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The Washington times., 1904-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
the standard Guaranty and Trust Com
pany will be held at the offices of the
company. 6-S2 Home Life Building the
third Monday in March, 1904. at 10
I.ocA q. m fe2.9,ls.2S
SPECIAL NOTICE-A meeting Of share
holders of the Greene Consolidated Con-
per Company viii be held at the Riggs
House on FRIDAY EVENING. FEB-
RUARY 8, at s O'CLOCK. for a discus
sion OF the proposed increase In the can
itaitzation of the company. An share
holders are invited TO be present.
feb2-st
SPECIAL notice.. w. Hsrtwelt is
hereby notified that his trunk and com
tents Will be sold at public auction ID
cover bill. FEBRUARY 10. 1904 unless
reclaimed before. HOTEL OXFORD
ja26. feb2.s
NOTICE TO PRIZE WINNER-T,ocaI
l4S, B. E w, Washington. ID q
hereby gives notice that the holder ~
coupon No. IS wins watch. and holder
thereof IS requested 10 present same
within thirty days to NJ v MURPHY
NC. S0o Fifth Street northeast, Wash
ington. ID. c. ia9T7f
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
Snow Tonight.

Better conditions were not long in COM
ing. however. and at s o'clock 8 was reg
istered. at 10? 20 degrees showed a more
gratifying moderation. and noOntime
saw the little dial shoot up to &c. Snow
is predicted for tonight.
The existing cold -scap Is net expected
to last long. SO even though the little
weather prophet had a hand IN things
this morning the weather man promises
10 do his best TO regulate conditions
suitable to the wishes of the Capitals
citizens
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
HIS CONDITION
{ BECOMES GRAVE
William c. Whitney's Doc
tor Fighting for His Life.
ARE GIVING HIM OXYGEN
Heart Action Weak and Peritonitis
Develops-Age Lessons Chances of
Recovery-Family Gathers.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2-The condition OF
William G. Whitney. who underwent an
operation for appendicitis Saturday. Is
grave today. Mr.. Whitney passed a bet
ter night. however. than Sunday. and
his physicians report that the slight i'm
provement which began last evening
continued through the night Physicians
are in constant attendance.
Has Peritonitis.
DR.. Bull. the operating surgeon. ad-
mits that Mr.. Whitney's condition is
serious. 1t is said that oxygen has been
administered. as the patients heart has
not been acting we'll
Mr.. Whitney is suffering from peri
tonitis. which often sets in after an
operation for appendicitis The patient
rallied well from the operation. On
Sunday there was every indication that
the Inflammation was spreading instead
Of going down
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
Pushing Mercury Down.

The fact that this willy little animal
did see his reflection today assures the
Washington public that the man at the
Weather Bureau is still actively pushing
the mercury UP and down-mostly down.
Yesterday morning dawned fine with
Just enough cold in the air to warrant
brisk walk. AT noon the thermometer
registered 30 degrees, but at o'clock
last night 1t had dropped to l9. and
things began TO look uncomfortable
When midnight came last night the
mercury stood at 10 degrees. and at
O'Clock this morning those whose for
tune compels them to 90 out into the
world when the churches are Ginning
the "Angelus' went forth into de-
Rrfes
The Washington times., 1904-02-02

Book ] on Dyspepsia.
Book . on the Heart.
Book Q on the Kidneys.
Book { for Women.
Book ) for Men tseaied)
Book 6 ON Rheumatism
c, are often cured with
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The Washington times., 1904-02-02

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book you want and ad-
dress DIR, Shoop, Box
s7ed, Racine, Wis.
Mild cases, not chroni
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The broad ax., 1904-05-14
FAMOUS BEAUTY m MISERY.
Baroness, Once Pet Of Half Of the Cap
itals in Europe, Il Ending Her
Days In Want.

The strange and sad romance Of a
beautiful woman, Baroness de Rahden,
who was once the spoilt child Of half
the capitals Of Europe, has Just come
TO light In PLris, says the Chicago
Tribune.
Owing to her fathers financial re-
verses she Joined = circus troupe. be-
ing an accomplished rider, and while
ct Riga married the baron de Rahden.
When she was at the height Of her
success, idolized and wealthy. her Eus-
band, whom she adored, died suddenly,
and she returned to her former pro-
fession.
One morning on awakening she found
that she had become totally blind. By
a coincidence she was TO ride q blind
horse in the arena the same night, and
attempted to 90 through her perform
ance.
The animal, however, noticed some
thing was wrong, became FESTIVE, and
bolted. throwing his rider against a
pillar and fracturing her skull.
After wasting the little money that
remained to her on specialists who
could do her no good, the baroness Is
now plunged In the blacklist misery In
Paris, blind. ruined and forgotten.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
MARKS LEFT BY CIVIL WAR.
Trip Through Country Affected by Re
bellion Recalls Many Excit-
ing Incidents.

