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The Washington times., 1905-07-24
THE ADMIRAL,s RETURN.

Brave ships are these that bear thee
home again
From under far-off skles-brave flags
that fly
Above the deck whereon thine ashes
lie,
Waiting their urn beyond the alien
main;
The nations pause to view thy funeral
train
AS slowly moving up 'twixt sea and
sky
It comes with stately pomp, and Lib
erty
Holds out her hands and calls thy name
In vain.
And yet mayhap. in vision vague and
sweet.
Another sight thou seest beyond the
boast
or patriot pr'de-beside the newborn
fleet.
Spectral and strange. no guest for sucf
u host,
Yet making thy Homecoming all com
plete.
The old BON Homme Richards un-
laid Ghost.
Charles Hamilton Musgroye. in New
York Times
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Police RoWduism.

The police of the District of Colum-
bia are as fine a body of men as can
be found in any city in the world.
That a certain percentage of rowdies,
and possibly thugs. should creep into
the service is almost inevitable, but
the force as q whole maintains a high
average of manfiness and decency.
The disgraceful exhibition of
drunken rowdyism in Baltimore Sat
urday should not be without its
measure of comfort to the average
citizen Of the District. however, as 1t
makes plain the duty Of our local
authorities without the complicated
wirepulling. log-rolling. and misguid-
ed esprit de corps that has so often
perverted justice here. The rowdies
were, at least. heavily fined there.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

a splendid uplift white and majestic
without. but within it is dark, rumb-
ling, gluttonous."
Two answers offer themselves to
this philosophy. The one is that the
Des Moines Capital needs a vacation.
The other is not so tersely expressed.
American men aspire to be COVER
nors for many reasons;
Because with personal strength
among the men OF all the world comes
also a desire for personal leadership.
Because the governorship repre-
sents, however strained. the conf
dence. admiration, and trust of all a
mans fellow-citizens.
Because. in spite of frequent com
parisons to the Office of justice of the
peace, it is a station of great power,
and all men, Of every type, love
power.
Because the contest for the office
is, IN part at least, contest OF
principles, and men who have espoused
principles all their lives are eager to
lead in the fight for them.
Most of all, because sincerity, earn
estness, manliness, and courage are
still factors in our civil life, and those
qualities in men urge them to seek
for the good they can do-eVery post
where good can be done.
There are other reasons-but these
are enough. On one or several of these
grounds American men in Iowa and
outside of it may be depended upon
always to brave the work, worry
and shattered hopes the shining
mark" and even that cavern which
while white and majestic without, is
dark, rumbnng. gluttonous" within
| 1t viii be sorry day for Iowa wher
It's men cease to seek the Office OF
| governor.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
ABRAHAM HERMAN RESTS
IN HEBREW CEMETERY

The funeral OF Abraham Herman, one
of the oldest merchants In the city. who
died at his summer home at Kensington,
Nd, on Friday last. was held this after
noon from his home. 702 II street north
west.
RabbIs Stern and Simon, Of the Eighth
street temple, ofhciated. Interment was
made in the Hebrew cemetery In Ana
costa.
Mr.. Herman was a native of Ger
many, and came to this country when
in Washington most of his life. On
March 10. 1863 he started a store at Sew
enth and II streets. of which he was
proprietor up to the time of his death
He is survived by Il widow and seven
children three sons and four daughters.
His children are Mrs. L. j. SilVermanr
Mrs Il. Lee kernEood of Baltimore
and Bernard. Milton and Maury Her
man.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
EUROPE THREATENED
BY CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
French Doctor Says It Will Invade
Continent by Four Routes
From East.

