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The Washington times., 1905-01-18
BUSINESS MEN ACTIVE
FOR NEW GUN FACTORY
Taking Steps to Procure Congress Ap-
propriation Asked for by Navy
Department for Extensions.

he Business Mems Association OF
Washington began work in earnest this
morning for the proposed extension of
the Naval Gun Factory. which will
eventually bring into the city an annual
revenue of s1.S00.0G0. in addition to that
already paid out by the Government
TO the employees of the factory. Mem
bers of the association are buttonholing
members OF Congress and asking them
10 use their influence for the appropria-
lon OF -, I66, $50 asked for by The Navy
department To make the extensions
4 he association at a meeting held last
night adopted a strong resolution
espousing the project and appointing a
committee 10 confer with the President
Ihe association also discussed the
builders examining board proposition,
and adopted a resolution strongly op-
posing the proposition as being against
souna public policy
r. \. Raymond, William T. Guide, and
:. y Brennan were appointed as d
committee to appear before the Com
missioners Friday and oppose the bill.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
Idle Threats.

Speaking TO the Brotherhood of
Boston, President Tuttle, OF the Bos-
ton and Maine road, declared that
the regulation of 1re;gnt rates by
Congress would lead to a reduction
in the wages of employees. Perhaps
Mr.. Tuttle believes this If so his
education is not yet complete. The
railroads in 1903, he said, were only
able TO pay dividends of per cent.
It would have been TO the point if
he had explained how much of the
capital upon which this per cent
was paid was real and how much
was water A dividend Of 3 per cent
on water and all would mean a much
higher dividend on the actual invest
ment. The tendency of the times is
big corporations, get down to a busi-
ness basis Faith in their own repre-
sentations is not keen nor widespread.
Too much of the truth has leaked
out through channels the officials
gladly would have damned
The Southern Pac1Gc road, for in
stance, was erected out of the leak
age adroitly diverted from the Cen
trail Pacific The latter had been
built under Government patronage,
and for the sake of a liberal subsidy.
The Central was stripped clean, and
the Southern fattened by the proc
ess- When Huntington and Stanford
finally had the Southern Pacific, it
represented nothing but loot, and the
conduct of management was aggres-
sive and oppressive. While no other
railroad man in recent years has ap-
| preached the standard of Iawlessness
set by Huntington, the memory OF
! the Southern Pacific remains to
create a lasting prejudice.
Other roads, before and since, have
| been wrecked wantonly. In instances
without number the small stockhold-
ers have been frozen out There have
/ been vast issues of stock, with moth
| ing behind them. Let a speculator
take road at some nominal price, and
the public paid for it at a fancy price
| Hence, between the railroads and the
! people there is lack OF that pleasing
confidence that would serve the roads
well just now. The feeling grows
I that the people are bigger than the
roads. A test of the matter can hard
ly be delayed by the menace of a
wage reduction.
The more menial railway en-
ployes, section men, track-walkers
and others, get now /as small pay as
would be endurable. The higher
classes. embracing engineers, firemen
brakemen, and conductors, get much
better pay for the simple reason thai
they demand it and are equipped to
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
Senator Burton's Case.

Senator Burton has won a triumph
OF sort. After having been found
guilty of accepting money from a
get-rich-quick concern, he has, by the
Supreme Court, been granted a new
trial Unfortunately Tor Mr. Burton,
the opinion Of the tribunal was
SO nearly equally divided that he
achieved this CONCESSION by the mar
rowest possible margin. Moreover,
the decision does not in any manner
enter into the merits of the case
AS the matter strikes the lay mind,
the plea in behalf of Senator Burton
does not tend to lift him toward the
status of innocence. 1t was purely
technical. No question was raised
as to whether the money had been
paid to him, but only as to the man
ner of the payment. If the money
passed in Washington, D. c., could
Missouri, where the Senator had
his trial and received his sentence,
properly have Jurisdiction? This was
the only point to be determined 1t
strikes the Judgment not only as a
bubble, but no step in the direction
of a vindication
1t is to the interests of the Senate
and to the country at large that
the second trial be pressed and a final
conclusion reached. If the defendant
is guilty as charged, he is a disgrace
to his State and to the Senate, and
his immunity from punishment is a
rejection upon the whole people. In
the public mind there is not the least
desire to know exactly the method
by which the Senator was corrupted
II he was corrupted The only wish
is that il he is culpable he may be
punished, and, as first step, dropped
from the rolls of the Senate. If q
man in high public Office accepts
a bribe from a crooked Missouri
concern, he may take it in Missouri
or Washington, or sout on the high
seas, all of which matters no whit
The only point to establish is that
he took it. Mr.. Burton IS not shrewd
in resorting to ouibble.
The attempt to regard the case OF
Senator Mitchell as analogous with
that Of Senator Burton is in no sense
justifaB1e. Mr. Mitchell has beer
indicted. This is far different from
having been convicted He may
never come to trial, or the outcome
OF trial may be creditable to him
1t is Senator Burton who now has
the center of the stage, and frankness
prompts the allegation that his per
rormance fails to please.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

