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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
A State ConStabulaTu.

The following three events occurred
on one day last week: Near Johns
town, Pa, armed citizens were watch
ing a swamp in which were supposed
10 be concealed three men charged
with numbering one man. wounding
another and stealing $4,000. Near
Chicago four men held up a railroad
train and robbed the passengers Of
two sleeping cars. In Westchester
County, n, Y, a gang of Italians was
arrested. The members had been for
six weeks systematically plundering
the camps of Italians working in the
Croton watershed.
Such happenings made painfully
apparent the change that has come
over the rural conditions in this
country within the last decade. Once
the city was the abode Of terror and
the country the place Of peace and
safety. Nowadays, however, the wise
farmer emulates- the early settler,
who cultivated his crop with the
trusty flintlock near at hand.
In the pioneer days the enemy was
the savage Indian. Today the enemy
is the criminal, bred in Continental
Europe, or he whose ancestors lived
in savagery in tropical Africa. The
imported criminals from Europe at
first remained in the city. but they
are rapidly learning that the country
offers them a better field for nefari-
GUS operations. The negro until re-
Gently remained in the South. Now
be is working northward, and occur
rences of the last two months have
taught both Pennsylvania and New
Jersey some new things about the
race problem.
1t is evident that TO meet these
changed conditions a new system OF
rural policing will have to be devised
The local sheriff and constable can
no longer cope with the conditions
They are not trained men. Their aU-
thority is limited. What is needed Is
a disciplined force working continu-
ously and definitely for the promotion
Of rural peace and the prevention Of
rural crime.
Abroad such a police is under the
control Of the central government
Here it would probably have to b.
a State or county body But it should
be a force maintained on the sam,
basis as the municipal police, who's,
business it would be constantly Il
patrol the countryside. The task o
effective organization is admitted!
a vast one, but some move Of the sor
must be taken if life and propert!
are TO. be adequately safeguarded il
rural communities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
STILL PROBING INTO
STEAMSHIP DISASTER

An informal meeting of the committee
appointed to investigate the General
Slocum disaster was held tins afternoon.
The committee is now engaged in q re-
view of the testimony given by wit
nesses, and will not take up any other
phase Of the situation until the review
Is complete
The Department OF Commerce and
Labor IS making q rigid investigate
into the report that the life preservers
on the Great Republic. in New York.
were packed with kapok. and that the
preserVeTs would not support a weight
of twenty pounds and sank within a few
minutes
The report viii be ready IN about a
week, and until the Investigation is
finished the department officers will not
say what action will be taken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
Ex-senator Vest.

One speaks the noblest eulogy Of
George Graham Vest, late Senator
from Missouri, when he says that he
was an honest and an honorable man.
Though we'll posted in the political
history of the country and a good con-
stitutional lawyer. it was, neverthe-
less, as a man Of the strictest in
tegrity that he gained his most pre-
cious fame, and as an orator of the
now somewhat old-fashioned style
that he made his leading impression.
An instance of his high sense of
honor was his refusal to cast the vote
that would have seated Quay, his
chum, in the Senate, because he re-
garded Quay's appointment by the
governor Of Pennsylvania as irregU-
lar. Instances of his ability as a
speaker and a trenchant debater were
numerous during his long service In
the United States Senate from 1879 to
1903.
Ex-senator Vest was the last sur
vivor of the Confederate Senate, hold
iug in the Southern legislative body
the anomalous position Of represent
ing Missouri, a State which never
seeded. Like many other broad
minded and noble men, Mr.. Vest serv-
ed faithfully the reunited country
His death finds him mourned through
out the land as a true patriot as well
as a consistent partisan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
PARAGUAY NOW FACES
SERIOUS REVOLUTION
Government Discovers a Conspiracy,
Makes Many Arrests and Pro
claims Martial Law.

BUENOS AYRES. Aug ia dis
patch from Asuucion. Paraguay avs
the government has discovered a got
70 proclaim revolution on ire -.r.y-I
of the steamer Sajouia. which sailed
from La Plata on August t. TIE gov
eminent has made many arrests in con-
nection with the plot, and das pro-
claimed martial law.
The Argentine minister in Asuncion
and the Paraguayau minister here have
requested the Argentine goyeran mt to
detain the Sajonia. but 1t IS believed
the steamer is already beyond 'Argen-
tine Jurisdiction.
Investigation has disclosed that the
Sajonia is carrying four hundred and
nfty men. among them being several
Tarasuayau officers. There are also
SIX krupp guns on board
The chief OF the expedition, Elias Gar
eta. has held an important post under
the present administration Although a
Paraguayon citizen. he IS now police
cOmmisSary OF La Plata
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 10, 1904
The Moral Responsibility.

