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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
GREAT SAW MILL BURNED;
GREAT VALUES DESTROYED

PLATTSBURG. n. Y, Aug 6.-The
sawmill at Onchlota. y. Y, near Rain
bow Lake, owned by the Baker Brothers
Lumber Company of this city. was
burned to the ground late yesterday af-
ternoon. The loss is fully $4,000, with
very little insurance. The company has
a great stock OF logs in the pond there
ready to be sawed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
WEALTHY LUMBER DEALER
DIES OF HEART FAILURE

LOGAN, Ohio, Aug. 6.-J. J. Snyder
died today from heart disease. aged
sixty-three years. He was one Of the
wealthiest lumber dealers in the State.
Mr.. Snyder furnished lumber 10 the
various navy yards throughout the
country and 10 railroads. lie left for
tune estimated at Sl5O0,OOO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
CALIFORNIA THE LEADER
IN PRODUCTION OF OIL

The Geological Survey today gave OUT
statistics on the production of petro-
Ieum in the United States in 1858 by
States, the total amount being 100. ISL. 337
barrels; value $94, 694. $50. California led
with p, $50. 472 barrels, Ohio came next
with o.4SO,2S6, and Texas third with
i, 9j5, So.
The survey also announced that the
total production Of copper in the last
year In the United States was 30, Ca .5l7
pounds, as against 699,508,6 ga the pre-
ViOuS year
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
HEAD OF MONASTERY
SUCCUMBS TO CONGESTION

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 6-The Rev.
Patrick +. V. Hartigan. formerly OF
New York. bat lately prior of the Holy
Rosary Convent OF Dominican Fathers
here. died soon after midnight at St
M1ry's Hospital of congestion of the
brain. He had been prior at St Vim
cents. In Cew York city. and pastor of
a Dominican church at New Haven. He
was forty eight years old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
CARS OVER BRIDGE
NOT UNTIL SPRING
Delay Caused by Preacher
Gus River Bottom.
GOLFER DAM IS NECESSARY
Pier Cannot Be Erected and Completed
Before May of Next
Year.
GOLFER DAM IS NECESSARY

Examinations made by the engineers
of the Old Dominion Railroad, and the
contractors engaged on the work of con-
structing the Golfer dam under Aqueduct
Bridge, confirm the early statements
made concerning the damage.
Il is now apparent that the new stone
pier, which must be in place before cars
can be run over the bridge. will not be
completed before May next. The daH
cannot be In readiness to permit Of the
construction of the pier.
The delay is a great disappointment
TO the railroad officers, who expected TO
have their first cars in Georgetown at
Twenty-sixth Street. in December. Now
the company is going 10 be lucky if il
can take care OF the summer rush next
year.
Treacherous River Bottom.
At the bottom OF the Potomac lies the
cause of the trouble. Shifting sands and
rocky Lodges constitute this bottom.
Piles will be driven in certain spots and
they will disappear altogether in quick
sand, or viii not hold. In another place.
near by, the pile is split into fragments,
About one out of five piles sent down
really holds sufficiently for the construc-
ton OF a Golfer dam.
One after another of the piles have
been sent down. and at one time the
contractor thought he could begin con-
struction Of the dam. Hardly had he
begun when leaks appeared. and a COL
lapse of the structure followed. Again
II was tried, and still again.
AnticipatiOns Disappointed.
The last spike ehad been driven into
the structure OF the bridge proper Fri
day. The officers were jubilant. expect
ing that the cars would be running over
the bridge on contract time
Then came the announcement OF the
contractor that months must elapse be-
fore he can build some sort of a Golfer
dam. which will hold the stone and con-
crete Of the pier until Il is completed
In speaking Of the matter yesJerdep
President Robert Weaver said:
1t is great disappointment but
II does not mean such an awful delay.
BY next May. we will have the line il.
operation. I would rather open the line
IN the summer time. anyway.
we have about completed all OF the
first section OF the line. While waiting
on the. pier We viii continue with the
other "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
RELIEF EXPEDITION
SAILING FOR THE ARCTIC

VARDO Norway. Aug. 6.-The FIRTH
tof. having on board the Zeigler relief
expedition. which arrived here on Au-
gust after an unsuccessful attempt
10 reach the Zeigler Arctic expedition
steamer America, left this port last
night for Franz Josef Land. with coal
Tor the America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
DETECTIVE DOGGED
BALTIMORE MAYOR
Infirm and ChOleric Uncle
Has Him Swallowed.
FORMER COMPTROLLER ALSO
Monumental City Laughing at the Mer-
~ Chase Mr.. Timanus Gave
the Sleuths.

