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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-04-16

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Ind him in.
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Edward-He owes me s10-Chtcaen
Journal
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-04-16
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Air LINE RAILWAY

Short Line to Principal Cities of Il
South and SouthM est, Florida,
Cuba, Texas and Mexico
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-04-16
Norfolk and Western r. r.
LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY, BYRD

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LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRI
STREET STATION.
800 A. m NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives n
norfolk II 30 A. n. Stops only st Petersburg
Waverly and Suffolk.
s0o Am. CHICAGO EXPRESS Be fYet Psrio,
Car Petersourg 10 Lynchtvrg and Roarah.
Pullman EocKer Roanoke ~ Colr mbus and
Biusd Vi (hat tannt: Also Roaoks K
Knoxville, and Knoxville to Chattanooga. and
Memphis.
l2-D D. m. Roanoke Express for rarmyils
Lynchburg. and Roanshe,
$40 2. m, Ocean 6hoev-a 'mited Arrives MOI
folk d 20 p. n. Stops oalS Petersburg Wa
oriy and SUFFOLK Cscsse,' with Steamers q
Boston. Provideuce, nv York, Baltimore and
Washington,
Dc P. ma. for NoKiSlka d all stations cas-.
Of Petersburg.
o:ss p. n. NEW oRIxAHs SHORT LINE Pull.
man Sleeper Richmond to LynchburR. Peters
burg 20 Roanoke. Lynchburg to Oh attanooga.
Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dining Car,
Trains arrives from the west IS O. m.
p. M and SO p m, from Norfolk IL 10 O. m.
IL :S2 M a. m and 8 80 D. m.
Office Ng sS8 East Main Street.
W. b. BEVlLl- c. II. BOSLEy
ten Pass AGt DIV. Pass Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Arkansas,

The people of Arkansas present their
compliments to the country. and have the
honor to announce that the governor of
the state and an associate justice Of the
state supreme court have just been fined
in a police tribunal for rowdyism on the
stump. While in joint discussion present
ing their respective claims to consideration
for the nomination for governor of the
commonwealth, each gave the other the lie,
and fight between them followed. Arkan-
sas' is one of those highly favored commu-
mites where but one party is permitted to
exist. and where, as a consequence in order
to secure preferment, men have at times to
wake the snakes" A family row is
always the most bitter of rows, and when it
is fully launched personalities always over
shadow principles. In this case, however,
the contest may result as between these
two men-unless at some future meeting
they should physically put an end to each
other. Arkansas is at least assured of a
ready scrapper in the governors chair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

wretched people this schoolmaster produced
in court a number of boys who. he declared,
had been made the victims of the cigarette
young humanity. They freely admitted
their vice and gave the names of the
dealers who had supplied them with cigar
ettes Such boys. he declared, are to be
found in every public school in every large
city in the country. The charge sufflces to
cause Washington. with other cities. to
wake up and ask itself II this evil prevails
here to any extent. 1t behooves the school
authorities and the parents to organize
against the tobacco dealers. large and
small. who sell to minors Much of the
evil springs from the little confectionery
shops, where sweetmeats and cigarettes
are doled out by the pennyworth to all
applicants. 1t Is hardly to be doubted
that the law against the sale to children
of these poisonous tobacco rolls is broken
in every section of the city without pun
ishment.
The parent who Is Indifferent must be
aroused to sense of his duty to his son.
The parent who realizes the evil and tries
to cure it by vigorous measures must be
helped by a closure of the sources of sup
ply The teachers are likely to know the
boys who use cigarettes, and with their
cooperation the fathers and mothers of
Washington ought soon to be able to con-
vict enough of the law-breaking vendors
to bring about a decided reform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
After War, Peace.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.

From the LouiSvflie Courler-JoWuaA.
It will be a great relief in many ways
when the dispute between Japan and RUS
STA comes to definite end. 1t matters not
how it is settled, whether by war or AMIGA
bly,. 1t is desired that there should be an
end to the ever-recurrent question Of pos
sble collision which will sooner or later
draw other or all nations into 1t in some
way or other making a kind of Arranged
don which will be the beginning OF the END.
For more than year there mas Deen an
acute stage between these two powers,
foreboding at any time. if the rumors could
be relied on, the early beginning of hostili-
ties If there had not been just enough
ground for apprehension of actual collision
one would be inclined to think that the
whole thing had been the work of shrewd
SPECTATORS to manipulate the markets. At
times the danger has been represented as
imminent and there would be a slump in
securities and commodities Of a certain
class, with a corresponding advance in
other classes. There would come news of
a roseate hue and the pendulum would
swing back giving the bulls chance in the
market And so it has gone through the
summer and fall, and the winter finds the
game kept up with even increasing activity
the alleged acuteness of the situation grow
ing in intensity and the clouds of war be-
ing suddenly blown away with an alternat-
ing recurrence only comparable to the op-
era ton of a skillfully constructed piece of
machinery. To say that everybody is get
ting tired of it is putting it mildly and
while nobody wishes to see blood wantonly
spilled. there Is a general sentiment that
by a definite termination of this unrest and
uncertainty there would be acquiescence in
almost anything which would relieve the
nervous tension.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Snow and Ice Fines.

