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The Washington times., 1904-09-21

~ - Htru 10 tell IneSe days, whether
1t Is going TO rain or the smoke law is
merely enforcing itself
The school children object to boiled
water served Iukewarm. In the old
days it was treacle and sulphur
---
Two Washington policemen are TO face
charges. Even courageous policeman
would rather face anything else.
Now comes one Of our correspondents
to ask what's the difference between a
Georgia cracker and an ice pick.
In a few days urgent summons from
the stump VIII put some Of the civil
service regulations out OF business.
An American automobiles I'm italy has
been stoned. but he could have had a
similar experience In his own country.
West Virginia and Delaware indig-
nantly deny the report that the cam
paign is aDathetic- They ought TO know.
Before Andrew Carnegie does much
I'm the way OF freeing Canada he should
ascertain whether Canada wants to be
free
The District rife range has been
closed for fear some OF the embryo
sharpshoOters might miss the backstop.
The Guard must be aiming high.
Prediction is made by a woman that
the world will come to an end Noven-
De- 1. Impossible. The election does
not take place until later than that.
According to a New York paper Mr.
AIDE has proved himself worthy suc-
/ cessor to Charles A Hoyt. This is
fiattery, but not TO the living play
wright
A Chicago widow was married a sec
ond time while waiting for a train. The
man came near getting away. as the
whistle blew just as the ceremony com
menced.
Commissioner Ware doubtless Is cor
rect in his expressed belief that 9TH,
/ Lord hates a liar but he must not bc
/ allowed 10 think that he Is springine
anything new.
| Representative Hemenway OF Indian,
| once worked I'm a livery stable. but de
/ MES that his present station I'm tn
bandwagon has anything to do witt
/ that experience.
Now the District needs 5000 or $500
TO make ready the temporary quarter
Of the Police Court. Another sucI
move and the Police Court will be Iivint
beyond its means.
Another man announces the peace o
/ stomach and joy OF soul ne has foun,
In a diet Of grass. Let him hire him
self out as lawnmower and reap
financial profit too.
George Washington University ha
| Withdrawn its course I'm library science
The dean must have discovered that tn
only real course I'm library science /
provided by SkibO Castle.
well done, good and faithful ser
want. Get out, a younger man want
your job" the revision being suegeste
by the case Of Bobby Burns. a faith
full and stiH stalwart member Of the pc
lice force
I --------
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

well done, good and faithful ser
want. Get out, a younger man wants
your job" the revision being suggested
by the case Of Bobby" Burns. a faith
full and stiH stalwart member Of the po-
lice force
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

clerk of the Surgeon Generals office of
the War Department and Miss Myrie
Elsie stout. daughter Of Mrs. Jerome J..
Stout. Of Germantown, Pa, took place
al the home If the bride yesterday.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

The Misses Dunn. Of Washington. who
are stiu at the Virginia Hot Springs.
were the guests of honor yesterday az
q luncheon, when George Cole Scott OF
Richmond. was host.
The Misses Dunn have spent the past
two years i'm Europe with their parents
Mr. and Mrs Ianier Dunn. who are
row i'm their cottage az the springs
Senior Pulido. the Venezuelan charge
d affaires has been -.emrer OF a
large house party AT HemlOck Lodge.
the beautiful mountain estate OF Mr..
and Mrs Edward V. BabcOcS, Of East
End, Pittsburg.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

The Bishop OF Washington and Mrs.
Satterlee will reach Washington this
/ evening preparatory 10 keeping open
house for the Archbishop OF Canter-
bury and Mrs. Davidson. who will ar
lrfyp Friday
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

Now the District needs 5000 or $500
TO make ready the temporary quarters
Of the Police Court. Another such
move and the Police Court will be living
beyond its means
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

Representative Hemenway OF Indiana
once worked in a livery stable. but de-
MES that his present station I'm the
bandwagon has anything to do with
that experience
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

Another man announces the peace Of
stomach and joy Of soul ne has found
In diet Of grass. Let him hire him
self out as a lawnmower and reap a
financial profit. too.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

George Washington University has
Withdrawn It's course I'm library science.
The dean must have discovered that the
only real course I'm library science is
provided by Skibo Castle
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

General and Mrs Draper, who sailed
from Cherbourg yesterday. viii not
reach Washington until after Thanks
giving Day. going directly, upon landing
i'm this country. 10 their estate at hope
Tulp Macs
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
DR.. Bovee Returns.

