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The Washington times., 1905-07-30
BRITISH PIT PONIES
AS GERMAN TABLE FOOD

The mystery of what happens to the
old horses that leave this country for
the Continent was explained in the
House OF Commons the other day by
Lord Percy, in answer to a question put
by Mr.. Cremer.
imported for slaughter purposes must
be slaughtered in public slaughter
houses. 1t is guaranteed that only
sound meat is offered for public con-
sumption.
In Belgium large numbers of horses
Chiefly those which have been used in
coal mines) are imported from Grtnsby.
Goole, Hull and other ports on the east
coast Of England. to Antwerp. When
intended for human consumption they
must be slaughtered at the public
slaughter house and sold by butchers
who only deal in horse flesh. Horse
flesh does not appear to be made into
meat extract~tn Belgium, but sausages
for local consumption are manufac-
tured. No horse flesh. except a few liv-
ing animals. IS exported to the United
Kingdom.
No export of horse flesh TO the United
States takes place from Hamburg. nor
1t is believed, from other German ports,
such flesh being easily recognized, more
especially as all horse flesh is indeiibly
stamped on inspection with the word
"Pferd-" The larger part OF the horses
imported from the United Kingdom ap-
pear to have been, not for slaughter
but for riding and driving. About $780,
Germany and as regards Hamburg q
certain number are consumed BY human
beings, some being used at the zoologi-
cal garden. The price varies from I'd
10 Sd per pound; sausages from Id to
ID per pound.-London Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
NELSON RELICS
IN AUCTION MART
The Official Report of EngIand's Great
est Naval Hero in Private
Hands.

LONDON, July 29.-The coming cen
tenary of Trafalgar and the death OF
Nelson has flooded the auction mart
with Nelson relics.
How IS it that Nelson documents are
rot IN official keeping?
This is a question asked by bar
rister in tEe Army and Navy Gazette.
He points out that since April nearly 500
Nelson letters and documents have
found their way to the salesrooms, and
that on Saturday next AIessrs. Sotheby
will offer Admiral Collingw0od's first
official dispatch of the battle OF prafal-
gar and the death of Nelson.
How comes it," he asks. that this
important official paper has strayed
from the fold of the admiralty ar
chives? Surely it's proper place in this
year of grace 1868, should be safe in
Whitehall. and not the rostrum Of an
eminent literary auctioncer. If it was
once the undisputed property OF the
as it apparently must have
been. the malfeasance of the person
who first abstracted it can hardly vest
Ii in its present owner"
1t IS pointed out that, as prescription
does not run against the crown, such
official documents could still be secured
tor the nation by the law officers OF
the crown.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
Practical and Promising.

For the first time since the incep-
tion Of the movement there is a pros
pect Of success for the civil service
employees retirement scheme. The
cid association has diligently collect
ed practical information that Con-
gress shall not lack for specifications.
Experimental hills are being drafted
that the association may choose the
best and submit it TO Congress at its
next session. And the movement has
obtained such momentum that in one
department alone there are now about
5000 members.
The organization OF this subordi-
nate body is a remarkable sign of in
terest. 1t is limited to clerks in the
Treasury Department Its president
Is chief of division. 1t has enlisted
in the work Of drafting its tentative
legislation the services of its most
experienced members. particularly the
law clerks Of the department With
aIl this already done. IT is going on
in spirit Of earnest industry that
promises results.
Another augury of success is to be
found in the fiat-footed stand OF the
clerks that they do not ask aid from
the Government. All they want is
that the Government shall provide
for the retirement OF sup3rannuated
and incapacitated clerks BY a system
OF assessments on the salaries paid
the whole body Of clerks and serve
as banker TO care for the fund raised
through those assessments and dis
burse If. They have no idea Of be-
ing retired as officers OF the army ana
navy are retired. What they ask is
simply the chance TO pay for their
own retirement.
To that practical and moderate end,
then, they are diligently making
ready for the next session of Con-
gress It would seem that Congress
cannot fail 10 be impressed. But the
clerks viii make much more nearly
sure of that result if the other de-
partmeRts follow the lead of the
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
On the Eve of Peace.

