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The Washington times., 1905-06-11
YARNS ABOUT GREAT MEN

In the most recently published vol.
umes OF his famous diary Sir Count.
stuart E. Grant Duff tells the follow
ng story of DisraeH, the authority
quoted for it being Sir Thomas Sander
son: "a famous diplomatist once went
TO see Lord Reaconsfield, conversed
with him, and found him very agree
able. AT his departure the waiter who
had shown him UP came and asked him
for a present. But why?' Don't YOU
remember was the answer, 7 showed
you up to Lord BeaconsfieId" What
OF that2' asked the visitor. oh, sir.
after you had gone he did d-n me I'M
common for telling you that he was at
home
In the same volume appears this story
or Ii Hung Chang. whose candor was
never quite equaied In this world. The
famous Chinaman was dining with a
Swedish traveller. You GENE from
Sweden, said the great man, don't
you? Yes" was the reply And
what kind of country is Sweden p,
rejoined the other. Whereupcn he re-
ce1Ved, as was natural, a glowing de-
Scr1puon Of its charms ..Ahr saiu
Ii Hung Chang, that is very nice:
very nice, indeed When I next com
r1unicate with the Emperor of Russia
l will tell him to take Sweden,''-Chi-
cago News.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
No Danger of a Mixed Marriage.

And equally improbable Is /. that the
King of England. one OF whose titles
IS defender of the faith''-and it is the
Protestant faith OF which hS is sup
posed to be the special champion
would ever consent to the marriage of
any of his family with a Roman Cath
Ollie monarch. And that not because he
has religious scruples against such
marriages, but because he knows it
would cause & fuss. 1t is not generally
known that it is not only his own chill
dren whose matrimonial affairs are reg
uiated by the King. but his nephews,
nieces- and grandchildren are forbidden
TO marry without / s consent.
Probably few Americans are aware
that under English law no English
sovereign may wed a Roman Catholic
under penalty of being deprived of the
throne That interesting bit of legisia-
ton. which has never been repealed,
resulted chiefly from the marriage of
Queen Mary-the BLOODY Queen Mary
Ito Phillip II of Spain. one OF King Al
fonso's ancestors, by the way. 1t was in
1904 that he rode into London Ion the
ashes of the reformed religion as one
ehronicler puts it, Great palms were
taken to effacc. as FAR as possible
everything that might wound his relig-
ious susceptibiities.
painter who mad portrayed Henry
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
Every Inch a Gentleman.

The cards left at the palace showed
that the Americans thus honored were
Miss Edith A Norman and Mrs. Ciar-
enee Hudspeth. of Boston; Miss Effie
Bruen ana Miss Brueu of New York.
George W. HaIstead, of Pittsburg; VIII
liam Haden Brooks. of PHILADELPHIA:
Henry E. Sampson, of Washington. and
Morris ]. Macdonald. of Jersey CITY.
When they return to America It may
be taken Tor granted they will not be
a bit backward in declaring their opinion
that the King is a jolly good fellow and
every inch gentleman. That sort of
thing counts for international amity.
Nor would it be just to his majesty
to attribute his conduct to diplomatic
motives alone He is thoroughly good
natured man and enjoys doing the little
things that make lots of people happy.
Through his private secretary. Lord
knolly. the King has intimated to sew
eral prominent editors that he will be
glad, If during the Forthcoming visit
of the King of Spain, they suppress
any suggestions that the youthful mon
arch is seeking n wife among the eligible
matdens of the British royal family
Anybody who knows anything of the
considerations that govern royal alli-
ances must be aware that the head of
the most ultramontane Roman Catholic
country in Europe is not likely to marry
outside his own church. 1t would cause
no end of row if he did
The Washington times., 1905-06-11

