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Evening star., 1905-11-11
OLD PIANOS WANTED
An Excellent Opportunity to
Dispose Of the Old Square
or Upright
TO THE F. G.. SMITH
PIANO CO.
Very LIBERAL Allowance for Second
Pianos Of All Styles and Makes.

The presence of IN old square or upright piano
in the house that il out of tune and in bad repair
generally Is n source Of annoyaB e. especially wheh
one is enterts lining company. The holiday season
Is now close at hand. and You should get ria OF
the old instrument at once and have new one 'u
It's place for ihe entertainment Of your guests and
the use OF your family. The +. G. Smith Ifano
Company Of 1925 Pa. ave will take the o-d piano
on your hands and give you in exchange duH bii
for its full value which will be accepted as SO
much cash payment on an~ new NJ 'ght piano
In stock They Will call for your od pianl immc-
diAtely II desired and bring 1t into their ware
room and you can call at any time and select
new plano which will be delivered now or at any
time you desire. This firm being manufacturer
pianos possesses factory tac lies for rebuilding
and repairing the old Instruments, which are then
shipped to the country towns where they hhd
ready sale. For this reason they can anord 10
make you a mora liberal allowance for your OLD
piano than the ordinary retail firm, which mas no
factory facilities for overhauIng pianos. Write OF
telephone them immediately aud have their rep
resehtative submit you ofrer on the old square
or upright.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
OLD FASHIONED FARE
HOT BISCUITS. GRIDDLE-CAKES. PIES AMI
PUDDINGs.

The food that made the fathers strcng is some
times unfit for the children under the condi-
tions that changing civilization is constantly
bringing In. one cf Mr. Bryan's neighbors IN tie
great State OF Nebraska writes;
Il was raised in the south where hot biscuits
grdGle cakes, pics ard puddings eaten II al
most every meal. and by the tine located I'm Ne
braska 1 found myself a sufferer from indigestion
and its attendant ilis-distress and pains after
meals. an almost constsnt headache dull heavy
sleepinoss by day and sleeplessnsss at night loss
of flesh, impaired memory, etc, etc
81 was rapidly becoming in.spacitated for bus-
ness when valued friend suggested a chnnge in
my diet. the Abandonment of heavy. rich stun and
advice and shall always be thankful that did so
Whatever may be the experience OF others. the
beneficial effects OF the change apparent in my
case almost Immediately. My stomach. which had
rejected other food for long, took 20 Grape
Nuts most kindly; a day two my headache
was gone, began to sleep healthfuIiy and before
week out the scales showed that my lost
weight coming back. Ny memory was re-
stored with the renewed vieor that felt in body
aud mind. For three years now Grape-Nuts food
has kept in prime condition. and l prc pose Il
shall for the rest of my days.
And. by the way my 21year-old baby is as
fond of Grape-Nuts as l am. always insists on
having f.. 1t keeps her as healthy and hearty as
they mske them" Name given b. Postum o.,
Battle Greek. M.ch. There's reason.
Eeed the El-se book. The Boad - Wanvf1s. .
,sxgs.
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| every citizen should take deeper interest
| in the future By the further opening OF
| the streets mentioned. he said. the work OF
| improving the adjacent teratory viii be-
| continued as 1t is at the present time. In
concluding he said that he advocated very
strenuously the extension of the sewerage
system, the lighting Of Brightwood avenue
and increased taxation in the District.
The following were elected to active
membership in the association: T. +.
Roach and r. c. Hill. Relative to the ad-
vantage derived from the construction OF
new houses and the advanced price OF real
estate apparent from the work which haS
thus far been done on 14th street, a reso-
lution was adopted by the association last
night. providing that the District Commits
sioners be requested to give their earnest
attention TO the Importance OF the further
opening of 14th street toward the District
line and the grading OF 18th street. north
ward from Piney Branch, the land for the
purposes having been acquired several
years ago. The resolution was presented
by Secretary Keene.
In connection with the resolution present
ed by him Mr.. Kecne stated that the work
OF building the causeway bridge over
Piney branch In the Inc Of 10Th street
should have been commenced long ago,
the funds have been available for some
time
These are great improvements" he said
which have been needed for a number OF
years by this section OF the District and
further delay In obtaining them is working
1t was ordered that a copy OF the resoiu-
ton be forwarded To the District Commls
sioners.
A resolution was presented by Mr.. Au-
gust Burgdorf renewing "A request tuat
BrlghtwOod avenue he lighted with cleo
tricity because OF the danger by reason OF
the absence of electric light upon this TIM
portant highway. The resolution was
adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Keene a committee OF
five was apDOinfBd Al "A ''uOTnln8tinR
mttee' to select candidates for the cleo
tiCn officers OF the association at the
next meeting, December \. The committee
Is composed of August BurGiorf, chair
man: John q. Keene. II. :. Jones. Dr.
George y. Heneckc and Enoch {. More
land. The present officers OF the assocls-
tion are President WiltOn J. Lambert. Vice
President Louis p Shoemaker. Secretary
John c. Keene and Treasurer w. r. Ray.
After the adjournment Of the meeting n
buffet lunch was served, during which time
a number of speeches We're made by va
rious members Of the association.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Senator Burton Indicted Again.