enforce the demand, Any quarrel
they may have over the matter is
not the quarrel of the public. The
public feels it's rights embraced with
in the question of rates. 1t is willing
to play fair, and ready to encourage
investments that tend 20 develop the
resources of the country. 1t begins
to draw the line at extortionate
tariffs, at rebates, and at paying divi-
dends on wind and water. There is
not the slightest intent to force any
road into bankruptcy or into hurtful
curtailment OF expenditures.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
THE LINES NOT HIS OWN.


paragraph has been going the rounds
of the press referring to the following
inscription. which, it is stated, was writ
ten by Mark Twain for the tombstone of
his wife in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmfra,
n. "
Warm summer sun.
Shine kindly here
Warm southern wind
Blow softly here.
Green sod above
Lie light, lie light.
Good night, dear heart,
Good night, good night
1t appears that this statement is err
roneous. according to the literary sheet
Of the ''Harper's s" The lines are favor
ite ones with Mr.. Clemens, and when
he had them engraved for his daughter
not his wffe's-gravestone he incIosed
them in quotation marks, TO indfcate
that he was not the author of them
Who the writer is he does not know
but, as he says. the lines were TO him
touching and beautiful, and expressed
what he felt better than any words of
his own could nave done
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
DINNER IN HONOR
Of The PRESIDENT
Secretary and Mrs. Shaw
Hosts of the Evening.
coTILLoN BY MRS. GAFF
Mrs. Porter's at Home One of the
Most Fashionable Events of
the Season.

The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
were the guests of the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Shaw at dinner last
night. The table was lighted by red
and white tipped candles. and red roses
were used as a decorati ton Mrs. Shaw
used for the first time the green and
gold service plates of great artistic
beauty ordered by her during her visit
to Europe some time ago.
Others at the dinner were the British
ambassador and Lady Durand. the
French ambassador and Nine Jasser-
and, Vice President-elect and Mrs Fair
banks, Senator and Mrs. Dryden, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Elkins, Senator and Mrs.
Foraker, Senator Allison, Lieutenant
General and Mrs. Chaffee, and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. c. Glover.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
PREDICTS OVERTHROW OVERT
OF AUTOCRACY IN RUSSIA

CHICAGO. Jan 1s.--4The overthrow OF
Russian autocracy viii be the last echo
of the voice of Kishenef''
This was a phopheey, IN passing. over
the subject of Jewish civil and religious
rights in America by President Samuel
Woolner, OF the Union of american
Hebrew Congregations, in making his
report 10 the nineteenth biennial council
of the organization today
He advised united effort 20 oppose
possible future immigration legislation
which might be ininicaI TO Jewish inter
ests-
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The junior Senator from Illinois and
Mrs. Hopkins entertained at dinner at
the New Willard last night for the Sec
fetary OF the Navy and Mrs. Morton
lhelr other guests were Justice and Mrs.
Harian, Senator and Mrs. CuIlom, Sena-
Tor and Mrs Spooner, Representative
ana Mrs Dalzeli, General Black, Mrs.
.iohn A Logan. Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Noyes, Mrs. PETERS, of Evanston, and
Mrs James Hopkins. of Chicago.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

A representative of the Engineering
department of the District is now III
New York on official business with SIS
in his pocket. The people Of the metrop-
oils are respectfully requested not TO
ring in any get-rich-quick schemes on
him
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
LIVELY DO!NGS
IN SMART SET
Many Dinners Scheduled for
This Evening.
CHIT CHAT OF DAYS EVENTS
Mr.. and Mrs. Reaburn Will Receive in
Apartment at the Cecil.
Other Matters.

