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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
BUY PIANOS NOW
During the F. q. Smith Piano
Co.'S Annual Factory
Clearing Sale.
500 TO $500 SAVED
On High-Grade New and Sec.
Hand Upright
Pianos.

Most everybody knows about the Great
annual Factory Sale OF Pianos that Is nov
10 progress al the waFerO0ms Of the r. O.
Smith Plano Co. 1925 Pennsylvania ave The
primary object Of this sale Is 10 close out al
the secondhand Upright Pianos which have
accumulated during the whole year. Many
handsome instruments are being sacrificed at
fraction OF their original cost. and to prove
how much this opportunity Is appreciated by
the Washington public enc has only T. visit
the delivery department Of the F. c. Smith
Piano Co. and see the wagons which are
going ali day and late into the evening de-
liverinE Pianos sold during this sale. There
are stiii left unsold great many high
grade Upright Pianos. some OF which have
only been rented few months. Or are
slightly shODworn. The tone and action are
just as good as new. and the cases IN be
all right after a little ruoisss-=- un ~ the
factory ponshers.
There are also many Pianos that have been
used number Of years. and are still in ex-
eeilent condition. The orders from the fac
tory in Brooklyn are to close out All OF
these instruments at once 10 make room
for new stock Here are $500 Uprights al
$40. 800 Uprights at u75. $3.50 Uprights at
sZie; $500 chieksring Upright Grand at $40.
on 50 monthly payments and many other
bargains which must be seen 10 be properly
appreciated. II you have q Piano 70 buy FOR
Christmas. buy II now during this great Fac
tory Clearing Sale. which occurs but once
a year, and you viii save from 500 10 s1Jo
the prices that usually prevail. Pianos
viii be set aside until Christmas Eve. on pay
ment OF small deposit but now IS the time
70 secure a bargain. as probably ali OF these
Pianos will be sold out long before Christ
II you wish to have the Plano in the
house before Thanks iving. make your
lection Monday. and the F. O. Smith Com
pany will guarantee 10 deliver the Piano at
your residence Tuesday or Wednesday. u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
JACK HUGGED GIRL
AND WENT TO A CELL
Boisterous Conduct Of John Collins in
Stebbins House Creates Some
Excitement.

'Aw gwan you land lubbers. Put
down any blooming thing you want ter
on your log. It's a damn funny sort OF
free country if a man can't hug
pretty girl when he sees one"
Thus did John Collins, a sailor from
the good ship Hartford. anchored at the
LEGAL navy yard. declare himself 10 the
police of the Ninth precinct last night
when taken TO the station on a charge
OF assault and battery.
Miss Mamie Stebbins, a pretty young
woman living at 40l G Street northeast.
IS the complainant IN the case. She al
leges that Jack threw his arme around
her and Rugged her, though the young
woman did not know him and made
strenuous objection 10 his advances
She screamed FOR help. Jack said. You
needn't yell for assistance because /
don't need any"
Policeman Wilson. of the Ninth pre-
cnct. rode % the house on his bicycle
and placed the Jack tar who was about
half seas over under arrest
Collins says he Joined the navy years
ago" but he does not remember the
exact number. Yesterday ne got a day s
shore leave after a hard voyage on the
water, which he declares poisons his
system when he drinks IT, After lcav-
ing his mates on board ship he hurried
10 nearby grog shop where ne hastily
ilnbibed several large schooners Of beer.
He shifted 10 other stimuIauts before
quitting the establishment. and when he
heard quarter" sounded by the ships
Lugler, he departed.
In the saloon he lost his sense Of di-
Tection and distance. lacking his way
up Fourth Street northeast, instead Of
going toward the dock Jack finally
landed against lamp post al the Ia
tersection Of Fourth and G Streets. He
saw a pretty girl sitting in window
Like every other good sailor. Jack had
a wife III every port. and he doubtless
imagined he was outside one OF his
many domiciles. Striking himself a
sharp blow IN the small OF his back
with his right hand. and adjusting his
cap with the word Hartford" on H.
with mis- right. Collins Strengthened up
and walked boldly 10 the door. He rang
the bell, but before anyone could Te-
spond 10 the ring he showed the cooI
open and walked into the hallway Jack
was glad 10 get IN our OF the cold, and
began singing "A Life on the Ocean
Wave. and did a sailors hornplpe al
the same time.
Miss Stebbins walked out into the hail
g see what all the noise was about and
Collins threw his arms around her
hugging her several times and trying 10
kiss her She broke away from him and
her screams caused the possible future
admiraTs arrest
A. The station he was as frprrfIy- as
eailors usually are. He first dehed the
entire police department, but later
quoted down and consented TO go back
20 his cell and sleep It on" without
hurting anyone
He will be- given a hearing IN The PO-
lice Court tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
SMALLPOX DECREASES
IN THE UNITED STATES

