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Commander Marshall.

The announcement that the Russian &u-
thorities will endeavor to fix the respon-
sibility for the charge against Commander
Marshall of the Vicksburg Is welcome. ~
lie upon it's very face. 1t yet deserves atten-
ton by reason of the malignity Of its inven-
tor and the end he had in view. Our war
ships in eastern waters are all in good
hands, and their presence has none but a
legitimate object. They are not partisans
in the present war. When any duty pre-
sents itself it will be performed; and tho
American sailor knows his duty every time.
He has as much alertness and nerve in
action. and as much kindness and dis
cretion out of action. as anybody wearing
uniform. If Russia has any doubts on this
point let her consult Spain. There is no
ccncealment of sympathy with Japan in
American private life, but in American
public life perfect neutrality Is the deoreed
national policy.
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Bryan, Silver and Wheat
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
One of the principles to which Mr..
Bryan was wont to attach the most i'm,
portance was the alleged connection he
tween the price of wheat and the price of
silver. and this taking assertion induced a
great many simple minded agriculturists TO
think that if the price of silver could he
forced up by free coinage the price of wheat
and other farm products would follow. AS
Mr.. Bryan says that ne still goes in "for
principles, not for men," it is perba ps
worth while to see how this one has Jared
at the hands of fate. There was a Iittis
support for his whimsical yoking of silver
and wheat in the statistics of prices, ham
died with care, especially for a, few years
before 1896. when Mr.. Bryan first became
prominent as political economist, since
both wheat and silver were pretty steady.
But In the next year. 1897, while the silver
In dollar dropped In value from 52.2 cents
to 1871 cents. the highest price of wheat
went up from 04as cents to S1.O9 The next
year the silver in a dollar dropped another
cent and wheat. under the influence of the
famous Letter corner, climbed to $1.S5 The
silver in dollar has now dropped to 40 &
cents. while wheat is selling at 81 90. an adj
vance Of some 80 cents since November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
Smoke Explosions.

The first reports of the great Baltimore
fire referred TO severe explosion in the
basement of the Hurst building. where the
fire started which caused great spread of
the flames in the first few minutes and
greatly increased the danger Indeed. 1t was
generally believed in those first hours of the
disaster that some explosive substance ro1-
tained within the building had detonated
and scattered the embers SO far that the
FIRE department could not conquer the
blaze. thorough inquiry failed to dis
close that any such explosive material had
been stored in the building and gradually
tho theory was worked out that there had
been a sudden combustion of gases formed
By the fire itself. The same phenomenon
was noted in the Rochester fire, which
started in a large dry-goods establ' shment
such as that in which the Baltimore fire
originated. This fact has given strength
to the smoke-explosion theory and has led
to tests in Baltimore which appear to
demonstrate the danger of not providing
exits for the gases OF combustion. A model
OF warehouse with elevator shafts was
constructed and smoke was allowed 20 ac-
cumulate at the top and gradually to
spread back to the basement Then the
fire was exposed and in a few moments the
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accumulated smoke exploded with iouo
report and sufficient force to thrust out
ward the miniature iron shutters which
were fastened over the window openings.
As far as possible the conditions existent
at the start of the fire in the Hurst build
ing were reproduced. with similar result.
If that building had been. equipped with
large ventilator especially for the purpose
OF allowing the smoke to escape In case OF
smoldering fire doubtless the firemen
would have had a chance to conilne the
blaze to that structure. Thus the disas-
trcus experience of Baltimore suggests
new safeguard against explosion and the
general spread Of q fire. In the Chicago
theater catastrophe the chief cause of the
trouble apart from the failure of the as
bestos curtain to misunderstanding that it
was actually fireproof--was that the vent-
ating skylights in the roof OF the stage
section were fastened down securely, thus
affording no exit for the flames and gases
of the fire, which was confined for the
first few minutes to the stage itself. Too
great stress cannot be laid upon this point
of precaution. In every building which has
openings from cellar to roof, SUCH as sle-
vatdf wells. or which, constructed in two
chief sections, opens from one to the other,
must be provided some means of fire and
Toke egresS. Had the Hurst building
been so constructed as to free the smoke as
fast as it was formed in the cellar and had
the Iroquois Theater been properly man.
aged so as to permit the Immediate opening
of the skylights in the flies this country
would possibly have been spared two Of
the greatest disasters of it's history.
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AndreWS=EaSt and West.