Among the prominent dinner hosts for
tonight are Postmaster General and
Mrs Wynne; General and Mrs Chaffee.
who will entertain a dinner party TO
meet the French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand; Representative and Mrs. Dali
zell for Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf, and
another party at the home of Senator
and Mrs. Dryden
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

After long debate local Bible class
has decided that there should be
whipping post for wife-beaters No
member came forward as a candidate
for the honor of welding the lash.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Miss Margaret Cotton entertained a
dinner party of young people last even
land, one of the popular debutantes of
the season Others present were Miss
Pauline Morton, Miss Cobb, Miss Elinor
Morton Hoyt, the Misses Cotton, Lieu
tenant Andrews, Lieut. Harry lay, VIII
liam Merriam. Francis CoIt0n Murray
Cobb, and George Deering
The same host will give dinner on
Friday evening. which will be in honor
! of Miss Katharine Elkins
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Nobody wants the Gar to seize a
Chinese port, not even the Chinese, who
are the least interested Of any people
in the world
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Gen. and Mrs. William B. Rochester
will have as their guest, their daughter.
Mrs. Charles Fenton. wife of Captain
Fenton, who Will arrive Saturday.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
Mrs. Porter's at Home

Mrs. Henry Kirk Porter gave her
last afternoon at home of the season,
for which invitations were issued some
time ago Assisting in receiving were
Mrs Garret A Hobart, Mrs. John w.
Foster, Mrs Mckee Dunn, jr-, Mrs.
George Shiras, third, Miss Hitchcock.
Miss Squires, and Miss Hegeman, and
Mrs. LOOMS. wife OF the Assistant Sec
retary of State, and Mrs Audenreid
poured tea
Mrs. Porter's Tuesdays at home have
been among the most fashionable events
of the season, and the one yesterday
afternoon was attended by several hun
dred people.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

People who quarrel as to the author
ship of poems are apt to select poems
rot worth quarreling about
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

NJ and Nine Wilenkin, of the Russian
embassy, have gone to New York TO
attend the opera.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

There is some trepidation lest Japan
gain control of China. Those who would
rather see Russia in control will please
raise their right hands.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The New York Times" has been
praised enough lately to have turned
any editorial head that did not have
considerable IN it.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The women under sentence of death in
Vermont and Pennsylvania, respectively,
Will probably not be hanged, but they
are having the scare of their lives.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The report that Secretary Morton
still receives a railroad salary is un-
duly dignifed by being answered.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

In a Kentucky hotel a chambermaid
found $4,000 returned it to the owner.
and received 81. Virtue has 10 be its
own reward or go unrewarded
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Senator Burton Of Kansas has been
asked 10 resign. There does not seem
any other favor he could so easily be-
stow upon his constituency
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The gentleman proposed as the sue
cesser. of Senator Stewart of Nevada
has the almost unique distinction of liv-
ing in the State he will represent
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The annual dinner Of the Harvard
Club Of this city. viii be held at the
Hotel Raleigh Wednesday evening,
February / The dinner viii be served
at O'Clock, and the gallery of the ban
o. clock
DR.. Harvey w Wiley. will be toast
master. and the Rev Edward Everett
Hale the Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, and
Robert Lincoln OBrien will speak.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Mr. and Mrs. Gaf gave a cotillon to
thirty couples last nieht in honor of
their debutante daughter, Miss Zaidee
Gaff. and Miss Harding, a visitor from
Boston. Captain Gilmore and Miss
Gaff led.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Pittsburg wants a subway Good
chance to get in out of the smoke.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

last spring, have returned to Washing
ton and have an apartment at the Cecil
They will be at home TO their friends
this evening and also the evening of
Wednesday, January D.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Mr.. Carter, of Montana, had long beer
eGging toward the pie counter, and now
the pie is hisn
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

AS training school for business life
and soft snaps the Treasury Depart
ment seems 10 be without a rival
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Among other dinner hosts for the
evening were Mrs Richard Harlow and
Senator and Mrs. Wetmore.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
Points in Paragraphs.

