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The Washington times., 1905-10-15
Their Jealousy Aroused.

OF course, Trafalgar Square, with
It's imposing Nelson column, will be
the scene of a special celebration
For some years past the Navy
League has decorated that monu-
ment On the anniversary of Trafal-
gar. They will do it again this year
on an imposing scale, which viii in
clude night illumination They
will also arrange various other cele-
brations, but their plans have not
yet been divulged- The fact is they
are jealous of the prominence taken
in the commemoration by the Brit
ish and Foreign Sailors Society,
and have been foolish enough to
show il.
They seem to think" said Com
mander Crutchley, the secretary of
the league, that they are running
the whole show. They are trying
to steal other peoples thunder. l
don't call it playing the game. Hav-
ing their foreign sailors, say I, let
them look out for themselves. One
of the objects of the Navy League
is to prevent British ships being
manned by any but British sailors"
The Nelson column, it is of some
interest to recall. was itself tardy
memorial by the nation to the great
admiral. Though a monument to
The Washington times., 1905-10-15
American Shoes Superior TO European

the women. Ladies in the most elabo-
rate Partisan gowns will wear heavy,
square-toed style of last that over here
the athletic girl-if she happened TO De
OF the sort that believes thing is sem
sible in proportion as it is ugly and
ngraceful-missht wear for a rough,
croSS-country walk
French shoes are q little better. but
they aren't up TO the American al that.
Partisan taste leans to the long, narrow
shoernakers do excel as in just one par
ticalar The Pa.isian workman is ahead
of us in the decoration of the fancy
slipper. enbroidsry, bead work; ana that
slippers cannot be eqCaled in America
Put then again the French woman
wears that sort OF footwear az tlIles
and places that aH American woman
would consider highly unsuitab bic. She
does not know what an American
means by walking shoe and does not
hesitate to patrol the poulevaros IN her
highly ornate gilt or satin slipper,
which an American woman would only
wear in the house or with evening dress
But if they don't have the shoes they
have fine shops TO sell them in-shOwy
shops, that is, but not particularly con-
venient In many of the Paris shoe
shops, for instance, a band gives con-
tinuance performance. But the service
is very poor. One must wait an Inter-
minable time first to set waited on, and
then to get ones package and ones
change The prompt busineSslike
methods which the public demands on
this side the water are unknown. Plenty
Of the shops have elaborate gold cell
ings and ornate glass and silt show
cases, but have no delivery system. The
only way customer can get a purchase
to the hotel. apart from carrying IL. or
course. is by paying some child with
bicycle to deliver it.
The Austrian and Swiss shoes aD-
proach the American makes N excel
lence Of workmanship but their styles
cluded Mr.. Rich. '-if 1 should put in my
window such shoes as I have seen in
some of the leading shops of some OF
The leading cities of Europe-well, I
,aight move my store. shoes and all. TO
Philadelphia. or some other sleepy old
town that is just rubbing its eyes and
waking up to modern methods, but
couldn't do business in any progressive,
up to-date American city,
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A WHOLE summer spent in a
~ personally conducted search
through the capitals of Europe
for something new in footwear
has convinced Louis Rich. the we'll
known Washington shoe merchant. that
the new world is miles ahead of the old
in this particular. Let me see your
shoes and l will tell you who you are"
is his rendering OF the old time proverb
And above all. after q study OF the vari-
Gus styles and makes of footwear on
the continent, he feels sure that ne can
recognize nationalities by the way they
are shod.
II was Mr.. Rich's intention to import
models and styles from Europe in order
to improve. If possible. the manufacture
of his own shoe. But he has reached
the conclusion that in his business. az
least. America leads the world. He says:
THE proverbial American dash and in
Senuity are no longer necessary to iden-
tify Uncle Sans nleces and nepheWs
on the other side of the mill pond. A
single glance at their boots will do the
trick Repeatedly while on the other
side / was able to identify Americans
as such by the superiority OF their foot
wear And I'm no Sherlock Holmes.
nor yet a Lecoq. 1t Is simply that the
characteristics and style of American
shoes are so striking that any traveller
on the continent is perfectly safe in
identifying a fellow countryman by
them
The superiority of the American shoe
Is thoroughly recognized by the most
progressive OF the European shoe deal
ers. They import American shoes and
charge on an average n dollar a pair
more for them than they do for the home
product Shoes which were in vogue IN
America three years ago are being OF
fered in Berlin and Paris as examples OF
the latest style.
Europeans, even OF the better class,
are noticeably poorly shod. The shoes
the Germans wear would. on this side
the water, spoil an otherwise handsome,
well-groomed get-up. The slOppneSs or
the feet OF an otherwise nat-y German
officer is a thing to marvel at He is
point device in every particular till you
get down to his coffin-shaped shoes and
untidy garters. And 1t is the same with
The Washington times., 1905-10-15
Medals for An.