We had all listened with the deep
est interest to this sketch of the
nights doings, which Holmes had de-
duced from signs so subtle and minute
that, even when i.e had pointed them
out to us, we could scarcely follow
him in his reasonings. The inspector
hurried away on the instant to make
inquiries about the page, while
Holmes and I returned to Baker street
for breakfast.
I'll be back by three" said he, when
we had finished our meal Both the
inspector and the doctor will meet me
here ct that hour and I hope by that
time to have cleared up any little OBJ
security which the case may still pre-
sent"
Our visitors arrived at the appoint
ed time. but it was a quarter to four
before my friend put in an appear
ance. From his expression as he en-
tered. however, I could see that all had
gone well with him.
Any news, Inspector"
We have got the boy SIR
Excellent and have got the men -
three:
Well; at least II I haye got their iden-
expected, well known at headolIar-
fcrS, and 50 are his assailants Their
names are Bfddle, Hayward, and Mof-
fat"
x ~
1.-THE Worthingdon bank gang" cried
the inspector.
Precisely" said Holmes.
Then Blessington must have been
Sutton
Exactly" said Holmes.
why, thar makes it as clear as
crystal" said the inspector.
But Trevelyan ard 1 looked at eacn
other in bewilderment.
You must surely remember the
great Worthingdon bank business, .
said Holmes. Five men were in it,
these four and fifth called Cart
wright. Tobin, the caretaker, was
murdered, and the thieves got awav
with seven thousand pounds This
was in 1875. They were all five ar
rested, but the evidence against them
was by no means conclusive This
Blessington or Sutton, who was the
worst of the gang, turned irformer.
On his evidence Cartwright was
,, hanged ard the other three got fifteen
years apiece When they got ou- the
other day, which was some years be-
fore their full term, they sci them
selves, as you perceive, to hunt down
the TRAITOR and to avenge the death of
their conIrade apon him. Twice they
tried to set at him and failed; 4 tbir7
The Washington times., 1905-06-11

The nations. among which the dispo-
S1tlon toward peace and arbitration had
been growing stronger ever since the
RusSo-JapaneSe war, were glad to meet
such proposals, and before the congress
adjourned Il had adopted the first Uni
versai Arbitration Plan. which the gov
ernments soon afterWard accepted with
little modification Under this new
regime Of peace and enlightened altru-
ism the world mas been freed of mill
tary and naval burdens; battleships and
cruisers, those curious horrors of the
last century, are only curiosities; and
the cream OF centuries. of making war
so horrible that IL should be impossible,
has been realized.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11

Immediately after the peace terms had
oeen agreed upon. 1t was frankly stated
mat the United States Government pos
sessed the secret Of teiephotograpl1y. the
exact means by which the destruction
OF the japanese fleet had been accom-
pilshed was made known. except. of
course, that the scientific secrets in
VOWED were guarded; and the nations
We're invited to join in an absolute peace
and arbitration program. The American
nation generously agreed that. while it
would not make public its great secret
for fifty years, it would bind itself not
TO engage in war unless attacked.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
Wealth Made From Waste

Study waste products if you would
get rich" said a millionaire Find
some way of utilizing a waste that is
now dreamed worthless. Set up lit
tie plant, buy in your waste for Il few
cents ton and extract from each ton
a dollars worth of iron or soap or
silk or something. Then you will soon
be rolling in money
There was once a poor man who
made soap. by-product of the soap
business was in his day a thick, sirupy
oily liquid that ran off from the soap
kettles into the sewers by hundreds
of gallons daily, for it was, you see,
considered valueless. But the poor
man converted this sirupy liquid into
glycerin. He could get all he wanted
of the liquid for nothing and he could
sell It, refined by dtstillation, for %
cents a pint He gave up soap-making.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11

He became a glycerin-maker solely
Soon, too. he became a millionaire
Coal tar, the thick black fluid that
used to be left over from gas-mahing,
was once thrown away. Today there
s no limit TO the things that coal tar
gives us 1t gives US saccharin, which
is ninety times sweeter than sugar 1t
gives us cores of brilliant aniline dyes
1t gives us two of our most beneftcent
medicines, antfebrin and antipyrin- 1t
gives US benzine. naphtha, creosote'
and carbolic acid. And each of the
men who, looking into the ugly and
vile depths Of this coal tar fluid. found
there a thing of value. became rich.
Poor men become rich not by fol-
lowing the old, beaten, crowded roads,
but by striking out new roads Tor
them selves. Over the marshes OF the
worlds waste it is possible. believe
ne, TO Scrlke cut many an easy and
short cut to the city OF success.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11


