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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
PHENOMENAL CONDITIONS OF
CONSCIENCE STRICKEN TERROF

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
As exclusively printed in the Star, -
the employees of the Postofflce Depart
nent are in terribly excited and dis
turbed state of mind, actually bordering
on insanity. So unsettled are they that
their condition is d constant source Of
solicitude to relatives and friends: they
can no longer perform duty: the work
of the department is steadily falling
behind, nervousness marks every move
ment of these miserable, guilty crea-
lures, to the number of seven hundred
for not a single one is innocent-his or
her connection with this unfortunate
department of the Government is suf1i-
cient evidence of fraud in some manner
These culprits, with wild, frightened
appearance, totter to their respective
duties. ever on the expectancy of hear
ing something drop frightfulIy near their
clerical heads; the mouth of the gaping
waste basket is ever before them, with
its bloody rerrors; they neither eat nor
sleep, and their emaciated, wan condi-
ton is indeed pitiable. No hope, nor
charity, is for them; they are doomed:
gloom and utter dependency are their
constant companions; they are lost;
their fate is sealed. The bright sun
rises in its course and lights American
freedom, but the Postoffice Department
clerk is not in it with outsiders.
The strain cannot hold out much lon
ger. Already numerous cases of ner-
vous DrCstration and even suicide
threaten among the seven hundred.
Their alarm is not without cause: the
Star" representative has given it out
and it must be SO; the star is always
correct-nit ONE OF EN-.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
CONDUCTORS WHO SHOULD
LEARN THEIR ROUTES

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
One would naturally suppose that a
street railway company would require of
its conductors an accurate knowledge of
the location Of the streets which its
cars traverse. That such is not the case
is evidenced every day by the answers
given by conductors on the Mount Pleas
ant columbia Road cars of the Wash
ington Traction and Electric Company
to those seeking information. Happily
for strangers their inquiries are often
overheard ana answered by regular pat
rons of the line and much inconvenience
is thus averted. The writer has time and
again heard conductors reply. when
asked where certain street is, Indeed,
| don't know; this part of the city is
new to me'-or, 4 think ii must be out
al Mount Pheasant; this isn't my regular
run"-and in two or three cases he has
discovered that the conductors were
total strangers to the city, much less
this particular route.
This comment IS not to be construed
into asserting that all conductors on
this line display such ignorance The
regulars" are not only conversant with
ali the streets and avenues, but are also
uniformly courteous to passengers.
rtheless there is such percentage
of raw material" acting in the capacity
of conductors as to make it matter
of doubt whether one patronizing this
branch OF the road will reach ones
destination fif dependent on the informa-
ton vouchsafed by conductors without
much annoyance and loss of time
1t is quite true that with this city's
rapid growth new streets and places
are being constantly opened. but this
only makes more apparent the necessity
for having new conductors fully instruct
ed and broken in" by some seasoned
employe of the road G.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
MORE ABOUT THE FATHER
OF PRESIDENT SCHWAB