On the eve of the opening of the
peace negotiations which will in all
probability conclude the great war in
the East, a review OF the situation
presents an interesting study Japan
has not lost a battle and Russia has
not won one, All other ,sieges of his
tory pale into commonplaceness com
pared with the siege by which the
men of Nippon reduced the strong
hold of Port Arthur. No other naval
battle, at least since Trafalgar. has
ended in so complete or so significant
a victory as that off Tsushima island.
No battle of modern or ancient times
has involved such tremendous forces
as that at Mukden All these historic
struggles have been Japanese vic
tories.
Japan went to war to secure her
predominance in Korea and to drive
Russia from Manchuria. She has
done both. In addition. she has an
nexed the important island of Sakha-
lin-far more important to Japan
than to Russia; has landed her armies
in Russian territory about Vladivo-
stoh; has sewed up the Cars last
army Of the East above Mukden so
that It is confidently believed a fail
ure of peace negotiations would re-
suit in his overwhelming defeat: and
is ready to lay siege to the last Rus
sian fortress in the Far East.
This is not all. She has prospered
on war while Russia has fallen into
pitlful decadence. She has strength
ened her credit while Russia's has
been ruined, She is able to borrow
after a year and a half of terrific
struggle. more money. and on better
terms, than shea would have dared
10 ask at the outset.
Japan is patriotic. enthusiastic,
united. determined. Russia is torn
With internal strife, broken under the
load Of disaster. narrowed with pov-
erty and distress, tax-ridden, and on
the verge of revolution. Japan is al
ready extending her industries and
her commerce into the new dependen-
cies that the war has brought to her;
Russia is miserably urging that she
ought not to be forced TO give up the
territory that she but recently stole.
and that cannot sacrifice her pres
uge-save the marki-by paying in
Gemnity.
This is the situation the two powers
face as they enter upon their peace
negotiations 1t is a situation from
which Russia can hardly escape ex-
cept on the terms Japan shall name.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
One More BiTthTiqht Lost.

There have been sundry evidences
lately that the citizen of the District
OF Columbia is denied some of. the
fundamental traditional, and highly
privileged rights of the real American
citizen. Without voicing any protest
against classifying the residents Of
the Nations Capital with Indians.
Filipinos, aliens, and idiots, it may
not be amiss TO aIlude to this pro-
crossing tendency to lop off our liber-
ties.
For so long space that the mem
ory Of man runneth not to the con-
trary, it has been one of the birth
rights Of the American citizen to hare
his property in his wife's name if il
seemed to suit his temporary or per-
manent financial convenience. This
simple arrangement has enabled many
frugal and enterprising alderman,
legislator, or official to keep the wolf
from the door by having his better
half conduct a profitable business with
D.
ghum has been reputed occasionally
to take fiier in sugar when a tariff
bill was pending. And why not. to
be sure.
But recently there has been tend
ency toward iIliberal criticism Of
this practice. Because the wives of
a number of influential employees of
the Government chanced to own stock
in a manufacturing company which
secured a big contract through the in
fiuence Of their husbands, q most re-
marhable uproar was raised. For no
better reason than that they were
thus blessed with capable wives.
various gentlemen of station were
subjected to the humiliation of an
swering before a Presidential commits
sion impertinert questions about their
own and their wives property. And
but yesterday an eminent scientist in
the Government service was driven
TO resignation following publication
of the fact that his wife owned stock
in a corporation to which he had done
favors.
These eXcesses seem to demand
consideration. How would the pub
lie servants of Philadelphia, Chicago.
St. Louis, and Milwaukee enjoy living
under an autocracy which forbade
them to have property in their wives
way 10 have it and keep out of Jail?
Enforcement Of such regulations
would in time make it impossible for
men to be councilmen, legislators, or
Government employees except on the
assumption that they should live on
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Treasury. Eight similar branches Of
propUrtienate membership would do
more TO bring the legislative doubters
into line than whole volumes of argu-
ment.
In this connection every clerk who
valuably. Some of them have hesi-
tated because year after year has
passed and nothing tangible seems to
have been accomplished. Let that be
as it may. The movement is now
eminently practical and bus:nesslike
This Treasury branch association
proves it.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
CARDINAL GETS DEED
FOR FOOT OF GROUND
Transaction Completes Arrangement:
for Erecting New Church of
the Holy Comforter.

