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The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Since the war DR.. Hale has been en-
gagged in the duties Of clergyman: in
writing numerous books, one OF which.
Ten Times One Is Ten" has been
translated into nearly every language
on earth; I'm writing articles on public
questions. some of them for children
and he has a rare faculty for making
such things plain for the young-some
for adults II has been said by people
in Boston that DR.. Hale is the most
accessible man in the city. He has
been besieged by callers who desire his
aid for all sorts of enterprises and sell
dom is he too busy TO attend TO any
thing which will help anybody else.
Recently DR. Hale's book. made up
OF his writings on modern political prob
lens. was published under the title.
we. the People IL was particularly
noticeable for tie Independent, progress
sive optimism - every chapter Dr.
Hale believes thoroughly in the ability
of the American people to conquer every
difficulty in the way Of their social and
political life. lie believes in liberty
without license. in equal opportunity for
ALL in the freedom that comes of
knowledge, in the brotherhood that
comes of Christianity
IL was, therefore, peculiarly fitting
that Or. Hale should be chosen to read
selections from the nineteenth Psalm
from the balcony OF the State House
in Boston, at midnight. when the
twentieth century came in No one.
perhaps, in all the length and breadth
Of the country, believes more thorough
ly that If men work honestly and faith
fully the Lord will establish the work
Ia
need, never more than now OF such
buoyant and practical faith
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
P RINCE HENRI De BEARN
TO ARRIVE THIS MONTH
Newly Appointed Attaehe of French
Embassy Is Descendant of Dis
tinguished Family.

Prince Henri de Bearn, the newly
appointed attache of the French en-
bassy, who will arrive in Washington
In January, Is a descendant of one of
the most distinguished families in
France. His father was Count CASTOR
de Galard, Prince de Bean, and his
mother was the Countess de Talleyrand-
Perigord
Prince Bearn is a young man, about
twenty-five years of age, and Is unmar-
ried. He is said TO be attractive in
manner and person. His former post
was with the FrerAh embassy in Vienna.
where he was an attache for two years.
Prince de Bearn succeeds NJ. Roger An
glnieur. who has been transferred to
Tangier
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
EDWARD EVERETT HALE, DEAN
OF AMERICAN CLERGYMEN
Peculiar Fitness of His Appointment Chaplain United States Sen
ate-S SympaeS Are National and His Views Broad Enough to
Include All Interests of the Brotherhood of Man.

The appointment of DR.. Edward Ev-
erett Hale as chaplain of the Senate
caused his friends in Boston some re-
JOlcing, which was definitely a recogni-
uol OF his long life of usefulness, and
some regret at losing man who is
generally regarded as a friend rather
than clergyman of some particular
church. As a matter of fact. Or. Hale's
Views are so broad, his spirit is so pro-
gressive, and his interest in public ques-
tons OF all sorts so marked that while
closely identified with the Unitarian
church, he is looked upon rather as 4
public man than as a clergyman.
The ancestors of Edward Everett Hale
came Of the old Puritan stock of Massa-
ehusetts, and We're always IN the van
guard of progress. His father. Nathan
Hale, came to Boston i'm 1903, lawyer
and in 1914 bought the Boston Daily
Advertiser which he edited for fifty
years. In that city Edward Everett
Hale was born, in 1922. He remembers
the time when no railways ran out OF
Boston. and when he and his brother,
as small boys. were sent to the house of
an Advertiser" subscriber with an EEK
ira containing the news Of the down.
fall of Charles X. Boston at that time
was a city of 10000 people
DR.. Hale has known it in all its dev ell
opments, and known all the great men
connected with it's history for three
quarters of a century. In his house ev-
cry room contains letters and manu-
scripts, pamphlets and newspapers, col
lected bJ himself and his father and
mother, I'D grandfathers and grand
mothers. and including autograph let
tiers and diaries Of Presidents and diplo-
mats and inventors and Cabinet mem
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
The Question of Hair.
A Curious Reason for Criticising q
Poets Work.

