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The Washington times., 1904-01-09
HALF HOUR MORE WORK
FOR DISTRICT CLERKS
Commissioners Likely to
Inaugurate Change.
NOT COMPELLED TO DO so
Can't See, However, How to Avoid 1t.
Will Settle Matter at Next
Board Meeting.

The employees OF the District Govern
ment VIII in all probability be required
to work from a. m. until 4:3O D. m, the
hours prescribed yesterday by the Fed
eral Government for its employees. Al
though the expression Of the District
Commissioners obtained this morning
was unofficial, it plainly forecasts their
action. and there is no reason to believe
the Local government will not follow the
precedent established.
Commissioners West and Biddle both
favor the extra half hour, and give their
reasons briefly. Commissioner Macfar.
land says he does not think the public
press should endeavor to anticipate the
action of the Commissioners. and. there
fore. declined to express his opinion on
the merits Of the case. He said the mat
ter would be duly considered and the re-
suit announced thereafter.
Views Of Mr.. West.
Commissioner West advanced an ar
gument which Commissioner BiddIe con-
siders forcefuI. Il maintain" said Mr..
Commissioners in the premises is arbi-
trary, and that we are not bound in the
slightest degree by the action of the
Federal Government, but nevertheless
l cannot see how we can well avoid
following its example. For instance,
when we appear before the appropria-
tiOns committees Of Congress, and request
an increased force OF employees. some
member of the committee will ask
Couldn't you do the work with the
same number of employees. If they work
ed until 4:3O p m. p
ITO this we would have 70 reply in
the affirmative. and the result would be
that we would not get the extra clerks
To meet the work then we would have to
adopt the sevea-hour plan, and / fail
TO see why we should not do so right
away"
Colonel Biddle Agrees.
Colonel Biddle agreed with the state
ment Of Commissioner West. and added
that the new rule. II adopted by the
Commissioners. would not make so
much difference with the Engineer De-
partment. for the reason that most of
these employees work at present until
4:3O OF even as late as o'cloc,, IN the
in favor Of the seven-hour day ana be-
lieved the District taxpayers entitled TO
that much service from the clerks so
per cent of whose salaries they are re-
quired to pay.
Mr.. Macfarland Non n-COmmittal.
Commissioner Macfarland said:
Il have had the statutes examined
I and there is no provision that brings the
employees OF the District government
under the requirement now being en-
forced I'm the executive departments Of
the national Government OF not less
than seven hours Of labor on working
days. The act OF Congress Of March 15
1898. under which the Cabinet has is
sued the new orders does not mention
the District government. which is not
of course. part OF the executive govern
ment of the United States, and would
have to be expressly mentioned in the
act of Congress"
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

Pisos Cure for Consumption relieves all bron-
chial affections. Try il At once. 25c.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
Gentile Voc for Smoot.

This respondent states and alleges
that in May. 1902 ne announced that
he would be a Republican candidate for.
United States Senator from the State Of
The Washington times., 1904-01-09
Mr.. Macfarland Non-COmmittal.
Prevents Pneumonia.

Father Johns Medicine cures cOIds.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

-.-----....----..4:55 y. IN
w. :l8 a. m
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

---------. ~ +ls a. m
I.g SOM ow..1 .35 a. m. 2.l0 D. m
I.c w...8:lf a. m, $50 D. m. 4.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

FIFTEEN CENTS SECURED A
POSITION PAYING A SALARY Of
$50 A WEEK. THROUGH A TIMES
WANT ADVERTISEMENT. - -.
The Washington times., 1904-01-09

Fair tonight; increasing
cloudineSS tomorrow: light,
variable winds.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05

imperil his health. which for man,
years had not been good.
1t is the understanding now thai
Mr.. Cortelyou win assume the duties
of postmaster general as soon as he
can conveniently do so after the close
of the investigation, II is probable
that he viii enter the office abou;
the ist OF December, although no date
for the assumption or his new rsspon-
sibilities has been determined upon
even tentatively, since after the cleo
tion 1t viii take him some time to
wind up the affairs OF the campaign.
and he may also desire to take at least
a brief rest, In the interim the respon-
sibilities of directing the affairs OF the
postotiice department win devolve up
on Mr., wynne. who has just returned,
with Mrs, wynne and their two
from an extended trip to
Europe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05
'coRTELYoU TO SUCCEED HIM.
Chosen When Postmaster General Ten.
dered His Resignation.

