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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
Eitzhugh Lee Memorial.

Tho Titzhugh Lee Monument Association
met last night at the homo OF Mrs. Norman
Randolph Several members OF the advisory
board and Executive Committee were present,
and plans were discussed
Generals Beane and Hansbrouck. Y. S., G..
were read. and stated that s75o had been
raised for tho monument.
Miss Julia Leo was elected assistant secre-
tary to tho president.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
Clearinghouse Averages.

tBy Associated PrHss'l !.
NEW YoRK, June l7-The statement o.
averages OF the clearing house banks o. thta
Loans. ;i.1o4, Sc. 500; Increase. sl5,s4o. 600.
Deposits, tll4o, 2sa 500; increase, fle. 1890
Grcualon ecS increase sis Soo
Specie, ;205 s57, 400; increase. $780,, 200.
Reserve SEQ. $50, 100; increase. 81, 1885 900
Reserve required. s2s507l, 200; increase, w.
$4,000,
surplus. s7,2o9, 500; decrease, 81, slS,0o9
Ex-united States deposits. ,lls90i -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
Mr.. Mas,.sie To-mo[, no Night.

The meeting scheduled for Old Market
Hall last night, at which Mr.. Eugene
Massie was to speak. was postponed until
Monday nikht. 1t was discovered after
tho committee having the meeting In
charge had reached the hall that there
wera no chairs for the audience.
r. Massie Will speak tomorrow night
Mt the Same place, when all arrangements
viii be made for grand rally.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
Four Negroes Killed.
(py Assnciated Press.)

n ATLANTA, GA, June IA long dis
lance telephone message from Griffin,
Ga, says that in a pitched battle on a
negro excursion train returning from At
lanta to Columbus. four negroes ~ere
killed and three dangerously "oul'u ,',
ono or the wounded Is n woman. The
shooting continued internationally dis
TANGO Of about fifteen miles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
Brotherhood Meeting.

called meeting OF the local assembly Of
the Brotherhood OF st. Andrew Will be held
This evening at S:l5 o'clock in Grace Church
lecture room. Mr.: y. e. McAllister. travel
McAllister is very interesting talker and
every Brotherhood man Nv urged to attend,
as his talk will be very beneficial 4
Junior chapters are Invited to attend
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18

Soldier Boys TO Go Into Camp.
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
with the seventy-third Regiment. the
now regiment In the State. Will likely
campo together at Ocean View In August.
While the place for the encampment mas
not been definitely decided upon, 10
facility understood that ocea nYiew VIII
be chosen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18

y
place with. the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railway and went to live
in New Haven.
I'VE reached Richmond Friday after
noon and Mr.. Cooper left me In tho
station. saying that no had to see &
man on business. l waited but he did
not come back. 55
AFTER q long time a man at the station
told me that could 80 to the Woman's
Christian Association on Franklin Street
between Seventh and Eighth. He put
me In a cab and drove there but the
matron refused to take me In because
had baby and sent mo here to the Al
hambra Hotel. 1 telephoned the railroad
people and the Masons The railroad
people did not come to see me, but q
gentleman came from the Masons. no
looked at Mr.. Cooper's card and then
said: HE has not paid his dues and
therefore you have no claim upon us. =
II told him knew it, but that didn't
have anyone else to go to.
Is Girlish Looking.
Mrs. Cooper is only twenty three years
OF age and is glrish looking. She Is
we'll dressed and is an intelligent talker.
When asked IL she or her husband were
church members, she replied that they
were not, but that she was regular
attendant OF st. Pauls Episcopal Church,
in Charleston. and that her husband Of
ten went with her. ]. H. Cooper Is
member OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers. He has been employed on
several railroads. such rs the Atlantic
Coast Line. the seaboard Air Line and
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford. Amongst his papers Is a certificate
OF insurance in the Brotherhood OF Lo-
connective Engineers for $1,000. This un--
collectable asset and 50 is all the miss
Ing man left his wife when he dlsap-,
peared.
Mr.. S. L. Thomas. secretary OF the
Railroad Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation said last night that he took n
great interest in Mrs Cooper's case be-
cause he felt assured that she had been
very badly treated and because she was
young and inexperienced.
Z, Mr.. Thomas stated that the police first
called his attention to Mrs. Cooper's
helpless condition and that he then went
to SEQ her. IL
Everything is all right now said Mr..
Thomas. II have transportation for her
to Charleston and sho will leave in the
morning for her home. She'll be supplied
with money and will not suffer on the
trip" u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
West Point Moonlight.