Cardinal Gibbons yesterday acquired
possession of one linear foot of ground
at the southwest corner Of Fourteenth
and East Capitol streets The property
IS adjoining that upon which the Church
of the Holy Comforter is erected. The
consideration named in the deed OF con-
veyance is 800.
The property In question, which is one
Of the smallest real estate transactions
on record iii the District OF Columbia,
was secured by Cardinal Gibbons IN
order TO complete the arrangements for
the construction OF the new church
building. Services are now held in a
temporary chapel, but in a short while
an imposing church building VIII be
erected.
Father j. J. Mcclure, pastor OF the
Church of the Holy Comforter, explain
ed that this small piece of property was
purchased in order to give them the
right to the party wall of the building
adjoining the church property.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
BURGD0FF, U. S. NJ,
DIES At NAVAL HOSPITAL

4 telegram was received at the Navy
Department yesterday from Rear Ad-
rniral Ludlow. retired, governor OF the
Soldiers Home at Philadelphia, saying
that Capt Theodore T. Burgdoff
L. S. N. retired died in the Naval
Hospital at that place from a complica-
ton Of diseases
Captain Bursdof entered the navy
from New Jersey in October 1873, and
his entire service was in the engineer
ing department Recently he had been
on inspection duty under the bureau Of
steam engineering. lie reached the
grade of commander in September, 1904,
and was retired in June in the advanced
grade OF captain
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
One Monopoly Broken.

The success of the Midvale Steel
Company in producing armor plates
that have not only passed the Govern
ment test, but passed it with flying
colors, is occasion for eongratulation
both to friends Of the navy and to
people who are willing to see few
punctures put into the protection of
the Steel trust The Carnegie and
Bethlehem companies-of the trust
have monopolized this business, pos
sessing, through the use of the Krupp
and Harvey processes, on which they
have required the Government to pay
royalties, the exclusive secret of max
Ing armor plate in this country. They
have charged the Government, ae-
cording to the latest series of bids,
s420 per ton for class A. and S400 for
classes B and C, in addition to the
royalty of $3320 for class A, and
s1t.20 for classes B and c.
All this for steel ingots that might
be worth $40 to $50 per ton before
the mysterious face-hardening process
was applied. It is supposed that the
profits of this armor manufacture
have been immense. The Govern
ment since 1887 has bought or con-
tracted for nearly 0,O00 900 worth
of armor plates.
The M;dvaIe comDany's process is
q secret. Whether it has learned the
Harvey and Krupp methods. or de-
veloped a new one, is not known as
yet. 1t is stated by Navy Depart
ment authorities, however, that the
test of Midvale plates last week, un-
der more stringent regulations than
were ever before imposed; was most
successful. In fact, it is broadly in
timated that Midvale plates, which
are about $50 per ton cheaper, are also
better than those of the trust con-
Germs
There is threat that the trust will
undertake to stop the Midvale process
by prosecution for infringement, but
the Midvale people have built great
plant and show no concern whatever.
They are prepared TO turn out great
orders for plates promptly, and 1t is
expected, now that real competition
IS inaugurated, that both sides will
begin real competition, and that
prices will take Iong-distance
tumble.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
A LATER DESDEM0NA.

Scaped the syringe of Rosamond;
Somehow cOntrived to miss
The lure OF Nell, and nimbly shunrcd
The net of CoraIvs:
From Mabel I made shift to fly,
Averting utter rout:
And timOrousiy did fortify
When PhiIlippa came out.
Use breeds habit. says the bard
Against the charms of Bess
I've steeled heart, already hard.
With fiattering success.
And yet the less ] Weld. the more
Her smiles are on me cast;
| think that she must love me for
The dangers l have passed
Puck.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
A Nan S Life-And Sl,100.

