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The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Are RatemakerS Divine =?

A writer In the Saturday Evening
Post considers 1t ''shocking"-thc
word is of his employment-that ''the
two interests which pay the largest
salaries, railroads and life insurance
companies, get the poorest service. "
In the matter Of the life insurance
companies he permits the statement
to carry its own assurance of verify.
relying, doubtless. upon the public
acquaintance with the situation. AS
TO the railroads, he furnishes a
further explanation.
And yet, If one will but try to re-
call the testimony riven by rail-
road presidents and traffic managers
before the committees of Congress
by which the rate situation was in
vestigated, he will find II not at all
difficult to yield assent. SAYS the
writer quoted:
Harsh. iconoclastic judgments should
ever be deprecated; but II Is in order 10
remark. with all the good nature in the
world, that American railroads. I'm the
most essential particular. run them
selves II the peanut trade. the retail
grocery business and the groggery in
dustry were not guided by a higher or
der Of economic intelligence than that
devoted to the conduct OF railways they
would be I'm perpetual bankruptcy The
basis problem OF business is 70 find
out at what price an article must be
sold in order 10 produce a profit The
railroad managers. by their own admis-
sion. make no attempt TO solve this
NJ. H,,s,- rf-n,-
whatever price they can get from per
sons who are In "A position 10 bargain
with them, and exact the utmost from
those who arc n their mercy. The busi-
ness mas prospered simply because so
many people were at its mercy not be-
cause II has been managed with ability.
There was much testimony given
on this very line. in the course of
the Investigations OF how rates were
made. The ablest traffic men of the
country did not consider IT either
honest or worth while to deny that
the almost inyariable rule OF rate
fixing was TO make the tariff as high
as the traffic would stand. Only a
real competition, by water trans
portation or otherwise. ever made a
substantial inroad upon this method
1t becomes wearisome when the
difficulties OF rate-making are used
as the basis for laudatory articles
upon railroad men. II is not neces-
sary 10 go the full length of our
friend of the Saturday Evening Post,
and il would be hard to deny that
in certain aspects the management
of railroads has been conspicuous
for high ability.
But il is not in the fixing of rates
that this ability has been manifest
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
"MR. SPEAKER"

I am anxious. Mr.. Speaker;
F,bb and fan ambitions fast.
And l fear disappointment
HurtIes down the evening blasti
.et thine eye. O Sir. embrace me.
Write my name high ON thy roll,
PM me on one big committee
Soothe the longing In my soul.
Tho I fiatter- thee but poorly.
With a hesitaJinS tongue:
Tho no glittering circlets crown ms,
And my fame has not been sung;
Tho my visits 10 thy office
Were not always opportune-
Still. have mercy. Mr.. Speaker.
Grant thy servant this one boon
7 would have the yelling rabOle.
Watching me from SQueeCuDk CAP
See that,thou has fast decided
am not a worthless Vap.
Once I've got a big assignment,
That plebeian mob out there
Wiu. 10 doubt, appreciate ne.
And III fool 'cn eu for fair.
/ am anxious Mr.. Speaker.
Hark! Committees are announced
What Great Scott, I've gone an,
missed IL
Next election Til be bounced
An. the woe OF greatness waning!
Strong az home I'm pitcous here.
And this lack OF recognition
Is the fatal blow. 1 fea<!
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
DIPLOMAT NEARS
RENTAL COLLAPS
Korean Minister May Joi
Brother in Death.
MIN HAS ONE HOPE LEFT
Climax Will Be Reached After Final
Appeal for Asia's TOtIG-
ing Empire.

