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The Washington times., 1906-07-29

detached Bureau Supplies and Accounts.
Navy Department, TO naval station
Honolulu. as pay officer purchasing pay
officer, and general storekeeper.
Civil Engineer A. L. Parsons. de-
taehed navy yard. Boston. TO Bureau
OF Yards and Docks. Navy Department.
Lieut.. Com c. H Harlow. de-
tached special duty Bureau Of NaviRa-
ton. Navy Department, 10 Pittsburg,
IN cha &c Of navy recruiting station 70
be established in that city.
Lieut.. Com. ". w GTmer, to
Hines as executive officer, and Lieut.
II. 4. Pearson to Illinois as navigating
officer.
Lieut.. c. /. Arnold. detached Brook
Ign. to Washington; Ensigq J. c. Kress.
detached Brooklyn. on leave; Ensign
". L. Pryor. Midshipmen II L. Shoe
maker and b II Green. detached
Brooklyn, to Tennessee; Paymaster D.
V Chadwick, detached Brooklyn, 70
home and settle accounts.
Passed Assistant Surgeon c. S. But
Ter. detached Columbia. TO naval sta
ton, San Juan.
Assistant Surgeon J. P. De Bruler. TO
navy yard, Washington.
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Mighty Poor Politics.

If the Democratic Congressional
Committee is up to its opportuni-
ties it viii devote some special at
tentiOn 10 the interview with Secre-
tary Dover, cf the Republican Ma
tional Committee, which was print
ed in Washington yesterday Com
ment like this from such a source
If Secretary Dover really said such
things-ought to make interesting
reading in the doubtful districts:
It is useless 10 close our eyes TO the
fact that there is a demand for tariff
revision In many parts OF the country.
ana there are many Republican cardi-
dates Tor Congress to whom il might
prove disastrous 10 stand pat this fall
In some districts Republicans are going
10 win by declaring in favor OF revision
OF some OF he Dingley schedules; in
Others Rep 'ilCans will be elected on
an anti-reVl. ION platform Local senti-
ment must be recognized 10 a great eX-
tent, and a stand patter' Is likes 20
lose by dlsregarding 1t and vice versa.
The policy of National Govern
ment which Mr.. Dover would thus
make a local ISSUE" as General
Hancock suggested, is not one of
the least Planks in the Republican
platform. On the contrary, it is
that /party's chief asset. or was I'M
TIN surrendered TO the personality
Of Theodore Roosevelt. Only a lit
tie while ago as policies are count
edit was in June, 1904-the party
described it officially in these
phrases:
Protection which guards and develops
our industries Is a cardinal policy Of
The Republican party, We
e5 of rd Jae maintenance OF 3Rs P59
as in 1892, the Democratic party de
clareS the protective tariff unconstttu-
tionaI. or whether il demands tariff re
form or tariff revision. It's real object
IS always the destruction of the protec-
tive system.
And yet lin some districts Repub-
leans are going TO win by declaring
in favor of revision Of some of the
Dingley schedules" and a stand
patter," who is likely TO lose by OPP
posing the destruction of the pro
tective system" whether called
tariff reform OF tariff revision is
10 veer with local sentiment"
Secretary Dover is right in his ap-
praisement of the situation, assum-
ing again that the interview is gen
uine. As The Times has said more
than once, the Republican party
must either join in the movement to
reduce the present schedules or see
the work done by its opponent But
the secretary does scant justice TO
the sincerity of his Republican fell
lows when he puts their party in the
light of suiting its policies TO the
predominating convictions in Con-
gressional districts, no matter what
they are or how widely they vary.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