Mrs. LYMAN and Mrs. Gin VIII run q
moonlight excursion Tomorrow evening TO
West Point The train will leave Richmond
at $3.50 O'Clock. and areturning leaves West
Point at 1890 o'clock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
WAR CLOUDS HUNG
LOW OVER EUROPE
Looked AS if Terrific Struggle
Might Soon Begin--scare
Worst Since Sos.
11,,or, orr Regular correspondent

/E,rom our Regular Correspondent,
1,SAc1JJNGTON, D. c., June IL me nc
go, In which interest at Whsnlhb .oii ..as
nhancod In one day from 81. rev, spa. .
ond TOXIC to Berlin and Paris unu a,.n,
don is one OF the most lntercstinh W ,a,,.,
W.. of tho last few strenuous yeals
~ International politics. Fer there mas
-; ,laa,, much politics of this character
tn,ked at Washington ever since 1Au'. 4i,et
Dan.a,, sailed into Manila Bay on trat
Nav morning seven years ago h''u =
q ceeded to sink the Spanish Ileet.
The news of the strained Icia . .'on - 80 ~
tween Germany on the one side ana Urea.
1,ritain and France on the other cA'ile
asa complete surprise to the genera
white In Washington. official and other-
wise It is likely that the President ana
The state Department knew OIL me Tn
sion and the possibility OF war, Dut tne
,nowledCo was confined to Il very lew.
rho 1eal condition Of affairs does not
annearto have revealed itself to the news
no ner men of Paris and London. Inc
fact that the French minister oil war was
so kcenly aware of the danger or an oui,
break that he stayed In his ol1ice an
az "Wednesday night, looking attor the
,.a,rrn Of soldiers to the colors in many
instances by special train, without It's
bein,; known to newspaper correspondents,
must he regarded as one OF TIE mos.
remarkable instances of Journalistic f'i!i
down" on record.
The President is believed to have kept
in close touch with the situation he
',as had at least three conferences with
the French ambassador this week, and
Baron Won Siernburg, the German am
bassador has been at the White House
several times within the past few days.
The British ambassador Sir Mortimer
Durand, spent an hour with the Prcsl-
dent Thursday night, and 1t Is more than
likely that they discussed the situation
very fully. But tho gravity of the crisis
never Impressed itself upon correspond
ents, for the reason that they did not
know there was crisis. Neither did the
correspondents in London, Paris and Ber-
lin.
Worst Scare Since '8o's.
The present is the worst war scare
the world has had since in the eighties,
when Great Britain and Russia appeared
on the verge of hosfilities. That there
is danger of a general European out
break cannot be overlooked. While tho
London and Paris reports may exngger-
ate the danger to some extent. IT is be-
lieved that GermanE is trying to gain all
she can out of tho Rus S0-J apanese war.
Her only chance to accomplish this Is 10
grab while Russia and Japan are busy.
H3ut as a matter OF fact, the sentiment of
the people of Russia is believed to be so
strongly anti-warlike at the present that
the powers do not fear tho bear. crippled
and thoroughly sore from the beating he
has received in tho Orient. will attempt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
WOMAN. DESERTED
IN STRANGE CITY.
Mrs. ]. H. Cooper Forsakcn BY
Husband. Tells Pitiftl
Story.
TURNED THEIR BACKS ON HER
c,ver,, Sparenns ~ sss1A7,,n,, chc
THEIR BACKS ON HER
Several Persons to Whom She
Appealed Were Cold-Help
At Last.

