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The Washington times., 1903-04-16
Blame Put on Hill.

Most people have heretofore placed the
blame largely upon the shoulders OF the
former Senator, first because he in
serted the so-calIed socialistic coal
plank in the platform, which Candidate
CoIer repudiated, and, secondly, because
the election of CoIer might have made
him too conspicuous a candidate for the
Presidency next year, and thus interfere
with the ambitions of Mr. Hill in this
direction.
Nj Campbell. however. shifted the
burden of responsibility upon Mr. Bryan.
He charged that Mr.. Bryan's refusal 20
say something in his newspaper IL in
dorsement of the Democratic ticket cost
the party thousands of votes, and as Mr.
CoIer was defeated by only 5000 ma
joriry slight percentage Of change
would have elected him
Mr.. Campbell went on to say that a
prominent Democrat had gone to Lin
coin and sought TO have Mr.. Bryan make
statement in support Of the ticket,
particularly as some Of Bryan's follow
ers had early IN the campaign started
an independent movement under the
name of the Liberal Democracy. While
Mr. Campbell did not SO state II IS De
lieved that the missionary sent %
BRYAN in the interests Of the New YORK
/ state ticket was the Hon. John Brisbane
Walker the editor and publisher OF the
/ Cosmopolitan Magazine" Mr.. Bryan is
reported 10 have said that while the
ticket was good one, the platform was
! had and he refused to make the desired
sraTaTuput
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
A Candidate for Succession.

The name of the EmpeTor's brother
in-Iaw, Prince Adolph of Schaumburg-
Lippe, is once more put forward as 4
candidate for his succession. It may
be remembered that he was for time
regent Of the principality of Lippe,
which he was, however, forced to sur
render by the verdict of federal tri-
bunaI, organized and presided over by the
late King of Saxony, and which pro-
claimed that the regency belonged by
right to its present holder, Count Ern-
est Lippe
Since then the prince has lived with
his wife at Bonn, where the regiment
of hussars which he commands is sta
toned His wife was at one time en-
gagged TO the late Prince Alexander OF
Bulgaria, an engagement which gave
rise to much i'll blood between the late
Empress Frederick and Queen Victoria
who favored the match. and the present
Kaiser, old Emperor William, and the
late Prince Bismarck, who wsre oppos-
ed to it.
Finally, after it had been arranged
that the marriage was 10 take place pri-
vateIy, at Windsor Castle. and all the
necessary arrangements had been made
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tGrnB to-
Wdngon

erals palace at Khartoum, some OF it
being adorned with the imperial Ger
man eagle.
The Khedive has frequently visited
Vienna, but always more or less incog-
nito. and never in state. this being at
trfbuted to the wishes Of Emperor
Francis Joseph Indeed. the only CAPT
tai besides London. where the khediye
has been received in state and treated
as an Independent sovereign, has been
at Paris, and that during a moment
when relations between England and
France were quite the reverse Of friend
Iy There is no doubt that If Khediye
Abbas goes to Berlin this summer, and
is entertained by Emperor William with
all that pomp, state and cordiality for
which the Emperor is so celebrated,
the young Egyptian ruler will return to
Egypt with his head considerably
swollen in size, and much more reluct-
ant to accept the supervision, control
and direction of Lord Cromer and OF
the British government than at present
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A Peculiar Situation.

The circumstance that Egypt should
still be nomina1y subject to the
suzerainty of the Sublime Porte renders
it somewhat difficult for England to con-
troll altogether the foreign relations of
the Khedive, and the European powers,
whenever they wish to subject Great
Britain to political pin pricks. and to
annoyance, or to get even" with her
in any way, Immediately proceed to
take advantage of this abnormal situa-
tion to treat the Egyptian ruler as an
independent sovereign. affecting to ig-
more England's practical suzerainty.
When the Kaiser was on his way home
from the Holy Land, he was to have
visited Egypt, and the Khedive had
actually furnished one of his Cairo
palaces. entirely aneE IN order to enter
tain him in suitable manner. But at
the last moment the Emperor IN defer
ence to English sentiment abstained
from calling on him, and returned di-
rectly home, the furniture in question
being now used for the governor gen
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
RABBI GOTTHEIL
DIES IN NEW YORF

