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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24

present in the town last night. made the
statement that his company had never
been granted permission by the Commas
sioners to operate through cars over the
bridge. Why, we have a letter on file IN
our association archives that tells of such
permission. What the people OF this part
of the District want is continuous car
service, and to that end we shall and nave
directed our efforts; and we have Just be-
gun the fight"
The conditions this morning at the bridge
were somewhat similar to those witnesSed
early last evening. Several cars, CROWDED
with office workers, reached the structure
and promptly halted until the required
forty persons were aboard. the others leav-
ing. In one instance car so loaded came
to a stop and no one seemed anxious 10
leave. At length feeble white woman,
whose age seemed to be seventy years, arose
and tottered out, while q negro man who
was hanging to strap dropped into her
seat with a satisfied ejaculation. The IN
cident called forth a lot of caustc COM
ment by those who witnessed it, who say
a repetition of such scenes Is assured as
yesterday it appeared to be mostly women
and children who left the cars voluntarily
when the bridge was reached.
Gen. Hairless Comment.
When Gen. George H. Harries, vice presi-
dent of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company, was seen IN reference to this
matter by a Star reporter today. he said:
IF the people of Anacostia believe such
action as that of last night is going to
enhance property values over there, and
will increase their business and entice peo-
pie to live in Anacostia and the surround
ing places. all right, let them go ahead.
I'VE are going TO obey the law strictly.
We will not carry more than forty pas
sengers across the bridge in our cars There
is nothing else for this company to do We
will have police on hand to see that there
is no disorder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24

The suit OF Attorney Wales of Bingham
ton, n. Y. against President John Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers of America
for 100000 damages Is to be tried at the
September term Of court in Binghamton.
Wales alleges that he formulated the plan
for settling the great srike OF miners In 1902
and was never paid for L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
Treasury Department,
Controllers Office,


Controllers Office,
December %, 1861.
"Sir: Having understood you had decided
to employ females in the dead letter office
Under recent act of Congress authorizing
yor to employ an additional force present
for your consideration the application Of
Miss Elizabeth Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio,
who now and for some months past has
been in this city
She is a young lady, well educated well
behaved and member of the Presbyterian
Church. Her father died some years since,
leaving a widow woman and large family
of children.
Elizabeth d. was born In New Orleans,
teaching school when the seeding states
withdrew. Not disposing to remain there
she was protected by the colonel of a regi-
ment from New Orleans to Richmond who
was acquainted with her. From Richmond
she went to Norfolk. where. when she came
to Fortress Monroe with a trunk and flag
of truce, from thence to Baltimore I'm the
regular steamer, and from there here BY
railroad. A trunk containing her winter
clothing was put in charge of gentleman.
who came to this city and lost ii between
Richmond and Fortress Monroe.
1.-THE little money that she has Is now ex-
hausted and she is in debt for few weeks
past. She Is the person of whom an ac-
count was given at the time In the papers
as having created sensation on board OF
the boat by hrrrahing when she first saw
the stars and stripes at Fortress Monroe.
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civil war could appoint a man to a federal
Office after he had written a letter con-
tanning such rebel sentiments as those ex-
pressed by MIR. Perry Moses of Charleston,
S. c., is more than l can see Then, If at
any time, the country needed good and
faithful servants, servants true and loyal,
who would stand by the rudderless ship of
state, so feelingly described by the rebel
applicant, until it either ran on the rocks
or reached the haven of safety.
But / presume that the letter showed all
that was desired-that Moses was good
composer a gentleman of feeling and i'm
agination, and that was all that was de-
sired. On reading the Moses letter l
wasn't at all surprised to find on looking
up the records. that he served only short
five months as an employe of the depart
ment, and that at the end of that time he
resigned his position to espouse the south
ern cause.
Mr.. Moses, on leaving the department, did
not forget his southern courtesy. The fol-
lowing is the text of his letter to Mr.. King,
who had admired his penmanship and
winked at his sentiments:
WASHINGTON, D. c., February % 1861.
Hon. Horatio King. Postmaster General:
My dear sir: In leaving the Post Office
Department, allow me to tender my thanks.
and to assure you personally that l shall
ever hold you in grateful remembrance.
With esteem and respect,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
Order to Remain in Force.