Bowed by the weight OF intease mental
suffering; with his once prcad Korean
spirit thoroughly wounded. AID his ply
sical makeup but a shadw OF bis
former athletic form. Min Yeng Tchsn.
special plenipotentiary from AZ deposed
Emperor OF Kerea. lies in ais apart
Fnents at the Arlington Hosl. on ths
brink OF nervous collapse
The opinion has been expressed freely
that Minister Min is preparing TO bring
as earthly career 10 All abrur ending.
IN accordance with the time-wcn trldi-
tons OF his native land. and hi. houGoir
IN the Arlington Hotel may be The
death chamber of this heart-brken and
care-worn knight OF the Orient
The threatened tragedy howelr. may
be verted The State Derrtment
looms Gp as the referee. as il ere. in
this impending battle between te and
death.
Frustrated with grief over thstrasic
death Of h's brother. the impcriabrince.
Minister Min. finds it more tha diff
cult to stand up under the strain5f his
ordeal. but he has determined I hear
Up under his great burden. atIeast
until ne has submitted TO the StaA De-
partment the final appeal Of lying
Korea
The conference at the State Dart
ment viii probably occur tomrow.
provided Minister Min IS able toure-
sent the final appeal Of his tott-ing
empire
This conference. however lightIl IL
may be regarded in this country. isshe
subject OF unusual anticipation in Ktea.
and the action of this GovernEsn is
looked upon there as Korea's last Hpe
foT independence from the politaI
yoke of the Japanese Mikado.
The refusal OF the United Statesto
intercede in behalf OF Korea practid-
" means that the death knen Of Asis
little empire has been sounded F.
uratively speaking. the curtain OF II.
rean sovereignty will have fallen.
With the fOndest hope of Korea's alb
est statesmen trampled in the mire. I'll
climax will have been reached. and Min
ister Min. loyal TO the vows Of the deati.
league of his country, and IN accord
ance with the traditions OF Korea 8
darkest days. may follow in the foot
steps of his brother.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Real Christmas Cheer.

God bless us, every one. said Tiny
Tim. Every one--that includes you
and The Times, the merchants who
sell and the people who buy, the poor
who can have nothing TO sell and
no means TO buy, and the clerk who
stands behind the counter This Sun
day morning, while we all take
breath to plunge into active prepara-
tions for Christmas. it is the clerk
behind the counter. not the poor, nor
the people who buy. nor the mer-
chants who sell, nor The Times, nor
you. that needs the blessing Tiny
Tim invoked
1t is possible for you and your
neighbor TO convey that blessing.
You can do that and make a hun
dred Christmas gifts. redolent of the
true Christmas spirit at the same
time. The only cost to you is little
of that same spirit that strengthened
the body of the poor little cripple
God bless us, every one
Go to the stores early in the day.
That's present at the very start.
a present to every employe, the
manager, the head of each depart
ment. the clerk behind the counter,
the package boy, and the delivery
force.
Go there determined to be as
courteous and kind as you seem TO
be at your own evening parties. You
are one of hundred. The clerk is
one alone. The same stock that she
takes down from the shelves and
unfolds for you to see she took down
for the customer just before and will
take down for the customer Just be-
mind. Her occupation is driving,
worrying, exhausting. Yours is as
you make it. Why not make it easy
for yourself and easier for the clerk?
Then you will be spreading the
real Christmas spirit better than II
you made s25 gifts TO every member
OF your household Patience with
short replies from young women all
tired out in your service. thoughtful
ness in your dealings with young wo
men subjected to a strain ten times
greater than that involved in all the
parties of the season-these are real
christmas cheer. Are you ready to
dispense your share of II?
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
The POStoffice Entrees.

The determination of the Post
master General, reached, doubtless
after full consultation with and en-
tire approval by the President, to
masters whose conduct has been
competent and satisfactory to the
patrons of their offices, will meet
with approval. There will be dis
cordant notes, of course, In the
chorus of harmony-notes which will
be sounded in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes and dinned into the aug
ust ears of Speaker Cannon.
The disposal of fourth-class post
offices has been always of the per-
quisites o, tire Representatives in
Congress. 1t ,ame under the same
head as the light to frank public
documents and folding bedsteads
the duty of presiding at the meet
ings called TO advance the cause of
deeper water or higher buildings, and
the glad privilege of startling con-
stituents, more or less grateful, with
gifts of garden seeds and bound edi-
tions of Capitol Hill oratory. Fourth
class postoffices were of the fringe of
high dignity. They were handed
out to the man who took the part of
the budding statesman when he was
yet lad at school and to the woman
who refreshed and delighted the
thirsty and tired candidate with a
cup of cold water from "the old
spring under the hill"
1t was assumed, for the most part.
that almost anyone had sense enough
TO be fourth-class postmaster and
that there could be little difference
In efhciency, no matter to whom the
trif1ing honor went. Prince Fortu-
natus, M. c., disposed of the appoint
ments with a lavish and gracious
generosity. There were a good many
of them always, and II is pleasing TO
be reverenced. In Washington. the
average Congressman feels the pub
lie attitude is lacking in that par
ticular attribute.
President Roosevelt has mani.
tested curious lack of sympathy
with this feeling. The fourth-class
postmaster is to be retained or dis
missed for such erratic reason as
whether he has done his duty and
has been, on the whole. a reasonably
efficient and satisfactory public SER
want. Congressman are requested
not TO manifest their sovereign will
in the premises, but to say If they
have reason why a re-appointment
should not be made They stand
amazed, in the astounding presence
of such a change This is not a
revolution, merely. II is a cata-
clysm.
However, the Republic. which has
endured many hard blows, will
doubtless survive this. And II is
even possible to conceive the ad-
ministration of the postal service
will not suffer.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