The great battle fields Of the South do
not, a. q rule, lie along the railways
This e especially true Of the Wilderness,
that bloody scope Of country where
Grant and Lee eontended for the mastery
In the sventful spring Of 1854, writes
Thomas c. Hsrbaugh, In Four-Track
NsWE A 5aunt through this region to-
day is both pleasant and exciting, for
the battle fields there remain Just as the
armies left them, torn By Ehot and shell,
and, here and there. marked BY tablets
and monuments appropriately inscribed.
Itisa pleasant ride By rail from Wash
ington to quaint old Fredericksburg on
the Rappahannoek, where Burnside, one
December day, left 1900 Of bis men be-
fore the impregnabls confederate en-
trsnehments on Mayre's HelghtA Fr6d-
efickSburg, with its narrow streets, its
shot-torn houses, SIS great national and
confederate cemeteries, and the home
ana monument Of the mother Of Wash
ington, interests one from start 10 finish.
The war left its mark there, and the hOr-
I'd autograph Of Mars win long remain
visible on the old city.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
-oRIoIN d MoNETARYNAMEs
Scarcity q Small Change Recalls
Wsthods Of Early Italians and
Roman CustomA

There has been q scarcity q small
change Of late" said G. n. BinghamtOn,
for 20 years with the United States treas
ury department, 70 q Louisville Herald
nan recently. IAN sorts Of reasons arr
assigned 10 explain this condition, but,
whatever the cause, 1t Is Vexatious
However, Il " not as bad now In the way
Of exchanges as It was in the olden
times.
The early Italians used cattle in
stead Of coin. A person would sometimes
send for change for q thousand-pound
bullock, when be would receive %
pound sheep, OF, perhaps, II he wanted
very small change, there would be few
lambs sent back. The inconvenience
Of keeping a flock Of sheep at ones bank
sr's led-to the introduction Of bullion.
People often wonder where certain
monetary names came from I'll tell
you q few Of them.
Formerly every gold watch weighed
50 many 'carats.' from which It became
usual to call a silver watch q 'turnip.'
g" Troy weight is derived from the ex-
tremely heavy responsibility which the
Trojans were under to their creditors.
''The Romans were IN the habit Of
tossing up their coins In the presence Of
their legions, and II q piece Of money
went higher than the top Of the ensign's
nag it was pronounced to be above the
standard"
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
BE KIND TO THE PANTHER
Has Become an oft-ouoted Poem
Books on Nature Nearly All
Entertaining.

Not the least remarkable demonstra-
ton Of this return-to-nature enthu-
siasm Il the outbreak Of nature"
books, says q writer In the Reader
Magazine. Now with skill and now
with ingenious ignorance, writer's
deseant upon trees, birds, gardens,
roadways, farms, vistas, desert
islands and deserted farms. These
books are nearly all entertaining, we'll
illustrated and full OF verve, and lose
nothing whatever from the fact that
almost without exception they are pre-
pared In q city apartment. The maya
zines, too, have been lavish with ma
ture articles, and have acquainted US
with many charming secrets Of bur
row, nest and lair 50 that our sensi-
bilities have grown to be almost NOR
bid In regard to the wild brothers OF
field and fen, and BE kind to the
panther has become an oft-quoted
poem.
A lady in Chicago. who has prohted
not little by the very informing arti-
cles in the magazines, proposes. writing
one on her own account, and thinks OF
giving It the title: How to Tell the
Wil5 Flowers from the Birds"
The broad ax., 1904-05-14

There Is one reservation In wash
ington which is to all intents and pur-
poses outside Of the jurisdiction Of the
United States government The Ma
tional botanic garden Just at the foot
Of the capitol where Pennsylvania
avenue runs up against the capitol
grounds, IL presided over by William
R. Smith, the superintendent, who Is
q law under himself.
? Smith Is a Scotch gardener with q
pronounced burr, who got his early
training In the Kew gardens In London
and he has been In command In his lit
tie domain for so many years that
members Of congress, who are nomi-
nally his superiors, would not think OF
interfering with the old mans wishes
So Il happens that with the exception
of the white house grounds the botanic
garden Is the only public reservation
in Washington which is now enclosed
by q fence.
Years ago high iron fences surround
ed every park and public place In the
national capitol, but by order Of con-
gress they were taken down one by
one. Congress finally landed on The
botanic garden and somebody thought.
lessly considered in an appropriation
bill q provision for tearing down the
fence. smith calmly ignored the law
When the ofieials came to him to car
~ the law into execution he ordered
them on and informed them that 81
long as he remained superintendent o.
the botanic garden 1t was going 70 b
inclosed by a fence as it had been evel
since he WIS put into control. WheT
congress came back they received thu
old mans ultimatum with amused tol.
eranee and he received assurances tina
he would never be annoyed again.
But a few years later somebody els'
SYSTEMATICALLY inserted a second pro
vision for tearing down the fence and
again the canny ScOtchman ignored
the law Of congress. This time th'
thing went so far that the members o.
the appropriations committee who
were responsible for the slip camt
down TO the botanic garden and apollo
gized for their mistake.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
FAD FOR RUSSIAN ANTIQUES
Craze Started About Ten Year, Ago
Reaches Height-Factories
Supplying Demand.