Nielsen mementos will play an i'm
portant part in the centenary pro-
grams. The lords of the admiralty
have given to the British and For
eign Sailors Society all of the oak
and copper removed from the Vic
tory when the accident she met with
a few years ago necessitated gen.
eral overhauling of the old ship The
society has also obtained the whole
OF the copper, amounting to several
triibators to the million-shilling fund.
royant, another of Nelson's flagships,
which was wrecked in 1897. The
metal and wood will be made ND
into souvenirs to be given to con-
tributors to the million-shilling fund.
Each one of them will contain Vic
tory copper eked out with the
sheathing of the Foudroyant.
Schools, public bodies, town and
borough councils. etc, subscribing
$3.50 or more, will be given a small
copper bust of Nelson mount
ed on a pedestal OF wood from the
Victory. Subscribers of from $50 to
S125 will receive copper plaques Of
the Victory mounted on wood from
the same source. Those who cen
tribute s25 will receive copper
shields mounted in the same way.
Donors of SIPS and upward will re-
ceive copper medals and brooches.
Even those who hand in only %
cents TO the fund - will receive a
small copper charm with a represen-
tation OF the Victory On one side
of Il.
Every souvenir is guaranteed to
contain copper from the Victory. 1t
would not be advisable, however, for
sceptics TO inquire too closely as to
whether 1t will be copper that the
grand old ship actually carried on
her bottom when she fought at Ira
falgar. She saw a deal of service
after that and probably renewed her
copper sheathing more than once.
Each memento will contain a suit
able inscription. certifying, among
other things. that it contains copper
from the Victory. AS mark of the
Kings approval of the objects TO
which they are TO be devoted. each
of them will in addition be stamped
with the royal initials. 'E. r. VII"
They will be awarded to American
contributors to the fund on the same
terms as to British subscribers.
From the fact that one enterprising
American firm made an offer to the
society to purchase the whole lot 1t
is inferred that there Will be brisk
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

years he worked at 1t unremittingly.
encouraged in turn by Leo Mi. Plus
VIZ, and Gregory XVI. 1t was a labor
or love with the poor Dominican. No
hope OF Decuniary gain stimulated him
Not only is the exterior of the Basilica,
with its hundreds OF statues of popes
and bishops and saints. reproduced with
scrupulous eXactitude. but the inter
Tor is also portrayed with the same
painstaking fidelity. BY an ingenious
mechanism the church can be opened
revealing its numerous chapels, altars.
paintings and statuary. The materials
employed are precious woods and Ivory
the latter for the sIa1uary. which are
Identical in all but size with the marble
originals. When one considers the enor-
The Washington times., 1905-10-15
A Pathetic Reminder.

After Nelson's death his brother
was made an earl with a grant of
$50, 600 a year, and parliament voted
$500, 600 to purchase an estate for
him. Each of his sisters received
$50, ,000 But nothing was done for
the being he loved most on earth
Lady Hamilton. Obviously Il was
her he had most in mind when in
that pathetic entry made in his
diary after taking his last farewell
of Merton, he commended TO the
care of his country, in the event Of
his death, those who were most dear
to him. Lady Hamilton died in
penury in Calais, whittier she had
fed to escape her creditors in Eng
land
After the fight at Teneriffe, which
cost Nelson his right arm, he re-
turned to England to recover from
his wound and occupied lodgings in
New Bond street. The house has
since been pulled down That she
might be near him during this
period Lady Hamilton rented a
house in the same street-No. $50.
The house has undergone little
change since the famous beauty re-
sided there, save that the ground
floor has been transformed into a
fshmonger's shop. The coat-of-
arms over the door indicates that
the proprietor enjoys the patronage
Of royalty.
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

