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The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Ribbons and Medals.

A little girl, May McKenna, has just
received medal for rescuing two
children from drowning in Hell Gate
last summer The delay in delivering
the decoration probably arose through
extreme care in ascertaining the facts.
However, May has her medal, and her
neighbors are as pleased as she is.
Decorations, orders, and medals ap-
peal to spring Of noble action in all
of us; their worthy giving blesseth
him that gives and him that takes;
there is no better way Of appealing to
our desire for distinction, no less OBJ
jectionable method of rewarding what
money cannot pay for.
OF course, little .twelye-year-old
May-God bless her innocent Irish
eyes,-had no thought of reward or
medals when she rescued the drown
ing little tots. She heard the cries,
she saw the danger, she knew how to
swim, and what to do. She did not
stop to consider ways and means, she
did not helplessly wiring her hands.
She was there, the children were
drowning, and-and what she did
marks the brave soul of May Nc
Knna
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

fix rates for the railways they would
encounter at the very threshold of
their labors the almost insurmounta
BILE obstacle of discovering what the
present real value of the securities
is.
Hardly a railway in the country
but has had it's securities watered up
to the limit at some time or other;
hardly a road but Is now capitalized
not only on the basis of the actual
money LAT has gone into it, but as
well upon the value of the franchise
and its expectations for the future.
Would the commission think it
proper to allow rates sufficient TO
pay, say, per cent upon stock that
represents nothing but water-the
money actually put in the road be-
ing represented by the bonds?
This question will recur more and
more as the rate investigation goes
on. For the present it may be mere
ly noted, but one of the crying needs
Of the day is method to restrict
capitalization to real value.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
ROOSEVELT CLUB WILL
OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY
Meeting to Perfect Arrangements-Win
Act in Conjunction With Army
and Navy Garrison.

At a meeting of the Roosevelt Club
Of Spanish War Sellers, Sailors, and
Marines at Pythian Temple, last night,
Al, angements were completed for the
Observance of Decoration Day by that
organization.
The ceremonies Will be held in con-
junction with those of the Army and
Navy Garrison OF the city. A report
was read from a committee. composed
of members from both organizations.
which stated that Captain Hutchinson,
aide to General Chaffee, had ordered a
detachment of regular army troops to
act as an escort in the parade.
D. C. Moffatt, vice president OF the
club. presided last night. The club
has received from B. II. Warner, CHAIR
man of the civic grand division OF the
Inauguration day parade, beautiful
souvenir certificates for the officers
who had charge of the Roosevelt Club
men on that day.
Michael J. Hackett, inspector gen.
eraI of the Army and Navy Gnion-
was present, and made an address.
Four new members were taken in last
night, making a total of 315 members
in good standing.
On Tuesday night OF this week the
club will give a grand military bali
and vaudeville performance at Pyth-
ian Temple.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
WILL SEND PAPERS
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
Secretary Hitchcock Receives Reports
Relative to New York Indian
Warehouse Scandal.

In treating the big scandal that has
been discovered in the New York In
dian warehouse, the Secretary of the In
terror has not stopped at the removal
OF Financial Clerk Fred H Wilson and
seven employees
Grave discrepancies. IT IS reported,
have been discovered in Wilson's ac-
counts. The papers in the case will be
Immediately sent to the Department of
Justice Just what action may be
taken is not known. One of the lesser
charges against Wilson is that he vio-
lated the law by carrying Government
deposits In his pockets instead OF plac-
ing them in the proper depository.
It was announced at the Interior De-
partment yesterday that Wilson has
been guilty of providing positions for
political henchmen who drew salaries,
but performed no work; that he neg
lected his duties, and that in a number
OF instances ne withheld the pay OF
scme of his employees for several months.
It is further charged that the rolls of
the warehouse we're padded out of ali
proportion to the amount OF work done.
1t is said that one man carried on
the Government payroll was engaged as
"A bartender in saloon near the ware
house. Those who were dismissed, in
addition to Wilson, are Henry B. Nc
Rae, Edward c. Bower. Gnd Dolores
Marshal, all clerks at 500 per month.
and Antonio d. George, John II. Nc
Carthy, and Walter E. Dunning, all
laborers at S75 a month.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Critics of America.

