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The Washington times., 1903-03-27
A Much Needed Reform.
Builders and Contractors Appear to
Think They Own the Streets.

OmA NLt OIIceIS.
The "New York Tribune" speaks of
Nthe old and vicious New York habit
Of obstructing the street and sidewalk
wherever new building is going up
or alterations are in progress" 1t is
habit, our contemporary thinks, in
which builders have indulged so long
that they seem to believe they have
acquired a prospective right to do as
they please.
New York is not the only place in
which tins nuisance is permitted to
exist. Right here, in Washington.
tins same abuse hourishes, and even
TO a greater degree The width of
Dur avenues and streets, far from be-
ing of assistance in preventing undue
encroachment on the part OF builders,
seems an incentive only for littering
the public thoroughfares for all they
are worth with building material.
In the eyes of our wise city fathers
Washington hasn't got beyond the
Village state, apparently. 1t seems,
IN their opinion-if we are TO Judge
from their indifference TO this impor-
tant subject to be still a boom
town The builder of a house Is re-
garded as a public benefactor, to be
encouraged and to be made the recip-
lent of special privileges. No other
man, no mere ordinary taxpayer, GER
tainly, appears to have rights which
the builder Of house is bound to re-
spect.
We should ike to draw the atten-
tion Of the honorable Commissioners
10 the condition Of Fourteenth Street,
between Pennsylvania Avenue and
New York Avenue. Is there a city in
Europe which would permit half of a
street 10 be obstrueted as this Is?
And If, as has been successfully dem
Onstrated elsewhere, building opera
tions can be carried on without clos
ing sidewalks or making streets i'm
passable, why cannot the same be
done here7
IN Washington, however, the dig
ging of a foundation makes for weeks
out Of the adjoining streets country
roads, covered, when it rains, with red
mud, and filing the air and the neigh
boring houses, when the wind blows.
with dust that IS ruinous alike to
health and comfort. Connecticut
Avenue was IN that condition during
the greater part of last summer. In
the neighhorhood Of l. Street it is not
very much better today.
A house not twenty feet wide in
course Of construction itters the
street, as a rule, for half a block
Sand, mortar beds, timber, and piles
Of briek and stone occupy the fronts
Of houses whose owners either think
they have no redress against this in
vasion Of their rights, or else feel that
complaint would be useless.
Washington certainly has outgrown
It's swaddlng clothes. 1t welcomes
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
Why He Wept.

Caesar, when the head Of the murdered Pom
pey was shown 10 him. burst into tears
Caesar hath no cause 10 weep" said Ven
Jidus
i am not weeping for cause: I am weeping
for efecti'' sobbed the great Julius standing al
the window 50 that his soldiers might see his
tears--Pit1sburg Dispatch
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
BITS OF MISCELLANY
A Common Occurrence.

DIT. sarak lectured in Washington on Occult
Sciences recently and gave some denonstra-
tions Of what could be done ~ mental con
centration- Next day some one was telling in
the Senate cloakrOom Of these marvels-
Why" said the narrator II almost believe
that man could smash bottle by simply col
cenrating his mind upon it,
That's nothing said Senator Spooner,
blandly. I've known men to think Of q bottle
and break a $40 bill"
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

on each of the many occasions that he
stayed at his house a room adjoining
that Of the then Mrs. Frederick Gordon.
and with connecting door between.
This. too. in spite of the fact that he
knew that his wife was in love with
Lord Granville. and had been 50 prior to
her marriage. and that his cousin Gran
Vile was thoroughly unprincipled
man, especially in matters where women
were concerned
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
A Tireless Worker.

John Barrett. former minister to Siam,
but now representing the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in the Orient. is
registered at the New willard. F,s il
here on matters pertaining TO his former
post in the state Department, and was
closeted with the Secretary OF State YES
teTday. He VIII remain in Washington
until Sunday. when he will 20 10 St
Louis and confer with the commission
ers Tor few days before starting once
more on trip in the interest Of the big
exposition.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
Strange Customs in China.