1t is evident that the fines imposed in the
Police Court upon those residents who fail
to clean their sidewalks of snow and Ice
are wholly inadequate. 1t has been mat
ter of common note for several days past
that many citizens prefer to pay 81 each
to the court rather than hire men to
clean off the sidewalks. This is annually
the case whenever the walks are covered
with ice or partly frozen snow. few
hundred dollars are collected in penalties
and the public suffers the Inconvenience of
bad sidewalks. even involving danger of
personal injuries. The community does not
care about the fines. They are supposed
10 represent the compulsive force-of the
law. 1t does desire. however. that the reg
ulations be enforced, to the end that the
walks be kept clear In winter, and If the
fine at present is not sufficient to cause en-
forcement of the law 1t should be raised.
1t should certainly be more accurately ap-
portioned to the extent Of the offense. The
fat rate Of 81 a lot should not serve as an
absolute test Of culpabifity in every case
taken to the court. There still remain in
some parts Of the city whole squares not
improved. in front of which the sidewalks
are never cleaned. No one ever hears of
the owners OF these vacant spaces being
fined heavily in the courts. The chief bur
den Of the law falls upon the owner or oc-
cupant of improved property. the citizen
who has contributed to the city's develop
ment. This condition Is recognized In the
Commissioners bill to abate nuisances,
which carries a clause enabling them to
mulct in tax-fines the nonresident owners
of property within the District who fail to
comply with the laws. properly heavy
fine for the failure of such owners-and
residents. too. who are in the same cate
gory-to clean their walks of snow and ice
whether they are improved or vacant,
would perhaps eventually work desirable
reform. The principle must somehow be
established that the sidewalks are for the
public convenience and are not to be OBJ
structed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
The Cigarette Evil.

The fact is fairly well understood by peo-
or intelligence today that the tobacco habit
is very injurious to growing boys. Physi-
clans have demonstrated beyond doubt
that cigarettes act upon the youthful sys-
tenn as direct and dangerous poison. The
essence of nicotine which the young smoker
inhales into the lungs enters the blood and
there plays havoc. The growth Is checked,
the brain Is Quilted. all the faculties are af-
fected. The boy who smokes cigarettes is
more than likely 20 develop along unwhole-
some Ines. He often reaches manhood with
his principles perverted and his body weak
ened.
This is no fancy of the reformer but an
actual fact. demenstrable by scientific
proof. Statistics are TO be had showing the
wrecking effects of this habit upon the boys
system. So web established is the fact that
school authorities the country over have
agreed that they must work seriously to
eradicate the evil of the cigarette. Rules
are in force in many Institutions public and
private, forbidding their use under penalty
of dismissal. One New York public school
principal has gone further and opened a
campaign against the sources of the boys
supply. Realizing that the laws which for
bid the sale of tobacco to minors are sell
dom enforced through the initiative of the
proper authorities, he has been conducting
crusade against the tobacconists who sell
to boys and has within short time hailed
five dealers to court with ample proof of his
charges.
In prosecuting his cases against these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Suburban Grade Crossings.

The wisdom and justice of the demand
that the steam railroads entering Washing
ton should extend their projected anti-grade
crossing system well out into the country
are made even more clear than before by
the further explanation of the circum-
stances attending the latest killing by train
at Brookland. The victim 1t appears was
trying to run around behind a freight train
which had been stopped at the crossing. OBJ
structing the way. Had this train not been
on the track the man would probably have
had a chance for his life. A correspondent
of The Star writes that the stopping of this
freight train is daily occurrence and that
the thoroughfare leading to the street car
line Is thus regularly blockaded at that
time. when Its use Is heavy. II the steam
tracks were inciosed between fences or
walls and crossed only by means of bridges
1t would matter nothing to the public how
often how long the trains were side
tracked within the suburban area. Traffic
across the rails could proceed undisturbed
at all hours and under all conditions. 1t is
of course highly cuipable on the part Of
the railroad company that it thus violates
the regulations which forbid the obstruc-
ton of the lines of travel. but in the alb
sence of effective suburban embarrassing
legislation these regulations are of little
avail. nor does the fact that they are re-
peatedly violated lead to betterment of
conditions. What is wanted today is an
amendment of the recently enacted statutes
affecting the elimination of grade crossings
in the city. forbidding the companies to
maintain any such crossings at any point
within the District. The statutes as now
framed will eliminate these death traps as
far north as street. which happens to be
short distance north of the city limits
But beyond t street the Districts area ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Dirty Streets,