The American people have almost
outgrown the callowness that WINGED
at the April showers of criticism to
which they were formerly subjected.
They are now hardly SO well fledged
as to hunt for storms Of abuse like
pelagic birds seeking the rain, but as
a people the Americans are still young
enough to appreciate praise and to
be thankful for kindness.
1t is with a spirit of relief that one
reads the nice things said Of sus by
Mr.. w. B. Yeats, the Celtic poet and
scholar He might have said less in
our praise and our castigated spirit
would have been humbly grateful, but
he has been not only generous but en-
thusiastic in our laudation Hear
him:
| found there many ecs1ifivatedp people
in every town. - . EVERYWHERE in
America ca-Jndianapolis, Minneapolis. Chi
western San Francisco-one finds people
who are of ones own tribe. liberated
souls, partakers Of the mysteries, as it
We're Education is national
passion, and everywhere one finds some
college having its own distinct life.
And, again, he finds that we are not
all given over entirely to sordid gain:
The men are for the most part too
busy to show their ina ginatiye side
outside their business. but one finds the
women, just in so far as they have been
well educatedk according to the accepted
meaning of the word, imaginative, i'm
puisive, and curious about IDEAS.
What, oh what, will our elder
intellectual brethren have to say tc
his dictum that the United States is
the best educated country" he has
ever known, and that America is the
land Of the poets dream?
We take these words in the spirit
in which they were written, and our
appreciation of them is enhanced by
the knowledge that Mr. Yeats comes
of a race and from a land that kept
alive the spark of culture when the
rest of northern Europe was buried
in darkness The Irish have made
the world debtor to them in many
things, but chiefly for their humor
their poetry, and their sweet and
wholesome imagination.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Reform Up to Date.

On the theory that honest men get
their dues when thieves fall out, the
American method of ousting igrafters
from politics these past ten years has
been to foster quarrels among the ma
chinists in charge. Reformers and
reform movements, the citizen was
quick to discover, exist largely to
dissipate good force.
While this lesson was sinking, the
organization of thuse forces which in
terfere with the will of the people was
becoming more compact, SO that to-
day Quarrels are harder TO excite and
the quarreler is able t. kick UP
mighty little fuss The lesson was
probably valuable enough ten years
ago. Now it amounts to nothing.
So reform is dead in New York 1t
has never come to life in Philadel-
phia a mayor convicted of open
thievery in a smaller city out West
escapes all punishment; the grafters
in Missouri get on the State ticket
with the reform governor; Connecti-
cut descends to the sending of
''p-a ctical politician" to the Senate;
and the machines in all those COM
munities are as compact and as i'm
pervious to reform, apparently, as
ever they were.
This is rather dark view. But
light breaks in, and it comes-frOm
Kansas. Out there the anti-grafters,
whether in politics or commerce, have
learned a new lesson in reform. 1t is
simply this: That if the corruption
lists have found it profitable TO organ
iZe it will pay the friends of good
government and commercial inde-
pendence TO organize also. And they
have put that lesson into practice
The rest of the world is bound hand
and foot by the Standard Oil monopo-
ly. Kansas is not The fight is stiff,
just now, the trust having outdone its
ordinary answer TO attack by reduc-
lnS Tic pi lcc VI Vi hQC Cii iC"ci tiidu
it has been in many years. But the
result will be the same. In the end
the Independent producers of Kansas
are sure to beat the Standard. and
the latter is merely making the cost
Of the fight to its own treasury as
great as it possibly can.
How was this fight organized?
Isaac f. Marcosson tells the story of
it in the current issue of The World s
Work:
1t required money to conduct this cam
paign: so the Kansas Oil Producers AS
sociation taxed every well in the State
| fifty cents. A different kind of circular
was sent out every day. One of them
urged the people to prevail upon their
| vote for the refinery bill. "a square
deal is all we want was in every letter.
The association got the names of
| people in every county; they reached
every body who was anybody, sending
a circular or some kind of literature
every day Kansas has a good rural
| free delivery system. In three days
they hsG communicated with 65, 900 citi-
zens.
There is the method. They met the
lethargy and disinterest which every
reformer encounters by sending let
ter every day to every citizen of the
State whose support they wanted par
! ticularly. The citizen wa glad fo1
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Whb the CIergD Laas.

