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The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Reinsurance From Publishers.

A symposium OF opinions has
been gathered from the publishers
of New York by Public Opinion.
Reading il is refreshing operation.
You may think ever so i'll OF our
times, but if you grant that these
business men know their own bust
ness, you nust be reassured-at
least little
One of the G. P. Putnam firm. for
example, says This
Another fact winch has been impressed
upon our attention OF late is the de-
mand for books OF Il serious and not
particularly popular character; even
books on which an unusually hlgh price
Is placed have a steady sale and are
very favorably received. or books OF a
purely hteraTy cha cstcter much the same
story may be told.
AS the shadow to this high light.
another member of the same firm
says:
No one can tell how many people read
the standard authors We know how
many sets OF Dickens or Thackeray or
George Eliot are bought from us in the
course OF year, but Buying and reading
are two different thin IS. People may
buy handsome editions because they add
70 the attractiveness Of a room. or be
cause they are wantai 10 fill up the
library In new house, or because the
enlargement OF an Old library has
created additional shelf room 10 be filled
have gone around this store with a
rule. measuring sets OF books to fill a
particular space.
Arthur Scribner. Of Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, offsets this with the fol-
lowing:
\ really good book that deserves sue
cess VIII usually have 81. The American
people are so many and $50 catholic in
their tastes and Judgments that almost
any kind OF a book that & worth while
VIII find enough readers 10 Justify its
publication.
The important. thing about that
testimony Is its corollary-that If
our people discover the good books
IL mIst be either because they have
the best kind of literary leadership
which Is not true-or hza.ausa they
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Talk Less and Do More.

A certain amount of melancholy
significance belongs TO that Saying
of the president OF one OF our citi-
zens' associations the other even
ing:
Let the bright men who come here put
forward some effort to bring about need
ed reform-. How influential these meet
ings m2y become through the ideas here
Sc.ntillaIed and scattered by aid of the
reporters. These men (the repOrtersl
are the disseminators OF your brains II
you say something worth saying there
viii be something I'm the morning and
evening papers worth reading Count
"a that. my friends.
Afwnys SAY something" Never
do something" Always getting in
the papers. Never getting on the
move for the, sake of results. 1t is
an epitome of the situation into
which many. many Washingtonians
have permitted themselves TO drift
OF course the speaker meant TO
compliment the reporters as we'll as
to inspire his associates. But the
reporters, as citizens, would willing
ly forego' all such compliments for
the sake of a few deeds to report.
They are citizens, not lockers on in
Vienna. AS citizens, they get
mournfully weary of certain meet
ings in Washington, where talk is
almost the only commodity dis
pensed- AS .citizens. they are not
SLOW TO observe, as they have OBJ
served. that this talk is often CON-
pletely Independent of results. SO
independent that when they leave
the hall-not as citizens this time,
but as reporters-beeause not even
the talk is good copy" a motion
to adjourn is adopted before they
can reach the cool air outside.
The men who are accomplishing
things in America these days-in
Washington and out-are> the men
who Use speech only as means 10
results, Their eyes are fixed on
some tangible goal They mean to
do things, not TO say them merely.
ne reailZauon or this simple truth
is one of the Districts most pressing
needs.
More speeches are delivered in the
District Of Columbia in a year be-
lore our citizens associations and
associations of business men than
are heard in a city like St Louis
IN ten years. IL seems TO be in the
very air Orators grow on every
bush. But in deeds We are poorer.
and we have been poorer throughout
this generation than any other city
which comes 10 mind. There is only
one way for Washington to get in
line. 1t is comprised in these five
words:
Talk Less and Do More.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO ALL MUSIC LOVERS

