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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-28
MACDONALD FLAYS
SENATOR h'COhAS
Baltimore Leader Talks on
Postmastershlp.
WACHTER Is OUTSPGKEN
Denies That He Sought a Conference
Here and Challenges McComas
to Show Proof.
WACHTER is OUTSPGKEN

Senator McConas continues the storm
center of the Baltimore misunderstanding
aftermath. For the first time since w
Hall Harris selection by the President
was made Known, Gen J. Stuart Mac
Donald. who was looked upon as the
likely appointee. broke his silence and
spoke sharply about the Senator's par
tieipation in the affair which ended so
surprisingly to the people of Baltimore.
Representative Wachter also had
something tie say, and challenged the
Senator to prove the truth of certain
statements, which the Representative
fatty denies
Macdonald Hits Senator.
After expressing regret that his
friends should feel such disappointment
as they have shown, General Macdonald
said:
In view of the high position of Sena-
tor McConas IN the Republican marty
and the llonors which have been heaped
upon him by that party, 1 find his
fonts to disrupt the party. of which he
Is now depoSed leader, by his action
concerning this appointment has as
lounted RepuDHcans ali over the State
and do not wonder that IL is So His
course throughout has been the reverse
OF frank and the statements made by
MN 10 practically every person with
whom he talked prior to the appof-1f
u1ent appear to have nisled them as TO
MS attitude
Even at this~iate day / see that he
stiil maintains that had he Endorsed my
candidacy Mr.. Stones political fortunes
would have been benefited, and init
mates that L was the candidate of Mr.
stone No one knows better than SEN
ator McComas that Mr.. Stone was not
even aware of my candidacy until the
public became aware of it. and at more
than one interview with the Senator
these facts Were proven to him
Impugn McComas' Words.
Representative Wachters friends are
incensed at the Senator's whole course.
and charge that when he wrote the let
ter regarding a conference for last night
with Wachter and Macdonald ne al
ready knew OF the selection of Mr. Har-
ris. He visited the President, they saw,
early Saturday morning and the letter
was not received at the Baltimore post
office until Saturday evening at 6.55
O'Clock.
McConIas 10 the effect that Wachter
and Macdonald had written asking for
conference is denied by Represen-
tatiVe Wachter: He says:
Wachter VS.. McComas.
There is absolutely 40 truth in such
a statement. / have neither written nor
authorized anyone else to write to Sen
atOr McComas upon this or any other
subject and when the Senator makes
such statement he handles the truth
with seeming Indifference, TO say the
least. Ny nrst intimation of such a
conference was when ! was apprised BIZ
General Macdonald that re had re-
ceiveG 4 letter from Senator McComas
on Monday morning. in which the Sen
alter suggested that General Macdonald
and l meet him IN conference at his
home in Washington on Tuesday after
noon at such hour as might suit our
convenience. II the Senator has euch
d letter or any other from me ] viii
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The Armour plan for the reimbursement
OF the finances OF the United States
Leather Company is meeting with strong
objection, and it is now said that there
VIII be comDrcmise which will be sat
isfactory to ali interests. The Armour
people. however, appear confident that
their ownership of stock is large enough
TO give them the necessary control 10
make their plan effective
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-28

The Potomac Savings Bank has
opened its new quarters at Thirty-sec-
ond and NJ Streets northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-28

American stocks in London are firm
and slightly above parity, the strongest
being Baltimore and Ohio, which Is
up Is
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NEW YORK.

Much higher prices are predicted fo
Rock Island on the present movement.
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One strong reason for the prevailing
optimistic sentiment is the entirely sat
jsfactory condition OF the financial Sit
uatio- The banks are getting money
from the subtreasury. and large
amounts OF currency are expected to
come to New York Immediately after
the hrst OF the year. in spite Of the
fact that the banks VIII have TO dis
burse next week somewhere in the
neighborhood OF $4,000 5000 in diyi-
bends and interest, call money is Yerv
plentiful
Earnings received yesterday for me
third week in December show for nine
teen companies an increase of s442. 742
and for two companies decrease or
SIS, 101- The heaviest gains were made
by the Canadian Pacific, Missouri Pacific
Denver and Rio Grande MINNEAPOLIS. ST
Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, ST Louis
Southwestern, Wabash and Southern
Railway. Earnings OF the last named
company presented a gain of over SAT. 600
making from july l an increase of 81. :
6ee.s52, comparison being made with the
same period in the preceding year
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
CHICAGO GRAIN MAPKET

'H1CAGO, Dec 2S.-The following are
quotations on tocay's exchange:
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
The Porto RiCan Teachers.

