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The Washington times., 1904-05-29
NEW FIRE APPARATUS
WILL COST $13,575

The opening OF bids at the District
Building yesterday FOR furnishing the
Fire Department with certain fire appar-
atus disclosed the fact that the Mott
Fire Engine Comany, Of Minneapolis,
submitted the lowest bids on one second
size steam engine and one fourqn
size engine. the prices asked being
1880 and 1900. respectively.
The lowest bid for furnishing a com
bination chemical engine and hose
wagon was made By the American La
France Fire Engine Company, of FL
mira, n. Y, the figure named being
81 500 The same company put IN the
lowest estimate, 1925, for furnishing
the department with a bo-foot aerlal
hook and ladder truck.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
FOR PRE- DISTRIBUTION.

The real estate corporation OF Stone &
Fairfax. corner Eighth and + Streets
northwest. have just prepared q map OF
the District OF Columbia showing exist
ing and proposed street extensions, and
private and public roads in the suburbs
OF Washington, which they are present.
Ing 70 the public with their compliments.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29

time to time as their particular EFFORTS
at police work may commend them
Training Necessary.
1T goes without saying that a good
detective must have had some training
in the detection. suppression. and pre-
vention of crime In police service. There
the qualities OF the individual for spe-
cial work manifest themselves, although
the man who has given continued atten-
ton to ferreting out crime without the
uaiforn experience ind discipline may
possess superior fitness for being a de-
tective.
There must be beginning, however.
and II usually follows that a local field
is the first schooling. the training ex-
tending from that to the more enlarged
or natural field. which should afford an
acquaintance with professional crirni-
nails and the character of their opera
lions.
The day has gone by when It took
a thief TO catch tnieL- Expersence %
demoralized the agencies which gave IL
employment, impoEed upon the pubic
and was fraught with many evil re-
suits.
Honesty, Intelligence, Energy.
"The detective officer of today. as n
requisite. should be honest He should
be a man of intelligence and energy
with that interest in his profession
which will Induce him to be an endless
and tireless worker.
There are TOO many men who Imagine
they possesg these attributes who pur-
sue cases given them for period;
whose stock OF reason runs low. and
who lack in determination to continue
70 follow. with the inquisitive nature
and pleasant add-ess which should fol-
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
SYLVESTER'S IDEA
OF MODEL SLEUTH
Must BeHOnest, Intelligent,
and Energetic.
FEW DISCUSSES ARE NEEDED
Training in Uniform a Desirable
Groundwork-Conditi
in the District.

Within the past two or three months
members OF the local detective force
have made many important arrests and
taken into custody notorious criminals
with records a yard long.
They were wanted in many cities and
had carried on operations in more than
one cline. Despite that out-of-town au-
thorities had prior claims. the police Of
the District. by virtue Of making the
arrests. had first chance.
Robbery of Mrs. Payne.
Mrs. Payne. wife Of Postmaster Cen
eral Henry Payne. was robbed of about
$500 worth Of jewelry, while stopping
in the Arlington Hotel annex. Within
twenty-four hours after the crime the
detectives had arrested and obtained
a confession from Agnes French. maid
employed by Mrs. Payne. The woman
pleaded guilty in Criminal Court No. l.
and is now serving a term In the peni-
tentiarv
Detectives Tyser and Trumbo also
made an important arrest in the person
OF George ]. Engleman, who had served
several terms in Sing Sing. and was
wanted for swindling a Philadelphia
jeweler out of 1900 worth of diamonds
Twenty-four hours after the man came
sent back to stand trial. He. too. was
convicted and sent TO the penitentiary.
Perry's Arrest.
Recently Detectives Parham and
O'Brien went TO Baltimore, and after
a fierce street fight arrested Arthur Per-
~ and Robert Olsen. two alleged thieves
who hired themselves out as butler and
valet at different times to Thomas f.
Vol h Do Of o1g0
Massachusetts Avenue. They burglar
lied both houses, and are wanted In
three other cities for similar offenses.
Major Sylvester is pleased with tho
work of his detectives. Letters COM
mending speedy arrests and recoveries
Of property made by his men are fire.
ouentiy received BIZ him.
The Ideal Detective.
When asked recently what he thought
were the qualifca atoms for an ideal de-
tective. Major Sylvester said:
The Police Department Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia includes a jurisdic-
ton in no sense similar to that which
prevails elsewhere. IN that the police
force must patrol and supervise a dis
tinct territoFy-not unlike in area to
that of Oklahoma or Idaho except in
extent Of area and form of government.
In this IL IN a measure loses It's NUM-
cipal character, and for which reason
It should be numerically strong.
at differs from most OF the muni-
cipal departments In having detective
bureau which is not separate from the
uniform establishment The detective
force under the law Is made up OF
members Of the police force who are
selected. and detailed to such work from
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
The Mans Stores Success.