DR.. j. Wesley Bovee and Dr. Charles
LUcien Bovee have returned to TIE
ROchambeau. after a vacation Of over
two months at the Bovee summer home
on Chaumont Bay. y. Y. at the icot
Of Lake Ontario
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

Dr. and Mrs II. A. Pollxinhorn hay
gone TO Atlantic City for "A week
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

The French ambassador. NJ JusseranG
viii be in Washington Friday
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

Capt and Mrs William Baird have
removed from Washington to Annapolis.
having taken house for the winter
In the latter city I'm order that Captain
Baird may be in close touch with his
duties as military aide 20 Governor War
field
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

Mrs II. NJ. Hodges, wife Of CauInIan-
1@r Hodges, OF the Photographic, ,'Fce,
who returned from Europe ea-ly ia Sep
TENDER, and has since been visiting
friends in the Catskills. reached here
on Sunday. Commander and Mrs. Hodges
have retained their apartment at The
Highlands. ON Connection Avemue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14

accommodation at present. provided all
together insufficient. If the numbers in
January next should touch 500 the present
quarters will be altoge ther insufficient.
h The Society Of the Divine Saviour.
s A few days ago four fathers Of the So 81
ciety Of the Divine Saviour left the 4
mother house In Rome for Assam, In IN
dIa. This mission was conlded to the So 4
ciety In 1880. Since that date, thanks To- q.
Cardinal Vaughan, q centre has been
opened in the diocese Of w estminste ~
and the development Of the society IS 4
confidently looked for in England as well
as throughout the Empire. Atsthe mo tner$
house in the I3orgo Vecchlo Is pub Dis neds
d monthly#periodical called "Nuntlus Ko-sS
manus." which reports the life Of the
new institute III its colleges and nils 4
sions.
4 Tho Rev. Father Keatinge, chaplain TO
.thc forces at Aldershot, had a. te aus ;.
f]ienco Of his Holiness a few days ago..
Tho Pontiff gladly gave his blessing to
the men in Fnther Keatinge's district,
Centenary Of st. Gregory the Great.
one feature Of tho centenary testivi--#
lies In honor OF St. Gregory the Great
viii be q scientific assemblage Of scholars
whose studies have any relation with the Z
saints life or history, and who can read
papers III Az this quasi-congress during
Easter week Conferences and discussions
awillialso be held.
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STARYE
IN LAND OF PLENTY.
Meeting Nothing But Privations
il Transvaal They Seek Aus
tralian Homes,
CA pEToyyN. February 1s

CAPETONVN. February -. 4
A,lstraasians are deserving South Africa,
They did not fear to come here to fight
tho Beers but they did not bargain for n
struggle With prlvatlon and starvation,
Things arc indescrbably bad here. and
tho desire to quit phenomenally rich South
Africa has become feverlsh,
Strange stories are told of stranded Aus
trallans making all tho way from the
Transynal to Table Bay. tho only port OF
departure for steamers to the South Pa
cfc. They are footing IT, like "sun-
downers'' In the great interior Of the CONF
moIlwealth, but they are finding their fate
far harder, for there are few hosp!table
Intervals In their weary, hungry tramp,
"A few days ago an official encountered
the 22-year-old son OF a wel-known Cahi-
net Minister in an Australian State. lie
had already tralnped 400 miles through tho
wilderness, and his feet we're swollen and
bleeding, His swag was y piece OF rag,
and his clothes hardly protected him from
the gcorching sun. He had not coin in
his pockets, bull he declared he would sail
by the first boat az q stownway.
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7I'Tl I74 Ti777-.f.I7 J II Ils7l NJ
THE TIAGUE.a February 10.

THE UE.5& February 49,
The whole; OF the Netherlands will turn
out en- masse. on February q to celebrate
tho eightieth anniversary Of the famous
Dutch painter Josef Israels.
The venerable artst,sSwhos is beloved
and admired by all, frstsstudied in Am
sterdam, under Krusemnn, and next In
Paris, under Picot; and received gold
medals OF honor In Paris Brussels and
Rotterdam, He also had conferred upon
him tho Belgian Order Of Leopold, and
was nominated member OF the French
Legion OF Honor.
His, principal paintings are,s'"rhe Tran
quill tIonse,,,.,'The shipwrecK, land THE
iSradlc.'' interior the Orphans Home
at Katwyk,n 1.-THE tTrue, Support, This,
Mother" and 'The Children Of the Sea-"
lin the Queen Of Hollands collectionj. n
q In 1878 he exhibited a the French Gnl-
ilery3 IN Fall Mall, London, Winding the
Flock,,nnd since that time has continunl-
ily added to that long list of pictures -
which he has recorded the sadderFaspccts
of humble life. Among bis later pictures
are 1.-THE Little Sick Nurse, and the
1889 he obtained q grand prix. he was
elected correspondent OF the Academy
of Fine Arts In January, 1885. Mr.. lsraels
has resided in The Hague for many years,
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DISORDER AND PANIC
AT A ROYAL BAL |. |. |
Guests Storm Pavilion, Upset
Tables and Refusing to Leave
III Gas is E,xtinguished.
ATHENS, February 15