Much comment is heard in the pull
pit, these days, On the deterioration
OF the clergy. Venerable pastors of
proven judgment and undoubted
faithfulness lament in frank state
ments to their congregations what
they call the loss of scholarship, dig
nifty, and character among the young
men who choose Gods work for their
own and give their lives to preaching
His gospel.
Most of their listeners hear this
comment with anazement The min
istry in America seems to be just as
honorable, self-sacrificing and exalt-
ed as ever it was. Ii a poll could be
had, the American people would vote
almost unanimously that their
preachers are mere men, as Earl
Chesterfield used to say, but vastly
better men than their fellows And
yet there must be some deterioration
somewhere or this story could not be
going the rounds of the church pa
pers:
The uncle of brilliant young semi
nary student, himself clergyman. in
formed me that his nephew who was al
Snrewd as he was brilliant after he had
graduated with high honors from a. GER
tain Canadian college, pitted several
semiDaries in The States" against one
another for Inducements to him, until
at last he closed with offer equiva-
lent TO 400 a year
II conditions are as bad as this
story and the comment of the clergy
would indicate, the cause is further
to seek than the .'shrewdness" of this
student or the loss of dignity among
theological institutions
The cause is:
tractive field of labor for the average
loung American.
Second, that the pulpit is not at
tractive chiefly because the clergy
man is too poorly paid and put toe
much in the light of begging money
fer the ordinary uses of his church.
Third, that he is made to beg mon
ey because American me1 are toe
much absorbed in other affairs tc
give much to the church, excepting a
little money and great deal of in
terest on the part Of their women
folks.
The caliber of the modern preach
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Something New From Kansas
The press dispatches were bnrdened
yesterday with the following:

yesterday with the following:
Jefferson City, Mo-. April 22.- Cover
nor. Folk has received the following let
ter from RosedaIe, KAN: fss
Dear sir: My sister and have de,
,cided that # YOU will exchange. we will
let you take our brother and hang him,
instead OF Bill Rudolph, as our brother
is no account, and never viii be; and
maybe Mr.. Rudolph would be If you
would give him a chance.
I'VE got his picture out of the papers
ard put it up in the parlot. We think
he is a fine-looking young man.
Now, If you will please exchange for
orr brother Jir,, let us know through
the newspapers, and We will be on hand
for our man. Yours, truly,
IA KANSAS GIRL {.
Bill Rudolph is condemned bank
rcbber, who killed Detective Schumacher.
While resisting arrest. 3t
Poor Bill Rudolph! 1t is to be
hoped that Governor Folk will show
mercy to him and let the hanging
proceed, for what he would sink to
between "A Kansas G;rl'' and her sis
ter, goodness only knows. They have
had Jim in hand for ever so many
years, and if their testimony is to be
believed he is no account, and never
will be.
The minds. eye can picture the be-
loved Jim whom they would deliver
over to be hanged He IS unkempt,
unshayen, and only washed in spots;
he is the product of their scolding
voices and their dominating ways; he
is only a brother. anyway. In the
early dawning Susie arouses him from
the sleep which would refresh his
weary brain, and Sally nags him TO
hurry up and do the chores; that's
all a brother is good for, anyway
You never can do much with a brother
except to worry and boss him, and if
it be possible to exchange him for a
fine looking young man whose pic
ture. cut from the papers, is worthy
OF your parlor or your twin-sisterly
hearts, why in the name of utilitari-
anism shouldn't that be done?
Handsome bank robbers and muir
.derers always did appeal to a some
thing tender in the feminine mind.
1t does seem pity to waste so much
ability at the end of rope when
two loving ladies are anxious to di-
vide it between them Their attitude
may. seem a little hard toward Jim,
but he is probably used to that by
this time, and would be perfectly
willing to exchange places.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Easter.

Today the churches celebrate the
resurrection Of Jesus of Nazareth; !;
today humanity pays homage to the
Man who had not where to lay his
head; today we rejoice in the spirit
of freedom and love for which Christ
died.
1t is well to remember the rising
of the body of the Lord, but the
whole world is looking forward to a
grander Easter and a more complete
fulfillment Of the promises when the
Son of Man shall return and dwell
among us.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

the chance to put his influence on
the right side. The legislator was
glad to get in line with the citizen.
And so, when the independent pro-
ducers' bill came up-making oil
pipelines common carriers and es-
tablishing other conditions equally
repugnant to the Standard-more
than one representative shocked the
organization" by saying:
I am not particularly concerned about
this refinery bill but l have petition
from my district asking me 10 vote
for 1t. l vote yes.
And the bill was passed, and the
Standards influence in Kansas State
politics given a slap in the face by a
vote Of 81 to 70.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
SWEPT TO DEATH
DER ALPINE PEAKS
Swiss Tourist and Mountain Guide
Perish in Falls of Drifting
Snow.

