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The Washington times., 1905-12-31
STARTER is HOOIED
At FRISCO TRACK
Hoffman Biundered in Ingleside Fea-
ture-Charlatan Favorire, Not Near
Ready-Succeed Succeeded.

I SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.-The event
of the day at Ingleside. the Flood Han
dicap. was marred by a poor start, and
Starter Holman came in for considerable
hooting.
Chariatan, the favorite, was not ready,
and at the weight he was conceding he
would have to be a Hindoo TO win. He
struggled gamely, however, but the best
he could do was TO get the show end of
the purse. Nealon, a rare mrdder, took
Sir Edwards measure when Radtke cut
loose, and won handily by several
lengths.
The heavy rain that fell during the
forenoon made the track a sea of mud
In the opening race. the favorite, Grass
cutter. was turned sideways when the
barrier arose. Succeed was away fly
ing and smcthered her field, winning by
several lengths. Avoneila made a good
showing and got the place from Spring
Ban
Summaries:
First race-Futurity course. Succeed,
los (McBride), Is to s. won; Avonella, I04
lRadtke). to l. second; Spring Ban. 100
Clark, IL to /. third Time. Lisa Pen
dagon, Grasscutter. and Syphon Girl
also ran.
thai. 129 Knapp. 9 to 5. won; Young
Pilgrim. 12S Dickson), 8 to /, second
Tam O'Shanter. l26 (Kelly) TO l.
third Time. lis. My order, Foxy
Grandpa. Olympian. MacFleckno, Lone
Fisherman. and Chief Bush also ran
Third race-Six furlongs. Procrasti-
nate. III (Radtke). 8 TO 10, won; Laura
+: Nj. doague), to l. second: Esherin
~ tFountainl, 13 to 2. third. Time
Melan. Lady Kent. and Lecturer also
ran.
Fourth race-One mile Nealon, los
(Radtke), } to l, won: Sir Edward 1O5
Uoague), 10 TO /, second; Chariatan. 113
CTreubeD. to 3. third Time, IA "a.
Tenordale. Governor Davis, and I'm
Joe also ran.
Fifth race-One mile. Yellow Stone
los Clark. 4 TO 1, won; Wartenicht. 109
(Bock). 10 to s. second: ClOche d Or,
lib (Croswaite), Is to 5, third. Time,
1:45ik
Dusty Miller, Leash, Allopath, and
Jack Little also ran
Sixth race-Seven furlongs. Bob Ra-
gon. 10e CNNilliams), Z to 5. won; Instruc-
tor. 107 (Fountain), to 2, second; Crit
icaI. 81 (BrusseD. to I. third. Time.
81.
Christine A. Melodious. and Hainault
also ran.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
BARONESS WAS A TYRANT.

VIENNA, Dec. 3O.-Strange revelations
have been made here I'm the course of
the trial Of several persons accused of
numbering the beautiful Baroness Lu-
cretia Biecerman, whose dead body was
found in her boudoir a few days ago.
In the course Of the proceedings it has
been shown that the baroness was YER
liable tyrant toward her servants. upon
whom she constantly spied. Secret tele-
phone wires were laid all over the house.
and the baroness could by means of this
system overhear what the servants
were saving about her.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
AFTER SPIKE FENCES
ON HUNTING FIELDS

LONDON. Dec. 30.-The fact that the
Duke of Beaufort had one of his hounds
injured by spiked ratings, and that a
heifer and a dog were recently inpaled
on some spikes in the neighboring
Berkeley country has naturally directed
attention to the evil of using this abom-
Unable kind OF fencing in a hunting
district.
The use of spiked railings is much
on the increase by property owners,
especially in the fencing of gardens
attached TO new houses IN the country
H o. L. Baker. of Hardwicke court.
Gloucester. is making an effort to i'm
press the danger of this fencing upon
all of the people IN the Berkeley coun-
try and the surrounding district He is.
10 use his own words, Worrying all the
iron fencemakers on the subject"
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
.P[OWED INTO CADOOSE
AND KILLED TWO MEN
Wreck Between Freight Trains on Main
Line of Pennsylvania Near Lam
caster This Morning.

LANCASTER. Pa, Dec. D-Two
trainmen were killed and traffic was
delayed for several hours by a wreck on
the main line of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. about two miles east of this city.
this morning.
The dead are: Joseph WaddelI. con-
ductor. and John Miller. firemen
Both resided in this city and were
married. They Were seated in the ca
boose of Il westbound freight train that
had been brought TO q standStill about
half mile east of the big Conestoga
Bridge. to permit a mail train 10 mass.
when another freight crashed into II
The engine of the colliding train DlOw-
ed through the caboose burying the
men under the wreckage and tossing a
half dozen cars from the rails. The
debris covered four tracks
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Building Operations in
Georgetown Nowadays
Many Thousands of Dollars Worth of Con-
struCtion Under Way With Open
ing of New Year.