In spite of the fact that the femi-
nine coterie among the 500 Porto
Rican teachers. who have just finish
ed their visit 10 this country,
was inclined to confess that what it
found most interesting in the United
States was the American man, there
is no cause to doubt that the results
Of the few weeks study first hand of
American institutions will prove vast
" beneficial to the island as a whole.
Even this admiration for the Amer
lean man may induce these fair
pedagogues to cultivate his excel
lences in their impressionable pupils
There is no telling what a glorious
product of Porto Rican manhood
might be grown from persistent cul-
tivation of that sort
When Porto Rico came into the
possession Of the United States. the
island had no free schools. Now
there are over ], 200 common schools,
and the facilities for higher education
are being rapidly increased. The
English language is taught in all
schools. and the eagerness of all
classes to learn it indicates that It
will become the language of the peo-
pie within q comparatively short
time.
The complaint is made of the Porto
Ricans that they are neither as good
nor as hard workers as the Aneri-
cans. AS a matter Of fact, It would
be one Of the wonders of the world
If they were. Nor has climate so
much TO do with it as the lack Of in
centive 20 individual endeavor. IN
der Spanish rule the Porto Rican had
nothing. not even himself, to work
for. i is a question If even an Amer
lean would work hard under those
conditions. except, perhaps, to change
the conditions.
With the opportunities Of self-im-
provement that are now opening to
e., there is every. reason to suppose
that the Porto Rican will prove
amply able to take advantage Of nat
uraI resources. multiply prosperity
and with it happiness and moral and
mental well being.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
Regulating Power Boats.

A study OF the law governing the
operation of power craft. instigated
after the upsetting of the launch
Recreation and the loss Of ten lives,
revealed the extraordinary fact that
none OF the authorities had supervis-
ion of such boats. This condition
was largely instrumental in forcing
the report of the Coroner's jury that
no one was to blame for the accident.
An investigation into the attitude
of Congress on this important matter
shows that last December Representa-
tive Grosvenor introduced IAN act
providing for certain requirements for
vessels propelled by gas, fluid, naph-
tina. or electric motors which was
referred to the Committee on the
Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
According to this act all vessels
carrying freight or passengers for
hire, and propelled as indicated,
should be subject to the general ma
rine laws in regard to the inspection
Of bulls and boilers and the require
ments for engineers and pilots; and
that all vessels so propelled, regard
less of use. should be subject to the
general regulations of steam vessels
in passing each other. lights, fog sig
nails. steering and sailing rules 'as
the board of supervising inspectors
shall by their regulations deem ap-
plicable and practicable for their safe
navigation"
This law-especially the last clause
Of it as Quoted-would plainly apply
directly to the case of the Recreation
II with this law in operation the in
spectors had done their duty, the
boat would have been passed upon
and the number of passengers that
it was safe for her to carry would
have been designated.
In committee this bill was met with
much opposition by manufacturers
and owners and operators Of power
boats. 1t was, nevertheless, favorabIy
reported TO the House, but pressure
Of business prevented it from being
acted upon. With the Recreation af
fair fresh in mind. it is reasonable tC
suppose that the bill will receive due
consideration early in the coming ses-
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Mr.. DARLING RECEIVES
REPLY TO HIS LETTER
H. H. Spooner, of Connecticut Christian
EndeavOrers, Returns to Discus
sion of Champagne.

