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Honor to L'Enfan,

It is a curious and not very credi-
table fact in the history Of Washing
ton that. although the city was laid
out according to the plan devised by
L'Enfant, a plan which has never. in
all the changes which the Capital has
undergone, been improved, there is no
street in Washington which bears his
name. AS The Times suggested not
long ago. il is not grateful Of US 10
allow the bones OF this eminent man
20 repose In an unmarked grave at
Hyattsville. Il would be no more
than just 10 bury him in some suit
able place in the city. which his
genius helped 10 make beautiful, and
erect over his resting place a suitable
monument. But all this would cost
money, and possibly It is too much 10
expect. There is a way Of honoring
the memory Of L'Enfant. however.
which would cost nothing at all. A
street might be named after him.
This would be a memorial at once in
expensive and permanent
1t goes without saying that the
street should be one Of more or less
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Walk Around the World.

The letters received on this problem
are more and more confined to the point
at issue, as pointed out by the Squirrel
Editor. namely-what 1t means TO go
around" Here Is a man who holds
that the facing Of hunter and squirrel
has no effect on the problem. not even
II the hunter walks around the globe:
To the Squirrel Editor of The Times:
OF course the hunter makes a com
plete circle around the squirrel. the
tree. and all that belongs TO u.
There is no room for argument, IL
seems TO me. The one thing that
misleads your readers is the simple
fact that the squirrel keeps his back
turned from the hunter while he Is
making the circuit. Just imagine
that there was no tree there, ana
that Il were possible for the squirrel
TO remain suspended in the air. with
the ability TO turn at will. Thus you
can readily see that the hunter walks
entirely around the squirrel while il
Is simply turning so as to remain
facing him at all stages of the game
Had your correspondent with the
circular park best-girl idea played
fair and placed the girl in the center
Of the park he would have found
no trouble in walking around her, no
matter how many times she turned
The "tceter' OF weather-vane prin-
ciple is not parallel case by any
manner Of means. as the Vane Is
unit, and neither end can become
separated from the other. while the
hunter is at liberty 20 walk as Tar
around the squirrel as he chooses
even to the extent OF encircling the
globe, and all the rest Of the squirrels
and things. 2. y. d.
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Is 1t GOrman'S Plan?

BY the nomination of Henry G..
Davis as the candidate for Vice Pres
ident Of the Democratic party, West
Virginia and Maryland have been
made safely Democratic.
BY emphasizing the plank in the
Republican platform, which threat
ems such Congressional action as
shall determine whether by special
determinations the elective franchise
in any State has been unconstitution-
ally limited" Kentuckians who might
feel disposed to bolt the Democratic
ticket on the silver issue will proba-
bly, be kept well within its ranks on
the negro issue.
The effect of all this is to insure
the solid South on the old, familiar
lines for the Democracy. thereby leav-
ing the party as a whole free to de-
vote its entire energies toward carry
ing New York. New Jersey, Connecti-
cut, and other doubtful Northern
States.
It was by some such plan as this
that Senator German succeeded il
eIecting Grover Cleveland President
OF the United States in 1884 Will
Senator German again be the man re-
sponsible should by any chance DEM
Ocratic success come in 1904?
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Williams Latest Break.

Emperor William of Germany fails
TO learn from experience, notwith-
standing that he is generally &C
knCwledged TO be the finest business
man sitting upon a throne. But like
many another business man, he will
ride hobbies. One is the military,
and the military and sound business
sense rarely make a perfect step
ping team.
The world has not forgotten what a
mess the Kaiser got himself into
when, momentarily forgetting that
what he said was likely 10 be inter
preted 70 mean what the German gov
eminent said. he wired 10 Paul Kru-
ger how pleased he was TO note that
the stalwart Boer was doing things
10 the British army.
Of course, William contritely admit
ted, after he saw the visible consc-
quences Of his slip Of the tongue, that
he didn't mean il that way. One
would think that such an experience
was sufficiently unpleasant 10 have
made an impression. Yet here he is
doing exactly the same thing with
the Russians.
Williams message 70 the Viborg
(Finland) Regiment, Of which he is
honorary colonel-in-chief, congrat-
ulates the troops on the prospect Of
meeting the japanese, and adds that
he is proud that his ViboTg Regiment
viii have the honor Of fighting for its
Emperor, the father and the fame Of
the Russian army Then he con-
cludes:
Ny sincere wishes accompany The
regiment. May Cod bless its stand
ards"
Naturally enough, Russia has set
The Washington times., 1904-07-12
TEN THOUSAND MEN
REBUILD BALTIMORE
Payroll of S18 567 Daily-Twice That Number Of Work
men by August 1.