Pity the sorrows of e. Benjamin An
drews! An educator of distinction. a man
OF many notions. scrapper with a keen
scent for trouble, his ways are ways of
turbulence, and all his paths are rocky.
Several years ago. when Organism was
rearing its formidable front Mr. Andrews
was at the head of Rhode Island unfver-
sity, and to the surprise and chagrin of it's
trustees and patrons threw in his fortunes
with the free silverites. A big row was
kicked up. 1t was held on the one side
that man who openly favored policy of
cheap money and an impairment of the
public credit was not fit to preside over an
institution of learning, while on the other
side-on Mr.. Andrews side-it was held
that an institution where discussion of
public questions and free opinions were
forbidden was no fit place for an honest
and self-respecting man to hold office Let
him go and reside among the people whose
views he advocates, was the verdict of the
opponents of Mr.. Andrews. He cannot i'm
port his western policies here And, sure
enough, Mr.. Andrews did leave Rhode Is
land, and ultimately pitched his tent in
Nebraska.
Behold him in Nebraska now in opposition
to local sentiment there. Silver is not the
theme, but plutocracy. Mr.. Andrews is &C
cused by his western neighbors of trying to
import Objectionable eastern policies among
them. improvements are needed at the
Nebraska University, over which Mr. An
drews presides, and he has solicited and re-
ceived handsome subscription from John
ID. Rockefeller. There is a loud protest
against accepting money from such a
source. The people of the state, regardless
of party, are expressing themselves with
emphasis on the subject, and in more than
one quarter the suggestion is made that Mr..
Andrews should leave the state and go and
reside among the people whose views about
money making and money spending he so
openly approves. Let him make his home
under the shelter of Mr.. Rockefeler's noun
tain of money.
Where shall this man go and be happy?
In the east he was driven out because of
western aftinities. In the west he is ordered
to pack and leave because of eastern affin-
ties Upon second thought however it may
not be in order to beStow pity upon Mr.. An
drews. May be he is 50 constituted that he
is never so happy as when moving and Civ
ing good cause for the change There may
be no locality where a fixture he would
be content. or for very long useful. Truly,
an unusual man.
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Debating" the District Bill.

It is clear that the House of Represen-
tatives is willing to intrust the conduct of
the fiscal affairs of the District of Column
bia to the committee on appropriations,
for as soon as the bill for the next year
had been laid before the House yesterday
and had been properly introduced in the
course OF a brief talk by the member in
charge, and an instructive historical dis
course by another member of the COM
nittee the House launched at once into
the sea of political debate and entertained
itself for several hours with a partisan
discussion of the regro question and the
tariff. Indeed, the Congressional Record
this morning. which might have been
strictly federal capital number with the
Senate debating at length the subject of
public buildings and the District bill be-
fore the House, falls far short of that
mark
Mr. Burkett's address to the House on
the status of the District revealed a thor
ough understanding of the real relation of
the capital to the federal government He
sketched the history of the District with
graphic touch, and pointed out to the mem
bers who might otherwise be uniformed
the reasons for the annual appropriation of
one-half of the Districts expenses from the
inform the wide-awake resident of Wash
ington in this admirable essay, but it de-
serves to be printed as a document and
sent out into every congressional district
in generous numbers. For it indicates both
the necessity of maintaining here a beauti
full fedora city and the equity of imposing
half of the burden of maintenance upon
the government itself
1t is clear that the District bill must
wait until it gets into the Senate for such
changes as are wisely to be made in it.
The House seems disposed to relegate the
framing of the measure in detail to the
committee. If that sub-body always drew
up the budget with the generosity and in
the spirit of progress displayed this year,
this would be an acceptable process. But
sometimes a little general debate on the
Districts needs and the particular items of
the bill fosters wider understanding on
the part of the members of the intimate
affairs of the municipality. Inasmuch as
Congress is the Districts legislature, it is
to be hoped that the House will not fall
into the habit of regarding the introduce
ton of this annual budget as signal for
political debate for the manufacture of
camDaign material
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01
Public Building Plans and Sites.