The Federal grand jury, convened at st.
Louis yesterday, returned an indictment
against Senator Burton of Kansas II is
stated that certain features in the former
indictment against Senator Burton,
which was quashed. were remedied
in this new indictment. The allegations in
the present Indictment are the same as in
the one quashed; that while a senator of
the United States he accepted money from
the Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Of st. Louis, for services rendered before
the Post Office Department in behalf of
that company. which was being inyestigat-
ed by inspectors. The only difference is in
the legal wording of the Indictment, which
is changed to avoid errors found in the for
mer indictment by United States Judge
Van Devanter. The new Indictment
charges that Joseph Ralph Burton, while
senator from Kansas, received from the
Rialto Grain and Security Company $500 In
cash. 1t Is charged that this amount was
paid in st. Louis. In the present indct-
ment Burton is not charged with receiving
any money in Washington. but he is
charged with having agreed in st. Louis,
to accept $500 month.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
A New Apartment House.
NEEDS OF BRIGHTWooD.
Matters of Interest Discussed at Meet
ing of Citizens Association.

The regular meeting of the Br!ghtwood
Citizens Association was held last night
at o'clock in Brightwood Hall. In the
absence of President Wilton j. Lambert,
Vice President Louis p. Shoemaker oc-
cupied the chair. Mr.. John G. Keene. sec
retary of the organization, recorded the
minutes Mr.. Shoemaker, as chairman or
the executive committee of the association
reported that the committee recently had
a hearing with the District Commissioners
and presented Its report as adopted at the
last meeting of the association. In an ad-
dress before the Commissioners. he stated
that he urged the extension of 18th. 18th
and 18th streets to the District line for the
benefit of the travelling public. Four
teenth street. he stated had been graded
to Piney Branch and the Capital Traction
cars on that thoroughfare will be In opera
ton by next spring. He urged the members
Of the association to take an active inter-
est In the various Improvements which are
now under way and In order TO do this Il
vas absolutely necessary that each and
Evening star., 1905-11-11

The report of the coal strike commission
gives similar figures for several of the
mining companies. and they are all more or
less alike. However as it is impossible to
give space to them all 1 have selected the
Philadelphia and Reading because it en-
poys the largest number of men and is
under the direction of Mr.. Baer, who is ac-
cGsed of being the most uncompromisng op-
and most oppressive OF all the big opera
tCrS.
The table just given is for contract miners
who have the privilege of working as much
as they like. They have control of their
own time They can go into the mine and
come out whenever they feel so inclined.
and they can quit work whenever they are
tired. On an average they spend five hours
in the mines and seldom more than seven.
They go to work after breakfast and quit
for the day before their noon dinner, yet
their average wages for what may be
considered a half-day's work are s275 a
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Salarie

