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The Washington times., 1904-06-22
FRENCHNEN WANT
PRESIDENTS BOOK
Keen Competition Among
Publishing Concerns.
MAKE APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT
Eminent Partisan Lawyer Seeks Au-
dience in Interest of One
Firm.

French publishers are so eager for the
privilege Of printing Mr.. Roosevelt's
book entitled american Ideals" that a
hot fight has arisen between two Of the
largest firms.
AS a result Of this competition II.
OviGe Robillard. a prominent counselor
from Paris asked for an audience with
the President this morning in the in
terest Of NJ. Izoulet. his client, who
claims TO have the exclusive right Tor
the publication.
II appears that identically at the same
time that NJ Izoulet's translation was
placed on the market IN France another
publisher got out an edition containing
q most complimentary introduction
President Roosevelt declined TO inter
fere Il the matter. and N. RObillard was
referred 10 the editor
We have a great admiration for Mr..
Roosevelt in France" said n RObil-
lard. He is regarded as man who
does things. and the people admire
him for II"
II. Robillard. who also has an Office
IN New York. VIII be remembered in
this country as the man who obtained
the release from New York prison
of Amir Ben Ali. an Algerian subject,
who was arrested in connection with
an atrOciOus murder in the east side
OF New York. and who was accused Of
being Jack the Ripper
Amir Ben Ali remained IN prison for
eleven years, but IL Robillard was
hna6y able to prove his innocence by
/ the discovery of q key TO the room In
which the murder occurred
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
Question Of Railways.

According to statistics, the number
OF railway accidents in England last
year was 235, against over 10000 in
this country, notwithstanding the fact
that the English railways carried
more passengers than ours. These
are figures worth noting.
It is sometimes urged in defense of
railway officials that they cannot alb
solutely insure the passenger against
accident, but if the insurance is as
good as that on the English roads no
sensible person can complain. 1t is
also said that our engineering diff
culties are so great that accidents
must happen, but as a matter of fact
our worst accidents have occurred
in places where peculiar difficulties
did not exist The plain truth is that
Americans will take chances where
the English will not
The power Of our railway officials
IS very great, and their facilities for
avoiding punishment when they de-
serve It are also great. There is
reason to believe that practically
every one OF the great railway acct
dents, and most of the small ones
could have been avoided If the Off
Gals had been determined 10 make
the roads safe even at the cost oil
some extra employees There is also
reason to believe that in England
people do not play tennis with the
law as ight-heartedly and persistent
ly as they do here.
Railway officials are not all e
hlame. The people are most in fault
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
VOWS PLICHTED
IN REISTERSTOWN

An out-of-town wedding Of yesterday
which is most interesting to the brides
friends here was that OF Miss Anna
Louise Petersen. daughter OF Ferdinand
Petersen. and Harry r. Thomas. son Of
the late Morris A. Thomas. of Balti-
more. at st. MlchaePs Chapel. Of Han
nah More Academy. Reiste-stown, Md.
The bride was educated At ths Hannah
More Academy. and was confirmed in
the chapel
The Rev Joseph Fletcher performed
the ceremony. and the bride 9 father
who chaperoned the bride, when she
made her debut, gave a wedding Dr2ak-
fast following the ceremony.
The bride. who IS a popular girl here.
viii live at the Mount Royal. Baltimore.
Mrs. John H. Copenhagen. daughter
Of Judge James II. Embry. Of this city,
and Mrs. Embry. was married in New
York yesterday afternoon to George
Bruce Webster
Major CGrrll Mercer OF this city. e.
flciated as best man, there being no
other attendants, and the ceremony was
witnessed b. only a few friends.
At the marriage OF Oymsoy Mccain
mon. ard Miss EsteIle Murray, which
took race IN Philadelphia yesterday al
the hoIhe of the BRIDES parents. Miss
| Gertrude Murray. sister Of the bride was
maid of honor. and Red Mcknight, n
Rev II. a. GrieseHcr performed the Ger
emory. After two weeks wedding
journey, Mr. and Mrs. McCammon vii
come 10 Washington TO live
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

1t is possible to pass laws which will
make railway travel safe. Honest
corporations now have to compete
with INSCRIPTIONS corporations, and
their difficulties are many. 1t is our
business, as a self-governing people,
to see that the way of the trans
gressor, not that of the righteous
man, is made hard, and unfortunately
we fail to do it.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
RUNAWAY PONY DRAGS
BOY HEAD DOWNWARD