The debate in the Senate yesterday on
the Fairbanks bill to provide the site for
the proposed triple department building
was highly Instructive as to the views of
the members of the upper house of Con-
gress on the subject of the building needs
of the government. Seldom has this ques-
ton been so thoroughly ventilated, with
such broad covering of ground and the
eGUnciation of so many divergent senti-
menis. But in all the talk there was a
clear agreement all sides that the gov
eminent Is inadequatey equipped with
structures for the transaction of its bust
ness. Senators pointed out first one and
then another necessity in this line The
Senate itself needs an Office building to re-
place the cramped Maltby building. The
Supreme Courts dignity and growing bust
ness call for proper separate constrCc-
ton near the Capitol. In the departmental
work 1t is undeniable that more room Is
the cry on every hand. Records are in
danger. clerks are too closely huddled to-
gether. work is impeded, the governments
growth not having been adequately pro-
yided for.
The bill Immediately in hand proposes to
commit the biunder which has been so en-
phatically demonstrated In the present
triple-department building. that of housing
more than one great organization within a
out that fact, and the only defense offered
was that It would be difficult If not impos-
sible to persuade the House to provide for
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three separate departmental buildings. ]

three separate departmental buildings. If
the Senate always proceeds on the prin-
ciple that 1t should pass only such bills as
the House Is likely to approve the public
business will be but haEtingly transacted.
and the public needs slowly and made
ouately met.
The debate ranged chiefly along the lines
of the architects and the sites. A DISPOSE
ton clearly prevailed to criticise the archi-
tects and to object to the fees they charge
That is unfortunate. The fact that owing
to extraordinary circumstances which were
not fully explained in the debate an un-
satisfactory job was done at the White
House recently and an ugly little architec-
tural wart was added to the western end
for "permanent-temporary" executive Of
flee should not cause a general departure
from the policy OF securing for the gov
eminent the best available talent in the
preparation of plans for the public build
ings The disposition to question the fees
paid to the architects Is in line with the
old cheese-paring policy which has given
the government in the past several atroci-
ties in this city. The buildings which were
cited In debate yesterday the most Of
fensive to the higher tastes. were the re-
suit of departure by the government from
tifo duNice oI the country most Qualneu
men.
The preponderance of sentiment in the
upper house is clearly in favor of placing all
future public buildings in the Mall-avenue
triangle. There was hint that prejudice
prevails against this project in the House
of Representatives because of it's connec-
ton with the grand project Of the Senate
park commission. This is an error which
cannot be too speedily corrected. The
proposition to take the whole area lying
between the avenue and the mall for public
building purposes was preached and earn
estly advocated long before the park COM
mission was created. That commission did
not definitely indorse the scheme. 1t in
cluded it incidentally among its recommen-
dations, but only in the course of working
out the principal project of emplacing the
important public buildings of the future on
the mall itself In fact, the definite adop-
uon now of the plan of devoting this tri-
angle to the governments building needs
Will put an effectual quietus upon the most
obnoxious feature of the commissions pro-
ject, that of de clipping the Mall by it's
use for building sites, and it's Disagreement
by the cutting of great boulevard-vista
through its wooded space.
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The Hearst Boom.

The Hearst boomers, we are told, have
taken a leaf out of Mr.. Hanna's book
They have gone about their business in a
thorough and systematic fashion They are
leaVlng nothing to chance and but little to
sentiment. Their favorte wants to be
President, and they want the people to
Know 1t. They don't mind seeking the Of
fee in his name
Mr.. Hanna, however, did not have to in
troduce his favorite. If Mr.. Mckinley was
fortunate in his manager, Mr.. Hanna was
equally fortunate in his candidate. Mr.
Mckinley had been a presidential quantity
for at least eight years. He had been q
very promising man with a national repu-
tation for at least twice that long and on
Joyed unusual personal popularity He knew
every leader Of any consequence In either
party. 1t was not difficult, therefore. for
MI Hanna to conjure in his name McKin
iey's time had come and while Mr. Han
ma work was important, and required cara
ana system, it was rendered in behalf of u
man who possessed a long-established re-
nown and many elements of strength. IF
was not the first time the country had been
asked TO consider Mr.. Mckinley in connec-
ton with the presidency.
Inc Hearst boomers here had and have
"'eiy inherent problem. Their man Is new
IN polltcs and In national life His success
+ In Journalism had prepared nobody for his
presidential aspirations. In fact. when thew
were first announced people did not treat
the announcement seriously. That young
man, without experience in office. a
stranger personally to the great majority of
public men, just entering Congress, should
be asking as a second favor at the hands
OF the people the highest office within their
gilt, seemed. to say the least of it, extraor-
binary. Nevertheless, it was true; and
since that time his friends, tireless in his
behalf and bountifully supplied with the
slneWs of war, have appeared in every sec
ton of the country. The Hearst boom is
now a matter of moment in every state in
the Union, and is giving the other demo-
cratic booms no end of trouble
Gagged, then, in this way, the efforts of
the Hearst people are greater at the same
stage of the game than were those of Mr.
Hanna. Mr. Hanna was asking for dele
gates for the strongest and most attractive
man in the republican party. The Hearst
people asking for delegates, and getting
them, for a man whom in many localities
they are finding 1t necessary to introduce.
The Hearst boom, indeed, is unique in every
way. and the democratic party, speaking
after the easy fashion of the street, is up
against it good and hard
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An Unmanageable Intellect.