In sl&ty-tour cities many of the teachers
were actually paid salaries of less than $500
year; in 116 cities the minimum was less
than $3.50: in more than half of the cities
salaries less than 500 year were paid In
credible as 1t may seem. three university
cities-ROchester, Syracuse and New Haven
pay some of their teachers less than $500
year. In New Orleans. st. Joseph Fall
River. Baltimore, Detroit, Louisville and
Toledo many teachers are paid less than
$3.50 a year.
In Pittsburg, Buffalo. Cincinnati, Milwau-
kee, Indianapolis, Providence, St. Paul and
Scranton the lowest is $4O0 year, and vet
in those cities ordinary laborers on street
and sewer work, ditch diggers road graders
mortar carries and the commonest kind of
labor are better paid.
In making this comparison II should be
considered that an expensive education Is
necessary to qualify a candidate for a $3.50
position in the public schools to pass the re-
quired examination, while an ordinary la
borer can obtain his position and earn $500
or Sfs0 a year without being able to read or
write. A teacher must dress neatly and live
well in order to avoid criticism whereas the
mechanic or laborer may wear anything he
likes and may regulate his own manner of
living. A teacher must study constantly
and subscribe for newspapers and maga-
Evening star., 1905-11-11
PAY OF TEAC HERS
Small Compared With What
Labor Receives.
EARNINGS OF MINERS
STATISTICS OF THE PHILADEL-
PHIA AND READING COMPANY.
Meager Compensation Given to Those
Upon Whom the Educational
Training Rests.
EARNINGS OF MINERS
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.

Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
Several people have written to question
what was said in a recent letter from
Hazleton. Pa. concerning the comparison
between wages paid to members OF the
Mine Workers Union and the compensa-
ton of ministers. teachers and otner pro-
fessional men. 1t might do some good. per-
haps, to go q little more into detail ana
show by the official figures how much bet
ter manual la Dor Is paid than intellectual
labor and how much greater advantages
are enjoyed by mechanics and other arti-
sans than by members of what are usualiy
termed 'the learned professions. Inc
commission appointed by President Roose-
Welt to settle the strike in the anthracite coal
regions shows on page 80 of It's report that
the annual earnings of contract miners
based upon returns for the year 1901, range
between $3.50 and $500. Taking the figures
from which these averages have been made,
we find that 12l miners who made 80 starts
in the year Chat is, worked Il portion OF
$50 days. each earned S6S60S, which were
the highest yearly earnings; and that 1o3
miners who made 1S5 starts that Is, work
ed a portion of 1S5 days.. earned s451W
each and so on throughout the list; the
miners who made the larger income work
ing the greater number of days, and those
who made the smaller income working the
less number of days. 1t is also significant
that those who worked the greatest num-
Der of days and had the largest yearly in
comes made the largest average daily earn
ings, and those who worked on the least
number of days made the smallest average
f1oiV fy,uyc
Evening star., 1905-11-11

There has been a cOns1derabIe Improve
ment in the wages of teachers of recent
years. DR.. Harris states that the general
average of monthly salaries in the whole
United States in 1870 was only $2S.54; in
1880 it had risen to S3T.46; IN 1898 1t was $40
Il month. and in 1903 it was S47.J0 per
month. which includes city as we'll as coun-
try teachers of all grades. superintendents
as well assistants in the kindergartens.
At the same time DR.. Harris states that
the average earnings for each individual Of
%, 900 600 wage earners in the United States
in 1900 was 81 ,065.69 an increase from
Ss4903 in 1870. Assuming that the average
school runs six months in the year. the
average earnings of American school teach
ers are $2s5 year.
Various schemes have been suggested FOR
securing an increase in teachers wages
but the only rational method Is to educate
public sentiment, because they are paid by
taxation, and school boards and county
commissioners are compelled to regulate
their expenditures by their revenues
Evening star., 1905-11-11

and which was bought about ten years ago
has been found not to be suitable for the
purpose, and so the new structure is to be
put up as soon as the work can be done
It Is to be located on land which was
age of l2o feet on the north side of Balti-
more street. just west of Columbia road,
and is between the residences OF Mr.. E. J.
Steliwagen and of the late c. G. Them
Mr.. A. O. Won Herhulis. architect, OF this
city. and is designed in the style of tho
French renaissance. 1t will be built of
stone and will be entirely freproofs II will
Evening star., 1905-11-11

depth of ninety feet. and will be tbras
stories in height. with basement
On the first floor will be a large racan.,o,.
hall. two large drawing rooms, dining room
billiard room. offices. kitchen. etc. There
VIII be a marble staircase leading to the
second Hoor. which viii contain q chanel
4Sx2l feet and two stories in height. There
VIII be six large rooms and two baths on
this fioor
The third floor will contain seven rooms
and two baths. In the rear portion Of the
building VIII be the quarters for the sery-
ants, which wtlt have q separate stairway.
The entire INST nOor viii b treated In q
highly decorafIpe mann1F.
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Average Average Average
rate per No. days animal