SHAMOKIN. Pa. June 22-Slippiug
from his saddle. young William Card
wells foot caught in a stirrup as his
pony ran away today. dragging the boz
over rocky ground for three squares.
The victim was several times swung
heavily against trees and was so fright
fully lacerated and bruised that he will
likely de.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
NEBRASKA P0PULISTS
DECLARE AGAINST FUSION

FREMONT. Neb., June 22-There was
q warm debate in the State convention
OF Nebraska Populists yesterday over
the question whether the party ought
to nominate its own candidate for Pres
ident and Vice President Senator Allen,
who made the motion to this effect, de-
clared that the St Louis convention
would nominate Cleveland and that fu-
sion was out of the question
The Allen resolution was carried by a
vote of 20 10 81. Eight delegates
from each Of the six Congressional dis
tricts were selected 10 attend the Popu-
list national convention at Springfield,
H.. The proposed Endorsement OF
Hearst did not come before the cOnven-
ton.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
WEDNESDAY. JUNE %. 1904.
Bryan in New York.

Those with memories will recall the
suspense that held the country dur
ing the early part of the remarkable
Presidential campaign of 1896 as Will
liam Jennings Bryan, Democratic
candidate for President on a platform
OF 10 to 1. neared the city Of New
York, picturesquely termed by him
''the enemy's country"
He had swept the Democratic con-
vention off its feet with the magic of
his oratory. He had stormed the
Western country with words deliver
ed spectacularly from the rear end
of his train. He was making one Of
the most extraordinary personal can
vases in the history of the country
and establishing an unbeatable rec
ord as a long distance tallIer. His
personal magnetism made his prog
ress a series of what the descriptive
reporter terms "ovations."
Bryan was a novelty. The East
had not at that time been able fully
to size him up. It unquestionably
feared him and, indeed, if the election
had taken place at that moment,
Bryan would have been carried into
Presidency by an extraordinary ma
jority. Bryan's strength in the West
seemed assured. What would he do
in New York?
1t will be recalled what a fat fail
ure that invasion of New York prov
ed, what a fat failure his speech was
how he failed even to hold his audi
ence to the end This New York
fasco, indeed, marked the turning
point Of the Bryan campaign. After
that doleful experience the NebrasBa1
lost ground steadily. The balloon
had been punctured. The rocket had
sissed to it's highest elevation anc
shot its last star. The stick dropped
to earth amid darkness and humilia-
ton.
This week Bryan has been in New
York again. for the express purpose
Of flaying Judge Parker and putting
a quietus on his chances before tn,
St. Louis convention, for the purpose
too, it has been suspected, of again
placing William Jennings Bryan il
line for a third trial as the chosel
representative of the Democrats
party.
If such were his purpose, again New
York wet-blanketed his hopes. What
ever may or may not be Judge Par
ker's dement's. personal abuse is n
argument against him, and persona
abuse was all that Mr.. Bryan brough
with him from the shores of tn
Platte. Even such enthusiasm a
was shown for the former standar
bearer of the Democracy was plainl
manufactured to order for the pre-
motion of the selfish ends of Tam
many.
The Bryan sun has set, and tina
amt a-gwin' to be no moon" Eve
as he stated, whether the countr
shall be a plutocracy or democrat!
is certainly an issue in this can
paign; but Mr. Bryan's own words
stating this issue declare only TO
plainly how little he is fitted to g
before the people as the ideal Of san
and safe democracy.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
AND RELIGION
WERE PRESIDENT BRITISH
Would Have Been a Congregationalist
and a Liberal, He Tells
Clergymen.

