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The Washington times., 1904-01-14
MRS. ScHENLEYS WILL
SENDS S48,O0O,0O0 ABROAD
Carnegie One of Trustees Who Are to
Sell All Property in Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURG, Jan. 1.-THE Americai1
will of Mrs. Mary E SchenIey has been
filed for probate The will creates a
trust. with three trustees. who are In
structed to sell her property in Penn
sylvania and send ths money to her
trustees in England
The trustees are given every power
in carrying out this plan. and are 10
follow their own discretion as &c wnen
and how they shall execute their work
Only one stipulation Is made-the Schen-
ley mansion in Pittsburg Is not TO De
sold until all the rest of the estate here
has passed out OF the hands of the
trustees. In the meantime it is to be
kept up and in condition Tor a resi-
dence for any member of the Schenley
family who may visit Pittsburg No
public requests of any character ara
made.
Mrs. Schenley names as trustees An
drew Carnegie. Of Pittsburg; Denny
BreretOn. of Yonkers. N Y. and John
William Heron. of Pittsburg.
The value Of the Schenley estate IN
Allegheny county is placed at about
SIS. 0Oo. Trustee Heron said that the
present intention of the trustees IS to
place this property on the market az
once and convert il into cash as quickly
as possible.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS
CARRIED AN ELECTION
Senator Joe Blackburn Tells How Dsfranchsed Ones
Saved House of Representatives te Their Party.

one vote, and we would have been beat
en- II we had only made the perfunctory
campaign which the leaders advised
When it was ali over ! was able 10 pay
every bill incurred by the campaign
committee and 20 turn over to the ma
tional chairman a little over $,7o0 sur
plus.
And / want to tell you that our sue
cess in that campaign was due TO the
Democracy of the District of Columbia,
which supported US when we had no
money. and when our leaders thought
there was no hope of victory. That is
the sort Of disfranchised Democrats
there are in the District OF Columbia ="
Van Duzer's Debut
Representative Van Duzer made his
debut in the House yesterday. and won
a victory when everybody thought that
his case was hopeless Mr.. Van Duzer
was i'll at the beginning of the session,
and took his seat some time after the
opening. Yesterday was the first time
he had an opportunity to get in and be
heard. and for a new member, repre-
senting numerically the smallest con-
stituency OF any man in Congress, he
did remarkably well.
Mr. Van Duzer cores from Nevada
! He was formerly secretary to Senator
Newlands when the latter was a mem
Der of the House. He was then mem
Der Of the State Legislature OF Nevada
and speaker Of the house A year ago
he was elected TO Congress. The House
had under consideration the bill max
ing appropriations for the Iegisla-
tive. executive and judicial departments
of the Government. In it was an item for
int, fr,fv- 81
New. 1t was cut OF some 81 400 from
the amount appropriated last year.
Carried His Point.
When Ii was reached in the reading OF
the bill the Nevada Representative Of
fered an amendment increasing the
amount 10 the allowance of last year
In support of this amendment he made
a speech which enabled him TO carry
his point. He said Nevada had been
maligned because OF its small popuIa-
ton. but that il was gladly welcomed 70
the Union when it's vote was needed 10
ratify certain amendments to the Con-
| stitution. So anxious was the Govern
ment to have Nevada admitted that Its
entire State constitution was telegraphed
to Washington for ratification in order
that no time might be lost in getting
her vote for amendments to the United
! Sta ties Constitution.
| Nevada, ne said, was improving. and
despite the enormous yield of gold and
silver. its mineral wealth had scarce
been touched. Its yield Of gold and sill
yer was greater than the yield of gold
] In South Africa, and millions more re-
/ main to be taken out.
THAT speech is worth a vote" ex-
claimed a member from Kentucky. Evil
IDENTIFY many other members thought the
same way, for despite the explana ton
which Representative Bingham. Ia
charge OF the measure made for ghe re-
duction, Mr.. Van Duzers amendment
] was carried.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
STONE TAKES A HAND
IN PANAMA NATTER

The Stone resolution instruts and di-
reefs the Foreign Relations Committee
ito inquire into" the formaton of the
Panama republic. and the pat. If any.
taken by this country. AS / provided
for the expenditure OF money Mr.. Gull
lom made the point that 1t sOuld have
to go to the Contingent Exposes Com
mittee. Mr.. Stone asked thatthe reso-
luton lay over subject to hiscan. and
this was ordered.
The resolution Is similar il working
to The Carmack postofice esolution,
requiring a report prior TO Ma l, 1904
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
The Bible Elevator.
A Kansas Mans Unique Experiment
Discontinued.


