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The Washington times., 1904-08-07
Regarding Nicholas II.

Pity for the Car or all the Russias
is commonly enough expressed now
adays by those who regard Nicholas
IL as an unfortunate victim Of cir
cumstances, as a man Of inherently
noble desires, who has been thwarted
in putting them into action by weak
ness of character and temperamental
susceptibility to the influence Of
stronger-minded men who surround
him.
The evils, which the unfittedness of
Nicholas for the position into which
fate thrust him have brought upon
Russia, are wildly set forth in an ar
ticle in the London Quarterly Re
view by a Russian Official" who
states that ever since his accession
the Car has been filed with a spirit
of self-exaltation.
'Nikolai Alexandrovitch soon be-
gan TO look upon himself as the cen
ter Of the world, the peacemaker of
mankind, the torch-bearer of civiliza-
ton among the yellow and other
'barbarous' races. and the dispenser
of almost every blessing TO his own
happy people. Taking seriously this
as his imaginary mission, he has
meddled continuously and directly in
every affair of state, domestic and
foreign, thwarting the course of JUS
tice, undermining legality, impover-
fishing his subjects, Boosting his fer
vent love Of peace, and yet plunging
his tax-burdened people into the hor-
rors of a sanguinary and endless
war"
In spite Of his manifesto Of March,
1903, Nicholas. according TO his critic,
has not only done nothing for re-
ligious federation, but very much
against It. The Jews have been per-
secuted even more cruelty, and Roman
Catholics have been almost forcibly
driven into orthodoxy by spiteful or
ders unworthy of a Christian govern
ment."
Speaking Of the Cars personal
habits of thought, the official says
that he takes a childish delight in
miracles and marvels, and Is ready TO
believe anything Of an alleged super
natural nature. He does not read
books. and he is incapable of listen
ing to sound advice His ministers
he receives with great formality and
dismisses with naughty condescen-
sion. They are often kept in the dark
regarding matters that It is vital they
should know.
In the sweeping theories Of autoc-
racy which the Gar has made his
own continues the writer, IN. Pobe-
donostsef and Prince Meshtshersky,
the Torquemada and the Cagliostro
OF contemporary Russia, were his
teachers. NJ. Pobedonostsef is the
champion Of Oriental despotism in its
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

final stage Meshtshersky's political
ideas are those of the Dahomey of
fifty years ago, or the Bokhara of to-
day"
And again:
1t is a mistake to imagine that the
Emperor is a tool in the hands of his
ministers; 1t is they who are his
instruments, merely suggesting meas
ures palatable to the monarch and
formulating his will. The response
bility for his acts cannot be laid upon
the shoulders of his ministers, whose
advice he refrains from seeking in
the most dangerous crises of his
reign. 1t was not his ministers who
prompted him TO break the promise
he had given to evacuate Manchuria;
they entreated him to keep it. 1t was
not they who urged him to break up
the Finnish nation by a series of in
iquitous- measures worthy of an
Oriental despOt of ancient Babylon or
Persia"
In thinking of Russia one wonders
what next after this war so disas-
trOus to her military reputation, and
answering one cannot perceive any
logical thing other than a complete
interior revolution by force of arms.
For the revolution of that sort was
the method of reform of the Middle
Ages, and Russia is still in the Middle
Ages as far as her government and
the vast majority Of her people are
concerned
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Gifts valued at more than 100000 have
been Iavished on American warships by
the States and cities after which yes
sells are named and by friends and rela-
tives Of officers who have been Intimate
ly associated with the lighting craft In
the United States Navy.
A recent inventory Of gifts TO war
ships just completed by the Navy De-
partment, places a valuation OF $1,000
on the trophies given the various ships.
Silver services represent the greater part
OF this valuation
The armored cruiser New York heads
the list in the value Of its gifts. A
handsome silver service, library, bell,
and other furnishings valued at S1i5Ss.
were given 70 that vessel The cruiser
Brooklyn boasts a silver service valued
at Ss.2s7. -. which was given by the city
whose name it bears.
The Official List.
All gifts TO naval vessels are Included
In the following official list prepared by
the Navy Department:
Alert-Buck's head. value not given.
Atlanta-Silver service. boat colors.
silk, set OF resolutions, water color
paintings. photo OF ship. value not given.
Baltimore-Silver service, library, S4S
volumes. Bible, painting, Baltimore
Sun" supplement. organ. g, 1920
Bancroft-Be $50.
Boston-American ensign, silk. so;
battalion cOiOrs. So Bible, 80; PEACE
and Vices" Rogers, 81.
Brooklyn-Silver service, IS, S9I45.
Castine-Punch bowl. 500
Cincinnati-Silver service, $500; paint
lngs, $3.50.
Columbia-Ship bell, 500; organ, $50.
Cushing Flags. silk. $50.
DetrOit-Silver service. $500.
Dupont-PhotOgraph $40
FoOte- Photograph, $.
Iadiana-Flag. silk, 500; library, 81
volumes, SIS. 70; Harding writings, 81; or
gan sos; silver service, So, 526.
Iowa-Silver service. 5000: organ, S2o;
library value not given
Heiena-Silver service, s., 500; maya
zines and books, value not given.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
CLERGYMEN ROAST
THE BISHOPS PLACE

