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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-21
SLOW PREPARING
PRIMARY LISTS
Republicans Have a Hitch
in Proceedings.
CHASE'S PEPPERY SPEECH
Richardson-Poe Forces Have Some Re-
cruits and the Faction
Is Happy.

The harmony committee of the Re
publican party Will meet on Monday TO
take action on the lists of judges and
polling places for the party primaries
The call for the meeting was issued this
morning. IL was expected the lists would
be announced last night. but there was
not a quorum of the committee present
The lists OF the judges are nearly COM
plete.
Pending the announcement of the har-
mony committee the various candidates
are working in all of the districts. A
number OF meetings were held last night
The Simmons-Chase Republicans OF
the Eleventh, Seventeenth. and Eight
cents districts met last evening in Sa-
marian Temple. 1 Street. between Sec
ond and Third Streets southeast.
Mr.. Baeon's Speech.
There was music by the National Band
under the leadership Of Frank Ross.
The meeting was in the auspices OF
the Home Rule Ticket. When the meet
ing was called to order there were about
fifty people In the hall and by 10 O'Clock
there were over 200 present
The first speaker was P. J. Bacon.
member of the District bar. and a resi-
dent Of the Seventeenth district H.
was followed BY William A. Hickey
Colonel HILL and Thomas l. Jones. and
W Calvin Chase. The candidate for
alternate was introduced and reviewed
the political conditions of the people IN
this city. He paid his respects TO Cen
George II. Harries whom ne held re-
sponslble for the condition of the negro
schools. He said that George r. T.
COOK was removed. under a sham in
YeSugation of George H. Harries who
To-Day. Is himself under investigation
instead OF having superintendent
OF the schools today" he said, I'VE have
an assistant. Instead or having princi-
pals at the head OF our schools we have
assistants. This was done by George II.
Harries"
The Home Rule Republicans will hold
a meeting this evening at Stewards
Conservatory OF Music Hall. Twelfth
and r Streets northwest. comprising
The Eighth. Ninth, and Thirteenth dis
tricts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-21

by Charles W. Slater and Capt. James
\ Collins. and the Parker ur German
men. under James L. Norris 1t is said
that several smaller organizations in
tend to send in lists of candidates, bat
the general opinion is that they will
no amount 70 much
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21
FINDING THE RIGHT MAN.

1t often happens that the commander Of
an army who answers all the require
ments as disciplinarian and general mill
tary supervisor in time of peace fails. under
the actual test of war, to master the sit
uation. 1t happened over and over again
in our own civil war, IL has happened TO
England repeatedly, and not longer ago
than its South African campaign. 1t has
been the experience of Germany and France
from time to time in their history, and now
Russia is finding IL necessary, using a
homely American phrase, to swap horses
in midstream. There is evidently a degree
Of Generalization in the higher military
ranks of the empire The apparent dis
pleasure of the Car with the Viceroy
Alexieff and the latter's resignation indi-
cate thu The appointment OF a successor
TO Makaroff was made necessary by the
latter's death. but the selection of Skryd-
loft, an enemy of Alexieff, and known to
favor different military policy, proves
difference of opinion in government cir
cles and the uncertainty as to the wisest
course. Skrydof himself is, in sense, an
experiment. never having been tried in a
place of so great responsibility, and there
will probably be no feeling of security in
st. Petersburg concerning him until he has
won victory or a series of victories.
With Japan it is quite otherwise. Japan
has found no change of leadership neces-
sary. From the beginning both it's naval
and military commanders have been equal
to all demands. Admiral Togo has been
aggressive and shrewd and has crippled
his country's foe; land engagements have
been insignificant. but wherever reported
have shown the japanese successful, and the
occupation of Korea by their army has
been swiftly and skilfully accomplished.
Is it mere chance that gives such, compe-
tent leaders to these people, or, with all
the praise that has been bestowed upon
this progressive Oriental race, has their
ability not been fully recognized? Has
the praise, perhaps. been mixed with a
little condescension and doubt, as if from
secret conviction that no people so alien
in origin. traditions and training to the
Caucasian races could really equal them
Can 1T be possible that justice has not
been done them. and that they are really a
superior race from whom we may humbly
take lessons?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21
English Bachelors Angry

