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The Washington times., 1905-02-14

Constitutional Amendment Designed to
Combat Tendency OF Educated Blacks to
Avoid Manual Labor Is in Favor.

RALEIGH, n. G, Feb. 14-For many
years there has been growing sentf-
nlent against that section of the consti-
tuition which requires a uniform system
of education. and which forbds dis
elimination between white and negro
attendance in the schools. The fear Of
public opinion in the Northern Sta ties
and probable political effects kept in
active up TO this time those who favor
amending the constitution so as to per-
nit the Legislature to apportion the
school fund to the greater benefit OF the
white children
Considering the nation now as Repub-
lican for many years to come, the issue
white mans money for white schools
and negro mans money for negro
schools has been raised by popular
leaders and the proposition to amend
The constitution by striking out the
words there shall be no discrimination
in favor of, or TO the prejudice Of. either
race has been reported favorably and
Will b. submitted 20 vote of the peo-
pie at a time TO pc fixed by the Legis-
lature
Would Result in Lower Taxes.
There is strong desire among the
people in favor of the proposed amend
ment, This feeling is controlled in the
first place by the fact that the amend
ment would result in a considerable de-
crease of taxes for school purposes. An
other reason urged, however, is that the
educat ton of the negroes yearly Is caus-
ing diminution of labor available for the
farms and for domestic purposes The
educated negro boy and girl will not
engage in agriculture or accept domestic
service any more than will the white
boy and girl. The educated negroes al
wish to preach or teach, become clerks
BARRIERS. or merchants, or do anything
The Washington times., 1905-02-14
PRIVATE LIGHT PLANTS
WHICH SERVE oURRENT

Can private electric plants in the
District furnish current for lamps on
adjacent premises by the authority OF
the DISTRICT
Electrical Engineer Walter c. Allen
has asked Corporation Counsel Duyali
to decide the question for him
1t Is said there are a number OF
these plants, located as rule, in
squares In which there are no alleys
so that the wires CORRECTING the plant
with the private premises do not pass
over public space
The Washington times., 1905-02-14
CABBY FINED FIVE DOLLARS
FOR HUGGING GIRL

ALLENTOWN. Pa. Feb I4-Francis
Kroner. a cab driver. was fined s. to-
day by Mayor Lewis for hugging a girl
on the street.
The mayor intimated that in the
that amount
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STRAYER's BUSINESS COLLEGE

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tintore.
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ais nnnCraiuo mcrlhpnllc Coupons
gratis.
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@clo fir Spasierfabrten.

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1905-06-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
New York,s Horse Cars.

with prescience born of long expert
ence. the New York Tribune thus editorially
notes an event of real Importance to the
metropolis. and anticipates a chorus of COM
ments:
'Abiaze with Roman candles and brave.y
decorated. the last horse car of the old
Grand street line followed the weil-worn
tracks in the early dawn of yesterday morn
ing TO their terminus and thence to the
junk heap. The work of tearing UP the
tracks was promptly begun. and when next
street car moves along Grand street it
viii be propelled by electricity. The usual
jibe about horse cars In New York will now
promptly appear in all the papers of the
smaller cities of the United States, and
New York Is well content 10 have Il so. The
city which has the fastest and the latest
means of rapid transit at its command can
well afford to smile at jests at lis horse
cars as survivals OF an earlier age, though
the last horse car on Grand street was by
no means 30 ancient a. some Of the jokes
about It. which have authenticated pedi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Russian Humor.

Some radical critics Of the Russians have
averred that the Muscovite lacks sense Of
humor. This is surely a SANDER for here
comes dispatch from ST. Petersburg that
clearly proves the ability of the Slav to
turn joke even In times of stress:
THE Moscow Gazette says the only ac-
ceptable condition of peace is the evacua-
ton of Manchuria and Korea by the Japa-
nese. Russia will CONSIDERABLY forego de-
handing the payment Of an indemnity
Even the reserved Jap can afford to I'M
bend and enjoy such a pleasantly. This is
the day of international exchanges and
it is now in order for some subject of the
mikado to declare that If the car behaves
himself and restores Finland to the Firms
and Poland to the Poles, establishes a
popular government and abdcates he will
be granted a pension.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
segregate the Gasoline Shops.