The Acting Secretary Of the Navy has
not heard the last Of his refusal 10 abOl-
ish the customary bottle Of champagne
in the christening Of the battleship Con-
necticut This request vas made Of
him by the Christian Endeavorers of
Connecticut. He has now received an
other letter from H II. SpOOner. chair
man OF the chiIdren's committee. as fol-
lows:
Charles H. Darling, Acting Secretary
Of the Navy, Washington, D. c
Dear Sir: Your letter Of the nth in
slant reached me yesterday, after hao
read IL in ny morning papers.
I take il llD further because 1t seems
TO ne that you beg the question, treat
ing as Joke a matter which many OF
our best people consider worthy Of care
full thought.
If the newspaper reports were true,
your department granted a similar re-
quest in the case Of the Kentucky Few
months since. and I see no reason why
the Connecticut should not be allows ID
10 start on her career with as clean a
record as her sister ship.
I'VE had no fear that the armOr plate
would be ruined or the sailing qualities
of the vessel impaired, and we agree
that an ocean Of salt water added TO a
quart Of champagne viii no doubt make
il a safer beverage.
I'VE do believe however, that the eN-
ample set by the use OF pure water
might save the ruin and loss OF lives IN
hnitely more valuable than the finest
and most costly ship, and keep from
the saddest kind Of wrecks some boys
whom our nation needs sober. clean,
and true.
ITO set that example and guard
against that loss could do no possible
harm and might accomplish much gcod.
ssVVby should not our Government
lend its influence to that end? Sincere
~. Fl. II. SPOONEI1
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
THIS REPORTER MUST
HAVE WALKED IN SLEEP
Two Lies Nailed by a Little Core
spondence and Appeal to
the Records.

A dispatch from West Chester, Pa,
saws that Mrs. Frances Broadhcad Bald
win. widow of Thomas y. Baldwin, near
Malvern, made an application for a
pension. and. I'm proof Of her marriage,
Droduced n certificate duly filed up and
SIGNED. with the name Of the Rev Afford
Kelley, who is a Presbyterian minister
al Frazer
An examination of the records in the
clerk of court $ Office here showed that
on July H. 1893, a license was granted to
Thomas n. Baldwin and Frances Broad
head. Both had been previously mar
Tied-
At the clerk of the courts Office no
return Of the second marriage was
made. and the Mr. Kelley of Frazer,
who was supposed to have tied the knot,
was communicated with. He promptly
replied that he never married the
couple and did not even know them. He
was then shown the marriage certi-
fcate. and pronounced il a forgery.
There is no record in the Pension Office
showing that Mrs. Baldwin had applied
for q pension.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
The Russian Liberals

Writing for The Independent" in
regard 10 what may happen TO Rus
STA, S. Kniajnine, formerly editor-in-
chef OF the official organ Of the Rus
sian advanced party, declares that
whether Russia wins or loses in the
war with Japan, the present regime
is doomed.
The present cOterie which rule
Russia never dreamed when they be-
gan the war" he says, that they had
started Carbon on a course at the
end OF which was a fatal fall. or, at
least, a change Of regime in the d.
rection Of modern forms Of govern
ment."
If Japan loses, Mr.. Kniajnine thinks
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
WILL GET $7O2,25I
Amount Due From Government for In
terest on Bonds Issued During
the Civil War.

BY a decision Of the Comptroller OF
the Treasury the State Of New Jersey
Will be enriched to the amount Of S702,-
PSI 50
This represents the excess allowance
made by the Comptroller over that OF
the Auditor of the War Department on
the States claim for money expended
for the benefit OF the United States dur
ing the civil war
In exact terms, the claim was for in
terest paid by the State on bonds is
sued during that stirring period. BY the
act Of March 3, 1903. Congress apDro-
priated money sufficient to pay these
claims. The bonds had been issued at
various times during the war and the
exact amount the State was entitled to
receive was a difficult problem OF com
mingled bookkeeping and law
The auditor concluded the amount due
was $fl9b33.2J. To this the Comptroller
has added S222. 4lS.39. making the amount
the State will receive. $7O2. Psi. SO.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
The British Census.

The final report Of Johnny Bulls
count Of himself, accomplished in
1901. has just been published. and il
gives the interesting information that
he total population Of the British
empire in that year was about 400
100000 In 1861 the area of the en-
ire was about 5000 900 square miles.
n 1901 il has increased one-third, to
100000 square miles, which is over
Ine-ffth Of the land surface Of the
globe.
The United Kingdom. which is the
keystone of this great arch spanning
Ill the continents. has a population
" Al. 458.721. II is interesting to note
that Scotland has at last passed Ire
and in the number Of its inhabitants
n 1871, Ireland had over three times
" many people as Scotland In 1901
he figures we're: Scotland, 4,472, 103;
Ireland, 4,458,775. Thus steady emf
grafton and British misrule has had
rs sure effect in overcoming prolific
reproduction.
AS is the case in the United States,
he drift of British population toward
he cities Is marked. Ten English
counties show a decrease in popula-
ion, In one instance as high as z
DER cent In ten years the city popu-
alton has gained 1872 per cent. Will,
the rural population has gained a
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
EBu KONSHUNSE.

