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The Washington times., 1904-02-13
MAKING USE OF LACE COLLARS

An economical woman has been think
ing out ways and means OF utilizing the
deep collar OF lace. which was fashion
able I'm the late spring and rather too
popular by the end OF the summer. She
has discovered that II can be utilized I'm
many ways. Surrounded by borderings
Of fur and fringed with tails II makes
a very dressy pelerine over a winter cos
tune, or il canot be turned into a stole
with the addition OF lace insertion of
corresponding type and bands and tails
Of fur.
If such a collar is matched in lace
about four inches deep a pretty coffee
coat can be made OF tucked point
d'esprit. fine lawn or Japanese silk, with
a frill OF lace all round and on the
elbow sleeves, using the deep collar tt
self TO almost cover the coat
And apropos OF coffee coats some .yery
dainty ones are made from silk voiIe in
cream or biscuit tint, with many pin
tucks and medallions OF lace. witk the
voile cut away. and frills Of lace added
with a heavy guipure edge on fine net.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13
Novelties in Furniture.

Many little novelties this season will
add 20 the decoration and beautifying
OF the home or OF the den Following
out in the main the conventional lines.
one can produce startling pecuIIarities
in arrangement. There are all sorts OF
odds and ends that are not only decora-
tive. but add vastly to ones con-
venience, and in the city especially one
has to look 10 this point.
After all. nothing is quite so artistic
as the old mission furniture. and while
the style is not new. OF course. there are
many changes and additions each year
10 which this particular furniture lends
itself very kindly. with results which
arc usually good either on a large out
lay Of cash or a very modest one.
However. as the mission style is too
massive for many uses. according 10
many peoples ideas. some enterprising
manufacturers are making. at a much
lower price. some very good things in n
lighter weight Of wood. following very
closely along mission lines.
A beautiful, small desk which admir-
ably carries out this semi-mission idea
Is severely plain in design and has as
nearly as possible the natural duh wood
finish II has no decoration at all. ana
the drawer knobs are little square wood
en- blocks.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13

A tea table which is on exhibition in
one Of the exclusive shows introduces a
new idea whose practical worth will in
sure its popularity when IL is known
The table itself IS not unlike many other
tea tables, but the designer informed
me that he had spent much time and
thought to bring out a satisfactory tea
table. Wood is invariably affected by
the heat; so this particular table has a
tile neatly sunken in one corner the
top OF the tile being flush with the top
Of the table
A table top could be made entirely Of
tiles i'm an appropriate design
There is new furniture made from
the Musa textiles plant. a product Of
he Philippine Islands, that has evi-
IDENTIFY come TO stay, for aside from it's
beauty. it is very durable 1t furnishes
so completely and handsomely that the
old prejudice that fibre furniture is only
for the summer cottage is laid aside
altogether. This fibre is beautifully
braided and woven: the colors are good
and lasting as well. as the fibre is put
through process which renders the
color permanent. so there is no outside
vanishing or veneering. n this style
OF furniture had no other attraction. its
cleanliness would commend IT, as IL can
not hold dust and germs.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13
EAT LOTS OF ALMONDS.

According 20 a celebrated health ex-
pert blanched almonds give the higher
nerve or brain and muscle food and the
man who wishes to keep mis- brain power
up would do well to include them in hi.
daily bill OF fare.
Juicy fruits give the same in less pro
portion. and are eaten by all men who's,
living depends on their observation-disclosures
Apples supply the brain with rest
Prunes afford proof against nervous.
ness. but are not muscle feeding They
should be avoided by those who suffer
from the liver. But Il has been proved
that fruits do not have the same ef.
feet upon everybody. Some men have
never been able 10 eat apples without
suffering the agony OF indigestion: 20
others strawberries are like poison.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13

What Is New in Gloves.

