from McComb City and Kent
wood were sent to the scene of the wreck
10 attend the injured. NO list or the dead
or injured has been received at the railroad
Offices here.
Bud Wilson, white. fireman on the ex-
press, was hurt in the chest and neck, but
not seriously injured. He lives in McComb
City.
A c. Kaiser, white, Crystal Springs,
Miss, railroad carpenter, had his chest and
both legs crushed and his arm broken. His
injuries are considered fatal. These two
and an unknown woman and child, who
were burned beyond recognition were the
only whites who suffered in the collision.
The bodies of fourteen dead negroes had
been identified up to midnight.
There are twenty-three more dead negroes
whose names are not yet known. They are
damned in between the engine and express
and the passenger coach of the accommo-
dation. Only heads and feet can be seen,
while most of the bodies are burned to a
crisp, some of the wreckage having caught
fire soon after the collision.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
Wage. of "a, 1000 Reduced.

BOSTON, Nov. 1.-THE general reduction
of 10 per cent. in the wages of $1,000 textile
operatives in Fall River, announced on
Wednesday, was met to-day by the other
cotton manufacturers of southern New
England. Wages in this section next month
will then be on a footing with those paid
prior to April, 1902. A cut down in Lowell.
Lawrence and the mill towns Of Maine and
New Hampshire is not expected at this
time, as mills in the northern section did
not make an advance last year. The re-
duction in Fall River goes into effect Nov.
%, that in Rhode Island and in Massachu-
sets mill villages on Nov. 30 and in New
Bedford the new schedule becomes opera
tive on Dew. z. The reduction will affect
rs, 600 operatives.