De bull cyaht rumbled down de road
When midnight bells wah ringin';
En- snug on top de cypress load
Sat Remus, softly singin'
he watched de weeds whah de glow
whums glow'd
En- he heahd de daid vine shakin';
TwanJ muffin but snake or a gray
night toad.
But II staht his knees a-quakin'.
What make Remus act dat way?
''Ebi Konshunse"' de pahson say.
DE sinneh cyant draw a peaceful breY;
De fall oh a leaf skeeh him to def
So de pahson say.
All hunt Diet OK In de timbeh Ian
Long when ne sun am sinkin':
De darkness cum on ebry han.
Yo's lost befo' yos thlnkin'
De OF owl boot in de sycomo' tree,
All see his big eyes gleamin'.
He flap his wings en- peep ct me
When swamps am dahk en- steamin'.
Skeehd ob an owl? Why. All pay,
"Ebn konshunse." de pahson say
De sinneh wild the troubled min
Think det or Nick creep up benin"
So de pahson say.
De young mahs he was fond Oh wine.
His cellah had plenty IN II:
When de Caps en- Kernels cum TO dine
He sent me down each minnit
All breshed arOun' on de cobWeb staih
TIL / heahd "a mouse a-crawlin';
Den All jump so nigh up in de aih
bet me an de wine went spraWIln'.
Run from a mouse2 GOIly day.
Ebl konshunser' de pahsOn say.
Bin tappin' de wine kaig on de sly.
Diets de reason yo' jump so high"
So de Dahson say.
Victor A. Hermann In Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

that the present government inca
pacity and its negligence in admins
tering the affairs of the country are
too evident to be explained away.
If. on the other hand, Japan wins,
the revolutionary parties will come
to the fore. united for a final assault
upon the governmental citadel
The editor mentions as the things
that Russia must have. a free press,
the right Of public meeting and
discussion. heed of the demands of
municipalities and provincial assem-
blies. the right by working classes
and professions TO form unions and
societies, and greater liberties for the
universities.
Mr.. Kniajnine agrees with Prince
Oukhtomsky that Russia's greatest
enemy is the army of malcontents at
home, foremost among which are the
subjected races-the Poles. the Films,
the people of Caucasus, the Armen-
ians. TO say nothing Of the exiisd Of
Siberia. where only a few weeks ago
nearly 10000 inhabitants of one re-
gion were ready to emigrate to China
in order to escape the expressions Of
the minister of the interior.
In Russia proper the three reyOlu-
tiOnary parties-the Social Demo-
Gratis, the Revolutionary Socialists,
and the Union of Hebrew Socialists
are constant worry, not to be abol-
ished by Wholesale arrests. Indeed.
such measures only make more con-
verts, for all the political prisoners
have relatives and friends.
The most promising movement in
Russia. however, is that conducted
by the Liberal party, which carries
on its work without violating the law,
but which has made such an impress
sion upon Russian bureaucracy as to
cause the prime minister to say: at
is no longer the revOlutOnists whom
we fear, for we have a million bayon-
cts to turn against them. 1t is you
Liberals who are a danger, and es-
| pecially those Of you who do not go
, outside the pale Of the law in your
opposition to the present regime"
Mr.. Kniajnine finds evidences OF
this fear in the fact that a govern
ment, which for centuries has dared
do anything. now dares not put its
veto on the interference Of the NUM-
cipalities and the assemblies Of the
nobility in the care of the soldiers
and sailors at the front
This later view is probably that of
an extremist, though it must be
acknowledged that even the most
kindly disposed would have TO hunt
far to find anything TO commend in
the Russian system. II is TO be hoped
that its reform will be accomplished
by the pacific Liberals, but it is a
question If anything worse than that
which now is could be invented by
the most extreme Of the Revolution
| lists.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
SHE WANTS ACCOUNTING
OF FUNDS IN TRUST

