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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17

Mrs. Charles Henry WhippIe
Files Suit.

Ada May Whipple. wife of Charles
Henry Whipp1e. jr. formerly ieuten-
ant in the United States army tooay
began habeas corpus proceedings in the
District Supreme Court 10 recover pos
session of her child. Arthur Wright
Whipple. two years old, who she says IS
detained from her by her husband.
Mrs Whipple says her husband mas an
income OF SIS a month with which 70
care for herself and child, and he IS
wholly unfit morally TO do SO. She says
She has not lived with her husband Tor
Two years. He was 4 lieutenant IN the
United States army, she says, pnt py
reason of various actions on his part ne
1.,as brought before a tribunal TO answer
for pisdeeds, and in order that he might
eseape the consequences Of his actions
he was adjudged by said tribunal 10 De
n person of unsound mind and was com
mifted to St Elizabeth Insane Asylum,
from which institution he was released
only a short time ago
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17

ROME. Feb. 1.-THE epidemic of in
fiuenza continues to held sway in Rome
Cardinal satoiii. who has been i'll. Is
now convaleseing Cardinals Rampolia
and Steinhuber are both seriously ILL.,
Premier Gloletti is still unable to re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Thomas z. Goodwin. q, and Blanche
A. Strattner %.
Elmer H. Carr. %. and Bertha Roberts.
q. both Of Baltimore.
Leonard H. Howard, g. and Mamie
Green, q.
H. Y. Young, IS. and Emma Fletcher.
William Kelly. 4s. and Anna Mickins.
81
Edward Brooks, %, and Annie Brent,
u, both of Loudoun county. Va.
j. Harrison Posey, 60, of District of
Columbia, and Cecilia Reed, 81, OF Fair
fax, Va.
William II. Furrow. 2s, and Marie z.
Brady, III
Linus g. Joy, q. and Anna L. Wilson.
1s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17

Cardinals and Statesmen IIi-parlianen
Langushing for Want of Work--Slxty
Thousand Victims in City.

sumo his parliamentary duties, and sew
eral other ministers are III with the dis
ease. AS result the chamber is Ian
gushing for want of work,
1t is estimated that there are 5000
persons in the city i'll with influenza.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17
CHOIR REORGANIZED.

The choir of the Jewish Synagogue
has heen recognized and is being train
ed b. Mrs. c. G. Lennon. The choir is
composed as follows: Florence Eich-
nerg, Mrs. Hermann Friendlander. and
Mrs. Frank I3tondheim, sopranos; Mrs.
Mary Grimes and Ethel Grimes, altos
Frank Meyer. tenor; William L. Hoy.
Ilasso. Mrs. e. G. Lennon. organist and
Girectress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

H X Field. j. E. Alexander, ]. P. Rob
irson, w w. Sherwood, j. G.. Graham.
4. H Neeherland, j. q. Coekey, S. 81.
Lindsey, J. T. Wilkins. w. G. PIaskett.
f. j. Pollard, C. f. Warfieid, j. F..
Myers w T. Wilkins, j. E. Watkins,
S. r. Cats. C. E. Outca1t, and Alvin
Powell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17
Every Dollar of Your Money

not required for immediate use should
he earning interest. Union trust Co.
I4I4 F, pays interest on all accounts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-17

The brightness of the entire equip
r4ent of Baltimore and Ohio Royal Blue
Trains to Philadelphia and New York is
most cornmeTfdable.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
HENRY HUDSON.

Hudson must have been at least forty when
he died, but nothing is Known OF his life be-
fore the last four years OF = A certain Henry
Herdson, Hudson, alderman of London and
one OF the founders Of the Muscoyy Company,
has been suggested his grandfather and the
relationship is the more likely because il Is GER
tain that OF his and kin were In
terested in the company. 1t may have been upon
their recommendation that he was first ap-
pointed TO the command of ship in the COM
pany'e service in 1907 OF his early training
and previous voyages nothing is known: the
beginning OF his history is as mysterious as its
end =e gas Born knows where
and he died. knows how. He comes
into our knowledge the quarterback of a
ship bounG for the Pole: he goes out of 1t In q
crazy boat manned by eight sick men, and SO
fades away into the dim hazs that hangs about
the desolate icefoes.
The four voyages OF Hudson OF which we
have record were not therefore directed to alb
solutely unknown waters but the observations
made by his precursors so untrustworthy
that they were of little service except to mislead
him TIE object Of his first voyage in the ser
vice of the Muscovy Company was Ito discover
the Pole and to sail across IL to the Islands of
sr,icery or Cathay," and on April 10 1907, he,
With john HuCsoB, his Of sixteen years old
and the ten men who made up the crew of the
Io,,efIl took the sacrament together at St
EtheIburga's in Bishopsgate, 'purposing to go
20 sea four days after"
In the following year Hudson sailed again. still
in the service of the company
They reached the Lofoden Isles In month
and rounded the North Cape on June l. fort
night later they encountered one of those won
ders of the deep which tha sea-nen of that time
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
INDIAN IuGGLERY-

