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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
Inelastic and Clumsy. :"

No wonder the President wants
smaller board to control the Panama
Canal. What with the Courtesy
which prevails in such bodies, the
division and subdivision of the work,
the supervision of minor departments,
and the amending circulation of bulle-
tins between the various commission
ers, the wonder is that board of
eight members has accomplished any
thing at all
The President proposes a board of
three, or five at the utmost. This
will be a reduction of the working
parts by about half Thus, instead of
eight bulletins, announcing the trans
fer of stenographer or the grant OF
sick leave to copyist, there will now
be only five. and there may be only
one. And such a saving in trouble
and money would, probably, mean
saving OF year or therea bouts in
the construction of the canal.
Would it not be well for this
smaller board, if it be authorized. to
do business like railroad? Half the
routine which encumbers the average
governmental bureau would block any
train system ever devised II the
Americans are to have a canal ii must
be as the result of hard, skillful, time
saving work; and boards of eight
supervisors, or even five, are not cal
euiated to get results. 1t was like the
President and Secretary Taft to give
the larger board a fair trial. 1t vii,
he still more like Theodore Roosev
ID walk right through the
board, now that it has beer
be-as every business mar have
expected ineIastic and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
PEOPLE IN CASTLEREA
LIVING IN TERROR
Fear Of Big Slide Not Yet Allayed in
Roscommon Situation
Regarded Serious.

LONDON, Jan 1<.-There is something
TO be said in addition to the first
meager cable reports of the bogslide in
Roscommon county
The anxiety OF the inhabitants of
Castlerea has not yet been aIfayed. An
eyewitness. speaking Of the rapidity
with which the huge mass descended
on the doomed houses in the village of
hare"
The appearance of the country in the
vicinity of the village is suggestive of
an eviction having been carried out on
n large scale. Household effects are
still lying scattered about on the rising
ground. and the live stock are secured
in the shelter of the trees or overhang-
ing lodges
Since the day OF the bogsIide the peo-
pie have been living il a state of con-
tinual fear Sleep is out of the question
in homes near the bog People
even fear TO go to bed, not knowing
when they may be overwhelmed
The road between Castlerea and
Frenchpark is impossible and those
wishing TO visit either town have to
travel an old disused road six miles out
of the direct way. At one point on the
main road, for n distance of over 900
yards. the bog matter is lying from
eight to ten feet deep
Hundreds of laborers a { either end are
employed night and day IN relieving the
pressure and at one end the stability of
a large bridge temporarily saves the
country in the direction OF F-renchpark
from being inundated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
Senatorial Tenure.

1ntimation that the Postal League
will attack the right of Mr.. Platt of
New York tc continue in his Senator
iai seat will strike that gentleman and
the public as interesting. Tenure in
the body Of which Mr. Plat has the
honor to be member has not here
tofore been determined by a Postal
League OF any other sort Of a league.
1t has rested, first, upon the indorse-
ment of the Legislature, and, finally,
upon approval by the Senate itself.
Counsel from without has not been
sought. nor is there now any surety
that it will be listened to with eager
ness or given the weight of ukase
from the Gear. The fact obtrudes itself
that the league in question: might as
well be one of the 10000 that Jules
Vernes put under the sea.
The spokesman of the Postal
League, who has been long before the
public with scheme he has failed
to get the public to indorse, de-
clares that Mr. Plat subverts the in
terests of the people he has sworn
to represent in the interests Of a cor
poration he really does represent.
The charge, coming from some
sources, would have an aspect of Sc
robustness. That such is the aspect that
bursts upon the observing mind could
not yet be declared The observing
mind desires first to do little more
observing.
In common parlance, it is up TO
the Postal League to make good its
charges. It will have to make them
SO emphatically good as to cause the
Senate to sit up and take notice That
Mr. Platt is personally responsible for
the lack of all the things the league
desires may be but fattery as to the
volume of his influence The fact
cannot be overlooked that the gentle
man, apart from New York affairs, is
regarded as lightweight. He will
be cheered to find this estimate not
universal. Nevertheless, he will cling
TO his seat His title to it is as yet
unclouded, and an informal writ OF
custer would nave difficulty in getting
inside the door of the legislative sane
tuary where Mr. Platt tolls sedulously
to earn his moderate wage as states
man
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
BEHOLD THE EARTH.