BILE dash front and colonial porches. 1t
is also being built by Joseph Blundon
for Fannie Blundon.
Three houses on w street, west of
Thirty-ffth, to cost $4,000. The owner is
L. W. Huidekoper
Row Of houses on west side of Avon
street, north of Cambridge. Thomas II.
Melton is the builder. The row will cost
s20. 900.
The house. s255 o street, owned by T.
". Sheely. is being remodeled by an
addition and the installation of modern
convenienccs, at the cost of about 5000.
Addition and reconstruction OF the
First Baptist Church, Twenty-seventh
street and Dumbarton avenue, on which
$4,000 is being expended.
improvements on the Mornt Itor
colored church. on Twenty-ninth street,
above Dumbarton avenue. These i'm
provements are to cost 5000
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Present building operations in George
town include the construction OF the fol-
lowing buildings:
Row of dwellings on the south side of
Prospect avenue. west OF the old Kid
well home, at Thirty-fourth and Pros
pect streets They will cost about $l6.-
600 The owner is T. NJ. Talbot and the
work is being done by Contractor Rich
ard Ough.
Six bay window bricks on the north
side of P street. west Of Thirty-third,
to cost about $25. coo. l. A Pearson is
the owner and Joseph Pearson the
builder.
Three-story apartment house at 3215
o street. for Fannie Blundon. The build
ing is being done by Joseph Blundon
and the house viii cost about 5000.
Two-family apartment house. 320S P
street. This structure is TO have a pei
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

of stock exchange seats TO a new high
record, Ss5. 600. may be accepted as evil
dence that the brokers at least be-
Iieve that the present expansive trading
will continue with unabated vigor
throughout the new year.
The successful fotation of the Japa-
nese bond issue attested the growing
Importance of New York as an interna-
tional money center. while the ready alb
sorption of various expansive railroad
bond and stock issues proved the par
amount confidence Of the American
people in the stability of the transpor-
tation system Of the country.
New Companies.
The volume of new companies organ
lied during the year furnishes another
infallible test of the prosperous ccndi-
ton of the manufacturing interests.
Including in this estimate Only such
companies as organized with a cash
capital of one million dollars and up
ward and confining our inquiry to six
States only-that is, New York, New Jer-
sey, Maine, Massachusetts. Delaware.
and West Virginia-it appears that the
capitalization Of the new corporations
of the year aggregates $1,3l4. .944, ,000-or
more than $2S5, ,0O0. 900 in excess of the
reported last year in the same States.
Bank Failures.
The number of bank failures fen far
below the annual average; and, indeed.
liz the Milwaukee incident be elini-
mated from consideration not a single
bank failure of the first Importance was
chronicled in 1906; though the recent en-
barrassment of the Walsh institutions In
Chicago might well have developed into
something OF moment.
Looking Forward.
If satisfaction with the past and con-
fidence in the future are at all reliable
guides. 1906 is likely 20 equal, If indeed
ii does not surpass. the year drawing
70 a close. The volume Of orders book
ed ahead exceeds any previous year in
the countrys history. and high prices
as yet seem 20 exercise no effect upon
consumptive demand.
/ Bankers and brokers in the larrer
cities of the country view the nation S
financial outlook with complacencv.
! Greater things for 1896 is the keynote
Of their expressions Greater crops
greater yield from the mines and great
er demand than the factories can sat
isfy convince conservative men in al
sections that prosperity cannot be
{ checked.
In fine. as President Roosevelt said
the American people are very prosper
Gus. and every indication presages that
they viii continue so.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
HONE-LOV|NG GIRL
DRUG ON MARKET
Women Advised TO Be At
tractiye, Not Practical.
HER DEPENDENCE APPEALS
Sympathetic Listeners Usually Win
Their Game-Nonsense Before
Marriage, Pies Afterward.
HER DEPENDENCE APPEALS