OF beint. one of the best fighting organi-
cations IN the army, II earned this dur
ing the Philippine insurrection, when II
worked Tor two years endeavoring 10
suodue the natives. After that they
We're returned to this country. and only
last winter were again sent 20 the Phil
lppines from. the army post at MissOula,
Mon.
The brunt of Tuesdays engagement
seems 10 have been borne by Captain
McMaster and his company. The Of
ncers are all white The regiment Is
commanded by Col. George ?. Borden,
the lieutenant colonel being John @
Dent The majors are Zerah ". Torrey.
Elias Chandler. and Henry W Hovey
The other officers are as follows. Cap
tains, Archibald A. Cabaniss. William r.
Dashieil. Ernest B. Gose. Isaac c.
jerks. George II. McMaeter, Hunter B.
-'elson. Albert Laws. James A. Moss,
william 3. Cochran. Claude b Miller.
Thomas I. Frissell. Robert J. Maxey.
John W French, William II. Curry,
George E. Thorne: first lieutenants,
robert II. Peck. Robert b. Calvert,
Joseph Herring. Charles i Hay. Jr /;
John b. Stanford. Walter c. Sweeney.
james j. Mayes. Austin A. Parker. Ed
ward b. Mitchell. Robert G.. Rutherford,
Robert S. Knox. William II Patterson.
ira F. FraYeli second lieutenant, Cha. les
r. SwartZ. James + Mcdonald, Charles
l.. Mitchell. Franklin T. Burt. Charles
r severS5n. Edwin Gunner. Walter 3.
Fulton. Frank Norman, John G
French. Marvin z Malloy Allan X.
Williams. Loren .. Grieves. Richard D.
La CfaFde, Charles L. Silcox. and Tor
reg b. Maghee.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Dewey's Famous Flagship
To Be Used At Naval
Academy.

The world-famous cruiser Olympia,
the flagship Of Admiral Dewey when he
won the battle OF Manila Bay. May l.
189S is 10 be turned over 10 the Naval
Academy for the annual cruises Of the
midshipmen. and for general instruc-
ton purposes. Thus the olympia, like
the Texas. is 10 be laid on the shelf, so
70 speak. as far as future activity in
the navy is concerned.
Because OF the sentlmei,L attached to
the Olympia. and also on account of
its type. the authorities at the Navy
Department have decided that the yes
sci can best be used TO assist in the
education OF the future officers Of the
navy.
The Olympia is now out OF commits
sion az the Norfolk Navy Yard, and a
board OF survey has been ordered 10
report on the repairs necessary to put
her in hrst-class serviceable condition.
AS soon as the repairs are made. which
will probably be within a year. she will
be turned over 10 the Naval Academy
permanently.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
The Clerk and His Bonds.

1t seems TO disturb seriously some
of our contemporaries that one
Byerley, a clerk in the American
Express Company's New York Of
fees, should have had the temerity
to bid for over S5,OOO,OOO of the new
Panama bonds, and should have had
the good fortune TO get the aIlot-
ment. They seem to think that be-
cause the man is assumed to be poor
he had no right to attempt to OBJ
tain an option on any of the securi-
ties. The Boston Herald goes so far
as 10 say that 1t would not be I'M
reasonable for the Government TO
insist that bond bidders send in with
their tenders a certified check for
a few thousand dollars as a guaran-
tee of good faith"
Why should the Government do
any such thing? The Government
risks nothing in accepting such a
bid as Byerley's. If he does not
come to time with the first deposit
of purchase money in August. he
simply does not get his bonds, and
Secretary Shaw can dispose Of them
at a higher price than he offered
If Byerley fulflls his part of the
agreement when the time comes, it
is neither the Boston Herald's nor
the Governments business where he
gets his money or whether he is a
clerk in an express Office or a
prince of finance" in Wall Street.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
More Penny Wisdom.