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
I was not little amused by the happy
go-lucky editorial in Monday evening S
issue of The Times devoted to John A.
Schwab. father of the world-renowned
steel king, and to his everyday life,
more facetiously than graphically de-
scribed amid the delightful scenes and
surroundings of his hospitable home,
near the summit of the Allegheny
Mountains, in the good old State OF
Pennsylvania.
True it is that you have sought more
to amuse than TO edify your readers by
the quaint pen picture of the worthy
gentleman you have portrayed as seat
ed on the counter of Ed Shields viii
lage store" Yet there is more than one
bright thread of real life in the peace
ful old town of Loretto TO be discerned
in the humorous wool you have so cIev-
erly woven.
1t is my happy privilege to be pretty
thoroughly acquainted with the Schwab
family-father. mother, sons and daugh-
ters-as also I am with Edward Shields
and his Village store and hence l
can bear ample testimony to the fact
that one and all Of them enjoy, as they
deserve. the respect and esteem OF ev-
erybody who knows them.
And just here let nae say that M
Schwab. pere, is not the old man, as
that term goes, as you have described
him, being still hale and hearty, and IN
what may be called the prime of life.
And / know to a certainty that instead
of mo trips to Europe for him." as you
aver. he has only recently returned with
his good wife and daughter to say moth
ing OF the steel king and his wife, from
protracted sojourn amid the most
charming scenes in France. Italy, and
other countries OF Europe
It can we'll go without saying that Mr.
and Mrs. Schwab take great pride-and
quite naturally-in the wonderful achieve
ment and unparalleled success in the
business world of their gifted son,
Charley" as he is still Familiarity call
ed by all who have known him since his
boyhood days; yet a more unassuming
couple than the father and mother of the
capable president of the United States
Steel Corporation could scarcely be
found even In the most humble walks
of life
AS for "CharIey' himself, he has well
earned the great fame and princely emol-
uments of the exalted position 10
which he has attained. For l can say
truly that as a boy he was one of the
most studious, well-behaved. thoroughly
truthful and most reliable it has ever
been my good fortune to encounter.
He was brought up in the tenets of the
Catholic faith. his parents being among
the most deYout members of d cOmmuni-
ty which knows no religion other than
the one planted in Loretto more than 100
years ago by the prince priest and con-
vert, Rev. Demetrlus A. Yallitzin-a
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MARKET VALUE OF REAL
ESTATE ON CAPITOL HILL

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
In regard to the condemnation Of
square $50, Capitol Hill.
Congress did we'll for itself in select
ing this square for its own use. 1t was
the most desirable, and valuable When
We consider the changes since made in
its surroundings. the enlargement and
improvement of the Capitol Grounds, the
building of the Library in close vicinity,
the Coast Survey and Marine Hospital
Service building, owned by the Govern
ment, and it's elevated position so near
the Capitol, its value as a building site
is conceded to be very great. If every
building was swept away, it would be
eagerly taken up by syndicate or cap
italist for the erection OF paIatial resi-
dences, apartment houses, or perhaps a
grand hotel on the plan contemplated by
the late Jim" Fisk at the time he was
so tTagically taken off
1t is great mistake to suppose that
Congress contemplated the purchase Of
this square for the paltry sum of S750,-
600 mentioned in the appropriation. 9th
er squares were mentioned, from which
a selection might with probability be
made in which the Government already
had a large interest. and for which the
appropriation would have been amply
sufficient, especially as no valuable
buildings, except those owned by the
Government, and no old homes encum-
bered them. But IN the event square 600
should be selected by the commission
appointed 10 determine on a site, it is
especially provided in the act that the
appropriation herein and hereinafter
made for said site and building shall be
disbursed by the Secretary OF the In
terror"
1t is evident therefore that the ap-
praisers. to be appointed. will not be
limited TO the sum of $3.50, 600 They are
to pass, not upon the market value OF
the property taken, for the Constitution
avoids the employment of the word val
ue, and expressly says, nor shall pri-
vate property be taken for public use
without just compensation"
Now in this case what would be ''iust
compensation Every piece of property
taken must be considered with all the
circumstances and conditions belonging
TO it, to arrive at Gust compensation"
One VINO is DESTROYS OF parting with
his property cannot be considered as
occupying the same position or be COM
pensated on the same basis as those
who are occupying a comfortable home
to which they are attached by thous-
and ties and associates, and which they
do not under any circumstances wish to
break up, and be forced to find or make
new home Nor should one having an
established business be limited in just
compensation to merely the value of he
shell in which 1t Is carried on, or The
ground it occupies
On this square are many costly build
ings, and residences long established
and sacred with all the experiences and
memories of home. Some are owned
and occupied by elderly ladies who have
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
DIFFICULT TO SUPPRESS
BACK YARD STOCK FARM