3 . { .
The Court ball has just been, marked
by unpleasant incidents. While formerly
officers accompanied women to supper,
which was held In the salon on the first
floor of the castle, this year they were
forbidden to do 80, as special pavilion
had been directed, in which the general
supper was. to take place,
This conmopd Of the King was not
known to several officers, who accom-
panied the women to the select supper
room. The Kings aide de-camp, Lieu
tenant Colonel Wakaloglos, requested
these officers to leave their places. but
they protested. saying that they could
not leave until other gentlemen arrived
10 look after the women. .s
Annoyed because his orders were disre-
garded, the nide-de- camp had several Of
the younger officers put under arrest.
In the pavilion also un unseemly incl
dent occurred. several of the guests In.
their eagerness to secure good places, up-
setting the tables.sf Before the supper
hour arrived the tent was virtually
stormed. The guests refused to leave
their places at the request of Lieutenant
Colonel Wakaloglos, and the gas was.
cxtinguished, with the result that panic
broke out in the tent.
+ The K III 6, who was greatly annoyed
at the incidents, has ordered strict IN
uuiry into the circumstances
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By4Ga1ltly Meaghe,x.
Special Correspondence.

J b {
DUBLIN. February S.
According 10 Lord Londonderry, who
presided at meeting OF Belfast Orange
men few days ago, there Will be no at
tempt this session OF Parliament to deal
with the question OF Catholic univer-
sity.
II he spoke with the authority that at.
taches to his posi- ton ns member OF the
Balfour Cabinet, the government is about
TO betray Irish peoplo In the most sham.
less fashion once more. Failure TO deal
with the university question his session
can be regarded az nothing short q
3treachcry, In view OF The hopes which
have been raised by the Prime Minister
and. many OF his supporters
Lord Londonderry said III the course OF
his speech that he was a member Of the
Cabinet and he wished to declare once aud
for all that during the coming session
there would be no question whatever of
the creation OF n Catholic university
The question might be raised by an ln-
dependent member, but as far as the
government was concerned IT would be
..go-as-y ou.pleasc and each man for
himself natter He believed d Catholic
university to be unnecessary In spite
ofaSthe determination of Archbishop
Walsh, Trinity College had shown itself
absolutely broad minded and anxious 70
extend It's ducationai Facilities to Nil
classes. In conclusion. he said that be-
fore the government did any more for
Catholic education 1t mustb be shown that
Catholics were willing to help themselves
and did not boycott the advantages they
were already offered
Will Strengthen Home Rule Demand.
The Irish people, with all the old-time
faulty OF placing faith in the British Eov-;
crnmnnt, fully believed that an. honest IT
tempt would be made to remedy o crying
educational and sectarian grievance. They
began to hope that in the tier Of
higher education justice was at sslength in
view. and that the claims, which ~ hey
have presslngly made for so many years
would be dealt with equitably. Protest.
ants OF distinction have Joined with the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
WHITAKER WRIGHT
M0URNED. BY VILLAGE: ] !.
His Death Calamity to English
Rustics, BY Whom = He Was
Idolized.
LONDON 5 FebruaryI8ls.