BALTIMORE. Aug. s-Private detec-
tives some weeks ago camped close on
the trail OF Baltimore's mayor and
closely scanned every movement. al
though the fact was not known at the
time and has just transpired along with
the interesting story connected with #
In this story Mayor Timanus. former
City Comptroller James H. Smith. an
Eastern Shore uncle OF Mayor Timanus,
and two local private detectives figure.
Owing to an aiIment, the Eastern
Shore uncle Is said to lose his self-con-
troll at times, and former Comptroller
Smith, who is a relative OF both the
mayor and the uncle, was placed in
charge Of the Iatter's property by au-
thorlty Of the county court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
Evidence Without Oath.

4 good ground. If not the principal
reason. for hr. Sinclair's objection 20
hear testimony on both sides Of a case
and dispose Of Il outside Of court is
that under such circumstances the evil
dence Is not given under oath.
Judging from the favorable comment
that has met the position taken by the
Assistant Corporation Counsel. IL would
not be surprising # an investigation OF
the method OF practice In the Police
Court Is the outcome OF his criticism.
Yesterday the prosecution Of several
cases was postponed In the District
branch OF the Police Court This was
done, however, with the sanction Of the
presiding judge and not by the prose-
cutting officer.
Sinclair viii continue TO act as prose-
cutting officer IN the Police Court until
Monday, august Is.
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Old Uncle Got Angry.

The old gentleman resented this act
and engaged the private detectives to
trail Mayor Timanus and Mr.. Smith.
This was shortly before former Mayor
McLanes death. and while the present
mayor was president Of the second
branch city council.
AT that time Mayor Timanus was fond
of the theater, and often. with friends.
would take In the matinee al the Holli-
day Street or the Maryland Theater-
Former Comptroller Smith did not al
ford his detective such festive trail,
but Mr.. Thomas kept his man busy. and
was religiously Swallowed, whether he
went TO the Union League Club, for po-
lttcal or social purposes, or - the thea
ter
This silent chase continued until one
day the detectives put In bill for some
S925 and itemiZed the same for the bene-
tit or their empIoyer-the Eastern Shore
uncle The latter referred the bill 70
former Comptroller Smith, stating that
Mr. Smith had been given control OF the
purse strings.
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PUTS IN PRACTICE
WHAT He breaches
Prosecuting Attorney Re-
fuses Private Hearing.
WAS NOT TAKEN AT HIS WORD
Application Received and Turned Down.
Evidence Is Not Un-
der Oath.

A. Leftwich Sinclair. Assistant Cor
poration Counsel, when seen yesterday
by a representative Of The Times said
he would not further discuss the method
of practice in the District branch Of the
Police Court unless the correctness Of
the position ne has taken IS attacked
All that is TO be said on the subject.
from his point Of view, he contends, has
already been stated
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Doubted His Sincerity.

There are a few persons. Sinclair says.
who have not yet heard Of the stand
he has taken IN reference TO the dispo-
sition Of prosecutions in the Police
Court, or else do not believe in the sin
certify of his statements.
This Is shown by the fact that as
late as Yesterday applications were
made TO hear testimony on both sides
Of a case in his private office and dis
pose Of II without submitting the mat
ter TO the Police Court JuGse- This Sin
clair refused 10 do and ordered that the
Cases nursue the usual channel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-07
PLUMBING MEN
MUCH OYERWORKED
Inspector in Report Makes
Vigorous Complaint.
MUCH WORK FOR LITTLE PAY
Davis Says That One Man Averaged
Sixteen Inspections
in One Day.