Another fire in a gasoline-usng cleaning
shop occurred this morning. This is one
of the commonest forms of trouble for the
fire department and one of the most dan
gerous. Yet under the regulations that now
exist 1t is possible for these establishments
to continue in business in the very heart
of the city under only the conventional re-
strictions as 90 the storage of the gasoline
supply. In the very nature of the enterprise
1t is a menace to life and property. The
risk is especially great in a clOthes-scouring
shop, for there is always a combination of
the cleaning fluid and an open fame for
the heating of fiat irons. In many,
perhaps in most, of these shops there is a
great clutter of highly iaflammable ma
terials. The one that was burned out this
morning was particularly inviting field
for bad fire. being piled high with odds
and ends. 1t was mercy that lives were
not sacrificed and that the flames did not
quickly spread to the adjacent property.
Had there been a high wind it is doubtful
if the fire could have been confined to the
place of origin, and Washington might
easily have been visited with costly con-
flagation.
So often has this warning been repeated
that it is a cause of wonder to citizens that
their police-regulation power or a special
statute required the segregation of these
cleaning establishments where gasoline is
used. They are as dangerous as powder
mills, and should be treated accordingly
They are necessary. to be sure, but that
fact does not warrant their maintenance in
the heart of the city. In many cases prac-
tically all of the worst sort, they are small
shoes, where the business done is trifing,
and there Is a mistaken sense of commits
Grafton for the owners. permitting them a
certain degree of license which places the
lives and property of those round about In
jeopardy at all hours. 1t Is the part of
good government to protect the many, even
If the very few are made to suffer incon-
venience and loss.
1t is safe to say that if the gasoline-using
cleaning shops were removed from the area
covered by the fire limits, or better. placed
distinctly within a specified area where
they will not endanger adjacent property,
the work of the local fire department would
be reduced by many per cent and the gem
eral fire risk would correspondingly fall
There would, of course, still be explosions
and fires in them, but these disasters would
not endanger the property of business men
who do not handle dangerous materials or
residents who at present have no redress
from this intolerable grievance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Furniture Department.

Rustic Lawn Chair. natural wood back stat
seat. Reduced from $3.50 to $500
Rustic Chair. woven reed and back heavy
frame. Reduced from s4.75 to $500.
High-back Rustic Chair woven reed seat and
back Reduced from $500 $3.50.
1 High-back jumbo Arm Chair natural maple
finish broad arms, woven seat Stat back Re-
duced from $1,000 to s4.Hn
Natural finish Lawn Chair. maple frame woven
cane seat and back. Reduced from 81 to 81. 90.
''old Hickory Clothes Pole, pegs Reduced
from 100 to 95c.
1 "Old Hickory Table neat design. Reduced
from 81. 90 to S1.95.
Childrens Chairs and Rockers to match of
old Hickory" with woven Reduced from
81 so and $500 to 15c. each.
Rustic Porch Stands. finished wood toms rustic
legs. Reduced from s.. so to 95c each.
/ lot of Rustic Tabourettcs. polished natural
wood tops. Reduced from 81 90 and 81 81 TO 45c.
each.
/ Fine Imported Rattan Rocker with natural and
green woven seat and back. Reduced from
S16o0 TO 81. So
1 Rattan Arm Chair. TO match the above. Re-
duced from $500 TO SI.45.
Rattan Side Chair to match the above Re-
duced from $1,000 10 81 30
Fine Settee of imported red rattan and col.
ored cane broad Reduced from $500 to
Sl1.65.
Side Chair to match the above. Reduced from
$1,000 TO $4.95.
Rattan Arm Chair with woven colored
seat and back. Reduced from $500 to $685..
Side Chair. to match the above. Reduced from
$1,000 to $685..
white and green. Reduced from $1,000 to S1l.35.
/ Side Chair to match the above. Reduced
from 81. 90 to So. AS
Sixth floor st
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
The Equitable and Politics.