One Of the most prosperous growths Of
mercantile importance I'm this city is the
success OF the Mans Store, 1O05-l007
pretorship OF d. J. Kaufman. Mr.. Kauf-
man has been prominently identified with
the mems furnishing goods and clothing
lines in this city for many years. and
enjoys the friendship and patronage Of
many of the best dressers of the com
munity. He Is the sole distributor of
the Mans Store Make clothing. and
Is now exhibiting a very distinctive line
of these garments for summer time.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
OFFICIALS WILL BOSS
SALE OF FIREWORKS

Fireworks to be sold in the District
for use on the Glorious Fourth" will
have to be stored. subject TO permits
and instruction from the Fire Marshal
Sidney Bieber.
Major Sylvester will Issue the permits
regulating the sales OF the explosives.
This has been ordered by the District
ConmIggfOuerS
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
LONGEST TELEPHONE LIVE.

KANSAS CITY. No, May 2s.-The
Bell Telephone Company has begun es-
Inmates for a long distance line between
Kansa,. city and Joplin to connect with
a new line that is being built from St.
Louis 20 central Texas.
More than s.. 10000 has been appro-
priated for these exten5ions. which. with
the Bell connections east OF ST. Louis,
Will make the longest telephone line In
the world
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
BROOKLYN SCHOOLS
WITHOUT MONEY
Board Of Education En-
counters Hold Up.
WHISPERS OF "P0LlTlCS"
Mild Scandal Concerning Married
Teachers Who Use Maiden Names
Adds to Confusion.

BROOKLYN, May 29.-The board of
education. at its regular meeting yes
terday, found itself confronted by the
hard and cold fact that it has not stuff
cient money to run the affairs of the
schools for the remainder of the sea-
son.
Great fear that trouble would be ex-
perienced was expressed when the bill
making it possible to relieve the board
OF education from it's embarrassment
was vetoed by Governor Odell 1t was
then discovered that another BILL which
was said to cover the same ground as
the vetoed measure. had been signed
by the governor some time during the
past session OF the Legislature. This
bill was put into the hands OF Corpora
ton Counsel Delany nearly two weeks
ago. but as yet he has made no decis-
ion. He has sent TO the board of esu-
mate and apportionment & message say
ing that the bill gives it power 10 issue
bonds for any Improvement of a per-
manent nature. This manifestly does
not cover vacation schools, recreation
centers and the like.
Schools Tied Up.
The board OF education Is. therefore.
left without any means of judging as
TO its financial ability II was for this
reason that every resolution on the
calendar yesterday that in any way IN
Volved the finances of the board was
either withdrawn or referred to the
committee from which 1t was received
All the nominations and transfers which
in any way involved an increase In the
. af -.
city were referred TO the several com
mittees which proposed them.
The opinion that politics has some
thing to do with this tie-up ofrthe az
fairs of the board of education was
heard yesterday. about the hall Of the
board Of education, but no one seemed
20 be sure enough of himself to make
any positive statement as TO what he
considered the nature Of the game" 20
be.
Mssi:sd Teachers Hidden on Roll.
The rather astonishing fact tina. sew
eral teachers in the schools of the city
have been teaching under their maiden
names for some time. though married
was revealed yesterday by a report from
DR.. Maxwell The report stated that
Mrs. Florence A. Meeks had been teach
Miss Florence Kubely: Mrs Lillian Var
Dusen had been teaching under the
name OF Miss Lillian NJ. Baldwin. and
Mrs. Elizabeth p. G. Conner had taught
under the name OF Elizabeth P. Gilmore
Superintendent Maxwell also reported
that Miss Sara c. Roncole. a teacher
in public school No. Is Manhattan, ard
Miss Beatrice Van Dessauer, OF public
school No Ga BROOKLYN have hut re-
Gently taken unto themselves husbands
and become for all time Mrs. Herbert
Simmons and Mrs. Beatrice Hattasley,
respectively. DR.. Maxwell was asked
what significance his report had. lie
said IT had none. 1t was presented sim
ply TO have the names changed on the
records of the board. He said the board
realized that its hands were tired IN the
matter Of teachers marrying. and could
do nothing The report was ordered
printed IA the minutes.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29

