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The Washington times., 1904-10-19
Drawing a Line.

Just where proper and decent spec
ulatiOn ends, or merges into the
other sort, is difficult to determine.
There IS legitimate speculation,
where shrewduess takes a chance. It
is manifest In the buying OF realty,
and in dealing with many staples. It
does not include the cornering of
necessary article, or the crushing Of
competition. 1t has nothing In com
mon with the instance of ar ayar-
icious junkman, just reported from
Omaha.
A woman was crossing the country,
but upon reaching Omaha died sud
denly among strangers. The chattels
she had with her were taken in Of
fetal charge. Among these was a me
talltc caskeJ Of trihing value, and it
was sold 10 a 5unkman for g. Later
1t was found to contain the ashes of
the husband Of the deceased, and
friends tried 10 rescue them. OF
course, the ashes were OF no use 70
the junkman, and the casIet could be
OF no use TO him while it contained
them, but he demanded a high price.
They offered him $500, surely a more
than fair percentage Of profit, but he
is holding out for other hundreds
still
There is perhaps a paucity Of senti-
ment in the junk business, but specu-
FafFgu fu the aeHag Of o. |a.I r.-~v. d.
dicates something baser than the alb
sence Of sentiment. The incident is
not important in itself There are
juHkmen who do not buy old lin and
rags, and who do not have the title.
They get into business and lower the
tone Of commercial honor. When one
OF them loses in some affair akin 10
a trade in human dust, he need not
expect any sympathy.
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Morbid Misses.

The girls OF a certain city, which
being a reputable place generally,
shall be nameless, have taken up a
peculiar fad. They are being photo
graphed in collins. There they lie in
shrOuds of white, with clusters OF
blooms in their folded hands, and on
each face the imitation Of q seraphic
smile. One varied the program by
being pictured as in a deathbed, her
friends clustered about her in the at
titude Of weeping.
There is little comment made nee
essary by the tale. The certainty ap-
pears at once, either that the city has
a crop Of morbid misses, between
whose mental status and driveling
idiOcy there exists only a thin and
fiimsy veil. or that IL has a CORE
spOndent who. as a liar, is both
unique and robust. The girl who
really would pose in a coffin would
be served rightly if the lid Of the re-
ceptacle were clapped on, and held
there until exaction from her Of a
solemn promise not to be a fool
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CONFEDERATE VETERANS
WILL GET BATTLEFLAG
Captured by Massachusetts Regiment,
It VIII Be Given to Camp
az Laurel.

Arrangements are being made for the
presentation of large hag 10 the Con-
federate Veterans of Laurel, nd The
flag. measuring eight by twelve feet,
was captured during the war Of the re-
beIIion by the sixth Massachusetts
Volunteers. in whose possession It has
been for more than fourteen years.
The nag has been hung in the head
quarters of the old Massachusetts regi-
ment. In Boston, but was recently taken
down and expressed TO Capt. Charles
w. Kicker. of the Sixth Massachusetts
Volunteers, and one of the two men who
captured the col0rs.
The hag consists of a cross OF ten
white stars on q neld of blue cloth, and
three broad stripes; two red and one
white 1t was captured in the early
days OF the war from @ house near
Laurel.
Captain Kicker served throughout tne
civil conflict, enlisting at the outbreak
as private I'm the Sixth Massachusetts,
Volunteers. Shortly after capturing the
flag he was promoted 20 the rank or
color sergeant and was transferred 70
the IWenty-siXth Massachusells- He
also served as q member OF Lle Second
Louisiana (WhiJel Regiment, and nj the
close OF the conflict was captain OF Troop
ID, OF the Texas Volunteers
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Weighted Life PreserVers.