GENEVA. April 22.-Nine members of
the Lucerne Ski Club, which included
several Englishmen, made an excursion
to Brisen. One OF the party, d Swiss,
was caught in an avalanche. carried
over a precipice. and killed. The 9TH
ers had q miraculous escape.
-Four tourists from Geneva, accom-
panied by guide were crossing a pass
near the summit of the Roeher du Midi,
at height OF 5000 feet, when they were
overwhelmed by an avalanche
The tourists escaped, but the guide,
who is the father of six children, was
killed Others of the party were in
jured.
This makes the ninth fatality that has
occurred on the Alps during the pres
ent month
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
DESERVES KNIGHTHooD.

The Constitution of the United States
expressly forhids the giving OF 9tIeS
of honor and distinction. else Jo1n
Monaghan, of the Bronx, wo.iId De
knighted by the President Mr. Monag-
han is building two apartment houses,
and no fiat viii be rented to a IamiIy
without children. This IS what the re-
1narkable landlord says Of his unusual
course: at may be a queer thing for IL
landlord to invite n,si families with children
into his houses but that's what | am
doing Why, l have seen SO much SUI
feriTfS- from this inhuman prohibition
.'e-aiHst cb,ldren in apartments that
think it is time for some one TO take q
hand in the matter.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
NATURALLY.

After the revolution In the South
American republic the tourist calls at
the government place and, sees stran-
per IT the desk OF the former chief. The
Stranger is keeping a stenographer busy
taking down prununciamentos procla-
nations, and edicts.
MAY I ask" says the tourist, whom
have the honor of addressing?"
Il" replies the stranger. looking up
from his work; Il am the new dicta-
tor. Judge.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
METHODIST PREACHER
GETS A $4,000 JOB

TRENTON, y. J., April Ex-Governor
Stokes has decided to name the Rev.
DIR. George B. Wight, Methodist
preacher of Lambertville, as commits
sioner of charities. a new IS, 600 per year
office created by the last legislature.
DIR Wight Will accent
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
COLD WAVE is GOOD
FOR THE MAPLE SUGAR

ST. AI.BANS. VT, April 22.-Foilowing
a snowstornn, a cold wave struck north
ern Vermont today, the thermometer
falling TO twenty-nine degrees
Maple sugar makers now anticipate
further run of sap, and they state that
this will bring the seasons output up 10
an amount larger than for several years.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
SECRETARY OF STATE
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

Private advices received here report
the steady Improvement of Secretary OF
State Hay, who is cruising in the
Mediterranean. He expects TO complete
his course OF treatment at Bad Naa-
helm.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

The face Of Nature f1ushes fair
To speak the message rife,
While struggling Souls are grasping firm
The wond'rous robe of Life;
And weaving in It's warp and woof
The Truth TO light the way,
For Christ himself is living proof
That Death is dead today
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

o eyes that see through sorrows mist
And souls bereavement bowed,
o human hearts that lose the hope
Beyond the tomb and shroud:
Away with sigh, away with tear,
Let joy have ample sway,
And firmest faith enthrone the year
For Death Is dead today.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

er is; great deal bigger than the
conditions of his work warrant. II,
in America, that caliber is ever to
correspond in dignity and Importance
with the work of the church the ad-
vance must follow and not lead an
awakening Of interest in the church
among the men of America.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
Ube Easter Coy.
By Kate Trader Barrow.

LILIES watt your purest breath
To sweeten Easter-tide,
o birds pour out your wealth of sone
In full melodious pride;
O poet pen the truth sublime
In each majesty lay.
And write upon the files Of time
That Dee IN is dead today.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
NEW BUREAU OF MANUFACTURES
CA long way after Lewis Carroll.)