Governor Deneen. Of Illinois, Fri
day granted a reprieve until Au-
gust 25 TO Johann Hoch, accused and
convicted of having committed mur-
der under peculiarly revolving circum-
stances. The purpose of this action
was that the convict might appeal his
case to the higher court for the ad-
judication there of certain alleged If
reguIarities in the trial court.
With this, maybe. no one can quar-
rel. Our law permits these de-
lays even though, oftentimes, they
thwart justice. The nature of this
mans offenses ought not to affect or
in any wise limit his right to fair
hearing, and this appeal has the form.
at least, Of safeguarding the fairness
of his hearing. But there is one as
pect of this appeal which must slap
Americans in the face. It is that this
man-fairly or unfairly convicted
must have been hanged Friday un-
less 81 100 was raised in his behalf.
His life. and, apparently, any other
mans life under similar circum-
stances, depended not on justice. or
right, or clemency,- but on money.
Surely this is all wrong. Disre-
garding lesser causes, there ought to
be no possibility that an American
citizen may lose his life at the hand
Of the Law because he lacks money
It is an awful thing TO hang any
man; it is a more awful thing that
any man should be hanged; and the
mere possibility that these dreadful
happenings may depend on money is
horrible. II justice requires that an
appeal be taken, indeed if the law
permits an appeal TO be taken. no
court should allow any. prisoner who
stands at its bar for Judgment to
suffer the loss of that appeal because
he has less money than the last pris-
oner arraigned there for the same Of
Tense, or extend to him the special
advantage of thar appeal because he
has more than the last prisoner so
arraigned. In a court of justice that
would be monstrous.
The answer to this viii be that the
appellant must pay certain costly
ices; thai he must print the record
of his trial: that his attorney must
be paid; that appeals are too fre-
quent anyway without having the
state increase them by lessening their
cost. The real answer is that fees
and printing are mighty small items
10 weigh against the life Of a citizen
Of the United States: and that if ap-
peals are to be 1essened they must be
lessened according to broad and i'm
partial principles of the law, and not
according TO the size of the prisoners
pocketbcok.
No American has any sympathy for
the offenses of which this man Hoch
stands convicted. But every Amer
lean must rejoice that a lack of
money did not debar him from the
advantage before the courts which
another citizen with $1,100 might have
obtained
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

In looking for the weak spots in his
navy Secretary Bonaparte has n theory
that II will be better for him to dis
cover them row than for an enemy 10
make the original discovery some day
during a war
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
A PAYING CROP,

.Difney says the Japs are an aericI..-
tural people. I never heard of their
raising anything but rice
Well Just now they certainly ara
raising a very fine crop Of sunken rus
sian warships. "-Cleyelanl Plain Dealsg.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
TOO OLD AND TOO YOUNG.

"If / were younger" said the rich old
man Il believe I might win you for
my wife"
Yes" replied the cold beauty. dream
lily considering his sixty-five years, "or
say, fifteen years older. Philadelphia
Press.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

their salaries. Yet this is the un-
American and preposterous position
that the powers are fast assuming
toward the downtrodden citizenship
of the District of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
It Getting Results.

Meanwhile Mr. Cortelyou Is getting
results, and the more he gets the more
he seems to want. 1t is alleged that he
has notion Of putting the postal de
ficit out Of business. Systematization Of
business, shutting off Of leaks. close In
specuon of contracts, and salary lists
these and the myriad Of other opportu-
mites for economy are all being taken
General keeps up his lick
up. There is no telling but the plan
VII! succeed If the present Postmaster
But II he does there will be waiItnz.
and GnashinS Of teeth in his depart
ment. lust because he has u prefer
encc 70" working over sleeping is not
considered a good reason why he should
undertake to inflict chronic insomnia of
the entire postal establishment
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Taking note of what happened 10 his
Senatorial colleague from Oregon, the
other day, Senator Clark of Montana
has sat UP to explain for the first time
how innocent he is In connection with
the land fraud cases that have recently
reached the Supreme Court against him.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

And Air. Haynes cant even retaIiate
by starting receivership proceedings
against the Equitable. There are SO
many on hand already that one moro or
less wouldn't be worth while.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

State which sends its political bosses
to jail VITA the unfeeling abandon that
Is anected IN Oregon, deserves to be
forced into the humiliating position of
having no boss q, all.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