Although they could indicate no section
of the law under which citizens OF Ana
costa could be prevented from obstrucuns
the operation of the trolley line across the
Anacostia bridge by boarding the shuttle
car in greater numbers than forty, the
Commissioners today said they saw no rea-
son TO change their order of recent date,
which makes 1t mandatory upon the Ana
costa and Potomac River Railroad COM
pany to carry no more than the NUMBER u
forty across the bridge upon any one car
which is in the interest of public safety.
eff any new light can be thrown upon
the question We will be glad to hear 1t,
said Commissioner Mcfarland.
This act of the citizens who held up the
car line last night does not alter the fact
that the bridge Is unsafe" said Commls-
soner West, 'and as far as l am con-
cerned l do not see that our order shouId
be changed, or that the railroad company
should be released from observance of It,
Il think the whole trouble grows out OF
the desire of the railroad company TO IN
stall new equipment incident to opening up
Its extended 18th street line in the city,
and of its desire to run the larger cars
without change across the bridge, said
Commissioner Biddle. THE company could
still run a motor car and trailer across the
bridge. just as it did formerly, and carry
forty passengers in EACH" he continued.
There was no complaint from the citizens
under the old system and l suppose there
would be no objection if that service should
be resumed, but the railroad company can
not run It's big cars across the Eastern
branch until the new bridge is in place to
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
WARRANT IS REFUSED
Corporation Attorneys De-
cision in Railway Trouble.
ANACOSTIA'S POSITION
FAILURE OF EFFORT TO PUNISH
MoTORMAN.
Views of District Commissioners and
Of Several Interested Citizens
Gen. HaTries' Comment

Residents of Anacostia and the police of
that section were refused warrant today
Tor the motorman of a street car who held
his car at the south end of the Navy Yard
bridge last night because there were more
passengers aboard than are permitted by
the police regulations. Under the regula-
ton, which became effective yesterday, the
street railway company Is not permitted
to run any car over the bridge If there are
more than forty passengers In it. In or
der to test the legality of the regulation,
delegation of forty-eight persons boarded
Motorman Lorenzo G. Hudsons car at
Congress Heights last night and remained
aboard more than four hours at the bridge,
when Sergeant Anderson assured them that
the car had been held there long enough to
test the legality of the regulation. Lewis
/. Wrenn was at the Police Court with
Sergeant Anderson this morning and made
application for warrant for the motor
man. Sergeant Anderson and Mr.. Wrenn
stated the facts to Mr. Pugh, the assistant
corporation counsel, and the latter told
them he thought they could get no war
rant. So far he was concerned he dld
not regard the railway company as guilty
of having INSTRUCTED the pubic highway
with the car upon its tracks in the manner
charged. Mr.. Pugh was anxious, however,
that the persons interested should get de-
clsion from some official higher in author
ity than himself, and went with the repre-
sentative of the people of Anacostia ana
the police sergeant 10 the ONCE OF lhe COT
poration counsel.
Mr.. Thomas. the acting corporation couh-
sci, went over the matter with the inter
ested parties, and said he thougnt MI
Pugh had given a correct Interpretation OF
the law He realized he said, That the
matter was of considerable Importance, ana
told Mr. Wrenn and the sergeant that ne
would consult Commissioner West before
a,Nal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
Readers

Leaving the city for any pc
Rod should have the Even
ing and Sunday Star sent to
them by mail. Fifteen cents
per week; sixty cents per
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24

suited In the appointment of the first wom-
ernploye of the postal service and the
second to be employed in any government
department in Washington. The letter fol-
lows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
The First Woman Appointed.

Another interesting paper in the collec-
ton is an autograph letter written by
Elisha Whittlesey of the controllers Office
in the Treasury Department to Montgomery
Blair, then Postmaster General, which re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
BOrdered
Carpets
Far Under Price.