surgeon General Wyman. OF the
Public Health and Marine Hospital Ser
vice, reports that from June . TO No
Fembrr Is. there were 4,l68 cases Of
smallpox In the United States. 1876 PROV
Ing fatal For the same period OF 1913
there wers n,457 cases and 45S deaths.
The decrease ID most marked in the
state Of Tennessee. which had Il against
l.as5 IN l90l: Pennsylvania which mad
% against $3.50 IN 1903; Indiana, which
mad % against 1.lG4 in 1903. and Colorado
which had l67 against g25 in 1913.
Increases over the same period IN 1903
are most marked In the Statex.Jf Ohio
which had 1910. against 35l 4 yea. ago:
Montana. Missouri. Louisiana, Illinois,
and Georgia. North Carolina had 6l5
against 3ls In 1893. but from May /. 1903
TO May /. 1904, that State had $40 cases,
with 90 deaths.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
PRESIDENT PLANS
FOR NEW CABINET
COrtelyOu May Take Office
First of Year.
YERKES BEING CONSIDERED
Kentuckian May Succeed Secretary
HitcheOck-Consul Generalship
for Wynne.

There is little doubt that George b.
CoTtelyou Will be made Postmaster Gen
eral on January l.
The general understanding has been
that he would not re-enter the Presi-
dents Cabinet until after the Inaugural
tion, bat while no positive announce
ment is made it Is now understood that
Mr.. Cortelyou viii take charge before
that time
Robert j.. Wynne, the present Post
master General, it may now safely be
asserted. viii be given a position out
side OF the Postoffice Department The
appointment most likely 10 be accepted
by him is that OF the consul generalship
a. London
II. Clay Evans the present consul
general is reported TO be coming to this
country at an early date. His future
relation with the Administrator will be
settled AZ that time.
A Cabinet appointment which men
close to the President say is very likely
10 be made is that of John w. Yerkes.
the present Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, 20 be Secretary OF the In
terror. Mr.. Yerkes is a Kentuckian
and in this way Mr. Roosevelt would
DC aDle 10 sfdLlIy the wish CT the
Southerners that q man from tat sec
tion should be given a place in his
effeial family.
Further 70 carry out this purpose the
indications seem 10 point strongly 10 Mr.
Roosevelt's selection OF Senator Cockren
or Missouri TO be either a Canal Commits
sioner or member OF the Civil Service
Commission. Senator COckrell. who was
defeated in the recent elections. is said
10 have already received the tender Of
an appointment from the President the
place offered being that made vacant
ny The resignation OF Colonel Hecker
from the Panama Canal Commission.
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a deputy, and was granted Al seat there.
although under the legal age. and in
spite OF his resignation.
His career IS practically the same as
the history or Argentina as confede-
ration. He was elected national sena-
tor in 1870. and was nominated as a can
didate for the Presidency IN 1873. He
continued his activities for years at
home. and then came his trip TO Wash
ington. He became minister OF the in
terror in the cabinet or President Saenz
Pena. resigned in 1892. but was reap
pointed before the close Of the next
year. a revolutionary movement short
~ afterward caused troublous times for
all the high officials OF the government.
and. his health failing. DR.. Quintana re-
signed. He has not been inactive in
affairs OF the nation since then. how
ever, as his election some months ago
showed.
A fact Of local interest in connection
with DR.. Quintana's career is that his
chief competitor for the Presidency. Dr.
Carlos Pellegrinl. was a visitor to Wash
ington within the past six weeks. Il was
his second visit to the National Capt.
tai. and he, too. showed an especial in
terest in the study of American insti-
tutions.
Garcia Merou's Future.
One of the questions OF interest In the
South American contingent OF the Dip
lOmatic Corps in Washington concerns
what President Quintana VIII do In the
way OF providing a European mission
for the late Argentine minister here.
Senior Garcla-Nerou. The latter re-
NAMED at this capital a year longer
than ne had anticipated, pending the
election in his country.
Now It Is expected his assignment
abroad will be arranged Meanwhile
the Argentine legation continues under
Senior Carlos r Zavalia. charge daft
flares. who IN the few months since his
arrival has established himself firmly
among the promising younger diplo-
matists OF the Capital Senior Garcia
Merou's preference IS understood 10 be
Berlin. and his early assignment to that
mission would not be a surprise to his
friends In Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
AUTO TRANSIT COMPANY
MUST NAME IT'S ROUTE

