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The Washington times., 1905-11-16
BAD BLAZE LEAVES
FAMILY DESTITUTE
Everything Lost ButClothes
on Backs.
FURNITURE FUEL
Kitchen Only Room Habitable in the
Wrecked House-Nalls Out
of Work.

On Sunday morning fire Ia the home
of Mrs. Fannie Nails. 919 CoIun1hia= geaez
destroyed ali the worldly goods that the
tute. for some Of them scarcely have
clothes to wear.
The husband has been out of work
for several months and the family has
been supported by the meager earnings
of the mother. who works among the
neighbors and earns a dollar and half
per week
Spark Caused Fire
On Sunday Mrs. Nails had gathered all
OF her bed clothes from the entire house
and placed them on a bed in a back
room, near an open window to air.
Shortly after she left the house TO visit
a friend. When she returned she found
her clothes, furniture and upper story
of her house IN ashes. II is supposed
that spark from the houses in the
rear alley started the FIRE
One Room Habitable.
She had a truak with all Of her three
children s winter clothng and two suites
of furniture in the room where the blaze
started and all were destroyed. The
family has 10 wearing apparel except
what they have on their backs. The
furniture had been recently purchased
by Mrs. Nails and was almost free from
Indebtedness when the fire destroyed
IT, They have no fuel and are at pres
ent burning parts OF the half burned
furniture. The windows are broken In
the upper story OF the house, leaving
only the kitchen habitable.
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

which We're decorated with palms and
cut flowers. The Rev. DIR. Fisher, of the
First Baptist Church. performed the
marriage ceremony Master Charles
Elmer Tomlin. the brother OF the bride,
and Miss Dorothy Knight were the
only attendants TO the couple. After
the ceremony supper was served and a
a late hour Mr.. and Mrs. Dobie left
for trip through the North. They Will
be at home to their friends after De-
cember J.
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ToMLIN-poBIE WEDDING.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs W o.
Tonalin was the scene OF a pretty we'd
ding last night when their daughter.
Grace Trueman Tomlin. became the
bride OF William Bertram Dobie. The
ceremony took place in the parlors,
The Washington times., 1905-11-16
SILVER sTAR MEETING.

Silver Star Lodge. No. %. i. o. G. T.,
OF Tenleytown. viii hold its regular
weekly meeting this evening at Good
TempIar Hall, on the Brookeville road.
A musical and literary program has
been arranged.
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WATER MAIN BROKE.

A break in the water main occurred
yesterday on Thirty-first street, between
Q and r streets. The break IS said 70
have been due TO the irregular pressure,
which has caused numerous other breaks
all over the city
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]. O. GINGELL DEAD.

James oliver GingeIl. of 1881 Thirty
fourth street. died suddenly Tuesday at
his home. Deceased was fifty-sight years
of age. and Is survived by a widow ana
several children.
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MRS. H.Y. CREIGHTON DEAD.

Mrs. Hattie Y. Creighton. widow OF
the late ". +. Creighton. died at her
home in South Pitt street, last night
Her funeral viii take place tomorrow.
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LEG BROKEN By OIL BARREL.

Benjamin Hughes. while trucking at
the Pennsylvania freight sheds IN TINS
city. had his leg broken IN three places
by a barrel OF oil. He was removed 70
the Alexandria Hospital for treatment.
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MEETING OF D. OF C.

The Seventeenth Virginia Regiment
Chapter. United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, will hold q meeting at Lee
Camp Hall. in Prince street, this even
ing at 7:30 O'Clock
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INITIATED IN IopINE.

RUTLAND. Vt. Nov. l6.-Four high
school boys have been arrested near
kRre. charged with painting the body OF
4 playmate with iodine, while initiating
aim into a club. He resisted and was
roughly handled
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cIYIL war YETERAN 20 MORE.

David GenneI, veteran of the civil
war. died at his home in South Colun-
bus street. yesterday.
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con MARRIAGE LIcENsE.

A marriage license was issued yester-
day to Ohio Burrows and Miss Margaret
Dale, both of Tenleytown, d. c.
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sr. IoHNs Plans BAzAAa.