The streets of Washington have not been
swept for many days, save by the winds,
and they are In consequence SO foul that
the city's health is menaced seriously. The
srow-falls and the formation of ice have
naturally made the ordinary work of clean
ing difficult, and in the absence of a specific
appropriation for removing the slush that
work was delayed for considerable period.
The daily accommodations of dirt and dis
breeding dust are usually fairly well
removed by the machines and the hand
workers. but the moment snow falls these
are withdrawn from service and nothing Is
done except the cart and shovel work OF
the snow cleaners. The appropriation
granted the other day will now permit the
authorities to do little work in the
streets, toward pushing the slush away
from the crossings and relieving the worst
places. but the total operations under the
general system have not to date amounted
to enough to be noticeable in beneficial
effect.
The lower temperatures of the past day
or two have frozen the slush solid, but at
the same time much of the dirt has been
released from the hard masses and has
accumulated on the bare spots of the
asphalt. The winds are blowing this ma
tSiidi hcCiS dDoot, SiCe1tiS " tiC AiSh@So
of the public health. 1t is urgently de-
manded by the community's welfare that
every available man and machine be forth
with put into service, to catch up in the
delayed work to remove as much as pos
sible of the filth which, in this desiccated
form, is most dangerous of all the elements
which the street cleaning department Is Or
ganized to combat.
Washington does not relish the spectacle
of leaving its streets to be cleaned by the
sun and the winds and the rain. 1t be-
lieves that better methods are possible,
even In mid-winter, than these primitive
processes. and 1t demands their employ
ment, even If Congress Is forced by the
circumstances to make larger appropri-
ationQ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Senator Bailey on the Canal.

The business men of Texas, like the Dusi-
ness men of the south generally, want the
Panama canal treaty ratified. Inc seces-
sion of Panama. the establishment OF an
independent government there. ana the
signing with that government by this gov
eminent of a treaty for constructing the
canal, are facts accomplished. Ratify the
treaty, then, say the business men OF Texas
speaking through the leading newspapers
of the state and their own business orgam-
cations and let the work of digging the
canal begin.
Senator Bailey combats this view. Charg-
ing the President with having violated the
law in not turning at once to Nicaragua
upon the rejection of the Hay-Herran
treaty by Colombia. he declares to his con-
stituents through the columns of the Hous-
ton Post that rather than vote for the
treaty with Panama he will retire from
public life.
Mr.. Bailey is a man of character, ability
and resolution. He is not, however, among
the safest of political leaders. He retired
from the minority leadership of the House
because of differences of opinion between
him and the rank and file of his party on
the floor of that body. Harmonization was
the need of the hour He exacted perfect
obedience failed TO get 1t. and quit the field
Quite recently. in the Senate, he antago-
nizeG the reciprocity treaty with Cuba,
upon grounds which showed his ingenuity
as a lawyer but which the great majority
of his party and the country generally re-
refused to accept. Public sentiment held
that the honor of the country was at stake.
Mr. Bailey concerned himself with the
treaty making and the tax-raising power OF
the government. He had close attention,
and he acquitted himself well as dex-
ferrous fencer, but he was unconvincing,
and the treaty was ratified by an over
whelming majority.
Obedience to law is the foundation stone
of the republic But before the President
can be injured In this matter of the canal
treaty 1t will be necessary to convince the
country that he has violated the law. And
his argument on that point. supplemented
by the arguments of leading senators of his
party. notably those Of Mr.. Spooner and
Mr. Lodge, is greatly stronger than that of
any man who has so far appeared for the
other side. 1t seems strange. too, that any
southern politician should lay such great
stress upon that point when 1t is noto-
rious fact that the souths power in the ma
tional law-making body is largely based
upon the notification of the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Constitution.
Mr.. German. at this very time, while de-
nouncing the President for an alleged viola
ton of law. has the pick of his party's legal
talent in Maryland at work devising means
for doing indirectly without punishment in
the matter of the suffrage what the federal
Constitution declares shall not be done ex-
cept upon the severest penalty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Moral Awakening in Cities.
From the BROOKLYN Eagle.

No doubt 1t Is a good sign that Americans
are awakening to the fact that they have q
right to govern their own cities. The
righteous native has certainly as much to
say as to how he shall be taxed and taught
and protected and served as the unrighte-
Gus man who has become SO strenuous i'm
matters of government. We have been
passing through crucial time, apparently,
for reports have come from Chicago, Min
neapolis. San Francisco, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, st. Louis and our own New York
that have made the tinid believe that the
end of democracy was in sight. and that a
monarchy. In which graft Is confined TO a
small and licensed aristocracy. would be
preferable TO a government n, which the
common people have ceased TO rule, at
least in the towns. and which has substi-
tuted for popular representation, rings and
bosses. chosen. or. rather. self chosen from
the baseSt element.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
The Railroad Trusts for Hanna.