Behold the earth, swung IN among the
stars,
Fit home Tor gods. if men were only
kind.
Do thou thy part to shape it to those
ends.
By shaping thine own life to perfectness.
Seek nothing for thyself, or thine own
kin.
Chat robs another OF one hope or JOY.
.et no man toll in poverty and pain
give thee unenrned luxury and ease
eed not the hungry servitor with
stones,
vat idle guests may fatten on thy
breed.
ok for the good in stranger and in foe.
save thy praises for the cherished
few.
let the weakest sinner ind in thee
Impetus to reach receding heights
i'd the Earth. swung in among the
stars,
ONE for gods; wake thou the god
Rithin.
3y the broad example of thy Il &c,
unfcate omnipotence to Men.
n are unawakened gods. Be thine
Toice TO rouse them from unhappy
si4ep.
4 Wheeler wilcox. in Ainslee's.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

This winter is regarded as a tanner
season for snow by officials at the Unit
ed States Weather Bureau More snow
has fallen and in greater quantity than
in the famous blizzard of 1899.
Little account is taken at the bureau
of brief and inconsequentiar snow
storms. 1t is impossible, therefore. to
state just how many separate falls there
have been during the year 1t Is 1act'
though. that more storms, big and ut
tie. have passed over Washington this
winter than for five years past
Heavy December Falls.
The heaviest falls were early in De-
ccmber. from the Ist TO the 18th OF the
month, when seven inches OF snow feh.
and on December Il and Is when i've
inches were added in subsequent IAN
washington rarely sees snow so long
on the ground. SIcighinS about the
city's streets was possible for more
than two weeks. something unknown
here for many, many years. The freeze
which soon followed the downfall and
which was. in turn. followed by an
other storm, brought to the city its rec
ord storm since 1899
Preceding the storms OF December
there was a forerunner on November H.
when the fan measured four inches
PMS had just begun to melt away when
the big storm came
Big as Silver Dollars.
Everybody will remember the tremen-
dous flakes that fell in the December
storm. They came down larger than g
silver dollar and continued that size I'M
til far into the evening, so that II was
really more the size OF the hakes than
the comparative fan which piled up the
snow IN inches
During tr, month of January last
year Washington encountered storm
which was almoSt equal in force 10 that
of December when on January HE six
inches fell. Again on the 18th and 18th
of January, nine inches of snow was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
SHAW'S "PATn REPLY.

Leslie Monitor Shaw. Secretary of the
Treasury. was at luncheon in the Ham
1ton Club of Chicago, telling some of
the stories which have made him IA
nous in political campaisns-storie
inpresnated with n wit he brought from
Morristown VT, to Dennison. Iowa. and
OF the sort calculated to cause Il laugh
IN Des MONIES, Washington, or the
quadrennial conference of The Methodist
Episcopal Church. But his answer TO
query or John Maynard Harlan illus
trates MS delicious humor. The talk
was OF statesmen and politics. when Mr..
Harlan said:
Mr.. Secretary, what IS the difference
between statesman and a politician
Quick rs thought came the answer:
Its the difference between the youn &
man seeking position and the boy LOOK
Ing for a job. "-Chicag Record-Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
Bidding for Our Teachers.

Superintendent Stuart'S annual re-
port on the public schools of the Dis
trict, which is just received from the
printer, offers four impressive exhibits
in connection with the petition Of his
teachers for larger salaries. Congress
has heard-from many sources-of the
process which is draining Washing
ton OF its good teachers; but it has
had no evidence of that process like
these four exhibits.
The principal of a well-known nor
nal school in the State Of New Jer-
sey wrote Mr.. Stuart, in answer to an
application for first-grade teachers:
The last class graduates from oul
school would hardly be attracted to go
TO Washington. Please realize that there
Is nothing personal in my feeling of re-
grct that the National Capital would
wish to start the teachers of its schools
at a salary that l am sure 1T would not
offer to the lowest sweeperS in the pub
lie buildings, when it is reckoned that
there are 1868 days in a year
Another principal of a New York
State normal school observes:
III is not likely Inat We can alQ4 you III
securing teachers for your schools be-
cause of the insufficient salary. The
sim offered is so small that it would
hardly pay for board and travelling eX-
penses-
A third, who is at the head of a
New England State normal school,
dismisses Mr. Stuart's application
with a single sentence:
The amount you pay is not sufficient
to get the frst-class teachers to go to
Washington
There is one mora letter sent out
by the director of physical training in
the schools of New York. Copies OF
this circular were received by every
teacher of physical culture in Wash
ington-whether his salary was s720
a year or SS00-and every one Of them
was offered a chance at salary rang
| ing from $500 to 400, in the follow
| ing terms:
Teachers will be needed in the imne-
date future for both elementary and
high school positions. For those who do
satisfactory work these positions are
pra cticaiiy for life. There is also a
pension after thirty years service. We
shall be happy TO nave you come to this
tamination should you desire TO under
take the work.
Much other Information relating to
this same drainage is contained in this
report But this is enough to con-
vince the Senate that the ironclad
| rule of the House against increases of
| salary for the District ought to. have
at least one class of exceptions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
Men Who Beat Wives.