Certain manufacturers at Trenton
are charged before the courts with
having made and sold 'tfe-preserv-
ers' composed of cork. but given
proper weight by the insertion of iron.
In other words. they sold as life-pre-
servers articles that might better
have been called destroyers.
At first the defendants pleaded mot
guilty" Then they withdrew this
and substituted an allegation that the
Indictment did not charge any ofense
they had committed. To be sure, they
had substituted iron for cork, reck-
less as to the difference in specific
gravity, but they had not made the
goods directly for the Government
and thence there was no conspiracy
against the Government. as alleged.
Noble attempt to wriggle out!
The public Is not in a mood 20 re-
ceive such trihing graciously. If TO
make and sell Ife-preservers weight
ed with iron is not legally a crime, it
is one morally. and the quicker the
statutory remedy be applied the bet
ter. Whether the act can or cannot
be construed as a conspiracy against
the Government ought TO make not
the slightest difference. 1t is a con
spiracy against human life.
The CallOusness that makes possible
such catastrophes as that of the Cen
eral SlOcum appalls the senses every
time there is a revelation Of it. On
that occasion the Iife-preservers were
rotten with age. There was no show
ing that they had been worthless or
actually dangerous at the time they
were sent from the factory. Now
comes the exposure of a set Of specu-
lators VINO are willing TO subject
thousands to the risk of death, and
who, charged with the act. set forth
that no Offense has been committed
What is to be done about It? Prob
ably nothing, save that the passen-
gers OF the next wrecked steamer
viii drown with more celebrity than
would have been possible without ar
tifcial aid.
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Deared. 1t is but fair TO say the dis
appearance Of this witness was solely
the fault of the State. and that TO
cause the penalty TO fall upon the
prisoner was a wrong so palpable
that there can be no harm in men
tioning it.
In many instances the ''presump-
tion Of innocence" is a fiction, for IL
can be relied upon to protect the
murderer though he be caught in the
act, and concerning his guilt not a
shadow Of doubt exists In the case
Of Miss Patterson, the presumption
had a substantial basis. There was
doubt of her guilt in the beginning,
and this has increased as the season
passed, and the prosecution showed
throughout fear Of the trial eagerly
sought by the prisoner.
1t is wrong that the district attor-
ney should at last. with the air of be-
slowing a favor. consent to let the
clogged and rusty wheels Of justice
move. If the prisoner is innocent she
has been subjected to harsh and un-
warranted detention, while if she is
not innocent. she should now be serv-
ing a term. Mr.. Jerome finds time
20 be active in politics, and he has a
corps of able deputies to help in the
transaction of public business. The
hardness of Miss Patterson's trial
becomes a public grievance, because
there is no reason to suppose that it
is exceptional 1t sometimes befaus
that worthy people may be accused
of crime. Their right to quick vim
dication is based upon the Constitu-
ton
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Philippine INSANITY.

Reference to Philippine insanity is
not, as might be suspected, 10 the
Fabid desire to cast the islands adrift.
but TO physical conditions. These
conditions cannot be wholly climatic.
Civilians In the islands for terms Of
years have good health. are Compe-
tent 10 attend TO business, and return
70 a temperate zone apparently none
the worse Tor their experience.
Soldiers are less fortunate. There
are records Of conduct among officers
such as must be ascribed TO a state
OF mental disturbance. Earlier in the
career Of the American army in the
Philippines there We're methods Of
punishment that to the ordinary fudg-
ment seemed intoIerable. and reports
concerning them were at first indig-
nantly discredited.
Insanity among private soldiers
stationed In the islands is common.
Part OF IL may be accounted for by
homesickness. The surroundings are
new and soon become monotonous.
buJ worse Lhan any other feature is
the native drink. a yiIlainous com
pound known as benO. The fact viii
be recalled that a number Of good
people caused the abolition Of the
canteen, practically the soldiers club.
where he could get a moderate amount
Of beer at a moderate price. The re-
suit was disastrous at all posts, caus-
Ing 70 spring up around each one a
fringe Of grOggeries Of the lowest
type. but ii was particularly bad i'm
the Philippines, where, in the absence
Of beer, beno became the tipple. No
white man can drink this stun and
retain health OF mind or body. It
makes luuatcs Of such as become ad-
dicted to its use. and then the Govern
The Washington times., 1904-10-19
TYLER
WEBS MISS POE