America That was strlkingly Illus
trated by an incident that occurred the
other day Incidentally also it illus
trates what American audacity can ac-
complish
Armed with a letter from Henry
White. formerly first secretary of the
AmericanT embassy in London. and now
ambassador to Rome. party Of Ameri-
cans called at Buckingham Palace to
do the royal residence and the royal
news" as aristocratfc stables are al
ways termed here. The letter sufficed
TO get them shown over the stables.
where they were able to feast their
eyes on the Kings horses and car
riages. but they were told that they
could not go over the palace itself
without permit from the lord chamber
lain. that being an inflexible rule where
foreigners are concerned.
Ear! Clarendon fills that Office. TTe
was out of town and meme of the palace
officials knew where a message would
find him. Apparently the difficulty was
an insurmoantable one. 1t would GER
tatniy have been deemed such by any
but Americans.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11

the honors Of war, and would be killed
rather than surrender.
The American admiral at first in
sisted on absolute surrender; but finally,
with the significant remark that it was
really immaterial because battieshfps
would all be worthless junk hereafter,
consented that the japanese ships should
not be further molested II their COM
mander would give his parole of honor
not TO attempt to escape until he could
communicate with his homo govern
ment and receive Instructions Three
days were granted for this
At the end of the three days both gov :
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
King Might Do,

One of the party suggested that the
lord chamberlain's permit might be
dispensed with by obtaining the con-
sent of the King himself. When the
palace official had recovered from the
shock this caused him, he explained
that also was impossible as the King
was attending the races at Newmarket.
Not one whit abashed the spokesman
OF the party inquired If he could not
be communicated with by telephone.
When the official had again regained
his breath, he admitted that ii was pos
sIbie and that the palace contained a
telephone which could be switched on
to any place where his majesty might
be staying. but there was no precedent
for employing it for such a purpose
Apparently another impasse had been
reached. However. after a good deal
of palaVering the persever1ng American
succeeded in reaching the young man
in charge of thu lace telephone. II
took some time to bring him around,
but finally he decided that he would
risk it, though he declared emphati-
cally that he would never have dreamed
of doing a thing so unusual for any but
Americans.
1t did not take long to obtain a reply.
If the Americans were properly authen-
ticated. they were by his majesty s
commands to be allowed 70 go over the
whole palace without being subjected
to any irritating scrutiny That set
tied IT. They did the palace most
thoroughly, and the attendant funkcys
could not have shown them more con-
sideration had they been personages Of
royal blood. When they had finished
sightseeing they were invited to par
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
Americans Hanging Back.

Much curiosity has been aroused in
fashionable circles as TO the reason why
all the prominent American women, save
one, withdrew from active participation
in the Westminster Hospital bazaar,
held In Deans Yard, Westminster. It
was the greatest charity fair of the
year. and under the patronage OF the
Queen and a lot of lesser royalties. On
such occasions American women are
not usually found occupying back seats
AS matter of fact, conspicuous posi-
The Washington times., 1905-06-11

ernments had been communicated with,
and 1t had been decided to suspend
hostilities for fifteen days. Before that
period had expired a protocol had been
agreed to between representatives of
botn powers II Copenhagen, and peace
resulted.
The peace was most honorable to both
combatants. To be defeated under such
circumstances was no disgrace TO Japan,
and was accepted by the, world as assur-
ing that war must cease forever At
the congress in Vienna. where by invi-
tation of the American State Depart
ment representatives OF the powers met
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
Continued from Third Page.)

beneath it. Beside him stood a smart
looking police-inspector. who was taking
notes in a poke tbook-
"Ah, Mr. Holmes said he heartily
~ my friend entered. II am delighted
&c see you
Good morning, Lanner.' answered
Holmes; you won't think me an in
truder. l am sure. Have you heard of
the events which led up to this AFFAIR.""
Eyes. l heard something OF them
Have YOU formed any opinion?"
''As far as / can see, the man has
been driven out of his senses by fright
The bed has been well slep: in, you see
There's his impression. deep enough
It's about five in the morning, you
know, that suicides are most common
That would be about his time for hang
ing himself. 1t seems to have been a
very deliberate affair
II should say that he has been dead
about three hours, judging by the
figd.ty Of the muscles" said l.
Noticed anything peculiar about the
rom?" asked Holmes
Found sc-ew-driver and some
screws on the wash-hand stand Seems
to have smoked heavily during the
Eight, too. Here are four cigar-ends
that / picked out OF the fireplace
HUM said Holmes. have you got
his cigar-holder?''
NO, l have seen none
Ills cigar-case, them"
Yes, il was in his coat pocket"
Holmes opened it and smelled the sin
gle cigar which IL contained
oh, this is Il Havana, and these
others arc cigars of the peculiar sort
which arc imported by the Dutch from
their East Indian colonies. They are
usually wrapped in straw. you know.
Snd are thinner for their length than
any other brand" He picked up the
four ends and examined them with his
pocket lens
* ::
Two of these have been smoked
from holder and two without said
he Two have been cut by a not very
sharp knife. and two have had the ends
Bitten off by set of excellent teeth
This is no suicide, Mr.. Lanner It is a
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
s4lil2UHl Isl k1l0 II Ns2sl lONINsE