The "New York Evening Post" has
been criticising w. B. Yeats, and
after objeeting in general terms to his
folklore, as drawn from ignorant
peasants and old women, it builds up
q for the Irish poet reputation for de-
cadence, upon the most curious basis
lmaginable-hair. The charge is made
that Mr.. Yeats is a decadent because
he says so much about the hair of his
heroines.
The number of illusions to hair in
the collection of poems called "Wind
Among the Reeds" mounts up to
twenty-three, among them being "the
shadowy blossom of my hair" "a fut-
ter of hower-like hair" ''diIn. heavy
hair" To the sensitive nose of the
critics there is scent of decadence
about these metaphors.
This is a queer structure. Hair, in
ITS proper place, is most beautiful and
necessary TO beauty; at any rate, we
never heard, to the best of our remem-
branee, of any bald-headed heroine.
Nothing Is more charming, certainly,
than long and heavy hair. whether
straight and fine and softly simmer
ing, or ripping and glinting like the
waves, or curling as it does IN Greek
statues, or blowing about the face in
soft tendrils. If this be decadence.
let us all be decadent rather than pat
TOnize the wigmaker. The flowing
locks of Apollo are more esthetic than
the bald pate of Dowie, every time.
But is ii sign of decadenee to talk
about hair7 1t has been thought by
people Of average refinement that the
discussion of some other parts of the
human frame Is questionable, when
done with the freedom of D'Annunzio
and other European writers; but haii.
has hitherto been regarded as innocu-
Gus. Scott gave Rebecea raven
theses, deliberately trained IN curls
and Rowena's locks were of a beauti-
ful light brown color, and so disposed
as not to be hidden by her veil-co-
Guettish grill Shalhespesre's Portia /
Lad sunny locks, hanging on her tenn
pies ike golden fleece. In "The Two
Gentlemen of Verona" we find the
line
She has more hair than wit.
That certainly ought TO be a sign
Of witness lie GalIienne.
Counting the distinct and separate
references to hair in the plays Of !
Shakespeare, which, without the notes,
really do not make so large a volume
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
OF INTEREST IN ITALY
Ambassador Seeking to Have His Coun-
t1ymen Send Exhibit TO the Great
American Fair.

slgnor Mayor des Planches. the Ital-
ian ambassador. who is now in Italy
arousing interest among his country
men in behalf Of the St. Louis Expo
sitlon, Tor which he is general commits
sioner FOR Italy. has issued a pamphlet
IN which he shows that after Germany
the United States is the best customer
TOT Italian products He adds that in
spite or the Injury inflicted to Italian
trade by the Dinghy traiff. Italian ex-
ports, which in 1897 amounted to 800.
10000 have now reached $4,000. 900. for
the hrst time exceeding in amount the
United States exports TO Italy.
The ambassador thinks the protection
lst policy has made Americans wealth.
Ter, and therefore they are more ready
70 pay for foreign produce.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

If there had been a small war, and
over seven hundred soldiers had been
killed in one battle. we should have
had headlines about the nation plunged
into mourning, and anti-imperialists
would have talked of the perils of the
military ideal. Seven hundred people
have been killed in ten minutes i'm
theater fire. Is it not time to say some
thing about the perils of the commercial
ideai2
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
ALIGHTED ON WRONG SIDE
OF A THEATER TRAIN

AsBURY PARK. n. J., Jan. I'D. A.
Willis. employed at Steiner's Min. jump
ed from the wrong side of the theater
train last night. striking an iron fierce.
and was partially stunned. He tried to
get back on the train but fell on the
track near the North Asbury Station.
His right leg was crushed
Willis dragged himself TO the station.
where he was found at o'clock this
morning moaning for help. His leg was
amputated by two physicians ana il is
hoped he Will recover
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
GENERAL LONGSTREET'S DEFENSE
OF GENERAL GORDONS CRITICISMS
Formers Wife Reviews Latter Recent Comments Gettysburg
paign and Draws Sharp Conclusions Historical Evidence