BaltimOre's most fashionable fan we'd
ding was celebrated at noon today,
when the marriage Of Miss Anne John
son Poe, daughter OF AIr. and Mrs. John
Prentiss Poe, and Alfred Tyler, son of
Colonel and Mrs. Nathaniel Tyler, Of
this city, took place at st. Paul's
Church.
A large number Of washington people
went over TO attend the wedding and
breakfast which followed. Z. j. Pickett
and many OF the young lawyers Of the
city being OF the party
The entire color scheme Of the wedding
was pink and white, and The sanctuary
was massed with pink chrysanthemums
mingled with palms. A full choral SER
vice vas rendered.
The bride was given away by her
father, and wore an imported gown OF
ivory satin and old lace, with a tulIe
veil attached with orange blossoms.
and carried a shower bouquet OF lilies
OF the valley.
Miss Sarah Livingston Poe, cousin of
the bride. was maid OF honor. and
the eight bridesmaids were Miss Anne
ChestOu Morris. OF Philadelphia. Miss
SaIlie EObb Tyler Marshall Of Warren
ton, Pa. Miss Mary LawIor Nichols. of
New Brunswick, n. J., Miss Jane
Whitehouse Harvey, Miss Elizabeth
Cromwell Miss Katherine Barker John
son. MISS Anne wagner, and Miss Ethel
h.. Hough, all of Baltimore.
Theodore X. Tyler, brother of the
groom. was best man. The ushers were
Gresham HOugh Poe ana Edgar Win
gate Poe, brothers OF the bride, Nathan
iel Tyler, of New York, brother OF the
groom Frederick De c. Faust. Chris
tOpheT Cox Dawson. MOrven ThonD-
son, Howe Totten, and Hugh Rowland
all OF Washington
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B. & o. GETS PRIZES
AT ST. LOUIS FAIR

The new Union Station now being
erected in Washington by the railroad
companies has been awarded the grand
prize and gold medal at the ST. Louis
Worlds Fair The model OF the station
was the principal feature OF the Baltt-
more and Ohio section in the trausporta-
ton department.
Besides this award, the Baltimore and
Ohio won every medal that could posi-
bly, be given TO railroad company. Its
success at the fair has been almost phe-
nomenal
The juries and committees making the
awards consisted of famous railroad men
from the United States and Europe
The Washington times., 1904-10-19
Nan Patterson s Case.

District Attorney Jerome. OF New
York, has promised Nan Patterson
that she shall be tried during the No
Vember term Of court. She viii be re-
membered as the young woman who
has been held for a long term Of
months on a charge Of having muir
dered one Caesar Young. From the
first she demanded speedy trial. and
this has been denied. on the excuse
that an important witness had disap-
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MRS. ROOSEVELT'S
cabinet" MEETS
She Receives the Ladies in
the Green Room.
OF THE AUTUMN DAYS
Secretary Morton and Family Take
Possession Of Quay House.
Mrs. Payne Returns.

Mrs. Roosevelt received the wives Of
the members of her husband Cabinet
i'm the Green Room at the White House
yesterday morning for the first time
this season. II was a rather notable
event, iuasmucth as Mrs. Taft, Mrs.
Morton. and Mrs. Wynne were all inlti-
ated into this charming custom The
meetings are not for the purpose OF
debating TO Cabinet women the social
usages obtaining at the Capital. as the
subject is one admitting of few or 80
changes. but for general discussion of
affairs. and Tor the purpose OF bringing
tae Executive family more closely to-
gether.
mrs. shaw. Mrs. raft. Mrs. Morton,
and Mrs WEnue were the ladies who
Yesterday met Mrs Roosevelt, Mrs.
Hay, AIrs. Hitchcock, Miss Wilson, and
Mrs. 1Ietcalf being absent.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Morton left the New Willard yesterday,
where they have been living for the past
week or so, and took possession Of the
old home of the late Senator Quay Of
Pennsylvania. I'm X Street which they
have leased for The season. Miss Nor
ton IS with her parents, ana is num-
bered among the sprightliest Of the
deDuLauts or the coming season.
Mrs. Han Dunlap Jordan. the haucee
Of 1Ir. Corea, the NIcaraguan minister,
passed through Washington last evening
EN- route from New York 20 Macon. Ca.
where the wedding viii take place about
the hrst of November.
When asked for the date OF his we'd
ding last night. Mr.. Corea laughed. and
frankly confessed that the matter
seemed 20 be entirely iu the hands of
the newspapers OF the country II was
not the intention OF himself and Mrs.
Jordan, he said 20 be married quite so
soon. but when they arrived IN New
York and found the date fixed for them
by the newspapers, they finally con-
cluded it would be just as well to carry
ont the story and really De married the
LIST Of November.
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ment brings them home to asylums.
and the public, sympathetic, but at
times rather stupid, wonders what is
the matter.
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SOME WEDDINGS
OF THE MID-WEEK