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Rev. Dr..
Gustav Gottheil, pastor emeritus OF
Temple Emanuel died at his home, 6S1
Madison Avenue. yesterday, after an ill
ness Of many weeks.
DR.. GotthefI was born in the village OF
Pinne. Prussia, in 1927 He came TO
New York in 1873 as assistant rabbi of
the Temple Emanuel. Dr. Adler, who
was the chief rabbi at that time. re-
tired year and a half later, and Dr..
GottheII succeeded him.
Under his passionate the Temple Eman-
uel doubled its membership, and his con
gregation was generally considered the
wealthiest and most important OF the
Jewish congregations in this country.
DIT. Gottheil was paid an annual salary
OF 10000.
For twenty eight years Or. Gottheil
was rabbi OF the temple. In 1899 he
was retired as rabbi emeritus.
The Washington times., 1903-04-16

He Is Now at a Health Resort in the
Philippines.

Secretary Root yesterday received 4
cabIegram from Governor Taft. saying
he had reached BeirqueI the Philippine
health resort. and stood the trip we'll
Governor Taft says he rode twenty-five
miles on horseback 10 an altitude OF
5000 feet. and hopes the dysenteTy from
which he has suffered is cured.
Governor Taft says the place is 80
miles from Manila, and the air is as
bracing as in the Adirondacks, OF at
Murray Bay. There are only pines and
grassIands. The temperature this month
is the hottest IN the Philippines, and the
thermometer on his cottage porch reg
fstered IS degrees at 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon he sent the dispatch. Fires.
he says. are necessary at night, and in
the morning. Governor Taft expresses
delight with the province. The tone of
his message indicates that his health is
much improved.
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
Carried a Gun.

I-pon many occasions il has been con
cIusfveIy shown that the President lacks
neither moral nor physical courage, but
nevertheless the fact developed during
his recent visit to St Paul that he car
ries a pistol, presumably for protection
against sudden attack from crank or an
archisr- The story of the discovery or
the fact that he does go armed is mar
rated in a special dispatch from st. Paul
10 the milwaukee, Sentinel. - which tells
how Governor Van SAINT learned it by &C
cidentaIly exchanging coats with the
President It says:
IN spite of the provision for his pro-
lection afforded in the bodyguard of Sc
cret Service men constantly attending
him wherever he may 90 and the police
preparations foc his personal safety
every time he appears in public, the
President evidently believes in being
armed himself as the best of all pre-
cautions, and he carries his weapon right
where il will be handy in case the need
Of it should arise.
1t became known that when the Presi-
dent visited the capitol while he was in
St. Paul recently he was taken first into
the executive chamber where he and
Governor Van SAINT were relieved Of
their overcoats by David Heasley, The
governors cOIored messenger. The party
then proceeded 10 the house of repro-
sentatives for the exercises there. Later
when all were about TO start for the drive
the governor happened 80 run his hand
into the pocket of the oveTcoat into
which he Rad been assisted and in much
surprise he called out:
.' Hello. Dave, this is not my coat
This one has a big gun" in the pocket
Of it
Then the President. standing close at
hand chuckIed softly and turning 10 the
governor with the expansive smile that
is enc of his marked characteristics,
said quietly:
d" Oh. it's all right. governor. that coat
| belongs to me.
An examination Of the two overcoats
showed that the mistake was not at all
TO be wondered at. as each was as near
similar TO the other as could be-
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
Apsley House for Sale.

There are so few grand and stately
houses in London that the announce
nent that the present Duke OF Yelling
ton has offered his historic metropoli-
tan residence. ApsIey House, for sale
will be received with widespread regret.
the more so as it is a building replete
with "reminiscences of enc Of the grand
est periods Of English history, a struct-
ure Of which every Englishman may be
proud.
close to it was formerly turnpike
gate. where conveyances paid tell as
they passed the western confines OF
London and proceeded from the city 20
the then rural charms of Knightsbridge
and Kensington In 1874 the site was
sold By King George III 10 Lord ApsIey.
who was aftcrward Earl Of Bathurst and
lord chancellor, and his son. the second
Lord Bathurst. known in his youth as
Lord Apsley, built ApsIey House there
on. IN 1920 it was bought by Viscount
Wellesley who sold it 10 his brother,
the great Duke Of Wellington The lat
ter declined TO change its name. It's site
is one of the most valuable in London,
standing as it does at Hyde Park corner.
facing Constitution Hill.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY-
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PENNELLs LIFE INSURANCE.