Washington, Oct. AIN succession
to Mr. Payne, George Bruce CarteIyou
former secretary of the department Of
commerce and labor and now chairman
the national republican committee,
will become postmaster general.
Mr.. Cortelyou's appointment as head
of the postoffice department was de-
termined on several months ago by
President Roosevelt, when Mr.. Payne
indicated to the president his desire
to retire from the department on ac-
count Of the precarious state Of his
health. Mr.. Payne would have resign
ed the portfolio long ago had 1t not
been for the then pending investiga-
tion Of the affairs of the department
He felt, however, and said many
times to his friends, that he could not
relinquish the duties of office while the
investigation was pending, and ex-
pressed his determination to carry the
Investigation to conclusion
The intense mental and physical
strain incident to the direction Of the
postal investigation eventually under
mined his health. He was warned
again and again by his physician and
friends that he was subjectlng himself
to too great burden, but he refused to
heed their counsel.
Having concluded the pressing work
inquiry to a point where it passed
from the hands of the department Of
ficials to the courts, 1t was his inten-
tion, in a few months at least, to heed
the admonitions Of his friends and re-
linquish finally the cares and respon-
sibilities Of official life. He had prom
ised his family and friends never again
to undertake any work which might
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05

breathed his last DR.. Magruder LEI
Mrs. Payne out of the room. 1t Is
stated that she had stood up bravely
under the heavy strain.
The funeral services will be held al
st. Johns Episcopal church in this
city on Friday morning. The same
afternoon the body will be taken to
Milwaukee, where services will be held
Sunday.
The death Of the postmaster general
came as the result of succession of
sinking spells, due to weak heart,
that enfeebled the sick man until the
heart finally gave out.
Stricken with an attack Of heart
trouble last Wednesday, his condition
rapidly became extremely grave. A
succession of sinking spells of increas-
ing severity and depressing effect, fol-
lowed by the remarkable manner in
which Mr.. Payne rallied from these
shocks and the responses Of the heart
action to treatment, gave a little tenn
porary encouragement. His close rela-
tives were summoned to Washing
ton as early as last Thursday.
Never in recent years robust, Mr..
Payne was unable to Withstand the
shock Of the sinking spells, and last
Friday, when he had two sinking spells,
It was believed that he was rapidly
approaching the end. While moderate
doses of heart remedies sufficed at
first, 1t became necessary by Sunday
to give much more powerful stimu-
lants, and the doses were given In
greater quantities than any previous
day. Mrs. Payne, the devoted wife,
remained constantly near her husband
rendering every possible aid, comfort
ing him and hoping for the best. She
bore up with remarkable fortitude, and
not once did she leave their apart
ments. lH.
Throughout official washington and
in the private circles in which Mr.
Payne moved deep solicitude was man
Tested. President Roosevelt, whose
friendship for Mr.. Payne extends back
a number of years, was a daily caller
at the hotel and was kept constantly
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05
POSTMASTER GENERAL
c. PAYNE IS DEAD
End Came at o.IO Last Evening--Wil
BE Succeeded in Office by George
b. Cortelyou.

advised OF Mr.. Payne's condition, Mrs
Roosevelt, too, was unremitting In hei
inquiries, and called sometimes twic,
a day, Offering comfort to Mrs. Payne
The cabinet officers in Washington
made daily inquiries as to the condi-
tion OF their stricken colleague. and
many Of the officials of the postoffice
department evidenced their personal
sympathy. kilograms poured In from
every quarter, being especially numer-
GUS from Wisconsin and Mr.. Payne's
home city, Milwaukee Private Sec
retary Whitney kept all inquirers ad-
vised of the situation up TO the hour
of dissolution. Mr.. Whitney has re-
manned day and night in the private
office Of the Payne apartments since
the beginning of the serious stage Of
Mr., Paynes illness.
Mr.. Payne, in the capacity of men,
Der Of the national republican COM
mittee, had participated in six presi-
Dental campaigns and during the last
four of them was a member OF the
committee of the national |
He was the acting chair
man of the national committee during
the interim between the death of SEN
itor Hanna and the election of Secre-
AIRY Cortelyou as its head. and the try
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05