Deserted by her husband, without money
and without friends Mrs. j. Fl. Cooper.
OF Charleston, s. c., with a five -months-
old baby. Is NJ, object OF pity and COM
passion.
At the Alhambra Hotel last night the
forsaken woman said that she had no
means Of any sort, but that she had made
up hcr mind to work until she had ac-
cumulated sufficient amount Of money
to take her back to Charleston.
When asked II she had any idea where
her husband had gone she said that she
supposed he WAS In Portsmouth. for he
tion there. II don't know where he Is.
she ssid. and have made UP my mind
to work for my living
Mrs. Cooper. who is slight and delicate
looking. tells this story: my name before
married was Ethel L. Johnson. l am
from Charleston 8. c., and met Mr.
Cooper there. Ho Is n locomotive en-
gincer and he has worked for the Atlantic
Coast Line and for the Seaboard
Three years ago we were married and
no told me at tho time that he was a
wldower. don't know what his first
wite's last name was. He always called
her Lillian" After we had been mar
ried some time. i found a copy Of a d.
vorco decree in his trunk and then I
knew that his first wife had divorced
him. went secretly to see a lawyer
in Charleston and asked him. to explain
tho matter to me. but he told me that
as there were no divorces granted In
South Carolina. no did not know and adj
vised mo to write to the clerk OF the
court in st. Louis, where the divorce was
granted. did this. but never got a
reply tE4. gt4s3Fi $50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
Left in Railway Station.

place with the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railway and I went to live
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14
The White Lie Season.

The hardware merchant carefully did
up pair of oldfashiOned Skates-wood
en- body, solid steel blade. screw in heel,
straps in front. about three pounds 10
each foOt-and deposited them among ii
number of tagged parcels behind the
counter. He smiled broadly as the regt-
lar caller entered.
Some people call this the Christmas
season of the YEAR" he remarked Il
have another name for it. | call it the
white lie season. | was thinking Of it
Just now as | was doing up pair of
skates made way back i'll the early his
tory of the colonies. | didn't suppose
had them in the shop until a charitable
customer inquired for something of the
kind that wouldn't cost over twenty-five
cents. l found them under the caves up
st'tirs. They're for the minister's boy.
he sees those SkateS?'
Just what | wanted, Just what I've
been wanting for q long time" That's IL
white lie. They're nothing like what he
wanted; and inside of him he's disap-
pointed enough to cry. He hoped he'd get
the ncw-fangled sort that clamp or with
a twist of the wrist; but his father
doesn't draw Il Mccall salary and he'll
have to make those clumsy things do.
poor lad.
~ few days more and everybody'u be
telling white lies. They'll he standing
around trees covered with cotton and tin
sci or the baskets that hold the presents.
and they'll clap their hands and eXclaim:
This is Just what I've been wanting"
Yes, it is snickered the hardware
merchant. 1T makes no difference what
the bundle contains. Ii you gave Il blind
grandmother little red sled or Il football
she'd show it proudly and say it's just
what shes been wanting. I tell you.
there are good many heartaches go with
Christmas, especially among the young
folks in the houses OF the poor They
don't get what they want by several dol
lars worth; but they don't let on; and
probably it's good discipline for them.
But he concluded, "I'll be doggoned
if I'll send those skate to the minister $
son: I'll give him an up-to-date pair my
self and I'll make no noise over it either.
That'll be one white lie headed off, any
way. Providence Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14
RAILROADS AND sTEAMecATs
Augusta, Winthrop,
& Gardner RaiIwav
Tlme table in erect Actoher is. lss