Judge Kimball is embarrassed in
contemplating the furnishing of the
new Police Court building for the
$4,000 allotted by Congress. With
that money he must purchase
benches for the United States and
District branches of the court, buy
desks for the Offices of both judges,
carpet the offices, and cover the
floors of both court rooms with
linoleum, fit room for the
Assistant Corporation Counsel,
obtain witness stands and trial
tables. outfit offices for the clerk
and his assistants, and for the
finance clerk and his assistants, and
buy somehow the jury boxes, jani-
tors paraphernalia, ice water cool
ers, benches, Bibles, and scores of
other things which make the mod
ern police court.
OF course the sum Is too small.
1t will not provide the fittings which
common comfort and municipal self
respect require. to say nothing of
the Capitals pride. But it viii pro-
vide fitting in thorough keeping
with the building. For if ever
there was in the whole District a
new structure stamped all over
with false economy it is this new
home of the Police Court.
In one light it is unfortunate the
city got any new building at all.
While even this commonplace and
unlovely structure is an improve
ment over the church in which the
court used 70 sit, il must not be
forgotten that the old home was a
tine argument for a decent new one.
Now not only must we be content
with a half-rate building. but we
have lost our most effective argu-
ment for a better one.
Residents of the District wonder,
sometimes, what members of Con-
greas must think as they walk past
the Pension building, the Postoffice
building. the ugly slice of brick
which passes for an annex TO the
Government Printing Office, and.
pretty soon. the new Police Court
building. 1t is impossible they
should be proud-and in view Of this
latest experience they are not
ashamed. Maybe they think their
home folks who visit Washington
will not know whose votes il was
in committee which fixed the type
of these monuments 10 the great
ness of the nation. But whatever
they think, they cannot long be
blind TO the fact that their constitu-
ents, if they did know, would come
skittishly near being ashamed of
some of their representatives in
Washington.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
PHONE MESSAGE SAVES
CHILD IN A RUNAWAY
Horses Dash Of With GiTl-Father
Calls Up Neighbor, Who
Stops Them.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa. July 2S-Having
saved his two-year-old girl from
frightful death IN a runaway by using
a telephone, Tunis Wanverdeak,
wealthy Scott county farmer. dropped on
his knees today and fervently thanked
God for the wonderful invention.
Wanverdeak was about TO leave for
town His little girl was already seat
ed in the carriage. As the father turned
for an instant TO speak 10 his wife, the
team made a sudden dash down the
road.
Almost paralyzed with fear, WAIVER
deak Glanced 20 think OF the telephone
Hurrying TO the house. he phoned TO Z.
Klasren, che mile distant, TO save his
little girl.
KIs aren and his hired man stopped
the team and lifted the little girl from
the carriage, frightened, but unhurL
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Adjutant Inspector Magill. Of the Ma
Tine Corps. has returned 10 Washington,
after having inspected the marine bar
racks at League Island the fore part
OF the week. Since the arrival al Leag que
Island Of Colonel DicSins and Captain
lowe. the standard and fitness has con-
siderably advanced, and Inspector Ma
gill found that the men made a credit
able showing
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

ed that the BAH was foul, but the
umpire properly called it fair.
So palpable was the trick that the
spectators near at hand laughed at
the pitcher. He deserved to be
Kissed. Such tricks would not be
perpetrated by the better class of
professionals.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
Personal Notes.

Secretary Bonaparte viii return TO his
Office the first OF the week and Assistant
Secretary NewbeTTy will start out on
the second lap Of his summers vacation,
tho ofticials alternating each two weeks
in the matter OF rest from their Office
duties.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
Personal Notes.

Maj. Charles B. Hardin, of the Twen-
tieth Infantry. has been ordered to re-
port to Col. Charles B. Morris, Of the
Artillery Corps. president of an army
retiring board az San Frcncisco, for ex-
animation for retirement
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Col John E. Greer, of the ordnance
department. has been assigned to make
an inspection of proof-hring of a num-
Der of 6-inch disappearing carriages at
Fort Wool, Va, at an early date.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

An army retiring board. appointed TO
meet at San Francisco from time TO
time. is composed as follows: Col
Charles Morris. of the Artillery Corps;
Lic't. Coz. William II. Comeys- deputy
Paymaster general; Lieut.. Col George
NJ Dunn, Judge advocate; Lieut. Col
DANIEL N Appel deputy surgeon gen
eral. Capt James NJ Kennedy. assistant
surgeon: First Lieut. Tilman Campbell,
Artillery Corps, recorder.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29
SURE

What is the highest end that man
may reach ?"
The end he wears his hat on, Amt
it?"
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Capt Ralph F. Gamble. Lieut.. F.
Harding. and Capt. Campbell King were
among the array officers in New York
during th. week.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Capt. John II. Rice has been assigned
as principal assistant in the office OF
General Crozier Chief OF Ordnance. re-
lieving Major Charles 3. Wheeler.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

some time. Is en- route TO Washington
for duty In the Office OF General
Humphrey. Quartermaster General.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Capt Harry L. Pettus. quartermaster.
who has been in the Philippines for
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Contract Surgeon Howard II Johnson.
who has been al Mt. Washington. Ohio.
has been assigned 10 duty IN the general
hospital. at Washington Barracks.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

First Lieut. John S. E. Young. Ninth
Calvary. has been detailed at professor
Of military science and tactics al the
North Carolina College Of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, at West Raleigh,
y. c. At that place ne win relieve
First Lieut.. Wilson g. Heaton, Of the
Thirteenth Cavalry. who has been as
signed 70 the camp Of instruction at
Fort OgiethoTpe. Lieutenant Young has
been on duty at the recruit depot. JET
ferson Barracks. No.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Capt. Johnson HaKood. who has been
acting assistant chief Of tre Artillery
Corps since General Mills was granted
leave Of absence, has been sent 20 New
York TO consult with Lieut. Col William
J.. Marshall Of the Engineer Corps. and
Lieut.. Col George 2. Scriven. Signal
Corps. upon the subject Of hre-coutrol
installation I'm the southern New York
artillery district.
The Washington times., 1906-07-29