We meet with an old friend on the
glove counters this season. The nous
Quetaire length so popular six OF eight
years ago, has returned. bringing with
II many OF its former features and
some new ones. besides.
Those OF us who remember how
gracefully the soft folds OF the Kid
gathered in at the wrist line and what
a picturesque finish they gave 20 any
sleeve will welcome the innovation
heartily.
Other interesting changes are in the
matter Of color. White kid will be re
vived again for daytime use.
The popularity Of purple as color
has resulted in the purple or lavender
glove. an old-time vogue. dating back
to Thackeray's day
These effects figure prominently among
the latest importations. They run the
gamut of purple from the pale violet to
a deep mauve
The freaked mousquetaire is another
novelty. 1t is somewhat theatrical for
ordinary service. but delightful in con-
nection with more elaborate suits.
These have rather deep points of a
sharply contrasting color set I'm at the
wrist. the termination Of the point be-
ing nearest the hand.
The freaked styles come I'm a number
OF tints and colors. White is freaked
with black. black with white. and so on.
Again many novelty gloves have a
lining of another color. This is some
times solid. sometimes tint, and oc-
casionally. too. a combination. Old bro
cade in rich. soft tones is seen I'm some
OF the smarteSt pairs and artistic plaids
In others equally modish.
These Innings are intended to show
The top of the glove is always worn
rolled back a trifie, IL not actually cut
and sewed in this position.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13


II is nice to be well and strong: to
carry like Prof Blackie-that noted old
professor OF Greek at Edinburgh-an
airy springiness in ones step. even
though one may. like him. have told the
tale OF years; but does this new idea OF
braving the Icy blast in summer costume
come from a superabundsnce of health
strength, or does itScome from foolhal-
diness? / am afraid 1 know my sex too
well to believe IL comes from the former.
and IL is a pity so many good looking,
nice girls should throw the gauntlet
down before pneumonia in tais way.
The woman who works. especially.
should take better care of her health,
for so much depenos upon her or
course she is but a cog in great wheel,
but though small. a cog is OF some i'm
portance. and a silly whim should not be
allowed to upset The wheel and mayhap
ruin her own health.
There is no greater possession than
health; beauty is OF but slight conse-
quence without It, and It is only when
the blessing Is gone that women regret
with much sorrow their past foolishness.
Those who persist in this fooIishness
and indiscretion will go TO swell the list
Of sufferers from lung troubles, and
dear knows there are enough victims al
ready, for consumption is the white
mans scourge. by reason Of which, in
almost every city Of late, there has
sprung up a society whose object is the
stamping out of the disease. Yet what
progress can they make when women
invite the dread disease in this way?
There are those also who wear low
shoes and openwork stockings I'm jan
uary, mind you, with the thermometer
lowering round the zero. ana the wind
but that will be about all.
PEGGY QUINCY.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13
A FAINT PERFUME.

Dear TO the feminine heart is a faint,
clinging suggestion of perfume. II must
be a suggestion only. for more is de-
cidedly Objectionable 20 people of re-
fnement Try this way OF giving "a
your garments a vague. indefinite
sweetness. First OF all have your own
perfume. the odor that most appeals 10
you. and always use IL.
Soak little pieces Of cotton I'm Il and
distribute them here and there anon.
Aotr clothes, your ribbons and nick,
nacks OF all kinds. BY renewing tho
perfume once in n while you will al
ways have d subtle, pleasant fragrance.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13
Chains dnd the Chains They Carry

He nodh girl
convenience
dfuI in its
AM fncha "'1'
the end of the is
latest is
he neck.
tiny
fshwate
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while
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This as solid dcosts
The Washington times., 1904-02-13
STATEHOOD LEGISLATION
DOOMED FOR THIS YEAR
Senator Quay Absent and No One to
Push Matters.

"All hope Of any legislation looking
toward Statehood for New Mexico.
Arizona. and Oklahoma is gone as far
as this year is concerned, said a
member of the Senate Committ,'e on
Territories TO The Times this morning
Continuing. ne said: Senator Quay.
who was the Statehood champion. is
down in Florida. and is far from well
and he being away there is no one lefs
to push matters. AS matter of fact
Il was never intended that there should
be any legislation this year, and you
VIII find that there won't be
The Washington times., 1904-02-13
Philippine Church
Changes Are Probable
Council to Meet in June TO Complete the
Reorganization for the
Third Time.