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
Your editorial of the 23d instant on
THE Chicken Nuisance" voiced the
opinion of hundreds of citizens of Wash
iugton who are subjected to this in
toIerable nuisance of cock growing
throughout the night and carly hours
of dawn.
Unfortunately, however, after spend
ing sleepless night. the very people
who are the victims of this annoy
ance are put to the further incon-
venience of practically leading police
man UP 10 the offending cock, identi-
flying the culprit bird and naming it's
owner and his address. Even after this.
when the case is reported by the police
man and the nuisance still undated the
complainant is forced to appear in the
Police Court TO testify in order to have
the owner of the Growing rooster fined,
Recently complaint was made, through
the proper chapnels. OF the noise occa-
stoned by Growing cock, and the police
man on the beat informed the owner of
the cock that such COMPLAINT had been
reported land incidentally this owner
for the DISTRICT. whereupon the offender
sent word back TO the complainant, by
the same policeman, that whoever
wanted his chickens to stop growing
would have to appear against him in
the Police Court"-a courteous message
from one employed by the District. and
who was cognizalt Of the fact that he
was violating the law.
There can be nothing more explicit
than the law on the subject of such
nuisances- Section 4 of article of the
police regulations of the District of
Columbia reads as follows: NO person
shall own or keep within the District
of Columbia any fowl, parrot. or bird,
which, by growing, cackIing. talking or
singing. or in any other manner. shall
disturb the comfort and quiet of any
neighborhood, etc, and section of the
same article names the penalty.
Now, Mr.. Editor, where the law is so
very clear and comprehensive it should
be the duty of every police officer to
see that no ROSTERS are kept within the
| limits Of his beat, and whenever a COM
| plant IS made to d police officer that
| growing cocks are owned or kept by per-
sons on his beat the officer. without
further trouble TO the informant should
make it his business 10 locate such fowls
and their owners, and e~offender, not
the offended, should be made to appear
in the Police Court
If people want to raise chickens and
listen to the Growing of cocks, let them
go to the country, but let them not try
to run farms il their back yards. S.
Washington, D. c.. May 2, 1903
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BARON MONCHEUR'S CAT
HAS BLUE AND YELLOW EYES

The special pet of the Belgian legation
on H Street is large Maltese cat
named Thomas. He enjoys the distinc-
tion of Baron Moncheur's favor and that
of every member of his household. De-
spite his connection with a legation and
the fact that he must overhear many
a diplomatic secret he is very con-
descending to strangers. Thomas sports
pair of military moustachios, and is the
hero of a number of affairs of honor
with the aristocratis dogs OF the neigh
borhood. Nature has evidently marked
him out for greatness as she has given
him one blue and one yellow eye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
OLD BRADDOCK'S ROAD
FOR A NATIONAL HIGHWAY
To the Editor of The Washington Times:

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
Reading of the proposed National
Boulevard, which is to be planned to
cross the continent, we ask what better
beginning could be chosen for this great
highway than the Old Braddock Road,
connecting it with the new Memorial
Bridge and utilizing it's whole length to
the old fort where it ended
This road, though lying now unhonor-
ed, is the visible path from the narrow,
laborious past of our land to the grand,
outstretching present and the magnifi-
cent openings the future has in store It
was surveyed by George Washington in
person before the world knew him as
great. His Ratchet blazed the trees
some of their sacred forms yet standing
his feet pressed every yard of the wild
romantic way. He was its first direc-
tor. His voice was the first voice up
lifted in this wilderness in call TO
further progress and wider civilization.
It is a road fraught with memories
OF the nations earliest struggles, It's
integrity, its fealty to the crown It is
an irrefutabue evidence of Washington s
loyalty to the principles and authority
Of the king of kings in his daily life 1t
tells of his kindliness Of heart, of his
physical srrenuousness, of his resource
fulness. Of his courage of soul. Here the
British cannon hurried and ratified, sunk
and stalled. Here they pressed the red
clad troops, TO overcome their common
foe and ours Here the very foliage
whispered of victories through defeat
of Gods hand leading or hindering all
national tendencies. of His eye overlook
ing all events; His heart cherishing the
unnoticed babe sleeping in the cradle OF
liberty; of His wisdom working through
human means 10 Infinite perfection"
We cannot afford to allow time and in
difference to obliterate this old highway
opened for war, but made smooth by the
tread of peace. Fitting it is to become
| the beginning of a revered avenue lead
ing over all obstacles, through fragrant
fields and climbing noble heights into
new delights and grand achievements
terminating only within easy reach OF
the Golden Gate. emblematic of the ma
ton S joy in the laws and love of Him
who guides the stripes and rules the
stars. YENO.
Falls Church Va Nav 9 1903
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
LIEUTENANT TO ROW
AROUND LONG ISLAND