British bachelors are up in arms against sir
Francis Jeune, president of the Divorce Court
They writing" one OF them writes
to-day. under the Ubiquitous slur east upon the
unmarried men of Engi9Yd by the cruel charge
brought against them by'Sir Francis"
This indignation has been aroused by re-
mark made by Sir Francis during the trial OF a
divorce case this week. Counsel for the wife.
not content with trying to prove that the hus-
band had erred after marriage proceeded to
point out that he had been immoral before.
whereupon the justice interposed and said the
present case was not affected by the latter fact
He added:
Apparently his dhe defendant's) life was
much the same as that Of the majority Of single
men,"
Judging by the letters published in the papers
since Sir Francis's utterance. every bachelor In
Great Britain is entitled to the white
flower of spotless life. Indeed. onoiher IN
dignant bachelor writes:
''Sir Francis Jeune's connection with the d.
vorce Court ought TO have taught him TO con-
fine his insulting observations 20 married peo-
pie. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

The London Crystal Palace accommodates
more people than other building in the
world. 1t will hold 100000 people.
Council. the simplon tunnel viii probably be COM
peted before the end of the year.
Among many valuable relics exhibited in the
government building at the worlds fair is
Thomas Jefferson's dial. made by jefferson
himself.
In the last census paper from India there are
some queer answers under the head OF ''Profes-
sion." One Hindoo says he is an ''eye cleaner. %
another "a tale bearer from house to house,
Another gives his source of income as begging
from relations"
The Anderson. Ind. Boys Band will walk
from that city to the worlds fair. where II will
play in the Indiana building Indiana day.
The trip will require about month, and the
boys will give concerts in each town through
which they pass.
An extraordinary head of hair is possessed by
Mercedes Lopez the wife of a poor sheep herder
in San Vicente. Mexico Her height is five feet
and when she stands erect her hair trails on the
ground four feet eight inches. The hair is so
thick that she can completely hide herself in il.
She has it cut very frequently. it grows so
quickly, enabling her to sell large tresses to hair
dealers every three or four months.
A revenue officer says in the London Standard:
English spirit, by itself, is every week being
made UP and sent Irish and Scotch
whisky. 1t is simply reduced, colored and bottled
and labeled Scotch or Irish according to the
needs of the consumer. And all this takes place
in the bonded warehouses of the country, with
the full cognizance and consent of excise and
customs officers. who actually cautioned not
to interfere.
Andrew Carnegie heard of a little in Ok
lahoma which had no library and decided to sup
ply what he regarded a necessity. The multi
millionaire offered to furnish s., 200 for the Ii
brary, provided the citizens would guarantee
proper support for the institution. He gathered
a new idea of Okahomac optimism and indie
pendence on learning that the citizens resented
his offer insult. Make your offer $40 600
and may take it under consideration" wrote
the town officers but far Mr.. Carnegie has
decided to do suggested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21
DAUGHTERS OF THEIR FATHERS.