RoBABLY before these
lines appear in print Pres
ident Roosevelt will have
received from the British
and Foreign Sailors Soci-
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

ton Of Sailors Rests already under
way, and provisions for making Mel
son awards for heroism to seamen.
On the centenary afternoon there
will be a distribution of the Nelson
cieties by some member of the royal
family in Royal Albert Hall, London,
the largest hall in the metropolis.
Nelson concert. On that occasion it
is hoped that Edward Lloyd. the
famous English tenor, will come out
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be the biggest thing in that line it
has ever undertaken. 1t is hoped
that Ambassador Reid will make
speech on that occasion. On Sunday
afternoon, October %. n st. Paul's
Cathedral, where Nelson was buried,
the Bishop of Stepney will preach
on Lessons From the Life and
Death of Nelson Next day st.
Pauls will be the scene of a uni
versal service for seafarers OF all
denominations in connection with
the Trafalgar celebration.
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

nous amount of the most delicate work
manship involved, the wonder Is that
one pair of hands and a single lifetime
sufficed for such a tasis.
Shortly before his Death Gambassini
had the great satisfaction of seeing his
work completed. and placed in the Won
derful museum of the Vatican. There
It remained until 1919. when Plus TX
presented it TO the Prince of Torlogna-
Syndic of Rome. for distinguished SER
vices rendered to the Holy See. Had
Gambassini foreseen the day when IL
would pass into the hands Of those who
were strangers to his faith, and be
treated as commercial commodity. II
is doubtful If he would ever have I'm
iShed it, Like its original, il is the
greatest work OF its kind in the world.
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

London. Oct :. 1905.
~ PROBABLY ere long people in
- America will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing the exquisite
model Of St. Peters, Rome.
which attracted a deal OF attention
when placed On exhibition IN London
recently. The photograph here shown
OF necessity conveys only a faint idea
OF the fidelity and accuracy with which
the architectural masterpiece of the
world has been reproduced. 1t meas
ures eight feet In height from the base
70 the top of the dome. twenty-one feet
In length and ten feet in width. Its
and piety OF a Dominican lay brother.
Andrea Gambassini. who died in 1883 at
the age Of fifty-nine. For twenty-eight
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

of his retirement and sing once
again the song with which in for
mer years he often delighted thou
sands, 1.-The Death of Nelson" AT
provincial centers there will be SINH
lar commemorations under the au-
spices of the society.
On Trafalgar's eve the FiShmong-
ers' Company-that ancient associa-
ton which regards itself as the
rightful custodian of England's great
sea traditions-will give a Nelson
centenary dinner. which promises to
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

Nelson was proposed in 1895. and in
1916 parliament acknowledged that
q monument was "a duty which the
nation ought perhaps to have dis
charged many years ago." it was
not till 1S3S-thirty-three years
after his death-that the matter
was taken up IN earnest. 1t was on
the recommendation of the Duke Of
Wellington that the monument took
the form ST a column.
The Washington times., 1905-10-15

- received from the British
and Foreign Sailors Soci-
ETY. a bust of Lord Nelson, made
from copper that once sheathed the
bottom of his famous flagship, the
Victory. 1t has been specially made
for him and will be presented to him
as a grateful recognition of his COM
mendation Of the society's work and
approval of its plan for commemora-
ting the centenary of the hero's
death.
That plan, in nutshell, is to raise
a s250,000 Nelson memorial fund to
be devoted to improving poor Jacks
lot and stimulating interest in his
welfare. The American author of
THE Life of Nelson" Captain Ma
han, who has done more than any
Englishman to reveal to England the
full measure OF her Indebtedness to
her greatest sailor, has also COM
mended the scheme.
81 should think" he writes to the
secretary of the society. your pro-
ject of utilizing the centenary of
Nelson's death as an impulse to pro-
mote national interest in the welfare
OF seamen eminently suitable. AS |
read his life his interest in seamen
was not only professional, hut per-
sonal, in its kindness"
The Washington times., 1905-10-15
May Arot s Famous Singer

Among the beneficent objects to
which the fund is to be devoted is
the extension of the Passmore Ed
wards Sailors Palace -familiarly
known as Jacks Palace"-in the
Commercial Road, London; the
founding OF Nelson free scholarships,
the establishment of Nelson reading
rooms in various ports, the compile
The Washington times., 1905-10-15
A Copper Bust Of Lord Nelson, Made From
the Sheathing Of His Famous Flagship
Victory" Will Be Sent to Washington
as Lasting Reminder Of Trafalgar.

sea victory and the death of her
greatest sea hero. 1t would certainly
be most popular with the jingoes.
But the entente cordiale had to be
taken into consideration. Gallo
pride is sensitive and Trafalgar Day
is a day of humiliation for France.
Therefore, it has been decided that
there shall be nothing in the various
celebrations which can hurt the feel
ings of England's present good
friend, aforetime her bitterest foe.
The Washington times., 1905-10-15
TIE NEz50YofAEOU5
EA0AN0

demand for them In the United
States.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
names were substituted in the resolu-
EXHIBIT FOR PORTLAND.