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. May 4.-some
day this week, II weather conditions are
favorable, Lieut.. E. A. Benjamin. L. s.
A, retired. will set out to row around
Long Island in an ordinary rowboat.
Lieutenant Benjamin has lived an out
door life, and is still, despite his sixty
five years. a welI-preserved man, with
greater powers OF endurance than half
the men of half his age
Mrs. BENJAMIN is so sanguine of his
success that she means TO accompany
him Lieutenant Benjamin viii use keel
boat, and carry two reserve sets OF oars
The lieutenant not long ago rowed $50
miles in a rowboat in twenty days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
AMERICAN EXPORTS
TO CHINA INCREASING
Nearly Trebled in Value in the Course of Five
Years.

Apparently about one-fourth of the ex-
ports from the United States to China
ultimately reach the port Of Nieuchwang.
the treaty port through which north
eastern China, including Manchuria. re-
ceives most of its foreign merchandise
This Is the conclusion of the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics after careful
study of the statistics of the imports of
China, as presented by the annual
Yellow Book, entitled Maritime Customs
of China; Returns of Trade and Trade
Reports for the Year 1901
An accurate determination OF the ques-
ton of the share of American imports
into China which enter Nieuchwang is
difficult because of the fact that nearly
all of the foreign merchandise reaching
Nieuchwang is first received at some
other port of China, chiefly Shanghai.
and thence transshipped to Nieuchwang-
Another difficulty lies in the fact that
the Chinese customs reports do not in
d1cate the country of origin OF the ar
ticles imported. except in few articles.
Chief American Imports.
Four articles are specifically named
as of American production, viz: Ameri-
can drills. American jeans, American
sheetings. and American oil. These four
articles. however, apparently form a
very large proportion of the imports into
Nieuchwang of American products. Our
own statements of exports to China
show that cotton goods and mineral oils
form about So per cent of our exports
to China. By an examination. there
FORE of the figures Of Chinese imports
OF American drills, jeans, sheetings. and
kerosene oil. and the transshipment
thereof TO Nieuchwang, it is possible to
get fairly accurate estimate of the
value OF American products reaching
Nieuchwang, the principal port Of entry
for the country in question.
The Chinese figures analysed by the
Bureau of Statistics show that the value
of cotton goods imported into Nieu
chwang direct from the United States
was but 3,7S7 haikwan taels (value of
tael. January /. 1903, 59.4c). OF the
receipts at Nieuchwang from other
Chinese ports. however, the value of
articles named as of American produc-
ton was. in 1901. as follows:
Value.
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Mass. He received his medical educa.
ton in Pennsylvania and graduated in
the medical department of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
DR.. Sargent resided in Philadelphia
and practiced medicine in that city. He
married Mary Newbold Singer, mem
Der of an old Philadelphia family, who
had some local reputation as an artist
He continued his residence in Philadel-
phia until he removed to Florence
Italy, where the artist, John Singer Sar-
gent, was born.
So far as I have been able to learn
Sargent. the artist. never visited the
United States until 1876.
CHARLES e. FAIRMAN.
Washington, D c., April Sc, 1903
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COMMON SENSE
AND SOUND LOGIC