Time table in effect Actober IS. Iss
Cars leave Augusta from in front ~
Post Office for Winthrop as follows: sS
8.25, SIS, 1125. 1855. u.s. 3.55. SIS, G55, sI
waits for it.
All cars except the S.o5 p. M. and n.
1920 P. NJ. run to M. c. station week dsys
but not Sundays.
Cars leave Augusta from In front a,
Post Oftice for Tcgus at 5:35. 6.35, I335. 90
10.35, 1905, LBS, 3.05, 4.35 Cos, 7.3j, 905 ION
II theatre Is not over at 1890 car waits
for it.
Cars leave Augusta for HallowelI and
Gardiner daily every half hour on ths
NJ. and for Hallowcll only at II P. NJ
Cars leave Winthrop for Augusta 5a
73O. $780, II, 1880, 2. $50, 5. go, S, go
Through cars from Winthrop to Togus
gers have to change at Augusta.
All cars except $50 A. NJ. and 9.3OPM
leave from NJ. c. station week days but
not Sundays.
$50, II, 12.3O 2. $50, 5, $50, S, $50. H.
Cars leave Gardiner for Haliowel and
Augusta daily every half hour from III;
A, NJ. to lois P. M. 1O.45 P. II. for Halle
well only.
hour from 5.52 A. NJ. to 1922 p. NJ
Cars leave Halowell for Augusta 3 min
utes past and % minutes before every
hour from sos A. M. to 1923 p. NJ.
Sunday time same on all the lines ex-
cept the cars start two hours later In the
morning.
TRAIN CONNECTIONS.
The $50 A. NJ. car from Winthrop ana
A. NJ car from Togus connects at Au-
gus.a with NJ. c. trains East and West.
The 7.45 A. NJ. car from Gardiner, the
sos from Hallowell and S25 from Au-
gusta connects at Winthrop with traina
East and West.
The 225 p. NJ. car from Augusta makes
close connections at Winthrop with train
for the West.
The 525 p M. car from Augusta con-
meets at Winthrop with train East.
The P. NJ. car from Winthrop connects
| ut Augusta with train for the West.
| The $50 P. M. car from Winthrop con.
meets at Augusta with Pullman train
| West.
! Trains arriving at Winthrop from Lew.
| iston way at 10.4S A. M. and 3.l6 P, NJ
| make close connections with electric carr
| for Augusta.
| Local car leaves North end of stats
| Street for Hospital Mt S.35. 915 ?;i'. los
| lie A. NJ, 1215, 1875, Is. 215. 2.55, S1
AS SIS, SIS 6.57, 7.%%55 SIC SIS p. NJ
Car leaves from Post Office ten minute!
| later every trip. Car leaves North end o.
| State St. for Grove Street junction onll
| sos, s. SIS. IL A. NJ. 3.35. and T. NJ
| Local car leaves Hospital for North emf
| Of State Street SIS. ?.3J. 1ol5. lo.J3, IlS7 A
I.M., 12.35, lis. LIS, 2335 SIS. AIS. As. SIS
e. q, 7.15, 7.55, S35, 915 r. NJ
Car leaves from P. Q. ten minutes late
| every trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14
Personal Notes.

Rev. Edward Lloyd Jones. of Man
chester. England. is credited with having
originated the phrase 1.-THE Grand Old
Nun as applied to Mr.. Gladstone.
Marcus A. Smith, who again repre-
S"ntS Arizona in Congress after two years
absence, will be dean of the territorial
delegates, this being his eighth term. :.
DR.. Maurice +. Egan. professor :4
English language and literature at IL
Catholic University of America, who. i
regarded as one Of three representatives.
oi the truly hest in American litcratsiEt-
thinks American poetry lacking beCauSt
not American in spirit.
Congressman Pat Murphy. of the
Sixteenth Missouri District. ut the open
in:; session of Congress, appeared on tn
floor of the House dressed in Il suit O
homeSpun. The suit notified brown in
tint and of necessity rough and rugged
in appearance. is IL present to the Con
gresham from Mrs McClcary. an old
resident of Phelps County Mr.. Murphy
home
General Pleasant Porter. chief of Tho
Creek Nation. who Is ut present il
Washington with TOUR Indian companions
may be the first Indian to be seated in tn,
United States Senate. that is. if the pc
litical status Of the candidate and of tn,
new State. composed of Indian Territory
ana Oklahoma, is considered. Porter is
s. years old and comes Of :, mixture oi
Pennsylvania Yankee and Creek.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14
Pointed Paragraphs.

a diplomats jawbone is mightier
than his sword
Memory is Nemesis that is con-
stantly on our trail
Cyclones will never break into the
popular air" class.
Beware of him who finds it neces-
sary to boast of his honesty.
He who marries well marrcs neith-
er his inferior nor superior.
A diet of pleasure is apt to result
III Il bad case of moral dyspepsia.
There are men, manly men and gem
uemen. In which class are you?
Much of the bitterness of life comes
from swallowing ones own words. -
The girl who dislikes the odor II
tobacco should never choose d mai
who chcws.
When words fail To express d wom-
ans contempt for Il man he enjoys
moments peace.
There is nothing better than Il cheap
monograph for starting undesirable
callers on the homeward path.
Between two tlangrrs choose the
least. That is why so many young
men enlist in the army instead of get
ting married.-Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14
I2EEpg47sSsx>
< Railroad
In effect Monday, Nov. Il, l