In the matter of politics the management
of the Equitable Life Assurance Company
Is said TO have been imperial 1t sub
scribed to both parties. 1t played to have
a friend at court in any event This has
long been the corporation rule. A corpora
tion has neither soul nor politics The big
ones, with the sugar trust and the Standard
Oil Company at the head set the fashion.
and the little ones follow. Mr. Havemeyer
some years ago explained things to the
public in a very frank and business-,lke
manner. At the same time, If /. is possible,
the public should be made acquainted with
this particular transaction--be told who
solicited the money, and upon whose advice
1t was paid. Both parties were represented
in the old board of directors, and this in
formation is probably concealed about some
body's person. By all means let US have it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03

every householder carefully to guard
against Infection from the Potomac There
may be other sources Of disease spread.
The milk supply may not be all 1t should
be. Fresh vegetables, eaten raw. may carry
the germs into the human system. But here
is one well-recognized agency OF contami-
nation, and 1t Is possible In all cases to
guard against 1t.
Water boiling IS a simple operation 1t
makes for an assured purity of the drinking
supply. 1t requires merely little fore
thought to keep boiled supply always on
hand. When boiled it should be shut up in
tightly sealed receptac1es. such as fruit
jars, which are previously cleaned with
boiled water Thus preserved from pol
luton, it can be cooled In refrigerators to
wholesome degree, so that it Is palatably
potable. Water at such temperature Is in
any case more healthful than water cooled
always be remembered that the addition OF
ice to boiled water lessons the chance of i'm
munity, for the ice may hold the fever
germ in a dormant state.
There should need to be no further proof
of the vital necessity of water-boiling than
the paragraph quoted from the official re-
port The authorities cannot, of course.
compel the people to protect themselves,
and they cannot go forth into Maryland and
Virginia and forcibly prevent the pofiuti IN
of the Potomac. They can only continue to
utter warnings. the need of which Is shown
by this startling jump in the fever figures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
The Yellow Fever Emergency.


The latest reports from the yellow fever
district state that the epidemic is on the
Increase and worst of all, that Louisiana
and Mississippi are quarreling over inter-
state quarantine. These deplorable condi-
tons are likely not only to add to the
growing panic regarding the spread of the
plague, but to seriously interfere with the
only means of fighting the enemy on purely
rational and scientific grounds. While the
state sanitary authorities are quarreling
over their respective rights the more impor-
tant elements of real prevention are being
neglected, and dangerous fuel is being
added to the fame. IL is the Old story of
interstate quarrels at a time when unanirn-
ity of action in meeting a common enemy
is most urgently needed. At time in the
history of yellow fever invasion have nee
essary quarantine regulations been more
definitely set forth.
All the ancient notions of diSinfectfon
OF prolonged detention of vessels. of need
less interference with commercial relations
have been exploded by the recently accept
ed doctrines of fever infection. The medical
profession is almost a unit the theory
of mosquito propagation. and quarantine
is now reduced to the simplest of Access
sorry measures. The period of incubation
OF the fever is now definitely fixed that
there is no danger of carrying the pest
from one port to another II more than five
days elapse in the voyage. The same prin-
c:ple also applies to inland quarantine. The
duty of the hour is to apply these simple
facts in judicously practical way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Boys Department.

IL Boys Brown Linen Russian Blouse Suits;
sizes 21a to 9. Reduced from sizes to 95c. each.
Is Boys Sailor Blouse Suits; sizes 3. t. and
6. Reduced from 81 30 to 95c. each.
20 Boys Elton Collar and Sailor Blouse Suits,
some with bloomer pants. Worth up TO $500 ke-
duced to 81 30 each
Youths Long Pants Suits sizes Is, 10. II and
IS. Reduced from ST.. 80 to 81 80 each.
IS Boys Fine All wool Double-breasted and Nor
folk Jacket Suits. some with bloomer pants; sizes
s to 16. Reduced from $500 and $3.50 to S3.io
each.
5 Boys Atwood Suits. double breasted; sizes g.
g. 10. IL and II. Reduced from $3.50 to $22o ca.
"a Fine Imported Madras Blouses, *. q r.
brand, with or without collar; sizes g to L. Re-
6uced from 81. 80 to s1.00 each.
20 Fine Colored Madras Shirts; sizes IL to IA
Reduced from 75c. to oUc. each.
s Tan and White Pique Vests. Reduced from
81 80 to 39c. each
Is pairs White Duck Sailor Pants; sizes 3 to IL.
Reduced from 81 % to soc. pair.
"a Wash Stocks, In plain white blue, tan. OK
ford. red and cheviet. Reduced from s5c. TO z Tor
DC
Third floor. Tenth st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03