LONDON, Fcbruaryg5ls Isl
whitaker .Wright's death has been Q
calamity to Whitley. the picturesque sur
rey village, where he lived, and every IN. hu-
man being within 1t wears the emblem
OF mourning.
The villagers firmly believed that hat tins.
man who had helped the hungry, the
weak and the oppressed was innocent 1t1l . sl11'
More than that. they were y willing to
leopard their personal safety to yindlcate
the honor OF the dead Anancter.
It was pathetic scene In the village
inn the night news of Mr.. Wright's con.
yIctlon and death was received. Men,
were there who had helped to turn Lea
Park from wilderness to a fairylapai
They had for years lived on Whitaker
Wright,s gold-and they were loyal to
their dead master. & j5.S
Grape they had not, for they were poor;
hut on their arms were black bands
bands OF. cloth or any kind Of material
that was black. No man wore colored
tie. All was black. Whitaker. Wright was
lnourncd by these simple rus tics.
+ l,he Idea Of suicide was received within
credulity.> II anyone says that the mas:
ter poisoned himself, Ill down fim,,"ssail
an old la borer. God took the master to
escape Pentonville." This was the opin-
ion Of all. Sand for hours the men dis
,cussed their; benefactor's death, but never
for one moment did they entertain the
theory OF self-destruction.
= Among the women IN the village the
same tale is told Mr.. and Mrs. Wright
had showercd. kindness upon them that
could never be forgotten. In this cottage
there was new bed.in that an easy chair
for old William, who. bent by years. could
not sit. In an ordinary chair. 4,
Then, when anyone was Ill and could
not afford a doctor. tho saying was 4" Go.
to Mrs. Wright; she will see that we
shall not have to call in the parish doc
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KEPT BODY Of CHILD ].
FOUR YEARS IN Trunk
Pathetic Story Told by Girl Ser
want in a German
Household.
Spreiol Gable 10 The Norfhldmerican.
FRANKFORT, February 10,

'FRANIkFORI, tepruary ID
Suspected of theft, servant girl Of
this city refused to let her mistress go
over her trunk, and, when the woman
persisted, burst into tears. The reason
for this was soon apparent,
AT the bottom OF tho trunk lay q heavy
parcel which the grl refused, on any ac-
count, to open, Her mistress insisted, and
the girl begged and prayed her not to
touch it. At last she threw herself be-
tween her employer and the parcel, sob
bling bitterly, and refusing to allow tho
other to come near
THE police We're then sent for, and the
bundle was opened It contained the body
OF a six-months,old child.
Bertha Kefer hen told hor pttlful story,
The child was born on September l2, 1898,
she being in service at Dusseldorf at the
time. It lived til April. and, on Its
death, the distracted girl had gone out
WITH the body and attempted to throw
herself Into the Rhine. In this she had
been hindered; and. for the last four
Years, she had been worklng as servant
girl all over Germany, and everywhere
she had taken the little ones body with
her.
and now she could not part with It, she
said, when INTERCEPTED by the police,
Bertha 2Kefers story Was accepted BY the
court and she was set at libegt
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POPE Plus TO PROCLAIM
FIRST JLBIL EE or REIGN
Dr. Bourne, Archbis;'hE,op. of1Veest-
minister, Likely 10 be Created
Cardinal at Next ConsiStory.
speclal Correspondence.

spaclai Correspondents.
ROME, February 8.
learn that preparations ure being
made for the proclamation Of the general
Jubilee usually celebrated ut the outset Of
n new pontiflcate.
New and apparently insistent rumor at
Rome has It that his Grace the archblsh-
op Of Westminster will be called to the
Sacred College In the next Conslstory
This ceremony, 1t may be remembered,
was promised first for January, February
or March Of tho present year. and then
for month OF the spring or early sum-
mer. 1t is certainly believed on excellent
authority that the Holy Father intends
to hold Consistories for the creation Of q
number OF cardinals at an early date.
The Irish Christian Brothers.
on the Feast Of the Holy Name. this
year as last, tho Irish Christian Brothers
entertained many friends ut a scanco
givenin their school on Via Firenze. His
Eminence Cardinal Aglardl presided A
report Of the year 1903 was read. It show
ed that this most deserving institution has
developed wonderfully. Its scope attaches
most Importance to the evening classes.
During the first year there were so stu
dents In these; during the second. 1850;
during the third, 20; this year there are
$40. Tho report was not less interesting
for the insight which It gave Of the moral
influences surrounding the students.
a Speedy Recompense.
N."The sacrifices which our students make
are consdera BILE, !" says the report "but
their self-denial brings them a speedy
rccompense, as In tourist circles, OF which
iRome{is perhaps the chief, the youth who
can express himself in foreign lam
guage finds q ready market for his ser
vices II he Is beginning hsEoareer. or rapid
advancement If already In employment.
At the same time that these young men
in shops and public offices, these young
artists and musicians, are improving
themselves and securing a great advan-
tage in the battle Of life, they are adding
considerably to the commercial convent
ences OF the city. Most Of us from time to
time witness scenes, sometimes unpleas-
ant. sometimes ludicrous, which the
of few words on the part of
either person concerned OF the language OF
the other would have obviated. Such
scenes accentuate the advantages result
ing from having large proportion of res
idents who can Interchange Ideas with
foreigners, as It would be impossible that
travellers, or fair proportion of them
could acquire the languages OF the va
rious countries through which they pass
The description given Of the scholars,
with the numbers quoted, shows how eff
fectively these excellent educators have
fulfilled the purpose for which they were
Invited to Rome. They have counteract-
ed the disgraceful proselytism by estah-
fishing the best commercial college IN
Rome. Unfortunately, their success isit-,
self disadvantage and the throng OF
scholars which the growth Of their high
reputati ton brings,in such rapidly pro-
crossing numbers year by year makes the
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.HY.P|'NOTISM USED Tor I
TEACHING DANCING
Under Its Influence Girl Who.
Knew Little Of Art Became
an Isadore Duncan.
February Il