President Roosevelt today expressed
to two English Clergymen who called on
him the belief that the Congregational
Church IN England represents all that
is MODEST among the descendants Of
Oliver Cromwell.
He said he Is in hearty sympathy
with its teachings. Were it not for ira
dition and association with the Dutch
Reformed Church he would feel inclined
to join the Congrega tionalists, he said
The President also commented on the
two political parties in England and
expressed sympathy with the Liberal
element He believed that IN politics
and In religion the Liberals and COngre-
mentS.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
JOHN GILBERT MEIGGS,
RAILROAD BUILDER, DEAD

LONDON, June 22-John Gilbert
Melggs died at his residence here to-
day Mr. Meiggs. who was born IN New
England seventy-seven years ago. had
for the last thirty years lived in Lon
don.
He joined his brother. Henry Meiggs, in
building the famous OrOya Railroad in
Peru, which is stin regarded as one OF
the greatest feats of engineering.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
OFFICIAL CODE TELEGRAM
STIRS SERVIAN OFFICIALS

BELGRADE, June 22.-Excitement has
been caused in official circles over the
discovery that a code telegram has been
sent by the minister OF war at Con-
stantinople to the military commander
at Uskub
He asks how long would be required
to mobilize all the battalions in the villa
yet of Kossovo. Eastern Roumelia"
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
GIRL SAVES BROTHER.

STAFFORD. Del. June 22.-Three men
attempted TO rob George Allen this
morning within hearing distance of his
home. His cries brought his sister, clad
in her night clothes, to his rescue. She
hastily summoned Night Waterman
George W. Brown and frightened on
the highwRymen.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
SITE CHOSEN FOR
NAVAL HOSPITAL
Secretary Moody Will Locate Structure
on the Government
Farm.

Secretary Moody has finally, named the
site of the Naval Academy Hospital
He has chosen 4 location on the Gov
eminent farm. northwest Of the present
cemetery. and between il and Camp
Wainwright.
The site fronts on the Severn River
and is on a knoll forty feet above the
water level 1t does not encrOach on
the present cemetery.
The decision Of Secretary Moody
meets with the approval of the older
Cfiicers in the navy. They opposed the
plan TO move the cemetery and shirt
bodies Of naval heroes buried IN the
old cemetery to another part or the
Government property.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
MUST ANSWER CHARGE
OF CONTEMPT OF COURT

Justice Stafford, presiding in Probate
Court. has signed an order requiring
William A. Mills and John II. Adriaans
to show cause Friday next why they
should not be punished for contempt Of
court. The order was issued I'm connec-
ton with the settlement of the estate
of ROmulO Mills, deceased and also re-
quires Messrs. Mills and Adriaans to
show cause why they shall not be en-
joined from selling any OF the real estate
of the Mills estate
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
GEN. MILES HAS CALL
WITH PROHIBlTlONISTS

CHICAGO. June 22.-"Thero has been a
wonderful change in sentiment IN our
party ranks in the lasC ten days con-
corning the Presidential nomination. ="
said Alcnzo +. Wilson. chairman of the
Prohibition national committee.
Nearly all Of our delegates have come
out strong for General Miles, and he will
probably be nominated on the first ballot
at Indianapolis
Sam P. Jones may be given the sec
ond place"
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
GIRL A LIFE SAVER.

BOSTON. June 22.-For the second
time within a year Agnes Kersey. aged
ten, Of Dorchester. proved herself a
heroine yesterday. by saving a boy Of
her own age from drowning at Savin
Hin Beach. She grabbed him when he
came up the second time. and swan
ashore with him. she is an expert swim
mer. and has phenomenal strength She
was exhausted when she rCNchod rho
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
JURY TO CONDEMN LAND
TO EXTEND EUCLID PLACE

In connection with the proceedings re-
Gently begun to condemn certain land TO
extend Euclid Place northwest so as TO
connect with Erie Street. Justice Gould
today. on motion CT Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel a. Leftwich Sinclair, di-
rccted tho Marshal TO summon a jury of
seven to assess the damages and bene-
fits Of adjoining property. The jury Will
report for duty on June = at the City
Hall and will Immediately enter upon
the discharge of it's duty.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

The labor unions might make them
selves everlastingly useful to this coun-
try If they chose, just now. by issuing
orders that no member should buy a
ticket oE an excursion boat not indorsed
by the officers OF the association as
safe. and then making It necessary to
have the boat safe to secure the In
dorsement OF the officers. The excur-
sion boats depend for most of their
patronage on, people connected with
some union or other.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
SUMMER PLAYS
AT NEWPORT

Newport cottagers will enjoy the Ben
Greet company in open-air performances
Of 'Everyman," Much Ado About
Nothing" LAS You Like It." and Mid
summer Nights Dream"
The plays are for the benefit Of the
Army and Navy Y. M. &. A., and there
VIII be a great social show, as society
en- masse will attend lust as they did
here. when the Ben Greet company per-
formed on the grounds Of the old Naval
Observatory for charity.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
Points in Paragraphs.

