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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-06
GROCERY AND MEATS.

gCI1As KING is STILL DOING BUSINESS
Mt 1926 ~ Sixth Street. GJoi. juicy meats
/, and choice groceries at the right price.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-06

JURGlcNs HAS "A MAGNIFICENT SUPPLY
n of Heating stoves; they ara exec tonn.ly
cheap, too; 1921 East Broad st.cct.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-06

LADY OF EXPERIENCE DESIRES POSI-
ton as governess' imnps II .tely to teach eng :.
1sh Mathemaelcs Mlsc "a specially. and
Barksdale's r. O., Halifax. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-06
LOST AND FOUND.

.oST-A GOLD tOCKET. Writ MONOGRAM
Il. p. w, on cnr between Bart n Heights
md Lakeside. Finder VII Z. cas- return
to lis Barton Avenue, or to JNO. H. COokE,
llO1 L. MIN StrcGt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-06

pi sdsa 81 this etY bn RS Goy ad
nor A. J. Moptagu mam JGnr . Of the recent
f9r5yltt9ntr onaI e Convention who reside b IN
Easerp District q vlrginiaa an" Of
ayoTsa1 ord3in anssn she tho oeers Of cleo
fion OF; Of ackson Ward Of the city OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-06

WE CAN FURNISH EXCELLENT FIRST
clpss female stenogrnphers, VINO accu.
rate, rapid ! and intelliEent--not mere autona;
other ma chimes; must have $40 per month
salary. THE SMITH PREMIER TIA Pc,
WRITER CO.. S02 Il. Main Street, Rich
nOnd. Va. la.ssH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

and its now progressing permanent I'M
provements virtually out of current rev.
enues? Is there then to be begun new
series Of big projects on the immediate-pay-
ment plan. with this Rock Creek CONDUIT
or the alternative Rock Creek terrace
scheme heading the list of enterprises!
There will be other commendable plans
then awaiting execution, all tending to the
permanent betterment of conditions at the
capital and all worthy of inclusion within
the list of works chiefly for the benefit OF
posterity. Is the capital to go hitching
along In this way. cramping itself from pc
Rod to period of cash payments and accu-
mulating heavy floating debts without the
assurance or the safeguard of long-term
sinking fund arrangements?
If there were now in force some reason
able system of fund-provision for the
financing of the cost of all such great
works the District could confidently engage
at once in practically all of the big enter
prises which make for the evolution of the
ideal Washington. The taxpayers would
not feel the dread of sudden and unjust
increases in the assessments. They would
be relieved of the doubt as to the future
which now clouds the course of some of
them toward business engagements and
improvements on their own account Until
some adjustment is secured the floating
debt. now growing at a rapid rate, and
likely to be swelled even more rapidly by
the execution of some of the now postponed
projects such as this for the treatment Of
the Rock Creek valley. will hang threaten
ingly over business Washington and check
its development, which is quite as import
ant that of official and residential and
artistic Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
A Carefully-Drawn Rate Law Needed

An understanding obtains at the Capitol
thar the conference on the District appro-
priation bill will be delayed until the last
days Of the session, in the hope that the
pressure of business and the haste to adj
iourn will facilitate > cement on the items
in DISPUTE between the houses. The chief
concern of the District always is lest the
local budget receive scant consideration in
this process of final adjustment, and this
year. when the chief item of local interest
relates to the telephone rates, there is some
question whether the true issues involved
I'm that paragraph will be made sufficiently
clear TO both sides to enable the friends of
true rate reform to secure adequate legis-
lation.
In the light of the court decisions the
II use wrote into the District bill a new
provision distinctly applying to metallic cir
cult residential telephones the rate scale of
the law of 1898. leaving that law standing
i'm force on the statute books relative to
business telephones. The Senate completely
changed this provision by repeating the act
of 1898 and substituting for it a rate scale
applying distinctly only to residence teie-
phones. making no mention whatever of the
business telephones and thus excluding
them from the scope of the rate provision
proposed Thus the Senate has by its
action precipitated condition in which
from "a fun and free conference" between
the houses an amendment may properly
emerge covering all phases of the situation,
tie present status of the law of lSaS.
changed unchanged: the rates for resi-
Dental telephones and the rates for bust
ness telephones. All of these are directly
involved. the first through the repeal of the
'9s statute by the Senate. the second
through the differing action of both houses.
and the third through the inclusion of the
business rates in the law of 1898 as MAIN
tanned by the House and their elimination
by the Senate amendment. Therefore
wholly new amendment is not only desir-
able TO the end of satisfactory rate reform,
but it is permissible and logical under the
rules which govern the conference.
The reasonable demand of the people of
Washington today is that the rate law
should affect all classes of telephone serv-
ice. the business as well as the residential
subscribers being undiscriminatngl in
cluded. 1t is agreed that the rates for the
business phones should be higher than
these for residential. But it is not con-
coded that the telephone company should
be held down within prescribed rates for
one class Including only third of the
phones and given unlimited license to
charge what it wishes for the other two
thirds.
Certainly, whatever the haste in which
the conference disposes of the bill, this
item is worthy of careful considerat ton.
The House conferees, presumably firm add
vocates of effective rate reform, might
prclitably prepare themselves for the meet
ings on the bill by drafting form of
amendment which will express the views
of the lower house and the reasonable de-
mands of the telephone users of the Dis
fIiCf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Natural History.