SPASM I.
A made it included a Chief.
Five clerks and Office for rent;
And Congress declared pains should be spared
In finding where goods could be sent
Their work was to build up commerce at large
And list all the factories here,
To also take trips to far Russia Japan
And every conceivable sphere
They should find out the ports the harbors and forts
That would buy gasoene and ice cream,
With the cities and countries In need of pink glue
And delicate paper in ream
If the market for nails over Wales
The must be sent to shops
While famine in Cutch--a small one not much
Should be helped with our plentiful crops
In fact they must know the high the low
OF commerce all the earth,
And manufacturers. remembered by rote.
Must be shot In to fill every dearth.
sPAsM H.
The Chief the Bureau heartily praised
Such carriage such intellect, grace
And he'd bought a large map representing the sea,
With each country and village and place.
But he found in a while-too dreary to smile
No funds were allowed for the trips
Not the fees frequently
For porters who carry ones grips.
The salary true, was issued when due
To him and the Faithful Five,
But not red cent for anyone bent
On going where factories thrive
q greatly regret" he said to the Five
THAT of us knows how to fly,
For market Wales is anxious for nails
And there you should go, I.
"But we haven't the coin to ride on boat
Or purchase postage stamp,
And for wire or horses to hire,
The prospect is gloomy and damp
$50 sit in your chars"-there in the room
And act like Government clerk;
II you hear Of chance for market in France
Write it down in your book-don't shirl"
sPAsM H.
So the Bureau toilfng with its load
OF salaries, agents. mails
And commerce, knows survives the great blows
Of losing the markets in Wales.
Some old desks it has found are nailed to the floor
And a secondhand carpet, too,
But the strenuous life pierces tie gloom
OF the six who must market pink glue.
The Chief simply wanders galumphing about,
Merely placing his fingers together,
While others, sagacousy nodding their heads
Say, That must depend the whether. ~
"A report" says the Chief each morning at niae
be at the end of the
Go sell fresh eggs eight wooden legs
In the markets that very near.
So they figure out schedules and channels or trade
In Java and Cuba and Guam
This ghost of a Bureau, without account,
does any harm.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

, Tom Tibbles wants TO establish Q bank
in New York with Honesty and pub
licity as its cornerstone Don't know
about honesty, but publicity is pretty
poor foundation for populistic ventures.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

Just as Minister Barrett is getting
worked UP again over the sl3 shirt, Miss
Castro is looking for cheap pin to
keep her little lid on straight.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23
GERMAN ACTRESS DEAD.

BERLIN, April 22.-Hedwig Niemann
Raabe, a noted actress. died yesterday
in an institute for mental diseases. She
was taken Ill December 8. 1904, during
the celebration of her sixtieth birthday
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

Perhaps, the reason some of those
Virginia candidates won't run on the
prohibition ticket is that the campaign
is hot enough 10 drive even prohi-
bltionist to drink
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

The Virginia court of appeals will soon
be called on to decide whether or not
woman can make will Some are full
of wills, but the manufacturer is afraid
to claim his handiWork
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

1t is announced that the Queen of
Siam wears trousers ana doesn't walk
III an Easter parade-and Edward At
k.nson, who says Il woman can dress
on $50 a year, wouldn't allow her so
cents a week to have her trousers
creased.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

The New York assembly has refused
to pass the law forbidding the docking
Of horses tails, and the shearing of the
LAMBS has not ceased.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

The first Sunday Kansas had clos
ing law. three times as many drunkards
were arrested as on any previous Sun
day-and this ought TO close OUT reform.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

The reports that the Virginia apple
crop is bltghted are not disquieting-
the harvest. as measured in pitts in the
fall, will be about the same.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

Mae Wood has established law Office
in Nebraska. 1t IS barely possible that
in behalf of Miss Democracy, she will
sue Colonel Bryan for breach os prom
iGe
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

1t is now claimed that ships can De
propelled by liquid fuel In Virginia,
sub. The political ship has often been
put through the breakers safely with
frewater, sub
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

How shall I educate myself?' asks
fair correspondent. Read the Sunday
Times, madam, and the rest will be
easy
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

I'VE intend TO make the~tlirt fly" says
Chairman Shonts, of the Canal Com
mission, showing that he's pretty fiy
himself.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

1t would be unkind for the President
TO say that the Senate refused to ratify
the Dominican treaty because the whole
Capitol was so ratty.
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

Louisville boasts the novelty of q bull
dog with a glass eye, and about this
time all the men there view life through
julep glass