MANILA Feb. 19.-Archbishop Harty
Is preparing to convene the provincial
council. composed of Bishops. with Mon
signor Guidi the Apostolic Delegate.
presiding,n next June.
In the meantime a commission com
posed Of provincial bishops and ten na-
tive clericals will meet in Manila within
a fortnight for the purpose of revising
The Washington times., 1904-02-13

and formulating DEGREES designed to be-
come church laws for the archipelago.
They VIII be referred TO the June coun-
ell, as the bishops only have the Privi-
lege OF vote. Then they will be sent
to Rome for approval.
The movement is important. as It is a
complete reorganization ef the Philip
pine Church, for the third time since the
discovery of the islands.
The Washington times., 1904-02-13
Observations of Peggy

There are perhaps more cotton shirt
waists worn by women this winter than
formerly. I have nothing but praise for
the practice, for it is cleanly and like
wise clean looking: but when in the face
of the recent blizzard and rigorous
weather one sees a woman sailing up
the street, clad in thin lawn shirtwaist
of the diaphanous type. with little rows
Of insertion. whose meshes show
glimpses OF her neck and shoulders, her
coat flying open, exactly as she would
do in the summer time. one wonders
with great wonder how these things
can be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17

The warrant is executed by High Sheriff Robert J.
Ellbeck through the police. As everybody knows
everbodvS else business IN the klCndike. the
which the debtor has taken Is generally matter of
public knowledge a few hours after his departure
and rule the Sheriff knows whether telegraph
to Fortyme or Whitehorse. If, however. the
is unknown, he telegraphs 10 both places
In nine out of ten 1t is WhtehorSe. and when
the debtor leaves the at that city he finds
Constable Patrick Egan, who is in charge OF the
Wmtehorse town station, awaiting his arrival The
dock
Three courses are open to the debtor He NAV paw
the debt, 60 back 10 Dawson and fight the ease in
the courts; remain the Whitehorse Jail for one
year and day. II his creditors don't grow weary OF
paving two dollars day for his board As a nodifi-
cation of the second course, he may give bonds for
his return to he country and proceed his 10
the Coast
BY following the first course, and paying the debt
and the Sherifs fees, which usually amount 10 two
hundred dollars he rcgains his liberty II he chooses
the second course. and Dawson the matter
is fought in the civil court On The debts being
proved he either must pay satisfy the that
he has nothing
Only two in the history of the country have
selected the third The case occurred in
the early days George Taylor the other man is now
living ease in the Whtehorse Jail from which nc will
he released next August When the writer saw Tavlor
n NmtchorSc last winter, he growing fat and
seemed contcntcd despite his imprisonment in one of
the most incement climates in the world His deten-
ton VIII cost his creditors hundred thi1vtwo
dollars but they satisfied part from the money
Taylor operated claims Lower Bonanza which
were owned hy woman named Mrs LueIa Dav
Mcdonnell, and employed large number of aborers
Though according 70 the workmen. the properties
paid we'll Taylor suddenly left Dawson without meet
ing heavy Obligations which he had contracted with
the large commercial companies of the North and also
without paying his men thousand dollars
due them as wages
CapiaS warrants for his arrest were issued at the
instance OF the companies collectors and the work
ingmen's attorney. George Black a lawson barrister
who IS chiefly responsible for the for.lr miners long
incarceration.
Taylor fell into the han : of Constable Egan at
Wmehorse, where he claimed that he had been rem
dered pennilesS by his operations. His laborers
asserted, however, that he had q large sum of
money out OF the country before his departure from
Dawson and swore that they would keep him in Iail
until he had served his year and day unless he paid
them
laylor refused to pay and settled down to a long
rest Ill prison. HIS creditors take grim satisfaction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17