Many strange school customs prevail in China
The girls in that country seldom 20 to school
unless they children OF very rich people.
School work begins before daylight, and after
studying their lessons aloud for two hours the
pupils recite them. They then 60 home 10
breakfast after which the>- return and study
again till dinner time. H. the afternoon they
following day. BY this tiIns II Is night This
goes on every day Of the week for there Is
no such thing As the Sunday holiday. y.-Philadel-
nhia Pres2-
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
His Narrowest Fscane

Colonel asked the beautiful grass widow,
what was the nearest you ever came to being
iliedg''
IL was three years ago las. Thursday. III
never forget the date. 1 WIS
But you weren't away fighting anvyxhere
then" she interrupted
NO / rushed in where 1 was q r,erfsct
stranger 20 stop fellow FROM beating his Vie
/ can still feel IL where she hit me with the
rolling pin - Chicago Record Herald
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
Fate of a Coward.

''Doa't you kiss metz she cried. as she sprang
nom his side
why, had no such thought answered he.
Now. forgive him she eoaId had he kissed her
and would
But 70 say the temptation he'd calInly with
stood
Was too much, 80 she shook him. YOU see-
-Philadelphia Bullettn-
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
The Panama Canal.

Inc Fanama Canal.
We need not begin To prepare fruits and
other berishable freight for shipment via the
Panama Canal just yet Engineers are quoted
as saying that it viii take about five years
20 determine positively that they can cut a
canal acIuss the isthmus at ali After that they
can begin 20 estimate approximately how much
longer it viii take to get the canal ready
for use Americans have not yet formed any
adequate conception Of the amount Of money
they will have TO contribute 10 this enterprise
ot q what may happen before its consuInna-
ti0n Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
Fond of His Uniforms.

King Victor Emmanuel differs from his
predecessors on the throne in that he
is rarely, II ever, seen out of uniform.
The late King Humbert like his brother
ex-King Amadeus OF Spain, Duke OF
Acsta. seemed L prefer civilian at
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
Noted Coffee Dealer Here.

John Arbuckle. Of New York. was a
guest at the New Willard yesterday for :
part OF the day. Mr. Arbuckle came 10
Washington on a brief business trip,
and while here called upon several Of
hciaIs OF the Government, including the
Attorney General.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
SHAFTS or mt AND HUM0R.
Don't Worry.

He has patented nev fountain pen"
is that soy
Yes calls il the independent
An, very appropriate; it doesn't care whether
il works or not. PhiIadeIphla Press
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

Some insist that the dramatic critic
of the London Times" should have
taken his seat in spite OF the remon-
straEces Of Henry Arthur Jones and the
manager. They say everyone has
legal right TO an unoccupied seat at
theater long as he is willing to pay
for 1t and conduct himself properly.
This is not true in England where a
manager may turn a man out without
giving any reason Some go so far as
to say the manager need not return the
elected his money In 1845. a Mr.. Wood
who was known 10 the police, bought
a ticket for the Doncaster ring. was or
dered out by the Earl OF Eglintoun. ,he
steward, and at last removed by force.
He did not get his guinea back; ne did
not win his action. He was a mere
licensed on the land. and unless ne
had got a deed duly executed his license
could be revoked at any moment. So
any playgoer who wishes 20 be protected
absolutely against the manager should
Gf he does not take a conveyance) at
least enter into a formal contract with
the money taker that If he is expelled
he shall have his money back"
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

The Uruguayan revolution was so soon
done for that. in the words OF the old
epitaph. one wonders what il was begun
for.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

AS a translator he IS best known by
his version OF Heine's prose and poetry.
No one who approached this dImcult
task was more In sympathy with that
master OF satire and sentiment; no one
caught so fully Heine's spirit OF mock
cry; no one has had the audacity to
translate Heine 50 literally even when
he was most extravagant and at con-
temptuOus war with English convention
alities. And now we may fancy Leland
not at rest. but talking familiarly with
Rabelais. Heine. and George Borrow.
for each one OF these who passed
through the door that leads from this
poor ante chamber 10 the true and vast
gathering hall OF the universe can un-
derstand his speech. and no doubt they
have all waited for him with some
show Of impatience and constant strain
ing Of the eyes.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

The Mexican pedestrian who started
alone from Argentina to walk 10 the St
Louis Fair has reached Guayaquil. Al
ter the St. Louis hotelkeepers get done
with the visitors 10 their city next year
there will be plenty OF people travelling
the Mexican's way.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
THE BEST THINGS FROM OTHER NEWSPAPERS.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Hopes 70 Get 1t.

