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The Washington times., 1906-01-28
LOYAL LEGION WILL HOLD
TWENTY-F0URTH BANQUET

lie District OF Columbia Commande7y
Of lie Loyal Legion will hold its TWEEN
ty-ourth annual banquet at RaucheT's
the first of February.
Arrangements for the banquet are be-
ing completed and it is expected that 1t
will he one of the most notable meet
ings in the history of the organization
More than 400 guests are expected.
among whom will be Vice President
F'airhnks, the Russian ambassador
the Akxlcan ambassador, General Bates
and Jistice Stafford.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
CLAIM Of MILLION
UPON GOVERNMENT
Philadelphia Woman Would
Collect Old Debt.
FROM REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Michael Heisles Supplied Guns and Am
mun;tion to Washington's Army
But Let Bill Stand.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-DeclsTing
that the United States Government owes
her and the members of her family
more than Sl.e00.o00 for arms and ammu-
milton made by her grandfather and
furnished to the Continental soldiers in
the revolutionary war ana which she
asserts were never paid for. Sarah Jane
Heisler. OF 1439 TasSer street. viii go
to Washington next week to press her
claim
According TO Miss Heisler. who is
well advanced in years. the Govern
ment obligation has been allowed to
stand. as both her father and grand
father were wealthy and unwilling to
press the claim against the Govern
ment's not plethoric treasury
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
ASKS TO BE PUT IN JAIL;
MIGHT JUMP HIS BAIL

I'm afraid I'll jump nay bail" said
William NOvak. as he broke into the
county Jail. Novak is to have Il trial
in police court January 81 for having
created Q disturbance in his home and
beatfng some Of the women members
Of the family
The case was adjourned several
-imes. Novak being released upon his
personal recognizapce. When he went
to the Jail. he said he thought he
would run away before the date OF the
trial, and he wanted TO be locked up
so he would not break his bond
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
HENRY EVANS BUYS KEF.

Henry Evans the wholesale and retail
druggist, at 922-sA r street northwest.
has recently bought the exclusive right
to manufa cture kef the cure for mead
ache and neuralgia. Mr.. Evans has
carefully studied the preparation and
will embody some ideas of his own In
the compounding Of the remedy i'm the
future All local druggists can furnish
you with Kef.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Heaviest DAYS.

These are some of the biggest days
We have had within the last two years.
said Mr, Crowley. but a little further
back ] know there were days on which
as high as go missiyes were delivered
in a little more than an hour.
The local special delivery force is
composed of superintendent. three
clerks, and siXty-five messengers. The
boys receive s cents apiece for each
let.e~ they deliver. Superintendent
CTowleys clerks are w. Henry Page,
w. F. Thiel and II. J. Eeholz. Il is their
duty to receive. stamp and record the
special delivery matter and distribute il
TO the boys. into whose books the ad-
dresses have been copied. This is the
work which stops a special delivery let
tie for the longest time.
The clerk. upon receiving the letter
from the city postofice. stamps on the
front OF it, Zee claimed at Washing
ton" On the back is recorded the time
the letter reached the special delivery
clerk. The number OF the messenger
and the number Of the letter are also
written on the front Of the letter by the
clerk. In the books of the postoffice.
the clerk records the number OF the let
ter and that Of the messenger it is Civ
en- TO-
Clerks 0verworked.
Speaking of the work of his clerks
and boys. Mr.. Crowley oa;d:
.'-rhe recording of the numbers of the
letters. the names and addresses in the
The Washington times., 1906-01-28

Office books. as we'll as those carried
by the nc ssengers. is what takes up a
lot of time. II we had more clerks. We
could deliver twice as many letters as
we do now. At present. there are two
clerks on duty in this Office all day and
up TO u o'clock at night.
They are kept busy. too. enc Of them
writing names and addresses In the
boys books. and the other recording in
our own records. do not think two
clerks could get ont $50 letters In an
hour and twenty minutes
We have a splendid force OF messen-
gers here. The majority of them are
bright and quick as they could be. and
attend strictly 10 their business Most
of them have the be st bicycles procur-
able. and take pains TO have their
wheels in tip top shape. Some OF the
boys draw S25 $50 and S2s month.
Besides this. they frequently get tipped,
when they call at a house with a let
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Thaddeus Stevens Believed.