In the go-aS-y please competition be-
tween the two busiest men In the world
the Kaiser is now nose and an eyelash
to the good Of the President and going
In great form
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

These japanese are not such bad hnan-
ci"rS. When they were borrowing money
they explained that the war was costing
haf million dollars a day. Now that
they are preparing their bill of expenses
for Russia 10 pay, they report that it is
costing million.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Talk about diplomacy. Secretary TAFT
toasted the Japanese army before a
Tokyo audience without ever referring
to the present war.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

or course. II YOU don't think either John
Hay, or DR.. Bowling or William Dean
Howells, or any of the others who have
been mentioned, wrote Il, YOU can start
reading 1t today in The Times and form
uIate a theory of your own
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Any thoroughly qualified PENNSYLVANIA.
boss who Is out OF a situation just at
present may be ablel TO secure an en-
gagement by appealing 10 the state of
Oregon. which is in need Of one
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Colonel Mann, editor of Town Topics.
II appears, was real colonel, earning
the rank i'm the civil war by actual fight
ing. Now that he has Jerome after him.
he would do we'll to brush up his tactics.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

1t IS nov alleged that the people OF
Mars have their entire planet under irrf-
cation. which will doubtless afford a
strong argument to serni-arid Congress
men for increasing our appropriation
for the same purpose.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

As soon as the reformers of Virginia
and Georgia conclude the series of fistie
carnivals in their respective States, they
should arrange an interstate tourna-
ment
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Virtue is its own reward. The story
Of a trainload Of temperance convention
delegates being wrecked in Michigan
and one hundred killed. proved untrue.
but as likely as not, il they had been
going to a liquor dealers convention
it would have received confirmation.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

1t is just a little too early in the sea-
son for that new coal monopoly to make
much impression. but three months
hence 1t will be easy to find editorials
about IL
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Meantime. let Us unite in hoping that
the honorable American visitors will not
poUr oil on the unworthy Chrysanthe-
NUNS and eat them as salad course
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Chicago is getting good with an ear
nestness and enthusiasm that forctblv
recall recent efforts of Philadelphia in
the same line.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

The Manila lid is already beginning 70
settle meekly into its proper place.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Speaker Cannon may yet have to re-
wise his ideas about revision.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
Fear There viii Be No End.

A. first il was accepted with such
good nature as might he. on the as
sumption that It was just q manifesto
ton OF the new broom's traditional dis
position 10 sweep clean. But ass weeks
wore into months and the hot weather
came on, and electric fans became a
mockery and a de.uslon. and the call Of
the wild was upon the forces, the thing
became serious. Clerks and chiefs and
subordinate executives wondered if
anybody was to escape the confag agratIon
o. work, work. work
They are still wondering. The great
doings are still afoot and those who
have been looking up the record Of the
there viii never be an end 10 1t all
And just suppose such a devastating
epidemic should strike all the other de-
Dartmcnt!
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
Went Back of Returns.

Nobody's initials looked good to the
new Postmaster General. He went back
Of the returns on everything When he
didn't have time enough in working
hours to do it all. he turned other
hours into working hours. He got to
working through the lunch hour, and
then to working awhile IN the evening,
T'his evening stunt was so satisfactory
that he was presently shaving at his
desk till Il and L o'clock at night.
All OF which might have been set down
by the department folk as evidence Of
curious but harmless eccentricity,
had not the fashion presently become
contagious. The Postmaster General
couldn't work effectively Without his
secretaries and clerks and stenogra-
pliers; 50 these were put on extra work
rations.
Then the Assistant Postmasters Cen
eral gradually found themselves being
drawn into the vortex of industry. Ciii
presently they were ali working day and
night Sundays seemed too good 10 be
wasted, so parts of the sacred days Of
rest and seaside excursions were alb
sorbed by the devouring demon of Ia
Dor. The assistants. of course, like their
chief, couldn't work without their per
sonal forces Of subo-dinates; and so the
contagion kept on spreading and spread
ing. and dragging In new victims from
ali over the department. till everybody
was fearful of forgetting what the quit
ting hour used to he.