A bazaar will be held at St John 5
Parish Hail. at Potomac and o streets.
the later part of this month, the pro-
ceeds to be used for repairs TO the
church
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MISS cRUIKsHANK BURIED.

The funeral of Miss Sarah Cruik-
shank, daughter Of Richard Cruikshank.
of Thirty-fiTst street. took place yester-
day afternoon from Oak Hill Chapel
Miss crulkshank died Monday at her
home on Thirty-frst street. after an III
ness of several weeks.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
PLAN ELABORATE BANQUET
Affair in Honor of Judge D. X. Trask
Promises to Be Event of Season
In It's Line

The most elaborate banquet of the
year is that which is to be given in
honor of Judge D. K. Trask by the
local knights of Pythias on the even
ing of October 26 at the Angelus hotel.
Two hundred of the most prominent
Pythians of Los Angeles will be present,
and addresses will be made by leading
men of the state. George A. Knight
from San Francisco will respond to the
toast "The President" Tom Fitch will
depict the advantages and obligations
of american Citizenship" Judge b.
f. Bledsoe of San Bernardino will i'm
press upon his hearers the benefits
secured by society from its Bench and
Bar" Senator Frank Flint will respond
to the toast "Our Country" Byron L.
Oliver will dilate upon the glories of
"Civic Liberty" Rev. Robert J. Bur-
dette will discuss "The Press" And
Frank James will in conjunction with
Judge Trask make a response to the
toast "Our Guests"
George l.. Keefer, chancellor grand
commander of Sampson lodge No. 14S,
knights of Pythias will preside over
the banquet as master of ceremonies.
Edmund Burke is to be toastmaster.
The service will be under the direc-
ton of Gaspard D'Artos, who will be
assisted by corps of fifty-f1ve walters.
Prof. Lowinsky will be in charge of the
music and he has engaged the Espe-
rama quartet, who will in addition to
their own singing lead the assembly
choruses which are coupled with several
of the toasts.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
THE DOODLE CASES

Then came the exposure of boodling
in the state legislature last winter
that nauseous mess that reduced CAL
ifornia to the level of Missouri, Wiscon-
sin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and
made the state writhe with shame-that
affair which is a stencil in the nostrils
of every decent man.
The story is well known. Out of a
political ruction in San Francisco, the
Hearst paper had started a sand bag
cling of building and loan associations
to reach one presided over by the coun-
ty assessor who had refused to turn
his influence toward Hearst's ill-fla-
vored boughten- boom for president. A
certain committee in the state senate
was formed, a majority of it, four men,
dominated by the Hearst influences.
These four are Bunker, Emmons,
French and Wright.
The word was passed that they
could be bought for $3.50 apiece. This
was tipped off," and a scheme was
marked bills. They bit; the trap was
sprung; the money passed, The four
were caught dead to rights. Detect
ives had been watching them.
Affidavits were filed in the senate
charging them with the crime. They
denied 1t. Joe Jordon, the go-between,
confessed; all four were expelled. Bun
So has Emmons. The trials of the 9TH
er two are fixed. The same evidence
applies against them that convicted
the other two.
"The Records Show"
1 tried hard to get Seymour to tell
me about these Doodle cases, but he
declined
II can't talk about the two which
are yet to be tried" he declared. "It
would be unprofessional. The records
show the Others"
OF course he did mention some things
in connection with them, incidentally,
during the chat; they will appear later
on. But specifically to discuss them he
refused.
- cont deserve the credit for them"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
ASKS LAND FOR INFIRMARY
Sister Mary Ann Heating Petitions
Council to Aid Free lnsti-
tuition

Sister Mary Ann Heating, president
of the Los Angeles Infirmary company,
has petitioned the city council to grant
quit claim to the infirmary on the
tract of land on Angeleno Heights for
merly used for reservoir purposes.
Many years ago this land was con-
veyed to the Citizens Water company
for use as a reservoir, and it passed
into the hands of the city for the same
purpose. 1t has not been used for a
number of years, and according to the
petition of the president is wholly use
less for this purpose any longer. The
city is making no use of this land and
the infirmary believes that it can put
it to practical benefit.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
HIS STRONG OPINIONS