L N feeling right ashamed about
The way my mind will act;
I've been unable =. make out
The reason quite exact
l know that life's a serious thing
and that it isn't right
To sit this way a-wondering
How soon the fish will bite.
1 ought to be a-fguring on
The Asiatic war,
And finding where the things have gone
That folks pay taxes for.
l ought to talk of destiny
And yet, both day and night.
The pressing question sens to be
How soon the fish will bite.
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Oscar Triggs, who was until recently as
ISOLATED with the Chicago University, says
that the advice given students at gradua-
ton would be humorous If it were not pa
thetic. Mr.. Triggs may be a good judge
of pathos but his humor is entirely of the
unconscious variety
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Calm Egotisn

why don't you go to work and earn
money as 1 did at your age?'
My dear father" said the complacent
youth, IF l were to go ahead and work
what would be the use of your having done
so?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

1t is safe to say that Mr.. Booker Wash
ington would be quite content to ignore the
question of dinner engagements that is
being so earnestly discussed if he could
be assured that people of his race will not
be burned at the stake
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His Feelings.

How do you feel" said the impression
able person. when you have heard piece
OF music that particularly appeals to your"
After hearing what mother and the girls
have to say about my musical taste" an
swered Mr.. Cumrox. Il generally feel
ashamed of myself
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BoounS.

The booms that plenteously spring
How they upset our plans.
There's one that is the real thing
And lots of also-rans.
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SHOOTING STARS.
Signs.

DO you regard dollar wheat as a sign
of prosperity?''
mot out our way answered Farmer
Corntossel. Its just a sign that We
haven't any wheat"
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People indicted for grating cannot help
being more Or less annoyed by the manner
in which these legal formalities not only
involve personal risks, but eat UP the prof
its
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1t is noteworthy that the Japanese appear
to be more concerned in sinking ships and
advancing soldiers than indulging in curl
osity as to how sympathy is going
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1t remains to be seen whether the moder-
alton of the weather is to be- welcomed as
a benefit or distrusted as a snare for the
peach crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

There are so few reports as to Mr.
Charles Schwab's ill-health that it may be
inferred that he no longer needs them in
his business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

If as much industry is shown in building
the Panama canal as was developed in OPP
posing it the work will progress with COM
mendable rapidity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

1t is expected that General Reyes travel
talks will be a source of much beneficial
instruction to the Colombians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

Korea may change its name from 'the
land of the morning calm to 1.-The land of
all-day trouble
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Spain is probably well pleased TO see no
reason why it should become involved in
an international war should one occur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

Jeffries is willing to talk about Munroe in
a manner that will, in the event of victory,
give him credit for having whipped a good
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Discouraging Lynch Law.


tfUuI IHt NEW fOik World.
The sight Witnessed twice within two
weeks OF southern governors extending mill
.Rry protection to negroes In danger of
lynching is eloquent CT the growth of a
new sentiment in the south regarding the
sanctity of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

Considering its experiences, China could
hardly fail to regard the necessity of TAX
ing sides with Russia or Japan as a choice
between two evils.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

The failure to deny the reports of Isl Ans
death may be due to the fact that she is
lady whom 1t is dangerous to contradict.
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National Peril.

From the New York Herald
1t is not too much to say that the increase
OF mob violence and lynchlngs is a menace
TO the stability Of our institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-01

de man dat can't git indignant about
muffin" said Uncle Eben, 'Is bad off; but
de man dat keeps gittin' mad at de wrong
time Is wuss"
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Mr.. Bryan is still vainly waiting for
Tolstoi to stir Europe up on the free silver
question
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Deeds. Not Words.

From the Rochester Herald.
Do as | do, not as ! say" il Senator
Hoar's motto for statesmen
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IT'S Here.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
This is the monthsws have been waiting
Tor
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lit Is Near at Hand to Hum
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