Some day in the far-distant future a
new era in history will be marked by a
convention of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution at which no fight occurs.
We need not expect that day in our time,
however; it is probable that it will be
coincident with the time when the lion and
the lamb lie down together and when the
weather gets warm again. The Daughters
of the American Revolution are a con-
slant proof of their own warlike ancestry.
This year. it appears. the fight will rage
around the question: when did tine war
begin7" The historians compute our strug-
gle for independence to have lasted about
eight years; actual fighting was begun in
1775 and the treaty of peace was signed
In 1888. But there are certain DANES who
will have it that these merely arbi-
trary dates. The real war, they state. be-
gan in 17s5, when the first opposition to
the Stamp Act appeared To this conten-
ton a mighty army of daughters replies
with shouts of scorn and adjectives express
ing disapproval. They will fight to the last
ditch against the terrible heresy that the
war lasted twenty years.
To mere man this question may not seem
worth having bitter quarrels about. But no
men are daughters of the revolution and
they can never know what it is to have
their mothers life so arbitrarily pro-
longed. And it really will have an effect
on the membership of the society There
is large number of women whose an
cestors did not actually shoulder muskets
in the national struggle, but who neverthe-
less have relatives who disapproved of the
Stamp Act. Many of these are very es-
Unable ladies, and it seems a shame to
keep them out of the society just because
the war didn't begin earlier So the only
way to get them in is obviously to have the
war begin earlier.
But, say the opponents of this expansion
scheme, such ruling would admit the
children of every loafer who shouted with
the mob but refused to fight with the
army; of every tea merchant who COM
planned because times were hard, and of
every Tory who proclaimed rebel sympa-
thies in order to save trouble with his
plicants would necessarily be vague and
unsatisfactory. Everybody whose parents
did not come over in an emigrant slip
would be eligible. Let such persons form
societies of their own-Daughters of Orig
inal Tariff Kickers, Daughters of Long
Island Tea Smugglers. Daughters of Men
Who were Heard to Express Views on the
Subject of Revenue Stamps. and so on
1t will be seen that the question is really
an important one; not that the fate of the
Nation depends on its solution, as some
of the daughters appear to believe, but
still it is important. OF course, the
daughters would have something else to
fight about If this were not occupying their
attention. so that it is not to be regretted
that this interesting question has come up
But they must fight; they are true daugh-
tiers of their sires.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

Recent happenings notwithstanding. fair young
lady pilgrims still journeying 10 East An-
rora to worship at the Roycroft shrine. and ~rite
back letters the ''hoine paper telling all
about II. In a recent issue OF one OF these home
papers is found a 2a-column letter, Illus
trated. in which the whole beautiful story Is told
all over again-about Ali Baba-dear old All Baoa
and Reddy. and all the rest OF them In ths
chapel built OF those familiar large held
stones. are told many OF the great ones or
the earth" have stood. among others including
Henry Clay Barnabee. Maude Adams and David
Bispham''-novel and delightful combination.
But 10 the main question. In which al are
interested: Fra AIbertus has greatly sinned-
well understood; but THE manliness OF the man
APPEARS in the midst OF his selishness and sin:''
and while not in any sense tustifyiag this
lapse'-oh. not should be remembered that
every man should be giver mercy as well az
Justice" For coincidence OF our sins. always
commend TO the tender mercies OF sweet
young girl.-New York Globe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21
Tricked by His Wife.

w c. Dorsey and wife, of Terre Haute, are
visiting the family of A. d. Davis. Will tells OF
exciting experience he had with burglars at
his home South Seventh street Sunday night
Mrs. Dorsey was awakened by the thieves in the
room, but she afraid to awaken her hus
band because of the damage the burglars might
do to him, unarmed. he was. She slowly crept
close enough to him to whisper into his ear to
lie still until she gave the signal for a run for
the bathroom. viii supposed the thieves were
there. and when the signal came he shot for
that room, followed by his wife and son. When
they were there Mrs. Dorsey turned the key
and told her husband the thieves were in another
part of the house. Will was mad, but by the
time he got OF the bathroom the burglars
had fled, taking his diamond stud and diamond
cuff buttons his wife's diamond ring and purse.
Brazil Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

Mormons said to have a voting
strength of 10000 in Idaho and to form a
sort of balance of power in that State,
their favor being sought by both RepYb-
licans and Democrats. Suspicious persons,
anxious for the welfare of the State, see
in the proposition to hold a convention for
the purpose of amending the present Con-
stitution or of making an entirely new in
strument scheme to do away with the bar
against polygamy. A clause of the present
Constitution forbids polygamy under pen
atty of disfranchisement of those who will
not take the test oath. 1t is thought that
the only way of beating the constitution
programme is with the votes of gentle
women, Idaho being an equal suffrage
State. Undoubtedly the unanimous vote of
such women can be counted on if they once
understand the polygamy scheme. Incl
dentally, they are likely to oppose any tam
pering with the state constitution if they
suspect design to do away with equal
suffrage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