But besides myself the only other near
claimant Is my sister. Mrs Riere. who
lives al I3 Market street Camden. y. J.
Thaddeus Stevens was a warm personal
friend OF my father and the great states
man continually urged him To press the
claim. My father. however. treated the
matter as a Joke and said he might try
TO collect the bill some time.
She says she iS somewhat in the dark
as 70 the exact amount Of the claim.
although she declares that Thaddeus
Stevens had told her father there a-e
records in Washington 10 prove that
the Government never paid the bill and
which also show the exact amount Of
the nations Indebtedness.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
sEARcHLIGHT LIKE SUN.

BERNE, 59n. g1-ESperimen;s have
Just been made near ontTeUN with
new electric scarchhGhl OF 33,G010O0
candlepower The apparatus projected
rays q distance OF about fifty miles The
inventor Is a F-cnchman who insists
upon remaining anonymous until the
success of his Invention shall have been
assured
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Apology in Report.

NO member OF committee says the
report. believes that the provisions of
this bill viii be satisfactory 10 all per-
sons who may be affected by it. nor
that IL viii be satisfactory even to those
who desire legislation upon the lines of
the bill We can only say that we have
done the best we could TO provide a
measure that we think Mill give at least
very eonsidcra bic elef from evils that
are recognized 10 be many and grieV-
Gus.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
HEPBURN RATE BILL
REPORTED IN HOUSE
Measure Has Unanimous
Support of Committee.
MANY FEATURES INCLUDED
Report Contains Statement IN Nature
of an Apology to All
interested.

Representative Hepburn OF iowa
chairman of the House COMMITTEE on
Interstate and Foreign commerce yes
terday afternoon presented 10 the House
the Hepburn railroad rate bill togethef
with The committees unanimous report
urging its passage. The report says
something has been borrowed from
nearly all Of the many bills introduced
on the subject and many features OF
the Esch-T Townsend bill, which passed
the House last year, nave been pre-
unvtpd
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
THE GOVERNMENT IN CONTEMPT

To Judge from The attitude of the
Standard Oil witnesses in the New York
investigation. we shall no doubt present.
~ hear a demand for the Government 10
be ruled for contempt in wanting TO
know too nuch.-SaYannah News
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Legislation Necessary.

'The law o9 today, says the report
discussing the history of legislation on
The subject. would be fairly satistac-
tory TO all shippers if the spirit OF fai9-
ness required by it had controlled the
conduct of the carriers, and the necessi-
" for the proposed legislation is the
result of, and is made necessary BY
the misconduct OF parties who are now
most clamorous against additional re-
straint."
The report sets forth the various pro
visions OF the measure, the most i'm
po-tant of which confers upon the IN
terstate Commerce Commission the
mower 10 establish rate and to substi;
tute "a just and reasonable and fairly
renumerative rate, TO be thereafter OBJ
served as the maximum TO be charged
for an unjust and unreasonable one
This orGer goes into effect in thirty daYs
and .emains in force three years, unless
set aside by Uhe commission or court OF
competent jurisdiction.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Never Needed Money.

My father and grandfather always
said that they did not need the mohey
and would not bother the Government
for IT," said Miss HeisleF. But since
their death 1 have seen the Government
grow rich and there Is no reason why
1 should not be paiC.
In the days OF the revolution ny
grandfather, Michael Heisler. had a
large iron shop and foundry at Ian
caster. Pa. When the war broke out
nc got a contract from the Govern
n-ent TO supply # wita guns, ammGni-
ton. horse shoes. and other supplies.
This contract amounted 10 many hun
dreds OF thousands Of dollars.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Thousand Per Diem.