The Democratic National Convention
is less than month off. and still ap-
pears to be the great headless curiosity
of America
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
LITTLE GIRLS KILLTNG MISTAKE

WILLIAMSPORT. Pa. June 22.-Five-
year-old Marguerite Miller last evening
fell in the hallway Of her home and eX-
claimed 70 her mother; Il cannot get
upr 1t was discovered that she had
taken three tablets containing strych-
rlra ir rnie.nka and in % To-. -, :.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
KILLING YOUNG SHAD.

PENNSGROVE. ". J.. June 22.-Thou-
sands of small shad it is charged are
dying IN the Delaware off Carney's Point
from the effects of acil emitted from a
pipe said 10 come from tho powder
worka there.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

There will be 1G7, OOO. 600 watermelons in
Texas this year, and there is never any
danger of having to use that kind of
crop for firewood.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

General Apathy is said TO be in abso-
lutte command of the Republican ma
tional convention. 1t is apt to be so
when it's a lead pipe cinch.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
ROOTS SPEECH
A MASTERPIECE
Appeal to All Glasses Pre-
scented With Skill.
KEYNOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN
Likely to Prove a Big Vote Getter.
Praise From Party-Argu-
ment on High Plane.

CHICAGO. June 22.-Elihu Roots key
note viii live long in political history.
1t Will be linked with IngersOlrs peer
less nomination speech and a few other
great examples Of convention OratOry.
Roots speech was a masterpiece The
convention was favored with the best
effort of a lawyer who gets $4,000 fees
II was not a bid for cheers-oratOrs say
there is nothing easier than to arouse a
crowd.
1t was without rhetorical flights Root
wanted his audience square on the
ground. where he could look into their
eyes as ne talked to them. He reasoned
with them as d lawyer would with a
jury.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw says
that out of every 81 900 worth Of manu-
features produced by American labor. 90
cents worth is sold abroad cheaper
than in this country That may be true,
but IL does not go very far toward pay
ing the grocery and meat bills that are
about 30 cents on the dollar more than
they ought TO be.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

Secretary Cortelyou arises 20 remark
that he has always been a Republican
and that his father and his grand
father were Republicans before him.
Fact IS. most OF US got both our reli-
gion and our politics that way.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

An authority on starvation AYERS that
It can be done with no Inconvenience II
you only keep your mind of the idea OF
hunger. Much virtue in an II. but most
of us would rather have grub than
Imagination
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

Secretary Taft has ordered the dis
charge of war clerks who are bad debt
ors. We fail to see how The clerks less
Of income is going to help the creditors.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

Some of the colleges are complaining
that they have too many rich loafers-
The remedy is easy; make them study
and then some other college will get
them
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

There were 500 people killed in this
country last Fourth OF July. but to the
small boy. and to the grown-up infant,
patriotism lacks its SAVIOR unless some
body is likely 10 die Of II.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

1t is suggested by the prudent Mr..
Long that Secretary Taft would make
good nominee for Vice President be-
cause he would do for a safety-valve.
Undoubtedly 1t IS a good argument,
but Secretary Taft does not seem in
clined to sit on the safety-valve Of this
steamboat.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

Maybe Mr.. Cannon thinks that If his
variegated profanity gets reported In the
papers nobody will dare nominate him
for fear of losing the Sunday school
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

New York must be nice place to live
In Just now. Gamins are said 10 be
throwing lighted firecrackers at people
on foot and IN carriages II IS time for
some OF the missionaries in China 20
come home and settle on Manhattan
Island
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
A Big Vote Getter.

Rep sentative Cooper OF Wisconsin
said that it was a speech that would
be widely circulated in the coming
campaign; that il would read even bet
ter than it sounded. and that it would
prove a yote-getter far beyond the eX-
pectations of even the most enthusiastic
Republicans.
1t was q model effort" said Repre-
sentative Alexander of New York. 1t
contained no bitterness. no attack on
Democratic principles, but IL was a
clear presentation OF Republican issues. ."
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

The Sunday School Athletic Association
is going to strengthen its weak teams
by allowing men TO play on them vino
have attended Sunday school three Sun
days. The Sunday school picnic season
makes the rule eminently practical.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
Appeal to All Glasses.