The open car once more is here:
AdOwn each neck the wind doth play;
The bell doth clang with tones severe
To bid pedestrians clear the way.
The birds conjoin in merry song,
The winds make music in the trees,
But, DER the music of the thronS
Resounds the words, "Step lively, please
The conductor comes apace.
And to the scene excitement brings;
With primitive arboreal grace
From post to post he stoutly swings
And like some hive of monster size,
Where men are thick as honey bees,
The moves on, while loudly rise
The oid-time words, step lively, please.'
The crow in springtime singeth cav"
While other birds do carol ''tweet;'
All creatures have, by natures law,
Some April strain that's harsh or sweet.
And what man loveth best by far.
Is when these vernal signs he sees
TO perch upon an open car
And hear the song, "Step lively. please"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Mr.. Cockran's Speech.

Has the House of Representatives de-
Perforated? Does it possess less of dignity
and influence than formerly? Who says so?
Bourke Cochran? Go on, Why Mr. Cock
ran. after an absence of nine years en-
forced by the personal disfavor of Richard
Croker, has reappeared as a member of the
House, and has much respect for the
present body himself that he addresses it
in his most careful style. and manifests
the keenest pleasure at its attention and
applause. Don't take Mr. Cochran so Sc
riouslS. He has come down here not to
correct abuses or scourge iniuuity but
10 sum up an imaginary situation for
campaign purposes. He does that sort of
thing excellently. His fancy is lively his
vocabulary rich and his extravaganza of
statement prOverbial. But what would YOU
have from an orator acting under COM
mission and somewhat at disadvantage
by reason of a dearth OF issues? And mark
you. the call to a return to higher and
better things comes from the precincts of
Tammany Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
The Bell Tetrahedral Kite.

Prof. Bells promise TO exhibit his remark
able tetrahedraI kite before the National
Geographic Society of Washington in the
near future revives public interest in the
problem of aerial navigation. which has
siumbered somewhat since the disastrous
tests of the Langley aeroplane a few
months ago. Yet the Bell kite is by no
means bidder for consideration as an i'm
mediate aid to the solution of the problem,
OF human flight. 1t is modest but vastly
Interesting contribution to the sura of
knowledge of the whole broad subject of
deviation. 1t is kite, pure and simple. vet
a Kite OF such unusual characteristics and
capacities as TO set it apart from all others
of that category, even the novel and eff
fectiVe kites of the Chinese. This enc is
built ON strictly scientific principles. being
composed of series of small unit cells each
with maximum of lifting power and a
minimum of weight They can be combined
indefinitely on the tetrahedraI principle and
tie present interest in The promised demon
stration lies in the question whether this
enlargement and development can be car
ried 10 a point where it will contribute prac-
ticafly toward the solution of the great
problem which now confronts the aeronauts
The Bell kite in so far as it touches the
problem at all lies within the aeroplane
class of so-calied flying machines as dis
tinguished from the balloon class such as
that so highly developed by Santos-Dumont.
The Maxim and the Langley aeroplanes have
not proved successful even in trial flights
and are as yet far from the stage of prac-
teal application to the lifting of human
beng. The gas-bag machines of Santos
Dumont and the Lebaudy brothers have
proved thus far only highly interesting toys
capable of q certain amount of dirigibility
and endurance I'm the air, but as yet abso-
lutely monumental and apparently limited
positively to this sphere of usefulness. A
belief is growing that the future practicable
alrship of the dreams of inventors which
will carry numbers of people swiftly and
safely from point to point in all weathers.
will. If ever evolved, prove to be combi-
nation of the balloon and the aeroplane
in quite different form from any thus far
produced.
Just what part Prof. Bells kite win play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
From the New York World.