debts electrified Dawson by apparently going insane
and charging her enemies with injecting glander germs
into her system The collectors thrown off their
guard. and She slipped down the Yukon in a small
boat IN the darkness OF night and reached American
soil in safety Her debts were said TO aggregate
twelve fifteen thousand dollars and IL was asserted
that she had sent three times much money out of
the country
The strength of the Capias Act in the Yukon lies
in the fact that who is broke cannot get out
OF the country the trip civilization costs on an
average one hundred ten dollars IN summer and
hundred sixty 10 a hundred seventy dollars in
If debtor starts for the Coast the collectors
feel justified in capiaSing him the strength
OF his departure which shows that he has some means
left One debtor beat their game last fall however
by walking out He tramped three hundred ortv-two
miles from Dawson 10 Whtehorse on the overland
trail. and hundred twenty-five miles from White
horse 10 SkaSway where ne cashed several post
office money orders which he had made PAYABLE to
himself. When they learned that he ''ntlshing'
10 the Coast the I'LL collectors took no notice of him
on the theory that he pennileSs.
Those who walk around with a latitat on their
backs in the severe sub-.Arctic country therefore
cannot be termed inSolvent. The hSt of prisoners
includes wel-known mining men Who have found
themselves out OF their depth in their operations
but hope 10 retrieve their fortunes in few wears:
business men who carried away Nv the period
OF imitation and are now rerenchng; and salarcd men
who have been unlucky IN inveStments ar = srst
QcrtorCc remain the country until -
their obligations. Paradoxical a. i~rT~E
of the best lawyers in Western q HAY
among those whom the bill collector ''"''
the klondikc Among the member rs ,1
band there is a strong bond of ~ L
other and a decp-rootcd hostility ..,,
Brown and his followers
The extent OF the work of the c.. ,
viii he realized when il is known III -
caught hundred tttv-thrce tcbt.
steal out of Dawson in the Tanana s1a- u,
the summer OF 1905 they caught four -, -,
nine rs they were attempting eInb. \ 49, ,-,,s~.
for WmtchOrSc, and either forced tn q 80,
or secured notes payable in the British - - The
United States. The sums ranged iron - II
To four thousand five hundred dollars J. -
When member of the Icag,ll receives ,.r -
he gives the name of the debtor and - ,,,,t Of
-: -" ''''I '"''S' ''-S' WIN, iOn forces IN
keeping a close watch upon the unfortI5+
Owing to the 'unClcrStaniing" amor - 80 1a,,crc
,''S''" 'o' Il Nohdiker 10 ot", the Capas law
by owing sums less than a hundred 4 ", ~ w. n
dozen different people. The leagret ,b5r,s sch
'' ueo'S UNTIL 'hey pass the nun red-dollar limit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
By Jackson 3. C0rbed, .Jr.

Sheriff of the Yukon: the prisoners are
those inhabitants who unwilling unable paw
their debts the law which has transformed the land of
gold INTO pententiary is the Canadian Capias Act.
statute which has been carried extreme IL. the
North undreamcd of by those who responsible
for its enactment; the power which invokcS aid
the league Of klondike bill collectors organized
under the boSsism OF Waterfront" Brown the most
feared private citizen in the interior.
The number Of those held eXes in the great prison
by dread OF the CapiaS law between hundred
and eight hundred fifty They are free To move
anywhere IN the wild interior. but its portals
must halt unless they slip the boundary
line unnoticed Some sneak out OF Dawson in the
dead of night and steal down the Yukon in small
boats in effort to reach the boundary line about
fifty miles away before daybreak but invariably find
their passage blocked by the police detachment at
Fortyme, which has Geographic connection with
Dawson. The great majority however. attempt
escape on the steamers plying between Dawson and
Whitehorsc, hiding their Identities under assumed
names. Few succeed in passing Whitehorsc If they
do succeed they still have the gauntlet the
White Pass summit which is closely guarded by the
mounted police.
The Capias Act intended primarily to prevent
debtors from defrauling their creditors by flight.
Aimed at debtors who, with enough means TO satisfy
their Obligations, seek to leave their creditors the
lurch by decampng from the Territory, the law has
been carried to such extreme that it has been
condemned by Judge c. y DugaS. Senior Justice of
the ukon The fact that has been carried to such
an extreme. however, easily understood when
klondikers plunged into wildcat schemes on borrowed
money and when their ventures failed thought To
seek other fields without meeting their Obligations
In guarding themselves against that class creditors
resorted TO the CapaS law. which IS so loosely con
structed that gross injustice is by uncommon
man with all his business interests in the country
who departs suddenly for the Coast on an emergency
call with every intention of returning North is as
likely to be caplased as the most notorious dead
beat.
Under the law II citizen hundred dollars
more, It Is impossible for him TO leave the country
without running the risk of arrest-unless his creditors
trust IN his good faith, which rarely happens in the
North or they are satisfied that he has nothing and
therefore would not be worth pursuing Often cred-
tors permit debtors to start for the boundary line
wait tor a few days and then capias them as in that
way they can force the debt to issue
On the debtors leaving Dawson the creditor hastens
to the office of the Clerk of the Territorial Court
swears to affidavit that he believes the debtor is
skipping out with intent to defraud and the clerk
then issues a warrant for the missing mans arrest
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BOUNDED by the
n towering Rockies
on the east, the
worll-famed White Pass
Summit on the south.
the wilderness of Cen
trial Alaska on the west
and the Arctic Ocean on
the north. Yukon Tern
tory to-day constitutes
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in paying his board
bill; but he seems con-
tented. Each dav he
has two hours exer-
else on the streets Of
Whltehorse under police
escort. The rest of the
time he spends in read
ing and meditation as
debt prisoners in Can
ada cannot be forced 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17