Seymour wouldn't talk about himself
Nor about his cases, So 1 started in
to learn him by his opinions, We could
talk about graft and Doodle in general.
And we did.
"Boodlng," said Seymour, "is not
more general now than it used to be
at least, l don't think so. But it is
more generally known; it is more at
the surface. There has been so much
talk about graft of late that people
notice it more. I have no doubt If we
could go back a hundred years, that
we'd find graft then, the same as we
do now.
But now, we are all stirred up about
it, People speak of it on all sides. The
recent exposures in the east have called
attention to it very prominently, and
people read about it widely.
1.-THE newspapers have helped this
along, too. They talk about graft,
graft, all the time They call this man
and that man grafter-too much of
that Every time anyone says any
thing against a man, they cry 'grafter!'
That's wrong; a man isn't a CRATER
just because some other fellow says
he Is.
Too Much "Graft" Talk
"Of course, there's grating going on;
lots of it. We all know that. But
there isn't the amount of it that peo-
pie suppose. It's all wrong to be ex-
citing them so much and giving so
much attention to it.: this has a bad
tendency People are used to the
word CRATER is becoming a term of
cleverness rather than of reproach.
People hear the best men in a COM
munity called 'grafters'-men they
know are honest and straight-and
they argue that if such men are so
termed when they haven't done thing
to justify the assertion. then why not
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22

"And the other two?"
| Never a word did Seymour say. The
cases are yet untried and he wouldn |
talk of them a minute.
| And those are the things that Sey-
mour told of the boodlers-he was sor-
ry for 'em!
Poor Legislators
Its a pity that we send such men
to our councils and legislative bodies
he went on. "They don't belong there
they are not representatives. at all.
yet coming as they do from city
wards and districts, do they not thus
represent the average of the conStltu-
encies that send them?"
I'VE shouldn't send our average
man to govern and make laws for US
we should send our best. Go ABOVE
the average and get better ones.
I'm some city wards it is hard to
find good men,
"Then enlarge the ward or district.
Urge good men for office. Make oi1lces
honorable to hold. Elevate the stand
ard of those who make and execute
our laws and We'll have better govern
ment,"
Too Busy Chasing Dollars
1.-THE trouble Is that we are so busy
| chasing the eternal dollar that we don't
think we have time for anything else.
1t gets right back to that worship OF
mammon again, which Is the curse OF
the whole United States today. What
pity that men can't rise above the
sordidness of money-grubbing!
Not vindictive, not boastful, not tri-
/ umphant, not preacher-just sorry
that men should be so low morally, or
so deficient mentally. that they would
stoop to a crime which his oath of Of
fee made it necessary to try them for
and send them to prison. Never once
did he mention the results of the trials
in sternness of sentence, the chances
in the higher courts, or how he'd feel
when sustained or reversed. All of this
was omitted-only regret that men
should be so frais.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
STRONG SENTIMENTS
OF A STRONG MAN

. You must make a man good
inside before you reform him out
side. All the law in the world
won't reform him If his heart is
bad. Get at the heart first"
! 1.-THE greatest thing humanity
ever did was to undertake to gov
ern itself"
I'VE have laws enough; we don't
. enforce those we have"
1.-THE people must awake and
this awakening must begin in the
heart of every individual first"
Money is our goal; we meas
ure everything by it. Whom do
we call the successful man? The
fellow who is rich-worth a mill
lion dollars. Money-get money
! get richl That's the cry of the
day. What do we care for any
thing else-learning, culture, good
ness? Nothing-get money. Get
. yours! Get every ones else! Get
any and everything except get
caught"
1--WE strive too much-we worry
too much. Every fellow is afraid
the other fellow is going to get
ahead of him in riches. We go
crazy after wealth. We neglect
. today in planning for tomorrow.
We fear for the future and in try
ing to provide for it, we fail to
look after our present opportuni-
. ties and they go all uncared for"
, I'VE must push money back into
it's proper place as a servant and
slave and not let it be master.
We must exalt goodness, high
. moral purpose, clean heart.
They must be our objectives, and
not money, eternally money"
!s' i, .l..f...5.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
THE KINDLINESS OF HIM