PARIS. July N-Prof. Chantemesse,
an eminent French doctor and director
general of the Paris Hygienic Bureau,
says that Europe is seriously threatened
with i cholera epidemic this year.
During the last four years. he states,
cholera has been advancing rapidly
westward and now it threatens TO IN
wade Europe by four different routes ;
% Through Moscow, st. Petersburg and
the Volga river; % through the Black
Sea. Odessa and Central Europe, 80
through the Danube and the. Balkan
nople, the Adriatic and Italy.
All that Is wanting now for the ad-
vent of cholera in Europe, says the
professor, IS a long spell Of hot weather.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
LATE WILLIAM G. POWERS
IS LAID TO REST

William G. Powers was buried yes
terday afternoon in Rock Creek Gene
terry with Masonic honors. The fu-
neral took place from the late resi-
dence of the deceased. 1725 Corcoran
street northwest, anG was conducted
according to the custom of the Ma
sons. of which order Mr.. Powers was
a prominent member. The pallbearers
were F. Q. Geiselzing, ". T. GaIliher,
H. c. Espey. Charles II. Smith, Theo-
dore G. DeMoI. and J. L. Falbey. rep
resenting various Masonic lodges and
Royal Arch chapters. The Rev. A. n.
Ward and the Rev. Paul Menzel as
sisted at the services.
The deceased is survived by a widow
who was formerly Miss Louise KIotz,
OF Washington. Mr.. Powers was origi-
nally from Massachusetts, and served
ir the civil war, coming here imTnedi-
ately after the close of that great strug-
gle to accept a position in the War De-
partment. Nine years ago he was
stricken with paralysis, and had been
suffering from that trouble until the
time Of his death.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Graft Reig1ls Supreme
At the Golden Gate
San Francisco Politicians, Through Labor
Unions, Are in Control Of the City-Musi-
clan Mayor Helps Make the Band Play.

San francisco is the worst graft-rid-
den city of the United States, and prac-
tically all branches Of the city govern
nent are under the control of ABE
Ruef. who is the real boss of the city
The city now is ruled by corrupt poll
ticians. who use the labor unions TO
gain their ends, says Public Opinion.
Eugene E. Schmitz was nominated and
twice elected mayor at the dictation OF
Boss" Ruef. He was selected as a COM
promise candidate, being member Of
the Musicians Union. Ruef. who is a
lawyer, organized union labor, which
consisted of an army of 1900 voters,
into d labor party. with the result that
his man was elected and his machine
perfected.
Plenty of Loot for Grafters.
BOSS" Ruef promised loot TO his
henchmen. and by his victory made his
promise good, and even though there is
concerted action under way for Schmitz' 8
defeat for reelection. success seems to
be with Ruef
Labor unions are stronger in San
Francisco than anywhere else in the
country. but many Of the big strikes
have resulted in failure for the men. The
gloyemaking industry. tin can factories
and several other large businesses have
been driven from the citv on account of
strikes and the unions demands for
closed shops"
In these fights of the labor unions
against employers much Of the success
Of the unions has been due to the sys-
tenn they have adopted Of barring out
men from the East by excessive initia-
tion fees. The ccIty's growth has been
retarded by the action of the uniors
Millions of Dollars to Spend.
The new charter for the city. which
was largely modelled after that Of New
York. gave unexpected opportunities to
the mayor and Boss" Ruef Bonds for
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81, 100000 were voted for various city
Improyeme
The Sennitz gang viewed the prospect
of handling these 81, COG OF bonds With
beaming faces. The mayor had appoint
ed as head of the board Of public works
the most important Of the city cona-
missions, because it would have charge
of the contracts for disbursing most Of
these mtllfonS-hts young brother HeS-
bert, without experience and wIthuE
character, q mere tool IN the hands OF
Boss Ruef. Associated with Herbert
Schmitz we're Frank Maestretti, a ga
loonkeeper and ward politician. who was
but acquitted on trial. and Michael
Casey, a union labor leader, who has
been most offensive IN his anarchistie at
tacks on capital. With such men IN the
seats OF the mighty, is 1t any wonder
that local bankers fatty refused to sub
scribe for any Of the bonds?
It is notorious that contracts have
been let 10 Favored firms, and some OF
these contracts have been investigated
by the grand jury. with the result that
they were caneeled-
Vice Pays for Protection.
Two thousand dollars a week or e1eo, 90
a year is the amount paid In bribes By
Chinese gamblers.
Another big source Of profit to the
municipal grafters Is the forced levy
on disrepufable women. This amounts TO
$3.50. .o00 a year.
The saloon business Is conducted IN
certain sections whether the places have
a license or not. PoolrooTns flourish, and
they all pay tribute to the grating on
cials.
Probably more far-reaching and mora
important than any of the other corrupt
Ing influences of the Schmitz acmintstre-
tion Is the work that II has done in tam
pering with the ballot box In order to
secure the election Of its candidates Ia
close districts.
Frank a. Maestretti was indicted Is
connection with these frauds. but es-
capped conviction. Two men. who are
said TO be his lieutenants, have been
convicted Of ballot-box stuffing
Edward j. Smith, the defaulting tax
collector Of San Francisco, has been sem
fenced to prison for ten years
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At Sea.
governor.