Il should say we handle C1 an aver
age of 500 special delivery letters a day
These are taken care OF by the two
clerks and thirty-three messengers. be
cause our force is never larger than
that at any time. I say SC is the av-
erage number, but II must be larger
because / was looking over the books
few moments ago and saw one day
on which 1,476 letters had been deliv-
cred. and following that were I I.2s7. ]. so
l,234 representing three other DAYS in
the same week
We can deliver a special delivery
letter from the postoffice 10 any part
OF Washington in thirty-five minutes
at the outside That includes Rr0oE-
land. Georgetown. Tenleytown, Anacos-
tia. and the city proper"
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Cats in Demand.

simultaneously IhrIt came protests
from adjoining bakeries and nats. One
man in hall bedroom hung out d sign
offering 70 pay 90 cents each for cats
that would rid his premises OF the cast
off mice and those that had begun 20
gnaw their way out of Blossoms cage.
a pI Ocession Of small boys Juggling
reluctant tab5ies passed up the stairs
until the cat market developed a bear
tendency Then neighbOrs Of the eat
buyers Of finance" picked up bargains
In mousers all the way from a quarter
10 d dime.
The days trading closed with mar
kets hrm on both cats and mice and
with non-union workers still tOiling to
reach the top OF the tread mill-and.
Incidentally, keeping the frost from the
store windows.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
THE BROOM wHIsKER.

'.xas--@lssse- much dust on the trip
eominG through said his friend to
the sseg srrtxrt-
Il dial'r 1Trftrc any" said the other.
bat tn norter found so cents worth
or my aothes,'
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Let Bill Stand.

At the close OF the war. the Gov
ernment was almost bankrupt. and as
my grandfather was ia prosperous cir
cumstances and did not need the money.
he said he would allow the bill TO stand
for while. Although he lived FOR
many years after that. he never asked
the Government 10 pay the b-ll.
My father. Daniel Heisler. obtained
the papers at my grsndfather's death,
intending 70 push the claim. lie. too.
was in good circumstances. and kept
postponing the matter, 50 when he died,
some years ago. the bill WAS still un-
paid. Some Of the papers are now in
Washington. where they are a matter
Of record. while some OF the others are
in the custody Of distant relatives in
Lancaster.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
rIon-Union Workers.

Tho mice we're non-uniOu They
worked all day and half the night. try
ipp 10 roach cents worth Of cheese
Then they fell exhausted Closson' :
fan stopped. the window began TO frost
over and the sign WAS changed 10 read
Five Cents Apiece
All the small boys IN Cass county
seemed to have been holding on TO- an
ad vance They arrived with enough
mice 70 Keep the fan working in quad
ruple shifts Tor years, day and night.
The price of miee fell in proportion.
Clossou would bay only ''selecteG
stoclz-F HTRes rest were turned loose by
the boys. who preferred this TO taking
them back 10 the fodder stacks where
they had been captured.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Bait Is Cheese.

Closson Is the Armour of the mouse
business He used an electric fan IN
MS snow window to keep il from frost
inc over. The current cost money, Clos
son figured out that a mouse on a
freadmHI would do the same work as
"a $4,000 municipal electric plant re re
rigred M an endless belt baited with
cheese
But the mice seemed TO have heard OF
his plan TO put them 20 work. They be
ca ne as scarce as snakes IN ireland
Cl0ssOu put a sign i'm has WindoN'
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
MICE EMPLOYED
TO RUN BIG FAN
supply Demand for Power
in Store Window
WORK UNTIL EXHAUSTED
Strictly Non Union Little Creatures
Hurry Over TTeadmill
All Day.

IOGANsPORT. Ind. Jan 9I---Mice and
eat quotations are likely 20 he features
of local market reports If fluctuations
continue as sharp as they have been
he.e for two or three days
The mouse market took an unexpected
upward start on Saturday, but on ae-
count of the liberal receipts on Monda%
a bear movement followed cats were
brisk and kittens lively. Rangy looking
rate were drug on the market, ana
only prime mice a-e wanted at any
price The price OF eats is rising. now
equal 10 the demand.
Homer CIosson & Co. drug 1rm, are
holding up the mouse ma 'ket. The cats
ave being bought by tenants or the
building he occupies. The demand for
both grew out Of an idea matured with
intent 10 cut down electric power biils,
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Healthy. Able Bodied Mice 10 Work
For Their Living.