Here is a tale of Indian jugglery. The trick
described is new 70 me, and is given the best
March Is. 1905.
ct tell 1t as 1t was told to me the day after.
Witnesses-Mr S. s., Mrs. ditto, three English
girls from fourteen to eleven American dentist
called Durand and half hundred villagers.
yesterday were all marching in from
Khim1asa when we passed village. and on
the roadside juggler was resting We said to
him. "Jugglep' and he did the finest trick I've
ever seen, on the bare madam We stood with
in six feet of him. all round him. ali the time.
carved little boat, empty and unlocked, about
s inches by 4 inches with one thwart across
Il with hole for 9 mast We all examined
this boat. and handed It round. 1t was empty.
He then stuck a thin bamboo stick about two
feet long in the hole. and then took
nut and handed it round. This cocoanut was
empty with three holes in it. 1t was small
then stuck the nut the bamboo. and stuck
a little bamboo spout in one hole OF the nut.
and stood Ave yards off. and said spout" And
II spouted water like / O'Clock for long time.
He said stop" and IL stopped: Spout" and
it spouted. II spouted much more water than
It stopped and the man was going Durand said
"You can't get another drop out of IL now" So
tte old man called for one OF Mrs $. SIS break
fast cups put il under the spout. went away
as before, said, Spout" and IL filled the cup
oyer the brm. All the time the old man. who
had monkeys skull with him, kept on saying.
"Isandar ka kopra" C'monkeys skulpD over
and over again
IT asked them II the ground was wet with
the overflow, and the s. SIS said. Yes hut one
OF the little girls NO. Looks very hshy."-
CAndrew Lang IN Longmans Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

OF that journal Mr. Reid showed how great a
power Journalism may become when inspired
by real literary culture He, himself descended
from long line of Scottish Covenanters, received
an education both classical and mathematical
which enabled him to become not only ad-
ntrable writer himself, but also a shrewd Judge
of other mems work. Though ne has written
much fc~ The Tribune himself. he has never
thelesS always acted the sound principle
that an edicOr should rather be the cause Of
good writing in others. No doubt, remembering
how he himself had sat at the feet of Horace
Gil geiey, he showed extraordinary flair in
discovering writer's and also editors of ability
of whom NJ. John Hay the principal Mr.
Reid has always been bookish man, and he
thoroughly enjoyed his term of Office as Libra
lian OF the House Of Representa- tives only CIV
ing Up his post because he anxious to write
his book. Ohio in the War" This work is rec
ognized as the most Important Of all the State
histories of the war and it is full of the most
Interesting biographies Of the great soldiers on
both SIDES. MI. Reid has also written an ac-
count of Southern tour which he took after
the war, Introduction to The Memoirs Of
Talleyrand' and volume entitled Problems
Of Expansion" published in 19H0-(Frern THE
Literary Associations OF the American En-
hassy,' by F. S. A. Lowndes. in The Fortnightly
Review
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
RogEsTvENsKY's CAREER