the assistance of Republicans he tried
to defeat German and have himself
elected. but the then Governor Smith
knocked out this scheme by bringing
the recalcitrant Democrats back into
line. But he has never abandoned the
idea Of paying German back in his own
coin. For the time being he was obliged
TO keep in line and maintain his Tegu-
larity
An unfortunate break with Governor
Smith. who foiled him in his Congress
iCnal aspirations, caused a split between
these two leaders and led to Smith s
defeat FOR United States Senator two
years ago. German had promised the
Senatorship to Smith just as he had
promised il TO Jackson. and could
nave elected him in spite Of Jackson's
opposition, but taking advantage of the
break he helped Jackson. who at the
last moment turned 10 Rayner and elect
ed the man whom German least of all
desired r. this way he evened up tive
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Philadelphia Orchestra.

The Philadelphia Orchestra will give
series Of three concerts here. the
first OF which will take place at the
Columbia Theater. on the afternoon OF
December 20.
For the first concert the soloist will
De Giuseppe Campanari. the favorite
operate baritone. Campanari intended
this season to devote his entire time to
concert appearances throughout the
country. but within the last week he
hes been prevailed upon TO return TO
the Metropolitan Opera House to as
sumo the baritone roles. This engage
ment. however. Will not prevent the ar
tlst from filling his engagement here.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Survival in the Army.

Inc elimination of officers of the
army who have demonstrated their
inefhciency. or. what is equally 10
the point, have failed TO demonstrate
their efficiency. is recommended in
the annual report of Secretary of
War Taft. The suggestion deserves
earnest consideration.
Essentially and of the most vital
and controlling necessity, the United
States army is no place for the unfit.
That statement has become a truism.
worn threadbare by innumerable rep
etitions, but on that account none
the less accurate. The army is small
compared with the size and world
consequence of this nation. and with
the peace establishments of the other
powers. In any time of national
peril its function will be TO form the
nucleus of the armies, that must be
relied upon to punish wrong or repeI
invasion
That being the case. the army eff
fciency should be OF the highest. as
whole and as regards it's individ-
ual constituents. It's officers should
be the professional peers Of the best
In the world. They should be train
ed in the business of war-fitted. in
the sudden emergency that may
come at any hour. 10 handle men and
do their full share in evolving an
army from q mob That is what
they will be called upon 10 accom-
pnsh.
- n RATHER necessary nor ex-
pected that each officer should
possess the military genius of Caesar
or Napoleon. nor any degree of abii-
ity approaching that. But certainly
he should be equipped for his life
work and not permitted to exercise
the functions of command merely
because he has succeeded In gradu-
ating from the Military Academy
and finds the army environment
agreeable.
=
calls attention 20 the large number
of officers who are assigned TO duty
away from the colors, and the de-
ficiency, therefore, in officers actually
serving with the commands TO which
they are nomInally attached. De-
tached service, in the bureaus at
Washington, at foreign embassies
and legations, and with the armies
OF nations at war, is honorable, and,
at least supposedly. a reward for
special merit. in consequence the
ablest officers are taken away from
the men they should instruct. The
demand for more officers than are al
lowed under the present establish
ment is strongly urged.
II makes tbs situation clear. The
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
BALF0UR EXPLAINS
ACTION OF HIS CABlNEf

LONDON. Dec. lO-In a speech TO hs
constituents at Manchester yesterda,.
former Premier BalfOur dwelt at soue
length on the present political iSsuS
and spoke Of the reasons which led ID
the resignation last week of his cab
met.
Mr.. Balfour defended the action q
the former government in remaining Il
Office rs Ions as II did, saying that tht
ministry had the new japanese treas2
ON its hands and wished 10 eomplete :
lefore giving up ofics-
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Mrs. Hollands Success.

Mrs. Dana 9. Holland had a pro-
Tounced success last Wednesday even
irs. when she sang AT the concert for
the blind in their new r street home.
Mrs Hollands contralto voice has been
a factor in local musical affairs for sew
eral years but she has rarely sung bet
ter than OF last Wednesday. As a re-
call after her first number. Mrs Hol-
land gave Vannah's Cradle Song. -
which served TO show the beauty of her
lower register.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Will Sing Today.