Washington. Oct 4.-Henry c
Payne, postmaster general of tn,
United States. member of the ma,
tional republican committee and :
stalwart of his party in whose history
he had been identified for many years
died at 6:l0 this evening at his apart
ments at the Arlington hotel, aged 60
years,
Members of the family and Drs.
Magruder, Grayson and Rixey were
at the bedside when the end came. The
cause of death was officially stated to
be disease of the mitral valve and di-
lation of the heart.
Payne had been in poor health for
at least two years, but the last Illness
covered only seven days, an attack of
heart trouble last week precipitating
the end. Death this afternoon came
after nearly six hours Of unconscious
ness. The last official caller to inquire
as to Payne's condition was President
Roosevelt, and he had been gone only
a few minutes when the stricken men,
Der of the cabinet expired. AS Roose-
welt was leaving he spoke feelingly of
Payne to the newspaper men gather
ed in front of the hotel as the sweet
est, most lovable and most trustful
man l ever knew" When Paynei
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05
y
the Russians to

{ cal reduction in carload rates from
New York to Chicago on both tea and
mating. On tea the carload rate will
be 40 cents per 100 pounds compared
with the present rate of rs cents, while
mating has been reduced from 40
Gems to rs cents.
Importers assert that the Pacific
routes still have distinct advantage
in that while a rate Of 40 cents is nam
ed for tea from New York to Chicago
the rate east-bound from Chicago to
New York is only a trifle over IS
cents.
The importance of this agreement
lies in the fact that 1t is practically
the first distinct move taken by New
York importers to check the change
in the course of trade which set in
about three years ago.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05
RATES FAVOR NEW YORK.
Cut on Oriental Goods From New Yorl
East,

East,
New York, Oct. i,--An arrangement
as been concluded between the various
steamship lines operating between New
York and the Far East on the one hand
and the trunk line railroads on the
other hand. whereby New York Is ex-
pected to resume, according to the
Journal of Commerce. a considerable
part of its business as a direct dis
tributor of oriental products, especially
tea, mating and hemp The arrange
ment so far concluded applies only
to tea and mating, but negotiations are
still in progress regarding hemp and
other articles which are understood to
promise favorable termination. The
agreement will so into effect on oc-
tober Is. 1t takes the form OF radi-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05

ling duties that they devolyed upon
him, supplementing, as they did, the
strain Of the postal Investigations
sapped his vitality and led to his final
break down.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05

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How She Won Him.
A young girl won a husband In a
foot race at the Star this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-29
Personal Notes.

NJ. Deuguereau has just been chosen
president of the Society of trehcn
Artists by 1854 votes.
Emile de Quanten, author of the ma
tional hymn of Finland, has just DIED
ut the age of seventy-six.
Leopold K6enig, the Russian Sugar
King" is dead. He began life as a
workman, and now at the age OF
eighty-three leaves a fortune of $780,
060, 900.
The largest armored cruiser in the
French navy, which has just been COM
pleted, will be named the Ernest
Renan. after the distinguished French
writer.
The real reason now given for the
estrangement between the Emperor of
Germany and the Crown Prince is that
the Prince insisted on wearing collar
two inches high.
NJ. Henri La Chamber, the balloon
maker Of Paris, died last week. He
constructed the Ornen balloon In 1886,
by means of which Andree hoped 10
reach the North Pole.
The will of the late Charles F. Does,
4 millionaire lumberman OF San Fran
cisco. sets apart the sum of 100000 to
be used in providing a library for the
University of California.
Admiral Dot. the midget. has just
been sworn in as deputy sheriff at
White Plains, n. Y. He is only forty
eight inches tall and is the smallest
deputy in the United States.
The late Cardinal Vaughan's ecclesi-
astic;l robes have been presented by
his executors to st. Edmund's College
and have been placed in a case near
those of Cardinal Manning and
Cardinal Wiseman.
The King and Queen of Italy have
just received the beautiful presents
given them by the municipality Of
Paris in commemoration of their recent
visit. One of these is bust in solid
gold of the Queen.
The Due and Duchess d'Orleans have
arrived in England from Hungary and
next month will proceed to Lisbon on q
visit to the King and Queen Of Portu-
gal. and thence to Villamanrique. the
Spanish seat of the Comtesse de Paris,
near Cadiz.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-29
THIN PEOPLE

want to get fat and fat people
want to get thin-human
nature. If you are fat don't
take SCOTS Emulsion. 1t
will make you gain flesh. If
you are thin SCOTS Emul-
sion is just what you need.
1t is one of the greatest
flesh producers known. Not
temporary gains but healthy,
solid flesh that will fill out
the body where it is needed.
There's nothing better than
SCOTS Emulsion for weak.
ness and wasting.
Wen send YOU a sample free upon request.
SCOTT s BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street, New Yaulk
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RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,.