Al present Mr. CortelyoG has a department
without any compartment TO put it in.-Pitts-
burg POST
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

Condemned to Social Ostracism.
Dropped by the Turf and by the
other London clubs to which he belongs.
Lord "Grannie' Gordon, who, on the
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Baron Attila Paganini. the grandson of
the celebrated yiolinist, is going 10
/ leave to the town OF Genoa all the
many mementoes Of the great PagaDini.
They include presents from kings and
emperors and many distinguished men
OF his time.
The surviving soldiers who served
under Generals Taylor and Scott in Mex
leo in 1876 and 1s47 are invited 20 be
present at the thirty seventh national
encampment Of the Grand Army of the
Republic in san Francisco next August.
The pension rolls show that 5000 still
live and 900 dwell on the Pacific Coast.
The managers hope TO attract at least
400 of them 70 the reunion. believing
that It viii be the last they viii ever at
tend.
John Dillon. who has been ordered TO
abandon public life for a season and
withdraw 10 the warmer climate Of
Egypt. had once before. in the early
SOS. TO retire from parliament foe a
prolonged period. owing 10 in-health-
He then spent a couple OF years on his
brothers ranch in Colorado. Although
born a British subject himself, the mem
Der LOI E1SI 'A1s U - III N'iS
tion Of having an only brother, William
Dillon, who is a born American citizen
The explanation is that their father. the
late John Blake Dillon, was one OF the
leaders OF the As insurrectiOn in Ireland.
and. unlike most Of his colleagues IN
that revolutionary enterprise. succeeded
In eluding the Irish police and escaT ing
TO America IN the disguise Of a priest.
He remained in exile for some years, anG
il was during this period that his son
William was horn
The Washington times., 1903-03-27
The Talk of the Day.

Whether Charles Henry Leland wrote
about Gypsy or Indian lore, Etruscan
suPerstitions. slang-for he complied
slang dictionary-poetry, or work
mems tools. he was always entertain
ing. He has been accused OF super
lciality, but the accuracy OF the great
majority OF his statements has not been
shaken. and the few slips he made are
as a little chan in a vast storehouse
or sound wheat When his amusing
memoirs appeared, he was reproached
for his vanity. but vanity was hardly
the word 10 be applied TO the personal
confessions any more than TO the es-
says Of Montaigne or the disclosures
OF Herbert OF Cherbury. Cellini, Rous-
seau. Leland had been seen and OBJ
served enormously. and in many deeds
he had played an active part. To have
eliminated himself would have been
mock modesty. offensive egoism.
He was a most accomplished news
paper man IN the days when there were
giants. He was the foreign editor Of
the international" the assistant
editor of "sartains, the editor OF the
illustrated News" editorial writer on
the stan OF the philadelphia Evening
Bulletin" on the stan OF Frank Les
Hes and Vanity Fair foreign
editor OF the New York Times un-
der Henry J. Raymond. managing editor
OF the Philadelphia Press" As
newspaper man he was industrious,
versatile. keen. discriminative. sane
And as such he should be ever remem-
bered hOnorably in the annals of jour
nalism.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

We read in the advertisement OF new
novel NOT Historical Not so long
ago the publishers were after historical
novels with powerful magnets and
tempting bait. and huge rolls" and all
that sort OF thing. After the historical
romance" what sort OF deluge2
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

Lieutenant General Miles summary OF
what he saw and what he did on his
recent trip around the world is 10 be
given under seal of secrecy TO his fei-
low officers, and to be sedulously with
held from the general public. This is
a melancholy. If prudent. decision. For
what the general commanding did-and
saw-in his latest globe-circling enter
prise would surely have made military
document Of palpitating contemporane-
Gus and human interest.
The Washington times., 1903-03-27

A Detroit man tried the other day to
drive his automobile up the steps lead
ing TO the east front portico of the
Capitol He failed. and left SO in the
Police Court as the price OF his expert
ment. We have heard Of many curious
ways or breaking into the halls of Con-
gress. but this venturesOme Michigan
chauffeur's seems about the least invit-
ing and least practicable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10
COLLISION IN A FOG.
ONE Girl KILLED AND NINETEEN
PERSONS INJURED.
Slippery Rails Cause Runaway of Cable
Train and Bad Smash-Up in Kansas
City-Livery Stable Fire in Mont
peIier, Ind, Results in Deaths.