Contrary to the precedents existing in the sis
Ter service, Rotestvensky is o comparatively
young man-that is, he is well under sixty
When passing through the Russian naval
schools he specialized IN marine artillery. As
a Lieutenant he served during the Turko-Rus-
sias War in 1S7T-'7S, under Baronof On board
the Nesta, and is credited by his own country
men with having given evidence during this
campaign of pre-eTninence rarely met With IN
one SO young. Latterls--tlat is to say. since
the Dogeer Bank incident-we have seen pub
lished n this country derogatory statements
concerning the charactsr which Rojestyensi1y
earned during this campaign. But although 1t
Is quite possible that published tradition mas
overestinated the proSgeas Of the little Vesta
and her crew We find that II VIII be equally
Just 20 discount the uncompiimentary reflections
which have recently seen The light; anyway,
shortly after the close Of the Turkish campaign
Ro3estHeasky. decorated and promoted, found
an appointment TO his liking IN instructing the
8ulgarians in river navigation. But ii was as
attache to the Russian Embassy in London that
the fun merit Of EoJesrrensl5y's capacity
realized by sailors in this country. An 1884
after a very considers BILE experience throughout
Europe. the present comm ander in chief
nenced his association with admiral Alexieff
He aocoTnpanie5 that notable the Pacific,
@h-n the rice-a1nlirai few his fag from the
mss1head Of the Vladimir Mononakil. This
commission in the Tar East covered tte Jap
anese-Chinese War After having commanded
the suardship PeYveflietes for some mont tbs
Captain RojestveIEsky returned home to under
TAKE succession Of staff appointments. uni III in
IS43 he succeel led AyellsIle head OF the sen-
eraI stan o. the navy.-(Blackwood's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
ENGLISH VS.. ALIEN LABOR.

During his election campaign in North Leeds
in July, 1902 Mr.. Rowland Barran. M f.. a
member OF what is probably the largest hr1n OF
ready made clOthiers in the world stateu that
The Jews had enabled England to MAINTAIN prac-
tically q monopoly of the clothing trade or the
world Within the last twenty years huge fac
tories have been erected in Leeds. ana 1t Is
computed that fully 10000 non-Jewisn workers
are engaged there in an industry which the city
owes almost entirely to the aliens 1t Is nor
very reverse, and in many places English girls
are doing the work which once could only he
done by foreign Jews. Mr.. j. q. BalrstoT AZ
formed the commission that he had to
employ Jewish people when he introduced the
wholesale clothing trade into Huddersneld be-
cause at that time there was no possibility of
getting English tailors 10 work at the trade
AT the time of his evidence. however. we
scarcely employ any Jew labor at al Mr.
Morris Cohen, who introduced the ladies
every scrap of it done abroad and when
ladies' tailor was unknown in England, told the
commission that there were now probably
not less than 10000 persons, both alien and
English, working anlicably together in England
at this trade in which the supply OF labor in this
country was not yet equal TO the demand. 1t
is the same in the cigarette trade Introduced
and developed by aliens, the work is now largely
done by English girls. For years hundreds of
Jewish cigarette makers employed at
In this Industry only the actual making of the
ctsarette has been the work of aliens; all work
eTs In the attendant branches have been natives
The waterproof industry has followed the same
course. quite 10 per cent of the rubber manu-
facturers in this country" said Mr. Abraharns
started and owned by foreigners. while, on the
other hand, quite 70 per cent OF the Ia Dor en-
pioyed by these foreigners IS English."-(M j.
banda, in The Fortnightly Review.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
ANOTHER LITERARY AMBASSADOR

Ny. Reid has achieved distinction in sc many
hs4ds that has literary ability has been TO some
sS1ent cbscured by his public services. Mr..
Eeid is the Sir William Russell of America and
H.s e1Iteats as a correspondent n the Civil WSE
piseec hlfn before he thirty, in the front
rank cd descriptive writer's II is. OF course, the
al1st DUTY or the correspondent and es-
pecAuy the American correspondent, TO
Fet tnere, 10 get ahead OF the other CORE
spenoents, anc 70 that his paper receives his
messages st the earliest possible moment Lit
erary graces aild perfection OF style are by
comparison untnsportant but fl Is Mr. Reid's
great distinction that he achieved both ends
aidec 10 certain extent by good luck but
Chiefly owing TO his own native sfresydness he
managed to be present at great battles and also
te send descriptions Of them bis paper ssTrhe
Cincinnati Gazette" which were not only of
absorbing interest at the moment as news, but
also possessed literary merit quite rernar h bic
in view Of the c;rcun stances under which they
were written. he described the whole Ten
nessee campaign. having contrivec 20 obtain an
appointment on the staf OF Rosecrans He
was the only correspondent who saw the whole
pattie of Pittsburg Landing. and he wrote q
memorable story of Gettysburg These
achievements les directly to his long association
vftb The New-Yor,s Tribune. and In the conduct
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

were often privileged to witness and describe.
on June Is.
"One OF our company looking overheard saw
mermaid; calling up some Of the company TO
her, more came up, and by that time
she close to the ships side, looking earnestly
On the men. A little after a sea came up and
overturned her. From the navel upward her
back and breasts like a (as they
say that saw her); her body big as one
of us: her skin very white; and long hair hang
ing down behind, of color black In her going
down they saw her tail, which like the
tail of a porpoIse, and speckled like naackerel.
Their names that saw her were Thomas Hilles
and Robert Revner"
The only really incredible part Of the story
is that no more than two thought it worth
while to go on deck look at her.-(W. ].
Fletcher in MacmiIian's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