Serious consideration is being given
to the project of establishing the
whipping post in the District of Co
lumbia. Congress has done many
things for the District. We hope
it can be relied upon to save it from
the proposed disgrace
Not the slightest consideration is
due the wife-beater, the individual for
whose reformation the post is design
ed. No mere despicable type is
known. He richly deserves to be
whipped and kicked and cast out.
Consideration. however, is due the
beaten wife md society.
The infection of degrading punish
ment does not appeal to the sense of
propriety as it does to the crude sense
Of justice Somebody must be the
agency of infection. Others must wit
ness tie spectacle. To lay a lash
non the bare back of a man manacled
post would be a TASK from which
f4a- would shrink. No official
sA ae er self-respect could lend
He would be disguised
~ avsa I. performing. the irk-
aoals AaJy ggalG become brntalized.
HiEcs are titled TO full protection
- class Islands capable
sa1a e a1ar this class
By 5c4 bevoaa ai ne of re-
den 5tiop. " dey ere 90 ae moment.
carried ae*.v ~ al inn
generally tE-
arises as u 1
post would be
ton. There see.
believing that It We
Part of the pur
measures is the be
offender No man
pride or intelligence
by q public whipping w
of the viler stripe,
operation with heart
hatred, ready for murde II ese
had but given away to
rage, he would be so utt
that he never again &C
wife in the face, and ~
from the gaze OF his fell -
would be an ineffaceable
shame upon him, and he " 81
able to live down the meme 81
The whipping post wot sa.i@h
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

have entered" through their employees,
their choice of the lands. so that as soon
as the law passed. they simply had to
apply in each case for the contiguous
$50 acres.
1t takes but few such entries-they
can be made half a mile wide and two
miles long-to control vast territory
More of Such Bills.
II was seen that similar bills To the
Kinkaid Nebraska law would be imme-
diately introduced at this session, and
il is understood that number more
such measures viii follow to include the
other States.
Apparent safeguards are provided in
these bills. authorizing the Secretary Of
the Interior 10 Immediately withdra "
any such lands as he may deem fit for
irrigation under the national irrigation
law
Some such lands have. OF course, beer
withdrawn. and they have been and are
certainly being withdrawn. under the
irrigation law itself. from speculative
the Communication clause OF the home
stead law.
Occasional Withdrawals.
/, These Withdrawals are being made
from time to time, but only after inves-
tigation and survey TO determine which
may be irrigable lands
With the utmost activity and the most
energetic surveys. however, il must be
ten, If not fifteen, years before the Gov
eminent can positively know what are
all its irrigabie lands
In the meantime, under the proposed
PLAN every acre will have been taken
up in these 640-acre tracts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
TWO LOCAL BILLS
PASSED BY SENATE

The Senate passed two bills of local
interest yesterday afternoon They
were:
To permit the Union Trust and Stor-
age Company to change it's corpora te
title to the Union Trust Company
To permit the Anacostia, Surratsville,
and Brandywine Railroad Company to
extend its lines through the District, in
the southeastern suburban part of
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
CAPTAINCY IN ARMY
SOUGHT BY CIVILIAN