Miss Matte Cropley. daughter OF the
late Richard Lambert CrOpley was mar
ried last evening at st. Johns Episco-
pal Church. in Georgetown, to Thomas
Stacy Wood. OF Wilmington. Del. the
ceremony being performed by the Rev.
j.. II. Blake, the rector of the church
The ChanceI Guild OF the church decor
ated the interior Of the edifice with
cosmos blossoms and autumn leaves 10
fine effect.
The ushers, who seated the guests and
later led the bridal procession. were
Reginald LOCKER, William Beau, Archie
Hassen, and Richard Clash. Miss Crop
ley was escorted by her brother, Charles
T. Cropley, who gave her hand IN mar
riage. The wedding gown was OF white
liberty silk over white tafeta, worn
with blue tulle veil and orange blossoms,
and her bouquet a shower of white roses
and lilies OF the valley. The only at
tendant maid was Miss Jane Wood. Of
Wilmington, the sister OF the bride
groom.
Miss Wood wore white silk null and
carried pink cosmos blossoms. The
bridegroom, with his best man, William
=. Edwards, entered the church from
the vestry and Joined the bride at the
chancei gate. Mr.. Deland. the new or
ganist of ST. Johns. played the wedding
march.
The reception following the ceremony
was limited TO the immediate relatives
Of bride and groom. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
left last evening for a short out-Of-
town trip, but viii return 10 Washing
ton before going to their future home
in Wilmington.
The parsonage Of st. Stephens Church
was the scene Of 4 quiet wedding yes
terday at noon, when Miss Esteile O..
Bridget and James @. Bright were mar
ried. Rev. Father Smyth officiating. The
bride was daintily dressed in white
point de esprit over taffeta, and carried
a bouquet of Bride roses
After luncheon at the brides residence,
trip North. They viii be at home after
November ] at 222S G Street northwest
William James Wilson has issued In
Vitatlons for Wednesday, November g
at 5 O'Clock, at the Church OF the Epiph-
any TO witness the marriage Of his
daughter Marion Virginia, 10 Charles
Mason Martin. A reception al AIr. viii
sons home. 2004 G Street. viii follow
the ceremony.
Mrs. Breckenridge .CabelI Rust, 1871 r
Street. announces the marriage OF her
daughter, George Breckenridge, 10 Adj
rlan FOwle Busick. Of Norfolk, Va.
Mrs James Polk announces the en-
gagement Of her daughter Anna 10 John
Leland BOush. of Norfolk Va No date
has yet been set for the wedding.
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Mrs. Payne Returns.


Mrs. Payne. widow OF the late POST
master General. accompanied by her
niece, Miss Jones, has returned TO Wash
iugton, where she VIII occupy her old
apartments at the Arlington during the
settlement Of her affairs. and possibly
remain through the early winter.
Mrs. Dewey. wife OF the Admiral Of
the Navy, who since leaving Saratoga
has been In New York city, returned
with the Admiral yesterday 10 their
home in Rhode Island Avenue.
AIRS. oliver Cromwell, who has been at
her x Street house for several days,
VIII return TO New York tomorrow TO
remain until November 10, when she
viii come TO Washington with her fam
fly for the winter.
Assistant Secretary OF State and Mrs.
PIERCE have just returned from Europe
and taken possession of their home in II
Street. Miss Cummius, OF Boston. will
be the guest of her aunt during the win
ter, and viii be presented to Washing
ton society from the charming old resi-
deuce OF Mrs. PIERCE, which was once
the French embassy IN years past.
Mrs. opal J.. Smith. OF Rhode Island
Avenue, who went 10 Virginia for a
visit 10 Mr.. and Mrs-F- c.. Niche. was
taken violently IN. and her husband
and her mother Mrs. Charles H. Leigh
tom with DIT Clarence A. Weaver, uf
this city were summoned 10 her bed
side. she mas sufficiently improved 10
admit OF Mrs. Leighton returning 10 the
city. Mrs Smith is said TO be suffering
from appendicitis.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19
Fables From the News.