The Rev. Enoch VI. Thompson, of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, discussing the
Potter saloon project, said:
II have no opinion to express. II
other clergymen are Ike me they are
slightly indignant at Bishop Potter's
step, but it is not for US to crltlcises'
The Rev. Charles 3. RamsdelI said:
IT am opposed 10 saloons In every
form. and this includes that sanctioned
by Bishop Potter. I do not think he
will ever be able to accomplish his OBJ
iect. Further than this / do not care
TO discuss the question"
No direct statement could be obtained
from the Rev. William r. Turner. of ST
Michael and All Angels E,piscopaI
Church, but it u said b. his Intimate
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

do know that conditions on the CONT
nent are entirely different from those
existing in this country. Men NAV
drink without intoXication abroad. but
they will not do It here
The Practice of Treating.
THE main trouble is the practice of
treating; a thing unknown abroad. which
often forces a man TO drink more than
he either desires or is good for him.
merely through sense of his obligation
to set EN- up II the men really want
a club and not the liquor. the bishops
idea Is good, though he makes q great
mistake in having drink so easily pro-
durable.
Il would not like to say positively that
his idea Is Utoplan, for Il may not be.
II win take several months of practice
to find out, meanwhile Bishop Potter has
my earnest wishes for his success in es-
tablishing a club-of course / could not
approve of the sale OF liquor under any
conditional
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Commander F. de /. Booth-Tucker, of
the Salvation Army, returned from the
congress of lvationists held In London.
"Our congress was a great success"
said ne. THE Salvation Army was never
before treated so well abroad. The peO-
pie received US heartily, and General
Booth was received by both the King
and Queen, who expressed themselves
in sympathy with our work.
Lord Grey and Mr.. Bright, the vice
president OF the British Chartered Com
pany. asked me to undertake settlements
Of Salvationists in South Africa, espe-
A story to the effect that an English
man. who. accompanied by his wife and
daughter. was on his way to this coun-
try sent a wireless from the Campania
to the Savoy Hotel in London, stating
that $15. coo worth of diamonss and other
Jewels had been left there in their rooms
was denied by Purser Graham.
The Story a Fake.
Il see this cable message is dated Au-
gust T." said he 1--WE were in the mid
die of the Atlantic then, and as we are
not fitted with long distance trans
hitting machines we could not possibly
have delivered such a message. 1t was
probably sent from the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, which left Europe the day
before this message was sent"
Among the passengers aboard the
of the Barber line of steamships; Hugo
Barring. the Right Hon Charles Booth.
ex-president of the Royal Statistical So
ciety; Rear Admiral A. G. Clark, OF the
British navy; Miss Anne Brown, Mrs.
]. Z. Milholland and children
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
B. & 0. WILL ABANDON
BERKELEY SHORT CUT
Company Has Directed That All Con-
demnation Suits Be
Dismissed.

CUMBERLAND, Aug. Sit is re-
ported that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad has decided to abandon the
proposed short line from Berkeley Sta
ton TO Harpers Ferry via shepherds
town. The survey was completed and
right of way purchased. with the ex-
ception of a few cases, wherein the
company had instituted condemnation
proceedings.
Now the company has ordered its at
torneys to have these suits dismissed
The company has spent many thou
sands of dollars on surveys and rights
of way, and those who settled on lib
eraI terms now have the money and
their farms unimpaired.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
Cause for Divorce.