Among the more recent fads Is one for
Russian antiques, and more particularly
those Of copper and brass, writes Bertha
Smith, in FOur-Track News. The fad
started perhaps ten years ago when
American travellers began to bring home
from Russia certain pieces gathered on
their journeys to the land Of the car.
As usual, II was slow Of growth and has
only IN the past year or two reached its
height. That II has reached its height
is evidenced BY the fact that the factories
IN Russia have turned their attention to
supplying the demand; and, since Il 10
known that Americans, as q rule, use the
pieces merely e. ornaments, there Is q
cheapening Of the quality, and, unfortu-
nately, an attempt to vary the design in
order to present novelties, with the re-
suit that the value and beauty Of the
original style is being sacrificed. The
same thing has happened In the Turkish
rugs and draperies, In Chinese and
japanese bronzes, cloissOnne and porce-
lains; In fact, wherever any have
thought to cater to American trade.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
No m.lndr IN Innan.

Protagonists and antagonists q
what Is miscalled japanese" music
assert that It out-Wagners Wagner In
descrlptiVeness-that there is no such
thing as music" In japan The Jap
anese themselves say with the utmost
complacency that they have possessed
since the eighth century (When TO
Corean melody was added the CHI
nese scale and notatiOn) 'the perfect
music" There Is no such thing Ia
Japan as melody for itself-as we
know Il In the West-and that Is what
an occidental thinks Of when he speaks
Of music.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14

There Is . poiicsmans college IN 81
Petersburg to train applicants Tor ne
force. In q museum connected WITH
the schools the pupils make themselves
familiar with tia tools Of criminals
jImmIes, drills, chisels and eonriV-
ancss for robbing collection boxes. Tia
Russian passport system is studied In
detail. The duties Of the dvornihs, q
sort OF assistant police, are taught
They keep watch on the residences, re-
port on the habits Of the tenants and
their visitors, examine the papers o.
newcomers, and direct them to report
themselves at the police station
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
The Botanic Garden.


There Is no more interesting spot IN
Washington than this same botanic
garden which Superintendent Smith
guards 30 jealousy. There Is q favor
Of old time about It which makes Il
different from any other spot and
which the fond superintendent protects
with all Of his might.
Every tree in the place has q history.
Most Of them were set out by dlstin-
guished people to whom the old Scotch
man has taken q fancy. One mRgnih-
can't water beech was planted IS years
ago by John A. Bingham Of Ohio.
nearby It are two poplars, one Of which
was set out by Edwin Forest, the ira.
gedisn, the other by his friend, John
W. Forney. The wife Of Jefferson Ia
Wis dedicated one tree still standing
when Davis was secretary Of war. In
short there are not many men who
have gained great distinction since
Smith has been superintendent Of the
gardens who have not been hattsred
by him with an invitation to plant a
treA
OF equal interest with the garden st.
self, as may be imagined, IL the old
Scotehman who 3 It's presiding genius.
Not only is he q horticulturist Of rars
devotion, but he Is reIigiOuEly attached
TO his national songster, Robert Burns
and he possesses the finest collection
of editions Of Burns works which cau
Be found iIthe United States.
To the mind Of superintendent Smith
the greatest Of al public men within
his memory was William Pitt Fessen-
dsn Of Maine. He ranks Fessenden on
q level with Lincoln &c one Of the two
men Who saved the nation It the time
of tie civil war and be has q standing
/ grievance against every other native
81 Maine because none Of them has ye.
shown sumcisnt devotion 70 Fesssn-
dsn's memory 70 write his life
In Smiths mind the greatest
achievement q the Maine statesman
vas in securing an appropriation foI
erection Of the eonserVatories in tn
Garden, which are the apple of Smiths
eve. Fessenden was chairman Of n,
/ library COMMITTEES IN the senate ius
a. the cioss q the var. Wien smiti
went before the COMMITTEES tlmidly e
rst q small appropriation 70 bsgin IA.
WorE. tie Maine senator blunfiy asksi
how much 4 would cost 10 complst-
tie fob and then insisted o. makinr
fhe entire appropriation q eS5loo0 q
onca LOUIS A COOLIDGE
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
ed EEAIURE q 1AoDAD.