In effect Monday, Nov. Il. Eth.
Pullplan Car Service"
Pullman sleeping car between fpSton
and Caribou on train leaving Boston at
100 P. NJ; Augusta. 12.59 A. NJ: bshgor'
3.55 A. M, and Caribou, 4.1O P. NJ.
TRAINS LEAVE
LEAVE Portland. 1885 p. NJ: Augusta
12.59 A. Nj; Waterville, LAO A. M bangor
3J5 A. NJ; Arrive Miuinocket at $40 A.
NJ: Houlton, $50 A. NJ; Pressure Isle, lGg
A. NJ. Caribou, 11.00 A. NJ; Fort Fairfield
lO55 A. NJ: Van Buren,, 12.40 L. NJ.
LEAVE Portland, 1o5 A. NJ; Augusta
25s A. NJ; Waterville, $40 a. NJ Ban,
gor, 100 A. NJ; Arrive So. Laerange' NJ
A. NJ; katahdin Iron Works. $50 a: M :
Millinocket. 1925 \. NJ; Patten, ll.0 a:
NJ; Ashland. 215 p. M; Fort Kent "a
p. NJ: Houlton. 12.55 F. NJ: Presque isie'
2.46 p. NJ; Caribou, $l5 F. M; Van buren,;
$50 p. NJ; Limestone, 40 +. NJ fo,'
9l7 A. NJ; Guilford. 81 A. M; Mo i
1017 A. NJ; Greenville, 1915 A. M; klheo
100 p. NJ.
Leave Portland, 1925 A. NJ; Augusta.
1235 p. NJ: Waterville, 1.2o P. NJ; leave
Bangor. 3.15 P. NJ. Arrive So laSrans"
725 P. NJ; Houlton, SIS 7; Al; PreS Tur.
Isle. 9.57 p. NJ; Caribou, 10.2o L. NJ fo''
Fairfield, 10.15 P. NJ. .a
LEAVE Portland, 1886 P NJ; Augusta
Us P. NJ; Waterville, 305 F. NJ; baI.
gor. $50 p NJ; Arrive Dover. 1o3 r NJ
Guilford, 1.26 p NJ; Greenvilie' ~ r. -
TRAINS ARRIVE.
LEAVE Greenville, 5.35 A, NJ; Dover
7O2 A. NJ: So. Lagrange, $40 a. NJ; AT
rive Bangor, 9.25 A. NJ; Leave bahsw'
10 P. NJ; Arrive Waterville' S'o'' A"'
lie LEAVE Fort Fairfield, 500 A. NJ; CAR:
bou. 500 A. NJ: Presque Isle, s.27 A. ~;
Houlton, sos A. NJ: Ashland, $50 A. NJ.
Patten. s so A. M: Millinocket, lVl6 \. Nh,
Katahdin Iron Works. 10.15 A. NJ. "A, Ari . az
Bangor. 100 p. NJ; Arrive WaterVilie' '''
F. M; Augusta. AZ z. NJ ,.;,o,
LEAVE Van Buren,, $50 A. M; !, Tari FoTt
11.45 A. M: Pressure Isle. 12.15 z MI j, ~ NJ
Fairfield, 11.40 A. NJ; Houlton, 2w = ! ~ p
Fort Kent, 1915 A. NJ: Ashland IN
NJ; Patten, $50 p. M: Millinocket, * D
NJ. Kineo, 40 P. NJ; Greenville' * io
NJ; Monson, 3.55 P. M: Guilford; :" A..
NJ; Dover and Foxcroft, sos F. "a. "a n
rive Bangor, 7.25 P. NJ; Waterv;le' ~"
p. M; Augusta, lilo p NJ.
LEAVE, Caribou, 40 P. NJ; Van bui M.
20 P. M; Fort Fairfield: Ala r: a. I5'
Pressure Isle. 43S p. NJ; Houlton. % D..
M: Millinocket, S.43 T. NJ. Arrive pa pa.
gor lis p. M; Waterville, LAO A. MT
Augusta, 2.25 A. NJ. o,.,r,r,
Trains leave So. Lagrange Tor oso y M, N
and Searsport at SIS A. NJ. and nv =; ' .,
arriving at Stockton at 10.15 A. NJ ana a ~.
2. NJ, and SearSport at 1913 a. N, NJ, at
$50 P. NJ. Returning, leave Searspol. az
$50 A. NJ. and 15O p NJ. and Stockton c "
eos A. NJ. and 205 p. NJ, arriving az
Lagrange at sos A. NJ and 4.05 L. NJ.
c. G: BROWN,
w. NJ. BROWN.
Gen1 Superintendent.
Bangor. Nov. %. 1895.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14