Four queer divorce cases come from
Chicago. One woman says her hus-
band threw a fish at her with such
force that it cut her arm with its
sharp fins A saloon keeper charges
his wife with bombarding him with
bottles Of beer, but does not state
what he was doing while this was go
ing on Another man is said to have
tried TO kill his wife by turning on
the gas jets in her room. A fourth
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
PASSENGER TRAIN
DASHES INTO STREET CAR

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Aug. 6.-An out
going passenger train on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway crashed
into a street car on the Fifteenth Street
line today. One person on the street
car was killed and nine were injured.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
Whisky Is Bad Stuff.

IF all saIoonkeepers ran their bar &C
cording to the law" he said, there
would be no need Of Bishop Potter's
starting a temperance saloon. But this
is not the case. You would be astonish-
ed If you had a chemirai analysis of the
so-calIed whisky and gin which is UNI
hesitatingly sold by many Of the saloon
keepers
1.-The Government cant make too
strict the laws regulating the sale Of
liquors, and II IS Outra geous that men
should be allowed to sell drugs as pure
stun The duty imposed on gin by the
United States Government Is $Z25 per
gallon, and on whisky s1.10 per gallon,
yet / have circulars from supposedly
reputable wholesale houses Offering me
whisky at $1.15 a gallon and gin at $I.Z5.
The temperance societies might as
we'll try TO make water run up hill as 70
control a mans appetite. 1t can be
whetted, but never controIled-by any
one else. The sale Of liquor should be
governed, but the Government alone can
Dc it-never temperance societies.
Bishop Potter is furnishing pure
whisky at 10 cents drink. He deserves
business to enable him to keep up the
practice. 1 respect the bishops motives
and I sincerely hope he will succeed I'm
accomplishing his object, but-welI, he
makes inducements TO patroniZe his
place, and as / said before, you can't
control a mans appetite"
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Correspondents Of the New York
Herald are now struggling with the
question whether thoughts occupy space.
1t is not thought that gives a man TIE
sWelled head
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

The sneak thief who ran away with
the speech Of Representative Swanson
of Virginia describes himself as a pro
fessional bag-snatcher. Another time
he will be beware OF bags of wind
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Senator Carmack Of Tennessee thrills
Washington with the news that he sees
victory ahead. The main question Is:
Can the judge sprint fast enough 10
catch I'D to IL?
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Those who object to the big stick idea
would do well to remember that on oc-
casion, the ace of clubs is needed to take
2 trick. just as much as any other ace.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

II Russia ever undertook TO search
ship commanded by Robley D. Evans
it would find that there are things
more explosive than japanese torpc-
dOes/
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

A citizen Of Philadelphia has been
sued for pew rent That is one way Of
making churchgoinE attractive.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Senator Elkins says that West Vir-
ginia IS welded to protection. He
should look thoughtfully at Henry c.
Davis and reflect that fathers-in-law
have been known TO break up families.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

A negro escaped a policeman by
swimming in the canal. He probably
was thoroughly disguised after his bath
in the blue Potomac.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

A temperance woman looked mourn
fully at the saloon dedicated by Bishop
Potter. and sighed, IF Sister Nation
had only been here" If Sister Nation
had. the bishop might have had his nose
broken.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
Points in Paragraphs.

Funston has gone to Alaska. A warm
wave is looked for there.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

When one hears that Russell Sage is
lightweight years old, the first thing
that comes to mind is. what a lot of
time ne has missed wasting
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
May Not Be Practical.

Gus Noak hesitated to give an opinion:
1T may be a good thing" said he
His object is sensible and charitable
from q humanitarian standpoint, but /
doubt whether it is practical / am Ger
talnly opposed TO crowds around a sa-
loon; nothing but harm can come Of it.
/ do not believe he will ever be able 10
make the saloon club He cannot con-
troll every saloon, and ! do not see how
ne expects 70 furnish men with the stuff
which alWayt whets the appetite for
continued drinking and at the same
time hope to control the appetites Of his
patrons The entire danger IN any sa-
loon lies in the fact that men do not
know when TO stop. II he can supply
the missing knowledge, he Will indeed
have benefited humanity"
Thomas R Marshall said:
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

one reason why we all eat so much
meat is that the butcher, on being ask
ed for a small steak. puts on such
naughty and disdainful air.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Mr.. Root continues to dodge office
without any apparent Inconvenience to
himself. but the office is beginning to
feel hollow and empty.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