bed and sleep just before the vessel leaves tho
dock and remaining in that condition. uninier-
rupted and without food. as long as possible.
Accordingly. this unwilling seafarer went 10
his steamer ard his stateroom loaded with
drowsiness superinduced by prior course or
training. and before the lines of the ship were
cast off he sound asleep. When he walked
UP he was unable 10 tell how long he had slept.
had been extended per
Torrance. and that he was incapable OF any
more He also felt entirely well and without a
suspicion of his usual sickness Much eiated. he
left his stateroom to go on deck. and In tho
cabin met the purser. TO whom he told OF his
new-found with great satisfaction
Why" said the purser, III may be all right,
you've hardly given fair test We found
some OF the machinery broken yesterday morn
ing and we haven't turned screw nor moved a
fathom's length since you bed Wen he
sailing this afternoon. '-Philadelrhia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

If the government makes ar age limit
for civil service employees it could hardly
be fixed beyond the point of seventy years.
At that age most men, if not past their
usefulness. are at least 50 much less active
than formerly that they can hardly fill
clerical positions satisfactorily AS few
government clerks seem able to secure a
competence, however, no matter how many
the years Of their service, and many
persons of advanced years are now in the
departments. the enforcement of the rule,
should it be made law will work hard
ships
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

There is a lot about hens and their eggs that
people don't suspect" said dealer in eggs and
poultry FOR instance. here is an egg that
would a if it Matched And here
is one that would develop hen.
How do 1 know 1 learned 1t by long expert
with eggs and their habits The small end
of a hens egg vii be either smooth as marble
or wrinkled like a nutmeg. Some people {
buy eggs that wrnkcd. because wrinkles,
they say. are sure sign of age That Is true
when applied to eggs.
"A hens egg with wrinkled small end
simply indicates that 1t holds rooster. A hen
is always incIosed within the egg with a smooth
end. But both eggs taste alike Each has its
proper share OF phosphorus. olen. albumen.
sulphur. casein and Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21
Funerals for the Health.

At funeral in Glasgow a stranger who had
taken his in of the mourning coaches
excited the curiosity of the other three occu-
pants one of whom at last asked him:
Yell be a brither o. the corp2''
mo I'm no a brither o. the corp.
''weel. then. yell be his cousine''
mo I'm no that!'
"Then ye'll be at least frien' o. the corp?"
mo that either. To tell the truth. I've no been
weel myself, and my doctor has ordered me
some carriage exercise 1 thocht this wad be the
cheapest way 20 TAX it.''-From ''Reminis-
cences," by Sir Archibald Geikie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

1t Is well that the agitation in regard 90
street extensions and the openings of new
streets is raised before the erection of
buildings complicates matters. 1t is easier
TO make the city beautiful by working from
Its beginning than by making it over after
the foundations are laid. Some improve
ments that would be desirable in the old
parts of Indianapolis can hardly be brought
about. but in the newer portions there is a
chance to secure the best effects.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

1t is gratifying to know that the new
States will bear the familiar territorial
names Oklahoma and Arizona. There was
talk some time ago of remaining one of
these Territories and calling it jefferson on
its admission to the Union. Had this been
done no doubt the other would have been
labeled with the name of some historic
celebrity already sufficiently honored. and
two musical and significant appellations
thus lost. This mistake was made when
the State of Washington given it's
present title instead of Tacoma, in honor
of the wonderful mountain visible from so
large part of its territory. The name of
the father of his country had been given to
the capital of the NatiOn-a memorial that
surely enough-and confusion has since
existed by the duplication of the name,
Washington State" being necessary in
speech and safer in postoffice addresses in
order to distinguish the two. The country
has become accustomed to the Spanish
name Arizona, dry belt" and to the In
dian Oklahoma, beautiful land" and will
gladly retain them as permanent posses
sions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