People who have Travelled over the
Burlington Railroad may remember
that in the town of Lebanon, Kan,
there was a grain elevator all covered
over with Bible texts 1t was owned
by religious man named Heyde, and
is on the railroads right-of-way. He
conceived the idea of ministering to
The public good by painting it with
Scripture texts. The result was that,
as the trains stop five minutes at Leb-
anon, the passengers examined il and
loitered about it and asked the train
men questions, and got so interested
that they forgot to come back to their
trains, and it was a nuisance general
~. The railroad, while meaning no
disrespect to the religious views Of
Mr.. Heyde, has now requested him to
move his elevator off the right-of-way
or paint out his texts, and it is prob
able that he will accept the latter al
tentative.
It is very good thing that he
should. While Scripture texts are
good in their place, their place is not
painted on the side Of a grain eleva-
tor, and Mr.. Heyde established dan
gerous precedent. If his idea had
Happened TO strike some religious pro
moters as a promising one, there
might have been texts and catechisms
and hymns painted on fences, anC
billboards, and the scenery, and, bac
g. it Is to have 70 read advertisement:
of somebody's health food or antisep.
tic soap when one is trying to contem
plate the beauties of nature, it would
be still worse to have moral instruc
4 ton forced upon one at such a time
The beauties of nature are mora
enough in themselves TO be good fol
the soul, without the addition of bill
boards. 1t is much to be doubted
whether such means ever conduced t.
religious development, and it certain
~ makes many fairly good and con
scientious people feel like swearing.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
TREATY BETWEEN CHINA
AND JAPAN RATIFIED

The treaty between China and Japan.
ratified by the Chinese government on
Tuesday, is similar TO the Chinese
American treaty ratified at the same
time. Mr.. Talkahira. the Japanese min
lister. has made public the terms Of the
treaty 1t provides for the abolition OF
the lilSin TaXes by China in considera-
ton for an increase in surtax.
This is the chief change, and will
mako it possible for Japanese to engage
in trade in China without being sub
jected TO the blackmailing methods pos
sible under the likin system.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

Senator Joe" Blackburn Of Ken
lucky has great faith in the District
Democracy. Even though 1t is dis
franchised.' - declared the statesman from
the Blue Grass State the other day.
lit is as loyal to the principles of our
party as the Democracy of any State
in the Union. l know 1t is because
l have had experience with it.
"A number of years ago. he con-
tinued. telling the story to a number
of his friends gathereA at the Shore
ham, to attend the meeting of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, "oh, IT was
twenty odd years ago, was chosen
chairman of the Democratic Congress
sional committee. II was in one OF the
off years; there was no Presidential con-
test on. and as the Administration was
against us, many Of the party managers
thought It would be useless for us to
make more than perfunctory attempt
to carry the House OF Representatives
Failed to Discourage "Joe"
THAT was not much encoura cement
10 me, as 1 was TO manage the cam
paign. 1 talked the mater over with
the late Senator Barnum Of Conaecti-
cut. who was then chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. He
was one of those who thought it would
be wasting time and money to make an
effort to elect a Democratic House. and
he was unwilling 20 expeId any money
in that direction. l took the opposite
view and started out to act independ-
entity.
..The first thing l did was to go TO a
prominent banker in Washington. since
dead, a man whom l knew 70 be good
Democrat, and who always contributed
to the Democratic campaigns. 1 ex-
planned the situation TO Inn. told him
the leaders were sverse to making any
fight for the House, but that was
chairman of the Congressional commit
tee, and was going TO endesvor 10 carry
the House. ] asked him vrlat he could
| do to help me-
Banker Signs Check.
"He asked me how mua I~wanted.
and / told him l thought about 5000
would do to start me of. He sat down
/ and drew me a check for hat amount
without hesitation, but befoe handing it
| to me said: Now. Blackburn. don't you
come back here after the election is over
and tell me you didn't viii because l
! didn't give you money enugh- Now.
/ II this is not enough. just lay so right
! here and now, and ! will double the
1 amount
IT told him I thought could get
along on that as a starter, md thanked
him. organized a force of twenty
clerks here I'm Washington, AID made an
aggressive campaign. For the first
three months of that campaign 1 never
received a single dollar in he way Of
contribution except that rhich came
from the Democrats OF the District of
Columbia Some came in laer. but for
the first three months Of tina campaign
the Democrats of WPShingtn paid the
| entire expense.
Well. we carried and ORG nized the
House OF Representatives ~ exactly
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
The Seven Hour Dau.
Possible Relief for the Government
Clerks in Early Opening.