According to the advices from
Europe, the Gear and the Kaiser are
at sea together. Poor Nicholas has
been at sea so long that there is no
surprise at his being there now, but
the speciality of William is in keep
ing other people at sea-and he has
succeeded brilliantly this time.
The cable messages hint at every
imaginable international possibility
as the subject Of the conference be-
tween the rulers Of the two great ma
tions. Perhaps the correspondents
want to be right in any event and
take this shotgun method Of hitting
the mark. But there are few Ger
tainties upon which we can rely, and
that may by elimination narrow the
range of subjects which the Emperors
will discuss: The Kaiser is too wise
to seek advice of Nicholas; the Kaiser
will not take Nicholas into his conf
dence for any purpose other than to
tatter him and get real confidence in
return; there is no immediate danger
of the Kaiser doing anything more
Warlike on his own account than his
usual trick of stirring up the diplo-
matte animals.
The result of the conference is more
likely to be that Nicholas will carry
home lot of homely and honest ad-
vice than anything else, for the
Kaiser. with all his faults, is far
from being d fool
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
DisCOuraQement in Iowa.

On a hot day the Des Moines Capt.
tai moralizes thus:
Why do so many eminent Iowans Sigh
work and pant 10 be governor People
OF contentment looking on from COM
Portable distance wonder without ceasing
that men who have won Il right to ease
should yet sigh to be tossed for years on
the uneasy blanket Of gubernatorial pol
itics. Whence the hunger for the thorny
pillow and mal-ease2
This wonder continues through half
a column. "Alluring without and
dark within is the post Of governor, .
work, worry. and shattered hopes
were not the worst !" A shining mark
is loved by other things than death. "
Most impressive of all The dome Of
the Capitol at Washington rises with
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
WROTE SCURRILOUS
LETTERS TO NOBILITY

BERLIN. July PA sociafistic work.
ingnan, Rerthold Roener, at Detmolds
has been sentenced to twenty-stx
months imprisonment for writing sour
rilous anonymous letters to Count Leo
pold Of Lippe- -BiesterfeIdt. prince re-
gent of the little principaHty Of Lppe.
a s well as TO Count Chamberlain, Baron
Won Quadt, Prime Minister Gevekot and
a number Of other prominent officials
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
THEODORE JR.'S
SUNDAY CLASS
Presidents Son Again
Teaching at Oyster Bay.
GUESTS AT SYCAMORE HILL
DR.. Alexander Lambert and Former
Secretary Morton Entertained by
Mr.. Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt. accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and their daughter, Miss
Ethel, attended church yesterday in Oys-
ter Bay. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., again
took his place as teacher in the Sunday
School Of Christ Church
Dr.. Alexander Lambert. who accom-
panied the President on his recent trip
through the West. has been a visitor at
Sycamore Hill. He returned to New
York last night. Ex-Seeretary Morton
was a guest of the President over Sun
day.
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MONDAY. July 81. 1905.
Short Sighted RaiIToadinq.