The direct cause Of the railroad &C
cident near Pueblo. Col, which has
brought mourning TO sixty-fve homes
in that city, was a cloudburst, which
undermined the trestle work Of the
bridge through which the engine and
several Of the cars following plunged
into the torrent beneath.
The primary cause, however, can
not be laid at the door OF this SEEM
ing uncomfortable act of nature.
Cloudbursts are not so rare in that
region as to be extraordinary and I'M
foreseen events. The builders Of the
bridge must have known the condi-
lions which the structure would
sooner or later have to withstand
Primarily, therefore, the builders are
to blame for the accident. On them
rests the moral responsibility.
Ones first thought is to blame the
engineer for faulty mechanics in de-
signing and constructing the bridge,
and he may be to blame. If he is,
and he is still living. the fact of his
responsibility for the hundred human
lives sacrificed is engravened deeper
into his consciousness by his own
knowledge Of personal shortcomings
than it can ever be by the accusa-
lions and arguments of others
On the other hand, the engineer
may have been hampered in his work
by false economy on the part Of those
paying for the bridge. He may have
been forced to accept limitations in
the building. which made it i'm
possible for him to construct a me-
chanfcally sound structure Even If
such were the case, the engineer can
not be held entirely without fault, for
no honorable man would lend his
sanction to a work which he knew
was unsafe. But. under those condi-
lions, the greater blame would rest
upon those who permitted false econ
omy to fetter honest building
The rapid succession Of railroad &C
cidents recently, every one Of which
could have been prevented by con-
slant vigilance and a sound system
rigidly enforced, prove with the
nournful emphasis Of lives needless
" sacrificed the shocking disregard
of self-evident personal responsible
ties by arrangements which have
their first attention fixed upon the
size of their dividends rather than
upon the really important considera-
ton, the safety Of the travelling pub
lie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
Russia in the Field.

There are some Russians wise
enough to recognize that genuine
patriotism does not consist in con-
cealing but in revealing the truth, so
that, instead of waxing still more
dangerous as the result Of being
ignored, evils may be uncovered and
corrected.
Such a one is the Russian staff Of
ficer, who has given some remarkable
revelations IN an organ Of Russian
Liberalism, published in Germany, re-
garding the experiences and conduct
OF the Russian soldier in the field.
He protests first against the process
OF belittling the enemy. which has
been so general.
Russia considers herself a great
nation" he says. Every great ma
ton, in the person Of its representa-
tives. the organs Of the press, should
not conceal its own mistakes and
should not indulge in barefaced self
Iaudation."
He scorns the claim Of heroic Rus
stan action at Wafang-kau, where, he
says. Russia lost 5000 men-ten times
the number officially reported; one
regiment lost its colors, that sacred
object Of military honor" and a
hasty retreat was made before an
enemy only equal IN numbers.
Our soldier. unfortunately" de-
eIares this Russian officer. despite
vaicr and resignation, is inferior
20 the Japanese soldier in
discipline, and-what is still more
important-fghts with indifference,
under compulsion. For the japanese
this is a war for an idea. Here you
have the reason for such incidents
as occurred at Chong-chu, where the
Cossacks refused to charge, and as a
result we lost three officers. It is
from this fact, and not from the color
OF the uniforms, which, ever since
Kuropatkin's arrival, have been un-
dlstinguishabIe from those Of the
men, that the true reason is to be
found for the large percentage OF
losses among the officers"
The vital difference between the as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
LIGHTHOUSE BOARD
AFTER MUCH MONEY
Recommends in Estimates $3.50, 900 for
Lights and Fog Signals
in Delaware Bay.