With the departments humning like
a hive of bees over the extra half hour
required by the Cabinet order, with
the baseball enthusiasts looking dis
ccnsolate, with business men outside
the departments rearranging their
hours, and university professors push
ing their lectures into the evening.
with innumerable domestic confer
ences over the dinner hour, and con-
sequent descriptions resulting in the
cooks departure, Washington is in a
condition of ferment unusual in this
placid and self-eontained town. The
Spanish War did not stir things up
as badly as this innocent little order
of The Cabinet delaying the closing Of
the departments until a 80.
The iniquity Of the thing lies, OF
course. in the fact that the law requir-
ing seven hours was allowed to stay
upon the statute books so long. 1t
was known to be there, and there was
talk some years ago of precisely such
action $ has now been taken, but the
idea as abandoned. This is a lesson
on the objectionable features of dead
letter laws which is worth some at
tention.
There is likelihood, however. of 4
change of the extra half hour from
Eight to morning, requiring the clerks
to reach their offices at $50, which
would probably be easier for most of
them. 1t is more practicable for
many reasons to move the breakfast
hour up toward the sunrise than 10
delay the dinner hour. It gives one
more the feeling of being ahead OF
time instead Of behind time, and that
is always restful. Also it is easier tC
work when the day is fresh than later
as all children know who have beer
required to stay after school. Many
engagements. business and social
are dependent on the fixed din
ner hour Of Washington, while moth
ing is dependent on the breakfas
hour except ones morning nap, anC
many of the clerks rise earlier than i
necessary as it is.
1t is noticeable that the heads of de
apartments ana the veteran employees
who do really responsible work. have
not objected so strenuously to the new
rule as tie rank and file whose work i
uninterestiHg and wearisome, and wh'
have dropped into a routine becaus
nothing else was possible in the eli
eumstances. 1t is a serious dIscor4
fort TO have ones routine broken up
and that is what has been done by tn
new order. If seven hours had bee
the rule all along, and the clerks wer
used to it, they would probably fee
, but little more Inconvenience thai
they did from the Standardization
day. The employees Of merchant
work from until 6, with extra hour
IN the holiday season. The real estat
people work from S to 5. Newspape
mems hours are anything that hap
pens TO be necessary; there has neve
been a journalists union. 1t is, o
course, true that Government work, b
its very monotony, entails a strai
such as more varied work docs no
and that to require people engaged j
such work TO put in eight or ten hour
. day at it would probably cause mel
yous exhaustion. But if seven hour
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
VENEZUELA DEPOSITS
COIN TO PAY AWARDS

Venezuela has deposited $780, 5l bolt
vars in the London Bank of Caracas to
pay the awards made By the mixed
commission named to settle the war
claims
General Hernandez. the Venezuelan
minister, has Informed the State De-
partment OF the deposit of this money.
II Is 80 per cent OF the customs eolleo-
lions at Porto Cabello and La Gueira-
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
WORK AND PLENTY OF IT.

Miss Lizzie Wilson. who has been a
typewriter in the District Attorneys or
fee for ten years, in Speaking OF the
trial of Machen and others now III prog
ress in the District Supreme Court, said
today there has been more actual work
done in connection with the ease than
any other with which she was con-
nected. In this case there have been
I'VE indictments drawn In point Of
work done necessary TO bring the cases
10 trial. Miss Wilson says. the sugar
trust cases and the Howgate case rank
next TO the Machen case. Taking IL all
in all. she says, there has been more
typewriting done in connection with the
Machen case than with either Of the
others mentioned
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
sNowBANK SAVED TRAIN.