The business of a street railway
company is to serve its patrons. If
exceptional conditions arise either
in the form OF material difficulties or
in the form of unexpected legal re-
strictions. the street railway company
owes it to its patrons to mitigate
that is a street railway word-the in
convenience by every reasonable
means
Such exceptional conditions now in
telfere with the operation Of the An
acostia line. The bridge across the
Anacostia river is weak. The District
Commissioners. being charged with
safeguarding the public safety, have
prohibited the transportation of pas
sengers across that bridge in heavy
cars and more than forty passengers
in any car The Inconvenience to
everybody who traverses that bridge
is marked; but Congress has already
made appropriations for new struc-
ture, and in the meantime all users
OF the present bridge must cooper
ate to lessen the inconvenience.
How does the street railway COM
pany cooperate? Briefly, by provid-
ing the least possible service which
the traffic will bear" If only forty
passengers are to be carried in any
one car the railway company is clear
ly under the obligation TO provide
more cars Instead of that it makes
the new law as onerous and as pro-
ductive Of inconvenience as it can.
In this particular instance one extra
car and the services of two conduc-
tors and two motormen would mini
nize the difficulty. Switches are so
near the bridge that this one car,
shutting back and forth as an entire
system is operated on the Brooklyn
bridge, would provide speedy trans
portation through the forty passenger
zone for all the patrons OF the line.
The cost would not be great. The ad-
vantage would be enormous.
Yesterday forty-eight passengers
waited 10 be transported across the
bridge They had paid the company
charge They had an nndoubted right
to speedy and comfortable service
But eight of them could not be car
ried. and the ejectment of any eight
out of the whole number was a tick
lish proceeding.
For three hours that car waited
tying up the traffic and costing the
company. no doubt, twice as much as
an entire days service of the shuttle
car which it had failed TO provide
Division superintendents, road man
ayers, even vice presidents and gen
eral managers. came and looked on
but there Is no record that this
scheme of an extra bridge car occur
red to any of them.
The reason is obvious. The man
agement of that road was more con-
cerned in getting even" with the
Commissioners than with providing
an adequate service The rights of its
passengers, to whom it owes an OBJ
dgation greater even than that TO its
stockholders, were disregarded This
management has not yet learned. anG
the indications are that it never vii
learn, the simple lesson that 1t vii
make more money by encouraging
traffic than ever it can make by throt.
ting It.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
SENATOR CLARK NOW
OUT OF DANGER

NEW YORK. July 24.-United
States Senator William A Clark. who
recently underwent an operation, con-
tinues to improve, though IT is author
itatiyely stated that 1t will be at least
two weeks before he VIII be able TO
leave his West Fifty-eighth street
apartments
The family was yeserday for the
first time assured by the attending
physician that, barring improbable
complications, danger in the case was
passed.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Chekib Bey, Minister from Turkey to
the United States, is a familiar figure
on the boardwalk at Atlantic City
The minister is manifestly enjoying
the many diversions OF the seashore to
his hearts content. and evidently does
not consider the international results
of the recent attempt on the Sultan s
life of sufficient Importance to necessi-
tate his immediate return to Washing
ton.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Thomas Ewing Moore. the newly ap-
pointed first secretary of the American
legations in Bucharest and Belgrade. Is
on his way to his post. Mr.. Moore left
Berlin for Vienna yesterday. Upon his
arrival in Belgrade he will act as
charge d'affaires until the arrival of Mr-
Riddle, the new minister, Mr. Riddle
will succeed John B. Jackson. who mas
been appointed United States Minister
to Roumania and Servia,
The Baron and Baroness Won TuylL
of The Netherlands legation, were yes
terday the guests at luncheon Of Pau!
J. Rainey on board his steam yacht
Anona, which is anchored off Newport.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
LADY 7ERBERT MAKES
VISIT TO MARIENBAD
Accompanied by Her Sister, Mrs Ogden GoeletMniSter
O'Brien at Asuncon Paraguay on a Delicate Mission.
Hugh OBerne in New York.

ferson, n. H. The Misses Preston are
well known socially for their artistic
drawing-room entertainments. One Is
an accomplished fancy lancer and the
other is talented singer. They are
frequently seen in Washington draw
il1g-FOOnS.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Mrs. T. Haas and sons, Isaac and
Emanuel Haas, accompanied by heI
nieces, Misses Bella and Rita Schifman
are at brownsville, Va, for a month.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs,
Bonaparte will spend the rest of the
season at the Aspinwall, Lenox. Mr.
Bonaparte will come TO Washington fire.
quently TO look after the affairs of his
department. but Mrs. Ronaparte expects
to remain in the Berkshires during the
entire summer. Secretary Bonaparta
spent yesterday in New York.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
MOVEMENTS OF
SOCIETY FOLK

Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Gilmour, of Wash
ington, are among the recent arrivals
at Narragansett Pier. They are regis
tered at the Sherry Casino.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Mrs. Adiah Behrend and daughter
Miss Esther Behrend. Of Washington
are spending the summer at Lake
ooselookmcguhtic. Me.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Lady Herbert. widow of the late Sir
Michael Herbert, ambassador 10 the
United States from the court Of st.
James. has arrived in Marienbad. aG-
cCmpanied by her sister. Mrs. Ogden
C5Celet.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Hugh O'Bierne. Of the British en-
bassy staff, is spending a few days in
New York.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

a former United States minister Il
Chile, are spending the summer at JET
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Mr.. O'Brien, the American minister to
Montevideo, has sailed for Asuncion,
Paraguay, where. it is rumored. he is
charged with a delicate diplomatic mis-
sion.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

G. sigmund. NJ. Loeb. NJ Stern, E. kauf-
man, S Scllnger. L. Fishel, H. Silver,
L. Pretzfelder, 8. Alexander, and 5.
Guggenheim.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Mrs William E. Doane, of Washing
ton, has left Stockbridge, Mass, for
San Diego, Cal Mrs. Doane is the
mother OF Mrs Newton K Perry. wife
of Ensign Perry, who was killed in the
explosion on the Bennington. Mrs.
Doane has gone to California to be with
her daughter She was accompanied by
another daughter, Mrs. G. Stuart VIII
son, Of London.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Newport has another titled visitor in
the Count Won Veroldinger. of Vienna.
who Will remain at that fashionable re-
sort q week or ten days.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

The Atlanta Constitution printed a
poem called In Starry Silence" By
mistake it got into one Of its dramatic
pages.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Mr.. Rockefeller told his fellow church
members that he had a weight on his
conscience. If he referred to Tom
Lawson 1t was a lightweight.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

The Sultan still smokes Turkish
Atrocities.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

These are days when 1t IS too hot to
breathe in a cool office and too cool TO
keep still in q hot ball park
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Judge Parker went down deep enough
last November to avoid getting beyond
his depth again.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Some one calculates that New York
spends half d million a day on summer
frivoHty, and about the only people who
really get a good time out of 1t are
restaurant keepers and the purveyors
OF entertainment on Coney Island
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

The papers are full of stories about
a man who can sign his check 70 S.
00O,G00. Anybody can do that. The diff
acuIty is in getting il cashed.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Senator Nelson ". Aldrich, who re-
Gently returned from abroad with his
family. is the guest of James Stillman
at the latter's villa. in Newport.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

The news dispatches say that Com
nodore Peary is hopeful It's his busi-
ness TO be hopeful just now.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

There was plenty of hot air in the
vicinity of the Anacostia bridge last
night.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

The Agricultural Department has
discovered that insects damage the
American harvest to the tune Of $780,
0o0 coo. annually. without counting the
hrebugs and the store ticks
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Mr. and Mrs Thomas F. Walsh have
become conspicuously identified with
Newport society. Mrs. Walsh yesterday
inaugurated q series of dinner parties
at Beauliau. These affairs promise to
take a place among the most elaborate
entertainments Of the season. Miss
Walsh is extremely popular, and the
signal social success of the Washes in
Washington bids fair to be ecltpsed by
their entertainments in Newport. Mrs.
Walsh will again be numbered among
the hostesses of today.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

King Edward has been taking prizes
at = stock fair in Norfolk, Even roy
atty has Joined In the movement to
ernbarrass Mr.. Rryan.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Mr. and Mrs L W. Nairn. of K
street northwest, have gone to Cape
May for q visit OF two weeks to Mrs.
Haydn, at the later's cottage.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

J. D. Collins and S. c. Tokens. of this
city have gone 10 spend few days at
Atlantic City. They are registered at
the ElherOn,
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Miss Frances a. Hin. of Philadelphia.
is visiting her aunt. Mrs. Mary A, Barr,
Of CapitoI Hill
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

The Misses Anne and Genevieve Con-
nelly. of Washington. are at Ocean City.
Colonel Jenkins. of Baltimore. gave a
yachting party in their honor on Sat
urday They viii not return to Wash
ington until the end of next week.