Having been convicted OF murder upon
the evidence of a letter supposed 20 have
been written by himself, a man was SEN
fenced 10 be hanged. Averring his i'm
Hoeence. certain OF his friends hled them
10 one versed in handwriting. even am
expert. ana said 70 him, 10 this letter
Is the same the work of the con
CemuCdE' Thereupon the expert had re-
course 20 microscopes of much power.
and TO chemicals. and to photography
and made response: Nay. he wrote il
not" Then ala the governor OF the
Commonwealth commute his sentence 90
imprisonment for life. reasoning with
himself q 90 hang an innocent man
would he u1" - harsh.
II bCfen that a writer had uaught
WhereTith I'D du his allotted space, and
the vo a. n eFltor cIamorous for
copy s.lot6 his s, uses, soreIy. BE
hold said Sc vt Ger. lit beseemeth me
70 get "nnu NEIL "a hustle. Now viii I
take re a .T % TIE great General
huropa-- ~. -1 fad her hid ia a nun
ncr~ for 3D. have vherewith 10
soolhe the .aHaEe heart Of the boss
Thus did Ines bun whether KuropatIlin
had daughter or having had one, had
lost the same. the writer did not know.
Neither did he make inquiry. "Be-
shrew me-" he commented, but fl is q
fine tale, and mayhap the element Of
truth would mar IT,"
Two great powers being engaged en-
strife, other powers besought them that
they be az peace, for that conflict is lfn-
lovely and the cost thereof a mighty
burden.
IF so be you desire peace" responded
the heIicose, take station between our
armies, holding high an olive branch
whereWith 10 stay the tide of battle"
However, the lovers of Peace valued
also the possession OF whole skins.
A campaign scandal started from the
Office Of yellow journal. Tie light of
the sun beat upon IT. The winds Of
heaven buheted il. and finally. meeting
Truth face 10 face. ii collapsed mIser-
ably. Alas" exclaimed the Scandal.
II was fool that ! rlskad exposure"
So IL persisted
The Washington times., 1904-10-19
WILL CELEBRATE
GOLDEN WEDDING

Invitations have been received for a
reception celebrating the golden we'd
ding anniversary of Gen. and Mrs. Eli
phalet Whittlesey. old residents or
Washington, at their residence. S Iowa
o clock.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

Commissioner Ware issued an order
that clerks must attend to business or
resign. Then he jumped train and
started on q vacation Evidently did
not want to argue the matter.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

Colonel kowalsky. Of san Francisco.
viii be pleased at the printed iuforma-
ton that he is O. leader Of the bar Of the
Pacific Coast
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

Spelbinders are having a hard time
this year. Perhaps if they would do
their turn as vaudeville stunt, they
might hold the crowds.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

Alfred Henry Lewis has kindly con-
sented 20 take his pen in hand and
word-paint the whole campaign into
proper shape.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN WYOMING

CHEYENNE. WyO.. Oct. 19-The
worst snowstorm OF the season is raging
through this section The storm is ac-
cOmpanied By high wind
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

Wan Street Is more active than for
years. The bleat Of the shorn lambs
viii be due soon.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

out IN Montana the courts have ruled
against the Heinze ticket Little is
known about the ticket here bur the
fact that IL is feature OF Montana
politics sustaius a natural theory that 10
IS bad.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19
Points IN Paragraphs.

King Leopold declares that it isn't so.
The Car should remember that an
army of 100000 would not be able TO re-
treat with celebrity.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

The good bishops are stiII ryrestIinr
with the divorce problem. and so are the
I courts
The Washington times., 1904-10-19
Gossip Of the Day.

DIT and Mrs. j. w. Wightman and the
Misses Wighman have gone 10 Pits
burg to visit DIT. Wightman's son-in-lavy
and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Alexander Mellon. who have Just re-
turned to their home in that CITY from
"a summers visit 20 the Black Forest
section OF Germany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman G. Ellis have
gone to Atlantic City FOR a short visit
and are stopping al the Altemont- Craig.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

somehow the report that the Japan-
csc and Russians are battling FOR
passes. suggests the figure Of the Amer
loan IeEIsl.tor
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

4 pleasing story is told that when
Togo was a naval cadet he. win his
comrades, attended an annual banouet
In the center of the table. and sloyv-
ly revolving, was loaded cannon
that some time during the repast AIN
Ene" was TO be discharged, with the
probability Of blowing of a cadets
mead. such training was designed 10
steady the nerves. People who have cor
ceiFed an admiration for the Japanese
VIII decline TO believe the yarn. They
prefer TO regard the brown men as sane
Much is written Of the young mans
chance in politics. The chance there
does not amount TO much compared with
the same young mans. out OF IT,
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

OF course, Judge Parker, 81 elected
would withdraw all American interests
from Panama, and then there would be
something doing on the isthmus.
The Washington times., 1904-10-19

Bryan comedies Nebraska to Mr.
Roosevelt So good Of him. supposing
ne had declInadg