The practical. home-loving girl is
the one that all men in their serious
moments fancy they are going to mar
~, says a well-known author.
But. as a matter of fact, she is more
or less u drug on the matrimonial
market.
Men love TO eulOgize the practical,
home-loving, domestic type, but when
it comes to u question of marrying, the
good-natured. practical, independent
girl has small chance against the pref
~ clinging vine variety. which asks at
every turn which way to go.
There IS nothing fiatters a man so
much as to have a woman ask for his
advice. She doesn't necessarily have to
follow II; the mere asking will work
wonders.
The mistake the independent girl
makes is in thinking il beneath her TO
Halter a man. She is determined to
meet him on the same ground as she
meets her girl friends.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
LUXURIES COST SPAIN
S101,O00,000 A YEAR

lars a year is what the Spanish people
spend in cigars and cigarettes, accord
ing to Don Manuel de SabanO. who has
just published a book Of statistics on
the luxuries in Spain; $4,000. 900 goes
for lotteries, and s15,O00,000 is spent
on bull fights.
Don Manuel estimates that $4,000,
600 goes TO the saloons, and $1l, 900
In holiday making generally.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
COLORED MAN ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT

Charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, Charles Washington. colored.
eighteen years old. was taken into Gus
tOdy by the police Of the Second pre-
cinct station last night 1t is alleged
that Washington. who lives at Il Fen
ton street northeast. stabbed John Jack
son, also colored. of 92S Third street
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
JOY FILLS THE BILL

The old world now is swingin'
Round the bright sky OF our dreams;
The frosty roads are ringin'
With the music OF the teams.
An were movin' 10 that music
To It's merry. ilnglin' sound:
Joy 'fills the bill." believers:
An It's GOVERN the ground
-~Atlanta Constitution.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
OUCH!

Her brilliancy is contagious"
"Ub-hTh.
Don't you think so?"
Sure; when she is smart she makes
those around her smart Houston
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
REVIEW OF HARNESS
RACING FOR SEASON

Al Thomas, the well-known trainer
and driver. has purchased the pacing
gelding Stein, eos, and Will take him
down the line again next year. The
first race the son OF Joe Daily won last
season was the 81 600 purse for the 2:10
class at Hartford, driven by Mr.
Thomas. although the gelding was cam
paigned by Ed Geers early in the sea-
SON He paced the third mile in 2:0s.
his previous record being 2:09l2. AT the
State fair in Syracuse he won great
race and surprised the trotting world
by defeating such PAGERS as The Friend,
Ethel Mac. Geary and Ben F.. finishing
first in the first. third and fifth heats
In 2:O7, 2:O6 and 2:O7k. respectively. He
obtained his present mark of 2:c6 in
the $1,000 purse for the 2:09 class pace
at Cincinnati Another dispatch recent
ly asked d. NJ. Quirk. OF the Fasig-
Upton STAFF. 10 insure Stein for $500
which gives an idea as to the price paid
for the fast PAGER.
Colonel Delmar. a brother In blood to
Major Delmar. l:59&. which passed
through tho Old Glory sale in New
York last month, has gone back to New
Jersey. and will do a stud season at
Raritan az a fee OF 800.
| The worlds champion trotting stall
lion Cresceus will be trained next sea-
son and started against the records of
other champions. While he has certain
/ " proved a wonderful horse there ap-
pears to be no chance OF his lowering
! the marks of Lou Dillon and Major
! Delmar at the age of twelve or rather
thirteen. next year. Two years ago he
showed slightly lame. but whether he
/ has recovered enough to start against
championship records remains 10 be
/ seen. He viii do. however for adver-
tislng purposes under the tutorage OF
| Harry Hersey. who has done such great
! things with Dan Patch.
| Dan Patch. 2:07h. one of the new 2.10
PAGERS OF last season. has gone To Chi
Icago. and will be used for matinee driv-
ing exclusively Ralph Cudney Is his
new owner.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Enormous Dividend Payments.

The dividend disbursements and inter
est payments OF 1905 attained the stu
pendous total Of SIS. SCI. $50. an increase
as compared with the figures for 1904 of
more than SS5. .OO0.0 CO., impartialIy divided
between railroad and Industrial secur-
tiles. Speaking generally the most
striking increase in railroad earnings
was registered during the first half OF
the year. while the extraordinary devel-
opment In industrial enterprises showed
itself later. and indeed may be said 20
have matured during the current month.
Interest and dividend disbursements bv
the principal railroad and industrial cor
porations OF the country for the month
Of January will amount approximately to
Sl56.S1s.56l. compared with $147. $50, ,S93
In the corresponding month Of 1905. by
far the largest aggregate of the kind
In the history OF the country
Stock Exchange Transactions.
In volume the stock market of the
year has surpassed the total transac-
tions Of the preceding year by more
than 70.0Oe0oo shares, traded in on the
New York stock exchange. while the
transactions In the curb market are
estimated TO have SURPASSED by fully
one-half of those of 1904. The advance
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
LIVING EXPENSES
TAKE ALL SALARY
Statement of Government
Clerks Family.
CANNOT SAVE SINGLE PENNY
Good Many Of Pleasures of Life Have
to Be Omitted to Assure
Necessities
CANNOT SAVE SINGLE PENNY