Estimates for the next fiscal year are
being prepared by the lighthouse board.
70 be made n part If the annual esti-
mate OF the Department OF Commerce
and Labor
The board will recommend that S650.000
be appropriated for lighthouses and fog
signals on Delaware Bay.
These lighthouses and fog signals are
wanted along the deep water way now
under construction by the War Depart
ment. extending from Philadelphia 10
the sea.
An effort was made at the last ses-
sion of Congress to obtain this APP
preparation. but was unsuccessful,
The citizens Of Philadelphia took up
the matter and have been in cOmmuni-
cation with the lighthouse board, rela-
tive to having the estimate again In
serted in the bill. They assert the
lighthouses and fog signals are an i'm
perative necessity. and are determined
10 have them established, even If an
army OF Pennsylvaniaus have to come
to Congress TO enforce the demand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
SIX EMPLOYEES AFTER
CHANCES OLD PLACE

Sly employees Of the Postoff1ce De-
partmcnt are after the place TO be made
vacant by the promotion OF Merritt o.
Chance from chief OF the supply d.
vision. to chief clerk OF the Postonice
Department.
Mr.. Merritt is still chief Of the supply
division and viii continue so until the
10Th OF August, when he succeeds to the
Office of chief clerk. to be made vacant
by the resignation of Blain Taylor
which takes effect on that date
The promotion will be made by Post
master General Payne, but he has not
decided 10 whom he VIII hand the
plum
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
MANY RETURNING
FROM OUTINGS

Miss Estelle Nichols. who has spent
the past six weeks at Pittsheld, in the
Berkshires. will return to the city this
week
Mr.. and Mrs Philip Gladstone Anieck
have returned rom Western trip. en-
bracing Chicago. Mackinaw Island. and
Toledo.
Col II. c. Van Senven spent some time
at Atlantic CITY as the guest OF Mrs.
Rea and Miss Pea, at their home, Ia
Ocean Avenue. re has returned TO his
home. but will again go TO Atlantic City
later on.
Mrs. J. Altheus Johnson has as guest
her sister. Mrs. !. F. Durbin, Of Balti-
more.
Miss Alice Johnson has gone 10 Ocean
City, n. J., TO spend August with friends
from Philadelphia, who have cottage
there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

sassination of a prime minister like
Won Plehve in city and the assassi-
nation Of a despotic and hated officer
in the field lies in the fact that the
first is dangerous TO the man doing
the killing, while the conditions IN
der which the latter deed is commit
ted make the doer practically immune
from detection.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
THE CALL.

Came Mrs. Brown TO call
On little Mrs. Jones.
They greeted in the hall
IN most delighted tones.
so rushed" said Mrs Brown.
I really cannot stay
I've been all over town,
1t seems to me, today
And thon they talked of books,
OF music, and Of clubs,
OF chambermaids and cooks,
OF leaky laundry tubs,
OF candies ano Of soup,
OF churches and Of gowns,
OF fevers and Of crop.
OF how to ward Of frowns,
OF wrinkles, freckles, too;
OF Divorces and brides.
OF scandals old and new.
OF fashions latest strides,
OF neighbors and OF friends,
OF enemies and kin,
OF pleasing coffee blends.
OF where she" got that pin,
OF certain peoples debts.
OF certain peoples fights,
OF the contending sets.
OF certain Vomen's spites,
OF paDering the hall.
OF what each one had read,
or which one owed the call,
or what somebody said,
OF how she" held her looks,
OF golf. and cards, and tea,
Then back again to cooks
And then: "Oh. goodness me-"
Cried Mrs. Brown at last,
II must be rushing on,
The afternoon is past
At least, it's almost gone.
That's one thing 1 detest
About a formal call
One has 10 look her best
And scarcely talk at all.
Stop in, my dear, some day
When you're out for q walk
There's so much we could say
When we've time for a talk"
Chicago Tribun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
LACK BUG STOPS
A SONG OF PRAISE
Insect Flies Into Singing Evangelists Mouth at Ocean
Grove and Nearly ChokeS the Good Man to Death.

OCEAN GROVE. N. J.. Aug. o.
Capt Charles H. Stanley. the singing
evangelist and one OF the leaders Of the
Blue Button army. was suddenly cut
down while giving his most rousing hal
leIujah during a meeting in the Deean
Grove Mission House. here. by beetle
flying into his open mouth
The meeting was suspend while
venerable deacon thumpsd Tho leader
on the back and half the congregation
shouted directions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
CABLE LINES TO NOME
FROM SEATTLE COMPLETED

Seattle dispatches announce the re-
ceipt by General Greedy in that city
Yesterday OF the first telegrapnic mes
sage ever sent direct from Nome. Alas
ka, TO Seattle
1t marks the completion of the wire
less line system between Cape Nome and
St Michaels. a distance Of l01 miles
All of the material for this system was
carried West by the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western. the last load
of BILE occupying zen cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
MINISTER EXPLAINS
FEELINGS OF HbITIANS
All Kinds Of Foreigners Are Not Hated
by the Citizens of the
Black Republic.