The Finance Committee reported fa-
vorably to-day on the bill appropriat-
ing $4,000 to establish State exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark Centennial at
Portland.
Senator Mckee presented a bill ap-
propriating $4,000 to establish hos
pitalS for the care and treatment Of
insane patients suffering from tuber-
culosis.
Broughton introduced a bill author
izing county boards of Supervisors to
establish horticultural commissions.
whose duty 1t shall be to inspect
orchards and destroy those infected
with the Russian thistle, saltwort,
Goblin moth or other destructive
growths or insects.
Proposed constitutional amendments
~ and 13, introduced to-day, provide
for the deposit of public funds in es-
tablished banking institutions, upon
the deposit with the State, county or
municipal government depositing the
moneys, of securities of greater value
than the sums deposited.
Senator Hahn introduced a bill pro-
vidfng for the appropriation of $50. 900
for the purchase of new site and the
construction of q new building for the
State Normal School at Los Angeles.
A resolution was presented and re-
ferred to committee directing the State
Controller to estimate the ad valorem
tax between August 10 and September
l of each year necessary to raise fund
sufficient to allow SO for each census
school child of the State.
A bin that will have a far-reaching
effect, if passed and rigidly enforced,
makes it a felony for any person or
corporation to fraudulently state the
assets or prospects of such person or
corporation by any means whatsoever
for the purpose of securing the sale
of stock. The bill is primarily aimed
at wildcat mining schemes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
INDIAN CHIEFS
ISSUE EDICT
Heads of Tribes of Alaska
Declare There Shall Be No
Potlatches or Big Feasts
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, Jan. 20.-The edict has
gone forth that there shall be no more
potlatches among the Indians of
Southeastern Alaska. The decision was
reached by a council held at Sitka, at
which were present the heads of all the
clans of the Thlinket Indians, who in
habit the shores Of Southeastern
Alaska. The council took place just
after the close of a potlatch given by
four big chiefs, which continued more
than five weeks and was the greatest
affair of the kind that has ever taken
place in Alaska.
After the last dance and last feast,
after the last vestige of the wealth the
big chiefs had been years in accumulat-
ing had been given away, they assem-
bled their tribesmen and declared that
in future there shall be no more pot
latches, no more tribal dances, and no
more feasting; that hereafter Indians
shall abstain from further observance
of the old tribal customs, and that they
accept the religion of Christianity and
adopt the mode of life and customs of
the white race.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
TRADING STAMP BILL.
Retail Dealers Association Fighting
for the Measure.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 20.-Repre-
sentatives of the State Retail Grocers'
Association and the Retail Cigar Deal
ers' Association of San Francisco have
been interviewing the members of the
Senate and the Assembly to-day in
regard to the anti-trading stamp law.
They were met with the assurance
that the trading stamp companies
were already working, but they are
confident that their bill will go
through.
Practically the entire mercantile
community of the United States is op-
posing. the trading stamp graft" ex-
planned j. F. Paulding, secretary of
the State Grocers' Association. The
keene bill was drawn after a confer
.ence of the attorneys of three of our
great associations of retail merchants.
We. have taken advantage of the mis-
takes in the laws of other States and
feel sure that we have a law that will
prove constitutional and relieve the
consuming public of paying for trad
ing stamps and other gift schemes
that the merchant is forced to offer.
Il have found a surprising unanim-
:ty of sentiment in favor of the Keene
law and am sanguine of its passage.
> The State Grocers Association is
interested in furthering the passage
Of law to extend the time in which
an open account outlaws to four years
instead of two. They also want a
measure that will make the wife re-
.sponsible as we'll as the husband for
bills for the necessaries of life.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
:PARDEE'S VIEWS
UNCHANCEABLE
Governor Refuses to Join
in Plan to Appoint Paid
Drainage Commissioners
WANTS SERVICES FREE
Representatives OF Cali
fOrnia River improvement
Association Turned Down
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 20.-Represent-
atives Of the California River Improve
"ment and Drainage Association, headed
by Rufus P. Jennings, failed this aft
ernoon in an effort to cause Governor
Pardee to change his views regarding
the appointment of a commission of
three to confer with commission of
Government engineers regarding the
Improvement of the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers.
Governor Pardee is opposed to the
appointment of this commission, and
At was at his suggestion that the SEN
ate Committee on Drainage, Swamp
and Overlooked Lands turned down the
recommendation of the California AS
ISOLATION. and in lieu thereof recon-
nfended that Lieutenant Governor An
derson, State Commissioner of Works
Ryan and State Engineer Nourse be
constituted committee to confer with
the Government commission, in the
event Of its appointment, without ex-
ira compensation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
CHICO NORMAL SCHOOL
TRUSTEES AFTER BUILDERS
Contractors Erecting S2S,0OO Addition
Notified to Complete Work in
Ten DAYS

