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The Washington times., 1904-01-07
About POLITICS
AND POLITICIANS

the printer. The careful head writer Of
the Record" has indicated that the
speech is upon What the Republican
Party Has Done for the Soldier-Most
Liberal Pension Laws in the World
The Campaign for Protection in Great
Britain-The Experience OF the United
States Shows Free Trade Losing
Policy-Our Prosperitys Only Peril the
Menace of Democratic Victory"
For four pages the speech deals with
pensions. and then Mr.. Dick leaps TO
the tariff question, taking up the Cham
berlain policy in England The Ohio
statesman has some remarks Of his own
interlaced with extracts from Chamber
lain and Balfour, and here and there a
few statistics. The thirty-eight pages
which follow look like the issue OF a
London daily with a report of the pro
ceedings of parliament They contain
q volume of sDeeches of the Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain as reported in the London
Telegraph" the Glasgow Herald" and
other papers. This solid block Of nonpa-
neil type for thirty-eight pages is only
relieved by an occasional Hear Heart,
indicating the exclamation Of Mr.. Cham
berlain's audience. and now and then
parenthetical Cheers or Laugh
ter" leading to the opinion that the
former secretary for the colonies may
after all be a joker and make pun at
which even an Englishman will laugh.
Finally after long columns Of statistics
Mr. Dick resumes with his own Ian
guage, and says in so doing: Now
then. Mr.. Chairman, turning from the
tariff situation IN Great Britain for
ten pages he tells of the conditions in
our own country. Unlike some mem
bers, Mr.. Dick does not conclude his
Record" speech with Loud Applausel-
The speech is a complete review Of the
tariff situation, an argument for the
stand pat" policy, and will doubtless
be used as a campaign document
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THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA
Tells How He Escaped From the TerrOrs of Many Winters by
Using Pe=ru=na

rms centenarian Is an ardent friend OF
reruna, having used ii many years.
In speaking Of his good health and
extreme old age, Mr.. Brock saws:
After a man has lived in the world
as long as 1 have. he ought to have
round cut d great many things by expe-
rience. think have done SO.
"One Of fhe things I have found
our 70 my entire satisfaction Is rhe
proper fhing for ailments thar are Due
directly 70 fhe effects Oe fhe climate.
For us years Z have wifHsfOod fbe
ohangea6Ie climate OF rhe Unifed
States.
i have always been a very healthy
man. but. OF course. subject to the little
affections which are due TO sudden
changes in the climate and temperature.
During my long life 1 have known a
great many remedies for coughs, colds.
and diarrhoea.
AS for DR.. Harfman's remedy.
PerHEa, ! have found it 10 be rhe besf,
II nor the only. reliable remedy for
these affections Ir has been nv
standby for many years, and ar
tribune my good heaIfh and extreme
old age 70 this remedy.
1T exactly meets all nv requirements
II protects me from the evil effects OF
sudden changes; il keevs me in good
appetite; it gives me strength: Il keeps
my blood in good circulation. I have
come 10 rely upon il almost entirely for
the many little things for which / need
medicine.
When epidemics of Ia grippe first be-
gan TO make their appearance in this
country l was a sufferer from this dis
ease.
81 had several long sieges wifh rhe
grip. Ar firsf did nor know thar
PerHHa was q remedy for this disease.
When heard rhas Ia grippe was
epidemic cafarrh. tried Peruna for
Ia grippe and found Ir 70 be izsr the
thing"
In a later letter dated January 81 1903
MIR. Brock writes:
7 am we'll and feeling as weu as 7
/ have for years. The onlv thing that
1 bothers me is my sight. IL 1 could see
i better j could walk all over the farm
and II would do me good. / would not
4 be without Peruna
/ Yours truly.
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A short time ago. by request. Uncle
isaac came to Waco and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held stick cut
from the grave of General Andrew Jack
son. which has been carried by him ever
since. Mr.. Brock is a dignifed old gem
tleman, showing few signs of decrepi-
tude His family Bible is still preserved
and it shows that the date Of his birth
was written 1l5 years ago.
Surely a few words from this remark
able old gentleman, who has had 1l5
years of experience to draw from. would
be interesting as well as profitable. A
lengthy biographical sketch is given of
this remarkable old man in the Waco
Times-H Herald. December 1, 1895. A stiu
more pretentious biography of this. the
oldest living man, illustrated with a
double-column portrait, was given the
readers of the Dallas Morning News.
dated December II. 1898. and also the
Chicago Times-Herald OF same date.
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Tariff in the Record"

Subscribers to the Congressional Rec
ord and those on the free list when
they received their copy of that pub
hcatiOn this morning wondered why it
was so vOluminous in view Of the fact
that little business was transacted in
either house yesterday and there was
less than the usual amount Of speech
making a hasty glance through the
first sixty-two pages told the story 1t
was a speech by the Hon. Charles Dick
OF Ohio. remarkable in its very magni-
tude If nothing else and which no one
remembers ever having heard; but that
is nothing. many speeches are made
iu Congress IN the same manner Gen
eral Dicks was delivered-delivered TO
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Punctured HIS Boom.