Secretary Hay and Mr.. Leger, ths
Haitian minister. are negotiating an ex-
tradition treat.
Mr.. Leger called at the State Depart
nlent to discuss this treaty with Mr..
Hay and to assure him there IS no gen.
eral hatred of foreigners in Haiti, as has
been reported in press dispatches.
Mr.. Leger says the dislike OF the
Syrlans Is intense, and also says the
foreigners who were concerned IN the
bank scandals in Port au Prince have
incurred the hatred Of Haitiaus who lost
money through the alleged frauds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
MAN OF FIFTY-TW0
WEEDS GIRL OF EIGHTEEN

EGG HARBOR. n. j.. Aug. ia
pretty wedding was sOlemnized here
when Miss Bertha Jacoby. of this city,
became the bride Of Richard Krastel a
prominent retired business man OF New
York.
The ceremony was performed at st
Johns Reformed Church by the Rev.
Gustave A. Haak. A reception followed,
after which the pair left for a Southern
trim Mr.. Krastel IS fifty-two years old,
while the bride is but eighteen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

The evangelist was nearly choked TO
death and was in q serious condition
when the bug was finally dislOdged-
Captain Stanley came here last week
on a free lance mission ana purlOined
the mission house from the local evan
gelists lie found the place deserted en-
Sunday night. and. entering. started a
lone hand service Of song.
Passers-by were attracted until the
room was filed He has conducted
meetings there ever since.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

The Postoffice Department has elimi-
mated the weight restriction of four
pounds on flrs--class foreign mail mat
ter. Now, if il Will install the much
needed parcel post, in spite OF the pro-
testatiOns Of private express companies,
the department will begin to show signs
of getting up to date, and giving this
country a service somewhere near as
good as that provided as a matter of
course by all the despised nations of
slow and conservative Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
RECORD FOR RAT KILLING.

SHELBYVILLE. Ind. Aug. 10-JOseph
Addison. Lewis Billman, and an eight
een-year-old Scotch collie dog killed
eighty-one rats In one hour and ten
minutes. besides tearing up 1.l52 feet OF
flooring Addison and Billman were re-
pairing a barn IN Marion township and
when they took up the floor they found
the place alive with rats.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

The account by Lieutenant General
StoesseI, commander of the Russian gar
rison at Port Arthur, of how he repulsed
with great valor a Japanese demonstra-
ton against Yupilaza Mountain, while
the japanese seized without opposition
the real point Of their attack. Wolf HILL
from which the Russian fortress can be
shelled. IS another of those undeniable
proofs that Russian military tactics are
strictly original.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
AMERICAN SHIPS FIRE
SALUTE TO THE KING

The United States battleship squadron
Of the North Atlantic feet. fired u salute
Yesterday at Gibraltar in honor or coro-
nation day. the second anniversary OF
the crowning Of King Edward.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

Thomas Z. Watson will not decline
the domination of the Peoples party
for the Presidency. and, consequently,
his Acknowledged ability as a writer
of fiction will be duly exploited between
now and November
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

Richmond Pearson Hobson was given
the ChaUtauqua salute at Mountain
Lake Park, over in Maryland. How sad
to think that the man who has been
saluted by twice 1900 fair lips should
at this late day be able to command
nothing more inspiring than handker-
chiefs flaming in the air.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
LITTLE POEMS OF WASHINGTON LIFE
THEOLOGICAL SPECULATION