The death last night of Gen. James
LOngstreet. last survivor of Confederate
officers who held the rank Of lieutenant
general in the civil war. an account of
which appears on another page of The
Times. lends pertine 1t interest TO the
following communication to The Wash
ington Times from Mrs. Longstreet-
Mrs. Longstreet's letter is an answer
to General Gordon's recently published
criticism Of the military movements d.
rected by her husband at Gettysburg:
PERHAPS my authorship lends a pic
turesqUeness the article otherwise would
not have. md in view of General Long
streets advancing years and falling
health Il will no doubt be regarded as
the final authoritative statement from
his side of the Gettysburg contention.
and will be accepted with wide approval
by the soldiers of both armies, and by
patriotic Americans everywhere. | shall
be personally. deeply gratified to have
the article safely delivered to the peo-
PIE Of Washington by your great paper"
General LonGstreet has of late years
deemed it unnecessary to make defense
Of his military integrity. save such as
may be found in his memoirs. 'Manas-
sas TO Appomattox," published nearly
ten years ago He has held that his
deeds stand on the impartial pages Of
the nations records-their own defend
er In view OF the recent criticism.
however. Mrs. Longstreet has comment
ed. in part. as follows:
A Significant Fact.
ut is significant that not one word
was ever uttered against Longstreet's
military record until the man who could
forever have silenced the calumny was
in his grave-until the knishtly soul of
Robert Edward Lee had passed into
eternity.
General Longstreet's operations at
GettysbuIg were above the suspicion of
reproach until he came under the polit-
ical ban I'm the South by meeting, as he
saw it. the requirements of good citizen
ship in the observance of mis- AppOmat-
tox parole.
Then the storm broke. He was her
aided as traitor, deseTter OF his people.
deseTter Of Democracy, etc In the fury
Of This onslaught originated the cruel
Islander that he had disObeyed Lees
most vital orders, causing the loss of
the Gettysburg battle and the ultimate
fall of the Confederate cause.
A Political Defense.
The sectional complaint that he de-
serted democracy is about as relevant J
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
DISASTROUS FIRE IN
MOUNT STERLING, KY.

MOUNT STERLING. KY. Jan. 2.-Fre
which started in the wholesale grocery
store Of t. X. Barnes & Sons. yesterday
morning, caused loss to the grocery
company and adjoining buildings OK
$4,000 The opera house was entirely
destroyed ]. w. Barnes. former chief
Of the fire department. was caught Ivy
falling timbers and instantly killed.
Frank Daniels. colored. was also killed.
and Cooper Reicraft was badly injured.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

There is to be a wolf hunt near Kan
sas City. attended by thousand peo-
pie and it is expected that wolves will
be killed wholesale. By and by, when
Kansas City gets little further along
I'm civilization. wolves will be carefully
preserved and hunted only in the open
season.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
TWELVE INJURED
IN TROLLEY CAR CRASH

PITTSBURG, Jan. "A traction car
Of the Knoxville and Mount oliver line
got beyond control OF the motorman
while descending Monastery Hill today,
and after crashing into two wagons
Jumped the rails and was wrecked at
the loot OF the hill. Conductor Red
hnger' Motorman Jacobs. and four pas
sengers were seriously hurt. and eight
others sustained slight injuries. All viii
recover.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
HATPIN PRICK MAY KILL
EX-EMPRESS EUGENE

PARIS. Jan. 2.-Ex- Empress Eugene
is seriously i'll at the Hotel Continental
The cause OF her illness is a deep acct
dental puncture In her check from
nat pm Hex face was swollen and
blood poisoning has set ir. Pbvsicians
fear grave result.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

1t has been said a good many times
that II that asbestos curtain had work
ed, comparatively few lives would have
been lost. but as it is agreed that the
whole company on the stage would have
been cremated in that case, one is in
clined to wonder how the actors feel
about the alternative.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

A citizen of New York named Linton
has stepped into trouble in managing a
banquet, at which he plans to give the
men quail and other delicacies. while
their wives will be permitted 10 look on
from balcony and MUNICH ham sand
witches. A man who knows no better
than that deserves TO have trouble.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
H. G. BURT RESIGNS
FROM UNION PACIFIC

OMAHA. Jan. 2.-H. c. Burt. presi-
dent of the Union Pacific. has offered his
resignation.
lie Will give no reasons. but an Of
nciai announcement OF the fact has been
issued by the company.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Young Corbett has inaugurated the
fashion of kissing defeated opponents
in the ring: but the success of the in
novation will probably depend on
whether the opponent is too badly off
TO hit back
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

When Sindbad Hanna is old and re-
tired from politics, he will have a story
to tell to some convenient Tlindbad
about the time he had with an Old Man
OF the Sea named Heath.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Investigation proves that six out Of
the twenty-five exits in the Iroquois
Theater were in order at the time of the
fire. 1t is not up to the city govern
ment to decide whether theater COM
plies with The law when It provides the
required number of exits and locks the
audience in.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