Thers e one feature Of Bagdad LIE
which, though apparently small IN
Itself. assumes q real importance 70
those who I've IN that oriental town.
says q writer In the National Geographic
Magazine. Il is the Bagdad bell This
boil deserves q more serious name. for It
Is generally more inconVsnient and dis
agreeable than q esrbuncle, for Il otten
attains unusual proportions and com
monty lasts for eight or nine months.
Every inhabitant Of Bagdad q said, soon
er OF later, to suffer from one Of these
boils. Europeans and Arabians alike
being susceptible to It; and 50 universal
Is Il that old inhabitants Of the region
say that they can always tell whether
q man has lived IN Bagdad OF not by the
scar which II leaves somewhere on his
body. In order TO have definite Idea
Of its nature, the writer called at the
Turkish hospital and INTERCEPTED the
Turkish doctor In charge as to its nature.
After very politely exhibiting a num-
Der Of cases he gave me his opinion as
20 its cause: cit Is the water. the eli
mate and the sun, monsieur" In the
opinion, however, OF DR.. Ramsey, the
resident English physician Of the place,
this Bagdad boil Is an infection arising
from the sting or bite Of an insect which
he describes as a species Of fy, and he
recounted his own personal experience,
In which he was conscious Of the bite
Of this insect on the very spot OF his
forearm where the boil ultimately de-
veloped.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14

President Roosevelt expects % spend
about two months At Oyster bay this
sumner, and the force e the white
house are already planning for the nit
ting hack and forth. The president VIII
leave washington about July 1. re-
msfninE here until the Chicago eonTen-
ton Ehal have done its work Then he
WIN 20 TO Oyster bay for month o.
90; return 20 Washington about Au-
Rust 1. which Is the time usually Get
for the beginning Of the active work
Of the campaign and remain here long
enough to welcome Visiting delegations
ana confer with party leaderA After
that he Win return 10 Oyster bay again
fcr q SAY 0f another month and come
back 70 Washington as the weather
begins 70 grow cool he wiz receive
TIE news Of the election Ct the White
house.
An this e Giving tie workers IN the
executive 0Glce q good deal q worry.
a groat quantity of oGlee stationery,
records and implements WI1 have 70 be
crrfied back and forth every tine the
president chSnees bass and % eieoi
re transfer @oothly md expeditions
u wIn can for al tie oxseutiVs cspaci-
y whish secretaries Loeb and Barnes
possssa
GecfataET CarteigCg fof Jan undeI
lFeTlnlsg snd Roosevelt nansgod thesl
rT-iEonfial narches with g Gkfn e.
nost anouatins % genius ana sseFs-
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
Passes for Railway Mem.

More than 1000 engineers and con-
ductors on q southern railway are sub
feet to the following orders, recently Is
sued, regarding passes: Men who have
served i've years will receive passes over
their own division; ten-year men an
nuals over the system east Of the Missis-
sippi river, and 15-year men are entitled
to one that includes their wives.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14

An owner Of race hOrsess not at AL q
sentimental psfBon. says = writer In
Country Life In America recently
made an order forbldding his employees
10 talk IN loud tones OF 70 swear IN the
stable. ThaFs never Jet seen q good
hammered horse" be says, that WaS
being sworn e al the time. Il hurts
the feelings q q sensitive horse. and
III keep ny word good b discharge
any man h my employ e I catch him
wearing within the hearing q any
horse IN this stable"
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
Tamparnncs Camp b Alaalra.

Commissioner Hugh J. Lee, the news
paper man Of Meriden. Mas. who two
years ago went to Wales, Alaska, for
the United States government to look
after the reindeer and the natives
there, has established q Temperance
camp there. In q year there has been
but one case Of drunkenness there. Be
fore HIS arrival, he says the natives
we're q laWlsss set given to drinking,
but IN HIS hrst experience as q justice
Of the peace he sent one transgressor
90 the federal Jail for three months
and since that time law and order have
prevailed.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
WHALES A FACTOR IN WAR.
Cetaesan Monsters Resemble Torpedo
Boats and Terrify Inhabitants
Of Russian Towns.