I'm All. one In Deeembe-. the second in
January. and the last in February. This
organization numbers eighty performers
and Is under the direction OF Fritz
Seheel. Each concert VIII have the SIM
port OF an eminent soloist. the first being
Giuseppe Campanari, the celebrated sarI-
tone OF the Metropolitan Opera House
New York. The three concerts here are
made possible thru 7sh the enterprise of
Bernhard Clrsch. of Baltimore. who has
also engaged the organization for con-
certs in his own city. In New York. and
in Brooklyn
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

satisfied. The standard of building
l. low.
Whose fault all This is, no one
seems to know II is certain the
present building inspector has made
every effort to inaugurate reform.
And the builders and. their employers
have been equally active But
whosesoever the faHlt may be, the Com
missionePs must. correct it. If Mr.
Hackett's letter hastens that pro-
cess, the District will be his debtor
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Mrs. Waldeeker's Pupils.

The pupils OF Mrs. Waldecker gave a
musicale at the studio, 452 street north
west last night ut which many works OF
the masters were presented.
Those who participated were Misses
Sophie Tompkins. Florence Lyons. Media
Waldecker. Ethel Sylvester Mary Be
Dell. Helen Muir. Margaret Myers, Mrs.
]. Clark. Lulu Brown. Isabel Burn. Mar
garet Reinburg, Florence L-angtry. Lena
Koeler. Abbie Miller, Gertrude Langtry.
Sue Wallace, Phoebe McKeever, Min
ME Sylvester. Walter Whitney. Mrs
Ralph Coleman. Frank Ciaveloux. Louis
Van Loock.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
WHO LIED?

Strike the concertina's melancholy
string" blow the spirit-stirring honk
like anything,
Romp around and holler Fire 20 and
strike the tunefUl Tyre. for OF BenJa-
min. the governor. l sing.
might sing about McCurdy and No
Call. or the people who were present
at the ball.
Or the CSmbon dinner feast: still. al
these things at least would be good.
but not conyincinga-that is all
Let's waste no more OF paper or Of
ink. nor let US useless sorrows drown
in drink
Was II Hartman or Hyde or the gov
ernor that lied? 1 sing. and all yoz
have To do is think
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More Building Trouble.

Frank w. Hackett, formerly As
sistant Secretary of the Navy. and
now an active citizen of the Dis
trict. has written an impressive let
ter TO the Board OF District Commits
siOners.
his aVerments are, i'm substance.
that while the law prohibits the
erection of any apartment house to
d height Of more than five stories
II 1t be a "combustible or non-fire-
proof building" structures which
are within the view of that law are
being erected all over the CITY with
combustible window and door
frames.
In answer. the Commissioners
have stated that the building regu-
Iations permit the use of such
frames. that in the particular cases
cited the District authorities cannot
act. and that the authorities are.
nevertheless, so profoundly impress-
ed that in the proposed revision of
the building regulations Mr.. Hack
etts suggestions will be given the
inevitable most careful considera-
ton"
There the matter rests. AS far
as present results are concerned
Congress might as well have ex-
cluded window and door frames
specifically from its legislation and
Mr.. Hackett saved his time. In the
proposed revision of the building
regulations the matter will be giyez
the most careful consideration. ."
Until then let no dog bark.
Ii would be interesting TO know
in this connection:
First, how a building regulation
supervenes an act OF Congress.
Second, when the building regula-
tions are TO be revised.
The situation in the District Of
Columbia today bears hard On every
body who has any connection with
building. Contractors and entire
preneurs say they have the greatest
difficulty TO obtain permits, 1t is
clear TO any casual observer that the
prospective purchasers of many
dwellings have not been safeguarded
against thin walls. poor construc-
ton, and bad material. The public
health is not protected as TO light
and air. The authorities are not
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Solists Engaged.

Mrs Genevra Johnston-Blsnop EAS
been engaged rs soprano sohSt TOT 'Aie
month of December at the Church VI
St Michael and All Angels. rms morn
ing she will sing With Nerdure Clao
from The Creation. Mrs ienrS
White has been engaged as one OF the
solo contraltos of the choir Today ;
music win be specially arranged IN
honor OF the return from Europe OF the
former rector. the Rev. w. X. turner
who VIII preach at the morning service
Mrs Henry Hunt Mckee, oragnist OF
the church, win be in charge OF the
music
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Fir. Williams Contribution.