The average earnings OF the employees OF
several smaller mines and other large min
ing companies are even greater. The best
wages. In the anthracite region are earned
In a few mines owned by individuals. In
the Delaware and Lackawanna mines the
maximum was Ss1S year; in the Delaware
and Hudson 1t was 1895 year; in several
OF the private mines 1t runs over 81 900 a
year; and 1t Is possible for miner to earn
double that amount If he chooses. No one
begrudges these people their good fortune.
and the figures are quoted simply for the
purpose Of comparing them with the wages
OF school teachers and others who work
just as hard and are required to have
greater preparation
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Average Salaries of Teachers.

ire following table showing the average
salailes pald to school teachers in the sew
erai states is taken from the report of the
United States commissioer of education for
1913 Commissioner Harris calls them
males and females" l suppose he
means men and women. For some reason
unexplained no returns are given for New
york, New Jersey, Maryland and other
states. ~
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Wages Of Other Employees.

The following table will show the average
annual earnings of the other employees at
the mines of the Philadelphia and Reading
Company who do not enjoy such privileges
They are required to work ten hours a day
and are paid by the month. They comprise
the most skillful and the most ignorant
labor. The lower wages are paid to boys
from twelve to fifteen years of age and
newly arrived immigrants, many of whom
unable to read or write or speak the
English language. and have never even en-
tered Il coal mine:
Evening star., 1905-11-11
THE PLANS ADOPTED.
Proposed Home Of the Papal Dele

At meeting at the Catholic University
yesterday a committee. consisting of Car
dinal Gibbons. Archbishop Farley of New
York and Archbishop Ryol of Philadelphia.
adopted plans for the new residence to be
erected In this city for the use of the dele
gate to the Catholic church In this coun-
try. The present residence. which Is at
the corner of Sd and streets northwest.
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Salaries Of Teachers.

The official returns from cities and towns
over 5000 inhabitants (Which pay the best
salaries) show that the average yearly sal
airy paid to teachers in elementary schools
was much less than the wages paid in the
mines to ordinary workmen. The returns
cover about $4,000 teachers and supervising
officers and we find the following astonish-
ing figures
Evening star., 1905-11-11
You Can Exchange ANYTHING

you don't want for somet thing you do want
State your proposition in an ad. in the
Trade" column of Sundays Star.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

III NHIc.is0 4.o4o teachers are employed for
nine months, a an average annual salary of
$S4o The lowest salary paid in Chicago Is
SJ'o philadelphia, New York and Boston
pay equally good salaries.
The compensation of school teachers given
thus lar refers only to cities of 5000 or more
inhabitants, and not to the rural schools 1t
would not be fair to compare the wages of
country school teacher with those of
city mechanic. even miner. But city
teachers are rolling in wealth compared
with those in the country. In the state of
pennsylvania, for example, where the
miners have alluded to are employed, the
average salary paid to men school teachers
Is S'i0S-5j and to women ST. IS per year If
Plttsburg and Philadelphia and other large
cities In the state were left out of the
ejaculation the average would be much
lower
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Miners Daily Wages.

The Reading railroad owns and operates
about 40 per cent of the anthracite mines,
and the commission found by investigation
that the annual earnings of the miners de-
pended upon the number of days they
worked, follows:
Evening star., 1905-11-11
Purchases Made.

said, after the project Of the transfer of the
medical school was conceived.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