The report Of Inspector Of Plumbing
II. B. Davis. showing the operations of
his department OF the local government
for the year ended June 30. 1904. was
submitted 10 the District Commissioners
yesterday. and had. as It's main ia
ture. the assertion that the men I'M
ployed in the department are OVER
worked.
This condition" says the report,
cannot be changed unless the two as
sistants asked for are allowed this Of
fee. for at the present time all OF he
assistants are overworked and are Ter-
forming duties not commensurate with
the salary they are receiving. These
men must not only have n thorough
knowledge of plumbing, but are ire
quently called upon actually TO slow
the journeymen plumbers how TO install
their work
THE greatest number OF inspections
made last year by any one man vas
5.927. which would average over sixteen
inspections for each day"
Many Inspections Made.
Mr.. Davis then points out that during
the fiscal year 1903-1904 the Office made
q. 6S7 inspections Of plumbing. al in
crease Of SSs over that Of last year and
3.945 over that Of the preceding year
II IS also claimed that the sewer sys-
TEN should be extended. In speaking
Of this. the report says:
1T is urgently recommended in
densely populated suburbs like Brook
land TenleytOWn, BrightwOod Park
Petworth. Cleveland Park. and portions
OF Anacostia that the sewer system be
extended. either by a permanent system
Of sewers or By what IS known as tle
separate sewer system. as some or theEc
suburbs are becoming very thickly pOpC-
lated and the only means Of providing
a system Of waste disposal where there
is no sewer available Is by a subsoi.
drain system. a septic tank, with it,
surface or subsOil drainage, or sew
age disposal field.
Need Public Comfort Stations.
In relteratfng his recommendation that
public comfort stations be established il
the District. Mr. Davis says:
This Office has annually recommended
Tor a number OF years that public com
fort stations be provided for this city,
and bin was presented in the H,Slse
and Senate last year, which failed 20
pass, for two public comfort stations
and TWO public baths.
1t hardly seems necessary TO invite
your attention 20 this great need, as
the citizens OF Boston, New York, and
Brooklyn have found sucn stations quite
a convenience. and il has been proven
by experience that they are not an eN-
pertinent, but are a necessity ana are
well patrOnized by the public and would
be especially 90 10 a city Ike WASH
ingtOu on account Of the numerous con
NenuCns held here and for the fact large
crowds Of people assemble here every
four years 10 attend the Presidential
inaugural ceremonies"
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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-02
The Last Hep. for Parker.

Eastern Democrats, whe, q few weeks
since, could not find words strong enough
with whieh to express their Reproduction
and scorn OF Mr.. Bryan, are now looking
to him. a their last hope. to carry In
diana.
Ths conplaisant Nebraskan has strip
ped OF his coat and plunged into the
task laid out for him. But the voice of
the aforetime charmer can charm No
hanger. Insincerity kills the NEST mighty
effort. No man can win votes under the
circumstances surrounding Bryan at this
time. 1t must be a bitter pill for David
Bennett ELL to swallow, the last resort
to Bryan to save q pivotal State to the
Dying Democracy, and 1t cannot be a
very eonsenial task to Bryan, the effort
hs b making under the party vhiplash.
And. blow high, blow low. nothing can
step Indiana from giving a solid RepubI-
san majority on election day.
Indiana Il net going to Join the choir
Fl eaaamity howlers. repudiationists,
oilers and anfieverythings.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-02
Mr.. DAVIS FIGURES.
A Few Sam pIes Showing Their Amaz-
ing Inaccuracy.