might offer YOU a word of advice, IN
spector, it would be to arrest the page.
who, as l understand, has only recently
come into your service. doctor.
~ "
The young imp cannot be found,
said Dr. Trevelyan; the maid and the
cook have just been searching for him.
Holmes shrugged his shoulders.
He has played a not urlmportant
part in this Drama" said he. The
three men having assembled the stairs.
which they did on tiptoe, the elder man
first, the younger man second. and the
unknown man in the rear
MY dear Holmes" l CIRCULATED.
''Oh, there could be no question as to
the superimposing OF the fcetmarks. L
had the advantage of learning which
was which last night. They assembled.
then, to Mr.. BleSsingtons room, the
door of which they found to be locked
With the help of d wire, however, they
forced round the key. Even without
the lens you will perceive. by the
scratches On this ward, where the pres
sure was applied.
''On entering the room their first pro-
ceeding must have been to gag Mr..
or he may have been so paralyZed with
terror as to have been unable to cry
out. These walls are thick and it is
conceivable that his shrek, II he had
time to utter one, was unheard.
y ~
Having secured him, it is evident to
me that q consultation of some sort was
held. Probably it was something in
the nature of a judicial proceeding. 1t
must have lasted fer some time. for
it was then that these cigars were
smoked. The older man sat in that
wicker chair: it was lie vino used the
cigar-holder. The younger man sat over
yonder; he knocked his ash off against
the chest of drawers. The third fellow
paced UP and down. Blessington,
think, sat upright III the bed. but of
that cannot be absolutely certain.
We'll, it ended by their taking
Biessington and hanging him. The
matter was so prearranged that it is
my belief that they brought with them
some sort Of block or pulley which
might serve as gallows. That
screw-driver and those screws were,
as conceive, for fixing it up. Seeing
the hook, however, they naturally
saved themselves the trouble. Having
finished their work they made off, and
the door was, barred behind them bv
their confederate" =
The Washington times., 1905-06-11

why should anyone murder a man in
so clumsy a fashion as by hanging
him.
THAT IS what we have to find out"
How could they get in?''
Through the front door
1T was barred in the morning
Then it was barred after them
How do you know"
Il saw their traces. Excuse me a
moment, and 1 may be able to give you
SEINE further information about it,
He went over to the door, and turn
ing the lock he examined it in his
niethodical way. Then he took out the
key, which was on the inside. and in
spected that also. The bed, the carpet,
the chairs, the mantelpiece, the dead
body, and the rope were each in turn
examined, until at last he professed
himself satisfied, and with my aid and
that of the inspector cut down the
wretched object and laid it reverently
under a sheet.
How about this roper" he asked.
1T is cut off this said DR.. TreveI-
yam, drawing q large coil from under
the Led. He was morbidly nervous of
fire. and always kept this beside him.
so that he might escape by the window
in case the stairs were burning"
y ~
THAT must have saved them
trouble said Holmes, thoughtfully.
Yes, the actual facts are very plain,
and 1 shall be surprised if by the aft
ernoon 1 cannot give you the reasons
for them as well. 1 will take this pho
tograph OF Blessington which 1 see
upon the mantelpiece. as it may help
me in my inquiries
Bit you have told us nothing
cried the doctor.
.'Oh. there can be no doubt as to
the sequence of events. "Fsaid Holmes
There were three of them in 1.-THE
young man, the old man, and a third
10 whose identity 1 have no clue The
first two, l need hardly remark, are
the same who masquerade as the Rus
sian count and his son. so we can give
a very full description of them If I
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
How King Edward Wins American Peonle
Jailed Up BY Telephone the Newmarket Races, He
That Party Transatlantic Be Shown Palace

take OF luncheon in the palace, by one
or the big-wigs attached to his ma
jesty's household
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
The Resident Patient

very deeply planned and FLOODED
murder"
"Impossible.'' cried the inspector.
And why?'
why should anyone murder a man in
so clumsy fashion as by hanging
him.
The Washington times., 1905-06-11
London. June 9.