BUFFALO, April 16.-LocaI repre-
sentatives Of the accident insurance com
panies in which the late Arthur Reed
Pencil carried policies, admitted today
that the policies would not be paid until
the courts had passed definitely on the
question OF whether Pencil came TO his
death by accident OF suicide The com
panies in which PenneII had accident in
surance were as follows: Fidelity and
Casualty Company. New York. $4,000;
Travellers Insurance Company. $4,000;
Aetna Life Insurance Company, $40, 600;
The Washington times., 1903-04-16

cuse him of mahgning the character
or disappearing the purpose of the
Southern Democracy.
Yet we find Mr.. Swanson not only
echoing our query in his speech be
fore the Harlem Democratic Club, but
answering 1t frankly and mmistaka-
bly, IN the affirmative. Mr. Swanson's
theme was Jeffersonianism, and he
showed no hesitation in invoking the
example and authority Of jefferson to
sanction just such an alliance" as the
pilot" SCOTS at as a fantastic inven-
ton.
jefferson won the Presidency"
said Mr.. Swanson, by the union of
New York and the South. Nearly
every Democratic victory since that
time has been achieved through the
same union. That Is the natural and
the strong alignment for Democracy,
In it lies the Democratic prospect for
1904"
What the distinguished Representa-
tive from the DanviIIe district calls an
alignment we called an alliance. $
What we called coalition" he calls
union" But whatever the terms
used, the ideas are identical.
Southern leaders like Mr.. Swanson
recognize the need of patching up
old fences"-of renewing the once
formidable union between the solid
/ South and certain doubtful" North
ern States to which Mr.. Cleveland
owed his two elections to the Presi-
dency. They do not see-nor can we
see-any possible Improperly or dis
credit in working openly TO resoldeI
a coalition to which alone the Demo
cratic party can look for its next ma
tional triumph.
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
CONTRACT FOR STORING
GREAT MASS OF OLD FILES
Law Requires They Must Be Kept
Seven Years Before Destroyed.

A contract was made yesterday by the
chief clerk Of the Treasury Department
for the storing of 300 tons Of files, which
are overcrowding the Offices of the audi
tor for the Postofice Department. These
flies consist OF old money orders and
guard books, which, under the law. must
not be destroyed until after lapse
Of seven years.
The files in question will fill two
large rooms of a freproof storage build
ing, and it was necessary for Congress
to make a special appropriation in or
der to obtain a place where the Gov
eminent could keep them They will
remain in the building two years. as
they are five years old at the present
time. After that they will be sold %
paper mills, and made up into new
paper.
A fact not generally known is that
the Government finds ready sale for
all of its old paper. The quality used
is the best. and therefore is in demand
with paper mills.
The time is said to be not far distant
when an appropriation will be asked Of
Congress to erect fire-proof storage
house for files and other property, which
the law stipulates must be kept as rec
ords for certain definite periods. 1t is
likely a building will be erected on
some inexpensive property IN the Dis
trict. where it can be reached by all
departments
The Washington times., 1903-04-16

fc- the wedding, Prince Alexander, on
the very eve OF the date fixed for the
ceremony. Tilted the princess. and went
of and married Darmstadt actress.
who survives him with her two children.
and who goes BY the name OF Countess
Hartenau.
Everyone felt sorry fer Princess Vic
tori- for the gross affront to which she
had been subjected by the ex-ruier OF
Bulgaria But there are some who do
not hesitate 10 declare that he yielded TO
compulsion in the matter. and that the
same powerful agency that forced aim
to abdicate his Bulgarian throne in 50
mysterious and unaccountable a manner
likewise interfered TO compel him By
marrying this actress to put an end for
all tine to his projects Of becoming
through marriage member OF the
reigning house Of Prussia. OF. indeed, Of
any sovereign family OF Europe.
The Washington times., 1903-04-16

the Department of Justices more i'm
portant cases, and was intTustsd with
the argument of the recent lottery case,
in which the Supreme Court. n sus-
tanning the Government. announced a
new and far-reaching Interpretation Of
the Interstate commerce act.
Mr. Beek's whole service in the De
paTtment Of Justice has, in fact, been
marked by energy. industry, and re
sourcefuIness. President RooseveIt's
cordial commentator of the retiring
Assistant Attorney General was emf
nentIy deserved.
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
The Khedive to Visit Berlin.