ing I~naccuracy.
Assurance, without pronounced guile,
marks the acceptance letter of Hon.
Henry G. Davis, the octogenarian can
didate of the Democrats for the Vice
Presidency. He expresses his opinions
on political conditions as if they were
original with him, as if he were not a
human phonograph with a single cylin-
der that has caught the echo of Judge
Parker's echo of the Democratic stunt OF
0ratory. The times are propitious for
the reinstatement OF the Democratic par
ty in control of the government" is the
assertive way Mr.. Davis begins his po-
itical rmo The November ballots
will be all 'amens" to that.
Who but the Democrats will agree
with him? when the present admins
tration went into power there was a large
surplus" he declares. He imagined that.
The Republicans came into power in
1897. Is that the meaning OF his pres
emit administration Z" If SO, and he means
surplus Of revenue over ordinary ex-
penditures, he is in error. Mr.. Cleve-
lnnd's closing year of his last term
showed EXCESS OF EXPENDI-
TUkES OVER REVENUE to the
amount of $1S,o52,254. The surplus was
the wrong way. The statistics were east
ly obtainable; why should Mr.. Davis
make such a misstatement? If he meant
Mr.. Roosevelt's term, beginning in 1900
with MIR. Mckinley, there was an ex-
cess in that year of revenue over expendi-
lures amounting 10 $79,527 ,060. There
fore ne is wrong again. In ~extenuation
it may be said that the Democrats never
were good nor correct fgurers. As, for
instance, again, when he asserts that the
revenues for the last fiscal year were
over 100000 600 short of the expendi-
lures. He must have been guessing
again, not having authenticated figures.
In 1908 the excess of revenue over ex-
p~enditures was over So, coo, 900. The
absurdity Of Mr.. Davis computations
and comparisons could not be more forci-
bly, shown than when he quotes staff stics
to show the cost Of running the govern
meDt and the army under the Buchanan
regime from 1857 to 1860, when the pop
ulation was 31.21S OBJ, and puts it, as
an evidence Of his party's economy, in
contrast with our $4,000, 900 population
Of to-day, int the estimate of the lat
ter, dumping pension accounts, Panama
canal purchase and every outlay cansed
by vast public improvements created and
carried on solely for the benefit Of the
people. The age Of Mr.. Davis precludes
his compiling such figures himself; but
his anxiety for his party's success leads
him to issue them without the common
est revision MS to their correctness, or
using his judgment as to their application
to the matter he is discussing.
No one should be deceived by the fig
ures which q Democrat offers him; for
in about nine cases cut of ten they will
be, like counterfeit money, made to de-
ceivc.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-02

L want to say a word to the young men
whose political life is beginning:
Anyone entering business would be
glad of the chance to become one Of an
esta blished firm with years Of success
behind it.
Everything great done by this country
in the last fifty years has been done
under the auspices of the Republican
party. Is not this a priceless asset?
Lincoln and Grant, Hayes and Gar
field, Harrison and McKinley-names Sc
cure In The heaven of farie-they are all
gone, leaving small estates in worldly
goods, but what vast possessions in prin-
ciples, memories, sacred associations! 1t
is a start in life 30 share that wealth.
In our form Of government there must
be two parties.
But what young man would not rather
belong to the party that does things,
instead Of one that opposes them; to the
party that looks up, rather than down; to
the party of the dawn, rather than Of the
sunset?
For fifty years the Republican party
has believed in the country and labored
for it in hope and joy;
Has reverenced the flag and fol-
lowed it;
Has carried it under strange skies and
planted it on far-receding horizons;
Has seen the nation grow greater
every year and more respected;
Has seen the country extend it's inter
course and its influence to regions un-
known to our fathers;
Yet it has never abated me jet or title
of the ancient law imposed on us by God
| fearing ancestors. The Constitution OF
our fathers has been the light to our
feet. Our path is, and will ever remain,
that Of ordered progress, of liberty under
the law.
But we are not daunted by progress.
We are not afraid Of the light!
The fabric our fathers bnilded will
stand all shocks of fate or fortune.
While there will always be a proud
pleasure in looking back On the history
they have made, the coming generation
has the right to anticipate work net less
important.
|, We who are passing of the stage bid
you. as the children Of Israel encamping
by the sea were hidden, to 60 forward.
We whose hands can no longer hold the
flaming torch pass it on to yo1, that
It's clear light may show the truth to
| the ages chat are to come.
JOHN HAY.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-02
SHAMEFUL CARTOONS.
Reproaoh aud Ridicuic for the Soldier
and His Uniform.