Mr. Olney has punctured his own
boom" That is the general comment
among Democratic members Of Congress
upon the most conspicuous incident Of
the Mcclellan dinner at Sherry's last
Monday night. The former Secretary Of
State. who is a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President, declared
his former chief. Mr.. Cleveland. TO be
the embodiment of all that is Demo-
cratic in principle. and the man Of the
hour. This. coming as it does after the
ex-President has stated emphatically
that he is not a candidate. is taken by
many Democrats 20 mean that Mr..
Cleveland friends arc still determined
20 do all they can TO nominate him and
force him to accept il they are success
ful The anti-Cleveland men are there
fore on the alert; many OF them be-
lieve that Mr.. Cleveland would alter
his decision If the fact could be de-
veloped that the convention would honor
him with fourth nomination.
BY advOcatin the nomination OF the
ex-President Mr.. Olney has alienated
many who were disposed to look with
some favor upon his own candidacy.
They declare that the party must name
a man who can soliGify the two fac
HbNS OF the party ana DTluE 10 MS sup
port both the Cleveland and the Bryan
wings Of the Democracy. and that no
man can do that who openly and public
ly advocates the denomination of Mr..
Cleveland. Mr.. Olney's friends recently
announced that they would soon begin
an active campaign for his nomination.
and have intinated that they would
start out with the New England dele
gates as nucleus and hoped 10 win
favor in other States for the Massa-
Chusetts man. II Mr.. Olney Is for
Cleveland. say Democrats from the
south and West. why should we be for
Mr. Olney? They want neither a Cleve-
land partisan nor Bryan partisan. but
candidate who can command the ap-
proval of both leaders and bring abe 1t
harmony Many Democrats who were
wont 10 regard Mr. Olney as a formd-
able candidate now declare that he has
lost whatever chance he had by his
eulogy Of Mr.. Cleveland, which is taken
as an attempt 10 revive the boom for
the former President
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OLD BURIED CITIES
IN CENTRAL ASIA
Like Ancient Pompei, Great Places Are Hidden
From Eyes of Man Since Mongolian Invasion

and close to the Keria- Daria, or River
keria In the account OF his travels
he thus speaks of this Asiatic Pompeii
"Of the greater part Of the buildings
there only remain wooden columns OF
the height Of from six 10 ten feet. No
where is there stone or a brick. The
sole materials used here were poplar and
the w8ter willow, while the other dca0
cities of Eastern TUrkcstJn. which
had visited before, were constructed in
clay, either baked or dried in the sun.
The architecture of these buildings is
very simple. At the angles are beams
supporting the roof. while the interme-
date space is composed of willow set
on mud and whitewashed, both in tho
interior and the exterior. These ruins
occupy an area of about one and three
quarters to two and half miles square
The greater part is buried under sand
dunes. only in their depressiOns being
the remains Of houses visible.
Orchards and Gardens.
From the dunes emerged long lines Of
the trunks of poplar trees, where for
merly shaded roads traversing lands
that today are covered by sterile sand,
and orchards Of aDricots and plums,
which supplied the inhabitants with sue
culcnt food. Far away. in the time Of
its prosperity. this city was watered by
d river. the Keria-D -Daria, without any
doubt and irrigation bitches ran be
tween the houses, bringing everywhere
freshness and fertility.
This Asiatic Pompeii Is at least ten
centuries old. 1t existed anterior to
the MOhammedan invasion under Kou-
teihe-Ibn- Mouslim, which took place IN
The commencement Of the eighth cen
tury It's inhabitants were Buddhists OF
A-yan race. and probably came from
Hindoosta-
The objects found In the buried city oi
Takia-Makanc. as Sketched or photo
graphed. display high artistic merit.
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SENATOR DIETRICH
DREW TWO SALARIES
One as Governor of Nebraska and An
other as Member of Senate.

LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. IF the au-
thorities find any law covering the mat
ter, Senator Dietrich's troubles may be
added 10. Dietrich was governor Of
Nebraska when elected Senator. on
March 2S. 1901, and continued I'm office
until May / Of that year For that
period of thirty-three days, it has been
discovered, he drew $23O as pay for his
services as governor, while he has also
drawn pay as Senator from the day
succeeding that on which he was elected
to that office.
Attorneys say that there is no Fed
eral statute covering the matter, and
that he may justify drawing the CUB
ernatorial salary on the ground that he
nerlormed the functions OF that Oilce.
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SCORES CAPT. LEHLY
IN HIS DECLARATION
Lieut.. Commander Rodney Sues for
$4,000 Damages and Paints His
"Hardships" in Lurid TeFms.

Robert Burton Rodney. lieutenant
commander L. s. N. retired. who fig
uTed prominently In the local courts in
divorce proceedings against his wife
yesterday entered suit against Capt
Samuel G. Lemly. judge advocate gem
eral L. s. n. TO recover $50 600 damages
because Of alleged "hardships' suffered
by him on account Of Captain Lemly's
Satanic oppression OF him.
The declaration of Mr. Rodney. filed
by his counsel. John r. Devices x Co. is
quite lengthy, and is a record Of the
plaintiffs career while an active officer
in the navy. and since his retirement
Mir. Rodney says that Judge Advocate
General Lemly eNerted his influence to
defeat his attempts TO be reinstatcd on
the active list Of naval officers. lie fur
thcr says Captain Lemly favored con-
tractors. and through .heir influence
perpetuatcd himself in Office as Judge
Advocate General o. the Navy. This
Mr. Rodney alleges was done "as a
dark necessity to preclude condemnable
disclosures.
The said contractors, says the dec
laration, 10 the great honor of the com
bined service cannot discover therein
such another as this defendant to act
A0 htNlit-l Va Allf t,laAt tDt-NAt-llNt anu
subscrve graft purpose in their secure
and undisturbed paradise Of secret. IL
licit enrichmcnt-the Unguarded naval
appropriations.
Some time ago Mr.. Rodney offered to
file a somewhat similar declaration in
the District Supreme Court 1t was
printed. He was not. however, permitted
10 do So At that time Mr. Rodney in
his declaration simply asked for puui-
tive damages for his wounded feel
ings- He stated that he did not desire
to get possession Of one cent Of Captain
Lemly's money. he simply wanted a
verdict Of vindication in his favor
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Fewer Extensions.


According to advices received in Wash
ington from various parts OF the coun-
try there VIII be much less railroad
building in the coming year than in 1903
With the exception Of the Baltimore and
Ohio. not half dozen railroads in the
country intend to begin any new work.
10 IS said the Baltimore and Ohio is 70
continue its large expenditures for i'm
jrovements until $4,000, coo has been put
INTO new tracks. terminals and stock.
m less than two years the company
has spent S33 090000 for betterment.
~ was said TO-DAY the Pennsylvania is
imong the big systems which intend 10
Keep down expenses this year. No new
extensions are 20 be undertaken. but all
of the costly terminals. tunnels ard
bridges planned this year are to be
completed. II this is done II means an
expenditure Of so. .0o0 600 Railroad men
say the reason for curtailment is the
Unsettled conditions Of the market. due
@ the approach of the election for Pres
dent 1t is said to be hard at present
% dispose Of the best railroad securities.
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NATIONAL RESERVE
FOR THE us. NAVY

rollmcnt, training and instructiug 1f
the United States Naval Reserve, and
for the necessary publica tions required,
and for uniforming and equipping the
the officers and men enrolled. and other
wise carrying into operation the pro-
visions Of the act This is intended to
constitute a continuous annual appro-
priatiou, 20 be and remain available un
til expended. payable out of any moneys
in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
Triatcd. for the puruosc Of continuing
and maintaining the reserve. 1t is to
be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of the Navy The ofuccrS and
men shau be paid when on duty. from
the pay Of the navy and the cost OF
their transportation from the regular
annual apprOpria for that purpose.
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TOWN OF GAuENTES, NEV.,
WIPED OFF THE MAP
Change in Line Of Senator Clark's Rail-
road Responsible for a Hasty
Evacuation.

SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan. 7.-CaIientes,
a town with 1900 population, has been
virtually wiped of the map. and I'm a
day. at that
Tuesday Calioutes, which is just over
the Nevada line. was a bUstling little
city. Now il is almost deserted. All
this is due to a change in the line of
Senator Ciark's transccntinental rail-
road. which is building toward the Pa
Cihc coast.
The route was run seventy miles be-
-ond CaIicntes. and Il required onls-
twenty-four hours FOR the population OF
CaHentes 20 bundle up and build a town
on the new site touched by the road.
Fifteen hundred people in tents mado
Commissary, the successor of Calicutes.
a city i'm a day
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Southern Denies Rumor.