Ia connection with the application OF
the Auto Transit Company for permits
sion for the operation OF an electric
vehicle over a regular route" for pub
lie service. Commissioner West yester-
day directed that the company notify
the Commissioners specifically as 10 the
route the vehicle will traverse
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A complete technical account OF the
game will be found on Page 10.
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SCHOONER RUNS ASHORE.

NANTUCKET, Mass. Nov. ls.-The
tHree-masted schooner Charles Iuling
coti-'aden. while attempting to enter
mis- harbor last night. went ashore near
the western jetty. VIII Inside the shoals
Her decks are awash and the crew have
abandoned her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
WOMAN WOULD ADOPT IGoRRorE

]. WentZ. woman OF wealth and social
standing, IS eager to take into her home
TaDae a ten-year-Old girl Of the Igor
rote village at the st. Louis Fair TIA
bae." said Mrs. Wentz. els by all odds
one OF the prettiest and most interesting
children ] have ever seen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
A New Concern.

The Goodyear Rain Coat Company. Of
New York city have opened a branch
store at 1926 + Street, where they VIII
deal exclusively IN rainprOof clothing
local management Is IN charge or NJ.
KrieEeT
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Argentine Executives
Triumph After Troubles
Has Experienced Tyranny at Home, But Is
Now Head of the OoVernment-LoCal In
terest in Assignment Of GarCia-MerOu.

Many Washington people in official
and resident circles feel more than
passing interest In the new President or
the Argentine Republic. DR.. Manuel
Quintana, in consequence OF a visit the
South American statesman made 10
Washington some years ago. He came
10 attend one Of the sessions OF the
American International Congress. called
TO consider the best means TO secure the
adoption Of an arbitration agreement be-
tween all the countries OF this continent.
Since that time Dr. Quintana's influence
has been increasing steadily until now
he Is at the head Of the government OF
his native land,
While many things have done their
part in shaping the career OF the new
President, probably one OF the most po-
tent % these influences dates from that
trip. In strong contrast 10 the history
Of the United States and political con-
ditions here We're the circumstances
which limited the development Of Ar
gentina when the future President was
born. His visit here emphasized the
difference and made him strive all the
harder 10 serve his country IN the hish-
est degree Of patriotism
bOTu OuQtI yldnAs
President Quintana was born at
time when Argentina was struggling
with tyranny, and had reached young
manhood when the tyrant Rozas was
routed by General Urquiza, who there
upon sought 10 establish himself as die
tator. Among the patriotic leaders who
determined 10 prevent such a misfor
tune We're three men who have since
filled the presidential chair-Sarmiento
whose name has been carried 70 all
parts OF the world as the name Of the
Argentina naval cadets training ship,
which was in American waters last
spring; ROca. whose term as chief mag
istrate expired only last month. and
Quintana, who has now succeeded him
Having from his early youth abhorred
the thought OF seeing his native land
under the hand Of a tyrant. Dr.. Quin-
tana's travels and his career as a states
man have been alike continual study
OF the characteristics which make re-
publics great. His political services be-
gan when al twenty-five he was elected
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BUFF AND BLUE SHOWED
UNDER BY GEORGETOWN
Continued from First Page.)
Assembled Early