A few weeks ago there was much
discussion of tire. crucial question of
what the Democrats would do in
Congress Wou5n they go with the
President and. sanding by the de-
mands OF their platforms in recent
years, make it possible for the Presi-
dent with only a divided party al
his back, to carry out his program
of railroad reform? Or would they
play politics, and, IN the hope of get
ting party advantage by showing
that the Republicans were not a
unit on the question, refuse TO sup
port bill that would have a chance
of passage?
Great effort was devoted during
the summer by the railroad propa-
ganda TO the manufacture and or
ganization of d semblance of public
opinion in the South in opposition
to the rate legislation. Appeals were
made to the selfish interest of the
South, TO the cities and their COM
mercial bodies, to politicians and
public men. 1t will be recalled that
in the middle of the summer predic-
tlons were freely made, and with
apparently good basis, that the
South would line up against the
Presidential program, and that it
would fail.
How entirely these predictions
were mistaken is now well known.
Almost the solid Democratic vote
of the Senate is with the President.
Democrats will bring the bill out
OF committee, and Democrats will
pass it. Without them accomplish
ment would be utterly impossible.
To one man more than any other.
of all the Southerners who are thus
casting partisanship aside in order
to be patriotic, is credit due for this
situation. That man is John Sharp
Williams, leader of the minority
in the House for the last two ses-
sions, and yesterday selected to sue
ceed himself Mr. Williams did not
stop to figure on the political
chances; he did not daily with the
question Of securing some petty ad-
vantage; he did not assume that the
one duty of minority was to put
the majority lin a hole" He an
nounced early that he was with the
President on the rate issue. He
made it plain that he could not be
the leader again if this course should
not meet the approval of his col
leagues. His declaration came ar a
critical time, and it did more than
probably can be realized now to
bring about the@present situation.
Mr.. Williams was the patriot rather
than the partisan, and he has had
his reward. or some small measure
of 1t, in the unopposed nomination
for Speaker that came TO him yes
terday
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
CARELESS.

Now doth the busy little turk
Pursue his fatal way.
Accommodating pounds OF flesh
For use Thanksgiving Day
The turkey IS a foolish bird
Intelligence no lacks
He finds the farmers corn and wheat,
But clean forgets the axe.
''ris thus we might some lessons learn
And save our lives from wreck.
il we thought less Of high finance
And more about our neck
- y. h. p, IN NsW York World
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
THE UNFAILING FRIEND.

The man VINO really likes himself
Is sure OF one good friend.
NhoH be patient with his folliss
And be faithful to the end.
He can always count on sympathy
Whenever he is blue.
And comforting coincidence, ana
Appreciation. too.
The man who really likes himself
i sure 10 be content;
Whate'er he does, he has a frien4
Who never will dissent
Who always ready with applause,
His spirits 70 revivs.
With such approval, is il strange
He's glad that he's alive2
-SomerYille Journal
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
New Octet Formed.

A new octet of well-known singers
has been formed and will sing this af-
ternoon iD Chase's when the annual me
mortal for the E.lks will be held. The
octet includes Mrs. Charles Bayiy and
Mrs. Sydney Hollingsworth. sopranos;
Mrs. Olive Luch and Mrs. Dana G. Hol-
land, contraltos; Harry Stevens and
Thomas L. Jones. tenors; Arthur Mid
dleton and Roland Roderick. bassos-
The new organization viii be a factor
in musical affairs this winter and al
ready engagements have been made for
its appearance in Culpeper. Norfolk and
Charlottesville
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Entertainment for Blind.