The President gave turkeys to the mar
ried men and copies of THE Strenuous
Life 10 the single men. because no mar
ried man needs TO be told what the
strenuous life is
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Senator Bailey's boom for the Presi-
for trotting horses. All these Demo-
cratic bOOms seem to be so delicate as
TO need coddling.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

The one man who has drawn definite
glory out of the Chicago horror is Ed
die Foy, who will be able to get any
thing he wants from the public and the
managers for at least year.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

This is the time when the mere man
wonders what glory there can be to a
woman in wearing a costume TO a New
Year reception, and having it described
in one paper as sky-blue satin and in
another as Nile-green wolfe.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

curious story comes from Troy, N
Y. telepathist prophesied that one Of
the theaters in that city would be burn
ed about this time of year, and when
the theater gave its holiday performance
the balconies were empty That is the
sort Of argument which tells.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

The White Star Line Will build a
steamer 755 feet long, and it is said that
New York has no pier which will ac-
commodate it. This calls up picture Of
an ocean liner sitting outside in the
harbor and looking at New York in
surprise, through a glass.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

General Miles predicts war between
China and Japan. His motives must be
regarded as purely disinterested, since
there will be no possible opportunity for
either side.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

A British schoolbOy wrote i'm his ex-
animation paper that a skyscraper was
an overturned hat He must have
been sitting behind one at the show.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Nineteen theaters in Chicago closed
because of lack of the asbestos curtain,
is the record up to date. The heartIess
public refuses to allow the managers
any sleep until able to sleep in peace
itself.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

as well take the quickest way down the
pike to some other town. FOR an unofi-
cial union of outraged Chicago viii kill
their cause, dead.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

There is a story that we are to have
procity. Bigger cigars of the kind some
men smoke would be too much to en-
dure.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

If this Chicago theater fire causes
every citizen in the United States to
take a short course in practical archi-
lecture, it will be well.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Salt Lake is said to be drying up. Salt
River will experience a drought as soon
as Perry Heath begins to navigate it.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

1t is reported that those striking team
sters in Chicago refused to lend their
assistance in removing the dead and
wounded from the Troquois Theater on
Wednesday night. If this statement is
not true. II bchooves them to contradict
it in a hurry, and If It is true. they may
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

If Russia and Japan go 10 war, Mr..
kipling Will have an opportunity to
write barrack-room ballads with two
kinds Of dialect I'm them at once.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Odell says Woodruff is like the giant
sent into battle by the Chinese TO scare
the enemy; with this difference. that
In this case the enemy does not scare.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

i. At sunrise OF the ID. General Lee
himself did not know where to attack.
he did not know as late as 1G or IL
o'clock. His mind was not fully made
up until he came back from Ewelrs
'front.' tabout 3 o'clock. according TO all
authoriues), and had made the final ex-
animation on the right General Long
street says he received his orders to
move about IL O'Clock. and this CORE
spends with Pendleton's report. But
IL anything it was later. rather than
earlier.
No Order From Lee.
These painstakihS, time consuming
reconnaissance of che commanding
general and his STAFF officers. the Jour
ney OF Colonel Venable to EweI. three
miles to the left. and Lees later visit
10 Ewel. together with the unavoid-
able absence of General Longstreet's
troops until late in the morning. prove
absolutely that Lee issued no order for
Longstreet to attack at any specifc
hoar on July ,
, Longstreet's preliminary movements
from start to finish We're under the ner-
sona1 supervision of Lees confidential
stan officer. Pendleton, and the subor-
dinate STAFF officers. So Longstreet has
positively stated. so has General Nc
Laws and both are confirmed by Pen
dieton's report. The staff guide caused
loss of three hours by putting the
head OF McLaws' column upon a wrong
road. This compelled Longstreet to
hasten matters by assuming personal
direction OF the movement. and pushing
Hoods division rapidly to the front mast
McLaws
Blame on Pendleton.
a PendletOn's official utterances make
1t an established fact that General
Longstreet made his tremendous and
successful attack on July > at the ear
Hest moment possible after receiving
Lees orders to advance. under the con-
ditions imposed by Lee, namely, to be
conducted to the point of attack bv
Pendleton himself and the other stan
officers.
The War Records expert was mathe-
matically correct when he deduced from
Pendleton's report that it alone entirely
olssipates each and every allegation
that Longstreet failed TO obey anv of
Lees orders on July .
This is the story, short enough for
the BUSY; clear and straight enough for
the young; 1t is the story of sentiment
as well as reverence and admiration.
growing up from childhood OF him who
led the forlorn hope at Gettysburg"
The Washington times., 1904-01-03
; Please!