Favorable reports continue to come
from Hot Springs as TO the condition
of General Edwards. and IL is believed
that he will be able to resume his du-
ties about the first Of November. His
maIady has been entirely localized, and
encouraged by the many messages of
congratuIation upon his promotion, he
has taken a new lease on life and will
soon be in the harness again.
The Pensacola journal., 1906-04-28


Trade in human skeletons, which is
a regular business with certain houses,
is most active in September, when the
medical schools and colleges open for
the year. While some skeletons are oD-
tanned in this country the great bulk
Of the supply comes from Bavaria, and
the price rules high or low as the death
rate in that country moves up or
down.
1t is remarked with surprise that the
labor members of parliament are not
large men nor are they apparently es-
pecialIy robust. T. P. O'Connor, writ
ing on this subject explains in this
way: The lives of many of them have
been hard. They began the struggle
for bread IN the mine, IN the workshop,
before the furnace, at an age when
they ought to have been learning their
lessons and playing marbles, and these
years Of early toll nearly always tell"
1t is pretty we'll known that Sir VII
frid Lawson Is the recognized poet
laureate of the British parliament. He
is always on the lookout for "inci-
dents" the~little episodes that enliven
the dull routine of parliamentary life
and that lend themselves to utilization
as a couplet or a quatrain. His ex-
temporaneous verses make circuit
of the house to an accompaniment OF
subdued chuckles. They are sometimes
handed By a minister to the speaker.
who reads them with a professionally
dignifed cOuntenance and then pays
them the compliment Of a mOmentary
twinkle Of his awful eye.
The Pensacola journal., 1906-04-28

and Liverpool It IS claimed that the
only reason that Portland does not
lead in apple shipments is the inability
of the steamers to carry the great
Maine crop.
An oyster dredger recently put into
commission by New Haven firm is
twice as large as any other oyster
steamer in the world. being capable Of
carrying from 1900 to 10000 bushels
of shells on her deck. There are six
dredges on board, whereas the ordi-
nary steamer operates only two.
The recent visit of the Prince of
Wales to Burma has attracted notice
to the wonderfully rapid growth in size
and prosperity Of Rangun during the
last twenty years. Then it had popu-
lation of only 10000, whereas today it
has nearly 250,0O0 and a trade inferior
only to that of Calcutta and Bombay.
Esperanto, the world language, got
Senior Pujala Wales into deep trouble.
He wrote in Esperanto a series of arti-
cleS on 'HOme Rule For Catalonia" for
an English paper. The translation Of
the article which reached Madrid gave
the title as Independence For CatalO-
MIA" The authors prompt flight alone
saved him from twenty years in prison.
William Pattison, who was appoint
ed chief constable of Scarborough,
England, in 1865, and whose death was
recently announced, declared on taking
up his duties that he would make the
town so clear Of crime that he could
hang his watch on a lamp post and 1t
would not be molested. The night after
this boast some one stole the postOfice
The Pensacola journal., 1906-04-28
To the Democratic Voters of Escam
bia County:

To the Democratic Voters of Escam-
bia County:
At the request OF many friends
from the. country and from the city l
hereby announce my candidacy ior
Representative in the legislature at
the session 1907; subject to the action
of the Democratic primary, May 18th,
1906, and earnestly solicit the sup
port of the Democracy Of Escambia
county.
favor liberal pensions for Confed-
crate soldiers and their widows.
Uniform school terms, giving the
country public schools the same
length term as the city schools.
A uniform school book law, and
free books for the pupils of all public
schools.
An eficient law for the equalization
of taxes.
Good roads specially.
Yours respectfully,
~, M. JACOBY.
The Pensacola journal., 1906-04-28