In an orderly. convincing way he pre-
scented. one after the other, the glories
Of the Republican party He appealed
TO all classes and all interests. With
a subtle skill, possible only to a great
mind. he argued for the support OF the
wage earners. the farmers. and men OF
wealth. Every string was played TO lure
them with the harmony.
At last Re approached his supreme
task, the delineation of the greatness CT
Mckinley Hanna, and Roosevelt, to the
disparagement Of none Of them. Few
men could have come out Of the position
without trouble. For Root IL was a
triumph. He pictured the greatness Of
Mckinley and Hanna. and with tender
ness ne described the loss caused by
their death 20 friends and the party.
Tears filed the eyes of strong men as
Root depicted the lamentable fate that
had deprived the party Of two great
leaders.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
Argument on High Plane.

Roots voice is neither strong nor
clear. but that did not count. 1t was
the mastery construction of his speech.
the high order of his argument and the
strength with which it was maintained
and the earnestness with which he
pleaded his cause that won the audience.
Decades will pass before the last is
heard Of Roots keynote
Representative Littleheld of Maine
says it was the greatest convention
speech ne had ever heard
He has shown himself to be of Presi-
dental size" he said.
That's true" said Representative
Loudenslager OF New Jersey, but as
a Presidential possibility. his success
sOr as Secretary of War must not be
overlooked William II. Taft Of Ohio
IS one OF the great men OF the country
today"
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

Two women who came over in the
second cabin were detained in New
York the other day because they
came over 10 be married. One had $500
and the other $225. The law does seem
20 work IN curlycues now and then.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22
From Past to Present.

Pride possessed them when Root told
OF the power and strength Of Mckinley
and Hanna. and the thousands cheered.
Then was Roots opportunity. He chang
ed from the past TO the present; from
the dead leaders to the living chieftain.
He spoke Of the problems Of the present
Administration and how they had been
met with credit and with glory.
These achievements were presented with
clearness and force. though with absO-
lutte good taste. Root reached the climax
and ended his speech with the name
Of the author OF these deeds. the leader
OF the party, and the choice OF the con-
ventiOn. Theodore Roosevelt
Ii could not have been better done
There were cheers. but that WAS not
the main thing. II was the way in which
Root stamped Roosevelt as the man Of
the hour and brought the Mckinley and
Hanna men TO the Presidents stan
dard that made the impression that viii
last long In the minds Of those who
heard the speech.
The Washington times., 1904-06-22

The Secretary to the President and
Mrs. William Loeb. jr., have returned
to Washington from O two weeks trip
In Yellowstone Park and the West.
They will remain IN Washington until
the President and his family take their
departure for Oyster Bay. July 2.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-11-07
ADAMS AND THE MILITARY.
Denver Republican

iOthfti fNepuDiiCdus
Alva Adams declars that II elected
governor he will never use teh mill
tary to take sides In an Industrial
conflict In other words he pledges him.
self to refrain from using one OF the
powers OF his ofIice to maintain peace
and enforce the laws
This declaration of a license to the
Western Federation OF Miners to do
as II pleascs in case he Is elected
should bring down upon Mr.. Adams
the condemnation OF every law abid.
ing citizen In the state
No candidate for the office OF gov
ernor has right to pledge himself to
refrain from employing any OF the
powers Of his Office In any way that
that the welfare OF the state may de-
mand. This pledge by Mr.. Adams will
be accepted by the Western Fedora
ton and It's agents as license to com
nit crime. Assured TINT they will not
be interefcred with, they will not hest
tate to go to any length that their hat
red of organized society nd their love
OF disorder may prompt them to
choose
The constitution makes 1t the duty
NJ the governor to see that the laws
are executed and II 1t is necessary
TO employ the militia In the discharge
Of this duty he should not hesitate
for moment 10 call out the troops.
Mr.. Adams II elected governor would
violate his oath Of ONCE II he did not
rall them out In case of need but the
obligations he is under to the Western
Federation Of Miners would compel
him to keep his pledges to that organ
zation. He wouldf not dare to invite
animosity by using the troops to sup
press insurrections they might bring
about.
Can any one ask for more OF better
evidence than this pledge to show that
the Western Federation is satisfied
that its conspiracy will be taken care
Of In the event OF the defeat OF Gov
ernor Peabody and the election OF
Alva Adams?