Inc Khedlve to Visit Berlin.
Khedtve Abbas has been invited by
the Kaiser to visit the court of Berlin
during the course of the present sum
mer, and has accepted the invitation
which was conveyed to him by the crown
prince during his stay at Cairo. This is
the Kaiser's response to the ''rapproche-
ment' which is taking place between
England and France. the reconciliation
now in progress between these two
former allies being viewed with a good
deal of dissatisfaction in Germany.
It was certainly not with the object
OF pleasing the English government that
the Kaiser has asked the Khedlve to
visit him at Berlin. Indeed. he must
know that a visit of this kind is cal
culated to not only annoy the English
authorities. but likewise to increase
their difficulties in connection with
Egypt
The Khedive is theoretically the vas
sal Of the Sultan, but in reality the vas
sal of England. and de facto even less
of an independent sovereign than many
/ of the great feudaI princes and rulers OF
British India
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
The Curse Of Darkest Africa.
a Stop Should Be Put to the Cruelties
of Belgian Officials.

We drew attention some time ago to
the pressure" which the British gov
eminent was about to bring to bear
upon It's unfortunate Kaffir subjects
III South Africa The right of the
Kaffir to work, or not to work, if he
saw fit, or to work In his own way,
according to the traditions of his race,
was TO be abridged by literally taxing
him into the stockades of the mine
owners. Revolving as was this plan
In which the London Times" could
see nothing more than moral and
economic pressure Is bliss com
pared with what King LeopoId's Bel
gian rufians perpetrate IN the Congo
Free State.
Missionaries have for years been
telling the world what was going on.
But their tales were either not be-
lieveG or the authors were thought to
be prejudiced The publication, the
other day. however, Of the suppressed
portions of a book-suppressed for a
time at the instance Of those most
concerned in the threatened exposure
has served TO arouse anew the hor-
ror of the civilized world.
No TamerIane, no Attila, no Ivan,
no AIva, conceived tortures more hor-
rible or committed wholesale murder
more deliberate than did these repre-
sentatives Of a Christian ruler III the
opening years of the twentieth cen
tury. And while Of Tamerlane, At
tia. and others it can be said that they
thought themselves inspired and com
missioned by a higher power, as ii
were, 10 act as scourges of the world,
these ruffians, though working on a
scale almost as large, perpetrate their
abhorrent crimes for the sake of peIf
and Iucre alone, and for no other pur-
pose.
The blacks are required every two
weeks to bring in certain amount Of
rubber. Failure to do so results In
merciless fogging. A zinc badge.
worn about the neck, serves TO identi-
fy each poor wretch, The military
force Is constantly reducing fresh vii
/ lagos to this slavery and numbering
people. Once brought within the
power Of their masters the victims
are subjected to cruelties unheard of.
For the slightest infraction Of the
rules whipping and manning are the
penalties.
! Credible witnesses declare that hun
dreds are yearly fiogged to death.
Others are permitted TO starve to
death, tied to stakes. Still others are
/ buried to their necks IN sand and left
to die from sunstroke or the bites of
tropical vermin. Neither age nor sex
Is a protection against these he'll
/ hounds. In one village dozen
women, SO one account declares, were
literally fayed alive by rawhide
whips in the hands of soldiers.
And all this in the name Of eivihza-
ton. All this to secure a few pounds
more Of rubber.
Isn't it high time that some one
stepped in and put a stop TO these
atrocities? Or shall we continne to
be called upon to admire the bound
less yalor. the "smartness,' Of these
wretches whose work exposes them
barring the chmate-to scarcely more
dangers than would a rabbit drive?
The retirement from the Department
Of Justice Of Assistant Attorney Ger
eraI James NJ. Beck deprives the Fed
oral Government Of the services Of ar
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
Bulgaria's New War Minister.

Prince Ferdinand's new minister OF
war. Colonel Savof, is one of the most
distinguished officers of the Bulgarian
army, which he completely reoTganized
when minister of war in the Stambouloff
cabinet. during the three years tmmedi-
ateIy preceding 1894. If he quilted, not
merely the administration. but also The
army and the country on that occasion, 1t
was because of a lawsuit OF a most scan
dalous character. arising from the in
timacy OF his wife with Prime Minister
Stambouloff. Colonel Savof repeatedly
challenged the latter to fight a duel.
struck him In the face with his fist and
with his cane. and being unable TO OBJ
tain any satisfaction from the man, re-
signed his portofoIio and his commits
sion in the army and left the country
After Stambouloff's downfall and dis
grace, Colonel Savof, who had com
manded the left wing Of the victorious
Bulgarian army at the battle OF Slivin-
tia in 1885, returned TO Sofa, was elect
ed a member Of the national legislature
and eventually secured his restoration 70
the army. in which since then he has
held the Office OF commandant of the
military academy at Sofia. He is Rou-
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
The South and New York.
Representative Swanson Advises the
Renewal Of Traditional Union.