For the appointment of Archer B.
Hayes. now a clerk in the Quartermas-
ter's Department of the army, to the
grade of captain and quartermaster in
the regular army. bill was introduced
in the Senate yesterday by Mr. Talia-
ferro of Florida.
Mr.. Hayes was formerly a lieutenant
in the First Florida Volunteer Infantry.
If appointed, ne is to fl the first or any
subsequent vacancy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
.ROD[Y'S SUCCESSOR
At WHITE HOUSE
Delegate Andrews Present
ed by Mr.. Sibley.
CHIEF OF FOUR RAILROADS
Is President of Santa Fe Central
and the Albuquerque
Eastern.

w II. Andrews, of New Mexico. was
presented to the President yesterday.
He Is to succeed Delegate Rodey.
Mr.. Andrews was introduced to the
President by Representative Sibley of
PENNSYLVANIA, who represents the old
Pennsylvania district of which Mr..
Andrews is native. The great progress
he has made with New Mexican devel-
opment has been with PENNSYLVANIA
capital
Mr.. Andrews is now the president of
the Santa Fe Central and the AIbu-
querque. Eastern Railroads, and of two
other roads which have only recently
been incorporated.
Native of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Andrews was born in Youngsville,
warren county, Pa, in 1874, and was
educated in the public schools of the
State.
he served in the house of representa-
tives and State senate of Pennsylvania
and was delegate from Pennsylvania
TO the Republican National Convention
that nominated President Mckinley at
st. Louis.
He has lived in New Mexico ten years
and been engaged in building railroads
and in mining
New Mexico Senator.
He has served In the senate-or coun-
cil-of New Mexico.
Mr. Andrews succeeds Delegate Rodey
who has conducted the Statehood fight
In Congress for the past two years. Mr.
Rodey failed to receive the Republican
nomination and ran as .aa independent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
REPUBLICANS LONG FIGHT
AT ASBURY PARK ENDED

ASBURY PARK, n. J.. Jan. H--JohG
Hubbard WAS today reappointed post
master of Asbury Park
The appointment ends long fight of
the local Republican leaders for the pos
session of the Office, which will prob
ably be raised to the frst-class this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Oldheld the automobilist, whose miles
are measured by seconds, came near be-
ing killed the other day, and the now
city Of tie experience startled him.
Mr. Oldfield is accustomed TO killing 9TH
CT people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
MARINE BAND WILL
GIVE USUAL CONCERT

The United states Marine Band. under
the direction of Lieut. William h San
telmann, will give concert on Monday
afternoon at ? clock at the navy yard
Following is the program,
March. Thomas jefferson" -Santetmann
Orsrr1,r, --IS-iIiiarn Tell RosSini
Flute Solo. Fantasia --oberon,'
Demerssenen
CMusician Robert E. Seel.l
Waltz, .-Geschichten aus dem Wiener
Waid'' Strauss
Grand Scenes from The Flying
Dutchman wagner
Prelude. ..Parsifai" Wagner
Grand March, *'Tannhaus azST
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

China is charged with violation of neu-
trality, but she has not sold submarines
to either side
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

The Japanese declare that Stoessel in
every particular acted honorably- Thus
The controvertionalist loses a favored
theme
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

The rich man who rnarries without
consultation with his heirs has taken a
chance in sure enough lottery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

1t would have been sad thing, in
deed. for the Government IL Mr.. Bristow
had declined tn be pacifed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

The hat of a recently arrested dyna-
inter came from Denver. Is the valiant
General Bell on the missing iist2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Haiti is reminded that the mere fact
Of being an American citizen cannot be
recognized as a statutory offense.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Murderers who select Virginia a
field of operations seem TO be having a
season of hard luck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Mr. RockhilFs position shows no symp-
tom of going a-begging.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

BY the time there shall be no snow TO
shovel there will be a law obliging citi-
zens 20 shovel it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Government clerks are forbidden to
Use towels for cleansing ink wells More
oppression.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Grand Duke Sergius has been relieved
of command, and the feeling of relief is
general
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

Congressman can pay railroad fare
and still be cents a mile ahead of the
game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

We want to ask as to Colonel Warner
what his peculiar qualification is for the
pension job. Did he ever write a pome?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

One Of the BARS that New York ought
to suppress is that adjacent to Fire
Island.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
Points IN Paragraphs.