@HE sale we have been
4 holding has left us
W with an unusually large
lot of short lengths of
carpets, and we've utilized
them to make these Carpet
Rugs. We always sell such
rugs for less than the carpet in
them is worth, but we're asking
even less than usual now. There
are far too many rugs here.
Over a thousand must be sold.
Carpet Rugs, in Brussels,
Nclvets and Axminsters-size
s II. wide and IL it. long, 10
Rugs in the lot, at $3.50, $6.75
and S7.75.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
Discussed in Anacostia.

The action of residents ofCongress Heights
In blockading travel last night on the Ana
costa street car line by boarding a to
the number of forty-eight at the Heights
and declining TO reduce their number TO
forty when the Anacostia bridge was
reached, in accordance with the regulation
of the Commissioners of the District, was
discussed with varying opinion In AnacoS-
tia. the citizens association of which sub
urb has been most prominent in the effort
to obtain better service since the discon-
rinuance of the through system two months
ago. Citizens of Anacostia We're present on
che streets In large numbers during last
nights scenes and were extremely interest
ed In the outcome.
When a reporter for The Star asked DR..
r. A. Pyles, one of the members of the as
ISOLATION at Anacosta for expression
garding the holding of the car at the bridge
last night, he had TO statement to make
relative to that occurrence, but said: The
Commissioners order limiting the number
of passengers to forty on each crossing
the bridge is ridiculous, and were there no
serious consequences 1t should be charac-
teriZed as amusing. If the bridge is weak
as our Commissioners believe il TO be it is
up to them 10 strengthen ii, even though 1t
requires an expenditure of $4,000, which to
the minds of the Commissioners seems
enormous sum to spend in the long-neglect-
ed eastern section.
The present railroad accommodations are
entirely inadequate and must not continue
cannot continue. Imagine women and chill
dren being forced to get out and walk
across the bridge in rain, snow and sleet
of winter 1t is preposterous. | have no
doubt a proper solution OF the problem Will
come shortly. The railroad company must
run through cars from Washington. If the
commissioners Will not force the company
to do so, our citizens must. Anacostia and
the entire section In the east of the District
is growing as 1t never grew before, and we
cannot permit either a railway company
or board of Commissioners, because they
are interested In the development of other
sections. to arbitrarily kill this growth
here.
Il hope the day is not far distant when
man from our section of the District will
be selected as one of the Commissioners of
the District. Until then nothing can be
gained without strenuous and heroic
work"
Views in Disapproval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
Views in Disapproval.


II fear the action of the people last night
was hasty and ill-advised," said Mr.. James
G. Leonard. another member of the citizens
association. Il am willing to stand by the
action taken by the citizens association
here in the street railroad matter and be-
lieve that as long there is any basis for
compromise or betterment by quieter and
peaceful processes of adjudication that
these methods should be followed At the
same time / am glad to say there was
disorder attending the blockading of the
street-car line last night"
Mr. Leonard was hopeful that the better
service would come as the result of con-
ferences between the citizens the railroad
company and the Commissioners.
Mr.. Thomas J. Moore, another member
Of the association, who has taken a promi
nent part in the street car discussion, told
The Star reporter that he was not in favor
of such methods the one used last night
He said he favored action based on legal
advice as TO the rights of the citizens of
the community. Il believe, however"
added Mr.. Moore, that the police lost an
opportunity last night in not arresting The
motorman and conductor of the car that
INSTRUCTED the street"
Citizens Association to Meet.
DIR. James A. Watson, the president of
the Anacostia Citizens Association, told
the reporter that 1t is likely a special meet
Ing of the citizens association will be
called this week to again take up the street
car problem. IT myself" said DR.. Wat
son, lam heartily in accord with the action
of the Congress Heights people last night
in holding the car at the bridge. / wish
II might be done every fifteen minutes In
the day. i have been told that railroad
man. an official of the company. who was
The Washington times., 1905-10-21
FAMOUS BABY MAY
CAPTURE $333,333
Novel Strs Mothers Conscience But Foster Parents VIII
Point in Court-World'S Fair Pike Child