Ex-Governor Horace Austin of
Minnesota, who died Il short time ago,
was one of the many sons of Maine who
have won fame and success in Mime
sofa and who have played important
Irrr.S in building up that great com
monWealth. The Journal publishes
elsewhere, this morning, a picture oi
this distinguished man and a sketch of
him written by Judge G. r. Stevens of
this city. who was IA schooimate III
bothood and his life long friend. Gov
crnor Austin's early years were passed
upon a farm in Belgrade where his sis
ter and other relatives are still living,
AMI his legal education was obtained in
Il law office in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14

81 recommend also change in the
manner of selecting bank examiners
and the payment of each examiner of a
fixed salary. with such assistants as
may be required to properly perform
his duties.
"Thc bankers of America have come
to a point where they have to deal with
international finance, as we are fast
becoming the dominant financial power
of tie world. and have not only to
deal ana financial conditions at home.
but abroad. This has brought about a
new DEVELOPMENT in banking that must
have legislation to protect it."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14
The Nobel Prizes.

For the fifth time the Nobel prizes
have been awarded, and those judged
by committee as having done the
most 70 aid humanity by scientific and
medical research. by work in literature
and by the promotion of peace, have
each received an award of about 100000
These prizes were founded out of his
millions by Alfred Nobel, inventor of
dynamite. The awards are made an
nualy by a committee Of scholars i'll
Sweden, which was Nobers native land.
The awards, this year., as earlier an
nounced i'll our telegraph columns, are
to Philip Lesnard, of Germany, 1or re-
searches into the cathode rays; Adoiph
Won Baeyer for researches in organic
chemistry: Prof Koch, Germany, for
researches designed to promote the pre-
vention and cure of tuberculosis;
Henrvk Sienkiewicz of Poland for work
IN literature. and Baroness Won Suttner
of Austria for her labors and writings
in the cause of international peace.
Thus three out of the five fortunate
persons, this year. are German scien-
lists, while one is Polish author and
the fifth Il woman of the Austrian
nobility. Since the foundation of the
Nobel prizes. in 1900, representatives of
nearly every country in Europe have
been honored. but thus far no prize has
been awarded to an American. 1t was
generally prophesied, during the sum
mel and fall, that the peace prize would
upon President Roosevelt for Lis part
in bringing to an end the war between
Russia and Japan. 1t is not at all I'M
likely that he will be the recipient of
the prize next year, since the nominal
tons, according to the rules which gov
ern the awarding of the prizes, have to
be made many months in advance.
OF course, the secret history of the
negotiations which eliminated in the
hltleTy peace treaty fellldllS uilTe-
vealed. but the world knows that Presi-
dent Roosevelt was the leading figure
in these negotiations. and it is alto
gether probable that the Nobel COM
mittee WILL next year, express its ap-
probation Of the great work which he
did in behalf of international peace.
Those to whom the Nobel peace prize Of
$4,000 have hitherto been awarded are
Frederick Passy, writer, in 1901, Prof.
De Martens. Russian diplomat, in 1902
w H. Cremer. editor of the London
Arbitrator, in 1908; the British Royal
Institution, in 1904, and Baroness Won
Suttner. in 1905. Surely none of these
have done more practical work in be
half of peace than the President did in
bringing about the negotiations which
eliminated IN the treaty signed at Kit
terry. Let us hope that when the Nobel
awards are made in 1906, it will be
found that President Roosevelt is the
first American to receive the high dis
tinction of being given one of these
great prizes.