Then he proceeded to exemplify that
quality of kindness that CLEANS in his
nature.
"What'd I say about those municipal
league folks while back? I'm afraid
was rather too rough on them"
You didn't say much," I answered.
That was a good side light on this
chunky, roundfaced fighting attorney
and I didn't want to let 1t go.
Look here, don't you get me into
it with them. They're good people
mean well. They're little over zeal
Gus, that's all. What'd L say-that
they tried to reform too much?"
Something like that"
well, let it go. It's right. They
mean we'll, but they try to do too much
that's what l mean. We've got
enough to do, reforming ourselves.
believe in every man doing the best
he can from day to day-doing todays
work today and leaving tomorrow's
for tomorrow to do-only, as I told
you, l wouldn't feel natural If I were
not about three weeks behind all the
time"
And all the seriousness left in his
hearty joke on himself.
He Can Joke Also
For Seymour can laugh and tell
funny stories as we'll as preach. If
it be that this is oVer-sermonized, this
chat, be it remembered that / have
written mostly the serious side of what
was said and done. There was the
other side, but it was largely personal
and intimate.
AS a matter of fact, this Seymour
is many-sided. OF not quite medium
stature, heavy for his height, his very
build denotes iron will and grit. If
one were perfectly frank, one would
say he has a bull-headed atmosphere
about him-but having smoked his to-
hacco, let me call it more politely IAN
atmosphere of determination" He
also has a certain directness of ad-
dress and action, brusque almost to
the point of impoliteness at times. He
minces no words; if occasion demands,
his damn" is as strong and hearty as
and sharp; no oily politeness trickles
slimily from his presence or oozes
noisomely from his finger tips. He'd
never catch flies-he's not honey
enough.
This isn't a pose; it's natural with
him. We walked up K street together
and his salutations, even when he
didn't know I was looking, were just
the same. Sacramento doesn't mind
this it's used to it. Not all Sacra-
mento, of course; Seymour has hun
dreds of the staunchest friends there,
but he also has some of the dearest
enemies a man could desire. But
then:
He hath no friends that never had a
foe
And the strong man has enemies, al
ways.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
Seymour; the Man Who Prosecuted the BOOdlers

had it. have no political ambitions
other than to fill out by present term
satisfactorily. l don't think I'll even
be a candidate for reelection. ] want
to go down the river on that ranch
get back to the SOIL That's my am
bition now"
How about the bench?"
"Never even dreamed of 1t. The
place does have a certain prestige that
other offices don't have any more.
But 1 have no lines out at ALL"
And you wouldn't take the govern
orship If it were offered you on a silver
platter?"
81 did say that. didn't L? That's
bit strong; no man should say what
he will or he won't do in the future.
But candidly, I don't want it; I'm
not seeking it, and / have no idea
that it'll ever be offered me. SO there's
nothing more to be said about it. Good
night" .....
"a FULL GROWN MANI"
Up in Frisco 1 asked Gavin McNab
about Seymour and the governorship.
Gavin McNab, that Warwick of the
state democracy, just now doing the
Hercules act in the -than-Augean
stables of San Francisco politics.
"a fine man. A great mani" said
the king maker. Splendid fellow!"
"Does he stand a show for the norni-
nation?"
Excellent"
"Is he big enough? Is he governor
ship timber?"
"You bet he Isl Every timel Arthur
Seymour is a full-grown mani"
Is McNab prophet as we'll as high
priest in the Democratic party?
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22