Backward, turn backward o Time in thy fight,
Dflhg BACK inc 1ilys when owed not A SOU,
tieAse' II IL Ism Y much trouble to you!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Dinkelspiel has taken to giving beauty
hints. and they are the kind of hints
that people can read with some enjoy
menf
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

tack of grip may have been really an
attack of peritonitis Heath
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

The New York Sun" has evidently
put st. Louis down on its black list,
insomuch that one would suppose that
the whole plant of that newspaper was
TO be transferred TO that city at the time
OF the fair and could not arrange for
quarters.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

Bryan has visited Tolstoy. and each
informed the other that he is not a
Socialist The Socialists will now feel
better
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

and truthful as the assertion that he
lost Gettysburg. He was West Pointer.
professional soldier. He had never
cast ballot before the civil war; he
had no politics. Its passions and preju-
dices had no dwelling place in his mind.
The war was over and he quietly ac-
cepted the result, fraternizing with all
Americans. 1t was no great crime.
But the pecuiiar circumstances ia
vored the conspir 81 10 make Longstreet
the long-desired scapegoat for Gettys-
burg. There was an Interior and deeper
purpose. howevef, than merely be-
smirching his lnilitary record. Short
sighted partisars seemingly argued that
the disparagerlent of Longstreet was
necessary to save the military reputa-
ton of Lee B II Lees great fame need
cd no such sa Hifce
The outrs seous charges against
Longstreet hs re been wholly disproved-
Much of the PARTISAN rancor that once
pursued him has died out. Many of
the more Intelligent Southerners have
been long csnvinced that he was the
victim of a great wrong.
Sore Views on Gordon.
1T has remained for Mai. Gen. John
B. Gordon. ance OF the Army of North
ern Virgin a, to revive this dead con-
troversy He simply reiterates the
old charge in full. but produces no new
evidence 10 their support. His cOntri-
button is 81 no historical value; it car
ries inher1nt evidence that General Cor
don made no critical examination of the
document ry history of Gettysburg. He
assumes b render a verdict on the say
so of OF ners
''Gordcn's unsupported assertions
would raquire no attention but for one
fact. Eoth South and North there is
wide spread impression that Gordon
was a Conspicuous figure at Gettysburg.
He wfts merely a brigade commander
there. stationed five miIps from Long
street. 1t is entirely Improbable that
he personally saw either Lee or Long
street while the army was in Pennsyl-
van,a."
The Facts Summarized.
Mrs. Longstreet takes up the history
of {the Gettysburg battle in detail. with
ESPECIAL comment on official records and
statements of the Rev. DR.. Pendleton,
AT Lexington, in 1873. Concluding. she
DAYS:
The following general conclusions
Upon the state of facts discovered by
Pendleton's remarkable report are
Therefore inevitable and unavoidable.
The Washington times., 1904-01-03

That certainly ought TO be a sign
of decadenee-w witness lie GaHienne.
Counting the distinct and separate
references to hair in the plays of
Shakespeare, which, without the notes,
really do not make so large a volume.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-21

The steam railroads vary greatly in
their attitude toward electric cOmpeti-
ton. but it has been almost tho uni
form experience Of railroad managers,
east and west, that rate cuts 10 meet
electric competition are quite futile
Electric transportation handles traffic
ln small units. The power house Is the
locomotive, and it can haul ten single
cars as easily as it can a train OF ten
cars coupled together more easily, In
fact But IN steam service, to reverse
the figure Of speech, each trausporta
ton unit must have is oyn power
house. Disregarding technical refine
ments. it may De- said that II would
cost steam railroad five times as
much 10 run nm hourly single ear train
during q fifteen hour day as IL would
to run three fye-enr trains That Is the
primary reason on the side of absolute
cost which makes 1t impossible for a
steam road to compete with All electric
road for Hight short haul traffic Ray
Morris In Atlantic