It is denied that the headquarters Of
the Southern Railroad are TO be moved
to Atlanta as soon as the new 10000
station has been completed there. At
the Offices Of the company it was said
no such a plan was being considered
One of the higher officers said the re-
port had been started probably by an
announcement that the headquarters Of
several of the Southern divisions are TO
be moved to Atlanta from the towns
where they are now located. This con-
solidat:On. however. is not sikely 10
have any effect upon Washington
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CRUISER SAN FRANCISCO
OFF FOR TARGET PRACTICE

Admiral Cotton has advised the Navy
Department from Beirut that the cruiser
San Francisco left that port January 5
for Alexandria, where target practice is
to be had.
The flagship Brooklyn is stiIl az Beirut
looking after American interests in
Aslauc Turkey
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Ryan in Conference.

General Passenger Agent Ryan. Of the
Seaboard Air Line. and several OF the
other higher officers of the system had
a conference with local passenger agents
at the Raleigh yesterday morning MAJ
ters apDertaining to rates in the South
were discussed
II is said that President Barr, the re-
cent successor Of John Shelton Williams,
intends 10 make a number Of changes
IN rates and among the mir or officers.
Mr.. Ran declined to disclss the pro-
posed changes
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Opposition Diminishing.

Several Of the citizens of NJ Streer
northwest. who appeared at the hearing
before the District Commissioners on the
Old Dominion franchise matter in op-
position TO the railroad have announced
10 the officers of the company that they
have changed their minds. and will at
the next hearing. support the railroad
The Washington times., 1904-01-07
Coal and Coke.

The shipments Of coal and coke origi-
mating on the lines Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad east Of Pittsburg and Erie for
the week ending January ?. 1904.
amounted TO .757 tons. OF that, 7f.101
tens We're anthracite. 1850 tons btu
minous and 114.136 tons coke.
The shipments for the first two days
Of the present year amounted to ls0.40i
tons. as compared with 312,S50 tons for
the first three DAYS of 1903
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Attendance Is Constant.

Continuing, Mr.. Green says:
These figures were normal through
out the year, being unaffected by any
unusual gathering Of visitors 70 the city
like that Of the Grand Army OF the Re
public, which occurred in October. 1892.
ard which alone in one week raised the
daily average for the whole year some
- per cent; that is. to 3.0s2 per day in
stead OF 2.29S as in the past year.
Such constant and unrsmitting use of
the building. especially at night, when
as shown, n is used by the public near
!y as much as by day, keeps all the me
chanical plant under constant strain and
affords but limited and brief OpDOrtuni-
ties for repair or readjustment of the
az pare tuS II requires also from the
men ~ charge uncOmmOnly waLChful
and skiilful attention TO prevent stop
pages IN the service and consequent
serious interruption or Inconvenience TO
the work and the users OF the Library" ."
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,U,.rcp, c&aooN.

For free book on catarrh. address
he Perupa Medicine Co. Columbus. o.
If you DO not derive prompt and satis-
FACTORY results from the use OF Peruna,
write at once TO DR.. Hartman. giving a
fun statement Of your case, and he Will
be pleased TO give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman. President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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higher Rates.

Dispatches from San Francisco state
that all or the Western roads. which
have agreed on the advance OF west
and eastbOund freight rates. effective
or January IS. are now arranging for
an expansion Of these rates TO points
beyond Chicago.
Accompanying this announcement is
another to the effect that the advanced
rate in the new schedule Is 20 be with
drawn on certain commodities. a list
Of which is now being prepared.
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NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN

This being the case the only opponents
are likely 10 be former Senator Jones.
who thinks the road should be put down
in l. or n Street. because ne lives in II
Street, aud General Harries who does
not want any sort OF a new railroad in
the city. because il might reduce the
profits of his lines. President Need
ham. of Columbian UNIVERSITY has also
withdrawn his opposition.
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Born before rhe Unifed sfares
p Presidents elected.

was formed.
Saw p Presidents eIeCfed.
Pe-ru-na has protected him
from all sudden changes.
Veteran of four wars.
ShOd horse when 90 years old.
Always conquered rhe grip with
Ps-rH-Ra.
witness in a land suit ar rhe
age Of 40 years
Believes PeruRa rhe greafeSf
remedy OF the age for catarrhal
diseases.
The Washington times., 1904-01-07
Made vice President.