I, that health conditions are bad.
/ Owing to inexperience, or i'll health,
many of the convicts are over
worked, and a number have suffer
ed from accidents in the mines, On
the whole. their treatment may be
spoken of generally as inhumane and
cruel; and the punishment given
them is out Of proportion to the
character of their offences; for 1t
D'ust be borne in mind that the
county conYicts are not criminals, !"
but misdemeanants. 1t is much to
be doubted if the children and young
people are of hxed criminal charac-
ter; and the proper place for them
is a reform school, not mine, where
they are forced to hard labor, and
where the young are in constant as
sOeiatiOn with elements that are
likely to make them criminal
There is a state reform school for
white boys, that is doing excellent
work in saving boys from crime and
msking useful citizens of them; but
this institution is entirely too small
for the purpose. 1t is crowded; and
there is frequent voluntary applica-
ton on the part of parents for help
in the staying of the careers Of way
ward children; which applications
have to be refused because there is
no more room at the reformatOTy
Several cases were recently brought
to the attention of the Mobile direc-
tor Of the school, and they were UT.
gent in their nature, yet nothing
could be done to assist these boys.
There should be adequate reform
institutions for white boys; and for
negro boys as well, for the courts
l have either to set these miSdamean-
ants free or to send them to the
mines. 1t is a bitter alternative to
those who wish to see the boys put
into the right way of living.
The report made by Dr. Ward
would be ample justification for the
removal Of the convicts from Flat
Top mines, but there is reason to be-
lieve that the worst of the situation
las not been disclosed to the public,
reports Of at least one specific charge
Of cruelty being cited by one of the
club members who took part il
Tuesday nights discussion. Section
1925 of the statutes provides that If
any one convict is treated cruelty or
inhumanly by the hirer or his en-
ployes, the contract terminates with
cut more to do.
The eemedies suggested at the
club meeting were, first, that the
legislature amend the laws so that
the state administration shall take
care of county cOnvicts throwing
them the same protection, thus inn
growing the conditions under which
they live and work, and seeing to it
that no cruelty is practiced. This
permanent remedy would be afforded
by taking cOnvicts out of the mines
and putting them in agricultural in
Gustry, as is done with marked sue
cess in Mississippi The children
and youths should be placed in re
formatories, where they can receive
education and industrial training
and be turned to the path by which
they may become a help rather than
a burden to the state
There was no conflict of opinion
il this meeting of Mobile citizens
ell present agreeing that the
existing method Is bad, and that It
should not be sustained further by
| the authorities of this vicinity.
The Pensacola journal., 1906-04-28
FACTS IN FEW LINES

st. Anthony is claimed to have lived
to the ripe old age Of 105 years oE a
daily diet Of twelve ounces Of bread
and water.
Joseph Nix, the Wesleyan reformer,
took 3,S45 signatures to the pledge in
a nine days gospel temperance meet.
ing recently held in Bradford, Eng
land.
Australia is emulating the United
States in wholesale and wanton de-
struction Of animal and bird life. Pot
hunters are exteFminsting the famous
black swan.
From the Chinese point Of view the
oldest book is the best. There are no
six best Sellers in China. A book un4
der a thousand years old is read by no
self respecting man.
Arablans when they meet a friend
shake hands six or eight times. Once
is not enough. However, should they
be persons of distinction they embrace
and kiss one another several times and
also kiss their own hands.
Cardinal WOlseY is given a surpris-
ingly immediate connection with the
present time by the report from Eng
land that a fine old tree In Bushey
park said to have been planted by him
was uprOoted by a recent gale.
AdansOnia, a species Of tropical tree
found in Africa, is one Of the largest
trees In the world, its trunk attaining
a diameter Of more than twenty feet.
Some Of these trees by a vague means
Of estimate have been declared to be
5000 years old.
The coffee crop OF Sumatra has be-
come almost equal to that Of Java. The
latter island is smaller, but much more
populOus, and 1t had a long start in
cofee before the plantations in Suma-
ira began to cut any figure in the
worlds supply.
In the Prussian army the command
ers Of fourteen regiments are women,
and, although the position is purely
formal, yet these female colonels enjoy
like military rank with the male hold
ers Of the title and on occasion wear
the uniform Of their Office.
Few wild animals are left in New
Zealand. The government takes good
care Of the remnant and seeks to add
new varieties. Among Frcent impOrta-
tiQns are chamois from the Austrian
Alps, which ought to flourish in the
mountains Of New Zealand.
The famous Willamette meteorite has
been sold to a New York scientist,
who viii present 1t to the American
Museum of Natural History in New
York city. The price paid was $50. 900,
which is said to be the highest price
ever given for meteorite.
Probably the British law will be
ehanged so as to allow trades unions
b bank money up to any amount in
the postoflce savings bank, as is now
permitted to friendly societies. In the
case Of ordinary depositors interest is
not allowed on more than $1,000.
The board Of trade Of Portland, Ne,
has taken up the matter Of establishing
a REGULAR apple line between that port