LAWRENCE, Kan, Oct. H--The IL
linois foster-parents of little Emily Dar-
win. the world-famous incubator baby
of the Worlds Fair Pike, won a point
today in their fight TO make the infant
heiress TO a third of million dollars.
Justice Smart overruled the motion of
Mrs Charlotte Bleakley, who now has
the child, for the dismissal of the ha-
beas corpus suit filed by James @. Bar
clay. OF Moline. Ill. The claim Of the
Barclays, who say that little Emily, or
Thelma Barclay. as they call her, is
the daughter OF one Edith Stanley, VIII
now be heard on its merits.
Into the evidence, which viii be heard
in the Lawrence court next rIonta, w;ll
enter the strange story of scientific
marvel, by which a baby whose face 70
scmbled an apes was transformed into
q beautiful child; of the substitution Cf
a dead infant for a living one whose
mother mourned her as dead; of the
mothers discovery, and of her fear
aroused by reading Victor Hugo's Les
Miserables" that the little one was suf-
fering the fate of Cosette, and of the
riches which her claimants wish To be-
stow on the baby
Mrs. Bleakley obtained the child
through suit decided in the Rock
Island. ILL.,, circuit court, where Judge
Emery c. Graves debarred her to be
the mother of the child named Edith
Bleakley
She says that her discrimination to re-
The Washington times., 1905-10-21

hopeful one to contemplate. In a
profession that stands for justice as
between man and man: a profession
that deals not with abstract morality
and philosophic right but with the
everyday decency and honesty de-
manded of the average man; a pro-
fession trained not only to know
right from wrong, but bound by oath
to do equity; in such a profession,
dealing with positive law, known
criminals are tolerated as its priests
and ministers, and common tricksters
are held out TO the public as worthy
of respect and confidence. Ultimate
ly, of course. the burden of all this
rests upon the courts, for it is their
license to practice that Is abused;
but the immediate responsibility is
with the present grievance commit
tee
Frankly, the committee has hardly
mad time to act upon all the COM
plants brought to it's attention. 1t
would be unfair to accuse it of delay
Just at present. Its members are OF
the very highest standing at the bar
and in the public life of the District.
and If they seem to be slow to act it
is because they are accustomed to
care and deliberation.
The Washington times., 1905-10-21

Rocks. Especially With Reference to
Their Cubic Compressibility. by Frank
ID. Adams and e d. Cohen. Another
unusual contribution to scientific ltera-
ture is "A Respiration Calorimeter With
Appliances for the Direct Determination
of Oxygen" by F. c. Benedict Astron-
omy has come in for special notice in a
Catalogue of Stars Within Two De-
grees OF the North Pole Deduced from
Photographic Measures by Caroline e.
EameSs.
On Every Subject
Other works included in this years
list are a treatise on experimental pho
netics BY z. W. Lampture; THE Water
Lilies" by Henry s. Conrad; a cata-
logue of double stars compiled by S
W. Burnham; "Heredity of Coat
Characters in Guinea Pigs and Rabbits"
by w E Castle; and THE Action OF
Snake Venom en- Cold Blooded Ami
mails" by Hidepo Noguchi.
Many of these books are expensive
and only limited edition is published
1t has not been made known just what
amount OF money the institution ex-
pends annually in the work. Its ener-
gies are bent mainly toward encourag-
ing students whose writings will add
materially to the scientific literature OF
the world and can. in this way. be
brought before the public when other
means have failed.
The Washington times., 1905-10-21
A PARENTS PLEA.

My little boy Is eight years old,
He goes TO school each day:
He doesn't mind the tasks they set -
They seem 10 him but play.
He heads his class at raffia work,
And also takes the lead
At making dinky paper boats
But / wish that he could read.
They teach him physiology,
And. OH, II chills our hearts
To hear our prattling innocent
Mix up his inward parts.
He also learns astronomy
And names the stars by night
OF course he's very up to date,
But / wish that he could write.
They teach him things botanical,
They teach him how TO draw,
He babbles of mythology
And gravitation's law:
:.5 A=a the discoveries of science
With. him are quite rad,
They tell me he's a clever boy,
But L wish that he could add.
The Washington times., 1905-10-21
WHAT WE DRINK.