On Wednesday evening, December 6.
a number OF local singers will assist
in the concert which has been arranged
for the benefit OF the Home for the
Blind. Mrs. Helen Donohue De Yo,
soprano, and Mrs. Dana c. Holland, con-
tralto. will be among those who are
TO contribute to the program Mrs
De Yo and Mrs. Holland are both widely
known in Washington musical circles.
Mrs. Holland has not been heard quite
often enough in the past few months.
but will no doubt be among the most
conspicuous soloists OF the winter.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
The Coming Session.

Congress will open for the long
session tomorrow, and Washington
will be itself again. The session
gives every promise of being of un-
usual importance, by comparison
with those of recent years. If the
President, by changing front on the
tariff, has succeeded in sidetracking
that issue for a time, he has, by TAX
ing up the railroad question, brought
to the front another which assures
equally good fighting He seems to
be in sight OF victory, but the route
that a vigorously contested piece of
legislation must travel from execu-
tive recommendation to insertion in
the statute books is long and de-
vious, and there will be times when
the situation will look anything but
roseate
Railroad rates, Statehood, and
economy seem to be the watch
words of the session. The tariff,
however, is not by any means shelly
ed. There are Republicans and
Democrats alike who =. determined
that it shall be talked about sand
brought into issue this session. Dem
ocrats, because they want to make
capital OF il in anticipation of the
Congressional elections next year;
Republicans, because some of them
want 10 get a chance to 90 on
record in favor of some measure of
revision, as O. means of placating
exasperated constituencies. The
only people who don't want it talk
ed of or thought of are the stand
patters.
Let the railroad question be put
out of the way at this session. One
| thing at time is all Congress can
do; 1t has difficulty enough in get
ting along when 1t doesn't attempt
even that much. But it is going to
have more trouble in future if it
doesn't seriously address. itself to
the great issues TO which the public
is commanding attention There is
hardly room for seriously doubling
that, If the present session should
accomplish nothing with either rail-
road rates or tariff, the next House
would be comfortably Democratic.
The manifestations of unrest have
assumed serious proportions in the
home bailiwicks even of such leaders
as Speaker Cannon, McCleary, Mann,
Hepburn, Hull, and other veterans
ON the Republican side. These
tremblings of the tearth constitute
in truth the strongest support the
President Enjoys
The disposition of one issue. even
so grave a one as that Of the rail-
roads, will not satisfy the people.
They have the tariff question in their
minds; they want more achievement
along the line Of effective control OF
corporations, such as will render i'm
possible in the future the repetition
Of the series of scandals in high
finance that has shocked The coun-
try in recent months. There is GO
ing to be less encouragement for the
legislator or the party that would
stand pat Progress all along the
line is demanded, and it will be had.
The people are less concerned than
ever before about the instruments
they employ. One party looks about
as good 10 them as another, if it
will only get the results.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Rebew Orchestra.

The regular monthly rehearsal of the
Rebew Orchestra viii be given tomorrow
evening IN the lecture room OF Keller
Memorial Church. Joseph Harrison,
concert master of the orchestra. will
play a series of violin solos.
Much interest continues TO be mani
tested In these early monthly rehear-
sails of the orchestra. They take on
more OF the aspect OF a genuine recital
as the season progresses and the little
lecture room is frequently too small to
accommodate The number of visitors.
The program to be rehearsed tomorrow
night contains some unusually interest
ing numbers
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

Now, then. gentlemen, please spit
on your hands for the last time before
catching hold
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Is to give series OF three concerts this
winter. There are to be three concerts
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

Another difficulty about making a
telling fight on the Santo Domingo
treaty is that IT has worked so dis
gustingly well.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

Hearsts race for mayorN and Law
sons for control of the big insurance
companies are right at Observation-Disclosures
stage
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

It's an III wind that blows nobody
good. If the public is displeased at
the slow progress in getting the in
surance grafters into the penitentiary.
at least prison society is lucky.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

Army commissaries are 10 be taught
20 cook If they cultivate the Welsh
rarebit they viii soon become more eff
fectlve than field artillery.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

As the painful realization Of how
he has been thrown down in the
house of his fellow-standpatter forces
itself on Mr.. McCleary he has u sort
OF EFT tu. Uncle Joe" feeling
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Corporations Get Together.