pended largely 10 stop the Georgetown
rushes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

neighborhood of what is now Four
tenth street and the Hudson river
Rogers needed a farmland and so he
employed a newly arrived German inn
migrant. What this German immi-
grants name was ] do not know, and
the neighbors between Greenwich and
Chelsea villages did not seem to care.
But he came from the Rhine country
and so they called him the Rhine
lander. In time the hired man married
the daughter of Farmer Rogers, and
also inherited the farm and begat a
family. The farm increased in value
and is now worth a great many mill
lions of dollars, most of it. by the way,
having been kept in the family"
Farms in the Heart of New York.
These stories seem on the surface to
be inconsistent. But they are not.
Farm lands where broad Fourteenth
street, New York, now runs to the
river were not valuable in the Revo-
lutionary period, and it is not at all
unlikely that the owners of such lands
at that time should have piled the
honest trades Of tailoring and shoe
making.
Nearly all of the earlier fortunes,
however, were made in merchandising,
and Increased by the rise in real estate
holdings. Some were founded on the
piracy that hourished in the colonial
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

Butler is a name derived from an Of
flee. The kings butler, or lie bother
was a person of Importance, with
many rights and privileges.
The cup from which the king drank
at the time of his coronation was be-
slowed upon the butler. Another of
the buffers quaint privileges was that
of retaining one out of every ten bar
rels of wine imported into the king
dom. The butler could also seize for
the kings use from every ship laden
with wine one cask from the Prov and
one from the stern, paying twenty
shillings for each.
The first to whom Butler or lie Boteler
or lie Botiller was given as a surname
was Theobald Fitz-Walter. This was
in the time of Henry II. The office
was hereditary in the family for GEN.
turtles and finally surrendered for the
consideration of f216,000
The present day representative OF
the family in Ireland is Lord Ormonde,
whose family has held for several hun
dred years the office of hereditary chief
butler of Ireland. Lord Ormonde' 5
coat-of-arms displays three covered
cups, which represent the three gold
cups retained as perqusites from the
coronation of three soVereigns.
One of the Earls of Ormonde was
a royal ward of James l. He was de-
scended on the distaff side from Ed
ward I and a knight of the garter.
Queen Caroline's chaplain was the
Joseph Butler whose great work was
THE Analogy of Religion" 1t is re-
corded of him that he used to ride a
black pony very fast, and his benevo-
lence was much practiced upon by beg
CARS"
Generosity has always been a prom
inent trait in the Butler family. One
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
The Butler Family Has Long Been Important.

lineal descendant of the noble house of
Ormonde.
Another pilgrim father was John
Butler, the first settler of Pelham y.
H. A few years ago a monument ded-
icated to his memory was erected in
the town by the Butler Family Asso-
citation.
The first house in the town-a log
cabin, properly speaking-was built by
him. 1t had its pallasadoes around it,
a trench and a drawbridge, in true
medieval style. At night the bridge
was drawn up and defiance bid to wild
beasts as well as Indians.
Another settler was Nicholas Butler.
who came from England in 1857 to
Massa chusetts. Besides wife and chill
dren, he brought three servants with
him, and apparently was regarded as
person of Importance, for he is spok-
en- of as Mr." a title given to but
few in colonial days, goodman being
the ordinary term.
The Buffers records of service in
the early wars and the Revolution are
on the muter-rolls in the state houses
of Boston and Concord. Joseph Butler
was at Bunker Hill, where he lost his
life. His father, Joseph Butler. was in
command of a regiment. Thomas But
Ter received the thanks of Washington
on the field for intrepidity in rallying
a retreating detachment at Mon
muth. He was thanked upon another
occasion by Wayne for defending a de-
file in face of heavy fire. James Butler
was also in the Revolution. He took
part in the rejoicings only of the War
of 1912. When news was brought of
the naval victory at Plattsburg, al
though nearly so years old, he danced
at the bonfires. throwing up his hat
and huzzaing like a boy at the cannon
firing.
The Butler arms reproduced are ar
gent. on a Jesse componee argent and
gules, between six cross crosslets OF
the second, three amulets or.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21
BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