grees stretching back to the time whereof
no mans memory runs to the contrary
In truth. Washington IL the only city in
the United States qualified to pass sighting
comments upon the survival Of the horse
car In New York. and II is not disposed to
do So For Washington Stands as the high
est type Of rapid transit Development, hav-
ing given all other cities the benefit Of a
fine example in self-denial in order to equip
itself with a truly up-to-date. safe system
of propulsion. 1t rejected the overhead
trolley and held on to the street cars for
some years after the ''cheap and nasty
system of electric traction had proved itself
to be mechanically practicable. The result
of Its persistence in holding 10 the IDEAL Of
an underground conduit system Of traction
was that 1t was finally given the benefit OF
what is undoubtedly the safest. most slightly
and most satisfactory series of rapid transit
railways in the United States. II not in the
world.
New York has rejected the overhead troll
ley and has suffered the horse car in con-
sequence. although it has meanwhile gone
ahead and adopted the elevated, a greater
atrocity than the trolley, and the subway.
which has yet to prove itself an unmixed
blessing. The few horse cars still remain
ing in evidence in the big city may he re-
garded as praiseworthy sign Of insistence
upon the right sort of progress in prefer
ence to any old kind Of progress so long as
1t Is swift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Friday Bargains i'm
Lace Curtains.

Several small lots of Lace Cur
tains left from Our special sale, Of
fered at clearance prices. Excellent
bargains, all of them.
Brussels Net.
pairs, $1,000 pair. Were $500.
4 pairs, $I2. so pair. Were $I875.
Tambour Net.
pairs, $1,000 pair. Were $500.
Renaissance.
4 pairs, SAYS pair. Were $500.
5 pairs, so pair. Were $3.50.
pair, 5000. Was $1,000.
White Cluny.
q pairs, $8.75 pair. Were $12.5o.
pairs, $3.50 pair. Were $5.25.
3 pairs, $I2.5o pair. Were $I8.75.
White Irish Point.
3 pairs, $4.75 pair. Were $675.
S pairs, 5000 pair. Were $500.
pair, $500. Was $500.
Also several one, two and three
pair lots of Bordered Portieres, Of
fered at greatly reduced prices.
prs. Rose Armure, velvet borders, So so pair
Were $780,
prs. Reseda Green, velvet borders, $3.50 pair.
Were $1,000
pr. Red Armure, tapestry border, $5.S5 Was
pr Crimson Armure, tapestry border $780,
Was $11.50
8 prs. Rose Dubarry Armure tapestry borders
50. so pair. Were $11.50
pr. Empire Green Armure, SO. so. Was S. so.
Fourth fool, G st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Cotton Dress Goods.

Remnants of high-class Cotton
Dress Materials in 4 to o-yard
lengths, less than half price:
20 remnants Printed French Organize,
several designs.
I5c. yard. Reduced from ,37Kc.
Also the following remnants of
Domestic Cotton Dress Goods in
lengths from IA to 8 yards:
I2Hc. Lawns, SC. a yard.
I2Hc. Dimities, &c. a yard.
I2Hc. Percales, SC. a yard:
121zc. Ginghams, Sc. yard.
I5c. Ginghams, Ioc. yard.
I5c. Danish Cloth, Ioc yard.
Second floor, G st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Travelling Goods Dept.

1O-inch Brown Grain Leather Bag sewed frame,
leather lined. Reduced from $3.50 TO $3.50.
22ncb Bellous Leather Suit Case, steel frame,
two straps encrclng case, brass lock. Reduced
from $l4O0 to $6.oO
l 24-inch Double Suit Case. hand sewed steel
frame, leather corners. Reduced from Slo.oo 10
$50.
Leatherette Suit Case, steel frame, two straps.
Reduced from 1896 to S1.90.
30-inch Canyas-cOvered Trunk. Eastwood box,
malleable clamps, two trays, full riveted. Re
duced from $1,000 to S135.
/ 4O-inch Trunk, made of thoroughly seasoned
basswood; hardwood ash stats; French bolt lock;
linen lined throughout Reduced from $3.50 to
$3.50.
1 32-inch Steamer Trunk, fiber bound, brass
clamps, two leather straps, full riyeted. Reduced
from $l5. 90 to $1,000
Basement, Equitable bldg