Arrangement Of Trains In Effect, OCT
r. 1903.
Pullman Car Service:
Pullman Sleeping car on train leavins
Bangor At s5s A. M: and Caribou At Al
TRAINS LEAVE.
LEAVE Portland. 1915 p. NJ: Augusta
az n r. ASrSe eG At NJ c s1 A
~; Caribou. n.@ p. N; Fort Fairnsid
IH A ri p %sn SpFf fo 2 4 NJ August.
1853 A. NJ; Waterville, 10 A. NJ; Ban
gor, TO A. NJ; Arrive Katahdin Iron
Works, 10O5 A. NJ; Patten, u60 A. M.
ashland. 2:3o p: M: Fort Kent, as ?, NJ;
H. es1sou SIS %ss l Siren ms
r. NJ; Limestone. 40 r. "A; Fort Fair:
Geld; sS F; M; Deyer and Fo1croft. "a.
4 n: GuilfoId; sSs a A. M; Monsoon. 1873
LEAVE Portland. 1925 A. NJ; Augusta
2.S P. H.: watervtlle. 40 p. M: Bangor.
Biz p. NJ: Arrive Millinocket. SOC p. N.
Patten. 40 P. M: Houiton. BIS P. N. ;
presque Isle, s.57 P. M: Caribou, lo.8 p
LEAVE Portland. 1910 P. NJ: Augusta
81. s.ss ?: n: Dover. :.es E 4; duiliord
7.8 z. NJ; 0reenville. $40 p. NJ
TRAINS ARRIVE
, LEAvE Greenv1lle. b6 A. M: Dover
7.05 A. NJ: Arrive Bangor, $40 A n
Leave Bangor. WaterviIle. Augusta.
=, LEAVE Fort Fairfield. Sos A. M; Car.
lbou, 500 A. M Pressure Isle. 628 A. III.
Houlton. 80 A. NJ: Ashland 6S A. M;
Patten. S56 A. n; Millinocket. 1923 A. M:
katahdin Iron Works, 1920 A. NJ; Arrive
Bangor. LOS P M: Waterville. sos p. II:
Augusta, al p. M
LEAVE Van Buren,, s.65 A. NJ; Caribou
n.4o A; M; Pressure Isle. I'LL p M; For
Fairfield: lis A: NJ; Houlton. Les p. NJ.
Patten. 2S Z: NJ; Millinocket, 40 P. NJ.
Gresnville. as F; M; Monson. $40 P. n:
Guilford, AZ p. M: Dover and Foxcroft
SOS P: NJ: Arrive Bangor. rs P. M; Wa
terville 9.E p. M: Augusta, 1923 p. NJ
LEAVE Caribou, As F. NJ: Fort Fair |
aeld, $50 P: M; Pressure Isle, 4ls p. NJ;
Houlton. SO P. M: Millinocket, s.A p
NJ; Arrive Bangor, u. Is p. NJ: Watarville |
LIZ A. H.; Augusta, go A. NJ.
GEORGE II. HOUGHTON,
Tra@c Manage
W. II. BROWN,
Superintendent
Bangor. Oct z. 1854
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-29
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago. Jan. y.
Severe cold weather throughout the
West and Southwest with rain in Argcn-
tina strengthened wheat prices today. A
gain in the price of cash wheat in the
Northwest also contributed to the adj
vance. The close was firm, May being up
1,MSsc. May corn closed AMAc higher.
but oats We're precisely where they left off
yesterday. Provisions were unchanged to
&c. lower.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-So. May. S9as; July. S.-a:
tGRN-No. Jan. AGA; May, 1875: July,
oATs-No. . jan. $50: May. 4.hs; July.
Mess PORK-Jan.. 1920; May. 1927.
SHORT RIBS--Jan.. 6.4o; May. G.12l.;
July. 6.S.k
Cash quotations We're as follows:
FLOCR-Qniet and steady.
WHEAT-No. . spring. -; No. 5, s3GSJ;
conN"No. ;. ss:H; No. yellow. 49,
OATS-No. .. So 1884: No. white.
3@l.NU4a2!.
RYE-No. .. Gl4.
BARLEY-Good feeding. 3S@39
MALTING-Fair to choice. 45M59.
FLAESEED-No- j. 10: No. 1 north
TiMoriHY sEED-Prlme 80.
MESS PORk-l3 ..54ll3. 3TIh.
LARD-7.9e 226l7.225.
6.62,&.
SHORT CLEAR sIDES-Boxed. s,s7,za
! 90.
WHIsKEY-1o7.
CLOVER-11.25.
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|Ey6lN0NB Gossip
The Bachelors Amusement.