from the New York WOriQ.
For a few weeks past as the authorities
now report. deaths from cerebro-spinal
meningitis have numbered in the city from
twenty to thirty week. Although this
comparatively rare disease commonly oc-
ours in scattered cases, 1t is sometimes epi-
demic, and thirty cases week may even
in a very large population, be regarded as
at least a danger signal. Because it is
commoner in the country than in the city
this disease was at one time thought to be
of malarious nature; but 1T Is favored by
the cold, bad weather of spring and by con-
ditionS of lowered vitality due to poverty
starvation. misery and neglect. Hence, in
the tenement houses 1t may find a fertile
soil. 1t is malignant fever of the nature
Of typhus. and its fatality is due to changes
it produces in the membrane Of the brain
and spine. Hence the common name which
is misleading and therefore unfortunate
The mortality is high and the treatment
unsatisfactory. but it is one of the diseases
dependent upon the presence of a specific
microbe. and does not occur without it.
Therefore. II is upon the line on which
medical investigation is now making it's
greatest advances. Science will ultimately
attain this ideal point of knowledge-how
to deal with and overcome each one of the
specific microbes. That conquest will re-
duce this, with many other maladies,g to the
condition of an inconyenient rather than q
deadly terror. But that conquest may be
far in the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
CAPTAIN Hohson,s Defeat.

The defeat of Captain Hobson for Con-
gress inflicts no loss upon anybody but him
self and mis- friends, and that should be but
temporary. Alabama loses nothing and the
country at large nothing. His candidacy
was purely sentimental There was no
business in it at all. 1t would be a mistake
to make the national legislature a parade
ground for heroes The work of that body
is of a practical nature and is best per-
formed by men whose experience and train
ing have qualified them for weighing gen.
eral problems in general way. Captain
HObson is educated sailor. Mr.. Bank
head is a seasoned politician, with fifteen
years to his credit in the House. What did
the sixth Alabama district stand to win
therefore by retiring the veteran, still in his
prime and good for lnany more years of
service, AND putting forward a novice on
wave of mere enthusiasm?
More than ever as the time passes does
the resignation of Captain Hobson from the
navy appear as a mistake. He was a vic
time of excessive popular adulation. He had
performed feat of stirring quality. Every
body realized that he was a fine young fell
low. But when everybody manifested a de-
sire not only to see but to hear him, and his
superiors in office granted him permission
to accept the countless invitations that
reached him. he was, unintentionally, I'M
done. The hero was soon transformed into
a public entertainer, and from that estate
passed into an office-seeker, and now he is
minus both his sailors commission and his
comfort as a man. He has paid the usual
and not undeserved penalty of misdirected
ambition.
Captain Hobson's appeal for congressional
honors was based on his knowledge of naval
affairs and his desire to see the American
navy advanced to place in the front rank.
But it may very well be doubted If his
presence in the House would have contrib
uted anything of special Importance to that
end. The fight for navy commensurate
in size to the new obligations and growing
Importance of the country has been won.
1t needs no fresh champion in Congress Or
out. Provision for the new ships may
safely be left to public sentiment operating
upon Congress. and Congress will continue
as at all previous times, to advise with the
experts in the naval service as to all de-
tails.
The sea hath its pearls, and Captain Hob
son III Uncle Sans uniform was one OF
them. Pity 1t is that he put it off. Why
not put 1t on again? Maybe Mr. Bankhead
could be induced to help such proposition
along.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Postponing Permanent improvements.

Whatever the merits or the demerits of
the proposed covering of Rock Creek below
q street may be, one feature of the Com
missioners' action on the matter is worthy
OF immediate close attention. They favor
the project as an engineering device to
solve certain problems. but they are I'M
willing TO recommend its early execution.
They are in favor of the principle but
against its enforcement. Their reason for
this distinction Is emiuently wise and logi.
cal They refuse to go on record as urging
the execution of plans involving heavy cost.
which, while being strictly of the nature OF
permanent improvements. will neverthe-
less. be financed along with the current
expenses of District maintenance. In other
words. they are unwilling that this Rock
Greek conduit scheme should be put into
the category of the filtration plant. the
municipal building the sewage disposal
plant, the bridges, the union station work
and other items in the program of perma-
nent capital Improvement in respect of the
meeting of its cost.
This is a striking commentary on the
present policy of Congress toward the Dis
trict. The immediate aspect of the lower
Rock Creek valley is such as to shame
every proud resident OF the capital who
escorts tourists across it, 1t is a foul blot
on the landscape, an ugly, disease-spread-
ing, public dump. the cure of which is likely
to be indefinitely postponed If the Com
fhissioners' righteous recommendation that
mo present action be taken is followed by
the houses. There is an unmistakable pub
lic demand that one or the other of the
plans now on file for the treatment of tho
valley should be adopted and executed. But
There Is a practically unanimous agreement
with the Commissioners that nothing be
done until the whole system of the financ-
ing OF public improvement expenses shall
be readjusted
How long is this important work to be
thus held up? Until the District has by
dint of the hardest kind of financial ma
neuyering paid for all its current expenses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

In this evolution, II any, remains for future
development. That 1t is today the most
perfect known kite. as such. is claimed by
all who have seen 1t in flight Whether IT
will lever be available for the enlargement
OF mans sphere of activity as an aid to
his comfortable levitation. is question the
answer to which will not be furnished by
the scheduled exhibition of its qualities.
Thus far it scars in the serene skies of alb
stract science, with no embarrassing COM
plications resulting from first move to-
ward practical applicat ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Farewell to the Coroners.
From the New York Tribune.