Emma Homer was killed and nineteen
others were injured, four perhaps fatal
ly, in a collision on two cable cars or the
Twelfth street incline near the Union
depot, Kansas City, in the fog Most
of the injured were working girls, clerks
in retail stores 'ptown, on their way to
work from homes in Argentine, Armour
dale and Kansas City, Kan. One train,
heavily laden with passengers, had reach
ell Summit street, when the gripman lost
his hold on the cable Immediately the
train started back, gaining great speed.
Several on the grip car and many among
those on the platforms of the rear car
jumped and escaped with slight injuries.
Two blocks away, midway down the in
cline, another heavily laden train was
making its way up. The fog was too
dense for either crew to see the other,
and the cars came together with terrific
force, throwing the passengers in every
direction. Several of the injured had
been thrown over the railing of viaduct
and fell twenty feet to the railway yards
below. 1t is considered almost miracu-
loUs that two score were not killed. The
grip car of the second train telescoped
the rear coach of the descending car and
was sphntered, and both coaches were
damaged.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10
TELEPHONES ON FARMS.
York State Plans to Hitch Little Viii
lagos Together.

A recent number Of a telephone mag
azine published in Chicago gives the num-
Der of independent telephone exchanges
in New York State as 292, most of them
used by small country communities. Ohio,
where the independent telephone move
ment is strongest, has only 361. and In
diana $50. New Hampshire has only "A,
Massachusetts SO and New Jersey but
60. Now a movement is under way to
unite these independent New York ex-
changes by building a long-distance trunk
line from Buffalo to New York City, es-
tablishing connections with each and at
this end with an independent company
which processes to have secured already
contracts for 5000 telephones in a par
tial canvass of the city and expects by
the low rates it will offer to secure twice
that number. The plan is to organize
the village Independent telephone ex-
changes into county systems with III
cent rate for all villages an cities with
in a county, whether they be one or 100
miles apart, and a correspondingly low
rate for long-distance calls outside of the
county. 1t is argued that with a rate
so low telephoning will very largely take
the place of letter writing, and that so
large will be the number of subscribers
that the large expense Of installing the
system will quickly be made up despite
the low rate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10
MOB HYPNoTIsT IN DAKOTA.
People Are Angered hy Failure TO Re-
vive a Subject

GcOPAS arc 1nEcrefl FZiture 10 IKE.
vive Subject.
All tie residents of Lamont, S. D., are
excited over the results of visit of a
travelling hypEotist and the condition of
Ole Rasmussen, who has been in a trance
for several days. The hypnotist gave
an exhibition at Lamont, during which
he put young Rasmussen TO sleep and
then buried him. The next evening the
subject was "resurrected" and taken to
the school house. which was crowded.
The lecturer then attempted to restore
the young man to consciousness. His
first attempt failed to produce the de-
sired result, and so did the second and
third The lecturer began to show signs
of uneasiness. but most people in the au-
dience thought his work to be part of
the performance. After repeated efforts
with the same fruitless results the lee
turer became excited. lost his self-control,
tainted and fell to the platform. Real
izing the desperate situation, the audi
euce was instantly in a state of greatest
excitement. The lecturer was trampled
under foot by the Infatuated mob and
would have been killed but for the pres
ence of a few men, who took him to
farm house and locked him in a bed
chamber. In the midst of the uproar at
the school house the hypnotist regained
consciousness and fed tarough window.
After a moment of hasty consultation
physicians were sent for, but of the half
a dozen or more who have visited Ras-
mussen not one has been able to revive
him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10
NAVY YARDS TOO SMALL.