From the New York Sun.
Perry s. Heath. who Is still secretary of
the republican national committee, got here
Saturday night and Is at the Waldorf
Astoria with Senator Kearns of Utah Mr.
Heath had considerable to say about Mr.
Hanna and his possible selection as the re-
publican candidate, which Mr.. Heath would
very much like to see. He said:
"As far as the sentiment for Senator
Hanna goes, there are fifteen railroad presi-
dents in this hotel now; ask them and you
will see what the sentiment is. Ten Of
them have seen Senator Hanna and urged
him to be a candidate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
A Terror of War.

Now let the lexicon appear;
Wen study day and night.
Bring forth the good old gazetteer.
There's going to be fight.
We've had to polish up our French.
And Dutch and German, too;
Our vocal muscles we must wrench
Each month with something new.
For Spanish In Six Months we've tried
With all our mental power;
And now our minds must be applied
To Russian in an Hour"
With sky and witch our brains wei
tease,
And when we have EN- right
We've got to tackle japanese
There's going to be fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

tends for several miles. and it is fairly well
populated. A good many thousand people
live along the lines of the three railroads
which enter the city from the north, and
the traffic across the tracks is heavy. There
should not remain, when the pending works
are finished. a single point within the Dis
trict where the people can, without COM
hitting trespass. gain access to the tracks
of the steam roads,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Criticising a Statesman.

He is a very enthusiastic young man,
said Senator Sorghum "but rather ind1s-
Greet"
He is fearless and Outspoken."
Yes. He imagines that his opinions OF
the trusts are important, when the consid-
Grafton that most nearly affects his inter-
ests is what some trust may happen to
think of him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
A Schemer.

''You don't like the Babbletons?'
Not much" answered Bliggins. My
wife likes them. however"
But you persuaded your wife to join
their progressive euchre club"
Yes. It's highly probable that after a
few games the families won't be on speak
ing terms"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
SHOOTING STARS.
Repetition,

"There was a time when animal worship
prevailed in civilization"
We'll" answered the man who reads
everything that is published. Judging from
the dog and elephant stories turned ouE by
popular writer's. should say we were get
ting around to 1t again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

From the PHILADELPHIA Record

From the Philadelphia Record
An old merchant says that circulars and
booklets can reach but a limited number
of people, and that the most widely circu-
lated magazines are not read by consid-
cradle proportion of the public. The news
papers. however, are read by virtually
everybody, and as you can never tell who
will prove a profitable customer" the
chances are overwhelming that the news
papers will reach him where other agencies
will not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
HeartleSsness,

OF heartless men he Is the worst
In all the heartlesS town
Who puts no ashes on the walk
And laughs when you fall down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Emperor William is making a collection
of popular songs. AS the coon song" has
made no Roadway in Germany he can af-
ford to take a chance like this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Every now and then the question asserts
itself. what is the use of being a million
aire if you have to pay taxes like other
people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

If Russia could control all of Asia in
addition to the territory it now holds it
would have the nucleus of a fine govern
ment trust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Mr.. Schwab has been kept even buster
since he lost his position with the steel
trust than he was while he held it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
No Doubt About It.

Uncle said the High School young
man, sis politics singular or plural?'
Sonny" was the reply, ''in de paint of de
country whah 1 come FUN dey's sing lar
mighty sing lar"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Kentucky occasionally resents the stories
told about it. but has not gone so far as to
declare feuds with any other states on ac-
count of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
rom the Indianapolis Journal.

From the Indianapolis Journal
The kaiser dnds himself growing unpopu-
lar with the Prussian nobility. He has re-
Gently given signs of preferring brains to
birth. and the mobiles believe that this is
either sign of degeneracy or of the far
reaching results of "the American inya-
sion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

General Reyes delay in departing may be
encouraging. Possibly he has taken a
liking to the country and hates to leave it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

If China were able to handle It's own enor-
nous resources IL would give both Russia
and Japan cause for thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Gen. Weyier continues to abuse the
United States. 1t is pathetic to see a man
insist on calling attention to his failures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Panama remains quiet and unobtrusive,
thereby showing that it can be modest even
though successful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

1t is strange that people hitherto so quiet
and peaceable as the Koreans should sud
denly develop such violent dispositions and
require so much supervision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Mr.. Bryan exhibits gentleness and good
humor which prove conciusively that his
vacation did him good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Spain will build new navy, but will
mark 1t Handle with care"