ems ward met with d humorous result On my
entrance / placed the papers on the table and
forgot them until was leaving. Then hast
lily handed them to a sad looking old dame.
thinking II would please her to distribute them
A fortnight afterward the officials told me that
the old woman whose falling eyesight prevent
ed her from reading word, had considered the
whole parcel containing about thirty papers, to
be a present from myself. and had placed it in
her locker refusing to give it up The officials
force IS she insisted that L had given them
to her / demonstrated in vain With tears In
her eyes she elung TO her treasure, repeating
again and again that had given the bundle to
her ana eventually We had to leave the papers
In her possession.-CThe Cornhill Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
Sketch.

time of Caesar to the present day. has ever
shown SO complete a disregard for all the dan
gers and difficulties of war, has carried more
serenely to its logical conclusion the theory that
annihilatfon is better than defeat. Yet even
these amazing soldiers have not been able to
dispense with the advantage Of numerical su-
periority! How, then, any State whose
manhood is nurtured under ideals of life and
conduct far different from those which animate
the japanese safely forego the resource of num-
bers? That smak bodies of men we'll handled
have produced, 9hd will continue to produce
great local effect on field of battle may be
freely admitted; but that any soldier or states
man, cognizant OF the Infinite chances Of war
and Of the varied play of national character
would willingly stake his country existence on
the hypothesis that her soldiers will all occa-
sions prove themselves superior to those of
Well armed and well disciplined enemy appears
ent campaign. inconceivabe.-(F. H E. Gun
life. in The Cornhin Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
TIE REAL SIR JOSEPH PORTER"

How the vast English bookstall business OF
GIessrs. w. II. Smith & Son founded and
developed is one OF the rornanceS of railway life
and literature The two brothers. Henry Ed
early last century ''newsmen in unpre-
tending shop in Duke-st., Grosvenor Square.
London. The Smiths moved to NO. 1872 strand in
1926 continuing Duke-st. as their head office
been of q less active disposition than his broth
er and they parted. ". Fl. Smith the first be-
came sole partner: he worked az hard any
of his assistants and was certainly the quickest
packer of news parcels il the place He was
terror 10 the careless and negligent. Who had
short sfrift: but Sir Herbert Maxwell tells Us
he brought the business to a point beyond
which it could not he taken by a single
ward leader of the House of Commons and a
Cabinet Minister, was born at No. 1872 Strand in
1926. and. after good practical education. at
sixteen wished TO 10 the university and pre-
pare for holy orders He submitted his Will to
that OF his father, however and entered the
Strand business, which he was TO develop into
the largest concern of the kind IN the kingdom.
First the road was Smiths motto and 1t
made the firm first In the trade OF venders.
Father and son both seemed to believe that
what man does himself is hetter done than
what he hires another to 90; the was known
in the Strand establishment Smith the
Smoother" and his presence acceptable
when his father was around. There was smooth
ing to do now and then If the old gentleman
found anything out Of gear. The young man
was courteous. kindly, straightforward and
generous. Those who have anything 10 do with
the production dispatch or sale OF newspapers
must be unfallingly punctual and beStow con-
stant and UNMARRIED attention upon the business.
About 1910 by 4 a. a.. summer and winter.
father and might be seen driving IN from
Kilburn 10 superintend and assist in the dis
patch OF newspapers On th4 death of King
William, I'm 1887, Smiths organization carried
the news into the country In advance OF the
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
NO TEMPTATION.

Prudent Mother (sprinSing her grand coup)-You
abroad. Well. your father and 1 are thinking OF
making the tour of Europe this summer. and if
you VIII give up that young man we win gladly
Miss Ethel eagerly interrupting)-That win be
just the thing for you and papl Jack and Will be
married and take OF the house for ycu while
you're gonc.-eChicago Tribune
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
EXPERIENCES OF woRKHoUsE VISITOR

1t is not until you have become permanent
institution as q visitor among them that you
hear any individual private troubles, and
then rarely without deliberate seeking your
part. There seems, too. an almost entire alb
sence OF those small jealousies tIiat are so COM
mon amcng the women. This is particularly no.
ticeabie IN the matter OF gifts OF books. tobacco
or sweets The men always settle the question
of division by saying. Give it to -; he VIII
share ii out all fair and square,, while among
the women il is impossible to find any one no
VIII undertake the task. mo: they'll only
srumble and say I've given more TO my favor
ties" said the fairest minded woman ! knew In
the ward, and I found by bitter experience that
that
My hrst gift OF periodicals to the aged wonl-
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
HENRY VIII AND ANNE BoLEYN.