Sales through various sources include the
purchase by John w. Sherwood OF house
17OS 82d street from James W. Haney. Mr
Sherwood has been occupying this residence
for a number of years. In the rear is es-
tablished his dairy headquarters OF Storm
& Sherwood.
Frank Paul Leetch has purchased 1882 p
street. the old Levi Davis home, being at
the southeast corner OF 31st and = streets.
He will remodel the structure.
Building Operations.
C.E. Webb architect has completed plans
for and has under construction the follow
ing buildings:
A three-story and basement apartment
building for Mr.. Charles w. Newhouser at
the northwest corner of 5th and East Cap
itol streets. The house will contain six
apartments of five rooms and bath each.
The house will be modern in every respect
and will cost $4,000
A two-story and cellar apartment for Mr..
/. A Roberts Holmead avenue north
west; cost, $1,000.
A two-story store and apartment building
for Mr.. w. E. Swan at ,2742 14th street
northwest; cost, 1880.
A two-story apartment building at the
northeast corner of Tth and streets south
east for NJ. 1. Weller; cost. 5000.
A two-story store and cottage residence
for Messrs. Hall & Bradley at Congress
Heights; cost, $1,000.
Mr. Webb has also made plans for remod-
cling the cottage residence of Mr.. Allen Jack
son on Sumner avenue. Anacostia, d. c.,
and for remodelng the residence of Mr.. G.
III. Brown on Stevens avenue, Anacostia.
Jesse II. Wilson has purchased the Bolton
house. with about one acre of ground. at
Somerset Heights, or West Chevy Chase.
The house will be enlarged and the grounds
attractively graded.
T. J. Giles Is building an attractive cot
tage on the highest point In the District of
Columbia, Fort Reno, being 434 feet above
tide water. The cottage will be surrounded
by an acre lot.
new parsonage is being constructed for
the pastor of ST. AIMS Church at Tenley-
town. Tho material is gray sandstone. The
parsonage faces Wisconsin avenue. The old
parsonage was recently sold to the Sisters
of Terre Haute. who erected in the imme-
date vicinity a very handsome cemetery
which was opened with considerable cere-
mony several weeks ago.
A New Apartment House.
A large piece of vacant ground on 1fth
street near Lincoln Park has been bought
by j. ID. Burns. the former owner, and also
the builder of the apartment house the isa-
bella, which adjoins il. 1t is the purpose of
the new owner to improve the ground by
the erection of a three-story apartment
house.
Evening star., 1905-11-11

The following table will show the ruling
rates Of wages per day. six days in the
week, for skilled labor in the District of
CaiurY1I,ia.
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What Local Teachers Get.

AS compared with these. the salaries of
school teachers, not including principals, in
the District of Columbia are as follows:
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Pay of Skilled Labor.

zines in order TO keep up with the worlds
progress, while nothing OF that kind Is ex-
pected from the laborer or the mechanic.
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not seem to make any difference how gen.
erous the provision Is, up to the present
time Ii Is found that IL has not been over
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A Manufacturing Plant.

Upon all of square south OF square II.
purchased through the Miller-Shoemaker
Real Estate Company by Mr.. w J. Muir
ray. large machine shops will be immedi-
ately erected and modern equipment intro
duced. There is an immense bank of earth
on this square at present but 1t is being
rapidly graded. The square has a frontage
on II and 18th streets and New Hampsbire
avenue. Mr.. Murray was recently OF the
firm of ForsbArg q Murray
Evening star., 1905-11-11

ByiGgefon, ". J., Nov. !, 1909.
Dear .Siys:--I will mover be without
Apitezo. nm a hard worker and IL has
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-28
NOtaS italianaS

Roma. 9 de Agosto.-Hace dfas cir
cul6 en- Roma un rumor que cause ex-
tr4ordinaria sensacion. D1jose que ell
Rey Victor Manuel habia sperecido en-
un accidente de automovil cerca de
Turin. y aunque no Sc podfa corrobo
rar Ell rumor, fue 10 suhciente para
hacer que la Bolsa Sc cerrase durante
ell dla 5. En- ell Vaticano la sensacion
fue tremenda, y cuando la noticia fue
desmentida, dijo el Papa que daba
grscias al cielo por haber evitado 4
Italia otra gran catastrofe.
La hazafia historical de lord Byron
en- nadar por el canal de San Marcos
hasta Lido, en- Yenecia. fue sobrepu-
jada uno de estos dfas por el professor
Zennnro, de Ia Escuela Manin. que
partiendo del mismo punto que lord
Byron. donde hoy esta el paradero del
ferrocarril, media noche, lego a Ii
do a las dos de la madrugada. Lord
Byron habfa nadado Ell trayecto en- dos
noras 40 minutos.
Ell Papa ha cali6cado de absurdas
las noticias de que Sc halla NAL de sa-
I'D. Lo que origin6 ell rumor de que
intentaba ir Venecia fue que hallan-
dose una her1nana suya enferma en-
Riesi, cerca de aquella ciudad, Su
Santidad manifesto deseos de verla
Dfcese que Ia euferma Sc halla algc
mejor.