BALTIMORE. July I2.-City Council
man George w. Howser, also c.'ntrac-
tor. became interested IN the labor sit
uation in the burned district short
time ago. and during the past three
days has caused a careful census TO be
made of the entire section.
His figures show that there are now
employed in the burned district SITS la
borers. 5Ss bricklayers, 42S carpenters.
40 plumbers, gasfitters, etc, about 500
drivers on teams going out with debris
and old bricks and 200 drivers on teams
coming in with fresh material. making
a total of exactly 1884 men working. ex-
elusive OF the drivers, and with their es-
timated numbers added approximately
lO.634 men altogether employed in the
burned district. OF this number. 300 are
employed in the Calvert and Equitable
Buildings. 200 in the Continental Trust
Building. and 175 in the Union Trust
Building.
Twenty Thousand Men by August
Assuming that within a month or six
weeks a majority of the buildings for
which permits have been issued-nearly
200 in alI--win be above ground. and con-
seGucntly employing more men. IL is cp-
IdItliAiA CsAAN " NoAilAtciAN llilN ~ Au-
gust / more than 1900 possibly nearer
20. Oo0-men will be employed in the burn
ed district.
Laborers are paid an average OF 81. 80
per day for nine hours work: brlclllay-
,rs. from $3.50 to s. for eight hours: car
penters 50 for eight hours, and gasfitters.
plumbers etc, an average of 50 for the
same time. To the laborers Is paid the
total daily sum of $l3,l67; to the brick
layers. taking the lowest figure. s., Gas;
to the carpenters. Sl.2s4; TO gasfitters.
plumbers. etc, $500; To the cart drivers.
estimating their wages on The basis of
labOrers. $3.50. This makes a total
I daily payroll of SlS.J67, or Sill, iO2 per
week.
Mr.. Howsers figures do not take into
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No Matter How He Faces.

Does the position of the squirrel at
feet the problem? That is really the is
sue. According TO this writer, the poin
IS immaterial
To the Squirrel Editor Of The Times:
Yes. with several reasons for so
thinking;
The man went 10 the north. south,
east, west. and every other point of
the compass from the squirrel; the
squirrel having been during the
mans trip around the tree TO his
north, south, east. west, and every
other point of the compass from
him. Would not this seem TO be cir
cumnavigati
II you start 10 either the right
or left, keep in the same direction
until you reach your starting point.
you encircle everything within your
path. Remember, IL is a question of
the man going around the animal,
and not n question as 70 whether the
animal faces the man. turns his
back 70 him, or stands still. The
individual action of the animal so
long as he stays within the circle
described by the man cannot affect
or change the action of the man. II
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The Wheel and the siamese Twins.

Did the Siamese twins ever walk
around one another? Is this not a strIx-
ing Illustration? This writer also brings
in the wheel-hub solution, with the ed-
dition Of a couple of flies:
To The Squirrel Editor Of the Times:
7. is a great deal more amusing
than instructive 10 read sorle o. the
solutions offered TO a. D p. s squirrel
problem Apparently q few Of your
correspondents imagine the squirrel
sitting. parrot-like. on top OF pole.
turning its head rs the hunter walks
around it OF course. II this were the
case. i would no longer be a mys-
terry. Others fail 70 distinguish he
tween an object moving IN . circle.
and It's orbit or path, and conclude
enormously that # the yoad which
an object has Travelled b. circum-
scribed. the object itself is oircum-
scribed.
Let Us examine a concrete example
which viii illustrate the faiiacy IN
this line OF reasoning. Suppose the
ina ginary line describing the hunt
er's circuit 10 be the outer rim OF =
wheel. The tree 4 VIII plainly be
seen corresponds 10 the hun. Now
lay the wheel on the ground IN nor
izOntal position. Instead OF he hunt
er and squirrel we will substitute -
equal advantage two flies, one on tie
tire. and one on the convex surface
OF the hub on the opposite side They
are off both moving with equal speed
and maintaining identically the same
position with reference TO each other
as at the start viz, with the hub
(tree) between them.
We follow them until both have
made a complete circuit and reached
the original starting point. What are
the cOnclusiOnS2 Both have gone
around the tree. The hunter has gone
around the path OF the squirrel. The
hunte. has not gone around the
squirrel itself. for the simple reason
that they have never changed their
positions with reference 10 each
other, and neither has encircled me
other any more than il their courses
had described parallel lines or If the
wheel had made one revolution. and
neither had moved from its position
on the wheel.
II is evident that the hunter revLT
would walk around the squirrel. any
more than the Siamese twins ever
walked around enc another.
a. c. CURATE-
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dignity and attractiveness. To give
name to an alley would
hardly tend to increase his fame. But
why not christen some of the newly
improved suburban streets after the
great engineer? That part Of Con-
necticut Avenue which is now known
by the rather awkward name of Con
necticut Avenue extended" might
we'll be called L Enfant Avenue 1t
is true that the street car conductors
might be bothered when it came to
pronOuncing the name, but they could
learn. and so could other people. This
idea is respectfully commended TO the
attention of the Commissioners.
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A Home Mending Society.