CLEARFIELD. Pa. Jan. IA New
York Central passenger train on the
Beech Creek division jumped the track
near here last night and plunged into a
snow bank. The snow held the train on
the very edge of a high precipice. There
were nifty passengers aboard.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
AIl-Important Part.

IF you want me 20 take your case" said the
great lawyer, "you must tell the truth, the
whole truth. and nothing but the truth
IAN right" replied the client, who was up
against It good and hard. where shall be-
ginf''
well" suggested the g. l.. suppose you
begin by telling me just exactly how much
money you ve."--Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

It would save lot Of trouble for dra-
matte and musical and literary critics,
and people generally who are sensitive
about the way the world is run, If they
could ret around TO Owen Wister's
cheerful view of art.
The COW is in the hammock-what difference
does it make?
And II the COW were in the. hammock
most of the time as result of this be-
nign Indifference, why, so much the
worse for the hammock.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

a day proves too much, the thing TO
do is to change the law, not to disre-
gard it. Meanwhile. the hours should
be so arranged as to be most eOnven-
lent to the clerks, since this means
freSber workers and more work.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
RoBIcHoN is DISMISSED.

Lieutenant Robichon. of the Seven
teenth Infanry. is said to have beer
sentenced by court-martial to dismiss
sal from the army for conduct unbe-
coming an officer. Proceedings IL tho
Advocate General Davis.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
Genealogy..
It's Uses and Abuses, and the Signif-
canoe of Interest in 1t.

A Pennsylvania critic is much dis
1uieted over the fact that great inter
est in geneaology has lately been
shown in Boston, and that one Boston
paper has a genealogical department,
where people can find ont about their
ancestors. This critic condemns in
terest in such matters as proof of
knobbishness and un-American title
worship.
The worship Of titles can have very
little place in any Boston genealogical
research, for The reason that the large
majority Of the ancestors Of New
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

1t remains to be seen whether shoot
guages win produce the effect of the
copper-toed bullet and have to be for
hidden by law.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

An English critic makes a savage at
tack on Burns. including in it a state
ment that he does not, understand
Scotch That ought to make laughter
Tor the Land o. Cakes.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14
PosToFFICE APPoINEES

Samuel w. Morrison was yesterday
appointed postmaster at Elem Va, and
Addie Nj. Yates at Tempest. For Lin
chester. Nd, William T. Tod, was ap-
pointed.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

One pleasant thing about this Panama
business is that it gives every Senator
and Representative a chance to get his
name into the Congressional Record. E"
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

Only six people in three years have
been killed while riding on Pullman
cars, which is more of a credit to the
Pulimans than all their plate. glass and
plush curtains and porters.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

1t makes a tremendous difference in
diplomatic transactions whether one is
undeceived at the beginning or at the
end of the other fellows talk.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

All the nations are willing to have the
open door in China. but they all want
to stand in the door.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

Fra Elbertus Hubbard is still uncon-
WINGED that the people OF this country
are not thirsting for his instruction on
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

Perhaps. if Mr.. Hearst had not STAN
peded the convention. st. Louis wocid
never have found out what people think
of her climate.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

The rock on which theater improve
ments seems to be striking. is the din
Guilty Of making them without anybody
losing money
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

Mr. German may not have succeeded
in blocking the Panama treaty, but he
is still some persimmons when it comes
to a convention.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

Mr.. Gorman-Purr-r-r
other people-Sptzz-z,
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

A small japanese tried jiujutsu on
big policeman in New York the other
day, and the policeman had to pick his
200 pounds up off the pavement Rus
sian newspapef please copy.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

John Burroughs says animals have no
distinct individuality. Mr.. Burroughs
probably never tried to drive a balky
horse.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

To hear some people talk about the
sins of the majority, you would think
minorities were the heaven-sent ambas-
sailors of justice.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

The mule drivers of the civil war are
now applying for pensions This may
seem uncalled for TO people who news
drove an army mule.
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

The Democratic convention is now in
the position of 1t in a game OF tag with
Hearst
The Washington times., 1904-01-14

1t is TO be hoped thac the fishermen
of the District will be able 20 accom-
plish something for the preservation OF
the game FISH in our noble Potomac.
The chief dangers to the fish are the
pollution OF the waters by refuse and
wholesale destruction h. SEEMING Major
Sylvester, al the meeting Of the Pro-
tective Association. reported that four
wagon loads of black bass had been
seined in the Potomac in the past two
weeks. Whoever has read Izaak Wal
tons grim joy over the death of the
otter will be able TO surmise what he
of black bass by the wagon load, If he
were still alive
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1904-06-01