In an article on Coffee Craft in the
Technical World Magazine, Albert e.
GAM says:
According to United States statistios
there were imported into the United
States in the six years. 1897 to 1907. both
inclusive 5.173ia millions OF pounds OF
coffee, OF which Brazil alone sent US
1888 millions, that is little over 70 per
cent OF the total importation. During
the same six years we received from
Arabia laden; Masterson. u S. consuD,
l91z million pounds of Mocha" and from
the Dutch and British East Indies, as
wen as from the Netherlands. there
came 117lh million pounds of Java" so
that of Java and Mocha" We actually
had In those six years a little over 1S7
million pounds
Java and Mocha Is the most popular
brand OF coffee in the United States
It Is perfectly safe to say that the
grocefs or the country sold the people
CT this country during the six years
mentioned a minimum OF 8. 500 millions Of
pounds of Java and Mocha" in spite
OF the tncontrovertible fact that we had
but Is! million pounds OF that commod-
ity at our disposal.
The Washington times., 1905-10-21
Travellers Describe
Americas Vaudeville
Californian DisIikes Presidents Views on Chin
csc ExClusiOn-Gowdy Expected Back
in Indiana Politics.

Unless / misunderstood the sentiment
of the people on the Pacific Coast the
Presidents Chinese speech of yesterday
will not be received with the enthusiasm
that Is accorded his speeches generally .
said Thomas Mcclure. of San Francis
CO. at the New Willard today. 'Presi-
dent Roosevelt is today the most popu-
lar man in the United States and what
is rema- a-kable he has been right ON
nearly everything in which he has had a
say But in the Chinese business. can
not agree with him.
I'm California and on the coast. all
Cinnamon look alike to US. We know
them and we don't want 'em. We have
too many now, and II we could, we
would build the bars of exclusion closer
together.
People in the East and South know
not what the Chinese question is TO as.
They cannot understand it unless they
meet the question face TO face. I know
the President is sincere in what he says
but the practical question will knock
out sentiment every time And with Us,
the Chinese question is a live, persistent
one, and We are the ones who have to
face it, / doubt If Congress will make
any amendment TO the existing law In
the way of lifting the bars 1t won't
De done without a vigorous protest from
u.s.
The Washington times., 1905-10-21
Licensed Criminals at Law.

The revelations of rascality and
corruption that have stirred the Dis
trict have moved the stagnant waters
of our local bar. but not to their
publication. Last spring there was
movement for the wedding out OF
the criminals-at-law that seemed TO
promise great things. but the little
breath of public spirit that rippled
the lethean ease of our complacent
bar has passed away without dislodg-
ing one of the fat weeds that root
themselves in the license of the
courts.
The criminals-at-law still practice
before our courts; their shingles still
fiaunt apparent respectability, and
actual judicial sanction. before a
public that is only half informed as
TO who is who at the bar; and the
committee on grievances TO which the
public looks for action is still in
cubating on complaints.
Vacation time is the season of rest;
IL would be inhuman to expect q
committee to be too virtuous during
the hot weather; but the courts have
been in session more than two weeks
and as far as the public knows moth
Ing has been done. OF course, the
committee will act in its own good
time, In its own good way; but while
the public waits the unworthy men,
bers of the bar are strengthening
their positions, are extending their
Influences. and are getting comfort
and support from honest but weak
kneed brother lawyers.
The lethargic attitude of the bar
Is not strange. II is so much easier
20 let things go than it is to endeavor
10 correct them. 1t is so much more
charitable TO pardon the offenses from
which others suffer. than to take the
part of an indefinite public against
an insistently repentant and plausi-
BE brother lawyer The attitude of
most of us unfortunately is that so
ong as we. individually, are not
harmed by the rascality of the wick
"a the public may be cheated with
eut our raising a finger of protest
The situation is not q pleasant OF