1t was the esprit and verve of Anne's say
speeches that attracted him, more especially IN
contrast to the stately gravity of his Spanish
wife. Also it had been Texation in early mar
ried life that katherine did not care for riding,
and would not follow the hawk or hounds with
him, and 1t specially in al forms OF out
door exercise that Anne eXcelled.
Wyatts admiration aroused Henry's Jealousy,
and a curious little passage at arms took place
between them. The King had a ring belonging
to Anne which he openly upon his little
finger and few days after he had possessed
himself OF il he was playing at bowls with seV-
eraI OF his court, among them Sir Thomas
wyatt Henry rolled his bowl and claimed that
1t was nearest the jack, but the others said with
his Gfrace's leave they thought otherwise. lie,
however pointed his finger with the ring on tow
ard the bowls anG said, with a glance full OF
meaning: Wyatt, l tell thee 1t Is mine.
Wyatt perceiving what was intended, paused a
little and the King repeated his words. If II
may like your majesty to give me leave to meas
ure IT, / hope it will be mine" said Wyatt, ana,
taking from his neck a lace which he had play
fully stolen from Anne short time before, ana
which Henry instantly recognized, he stopped TO
measure the distance. The King pushed aside
the bowl in a passion, and saying loudly: 1t
may be So but then deceived; he broke up
the game and went away in search of the hero
Inc of this dispute, who found means to calm his
discomfort and satisfy him OF her truth.--tChaf-
iette Fortesque Young, in The Nineteenth Cen
tury.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

mails. Many special expresses were sent to
Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham in the
year 1S47, which was one OF political excitement
The work have been exhilarating and ex-
citing.-(Chambers's journal.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
IMPORTANCE OF NUMERICAL. SUPERIOR
ITY IN WAR.

IT is impossible. think. TO find in history
troops better than the Japanese, more fierce and
obstinate in attack, grin1ly tenacious In de-
fence more simple in their requirements more
unflinchlngly patient under hardships, more un-
conauerabe in the face OF obstacles. 1t may be
that the French under Napoleon better
marchers; though this score the per
forrnances OF the Japanese during the movement
to the west Of Moukden warrant considerable
ekeptIcisln as to the accuracy of deprecatory
criticism this score But 30 far pres
ent Information extends. Infantry, from the
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-06-06
THE HOTEL BREAKFAST.
How ths American Meal Appears e
~ EnGiishman.

How tbs AmeFfean Meal Appears -
~ EnGiishnan.
The American hotel breakfast II
representative OF the general delight in
good living. The length Of the menu
and the variety of the dishes bespeak
an appetite that In the early morning
cap relish a meal little less substantial
than a dinner.
The hotel breakfast begins with fruit
grape fruit II 1t happens to be in sea
son, the bitter sweetness OF which
seems designated by nature TO awaken
the appetite. And there II really be
wildering problem when next you are
asked to choose among the cereals
from the old fashioned oatmeal to all
kinds Of predigested preparations.
Cooked oysters In every style are Of
fered ON the menu. and even In the best
restaurants q plate Of oysters costs
only a shilling. The choice OF fish can
be made from a long list-of kinds un-
known in England. including weakfish,
bluefish and shad. with It's delicate roe.
II must be out of compliment TO Eng
fish travellers that herring and paddock
are imported. You see them very sci.
dom on an American breakfast table.
When boiled eggs are eaten they are
opened by the walter into a glass. no
small quantity. Of butter being added
salt butter, for sweet" butter Is sell
dom served. With chops or steak the
American, who never eats cold meats
at breakfast, usually orders potatoes,
and the meal may be brought to a close
with pancakes. These hot cakes, which
are made OF wheat, buckwbeat. rice or
cornmeal. are eaten snothered in ma
pie strip. a delicious treacle obtained
from the sap Of maple trees.
The American drinks coffee for
breakfast-such n coffee as you may
ind in Paris, but not In London--and
that be does not prefer tea would need
no other explanation than the failure
70 understand the art OF making IT.
London Mail.