The corporations. being apprised of'the
governors views. have agreed among
themselves not 10 put UP dollar 10 pass
or defeat legislation. When this fact Is
made public. or rather when It Is made
known. TO. the lobbyists. there may be no
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Corrupt Practices Act.

They also propose to urge the pas
,agsf Of 4 corrupt practices act more
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-17
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

The members of the Koch family
aave made good witnesses for the de-
fendant, and any doubt remaining i'll
he minds of a good many people as
to the guilt or innocence of the young
lentist has been removed by what his
DID father and brothers and sisters have
said in his behalf. Mr.. Koch, the
father of the defendant, told mis- story
like any old gentleman of his age would
10. He is rather feeble, made so part
" by the great strain and sorrow that
have come upon the family, and it was
hard to follow his testimony. Miss Ida
Koch, the daughter who teaches school
in New Ulm, and who has been a con-
slant attendant at the trial, was self
possessed, and left a favorable impress
sion.
1t is easy to be seen that the Koch
family has always been held in the
highest respect, from the position which
they occupy. The children have turned
out well, all having good position, Oh
being we'll married. ....-.
Judge Cray held court until $50 p
m. yesterday. It was said in the cour
"oom that he was dissatisfied with tn,
rogress being made with the case ant
wanted to get along faster. He has {
ERIN of court coming on at st. jane
lext week, to be followed shortly b.
he June term in this city, and he ha
oeen particularly DESTROYS of gettin.
/ he Koch case out of the way thi
week. 1t now looks as though the cas-
might not get to the jury before Sat
urday afternoon. 1t is expected tina
the state and the defense will each oc
cupy an entire day in making tn
closing argument. If the defense rest
today, then tomorrow will be taken u
with rebuttal and surrebuttal.
E. G. Koch Cross Examined
4 The cross examination of Z. G. Koc
yesterday afternoon was conducted b
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-17

sheets taken from DIR. Koch's record ]
books, and said that they were i'll the
handwriting of DR.. Koch. The sheets
were offered in evidence.
On cross examination the witness
stated that the defendant had never
written an IS" like the one in Sam
Iple". There is not enough individuality
about ssa' and 'sm'' to say whether or
not it is like Kocn's. The lower part
of the s.p' is shorter than many peo-
ple write. There is nothing in the sl'
to form an opinion.
sIs not the "e' like the defendant
writes?" asked Gen. Childs.
II don't think So" replied the wit
ness.
| SIS not the following stroke char
acteristic of the defendants as shown
by the writing in his record books?"
81 don't think 500
SIS not the final ''e' in shave" in ex
niDlt III the same as Inc Hiiad II
Sampler"
The defense objected to this unles:
exhibit 27, which was writing on not
size paper, was offered in evidence, ant
the court sustained the objection.
4 Gen. Childs stated that the position
of the state is that the handwriting
e must be conceded in order to be proper
Il ly compared.
e On redirect, the witness stated tina
: the record book pages were taken fror
n the books in the presence of the jur
J. at New Ulm. a..
l. On second cross examination, tt
l. witness said that the sheets were tor
e. out by the defendants counsel Will
n out the states attorneys having see
y the books.
s. "Didn't the state want the enti
t. books placed in evidence?"
~ ~ don't remember"
u' William Koch, brother of the defen
1s ant, said that he know the latter
=. handwriting. ..s- >.~..
q estate whether or not in your opini
q. the word Sample" on the bottle is
Ia the handwriting of the DEFENDANT as
Gu ed Mr.. Pau
s.. 81 never thought So" said the W
- ness.
III ''Do you think so now?"
he 81 do not think So"
I'LL Can you state whether it is not :"
ie sit is not"