Stoessel as a hero does not wear any
better than others
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Two New York policemen are on trial
for murder The spirit of reform is
working in the metropolis.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Miss Jean Wilson will give an evening
of song at the Rochambeau tonight al
SD O'Clock. under the patronage OF a
number of fashionable women.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The marriage of Miss Nora AIichener
and Barry Mohun on January 80 will
be witnessed by only the immediate
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

New York gamblers are making all
sorts of promises, but they are not CIV
ing bonds
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Senator Depew is now inclined to be-
lieve that Mr.. Black never was in II.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs De Witt Lee Reaburn,
whose marriage took place in this city
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The honey in the Duke honeymoon is
not even a fair article of glucose.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

They Were lent by Mrs James Brad
ley. of New York Mrs. Bradley OBJ
tanned the Washington specimens at
the final settlement of the Fl. L D.
Lewis estate in Virginia. and the oth-
ers from the Payne Todd collection II
will be recalled that Payne Todd was a
son Of Dolly Madison.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

The Japanese are anxious to extend
their distinguished courtesy to Kurorat-
kin also.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

There will be no more Thursday after
noon hops at the navy yard until fur
ther notice.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Mormon witnesses are suspected OF
speaking with a mental reservation.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
COMMANDER HEBBINGHAUs.

relatives of the principals, bat viii be
followed by small reception at 40
O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18
Some Social Gossip.

Mrs RooseveIt's collection OF china.
which she has had placed in the east
corridor OF the White House. received
yesterday morning an addition of eight
pieces OF Washington and Madison
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

At the marriage OF. Miss Miriam Bangs
and Walter E. Hilton, which viii take
place at 7:90 o'clock this evening at
the home Of the brides grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Dearing. B. F.
Saul win serve as best man for the
bridegroom
The ceremony will be witnessed only
BY members of the family, but followed
by a large reception
Mrs Gather and Miss Chase. of Bal
timore. are house guests at the home
of the bride.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Gen.A. E. Bates. who is absent osf a
business trip 10 South America, has ar
rived in Lima, Perg
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Miss Lucy Stilnan. of Warrenton. Va,
IS visiting Mrs Alice CIeary. OF 6i2
Twenty-second Street northwest
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Miss Lucille a. MuiIeft OF Kansas
City. Mo, is visiting relatives here.
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Mrs Lewis Merriam and Mrs Frank
Hood Shultz viii receive Thursday after
Moons in February
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Mrs-Charles Parker Stone, 20z1 Mass
achusetts Avenue viii be at home on
the second and fourth Thursdays in
February
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Miss Marian johnson of Frederick.
Nd Is the guest of Mrs GooilOe at
1903 Sixteenth Street Mrs. Goodloe viii
receive this afternoon
The Washington times., 1905-01-18

Mrs William G. Bo1d viii be at home
the. remaining Thursdays in January.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17

day at the church. The incident, not
on the bills, tickled the audience and
sister received her first lesson in public
that brother was competent to manage
his own affairs.
Dr. John L. Heller was arrested
yesterday afternoon on a warrant
charging him with disturbing the
peace in Oakland He was locked up
in the county jail. Heller is a total
wreck from drink. His wife has sued
him for divorce, and he is to have a
hearing before Judge Dana June 90
to explain why he disobeyed the
courts orders not to modest his wife.
Now he viii have another hearing.
Norman Ramsey, wh6 has just gradu-
ated at West Point, has asked to be
assigned to the Ninth infantry station
ed in the Philippines. Ramsey served
in the islands with the Twentieth KAN
sas before he went to the Point. Cap
tain Charles King has written two stOr-
les, From the Plains to the Point" and
From the Point to the Plains" Now
he can try his hand at From the Phil
ippines to the Point" and From the
Point to the Philippines" and Topeka
can furnish the hero.
Residents of the Fifth ward near
Central park who are asking that the
city furnish running water from the
city's mains for the lakes in the park
appeared before the Waterworks COM
mittee last evening and requested tina
city to place a inch main to the
lakes in the park and furnish water
for the summer without cost. The
waterworks committee decided it
could not grant the request until the
matter of WaterWorks management
had been definitely decided.
Salina Union: Miss Bertha Martin,
of Oberlin, Kas., who has been visiting
few days with Mrs. Mary e. Myers
at her home on State street, left for
Topeka today to visit her sister. She
will later go to Douglas. Ariz., where
she will be married to Frank D.
Myers, a cattle dealer of that place
and a brother of w. H. Myers Of this
city. After a tour through northern
Mexico the couple win take up their
residence at Cumpus. Mexico. The
couple have been acquainted since
they were children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
j. NJ. MILLER AS ADJUrANT.
Another Topeka Man Gets a G. A. R
Appointment.