London, June 3.
p ING EDWARD ne ter lets a chance
slip Of doing anything that
tends to promote friendly rela-
tons between ENGLAND and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-19
HOW NICE TT WOULD BE:

Dawson feels that it is entitled to a
better passenger station than the one
the Central railroad is content to give
it, The matter has been presented
time after time to the officials of the
road without effect and if they con-
rinue to turn deaf ears to the town 5
petition for a new depot, the only
recourse is an appeal to the rail-
road commission.
The board of trade does not desire
to take this course if it can possibly
be avoided. They have all along be-
lieved that the road would in due
time give the town a depot common
surate with its importance and pat
ronage of the Central--a building at
least satisfying the demands OF com
fort and convenience.
But it begins to appear as II the
railroad officials are inclined to dis
regard entirely that measure of recip-
rocation as far as depot IS con-
cerned. that is due the citizens OF
Dawson who have given that road a
patronage almost as large as that OF
any town on the line.
We sincerely trust that the Central
will investigate the situation with an
eye to justice due the town and give
us an adequate station. Wouldn't it
be a graceful thing and an apprecia-
ted action for them to order the cree
ton of such building without fore
ing their patrons in Dawson to adopt
a course, troublesome and distasteful,
in attempting to invoke compulsion in
the matter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-19

The women Of the Yankee states may
think that they are clever at driving
bargains, but the claim is made here
now, without evasion or equivocation,
that in Guthrie, Okla, lives a woman
without parallel for commercial wit,
says the Kansas City Times. Several
months ago she entered a large depart
ment store In New York city to buy a
yard Of silk, which the clerk told her
would cost her 80 cents. Her purchase
left a remnant of one and one-half
yards. The clerk suggested that she
buy the remnant. What will you take
for it," asked the Guthrie woman.
Twenty cents, madam" replied the
clerk politely 'Well, I'll take it, but
you can keep the yard you've just torn
Off" The clerk was staggered for
moment, but, approaching the humor
of the proposal smillngly made the eS-
change. Not the least merit of this sto-
ry is that it is true.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-19
AN EXPLANATION THAT DOES
NOT EXPLAIN.

In answer to the charge that he Dor
rowed $50, 900 in Wall street on the
endorsement of President Samuel
Spencer of the Southern railroad,
Hon. Hoke Smith, in the columns OF
the Atlanta Journal, declares that
Mr.. Spencer didn't sign the note with
him. Mr.. Smith explains that Mr..
Spencer only gave him an introduce
ton to the bankers and assured them
of his (Mr. Smith's) high responsible
ity and vouched for the value of his
COLLATERAL.
1t is plainly a case of quibbling on
Mr.. Smiths part.
The fact remains that Mr.. Smith
did borrow fifty thousand dollars in
Wall street and that it was through
Mr.. Spencer's influence that he OBJ
tanned it.
The answer of Mr.. Smith, the poll
tician, is very much like an attempt
to throw plain case out of court on
technicalitV
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-19
ARE TICKLING TEDDY.

Cotton exchanges and individuals
have sent the president fatteringly
worded requests and petitions to
leave no stone unturned to discover
and have punished all the parties
connected with the cotton statistics
scandal. Ordinarily these requests
and petitions would be sent to the
secretary of agriculture, but that Off
cial at this time seems to be out OF
favor with everybody interested in
cotton. The resolutions. think the
Savannah News, are calculated to
make the president believe the whole
country regards him as a man who
does things. Even if they contain no
complimentary reference to him the
mere fact that that they were sent to
him is calculated to tickle his vanity.
Urged on as he is being urged there
is no doubt he will make every effort
to get at the bottom facts of the scan
dial