Mr.. Bristow steps up and out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

From Oregon comes cheering assur-
ance that there are more rascals there
than the jury has spotted yet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
Raid on Government
Lands Is impending
Many More Bills Expected in Congress Al
lowing Western Men to Take Up as
Much as $40 Acres Each

A wholesale raid is said to be impend-
ing in Congress, designed upon the re-
naming Western public lands
Already this session five bills have
been introduced allowing man TO take
up square mile of Government land in
South Dakota. Colorado. and Montana,
and permitting those who may have al
ready made a 160-acre homestead entry
to make an additional entry of $50
acres
The claim has been persistently made
by Western land men that man can
not make a home and living on 16o acres
anywhere on the unoceupied lands in
the West without irrigation, and this
square mile horne-pIan is brought for
ward as a means of getting the public
domain into private ownership as rap
Idly as possible. The question is raised.
even assuming that $40 acres is not too
large farm for the Government TO
give citizen. to whom will this land
go?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15
Like the Kinkaid Law.

The bills above mentioned are model
ed after the Kinkaid law, which applies
the e40-acre unit TO western Nebraska
and was slipped through Congress at
the tail end of last session. Yet il was
not thirty days after filings commenced
before il was charged that under this
law the Ncbras ska cattlemen had Sc
cured about all they wanted in Ne
braska.
The Kinkaid law and the above bills
provide that where. man has 49,
acre entry. or mere filing on $50 acres.
he shall have the preference right to
el.ter an adjoining $50 acres. and in
Nebraska the cattlemen are alleged TO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-15

But General Miles can nave all the
braid he wants on his uniform.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-03-08
@egen @iearetten n.

Wabion n, z. Mdr3. Ole Qegis.
latur nabm beute cine Bill an, tuel9e
bic 6%abrifation unb ben Werfnuf bon
gigarettsn unb @isarettsnpapier Der.
bietet.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-03-08

40 yerfonen psrIsBt.

@biea9o, z. Mdr3. Nuf Der
0o1babn bon State Strabe fiel Elm
wa9en nit 80 SniaRsn UNI; 40 ber=
ielben purben berlsb!.
9ei9en euriben n.
8ocatello. Sbabo. z. Mdrs.
Gin 0ieb3idter bsri9tete beute, bab er
4 Weilen bon bier smif4en Gelien unb
uno Saba 2 Geiden %gsfunoen babe.
Coroner s. 8. Bean lisb bic 2ei9sn
mad bier bringsn. @s tparsn Elm
Wann uno cine Grau. Der Mannes'
leide feblte Der 2opf, bic GrauenIeiGe
NOR In cine Sede gspidslt. Die 8e=
be~numfdnoe beuten auf einen Morb.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-03-08
Gromtpea ooer Grmtmtuenf

Gin Invertebrates Document aus
bemSabre 1858 tit in Der rHortbamps
ton Stree QibrarD" outage gefommen.
elm Gontraft aus benz Sabre 1888,
nah benz Sliper Gromtpen auf cine
Sabresrente bon 30 pfb. Strlg. Der.
ai9tet, bic er feds Sabre be5Osen
bate. Die i'm 8ritiiden Miuieum ses
priifte urfnnbe pirft ein neues 2i9t
auf bas friibere 3eben bes Qorb>pro>
teftors. Gr pirb in Der urfunbe als
uOliper grumtpea. Gentleman" be,
aeidnes unb, abseIehen BON Der Inter
59rift, INNER Grumtpeq eefhrieben,
rieBt pber ebemalig elm Oiener bes
@isbt6onorable, Oliper 9orb St.Sobn
bon 8let1oe." Man fann alfo annex
men, baB grpmnen duber fetner 8es
fdGftisung als 8ieb5ii4ter in 81.
sSbes aud als 8erpalter zines Der on.
ftobenben glitter ct. Sobns tbdtig
NOR. Wertpalter unb Oiener tparen
bamals fnnonbme Mnsbriide. Die
Iamilien Gromtpen unb ct. Sobn
fparen INNER befreunbet unb berf9mG>
CERT. Oie Mente tpurbe in ~halbiGbrli>
den 3ablungen 5u MariG 0erfiinbi<
suns (25. MGra) unb Midaelis GO.
@eptember) in Der fiibliden Worbane
Der graiien alien Rir9e bon gottos>
broofe ausbeaabIt. gromtpeIs l1ns
terf4rift it fehr enersif@ unb 4arut=
teriftif4.