Moses Butler, who lived in Berwick,
Me-, used to invite to his table all the
worthy poor on Christmas and
Thanksgiving.
From old records we also find that
the family has taken much interest IN
church and education matters and
been noted for its refinement.
Thomas Butler, a surveyor. who set
tied in Berwick about 1890, was obliged
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

era and the slave trade, which had
not persisted when Mr.. Beach had
compiled his list. The most substan-
tial and the most lasting were those
invested in land. which was then main
ly unimproved, but which is now in the
very heart of the metropolis
Fortunes Made I'm the Civil War.
During the Civil War period many
men made fortunes quickly, but com
paratively few OF them have. endured
The old adage, come easily, go cas-
Ivy" may be applied to most of them.
But in the period that Immediately
followed very great fortunes were
made in the extension of railroads.
II was then that the great Wander
bilt wealth increased by leaps and
bounds. The assessors books in New
York at that time did not show that
there was such a multitude of ire
mendously rich men as Mr.. Beachs
chronicle of two decades before indi-
Gated. In 1867 the tax list placed these
ten as having property in excess of
a million:
William B. Astor ia 600
William c. Rhinelander. ...... 7,745, 600
A. L. stewart. ................. 6,091 900
Peter and Robert Goelet.... 4,417 900
James LenoX EXPERIMENTATION. 4,260 900
refer Lorlllard ............... 4,243, 900
John d. Wolfe ................ 1897, 900
Nj. NJ. Hendrick .............. 1890, 900
Rufus L. Lord .............. 1900, 900
I. V. >. Roosevelt. ............ 1,346, 900
1t is not likely that the tax books
in 1867 were more than an index as
to the comparative wealth of the real
ly rich. for the art of hiding other
wealth than that in real estate Is not
by any means a new one.
$500 MiIliOnaires in New York Now.
One chronicler who was apparently
a patient if not an accurate inVesti-
gator, estimated five or six years ago
that in New York city there were l.
400 millionaires and $500 in the rest
of the country, making in all a total
of 1000, with an aggregate wealth of
| Sc, 900 900, 900. This man was surely
too conservative.
| took his estimate in January OF
this year to the chief of one of the
very largest fiduciary institutions in
the country, and he said that the list
| should be increased by so per cent.
| He said there were at least 1000
| persons in the United States worth
81 100000 and 1000 more worth more
than $1000,000, while there were some
| ten or twelve so enormously rich that
there was no way for any outsider to
get at their wealth, even in an ap-
| proXfmate way. A man in active BUSH
ness whose own capital is not suffi-
/ cient to finance his ventures needs to
tell those who are called upon to lend
him money what his resources are
but these enormously rich men are
| lenders always and borrowers never
This fiduciary authority have quot
| ed approved of this tabulation of the
wealth of the millionaires of New
York:
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

Totals ........... 2,316. "a, $50 900, 900
The Average Millionaire.
This makes the average wealth of a
metropolitan millionaire in round
numbers 81 $4,000. That surely SEEM
ed to me pretty steep, but the author
tty / am quoting said that it surprised
him only by it's lowness. He would
not, however, agree that the average
wealth of the other 1854 millionaires
outside of New York could be so
high. Put them down." said he. lat
one million and a quarter each and
you will not be far out of the way"
No sooner said than DONE for, to
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

to take charge of the parish school at
one time, as he was the only one in
town who had the Latin tongue, as the
selectmen expressed it, or, in other
words, could teach Latin. He was
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Continued on Page Twenty-six.)
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CONTINUED N Next Sundays News)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-21

these the following were set down as
worth a million or more.