My Sund'school teacher said. she said
We'd go to heaven If we was dead.
And wear white robes-I s'pose they'd be
SEARCHED like those waists they put on me
And 'spect I'm goin to keep EN- clean
And white and iookin' fit t be seen.
And can't play marbles nor base ball
Nor have no kind of fun a-tan
And I'd like to know, If it's like she said.
What fun it's goin' to be to be dead.
My Sund'school teacher said, she said.
And it says just so in the books I've read
AT we'd all play on golden harps.
I s'pose we'd learn bout flats and sharps
And practise like my Sister does,
Two hours day, and just becuz
She kicked about it so, one day
Ma wouldn't let her go out TO play.
And that's the kind of thing dread
If it's like my Sundsehool teacher said
ny Sund'school teacher said. she said
In heaven they amt no gingerbread.
Nor peanuts nor no kind o treat
They don't have nothin' t all to eat
Ny, when l went 70 River View,
My Uncle Ned and me and Sue,
We ct and ct, and Sue and l
When we got home we thought we'd die
wonder If we had got dead
If it would turn out like she said?
My Sund school teacher said, she said,
A cherubim's two wings and head,
And float around that way. you know,
Just any place they want to go.
But they can't swing, nor shoot the chute.
Nor nothin' I all but just look cute.
Pm glad l didn't die so small
s to be a cherubim, that's ali.
If heaven is anything like she said
I'd good deal rather not be dead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
MISS JEAN REID
WINS CUP RACE
Sails Fathers Boat in a
COntess With Men.
GAY TIMES IN ACKNOWLEDGES
Mrs. CowleS Guest of the Reids-Prince
de Beam Gives Luncheon at
NarTagansett Pier.

Miss Jean Reid. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid has won golden
laurels in the sporting world OF the
Adirondacks this summer. her latest
trophy being a beautiful silver and cop
per cup won in a sailing race on the Up
per ST. Regis Lake last week She
sailed her fathers boat, Water Witch.
managing it alone IN a spirited contest,
when her opponents were all men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
MARINE BAND CONCERT
AT CAPITOL GROUNDS

i concert VII Dc given at Gao . cl0ck
this evening by the United States
Marine Band. William II Santelmann.
leader.
The following is the program:
March, Brooks Triumphar' Self.
Overture. ''Semiramide ......- Rf,ssis'f
Faraphrase Loreley. -. .Nesvadba
'sSerenade" .........-.. Tie,
(AIusicians Robert r SeeI ana Alsert
o. Wackerl
Grand fantasia, ''Sicgtrled'' Was,a-
(Horn solo. played By Musician Aibert
o. Wackerl
Waltz. Bel ans z Haus" S+r,,,s.
National anthem. The Star-Span-
6leu os-iilsE .'.'..'s..''.''.......-.. Key
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
SOUTHERNER GETS A BIG
NAVAL BUILDING CONTRACT

Rear Admiral Endicott Will award to
Boies DeLeon. of Atlanta, Ca, the con-
tract for the new building OF the bureau
OF equipment at Pensacola. Fla. The
contract price is SEC. N0l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
LANDSMAN ON TORPEDO
BOAT LOSES HIS LIFE

Nels D. Damsgaard. a iandsman on
a torpedo boat, was drowned on Au-
gust s IN Shanghai HarbOr. The Navy
Department was advised yesterday OF
the accident. Damsgaard was a son OF
NJ. g. Damsgaard. OF Elkton, Iowa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
AMONG
THE DIPLOMATS
Hengelmuller and Stern
burg Visit White House.
HAITIAN MINISTER IN CITY
Charge d'Afaires of Venezuela Returns
to City After Visit in
New York.

There was quite a furry in the Diplo-
matte Corps yesterday, and the Austrian
ambassador. Baron Hengelmuller, and
the German ambassador, Baron Won
Sternburg, were both in the city for a
few hours. The Austrian ambassador
returned TO Bar Harbor last evening,
having taken luncheon with the Presi-
dent, and the German ambassador will
return to Lenox today. having remain
ed over for dinner with the President
at the White House last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10
INSPECTED THE SITE
FOR LAKE NAVAL STATION

The committee named to select a site
for the naval training station on the
Great Lakes visited Erie. Pa, yester-
day, and inspected q proposed location
near that city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

A Los Angeles man has recently touch
ed the Patent Office for a warrant to
manufacture exclusively a device for the
harmless hanging OF candidates for IN
itiation into secret societies. We sup
pose a man like that cannot be shut up,
but certainly be ought to be hanged by
his own machine at least once every day
until he promises faithfully to reform.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-10

Two men, who must have been stran-
gers TO Washington, tried the film fam
game in a store which sells souvenirs.
Naturally. the foolish fellows got
caught Any native Washingtouian
could have told them how futile it was
trying TO get the best OF folks whose
business life is devoted TO inducing peo-
pie to buy useless things which they do
not want.