Representative Swanson Advises the
Renewal Of Traditional Union.
We venture to call to the attention
of our esteemed contemporary, the
Norfolk Pilot" some sentences from
a speech made in New York the other
night By the Hon Claude A. Swan
son. The pilot recently rebuked us
for asking whether the Democratic
party would be able to patch up old
fences" for 1904 by reviving the ira
ditionaI alliance of the Solid South
on the one hand and the once doubt
fuI" States of New York. New Jersey,
Connecticut, and Indiana on the
other. And our Virginia neighbor ac-
cused US of unfairness in mtimating
that Democratic success Is possible
next year-as it has been possible III
other years only through "coali-
!ionD struck by the South with certain
Northern States and Northern III
terests.
Mr. Swanson IS a Virginia Demo
srat of character and standing. He
has served five terms IN the House OF
Representatives, and two years age
made q creditable, though unsuceess-
ful, fight for the governorship of Vir-
ginia. Surely the pilot" will not ae-
The Washington times., 1903-04-16

melian by birth. and a graduate of the
Imperial staff Corps Academy Of Rus
STA at s.. Petersburg.
Some people have been disposed 20
ascribe to the colonel the murder of
stambouloH in the streets of Sofia. and
to attribute the assassination OF the
premier to an act of personal vengeance
on the part of Savof for the ruin of his
home. But as no proof has ever been
furnished of this. it may be set down
as calumny.
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
Square No. 143.
Reason Why the Government Should
Not Acquire It Now or Hereafter.


Not Acquire It Now OF Hereafter.
Secretary Shaw Is to be commended
for his course in declining to pay the
exorbitant prices demanded by specu-
Iators interested IN the sale of the site
designated by Congress for the new
Hall Of Records.
He would earn the gratitude Of
every disinterested taxpayer in the
District if he were to 90 further and
decline absolutely to purchase this
property at any price.
We have ON more occasions. than
one drawn attention to the folly of
abandoning the wel-considered plans
of the Burnham Commission in the
interest OF real estate spectators IN
any part or section Of the city.
Square No. 143, situated south of
Pennsylvania Avenue, and west Of the
War Department building, Is not
within the scope OF the Bmnham
Commissions scheme. 1t Is not a site
which commends itself to any disin-
terested person as one suited to the
. erection Of a public building costing
several million dollars. In other
words, 1t Is a proposition for the ben
eft Of the few at the expense of the
many That, and nothing more.
There Is no particular necessity for
hufrying the construction of a Hall
Of Records, anyway. Desirable as
such building Is, ii would be infinite
~ better to delay its construction than
10 commit the Government to the ex-
penditure Of so large an amount Of
money in a locality where such an I'M
portant structure would add little OF
nothing to the general attractiveness
Of the city.
We repeat, We speak not for any
section of Washington, but for Wash
ington as whole. The Southwestern
part Of the city IS as much interested
IN this question as are the residents
of Mount Pleasant or Anacostia. If
we are to abandon now a well-consid-
cred plan for the general beautifca-
ton of the Capital, we shall present
~ be called upon to sanction the sell
fish scheme Of some INSCRIPTIONS real
estate promoters for dropping a five
million-dollar building in the center
Of BloodfeId or HeIfs Bottom. We
are opposed TO that.
We are opposed 10 it on the
ground of common sense. We arc
opposed to 1t. because we conceive the
best interests of the city to demand
the subordination Of private profit Il
public gain. We are opposed to 1t, be
cause of the danger involved IN set
ting so grotesque and absurd q prece-
dent We are opposed TO 1t because
outside of a small number Of inter
ested persons, no one wants the build
ING under such conditions.
In view of the discretion vested IL
him by Congress. we trust that See
rotary Shaw viii turn down" tho
proposition-and turn It dowr
'-hard"
The Washington times., 1903-04-16
LIvERYMAN TO PREACH.

LONG BRANCH, y. J.. April 16.-Dr.
Alvin S Poole, who died yesterday. left
a note directing that Thomas L. Worth
ley, a Iiveryman. preach his funeral ser
mon. and that his body be buried at
West Long Branch Dr.. Pcole's wife is
a Catholic and arrangements were being
made to bury him in the Catholic Gene
terry. The doctors request will be car
rIed ont