New York is not saying much about the
delay in Dewey's prize money. The
Dewey Arch still hangs fire.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Wall Street may not believe in Roose-
welt enough 20 pour out money for him,
but it is betting on him at 10 TO 6, Just
the same. What's the use Of spending
money on a thing that Is going 70 hap
pen, anyway
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Ernest Crosby prophecies that the
universal adoption Of a vegetarian diet
will abolish vice. Come to think of it..
it would be rather surprising 70 see a
man running a faro bank or a burglary
business on string beans and cracked
wheat but there are men who would be
perfectly willing 10 live on vegeta BILE
food in the form of old rye for the rest
OF their lives. II they could.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Baseball Is said to interfere seriously
with the negroes engaged in cotton-rais-
ing IN Mississippi. Clearly, it will be
necessary to abolish the baseball, the
cotton. or the negroes. All that will
be left then Will be the boil weevil.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
Cannot Increase Demand.

Bishop Potter's sanction cannot pos
sibly increase the demand for liquor.
Men who have the desire. will drink at
the first place handy. whether sane
toned or not. and naturally as a rule
they get the vilest OF stuff. / see that
the bishop intends to furnish the best
goods at rock-bottom prices If he does
this he will certainly benefit the drink
ing man.
His allowing men to CO. gregate with
out buying however. will ruin the place
unless he makes Il impossible for one
man to treat another Confirmed hODOes
Will make his place their headquarters.
There win be warmth, literature. free
lunch, and the very likely probability
that some one will buy them a drink,
and 81 a few months trade viii be ruin
ed. and the place will have sunk 10 the
common level. II IS the common dive
which lowers the drinker. and / see no
reason why Bishop Potter should not
succeed In his efforts TO elevate the sa-
loon and gradually decrease the demand
for strong drink.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07

Mr.. Reeves. OF Little Rock. comes to
Washington with tale of a mare that
would bolt over the fence If anybody
said: Look out, the Yankees are com
ing" That is pretty good. She was
probably ra.1ed in the same country as
SetonThomL sons mother fox, who kill
ed her captured cub by feeding II pois-
Oued meat.
The Washington times., 1904-08-07
BISHOP POTTER,S
PLAN APPROVED
Washington SaiOOnkeepers
Give Ii Their Sanction.
HURRAH FOR THE BISHOP!
Predict Lots of Trouble for the Yer
Satile New York Cler-
gyman.

Many and divers are the opinions eX-
pressed by the people of Washington on
Bishop POtters saloon. Most of the
saloonkeepers and liquor dealers think
his idea brOadminded and practical. The
clergy and those connected with the
temperance union are stern in their de-
nunciation Of the entire idea
1T is faulty throughout" say they.
His object is utopian."
Dennis Mulany, a local saloonkeep-
er. said:
1T is wise step, ard shows the
bishop to be a man of broad Judgment,
good sense. and without prejud:c-. Tne
efforts of the Prohibitionists ere both
amusing and tiresOme II e. Y really
are so earnest in their efforts to close
the saloon. why don't they get at the
root Of the evil and get the Government
TO prevenl the manufacture of liquor
am convinced that this is the only way
they Will ever check its sale.
ANY doctor viii tell you that one
must eradicate the cause if he would
make n successful cure. But no; the
ProhibitiOnists continue to begin their
work at the wrong end. They are work
ing backward and Will never succeed.
The Attacks Are Absurd.
THE attacks recently made on Bishop
Potter's saloon, are. to my mind, alb
surd. How viii it increase the demand
for liquor? Men who drink moderately
will not be affected in the least by his
saloon-which is much better than the
average-and excessive drinkers will
neither care to, nor be allowed to, pa
troniZe such a place There is only
one fault with the idea, and that is his
allowing lOafers to congregate without
spending. Ee will surely be overrut
by tramps when cold weather sets in /,
l know from experience how they take
up every available inch of space and
gradually be-. surely Kill the business.
Adolph Loehl said:
1T IS a good idea in the main and
sure to succeed. Prohibitionists are alb
surd. Why. l have been in business
twenty-five years, and l could cite case
after case of boys who became con-
firmed topers, more because of the
ngor with which liquor drinking was
put down at their home than for any
other reason. Everyone takes his first
drink. and when IL IS done in a saloon,
in nine cases out Of ten the lad does
not know how to control himself 1t
Is well known that boys whose parents
are not entirely iron-clad regarding
drinking at home, very rarely make
drunkards.
The Washington times., 1904-06-06