Matte Smith has begun proceedings
in equity against Frank d. Foster. John
l. Massey and the Monumental Savings
and Loan Association of Baltimore. Md.
for the purpose Of having the local court
appoint a receiver to take charge Of a
certain trust fund
She also asks that Foster be required
to make an accounting to her and dis
close In which bank the trust fund was
deposited and is now kept. The amount
involved is 5000
q. y. a. ". c. Sullivan are named as
counsel for complainant
The Washington times., 1904-08-20

the rate of % per cent London has
gained IS per cent.
The extraordinary fact is recorded
that in England and Wales the Unin-
habited houses number 1882, one
twelfth of the whole number, and
more than the total number Of dwell
ings to be found in any except the
very largest cities in this country.
The percentage Of excess of births
over deaths fell from 1909 in 1S71-Sl
to 1893 in 1S91-190l. Increase in i'm
migration was sufficient 90 show a
slightly higher rate of increase in
population.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
AMERICAN TO STUDY
FRENCH CHASSEURS

PARIS. Aug. 20-Capt. Frank Parker.
OF the United States Army. has been
accorded especial honor by the army
authorities. who have granted him per
mission 70 spend a month with the Eff
teenth Regiment Of mounted chssseurs
to study their methods and maneUvers-
The mounted chasseUrs are one OF the
finest divisions of the French army, the
light cavalry OF the regiment having
been organized in 1757-
Capt. Frank Parker. who is mentioned
in this dispatch, is graduate of the
West Point class of 1900
He Is a native Of South Carolina and
has numerous friends among sTmy Of
ficers here
Captain Parker is in France on leave
OF absence. and while there was grant
cd permission TO attend the cavalry
school at Sammy.
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
Busting a Monopoly.

Southwestern Connecticut and that
part of Rev York State Immediately
adjoining have been greatly disturbed
lately by what they call the Rocky
Mountain method of running a rail-
road. due to the peculiar methods en-
ployed by one Mellen, imported from
the far West to serve as president of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford system.
Mellen said that the road must
economic, and he began by cutting
off the early morning and late at
night suburban trains, which natural
ly caused angry protests from the
commuters, who had bought their
country homes with the understand
ing that the railroad service would be
such as to permit them to go back
and forth to their business with a
minimum Of inconvenience.
In fact, so vigorous was the on
slaught that Mellen thought it wise
to put back some Of the trains,
though he die not work fast enough
to forestall a still more formidable
kick, which followed an accident on
the road when suburban travellers
were returning TO their homes at
night.
Notwithstanding that the road was
blocked and would remain blocked
for hours. the railroad officials kept
selling tickets and sending out trains.
The result was that many of the
suburbanites, who might have taken
other routes, did not reach their
homes till midnight and after. The
news of the accident became nOised
around the towns and all the evening
the railroad stations were thrOnged
with anxious women, who interpreted
the absence of the head of the family
tc mean that he had been killed or
injured in a wreck
The effect Of all this has naturally
been to develop an intense dislike for
the railroad, which has found ex-
preston in a curious form Of retalia-
ton instigated by the town of Mount
Vernon. The officials of that place
passed an ordinance forbidding the
railroad to burn soft coal while pass
ing through the village, and notified
Mellen that the engineers and firemen
would be taken from the train If the
ordinance was not obeyed. The re-
suit was that engine tenders were
obliged to carry both hard and soft
coal, and the anthracite was piled on
when the boundaries Of the town ap-
preached.
After witnessing gleefuIly the sue
TESS Of Mount Vernon, the selectmen
Of other towns are following suit
with unanimous rapidity. In fact
he movement is spreading ali through
Connecticut, and the prospects are
that when it ends the railroad will
and that It cannot burn the less ex-
pensive bituminous coal anywhere in
the State.
Evidently the Yankees, who made
The wooden nutmegs in the days OF
long ago, have lost none Of their cum
ming, and President Mellen is prob
ably Convinced Of the fact that there
are more ways than one Of killing q
sat
The Washington times., 1904-08-20
FORMER WASHINGTON MAN
GETS HIGH POSITION

Frank NJ. Conser. Of Ohio. special
agent in tho Indian service. has been
appointed supervisor of Indian schools
for the district embracing Kansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico. and Colorado.
Edgar A. Allen, of Iowa, now assistant
superintendent Of the Carlisle Indian
Institute, has been appointed a special
agent to succeed Conser.
Mr.. COnser is well known IN this city.
For several years he was a clerk in the
land division Of the Indian service.
r our years ago he was promoted 70 field
work. His latest assignment comes as
a reward for efficient service.