the greatest prison house in the world
The warden OF this great jail is the High
Sheriff of the Yukon: the prisoners are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17

work during III,
Mrs. Mcdonnell
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-26
STEAMER MASSACHUSETTS FROM
CARDIFF FOR NEW ORLEANS
SAID TO BE A WRECK.
SPANISH SHIP REPORTS DISASTER
NO DETAILS ARE GIVEN AND NO
MENTION is MADE OF ANY
LOSS OF LIFE.

Tampa, Fla, Oct. 26-The captain
of the Spanish steamship Ontaneda,
which arrived during the day, reports
the loss of the steamship Massachu-
setts. The captain states that on the
afternoon of Oct. 20, while off Stirrup
key, his vessel was approached by an
American tWo-masted schooner with
flag at halfmast. The schooner asked
the Ontaneda to report upon arrival
at port the loss of the Massachusetts,
the wreck having occurred seventeen
miles north of the Old Bahama chan
mel. The name of the schooner report
ing the wreck is not known. 1t made
no mention Of loss of life.
The Massachusetts was a steamship
bound from Cardiff, Eng, to New Or
leans and consigned to the Leyland
line at the latter place. She was of
1913 tons gross and 5,131 tons net
register
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-26
GUILTY MUST Be PUNISHED
GREAT BRITAIN DEMANDS RE-
SPoNsIBlLITY BE FIXED FOR
NORTH SEA AFFAIR.

London, Oct. 26.-fn the note dis
patched to ST Petersburg the British
government put forward certain def
nlte demands in language which, it is
understood, leaves little opening for
any suggestion of compromise. These
comprise apologies for the action of
the Russian squadron in firing On the
British fishing fleet in the North sea
Saturday morning and full compensa-
ton for the sufferers. 1t is further in
sisted that a searching inquiry shall
be instituted with all dispatch and un-
der conditions which will insure that
appropriate action shall follow the re-
suit Of the investigation. In other
words that the responsibility shall be
fixed and punishment meted out to the
Offenders whoever they may be.
That King Edward correctly inter-
preted the feeling of the nation in pub
licly stigmatizing the affair as ''unWar-
rantable' was evidenced by the recep-
ton given him during the morning
when he started for the race meeting
at Newmarket. A big crowd awaited
the king both at Buckingham palace
and at the railroad station and the
heartiness OF the cheering and the Wig
orous waving of hats and handker-
chiefs, with occasional shouts of Good
old Teddy from the ultra a-enthusiasts>
made UP remarkable demonstration
and afforded the king evident pleasure.
Benckendorff Sees Lansdowne.
The Russian ambassador, Count
Benckendorff, called at the foreign
Office during the morning and had an
interview with Foreign Secretary
lansdoWne.
In view of the popular demonstra-
tions against the Russian ambassador
special precautions were adopted by
the police to guard him against any
unpleasantness but they proved un-
necessary.
In his interview with Lord Lans-
downe Ambassador Benckendorff ex-
pressed in the most earnest and unre-
served fashion his personal regret at
the attack on the trawlers.
PREMIER Baaour went to the ad-
miralty during the day armed with
many papers and had conference
with Lord Selborne, the first lord of
the admiralty. Subsequently Mr. Bal
four lunched with the foreign secre-
tary at Iansdowne House.
The admiralty is understood to be
taking measures for the protection of
Ehe British trawlers in the Bay of
Biseay. Besides notifying st. Peters
burg of the presence of trawlers there
it is thought probable that warship
may be dispatched from Gibraltar to
watch over the fishermen.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-10-26
SK!RMISHEs CCCU2 CONTINUOUSLY
WAR DlePATcHEs SUMMARIZED.

The Russian and Japanese armies
now confront each other in entrenched
positions only q few hundred yards
apart. The dispatches say that at
sonie points not more than fifty yards
separate them. General fighting, how
ever, has not yet been resumed and
DISPATCHES from the front fail to ex-
plain the delay Of the expected engage
Elent. Artillery firing is kept Up and
ski-llishes are continuous.
Marshal Oyama reports that his
losses at the battle Of shakhe river
were * S79