Joseph NJ. Graham. who reEgned as
chief engineer OF the Baltimore and
Ohio. has been elected fourth vice presi-
dent Of the Erie.
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CONSPIRACY BILL HEARING.

The House Committee on judiciary
has set January 13 as the time for
public hearing on Representative GrOs-
venor's bill defining and limiting the
word conspiracy" in injunction cases.
The Washington times., 1904-01-07

Isaac Brock, a citizen of McLennan
county, Texas, has lived for rs years
For many years he resided at Rosque
Falls, eighteen miles west Of Waco, but
now lives with his son-in-law at Valley
Mills, Texas.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
IS FAST FILLING UP
Superintendent Green Re
ports on Space Occupied.
THE STREAM OF VISITORS
In Past Year s34,zoI Persons Entered
It's Portals TO Read Books or
View Structure.

At the present rate of increase in
books all the available space in the new
Library OF Congress win be occupied
long before it was expected to be wheL
the building was erected. That is tn,
opinion Of Bernard r. Green. supeTin-
tendent Of the library building anc
grounds. expressed in his annual report
submitted to Congress.
"It is even now evident" says N1r
Green. that the original estimate THAI
something like a century's growth hac
been provided for, based upon conditions
and data of the day, must be discounted
20 or SO per cent" He states further
that spacious as the building is and far
reaching as originally seemed 10 be the
provision made for the future in its
construction, every part is already in
active use from cellar to attic. except
ing only two or three attic rooms.
open Day and Night.
Prior to September "A, 1892. the build
ing was open 10 the public on week days
only Since that date it has been open
every day and evening throughout the
year, excepting Christmas the Fourth
Of July. and Saturday evenings in July
and August. A careful count Of the
daily visitors. Mr.. Green says. show.
undated interest both in the library
proper and the building which houses H.
The average daily attendance for 3g1
days was 2,29S. and the grand total. ssh
20l. OF these f77.730 visited the library
in the daytime. before 8 o'clock. anG
3j64ll came between the hours Of . and
10 in the evening. The largest daytime
number Of visitors was in the shorl
month OF February. when there were
4I,O4S. and the smallest IN the month OF
july. when there We're %. SOS: the largest
number Of evening visitors was in the
month OF A=5Th, Wnen there were 81. .440
and the smallest in December. wher
there were 21,111. The maximum daily
number OF visitors was IN February
when there were 6,S73 on a single day
the minimum was one day in July, when
there were $50
The Washington times., 1904-01-07

J. Allen Watts. associate counsel for
the Norfolk and Western Railroad. died
at his home, in Roanoke, Vac, on Tues
day.
The Washington times., 1904-01-07
MONEY FoR FoUNTAINs.

The Washington public library COM
mission has recommended the expendf-
ture OF about $500 for drinking fountains
rooms OF the Carnegie Library
The Washington times., 1904-01-07

HONGKONG. Jan. As the many
streams of molten lava from Mount
Ncsuvius preserved for centuries the
Greco-Roman cities of Pompeii and
Hcrculaneum, in Italy. for the wonder
and instruction of modern Christian
civilization, so have the desert winds Of
Central Asia. by their accumulation OF
sand. preserved, less intact, the remains
Of ancient towns that flourished pre-
vious TO the great Mongoliau eruption.
A recent discovery has been made by
travellers of n subteIranean town on the
right bank of the Amu-Daria, the an
cient Oxus. in Turkcstan, "a town OF
regular streets and squares and houses
two and three stories nigh, and i'm these
hebitations all kinds of furniture and
ornaments and coins of gold. silver and
bronze. The discovery was Occasioned
by the exploration of certain caves de-
scribed as the beginnings of vestibules
OF an ancient town about two miles
The Washington times., 1904-01-07
Covered With Sand.

The deduction which has been made
from this statement, that the town is
cave city, does not seem to be borne
out by the subsequent statement that
the houses were two and three stories
high. while the use OF the word sub
terranean." under well-known desert
conditions, would imply that the town
had been buried during the course OF
time under the drifting sand rather than
it had been eXcavated in the earth.
More precise information on these
points would certainly be acceptable.
If, as is probable, the discovery on the
banks of the Amu-Daria is that of a
sand-covered town. it is far from being
the first in Turkestan. One OF the most
interesting explorations Of this charac-
ter was that made by Or. Sven Hedin
in 1896 of the ruins of the city of Takia-
Makane. on the desert of that name,