low intelligence a wise detective viii
accumulate facts. figures. and infor-
nation which should long continue 10
serve him In Investigations.
DISCUSSES Seldom Needed.
"The expert will give his attention
TO attire, and while DISCUSSES are some
times necessary. the plain every day
business appearance makes the most
plausible and successful man.
insufficient salary discOurages an
efficient agent, and when looking after
important cases it should not be re-
quired that he depend on his own re-
sources for expenses. Every oppor-
tunity should be given the worker in
this line to broaden and enlighten his
mind and there should be no inter
ferences.
Concentration Advisable.
"Often the operator while laboring TO
solve a case Is called into another,
which is a handicap and which tends
to defeat success Of either Where de-
tective force is limited and the demand
many. this is the situation.
THE District community has been
educated TO report any and all losses
and mishaps Of every conceivable kind
to the detectives. In other localities
minor losses and affairs go to the uni
form men,
Here. whether the stolen article be
an umbrella, pair Of gloves. door key,
or diamond pin, the complainant insists
in having a detective assigned TO the
case. Thus is expended the time and
means OF an important auxiliary on
trivial matters, often at the expense OF
the more important
The petty thefts in place ike the
District warrant detective force en-
ployment Of thirty or forty operators.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
FOR ADATH ISRAEL

A strawberry festival and bazaar viii
be held at the National Rifles Armory
tomorrow evening at 1870 o'clock. under
the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary So
ciety OF Adath Israel Congregation. for
the benefit of its new synagogue fund.
n The event promises to be one of plea =
ing interest for all There will be sing
Ing, dancing. solos. recita ions ami
many another entertaining feature for
the attraction Of both old and young
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
SCHOONER GROUNDED.

NEW YORK. May 2S.--The schooner
which went aground near the North
Beacon, and foated later without as
sistance. was the Joel +. Sheppard. Of
Philadelphia. from Savannah. May 20,
for Perth Amboy.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
TEN POISONED IN ONE TOWN.

LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, May Is
Ten persons here have been poisoned.
Jose Tafaya and two members Of his
family are dead. Arsenic has been found
in meat eaten by one Of those poisoned
and in "a water barrel. A grand jury
has been Unable to fix the blame
The Washington times., 1904-05-29

of the guarded houses return home dur
ing the night without a key. the guard
lets him IN. The fee charged for an
hourly examination of a house, inside
and out, is s2.SS a month.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
COLOR ED.


 Did she marry the young heir to the estate?'
 No; she married the attorney."- Cleveland Leader.
 Now, what color would you call Miss De Styles hair?"
 "Couldn't say. I haven't seen her for nearly a week. k."-Chicago Journal. What do you think of the wedding presents ?n
 Fine! I didn't know she could hor- row such pretty ones. Chicago Jour nal.
 Chicago man-Must boil your drink ing water, don't you?
 Cincinnati man-Yes; and after boil ing it we drink beer.-Chicago Daily News
 She He called me a dear little lamb.
 Newell?
 she-Well, then he gathered me in his fold.--Judy.
 They haven't been married long, have they?'
 T guess not. She still thinks her husband looks like Napoleon. ''-Chicago Record Herald.
 Whats he going to call it?"
 Portrait of Lady"
 But it doesn't look like her at all! Then he might call it Portrait of Another Lady. Life.
 The villain-what broke up the pliz- gard scene?
 The connedian-Why, the stage man ager got excited and came out persLir- ing, and in his shirt eeves.-Philadel- phia Inquirer.
 Mrs. Newlywed-John, I think baby has swallowed my pearl necklace. Mir. Newlywed-Gad! You seem to be determined to bring that young one up with the tastes of millionaire's child. Judge.
 Professor-You would be surprised, madam, to know how sensitive is the membrane of the human ear. Miss Smarter-C Considering what some people have to hear, I don't wonder at it.-Boston Post.
 Lizzie-Aw, say, me sister Mag's got Paderewski skinned ter death as a pianist-an' she never took a lesson. Chimmie-Hully geel Me big brudder Mike hez got 'em all fried to a crisp on de violin-an' he made his own violin, too, outen soap box an some leather shoestrings.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
Song of tbe old Love.