Captain P. H. Coney department
commander of the Kansas G.. A. r.,
has announced the appointment Of J.
M. Miller of Topeka as adjutant in
place Of Gilbert Bede1.
J. NJ. Miller has held similar posi-
lions in G.. A. r. work before and is
well posted in the duties Of the posi-
ton.
Commander Coney has received let
ters from several well known railroad
officials concerning the proposed half
fare rate which the railroads were re-
quested to give to all members of the
G. A r. Mr.. Coney thinks that the
railroads will grant the reduction He
says:
I'm several states this custom is al
ready in use, and the railroads find
that it does not lose them anything.
In all the excursions to old soldier
meetings, the railroads give a rate
which amounts to a half fare or less,
and this is about all the travelling that
old soldiers do"
Bale Waggener of the Missouri Pa
cif1c. n. H. LOOMS of the Union Pa
ciic and John Sebastian of the Rock
Island have recommended that their
roads adopt the half fare plan. J. E.
Hurley of the Santa Fe and W. F.
Evans of the Frisco have not returned
q definite reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
Going TO CoIcrado2

We can save you money if you are.
$500 for the round trip for the Inter
national EpWorth League convention in
July On sale June 80 to July 4 inelu-
sive. limit July y with provision for ex-
tension.
The ratenow is $17.5O Denver, Pueblo
and Colorado Springs. and return tick
cts on sale daily, final limit returning
October 80. Stop-over allowed in both
directions between Pueblo and Denver.
Chair Cars and Pullman Sleepers, fast
time. block signal system, Harvey
meals.
The only line to Denver passing
through Pueblo and Colorado Springs.
Summer service better and faster
than ever
Low rates for trips to interior Color
ado points after the Epworth League
convention; also Grand Canyon of Ari-
iona
Write for descriptive literature ard
other information.
Won't you go Santa Fe way?
If you want a real pleasure trip YOU
will. T. L. KING. Agent.
The Atchison. Topeka & santa Re
Railway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
lombard FIT. MONROE
Admiral Diclsins' Ships Were Close to
Walls Before They Were Discovered.

Fort Monroe. Va, June 1.-THE
last day of the war game opened with
an attack on Fort Monroe at dawn by
the destroyers and gunboats of Ad-
miral Dickins' feet. Just between
dark and daylight there is brief
period when conditions are most fay
orable for offensive naval operations.
it being too light for the searchlights
to be effectively operated and too dark
to see without them.
These conditions were taken ad-
vantage of by Admiral Dickins this
morning and three of his destroyers
and two gunboats crept close to the
walls of the fort before they were dis
covered.
An incoming steamship also gave
protection to the Mosquito fiotiIla
which banked itself in the lee of the
big ship and hoated close in before
being seen. The fusilIade was brief
but lively and at its conclusion the
offending craft departed towards the
Capes.
The squadron is visible in the dis
lance and the officers of artillery ex-
pect the game to end in a fusiIIade at
noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
HEATING BUYS AN INTEREST.
VIII Be Associated With c. H. Mat
thews in Mutual Laundry.

A. c. Heating, formerly of the Ameri-
can Steam Laundry, has purchased a
large interest in the Mutual Laundry
at Third and Quincy streets and will
become associated with Mr.. c. H Mat
thews in the management of that plant.
Mr.. Heating is one of the veteran laun-
dry men of the city, having been con-
nected with that business in various
capacities for the past Is years. He
established and managed for nine years
the American Steam Laundry and sue
ceeded in building up one of the largest
laundry establishments in Topeka. He
retired from the management of that
plant some two years ago and engaged
in other business. He has now how
ever purchased q large interest in the
Mutual Laundry and viii devote his
time to the enlargement of the already
large trade that plant enjoys. Mr.. Keat-
ing has been elected vice president and
treasurer. The Mutual Laundry COM
pany is one Of the best equipped and
largest Of Topeka S laundries. They oc-
cupy the building which was especially
erected for them at the corner of Third
and Quincy streets and are probably
better equipped to handle an extensive
business than any other plant in the
city.