Rear Admiral Endicott, in Annual
Report, Saws Relief Is Necessary.
Rear Admiral Endicott, chief of the
bureau of yards and docks, in his annual
report to the Secretary of the Navy says
several of the yards, especially those at
New York and Norfolk, are becoming
congested owing to their limited area,
and that unless some action is taken look
ing to their relief their efficiency will be-
come restricted. The estimates for the
coming fiscal year, it is explained, pro
vide for continuing the work on dry docks
at Charleston, New York and Norfolk
and the steel floating dock at Cavite,
p. l. With the exception of the est.
mate for the improvement of the water
front at the New York yard-$1 100000
these are among the largest items for
which estimates are submitted. Admiral
Endicott says a dry dock of the largest
capacity should be constructed at once
at Pensacola. which yard he believes will
be of undoubted Importance to the flu
ture. He adds that new dry dock ul-
timately will be required at the Puget
Sound yard
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10
I'M 7I>,Is5IllHELL



Gen. Alexieff. an official of the Cars
household, has been robbed of 10000 lire
at Turin.
John Heating section hand, was run
ever and killed five miles south of En-
boria, Kan.
Lou and Joe Spivey, the Kentuckians
who "shot up" the village of Oxford,
Ohio, were bound over to the grand jury.
William Marks was instantly killed
and Patrick Hardy fatally injured A.
Butler, Pa, by an explosion Of nitrogy-
rerin.
George DQgwood, aged 102, tie oldest
man in Brown County, Ohio, was mar.
ried the other day to Miss Alice Weaver,
aged 80.
The safe in the Chicago mad Alton
depot at Fulton, Mo-, was blown open
and robbed. The robbers are said 10
have made a good haul.
A bequest of $4,000 to PENNSYLVANIA
College at Gettysburg. Pa, is provided
for in the will of Rev. J. II. w. Stucken-
burg of Cambridge, Mass.
e. Manuel, a second termer, was shot
by the guards and killed while attempt
ing to escape from the Folsom State
prison at Sacramento, Cal
The first day Of tax collections il New
York City amounted to SIC, 225, 900. This
is said to be the largest amount ever
thus paid there in one day.
Prof. G. P. Grimsley, geologist. has
issued a bulletin on the mineral resources
Of Kansas. He fixes the annual produc-
ton Of minerals at S20,223, 1872.
The parade OF the Union Veteran Lee
gion. Dayton. Ohio, numbering 1900
men, was checked when ready TO move
By the Third and First Regiment bands
refusing to marcl. with the Knights Of
Pythias band Of DIFFERENTIATION.
W. Atwood Of Kansas City jumped of
a 5O-foot embankment in an attempt TO
end his life, but recovering from tina fail
unhurt he placed his head under NOV
ing train and was decapitated-
At the national convention Of road1nas-
tiers at Kansas City the need of sub
stitute for wooden railway ties was
brought out by W. NJ. Camp of Chicago,
who declared the timber supply cannot
last forty years longer
A subcommittee of the Philadelphia
City Council has decided to report fay-
orably upon thu acceptance Of Andrew
Carnegie's offer Of $1,500.000 for free
Libraries, providing the city expends
s15o, 900 yearly for their maintenance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10
SCORE DIEM BURNING. BUILDING
Many Lives Are Sacrificed in a New
York TerSrnent- Hnuse Fire.

Many Lives Are Sacrificed in a New
York Tenement House Fire.
Fire early Sunday morning in the ten
ement at 426 Eleventh avenue, known
as the blouse of All Nations" New
York. caused the death of from fifteen
to twenty persons. At 8 o'clock twelve
bodies had been recovered and the fire
chief estimated that at least eighteen
persons were killed. Most of them died
from suffocation. Among the number
were several women and children.
The fire is supposed to be of incen-
diary origin and although it burned but
short time the smoke was so dense
that whole families were overcome. On
the fifth floor eight bodies were recover
ed, the stairway leading to this floor
having been burned away In the dense
darkness a terrible panic prevailed among
the tenants of the house. many of whom
evidently had fallen over the furniture
in their apartments and met their death
by suffocation.
Some Of the unfOrtunates, maddened
by terror at the approach of the flames
fell from the windows in their frantic
efforts to reach the fire escapes, which
We're shrouded with smoke. The neigh
borhood was in wild state of excite
ment and for a time the reserves of the
West Thirtieth street station were pow
erless to hold the crowds in check.
Terrified occupants of the tenement
houses on each side of the blazing struc-
ture threw their household goods from
the windows, littering the street with a
tangle of broken furniture and shattered
trunks.