When sparrows build and~the leaves
 break forth.
 My old sorrow wakes and cries, For know there is dawn in the far, far And a scarlet sun doth rise; Like a scarlet fleece the snow-feld
 spreads,
 And the icy founts run free, And the bergs begin to bow their heads, And plunge, and sail in the sea. o, my love, and my own, own love, And my love that loved me so, Is there never a chink in the world Where they listen for words from be- Nay, I spoke once. and I grieved thee I Remember all that I said. And now thou wilt hear me no more, no Til the sea gives up her dead. Thou didst set thy foot on the ship, and To Gii the ice-felds and the snow; Thou vert sad. for thy love did naught And nfdii; the end I could not know; How could tell l should love thee to- whom Hoga that day I held not dear? How could I know should love thee when heaI f did not love thee anear? We shall walk no more through the
 s4uen nidln
 With the faded bents o'erspread, We shall stand no more by the seething
 main
 While the dark wreck drives o'erhead; We shall part no more in the wind and
 the rain,
 Where thy last farewell was said; But perhaps I shall meet thee and
 and know thee again,
 When the sea gives up her dead.
 Jean Ingelow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
NEWsPAPERs As PRHAcuHRs.

Talking to the Louisiana Church Club Dean c. L. Wells of Christ Church Ca thedraI, New orleans. said that, for his part. he had given up all hope of reach ing the mature men and young men from the pulpit. They were seldom in church to be preached to. The women composed the congregations. and the only way in which the men could. be addressed was through the columns of the press. The children could be reach ed through the kindergarten associa- tions, but once the male portion got be- yond such influences the newspapers were the sole recourse.
 This is a somewhat discouraged and discouraging utterance, but perhaps there is truth in it. Fortunately the newspapers as a rule feel their respon- sibility, and are doing their part in bringing good words to the attention of their male readers. They print many sermons. and they occasionally preach little themselves. We verify believe that in one way and another some of them are doing as much good as some of the ministers who are fond of indis- criminately decrying them as agents of the devil.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22

faces or cut their hair. ana their shaggy greasy, black locks hang down upon their shoulders beneath enormous tur- bans. Each wears the costume of his own country. but they are so ragged, grimy and filthy that the romance of it is lost. The Afghans are in the ma Jority. They are stalwart, big-bearded men, with large features, long noses and cunning eyes. and clain that their ancestors were one of the lost tribes of Isreal. Their traditions. customs, physiognomy and dialects support this theory. Although they are Moham- medans the American missionaries who have schools and churches among them are continually running up against GUS toms and traditions which remind them forcibly of the Mosaic teachings. They have considerable literature, poetry history, biography, philosophy and ec- clesiastical work, and some of their priests have large libraries of native books which, the missionaries say, are full of suggestions of the Old Testa- ment-W. B. Curtis in Chicago Record Herald
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
CO4L IN AI4SK.f.

There is much more in our Alaska than was thought to be there when the territory was bought. And now the cheering announcement is made that there is coal there. The coal appears to be of good quality and can be readi- ly mined. The deposits are situated in the Copper river district and ship ments could be made from them at a point about three hundred miles north- west of Sitka. Indications of exten- sive petroleum springs have also been found in the same neighborhood, but Tl.e finding of coal is regarded ss sne more promising of the two discoveries. The cost of fuel in Alaska is propor- tionate to the great labor required to obtain it. In some of the mining dis tricts where the population is steadily increasing the forests in the vicinity are disappearing at a rapid rate The development of this new coal field will give to the whole territory a source of fuel supply that cannot be soon ex- hausted and which, besides satisfying local needs, will develop an export trade of profitable dimensions.
 With gold and coal and oil Alaska is already rich. And by and by, where the climate will permit she will also be flowing with milk and honey.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
4 SwEErlN4 RrpucrIoN.