If, og miklu nytari menn en- Fllippingar sjalf-
If, og Pykir PAD Pvi enginn bdhnykkur af
B%andamonnum 40 legggja bann fyrir kinversk-
an innfutning til eyjanna framvegis.
En- Po Kinverjar SYM hvervctna mcsta
mannda0 og dugna0 af 0llum Austurlanda
P]0oum-a az Jap0num einum undanteknum
: pa cru Peir pc enn 1 dag a0 0llu leyti sauna
Pj60in % Peir voru fyrir pdsund arum sloan.
pcir Wilma alt me0 sinni g0mlu aofero, og
breyta ekki til um si0i og lifna0arhmtti DO
Peir half daglega fyrir augunum ymsar n.y.
ungar Evr6puPj6oa. Deir STA hva0 miklu
meiru Evr6pume"n geta alkasta0 med sinni
vinnua0fer0, og hvernig verkfnri Peirra spara
mannsaai0 og gera alt erf0i miklu lettara,
en- Peir villa P6 ekki breyta til % TAXA Peirra
vinnua0fer0. peim Pykir betra az fylgja
gamalli venju: vinna fest med t6mum h0ndun-
um og telja ekki eftir ser TINA og e1f0i til az
afkasta start sinu. ba skortir hvorki arn0i
ne hyggindi, ems og beet ]ysir ser / vcrzlun-
ara0fer0 PETRA, Pvi Peir geta kept VIC hvern
sem er 1 v%erzlun. En- PAD hafa Peir ekki ]art
af Evr6pu Pj6oum. DER hafa fla Pvi fyrst
fara s0gur at veri0 agctir verzlunarmenn. og
PETRA gamla a0fer0 er goo og gild enn / dag
/ kaupum og s0lum, hvar sem Peir hafa verzl-
unarvioskifti v;0 aorar pi00ir.
En- enginn austurlanda Pj6S er tregari
til 40 breyta ut af fornum ven UNI EN- Kin
YER jar. Be0i me0 ilIu o. g60u hefr veri6
reynt a6 kenna Peim nyja si0i, en- Peir hafa
ollu hafnao, nema Pvi er Peir hafa or0i0 az
TAXA halfnau0ugir. DER hafa veri0 kuga0ir
me0 hervaldi, og reynslan hefr synt Peim az
Peir cru varnarlausir gegn arasum Evr6pu-
Pj6oa, P6 Peir half mannaha meiri en- nokkur
0nnur Pj6o, en- SAINT hafa Peir ekki vii a6
breyta svo til UNI vopn og herna0ara6fer0 az
peir geti vari0 sjalfa sig. bess vegna er ST
spurning MI almenn or3in, hvort Kinaveldi
mum ekki ver6a forum Pj60um 40 bra6, a6ur
en- kfnverj ar viii l@ra 40 verja sjalfa sig.
DAD er erftt fyrir d%tlendinga az kynnast
hugsunarhntti % salarlff Observation-Disclosures,
og lfklega hafa engir hvitir menn enn kynst
Pvi til hlytar nema Peir einir, sem alist hafa
upp me0 Pessum Pjo6um og lert NAL Peirra
% sioi, vaxi0 upp me0 b0rnum PETRA 90 not
10 s0mu mentunar % pau, en- Peir cru ekki
margin, hvftu mennirnir, sem Pannig hafa ord
ID me0limir aust1@nna Pj60a, og a peim er
s1jaldan neitt ao gr@oa, Pvf Peir villa sialdan
neitt samneyti hafa vi0 AGRA Invita- menn 90
cru 40 0llu leyti ems dulir og 6mannblendnir
vi0 Invita- menn, % hinir gulu stallbr@0ur
PETRA. Lang beet Pekkj ia MI hv1tir menn
Hindda. En- ST ors0k er til pess az Bretar
hafa MI / halfa old CERT ser alt far um az hymn
asst Hinddum sem bet, Pvfmargra aida reynsla
hefr kent Bretum Pa0, az fyrsta skilyroi0 fyr-