The campaign caricaturists Of Presi.
| dent Roosevelt have succeeded in arous-
ing enough interest to bring out the Ques-
| ton: Is it disgraceful to fight for ones
country?
Ii is amazing to see the Uniform OF q
soldier of the United States army pic
| tured in such a manner as to Imply .
rcproach to its wearer!
1t was once thought to be an honora.
bic thing for a man to resign position,
| ease, family, independence, friends and
home, and become a fighting machine to
help uphold the honor and the word Of
his country.
There seems TO have grown up a diff.
ferent view of this matter. The earnest
sacrifice of an American soldier is held
by some to be an affair to picture in
| such a manner as to arouse contempt and
vulgar smokers in the crowd. The de-
voted soldier facing death for his coun-
try is, with these nameless miscreants, q
sight to be guffawed over, something to
| be distorted into a laugh-raising cartoon.
To the laughing hyenas of the Yellow
| press the stainless sword of Washington
is but a clowns bauble. To them The.
| stern devotion of a soldiers experiences
is a farcieal episode in a mans career,
something to be distorted into a thing u
! be jeered at.
Once ii was written,
at is sweet and glorious to die for my
country"
The yellow rendering is:
"IT is GROrDSQUE AND RIDIC.
ULOUS TO FIGHT FOR ONES
COUNTRY"
Such creatures would write in thsia
hooks, II they ever wrote books. "It ~
grotesQue and ridiculous to die for one1o
country" "A
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-02
A ~YINANcIER,s ADVICE.

Henry Clews, the well-knewn New
York banker, was asked by two young
men who a4s to cast their first vote for
President this election, which Is the
safer candidate to vote for, President
Roosevelt or Judge Parker. Some coa-
densed extracts and statements of Mr..
Clews' answer are herewith submitted:
Your question 70 NE was my own
question to myself. I approached it as
a business man, without prejudice. /
sought to shut ent every other considera-
ton but enc Of safety-the surer safety.
My previous votes, my personal fancies
as to the personal manners Of the two
candidates, the superficial sibes and nag
ginss Of the newspapers-ah these 1
swept aside just ~ you are trying to
%, - sticking 60 this oll-important ones
ton IT where IL the surer safety, l found
there were several i~ndisputable facts
which seemed 20 me fully sufficient to an
swer Il.
Marmenious Party Of Statesmen.
Roosevelt and his party are Of the
same miad, bat Parker and his party are
Of many contradictory minds. The Re
publican party never has had factions
within itself concerning issues. 1t has
been unanimous in knowing what 1t stood
for. The Democratic party has never
agreed upon anything. but absunds IN
echisms. factions and cligues. They are
pot united to-day, and have moi been
united since the civil war. In 1854 their
convention declared. In ITS platform, that
The war Is q failure but their nomi-
nee. Con. Mcclellan, repudiated that dis
loyal creed just as Judge Parker had
60 send % che descendant, temporising
Democratic convention at st. Louis his
faneas gold telegram. Mi. Parker voted
for Mr.. Bryan In 1896 and 1900, although
he did net Ake Bryan, and says now chat
he did not believe In free silver. In 1900
the gold Democrats swung back into line
behind Bryan and free silver. Lake Hill,
they said. Il ana q Democrat and that
was enough. They did not agree with
tfs Issue, but sail Never mind the Is
sue; we are Democrats. and we stick 10
eur pasty.s That answer strikes an un-
prejudiced observer as against common
sense. and unpafri0tic. Judge Parker
and the million other Democrats now adj
~ thst DE triumph Of thu slSsr iasns
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-02

"re npreot and destroy that Tariff
systen would be 60 insure the prsstra-
tion Of business, h closing of factor
ies, the Ian poverish ment of the farmer,
tte ruin ~ she capitalist, and h star
vatisa AZ the wage. werker."-Roose-
velt's letter Of acceptance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-11-02

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Judge
Alton b. Parker wears we'll" So does
an evening dress suit that is donned only
NICE or twice a year. Ii Parker could
be induced to make a few speeches he
would be frayed iHto rags before Nov. 8.
A machine Of any kind that Is as silent
a. Judge Parker should never wear ont.