CHICO, jan 20.-At a meeting of the
trustees of the Chico State Normal
School held here tonight matters re-
lating to the completion of the new
s2S, 600 addition were discussed. 1t was
brought out that some of the contrac-
tors were slow in carrying the work to
completion. President Van Liew was
instructed to notify the contractors
that the work must be completed In ten
days, otherwise the trustees would
have 1t done at their expense.
Mrs. Merriam was elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Miss Stiles The resignation of Pro-
fessor Chase was accepted, and Profess
sor Davis of Los Angeles .was named
as his successor. Diplomas were grant
ed to a large class.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
DESPONDENT FRENCHMEN
END LIVES FULL OF MISERY
One Uses Shotgun and the Other a
Percussion Cap. to Blow
Out Braiys.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 20.-R. Teyrennet.
French baker in Gilroy. committed
suicide to-day. He placed a percus-
sion cap in his mouth, attached fuse
to it and set it off. He was despond-
ent from illness
BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 20.=De-
spondent because of i'll health, Cyp-
rien. Bompard, Frenchman living in
Kern, committed suicide this morn
ing by blowing out his brains with a
shotgun Bompard tied string to
the trigger Of the gun and discharged
the weapon with his foot.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
Junketers Reach Napa.

NAPA, Jan. 20.--The Committee on
ASylums and Hospitals of the State
Legislature, composed of ten Assem-
blymen, arrived in Napa this evening
for the purpose of examining into the
condition of the Napa State Hospital
and Veterans Home at Yountville.
The party includes Assemblymen Held
chairman Gates, King Mitcheltree,
Pacific, Cromwell Fryer, Meinicke,
Severance and Strowbridge.
DOVER. Del, Jan. 2o.-The Senate took
twenty-five ballots for president pro tenn to-
day making 157 to date.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
Rain in stockton and Fresno

STOCKTON, Jan. 2O.--A brisk rain
has been falling here this evening. with
indications of continuance.
FRESNO, Jan. 2O.--Rain is falling
here tonight at 1890 o'clock. with
every prospect of a continuation until
morning. The rain is coming down
steadily. The storm seems TO be gen.
eral over the county.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
SOUGHT BY THE POLICE
TO EXPLAIN WIFES DEATH
Chicago Man Buries Spouse Three
Days After Marriage, Weds Her
Sister and Dfsappear&.

CHICAGO. Jan. 20.--Johann Hoch,
who married his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Emily Fisher, two days after his wife
died, and who is alleged to have dis
appeared two days subsequent to his
second wedding after getting $3.50 of
his second wife's money, is being
sought by the police. The Coroner and
police to-day took up the question of
exhumirig the body Of the first wife.
Hoch married the two sisters within
month. securing his first wife
through an advertisement. She died
within three days after being married.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
REVENUE AND TAXATION.
Conference of Special Committee Held
in Governors Office.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2o.-A confer
ence of the special Senate and Assem-
bly, Committee on Revenue and Taxa
ton met this morning in the office of
Governor Pardee and organized with
Senator Ward as chairman. The other
members OF the committee are Sena-
tors Lukens and Belshaw and Assem-
blymen Waste, Goodrich, Stanton and
Duryea.
!. The members of the special COM
mittee will meet every morning until a
bill looking to the reform of the States
taxation laws has been completed.