A Chicago clergyman suggests that
4 good adjunct TO the church would
be q Home-Nending Society. By this
he does not mean a society which
shall stay at home and do the mend
ing Tin which case we should feel it
the part of duty to give the idea I'M
qualified indorsemenD but a society
for the purpose Of patching up fam
lily disagreements.
He says that a great many clergy
men find themselves called upon TO
settle family rows of one kind or an
ether, and that a church organiza-
ton for this purpose is badly needed.
It is probably true that the rows ex-
ist, and that some people rather I'M
wisely depend on the clergymen 10
settle them; but in nine cases out of
ten outside interference either causes
or aggraYates the trouble. Nothing is
less wise. as a rule, than to get into
the habit Of discussing family trou-
bles with a sympathizing outsider
and you don't often see any one dis
casing them with non-sympathizer
There is quite enough inclination now
among members Of the church and
other people to sit in judgment on
private affairs, without giving the
tendency Official sanction.
If that minister succeeds in getting
up a society Of home members in his
church it viii be a very good reason
for going 10 church somewhere else.
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account the hundreds Of men engaged
in the preparation OF new material. the
disposal outside of town Of the debris,
or Of the numbers Of architects ana
builders with their office assistants The
figures are corhned strictly 10 the burn
ed district, and the class OF labor en-
gagged IN the actual work OF rebuilding
Practically all Of this money is turned
right back into the channels Of trade.
majority OF the worEmen being married
or having families dependent uDOd Them.
while many Of the unmarried worknen
and the married who can DO 50 tnrn
part Of their earnings into the savings
banks and building and iOad aSsucla-
uons. Most Of the labOrers IRE local
men. but many OF the brickla!'ers AMI
carpenters come from other cities, some
having been brought here by builders
and contractors, others having been at
tracted by the opportunities for employ
ment offered by the fire.
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Wants a Hard One.

It is a case Of chasing the devil around
the stump-no. chasing the squirrel
around the tree. says +. 5. 3. This looks
so simple to him that he wonders why
the problem was put up to The Timea
readers:
To the Squirrel Editor OF The Times:
No the hunter did not 90 round
the - uirrel. II IS easy TO see that
it's sifnplyAa case of the hunter fol-
lowing the squirrel around the tree.
Give me something hard. z. 5. 3.
G Street mort Invest
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LOAN OFFERED TO RUSSIA
FOR KINDNESS TO JEWS

LONDON. July I2-The -''relegraph's''
Brussels correspondent. confirming the
report that French and Belgian bankers
recently offered 10 loan Russia two
thousand million francs. says the offer
was made on condition that Russian
legislation respecting the Jews be i'm
proved in the direction OF comforting
upon them the same rights as other sub
1eCts.
The syndicate Is ready TO pay the sum
before the end of the year, not charging
any commission
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WILL SOME ONE END A. D. P'S MISERY?
SQUIRREL PROBLEM WEIGHS ON HIM
His Conscience Accuses Him of Lots OF Things
That His Imagination Pictures.

To the Squirrel tor Of The Times
My
in a to
must
suits,
who in the samew
Editor resulted
ed in
a
heaven
o a p. P
problem to
writerss atlsf wills etth he CT rest
The Washington times., 1904-07-12
FERREIRA WITHOUT
NEWS FROM BRAZIL

Senior FcTreira, the Brazilian charge
q affatres. has had no official contirua-
zion Of the press dispatches announcing
the settlement Of the boundary dispute
between Brazil and Peru.
The press dispatches announce the set
Element of the controversy through a
Joint commission which has been in Scs-
sion some time cndeavorins 10 arrive
at compromise.
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TUESDAY. JULY T.. 1894.
Preparing for Battle.