There is trouble in Afghaaistan as well as Utah. Awhile ago the Ameer announced that he should divorce a large number of wives, and he ordered the members of his court to follow his example in this matter Now the Ameer has issued proclamation in regard to polygamy, ordering his subjects to di- vorce all but four of their wives and to insist that the divorced wives at once are married to some one else. Under this edict one of the Ameer's advisers had to divorce no less than thirty wives. In order to find enough husbands te go around, wives of men in high posi- tion have been obliged to marry men who were far lower in station than their original husbands. It is hinted that this wholesale divorcing may in time bring about rebellion. To a great ex- tent the Ameer's plural marriages were political. as he took wife from each of the principal families. in this way uniting them all in his support. That, at least, was the plan of his father a plan that the present An1eer. always ob- jected to, although while his father was ai,Ne he had practically no will in the matter, if he intended to succeed as the ruler of Afghanistan.
 Just why the Ameer has done this is not stated. We hope it is based on moral grounds, but even if it isn't it is a step in the right direction. Four wives are enough for any man, and few men can really afford more.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
THE mAssnNeA1E STEER CASE

It is interesting to notice that the fa- nous ''Massengale steer case" is dock eted for its seventh trial at the April term of the Howard county (MissourD circuit court. The suit has been one of the most protracted and diverting ever brought in the courts of Missouri. It started over $30 scrub steer in Sep tember 1899, and has already piled S5,- 900 in costs upon the litigants. The contestants are Elijah Rice, of Macon county, and John Massengale, of Chari- ton. The case was first tried in Justice Lanes court at Bynumville. The jury hung. It was tried again, and a yer dict was returned for Massengale, whereupon Rice appealed. The third trial, which took place in circuit court, resulted in hung jury, and the fourth, also in circuit court, in verdict for Rice. At the fifth hearing, which took place in the Kansas City court of ap- peals, the circuit court was reversed because Rice's attorney had called Massengale a cattle thief, The sixth trial, in circuit court, resulted in a hung jury. The case was then taken from Charlton county to Howard county on change of venue. There were but two lawyers and a few witnesses at the first trial. Now there are four lawyers on a side and so many witnesses that when they are gathered together they look like a county convention in session.
 Missouri is going to have big fair in it's principal city this year, and if the steer is still alive it might be exhibited. If not the contestants would make an interesting show.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22

Mayor Leeds of Stamford, in this State, is a changed man, according to the Stamford Advocate, which says: He was once an ardent believer in mu- nicipal ownership of public. utilities. He does not believe in the doctrine now He took occasion a week ago Saturday to give quite a jolt to the talk about Glasgow as an example of public own ershir Utopia. Several other instances of a change of heart or of head, accord ing to the point of view might be cited From a radical politician always on the hunt for some new jnostrum, MT. Leeds has become 9 conservative, se- verely practical and business-like pub lie official. At present his only hobby if such a term may be used-is that the city is a corporation, and that it should be conducted just as soberly and oeo- nomically as though it were engaged in the development of some private indus. try.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Issued Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
AnvrRrIs1NG RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each in- sertion. Five Cents Word for fuli week.
 Display advertisements. per inch, one in- sertion, $1.2O; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week, $3.20; one month, slO; one year. $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22

Wealth" said the putative young plutocrat, "is not worth striving for.''
 How do you know?" fiercely de- nlanded the proletariat.
 You don't have to strive for yours. ;
 That only shows" gentlemen" he rejoined sadly, that you don't know how reluctantly the governor loosens up. Chicago Tribune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22

In the center of the Forum at Rome has just been discovered the ehasm in which Marcus Curtius perished It was covered with inscribed marble slabs, on which were several votive of ferings, dating from B. c. 362 to the time of Augustus.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22
THE KHYBER PASS.

It's Importance, Its Guardians and It's
 Caravans.
 The most sensitive nerve in the Brit . ish Empire terminates in Afghanistar and the ghost of the Czar is always dancing about the Khyber Pass,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-22

Money doesn't seem to be so very tight in Europe. In Paris last week 8 municipal loan of $S4,O0O,O0O for com pleting the metropolitan subway system was subscribed for eighty times over. Coincidentally the London county coun- cil put out loan of s25.OOO.OOO, which was enormously oversubscribed.