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
The editorial in your paper of the Goth
ultimo, Dark Lantern Methods is full
of common sense and sound logic.
If the investigation in the Postoffice
Department is to be strangled, and the
truth suppressed, I submit in all candor
George ". Beavers ought to be rein
stated. His record is no worse, proba-
bly, not as had, as some others in and
out of the office. B. S.
Washington, D. c., May /, 1903
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SARGENT A FLoRENTINE,
NOT A BOSTONIAF,

TO the Editor of The Washington Times;
l note in the article by the Marquise
de Fontenoy contained in The Times OF
April %, the statement that the artist
John s. Sargent is a Bostonian.
Historical data concerning this re-
nowned artist is exceedingly fragmen-
tary, but it is generally conceded that
Mr. Sargent was born in Florence, italy,
January u, 1856.
Dr., Fritz William Sargent, the father
of the artist, was born in Gloucester,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
Whitaker WRIGHT CASE
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Bail and ExtraditabiIity
Two Points Considered.
OFFENSE HELD NOT CRIMINAL
English Financier Seeks to Obtain Re
lease Through Habeas Corpus
Proceedings.

No case argued before the Supreme
Court OF the United States in long
time. certainly at the present term, has
been so closely followed as the prose-
cution against Whitaker Wright, who
was arrested in New York some time
ago charged with having committed
fraud as a director"
Wright is director OF the London
and CLOSE Finance Corporation of Eng
land ard is accused of classifying the
accounts of the corporation with a view
OF defrauding the public. 1t was at the
instance of the English authorities that
Wright was arrested and held for extra
ditian
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community in which at present stands u
magnificent church, the free gift offering
of Charles NJ. Schwab, whose exemplary
conduct as boy, TO say nothing of his
remarkable career as a man, is well
worthy the emulation of the present and
all future generations.
H. A. McPIKE.
Washington, d. c., April %, 1903
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04
RAISING PANSIES OUT
OF DOORS IN WINTER

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
In your article in Saturdays april
25) issue on pansies being raised out
doors in winter, would say it is COM
mon thing. / have been and am now
selling them. All have been out doors
all the winter. PAYNE.
Washington, D. c.. April Is.
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An examination Of the statistics Of the
receipts OF these four articles of Amer
lean production at the ports which
import direct from the country OF
origin shows that the total value of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-04

Average value of Haikwan tael for
United States for 1901 is given by Chi
nese report as ~ cents: for 1903, by
United States Director OF Mint, 50 4
cents.
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Value Of Goods.

The following table. also from the
Chinese official returns, gives the total
value of imports into Nieuchwang from
foreign countries and from native ports,
respectively, 1S96-1901:
From foreign From ma
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these articles received into China from
foreign countries was, in 1901:
Steady Growth of Imports.

!
| Steady Growth of Imports.
| OF this total of 81, $50, 1863 haikwan
| taels, representing the value of the four
articles named and reported as having
reached China in 1901, 6,195,146 haikwan
taeIs' value. or % per cent, reached
haikwan taeIs, by transshippment from
other ports, chiefly Shanghai. The total
value of these four articles which en-
tered China in 1901 is. as already stated.
| q ,46O, 1863 haikwan taeIs out of a grand
total of % ,529, SOC haikwan taeIs' worth
| of imports from the United States In
| that year.
The facts here indicated would seem
to justify an estimate that about ONE
fourth of the American goods entering
China ultimately reach the treaty port
of Nieuchwang for distribution. That
! this Importation OF American products
into Nieuchwang has had a steady
growth is shown by the following table.
which presents the value of American
drills, jeans, sheetings and kerosene oil
imported into Nieuchwang in each year
from 1896 to 1901. the very small figure
for the year 1900 being. of course, due
to the war conditions which existed
at that time.
Value of Goods.
Value of American jeans, drills. sheet
ings and kerosene oil imported into
Nieuchwang from foreign countries and
from other ports of China, 1896 to 1901:
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Washington, D. c., May 2, 1903.