bered that there has been much contrU-
verSy over The proposed training station
A former board. composed OF naval off,
GERS, unsier the presidency OF Rear Ad-
rairal Taylor. canVassed the situation.
and recommended Lake Block, Illinois.
IS first choice. and a second choice near
Racine, WIS IL was the opinion of this
board that the station should by all
means be located in the southern half
Of Lake Michigan. Advocates OF Iut-
ln-Bay. and others, charged that there
was significance IN the fact that the
first choice was in the State of Repre-
sentative Foss, chairman Of the Naval
Affairs Committee. and so much feeling
was engendered toat II was deemed wise
70 appoint another. commission IL was
even intimatcd that the Navy Depart
nlent did not desire to be represented on
the present board, as, having given one
decision. 10 again pass upon the question.
would be a reflection on the integrity of
the first board. The matter vas smooth
ed over. however. and the present com
mission starts out on its work unham-
pered.
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imagine what a shock that would be to
a gil who was Overwhelmingly in love
with him and also girl OF Nan s
character girl who cannot withstand
reverses. Then came the shot
Was Always Contradictory.
She says she took the revolver out Of
his pocket and then put IT back again.
Now il makes no difference what she
says. I wouldn't be surprised IL she told
half a dozen different stories OF what
occurred at the time. Anyone who
knows her knows that she has a nabit
of making contradictory statements She
will tell the same story within a space
OF five minutes and each time tell il
differently. The most trivial things she
viii confuse IL is not because she is
untruthful. but il is merely a sort OF
defect
She would not kin him. She loved
him too much for that. ! viii never
believe that she shot him She hasn't
nerve enough 20 do such a thing She
had a temper. but no one can say she
had courage. I believe he killed himself
rather than leave her"
The Washington times., 1904-06-06
GOVERNMENT TO PAY
ORIIZS PASSAGE HOME
As a United States Prisoner the Ex-
penses Must Be Paid Out
Of Treasury.

Payment of prison bills and transpor-
tation home for Rafael Ortiz. the par
doned Porto Rican. has come up for rul-
ing before the Comptroller Of the Treas
ury, on a request from Attorney General
Knox.
Ortiz is the Porto Rican who killed an
American private during the American
occupation. because the soldier had
boosted OF alternating the affections OF
the Porto Rican's sweetheart. Sentenced
to death, his sentence was commuted to
life imprisonment. The Secretary OF
War, Alger. made this Communication of
sentence on an appeal from the people
OF his village as the Secretary was pass
ing through the mountains Later the
governor OF Porto Rico shortened the
sentence to five years. and this term
expires Wednesday
Ortiz has served his sentence in the
Minnesota penitentiary at saltwater.
For some time the expenses OF his i'm
priscnment were borne by the War De-
partment, but recently this department
stopped paying these bills, holding that
Ortiz was not a military prisoner. At
torncy General Knox asked a ruling Of
Comptroller Tracewell who holds that
Ortiz Is a United States prisoner. and as
such his expenses and the expense Of
sending him home come properly from
the appropriation for the support Of pris-
oners.
This will make unnecessary the con-
templated plan OF his relatives to raise
enough money amfAg his IDS TO pay
his transportation hack to his island
home.
The Washington times., 1904-06-06
DIED.

BEHRENS- Suddenly. on Sunday
June 5, 1904, al O'CLOCK D. m, JOHN E,
beloved husband Of Nellie Behrensi
aged thirty-One years.
CHAPPELEAR-On Saturday June
!. 1905. at her late residence, Balston,
Va, at S:35 a. m, SARAH e. beloved
wife Of William II. Chappelear.
DALY-On Saturday. June /, 1905. at
1870 o'clock p. m, JULIA DAILY (nee
Long,. Beloved wife of Patrick J. DAILY.
I'm the thirty-seventh year of her age.
EANFORD-On Sunday. June 5. 1904.
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs
A. =, Reed. Mrs. FRANCES HAN
FORD. IN the eighty-third year of her
age.
HAEDEN-On Saturday. June 4. 1904
at 12:l5 .. m. in Washington. d. c.
entered into rest MARY c. HAYDEN.
McMAHON-Su Suddenly, on Saturday.
June 4, 1904 at Far Rocka way, L. l..
JOHN p. MCMAHON, husband of Eliza
beth G.
ROONEY-On Saturday, June (. 1904.
at her residence. 225l5 Thirteenth Street
southwest. MARGARET Z. CORRI-
DON beloved wife OF Theodore A.
Rooney.