Why don't the girls propose. papa?
It's leap year now. YOU know.
And yet the lovely maidenS seem
Phenomenally slow.
I'm waiting. willing to be woOcd,
Yes anxious. heavens knows.
And yet they do not come. papa
Why don't the girls propose:
Why don't the girls propose. papa?
I'm handsome. witty. smart.
And yet no winSome creatures knecl
To beg my hand and heart.
Why should they hesitate. papa,
Their passion to disclose?
would not scOrn their proffercd love
Why don't the girls propose?
Why don't the girls propose. papa?
Why should they be so shy?
Eight years I've waited for this chance,
And now they pass me by.
Why don't they see how warm my heart
Within my bosom CLOVIS?
In short for heavens sake, papa.
Why don't the girls propose?
-Somerville Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-29
AUGUSTA, WINTHROP
& GARDINER Rail WAY

Cnange OF time on the Winthrop 4 Tom
D'''s'0ns' In erect 1st; Tuesday, Dec. I
n Cars leave Augusta for HaIIowell AL
naih hour from 4; IL to 10 p. n, Id
leave two hours later in the morning,
Cars leave Augusta Tor winthrop ta|
's.0. $50, 1850 A NJ, 1850. l.50. id. hi
n nS on only 1 s.SS p " III AND SATURDAY
Cars leave Augusta for Winthrop Sun
$50. 40. $50. 1890 p. M
Cars leave Augusta tor rogus 81 q
A. ~. And commencing at leave eysfy
hour pm the hour to 10 2. NJ.
First car Sunday 8 A. NJ,
Car. leave Togus for Augusta wh.N
c1 con are TINA made with the aardini
mencing at $50 leave every hour on ths i
half hour, until go r. Al. NS9-P II fas
Aug,ssta only; First car from Togus Sun. |
Cars leave Winthrop for Anguish
where connections are made for HaIlowel
and Gardiner and Togus $50, $50, GA
1850, u.50 A. M, 1.5o. $50. $50, $50, $50. I'd
a >; n; at Az ASd Saturday nights for August |
Sunday time from Winthrop as follovr +
80 $50 n59. A. NJ, LEO. s.5a so ID
The $50 a. M. car from Winthrop con.
Fast and Weat.
The 1850 A. III. car leaves N. C. r. R
station at Winthrop on arrival Of train .
due at Winthrop from Portland and Lew.
iston at 10. 4S. Is
The Winthrop line IL equipped with |
large. easy riding. eight wheel cars and |
make the trip in one hour. Baggage car
ried on all trips.
throp week days nntil t5s F. II ineip
sive. 80 ~ 49,
Cars leave Gardner for Augusta when
connections are made for Winthrop and M
utes before and fiftyeny minutes past tn
hour from els A.. TO .9:15I r. M. Tn
9.4o p. M. for Ha1bWell only 10.l5 p. u
for Hallowell and Augusta only.
Sunday time same as aHove except thu |
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New York Produce Market.

New York, Jan. %
FLOCR-Receipts, 90. $50; exports, G.35
sales. IL, 500; steady with a limited sup
ply.
WHEAT-Receipts. $50; sales. 2,sOO.0
futures: spot firm: No. 2 red. 50 elevator;
No. 9 red. 81 0 b aflOat: No. l northern
Duluth. 1874 1 o b afioat: No. hard Mani
toba, nominal o b afioat.
CORN-ReceiptS. 1880: exports. S595;
sales, $4,000 futures: spot steady; No. .
81 elevator and s3la 0 b afloat; No. yell
low, "a: No 9 white. 5I}a.
.. A..
HtY-Quict.
BEEF--Stcady.
l.ARD--Wcak: western steamed, 100
PORk-Firm: family, lJ.0DQl5.5O
ECT,rER-Quiet: extra creamery. %;
state dairy, 1NE19.
Realistically: state and Penna. nearby
average finest, :S.
POTATOES-Firm.
SrGAR-Raw steady; fair refining,
. l?-l6: refined dull.