An article by Francis Lynde i'm the cur
rent number of the Reader presents some
appalling statistics concerning railroad ac-
cidents in the United States. No subject is
so unwelcome to railroad officials in au-
thority this Mention it and the officer
addressed will admit that some accidents
occur on every line. but will airily assert
that as many persons meet death by falling
out of windows by railroad disasters.
and as likely as not will produce figures to
prove it. The individual casually introduce
ing the matter, not being armed usually
with tables of figures showing either
the number of window or railway acct
dents. is silenced il not convinced. He fails
to reflect that even If the two classes of
casualties are equal in number this cir
cumstance offers excuse for the fire.
quency of disasters on the road. But Mr..
Lynde points out another phase of the dis
righteousness Vt the defense offered. "All
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

Gen. Leonard Wood, at time surgeon
himself, is fond of stories in which the joke is
on the doctor. He tells this
A doctor sought by who fancied
there was something wrong with his heart The
physician made a cursory examination which
disclosed a large swelling in the mans cardiac
region.
There certainly appears to be an extraordi-
nary swelling right here" said the physician,
tapping with his finger on the mans side. I'VE
must reduce this at once. sir; a once,''
A faint smile came to the face ofithe patient
.Oh. Docr' he exclaimed. ''tnat swelling Is
my pocket book, Don't reduce it too much
pleasei,-New York Press
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

More than two years ago friend of George B.
Mcclellan made wager of dinner for a dozen
friends that he could write the name of the next
mayor of New York slip of paper. He wrote
the name of Mr. Mcclellan, put the paper in a
safe and won his bet. Mayor Mcclellan and this
grand guesser were recalling the remarkable feat
in political prediction the other day. The mayor
said:
Take another peep into the dim and distant
future, old man. and tell me what new honor
is in store for me-
Cant do it, Mr.. Mayor" was the reply. Mr..
Murphy has not taken me into his confidence
this time.'-New York Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

which his letter bears date. he asks that
the Chicago papers correction be noted
and similar one set forth in the Journal.
AS he neglects to inclose a clipping from
the sheet in question, and the Journal
keeps Chicago papers about its premises
no longer than il can help. his request can
not be entirely complied with. Perhaps it
is enough to repeat his assertion that
the Chicago reporter stated things exactly
wrong and let il go at that.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-21

things considered" he says. the two days
fighting at Chicakamauga stand unsur-
passed az the hardest fought and bloodiest
battle of the civil war. The federal killed
in this battle numbered 16S7. and the roster
of the wounded falls but few names short
of 1000. But in the unbelligerent year
ending June 30. 1902. the aggregate number
of persons killed in railroad accidents was
s.5SS. and during the same period 1852 per-
sons were injured"
Present these figures TO a railway man
and he will dispute them and produce the
Interstate-commerce Commissions accident
bulletin TO prove that only S45 passengers
fiscal year in question In view of the
number of miles of operated roads a list of
345 killed in a year gives less cause for
complaint, but passengers are not the only
ones who lose their lives. Further inter-
state-commerce figures for 1902 show en-
ployes killed, 1868, injured, 5O.524, other per-
sons-railway mail clerks. people at grade
crossings. etc.-5.274 killed, 7.4i5 injured,
making the total quoted before of s,5SS
killed and 6i652 injured. These statistics
are impressive and prove that the traveller
is right in feeling that he is taking a dis
tinct risk when he Journeys by rail.
Mr.. Lynde INDUCES in no abuse of rail-
ways for permitting this peril to life and
limb, and shows no disposition to be I'M
duly critical severe. He simply sets forth
the facts, declares that condition exists
which ought to be intolerable to a civilized
people and sets himself the task of pointing
out such remedies as many suggest them
selves to him. lie does not present his
ideas in this chapter, but holds them for
future consideration, leaving his readers
to reflect meanwhile on the cheapness of
human life. Railroad management is hard
ly more to blame for this careessness of
life than is the public itself. Reform is
possible for any evil. but it is not likely
that any remedy will be effective until
aroused public opinion demands better pro-
lection for life. AS this can only result from
a full understanding of facts and conditions
a free discussion of the subject is to be
approved.