Latest reports from the arena of
war in the far East indicate with
defniteness the progress OF the joint
Japanese campaigns. which on the
south have for their objective point
the reduction of Port Arthur and on
the north the bringing about Of a de-
cisive battle with the Russian forces
in the vicinity of Hai-Cheng.
It will be recalled that it was Gen
eral Kuropatkin's original purpose to
leave Port Arthur TO its own devices,
retreat northward with the main
Russian army to Mukden, or if neces-
sary. even further away, to Hardin.
There he would pass the rainy sea-
son in quiet and comfort, drilling re
endorsements and thoroughly prepar-
ing the Russian forces for hard work
in the fall against the japanese, de-
bilitated by a hard summer in the
field.
The bureautOcracy at St Peters
burg defeated these sane measures.
however. The need of relieving Port
Arthur and preserving Russian pres
tige was purred into the ear of the
Car, and weak in the emergency he
strongly intimated 10 KurOpatllin
that a campaign south was in order
Against his own best judgment the
Russian general made the advance
into the Liaotung peninsular, and
that campaign was directly response
bic for his present predicament.
Kuropatkin's headquarters now are
between Hai-Cheng and Lao-Yang,
on the line Of the railroad between
Mukden and Port Arthur. Since COM
polling the evacuation Of Kai-ChOu by
the Russians on July and 8, the
japanese General Ollu has been ad-
vancing northward and has now
reached Tachi-Kiao, some twenty
miles south of Hai-Cheng. Mean
while the japanese cavalry has swung
of toward Niuchwang. which is some
ten or fifteen miles west Of Hal
Cheng, while still another japanese
division has turned to the eastward
Of Hai-Cheng. japanese vessels arc
also reported of Kai-Chou, on the
coast of the Liaotung Gulf. apparent
~ ready 10 cooperate with Ollu in
any way possible.
While active interest is thus CON
centrated upon General Oku. there
remains to be reckoned the three di-
visions Of General KuroEi's army, and
the division under General Nodzu,
which defeated the Russians at Stu
Yen, and then moved northeasterly
toward Hai-Cheng. between the ar
mics Of Kurod and Oku. In fact, il
is quite likely that the right flank of
Oku's force is even now in touch
with Nodzu's left
With Kuropatkin hard pressed at
the front and on the east, and mildly
threatened on the west, il requires
only the coming down from out Of the
mountains Of General KuroEd to place
the Russian general in a frightful po-
sition. This Kuroki has apparently
been ready to do at any one Of the
three points for some time past. and
his menace to the Russian communi-
cations has unquestiUnably been L
mighty factor in forcing KuroDatEin
TO retreat without a fight of any con-
sequence.
Practically surrounded il the
neighborhoOd OF Hai-Cheng defeat
would mean the humiliation of the
Russian force. That the aim Of the
Japanese campaign is 10 inflict the
fatal blow at this point as she did on
China in the Chinese war, every move
that the Nikado's soldiers have made
up TO date plainly declares.
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THEODORE A. BINGHAM
NOW BROADER GENERAL

Major Theodore A. Bingham, OF the
Engineer Corps. was advanced 10 a brig
adler generally today and viii go on the
retired list tomorrow with that rank 10
make way for Col Constant Williams.
who IS 10 have the vacancy caused IN
the rank of briCadier general by the re-
tiraunent 80 Hrig Cen Peter - Hams.
The retiring board named 10 examine
Major Bingham reported yesterday that
the engineer officers injuries were such
that he Is untitled for further service.
The Washington times., 1904-07-12
OCEAN RATE WAR ROT ENDED.

LONDON. July 1.-THE conference be-
tween the board of trade and the Of
gcers of the Cunard and Hamburg
American steamship companies over the
rate war broke up yesterday, with no
hope of "a agreement being reached FOL
the present. The VeXed question 81. Hun
garian immigrants Is responsible for the
deadlock.
The Washington times., 1904-07-12

the squirrel remained sill no one
would question the mans having
gone around him. II this is admitted.
how can the presence Of a tree. an
inanimate object, have any influence
over the positive action of the man,
just because the squirrel chooses 70
move IN this small circle?
i leg to close with what I think
my best argument. viz.
Suppose. for the purpose Of the
illustra ton. the man to be a car
penter engag ed IN building a fence
around the tree; further supposs the
fence TO be so tall and smooth that
the squirrel could neither Jump nor
climb over II. The squirrel would
surely find that q fence was COM
pletely around him and could not
escape. The fence did not grow
there, and Il the man built the fence
around the squirrel he surely must
have gone around him IN doing so.
J. =. q.
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G. Long Way, White Chile.