Whales are giving q great deal Of
trouble at Vladivostok. One Of them ex-
pIoded prematurely torpedo, which 9TH
erwise might have destroyed Japan
csc warship, and how a school Of whales
has taken on the semblance Of a feet o.
japanese torpedo boats. and terrified the
inhabitants Of AskOld island. Decidedly
the port commander Of Vladivostok
should take every measure to hunt all
whales from the coast waters. The pres
ence Of a casual party Of whales on the
coast leaves the japanese free to direct
the northern mosquito feet upon other
fortified points. Conversely, by prop
sr concentration Of whales upon the
channel all the Russian mines might be
exploded, with no harm except to the
eetecean monsters. Yet before Quip is
launched at the afirighted citizens Of
Vladivostok, It behooves Americans to
recall the frequency with which phantom
fleets were sighted on all our watering
places in the early summer Of 1895, says
the New York Post Had our shores at
that critical time been beset with whales
we possibly might have given no better
account Of ourselves than the Askold
islanders.
The broad ax., 1904-05-14

IL for sale at the following news
stands:
The AfrO-Amsrican News omcs.
31O4 State Street
Alton H. Blake. shoe shining parlors,
25Os1k State street.
]. c. Campbell, cigars, tobacco and
fancy groceries, 471O State street.
A +. TsrValon'B Cigar Store and
News Stand, ss3s State street
Edward Felix's Cigar Store, SIS
SOth street, n. =. Corner Armour Ave.
T. B. HalIs Cigar store and
Laundry once. 8s1 8Sth s.
Turner Williams Cigar ana NeES
stand, 29O3 Armour Ave
Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars. Notions
and News Stand. 1904 State street.
Frank h. Hart, s54-s1st street, CT
CARS, tobacco and Laundry once.
Mrs. z. =. Early, groceries and no
lions, 29SS State St.
The Stationery, 1910 state street.
p s. Hotehkis's Cigars, Notions and
News stand. 1s1 ". 6lst Street.
Isidor jacobson. cigars. c0gacoo and
stationery. s14s State St
WoodfoIk ana Mitchell cishD, To
baeeo and News stand. lso3 stats
Street
News items and advsrtissmsnt8 ~
e Ehoss places Win and thsir- Wly
into ne columns q Ths Brad Ak
The broad ax., 1904-05-14
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
MN AND HAPPKETNes AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL
PLANS OF THE PRESIDENT
How the Chief Executive Proposes 70
Spend the summer-A Scotch
Gardener Who Darss Defy
Congress.

Washington.-The George Wash
ington University" Is to be the some
what cumbersome title Of the institu-
tion now known Is the Columbian uni
Versity, which Is preparing for an en-
Iarged sphere Of educational usefulness
By the purchase Of new site and the
erection of new buildings In Washing
ton.
For many years Columbian universe
" has been one Of the institutions of
the national capital It has been better
known On account Of It's school of Law
than for any other reason, but some
other Of its departments have been do
ing memorable things In various lines
Of scientific research. The members Of
its faculty are men Of national reputa-
ton and they have added the luster Of
distinguished names to the record OF
the university. It Is now proposed that
the undergraduate department Of the
university shall become more cOnspic-
uous and that the institution shall take
rank among the great Institutions Of
learning which hitherto have been
magnets for the ambitious youth OF
the country.
In order that this mission may be
fulfilled the name Of the university will
be changed, not because there Is any
inherent objection to the present title
but because Of the confusion which
necessarily arises between the Wash
Iugton institution and the Columbis
university of New York with older ira
ditions and greater achievements.
The new site for the university Is to
be on the banks Of the Potomac not
far from the Washington monument
and very near the place which Wash
ington himself selected over 100 years
ago as the site for the national uni
versity which he believed should have
its home in the national capital Wash
ington set forth his ambition In sew.
eral letters as well as in his viii Hi
motive was one Of patriotism rathel
than personal sentiment or local pride
cit Is my ardent wish" he wrote, TT
see q plan devised on q liberal scale
which would have tendency to spread
systematic ideas through all parts d
this rising empire, thereDy 70 40 AVA
with local attachments and state pref
judioes as far as the nature Of thing
would or indeed ought to admit from
our national councils" To this uni
versity he planned that the yOuthI
from all parts Of the union might b
sent ''for the completion Of their edu
cation in all branches Of polite htera
ture, IN the arts and sciences, in &C
curing knowledge in the principles o
politics and good government" and "a
9 matter Of INFINITE importance IN N!
judgment By associating with each 9th
er and forming friendships be enables
to free themselves IN q proper degrel
from those local preiudiees and habit
+ual jealousies which carried to exces
are never falling sources Of disquietudl
to the public mind and pregnant viii
mischisE0us consequences to this coun
try"