Nine Genevra Johnstone- Bishop who
has been engaged as soprano soloist for
the month of December at St. Michael
and Ali Angels. VIII sing the offertory
this morning and also all the soprano
solos in the service.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

test, and two more in the counties
viii endeavor TO dispossess sitting
members One OF the most curioiIs
cases is reported from Worcester
where a Prohibition candidate wants 3
Democrat ruled out on the ground of
ineifSibility. A Republican in this
city has the nerve to ask a Demo-
cratic house TO give him the seat o.
his opponent
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Mrs. De Yo Again in Her Place.

Mrs Helen Donohue De Yo, soprano
soloist at St. Mary's Cathloic Church.
was i'll last Sunday and unable to assist
In the services. Miss De Yo has recov-
cred however. and will be In her ac-
customed place this morning.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO ALL MUSIC LOVERS

Macy; tb) Loves Old Sweet Song "
Molloy-Smith
Henry Xander musical director
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

The President has dismissed the
United States marshal who failed TO ex-
ccute the sentence Of the court I'm the
case OF two Nebraska land grafters. The
Judge who inflicted that six-hour sen
tcnce, though, is still on the bench
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

II this compulsory education bill be-
comes popular. wouldn't Il be Il good
plan to make its provisions extend TO
members OF Congress.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

Secretary Hitchcock IS said TO be ION
the trail of grafters." Nowadays. the
only way TO get of the trail is TO take a
taunt through the air.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

The Christmas shopper could help
along the Christmas spirit by thinking
n lit,Ic of the gi.ls behind the count
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

II is unfortunate for Joseph l. BrIs-
,ow's Senatorial ambitions that the bal
lcting will not take place IN Moundsville
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
German Kept Guessing.

While the selection OF presiding Of
ficers will have no immediate bearing,
the fact that Smith and jackson. who.
until recently, anJagOnized each other.
are now together. will keep Senator
German guessing. 1t is an open secret
that both have a rod in pickle for the
Senator. and are only awaiting an Op-
portunity to get even with him for
turning them down after promising each
a seat in the United States Senate. Gov
ernor Jackson was slated in 1890, but
at the last moment Mr.. German
switched TO the late Charles Gibson
Jackson has never forgiven his betrayer.
lie planned q coup ia 1901. when. with
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-14
SHERIFF FURBEE
PLAYS DETECTIVE. AND CATCHES
A PEDDLER TRYING TO DO
BUSINESS WITHOUT A
LICENSE.

AS Sheriff Furbee was returning from
serving summonses in shagtown yes!
terday afternoon, he saw pach-ped.
dIer resting under a tree near the
old cemetery. The sheriff went on a
short distance and stopping at the
house Of Mrs Ora Fast. instructed her
and another woman present to buy
some articles Of the man II he called
at the house and attempted to sell
them anything. The sheriff then
kept out of the way for bit, and
the peddler came to the house short
by and fell readily into the trap. He
sold some towels and hosiery to the
women, and prepared to depart. AT
the door he was met by the sheriff,
and, as Mr.. Furbee had suspected,
was unable to produce license. The
officer took him into his carriage and
brought him to town. Deputy Sheriff
Davis knew the man as Tony Mossa,
of Monongah, an Austrian, and with
Justice Amos consent, he was allow
ed to leave his pack and what money
he had as security for his appearance
before the magistrate this morning.
Tony was evidently as good as his
bond-or maybe it was his packard
showed up with friend at nine this
morning. After considerable dicker'
ing Tony concluded to take out IL
cense for four months at $25, and af-
ter putting up for the costs, was al
lowed to take his collection of culch
and depart.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-14
RIDDLED WITH BULL ETS
WAS THE FIENo WHO SHOT
TWELVE PEOPLE ON THE
SCHOONER OLYMPIA,
tBy Pubilshers Press.I

MOBILE, Ala. July While
had been intended by the Hcndaga
authorities to legally execute RoPet
McGnl, the. negro fend who Killed
twelve people on the schooner olyn
pla. off Utllla, despite laws which. 10
not allow capital punishment Car
tain Boe, of the Norwegian fruit
steamer Condor, which arrived hefe
last night from ceiba, says that Mes
Gal was mobbed soon after Bein
placed in jail. He was taken 70 tiie
Morgan home, tied to the yerandas
and despatched with a yolley oi buls
let's.
Miss Elsie Morgan, the only alEg
vor from the Olympia, was IN me
house at the time. II is claimed that
McGill was a British subject and
that international complications M
result
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-14
NOT in WASHINGTON FOR HIS
HEALTH is RICHARD CHEATHAm