To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
Below, give true list OF cold facts,
known to those heads of families in
Washington who receive not more than
SO month, and try TO be respectable.
Perhaps the statement viii throw some
candle light on the subject OF why so
many clerks have not yet started in
with their little two or three hundred
to buy home without borrowing:
Monthly Expenses-Family.
Kent distinctly Washington. $3.50
Living expenses and laundry. 500
Lar fare. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 800
Insurance -----..-.-...-.....-..... $50
Clothing and dry goods..........-. 1000
Fuel and light. ----.---..--...-...-..... 4.50
Charity, music lessons school
books, literature, theater (cut this
opt, entertainment, picnics. wear
and tear (nouse furniture). visit
ing the old folks: Christmas Joy
doctor bills, 10
Total. So %
That we may not be misjudged.
A GOVERNMENT CLERK
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
A Mere Man.

She refuses 10 have any illusions
about him; he is nothing but "A mere
man. and why should he be treated as
though he were made Of finer and
better variety Of clay?
Ihats all very well if woman
doesn't care If she is liked by men or
IL she Is determined never to marry.
But there is the girl who would like
10 marry If Mr.. Right" should offer
himself
The things in this world which are
worth having are worth working for,
ana tfor the SAKE of argument men are
IN the class of things which are worth
having -
The Independent girl is all right as
long as she is young and enjoys having
a good time
But the time is bound to come when
all her friends have married and her
good times begin 10 pail. Then she real
ICES that there are other things In the
world besides Independence
30, II you are a girl with a practical
turn or mind and desire 70 marry. no
matter hiw impractical or visionary
are the ideas of the man to whom YOU
are talking-let him talk
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Can Do No Harm.

IL amuses him. II can't do you any
harm and may do you much good, for
II won't be long before you have the
reputation OF being a sympathetic
listener.
Given sympathetic young woman
ana q laxative young man, the result
is after the wedding
The feet that you can make good
bread or know how to sweep a room
won't thrill man half as much before
marriage as il will TO feel that YOU
think he is the incest and handsonlest
Of his seX.
But afterward.' a good, hot break
fast or delicious piece OF pie for din
ner VIII do more to keep man good
tempered than all the languishing
glances in the world
Think OF your pies and cakes before
marriage, II you must but don't fail to
tax all the nonsense you can about the
wisdom of mankind in generaI-and this
one man in particular
Then. after the knot IS tied prove the
wisdom OF womankind by making this
paragon or men IS comfortable as pos
sible
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Railroad Earnings.

Throughout the year our railroads
have been tcVcd 20 their full capacity.
ana the gross earnings Of S3.677 miles
FOR eleven months Of the calendar year
amounted to $5,935.000, an increase of
per cent.
The building Of new railroads has
gone steadily on and the aggregate for
the year shows up full 5000 miles.
with a large amount Of new construc-
tion 10 be carried forward 10 the next
year. About 1000 miles Of new road
is contemplated by the Western and
Northwestern roads at a cost OF more
than $214,000. .000 This does not in
clude the projected Pacific enterprise.
nor does II take into account the
Grand Trans-Pacific project. the con-
strucrion OF which will probably be
pushed with vigor.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
PROSPERITY IS
KEYNOTE Of YEAR
Every Industry Makes a
Grand Showing.
B0UNTIFUL HARVESTS
B UNITE UL HARVESTs
Stock Market Surpasses All Pre-
vious Records for
Business.

The year just closed has been one OF
extraordinary business activity. II
opened in the spirit of doubt; it closes
in a spirit of almost dangerous Optim-
ism. In both volume and profit the trade
of the past year has been much the
largest ever Observation-Disclosures. miner.
mechanic, rcr MT and financier each
having had his full share of the pro-
ceeds. In short. our national prosperity
during the past year has far exceeded
all previous records
The country has been favored by q
series of successful harvests. but that of
1905 surpassed all Secretary Wilson, of
the Department of Agriculture, esti-
mated the wealth produced on American
farms this year at Sc. AIS, coo 00o which is
$25s, 100000 greater than 1904 and S49S, ,oo0,-
highest production and value on record
Hay proved a large and profitable crop.
The cotton crop, though short, is I'm
usually profitable. and our wheat crop
surpasses the record in value In other
respects the year has been a profitable
one to our agricultural classes, and
Secretary Wilson estimates that as a
result OF five years continuous good
crops, and also to more intelligent
methods OF agriculture, the value of
farms has increased 33.5 per cent, an
amount approximately equal TO $6.i33,
100000
In one year American far1aers have
secured an amount of wealth equal 10
the entire capital stock of the American
railroads and nearly ten times their net
earnings.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31