PARIS, February IT.
With a view to improving tho standard
of ballet dancing curious experiment
has Just been tried at the Opera Comique.
In tho presence OF an audience Of bal-
let dancers from the Opera and other thev6
aires young woman named Nile Slaar3
eleine, who knows little Of music or dancrs
Ing, was thrown into hypnotic sleep ~
Professor Magnin Of the school OF Maslq
netism. AS soon as the instruments
piaved she began to dance In tho most
graceful fashion, her movements reflects
ms the exquisite sensations produced
upon her by tho composer.
The experiments are 70 ne fspsalsa lh
order to teach the dancers thefart 81 sx's
preston and graceful Taoy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
MADAME HUMBERT
SEEKS ANOTHER Fight
Working Hard for Tier Next Ap-
pearance Before the Judges
in Paris,
PARIS, February

The last has certainly not been heard
Of Nine Humbert, In the solitude %
Saint Lazare prison she is preparing for
another fight. She was III when she came
to the prison, but Dr. Floques mas set
her up again y.
Now that she has recovered her OLD
vitality she is working with feYerlsh any,
Wrought by the banker. Cattaui, Therese
reouestcd that paper and Ink should BIO
siyen 10 her. and her demand has been
acceded to. She writes for days IN her
cell, ana Is longing for the day when sha
shall appear before the Judges.
! There is n talk OF Madame having esr-
tain shots in her Jockey which she Is ans
!ous to discharge,
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.larly to the sporting spirit inherent In
the lrishmnn.
In Germany, too, the Duke OF Con-
ynaught and his family have hosts Of
friends especially as the Duchess Is u
'Prusslan Princess, and u warm welcome
Is assured them on tho occasion Of their
Forthcoming visit to Berlin.
. PRINCE Arthur Of Connaught. by the
way who attained his majority last week,
has endeared himself to all who know
him. Dust as his sisters have. He cele-
brated his birthday in Dublin, whittier
he went with his father directly after
his return home from service With hla
regiment uhe Seventh Hussars) IN South
Africa
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LONDON. February 10.

9 LONDON. February 10. i
Among the debutantes of the coming
season at the Court Of st. James the
most notable Of all viii DO Princess Pa
tricia, tho younger daughter of the Duke
and Duchess OF Connaught, who will
shortly celebrate her eighteenth birthday.
She ia very good LOOKING, not less so,
indeed. than her sister Princess Mar
garet, and, unlike the majority OF the
royal family. she is very tall, Both
PrIncesses are fond Of ireland, where
they are extremely popular. and their
love OF open-alr ,recreations. such az golf
and hockey, has appealed very particu-
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MADE FORTUNE BY
HOTEL FOR BURGLARS.
Had Only Six Guests, Though
Landlord Invariably Stated
Each Room Was Full,
PARIS February ~.

PARIS, February Is,
"A hotel, No. 20, In the Rue de Poliyeau,
in the southwest of Paris, has long been
doing q great business,
1t was kept by a man named Tamplgny,
who informed all applicants for rooms
that the place was full up, Recently the
police became suspicious OF great quan-
titles Of baggage that arrived, and, after
watching the hotel for some time. to-day
made search,
They found that the only tenants be-
sides the landlord were six burglars, Al
most every room was full OF stolen goods
ia the total value Of 500 700. II ~ stated
that STampigny got rid Of the goods for
/ hs customers and made g large fortune,