At last New York is to be freed from the
incubus of the Anticipated coroner system.
When the present occupants of the office
have finished their terms the "croWner S
quest will be no more Governor OdeIl
acted vigorously for the public good when
he sent his emergency message to the legis-
lature yesterday, and the lawmakers were
not slow to respond to the demand for the
passage of the Elsberg bill The monde
script coroners are to be replaced by medi-
cal examiners. who shall report to the city
magistrates. Thus the medical work will
be done by physicians and the prosecuting
and quasi-judcial functions of the coroners
will be performed by lawyers trained in
judicial work. There's only one thing to
be regretted in the situation. The present
coroners are not legiSlated out at once, We
must wait till their terms end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
A Distinction of Propositions.

"Do your constituents think a great deal
of your
Il don't know whether they think a great
deal of me-" answered Senator Sorghum.
But the newspapers are seeing to it that
they think a great deal about me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Yielding to Conditions.

$50 you have renowned polygamy.
yes" answered the Mormon. might as
well. We're kept SO busy with politics, in
vestigations and business that man
hasn't time to go counting. anyhow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Not Sure,

81 suppose that picture is one of your
choicest works of art?''
Il don't know for sure answered Mir.
CurI'ox. you see mother and the girls
have ideas of their own and they won't
let me keep the price tags on EN-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

1t is some little time since news of Mrs.
Maybrick has reached this country. Pos
sibly she is undergoing little discipline In
the avoidance of publicity preparatory to
hnr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

Burglars found only sl3O In the safe of
the Standard Oil Company at Bridgeport.
Conn The housebreaking fraternity will
now join in the protests against the manner
In which corporations are cutting down
profits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Preferences,

The world is all fleeing show
The thought is fraught with gloom.
A few get seats in the front row,
A lot get standing room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

General Miles may feel quite at home in
the prohibition party. He has for some
time been anxious to throw cold water on
a few people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
SHOOTING STARS.
An Explanation.

"Why do men never gossip asked the
woman who regards her husband as a
great and good man.
Because" answered Miss Cayenne, they
are too indolent. They insist on sending
their wives out to get the news for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

Mrs. Wagner may derive some satisfac-
ton from the knowledge that a great
many people who heard unauthorized Par
sifal in this country did not enjoy it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Very Dry.

From the Houston Post.
The House restaurant in the Capitol at
Washington is not any dryer than some Of
the House debates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

Mr.. Sully of cotton fame has issued an
uitlmatum- An ultmatum in such a case
r;ereiy means that man has gotten to the
end of his string.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

The crocuses. tonquils and Harry Lehr
are again attracting notice. There is no
longer room for doubt. The joyous spring
is here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Spring in Chicago.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Taking 1t all around. 1t is much the same
kind of spring we had last winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

The price of coal is making its usual
preparations to travel in a direction oppo-
site to that of the mercury in the Their
mCmeter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

The bookmakers at Benning will soon
close remunerative season of their school
for the benefit of people who refuse to
learn except by experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

1t would he interesting to get testimony
from some Of Joseph Smiths wives on his
relic bilitY as a promise keeper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

The old-fashioned college dramatic asso-
citation that used to give Greek plays has
been entirely overshadowed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

New York's determine ton to do without
coroners is not to be accepted as an evil
dence that life is any safer in the metrop-
oils than formerly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

MANY a man goes honSry," said Uncle
Eben, "by sittin' down an thinkin' water
melon when he ought to be reachin' out
fob hoe cake"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

Mr.. Bryan has not developed any recent
traits that would warrant him in trying to
commend himself to his party as a mascot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

Ii cannot be wondered at If the Koreans
occasionally let their indigna ton get the
better of their neutrality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
ReScuers!


From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
We object to the term reorganizers" for
those democrats who are engaged I'm put
ting the finishing touches to Organism.
"Rescuers'' would be more appropriate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Crossing the Yalu.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The Japanese army will now proceed to
give daily exhibitions in the Yalu crossing
line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12

The Queen of England ate a innocent
meal. but has not been going back after a
second helping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
To Salute the Flag.
From the Chicago. Pos

From the Chicago Post.
How Is a girl to salute the flag? Well If
she can't take her hat of she might throw
1t a kiss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Flowers of Spring.

From the Boston Herald
The tulips are fiicking off their winter
blankets. Posies are coming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
Where He'd Have a Chance.
.usta Gal Chronicle

Mr.. Bryan is overlooking his best chance
at st. Louis by not entering the SI50,00o
airship contest.