Dan Patch. 2:07l4. one of the new 2:10
PAGERS OF last season. has gone To Chi
cago. and will be used for matinee driv-
ing exclusively. Ralph Cudney Is, his
new owner.
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Vast Increase in Mineral Wealth.

Our mineral resources are being de-
vesoped at a rate never before ap-
proa ched. and our Industrial activity is
beyond the most sanguine expectations.
The production of pig iron this year
amounted TO g. 100000 tons, which was
about 100000 tons greater than in 1894
and nearly 20 per cent of the worlds
output. The production Of copper also
showed a large increase, the rise in
values being still more conspicuous.
Not since the civil war has the posi-
ton of copper been as strong as ii is
now. Production has been increasing
slowly. while consumption has increased
so rapidly that the world is practically
bare of stocks Today the metal, cop
per, is buoyant at 10 cents and upward
notwithstanding that the total product
for the year will attain 10000 long tons,
figure materially in excess Of the
total of 1904
1t is the opinion Of experts that the
present price of copper will be main
tanned throughout the entire year Of
1905.
The promoting causes Of this in
creased demand for copper have been
the electrification Of suburban and 9th
er systems. the construction of inter
state trolley lines connecting the prin-
cipai cities. and the expansion Of tele-
phone, telegraph and electric light sys-
tens
The Washington times., 1905-12-31
Prosperity General.

But the farmer. the merchant, the
manufacturer. and the railroads have
by no means been the only beneficiaries
OF the exceptional prosperity that has
marked the year. Every industry in
which the metals are utilized TO form a
finished product has thiven, as never
before IN the history of the country
Steel. iron, copper. lead. tin, and silver
today command prices in the worlds
markets far in advance of those which
ruled at the beginning Of the year, and
every producing mine, every smelter
every refinery, every steel plant
throughout tne entire country is now in
operation at the fullest measure of its
productiveness. In the broad field Of
transportation. covered largely by the
railroads, many striking increases in the
dividend rates attest Enthusiastically the
advance in gross and net earnings
which the year has witnessed. IL is
calculated that the gross earnings of
the railroads of America have increased
more than $50, ,O00. 900 in 1905.
The Monte Vista journal., 1905-04-01
Letter Of Jefferson Davis.

A nephew OF President Franklin
Pierce has found an autograph letter
written by Jefferson Davis to Pierce
among documents inherited from his
uncle. Davis wrote from the Senate
chamber under date OF January 80.
1860, saying:
THE prospect for our country Is not
less gloomy than when you left. I will
stand by the flag and uphold the con-
stitution whilst there Is a possibility
Of effecting anything to preserve and
perpetuate the government we inner
tied. Beyond this my duty and faith
bind me to Mississippi and her for
tunes as she may shape them"
The Monte Vista journal., 1905-04-01
Postage stamp Pictures.

TLS monks at the hospital Of St.
Jean de Dieu at Client have In their
leisure moments decorated the walls
with gorgeous landscapes, glowing
with color and full of life. formed en-
tirely by means of the postage stamps
Of all nations OF the world. Palaces.
forests. streams and mountains are
represented. butterflies fit about in
the air, birds OF beautiful plumage
perch on branches. snakes and lizards
glide about, and innumerable animals
find places here and there. The pic
lures are most artistic. in the style OF
Chinese landscape gardening. and al
ready between 100000 and 10000. 900
stamps have been used.
The Monte Vista journal., 1905-04-01

II il well known that the Russian
people are extremely slow In all their
movements. which has been attributed
to many causes. The latest writer on
the subject places the blame on the
national intoxlcant, vodka. asserting
that It Produces lasting and ingrow.
'1g dru:k: and. should tho tippler be
unfortunate enough TO sober up be.
fore q week has passed. the slightest
rapid movement will reproduce Nh OK.
ccllent duplicate OF the original. As
the Russian government derives a
large revenue from the sale OF vodka.
there is q stringent law against get.
ting twice drunk on one spree. and as
consequence citizens must exercise
caution. The famous Russian baths
were constructed at n great expense
both for punitive measures and as q
means Of putting the consumer again
In the ranks.