Here is a letter that speaks for itself
In dialect:
De Squrl Editur:
'Skuse a ole niger. Boss: your sar-
want, Sab But l jes' Dustin open ter
set desc here white folks right bout
dat fool squrl hunter what is walkin'
roun' dat tree. Now. maybe / amt
got as much book larnin' as dat new
issue Niger. Booker Washington, but
! Is got woods sense, and l knows a
Squrl jes like he NUS kin ter me. Vas
sab! Den, / ak yOu-ef / done walk
all roun dat ring. wild de tree in de
middle and the squrl on the tree,
emit done walk roun' dat squrl. an
de tree, an eberything else inside dat
ring? AMT =? Boss. ! done prise
maself akin sech a fool question 10
gemmsn like you. But den / amt
gOin ter do no wal<in. Eff / jes' got
sense 'nuf TO stan right still, dat
squrl shore 10 come roun' TO see
whGr 1 gOne-den he my meat
UNCLE PHIL.
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GOVERNOR APPROVES SITE.

ROYERSFORD. Pa. July Gov
ernor Pennypacker. after viewing The
site for the proposed location for the
feeble minded and epileptic institutions
IN the suburbs Of Spring City, signed the
bill yesterday afternoon. making II an
assured fact The act says they shah
erect buildings 10 accommodate 500 IN
mates to start with at an expenditure
of nearly a million dollars
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II is getting 20 be as dangerous to 90
co IN excursion to New York as 70 go to
the war. IN fact. the war correspond
euts In the Far East are so teudcrlv
taken care Of that they think Of return
ing home 10 get walked up
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a New Yorker predicts that in the
course of few years negro unslincd
labor IN Washington will be superseded
by Italian. The Italian as a pushcr-
out Of other brcad-winners is "a Won
der" lie says. lie viii work for low
wages, and, unlike the blacks. viii save
"a large part Of his earnings Still we
rather doubt if the tia ian will handle
the pici, In this city mucn before Booker
r. Washington completes his system OF
negro Industrial education.
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II Is reported that Secretary MOODY
was not popular In the Navy Depart.
uent because he objected TO the transfer
o. his clerks TO other departments.
HouscEeopers whose Heigh5oIs coax
away their cooks will sympathize.
The Washington times., 1904-07-12
MAYORS RETURN
FOR BRIEF STAY
Italian Embassy Open for
Few Days Only.
PAYNES OFF FOR NEW YORK
NJ. Stroehlin, of Swiss Legation, Mott
fed of Transfer to Paris-Signor
Centaro Awaiting Orders.

Baron Mayor. the Italian ambassador.
and Baroness Mayor des Planches have
arrived at the Italian embassy, prepara-
tory 20 arranging for their summer
quarters ut some resort a number OF
the STAFF were in Washington to meet
the ambassador
The Washington times., 1904-07-12

The Agricultural Department says
that the Gu1tcualan ants destroys both
The Texas boil wccvils and the Texas
rec ants. That s. all right as far as it
goes. Bur wha- viii the Gu1temalau
ant destroy after II finishes destroying
all the boil wccvlls and all the Texas
red autg2
The Washington times., 1904-07-12

Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne
left last evening for New York, from
which place, after a two days visit. they
VIII go 70 Portland and Poland Springs
for two weeks. returning to Washington
in time to meet the President and other
members Of the Cabinet the last OF the
month.
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Points in Paragraphs.

John Sharp Williams calls Secretary
Root a humorist. He Will do well to re-
member that the joke is seldom on Mr..
Root.
An Indiana physician claims to have
created gnats from Iifeless matter. In
diana has enough on her conscience in
creating all that fiction.
Prof. Moore, of the Weather Bureau,
says that long-range weather forecasts
are fakes. The picnickmg public has
long suspected something Of the sort.
The District Democratic convention
delegates have returned from ST Louis
IN a Joyous mood. Curious that leaving
St Louis should so generally have that
effect.
Henry Wattcrson sent his bright young
men to ST Louis with instructions to
write English. but it is thought that
they expressed themselves in Waiter
sonian.
Policemen are requested TO stop chew
ing tOOthpicEs on duty. Some Of them
may haze occasion within the next few
days to ask other people to stop chewing
the rag about IT,
A boy whistled "Bedelia" on an /
train in New York, and a riot eusued
The New Workers patience and tastl
will stand a good deal. but this was d
case Of the oppressed worm.
HiII is not running for President but
apparently he has been thinking he ran
the candidate for President; which may
end in his running for his life when
Judge Parker sees him about that gold
Ill
The Washington times., 1904-07-12

John Sharp Williams calls Secretary
Root a humorist. He will do well to re-
member that the joke is seldom on Mr..
Boot.