ceeds of some trust fund. Seymour be-
gan his career of independence and de-
f1ance of precedent by fatty refusing
to have this medal, after it was unan-
imously voted him. Nothing of the sort
had ever happened before and the uni
Versity was shocked. When / asked
him about this, his first question was.
Now, how'd you find that out?"
And his next:
Il refused it because | didn't think
was fairly entitled to it,"
But it was rendered you unanimous
ly and according to all precedent, it
could 60 to no one else"
Il don't care; 1 didn't feel that I
had earned it, and 1 wouldn't take it.
Oh, suppose it's down there yet, and
will be for ever unless my heirs and
assigns should send for 1t: I never
will.
You see, the medal is given to the
one highest in all his averages, no
matter what he may have studied. l
thought some of those who had harder
studies ought to have a more even
chance. AS a sort of protest, I re-
fused my medal, and the class lead
er the next year did the same. But
it didn't do any good; ever since then,
the old method has prevailed"
How could a basis of merit be ar
rived at except by averages on wol k
done?"
His Law Career
ooh. I don't know. 1 only know that
1 didn't feel that I ought to have that
medal, so I wouldn't take It,"
Which gives one a clear sidelight on
his character, as perhaps nothing else
would.
When Seymour returned to Sacra-
mento he entered a law office. later
49, -
or two partnerships, and did well.
His work was wholly in civil courts,
and he never tried criminal case in
his life till he was elected district at
torney.
This came about unexpectedly. UP
to the day Of the Democratic conVen-
ton. which named him, he had not
been mentioned for the place. His
forte was civil law, whereas the dis
altogether. But the day the conven-
tion met he announced himself cam
didate. I asked him why.
"Well, I understood that some peo-
pie said certain influences would con-
troll me, and that 1 wouldn't get certain
support. 1 determined to show those
people that it was a lie."
So, offhand, he went after the nomi-
nation and got it. Some wise ones
wondered and prophesied.
Sneered at Him
"Shoo, he amt a criminal lawyer"
they said. HE won't know what t.
do with a case eff he gifts it."
But others evidently thought differ
emily, for when the votes were counted
he was one of three Democrats who
survived the landslide. Incidentally
those certain influences" have let him
severely alone.
Things happened after he took office,
too; things that befooled the self con-
stituted wiseacres. A surprising num-
ber of big convictions followed in rap
i'd succession. The usual long list of
lost cases was absent; trials went for
the state with almost monotonous reg
ularity. One after another seven
murderers were convicted" a China
man, an Indian, a Jap and four white
men," he counted them off to me-.
These events made people talk. And
the more they talked, the more favor
ably young Seymour came to be re-
Rarded.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
AS TO MOST REFoRMERs
"FIow will you do it?"

"How viii you do it?'
"What?"
Awaken the individual hearts?"
I'm not going to do it, I'm no re-
former; I'm just a plain man trying
to do my duty from day to day. No;
I'm no reformer."
Possibly there was the slightest trace
of irony in this-for Seymour has been
held up as the Joe Folk of California"
by others than Gavin McNab. He is
a great admirer of Folk, is Seymour
doesn't know Folk quite so well as
that shrewd San Franciscan does, by
the way. About Seymour also by the
way, are none of the qualities which
have led many missionaries who know
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
HIS GENESIS

There is also a Genesis to Arthur M.
Seymour-but he wouldn't tell me
about it,
my early life is my own business" "
said he. 1.-THE public insn't interested
in any early struggles may have had
and 1t has no right to know about
them. l was born on a ranch about
40 years ago. Came here when 1 was
years old; I was the middle one of
3 children. l was graduated at school
here and at Berkeley. 1 took up law
@nd finally was elected district attor-
Aey. I am married and have two chill
@ren. 1 live in a rented house, but
own little shack of my own. I also
own a half interest in ranch down
the river. Now, that's all you're going
to find out"
Whereupon Seymour relit his pipe
that was a long speech for him to
nake-and leaned back with a gasp of
relief-a sort of sigh of f1nality.
But it wasn't all was ''going to find
out" While he went home to dine
with his two children, his wife being
away-he refused to stay down with
me that he might be with them-I
dug up" few more facts about him
that will here be recorded-and con-
siderable that won't, at his earnest re-
quest.
Seymour's mother was left a widow
with three sons. There were certain
early struggles, but they are past now,
so let them lie. At years old he
went with the family to Sacramento,
AS he grew older, he went to school
there, climbing and fighting past the
grammar grades into the high school,
which he left at the very head of his
class, for Berkeley. There again he
\ .ade his mark, for he was graduated
there also at the top of his class.
Refused His Medal
At Berkeley, the class leader every
year is voted a gold medal, the pro-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
THE GoVERNoRSHIP

"And about that governorship busi-
ness-yes, 1 see some of the papers
have mentioned it. I'm glad to have
their praise. Oh" and he yawned. "a
man can't tell what he'll do till ht
is up against the situation.
But l say to you here and now, In
all seriousness. / don't want 1t. ]
wouldn't know what to do with it il
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22

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