Wilson says the New York brokers
are gamblers, andsl1 will not believe
them. Surely they are entitled to as
much credence as men of the stripe
of Holmes"
Mr.. Cheatham was told that Secre-
tary Wilson had announced that with
out evidence of actual wrong-doing he
would not dismiss a single employe
of his department, no matter what in
situations or inferences were made as
to guilt, and was asked if he had any
more evidence like that he offered
against Holmes. az am not going to
say at this time" he answered, but
you see me here, and did not come
up for my health or merely to OBJ
serve"
at is believed that tho Cotton
Growers Association, owing to the
notoriety attaching to recent devel-
opmeats, has received. lot of infor-
nation, much of It from inside and
anonymous sources. which will be
turned over to Secretary Wilson and
District Attorney Beach for what It is
worth in the investigation.
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., the former
assistant statistician, whose case is
now the subject of investigation by
the district attorney with view to
possible indictment, has left Wash
ingtoR. Before going he placed his
interests in the hands of Attorneys
Worthington and Lester
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-14
IS NOW THOUGHT TO BE-
ENCOURAGING THE MOVE
MENT.
JAPAN WILL UNALTERA7LY oP'
POSE CHINESE REPREsEN-
TATIoN IN CONFERENCE.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July IA
The exact attitude the Chinese gov.
ernment will assume in connection
with the peace negotiations between
Russia and Japan is deeply interest.
ing those members of the diplomatic
corps who have taken prominent
part in effecting the preliminary ar
rangements.
. There. is well defined suspicion
that Russian influences are prompting
Chinas activity, 1t is alleged that
from the outbreak of hostIllties the
Czar has been endeavorlng to involve
China 1t was a crisis in the develop.
ment of the scheme that inspired the
late Secretary Hays identical note,
suggesting a pledge from the beIlig-
erents to preserve the entity Of China
and to limit the area Of hostilities,
With great reluctance and after
long hesitancy. Russia gave her as
sent to the proposition.
The present suggestion of Interior
ence by China is attributed to the
Efforts OF M. Pokotlloff, the Russian
Minister at Pekin. He is recognized
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-14
SOME STARTLING EXPOSURES
ARE EXPECTED AS THE RE-
SUIT OF HIS VISIT.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July IA
81 didn't come back here for my
health" was the way Richard Cheath-
am, secretary of the Southern Cotton
Growers Association, explained his
presence in Washington this morn
ing. when asked if he had any addi-
na4-information upon cotton report
leakages to furnish the authorities.
Mr.. Cheatham reached Washington
in company with Harvie Jordan, pres
ident of the association, last evening
having come from Atlanta, Ga,
where he went after the dismissal of
Holmes, to report to the Southern
Planters the result of the opening cru
SADIE against crop report manipula-
tons in the Agricultural Department
Mr.. Jordan went on to New York,
and will probably visit President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay for the pur-
pose of presenting in person the re
quests of the cotton planters for a
complete cleanup in the crop statis-
tics business of the government
81 have received no further re-
quests from Mr.. Wilson or the Depart
meut of Justice to assist in the iuves.
tigation," said Mr.. Cheatham. az am
here to safeguard the interests of the
association. 1 notice that Secretary
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-14
PROF. u s. FLEMING LANDS PRINCIP ALS...f
HEAD OF TaE g hqe dRo4 MM ~
TAX LEVY CUT
DOWN FOUR CENTS MORE

CHARLESTON, w. VA, JULY 14-THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
oeKe WAS IN SESSION ON THURSDAY CONSIDERING THE MAT
TER or TE TAX LEVY AND THE THEIR oELIsERA-
FOR GENERAL STATE PURPOSES FOR FREE SCHOOL PuR
POSES. .-o,, -,r
BOARD FIXED FOR 1905 AT "a CENTS PER HUNDRED
FoR GENERAL CENTS PER HUNDRED FOR FREE
SCHOOL PURPOSES A REDUCTION OF TWO CENTS ON EACH
ITEM THE CLERK AND ASSESSOR OF EACH COUNTY
wIII az AT ONCE NOTIFIED THE REDUCTION, AND WILL
GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY THIS MAKES STATE LEVY
oE On CENTS THIS YEAR AS IS CENTS FORMERLY
coNsiDERAaLE CREDIT is DUE TO s. G. SMITH,
oE WHEELING FOR THE CUT ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED IT
in A CONFERENCE WITH SENATOR ELKNs AND TAX commIs.
sIoNER -, :,
NEXT YEAR THE STATE TAX WILL BE PRACTICALLY MOTH
ING, EXPECTED.