T or 7 UEII I-INIILll-
VIII Paw one Cent Apiece
Then he waited results Nothing
materialized The next day "A voice
over the telephone asked. What are
you naying for mice today
"Tu give You cents apiece. Te-
piled CIosson. In due time "a smart
bov. with thirty-seven mice. appeared
and departed with sIS5 The mice be
gan their endless grind up grade to-
ward the neveT-attainable cheese
CloSsou geared the fan TO the mouse
motor and disconnected the electricity.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
MONUMENT 70 ANDRAsSY
Emperor Francis Joseph Delivers an
Address at the DsdiestOry
Ceremonies.

BUDAPEST. Dec. 2--In the presence OF
Francis Joseph, emperor-king OF Austria
Hungary. a number of other members OF
the royal family, gathering OF ministers,
Diplomats and members of the Hungarian
Parliament, and before a large assemblage
OF the people, the magnificent monument
erected TO the memory OF Count Julius
Andrassy was unveiled here today
Replying to an eloquent tribute from
Kolomsn de szell, a former premier Of
Hungary, Francis Joseph said;
In grateful remembrance OF the imperish-
able services rendered his king, his father
land and the monarchy, 1 express the
hope that this prominent figure, who Gre
ated a new foundation, not only In the po-
litical life OF Hungary, but also in the
foreign policy of the monarchy, will serve
as a pattern 20 coming generations.
A roar OF cheering from those present
greeted these words from the emperor
king.
At the close Of the dedieatory ceremony
a number OF memorial wreaths were laid
before the monument.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
BUILDING NEW CONSTITUTION
Work Being Done in Oklahoma il
Watched with Much
Interest.

GUTHRIE, okL. Dec. 2-The constitu-
tlonal convention which met here recently
TO draw up a new constitution to be voted
upon next spring for the new state Of
Oklahoma. is making fair progress. This
is the first time the people have had a
chance to make a constitution with the
developments OF the last twenty-five years
for a guide and the drafting Of this in
strument Is being watched with great in
terest.
One of the most interesting questions
that will be considered will be the provision
as to prohibition. The chairman OF the
committee that will draft this particular
provision is believed to favor high license
and this fact has caused the prohibition
lobby here to work with renewed energy.
The fixing OF railroad rates, the separa-
ton of whites, negroes and Indians In
schools and on public conveyance, the
regulation OF corporations and the fixing
Of taxation are some Of the other inter
estinR and vital questions being consid-
cred. Ultimately. also, there will come
the contests for representatives in congress
and the election Of United States senator's
which already, are beginning to take dell
mite form.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
EDUCATION OF CONSCIENCE
Three Addresses at Closing se,sioD
of Social Education
Congress.

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 2.-Three addresses
on the Education of the Conscience" de.
livered before. a large audience at the
Colonial theater brought to a close this
evening, the three days session of the
Social Education congress.
The speakers tonight were, Rev. William
NJ. Lcng of Stanford, Conn. q. Stanley
Han Of Clark university, Worcester. ana
the most Rev. William II. O'ConnelI, Cath
olic archbishop cOadjutor Of Boston
Mr.. Long in dealing with Natures Mes.
sages to Moral Educations" said that man
seems to be the only creature that is i'm.
moral, although the child is born a moral
animal. He did not hold the belief thai
all living things had to fight for existence
and cited many Instances where the lower
animals had dwelt peacefully together,
notably the wolves. He admitted much de-
pended on the food supply and said, this
applied to man well as beast The
beastliness of nature In man was shown.
he declared, in a personal uncleanliness,
the envy and greed aroused by the setting
up Of wealth against poverty, gluttony and
drunkenness, and sexual vices. None OF
these, he asserted, was found in the animal
kingdom except in man and monkeys.
Many animal instincts are good and pure
and mans immortality is hts own inven-
tion. He decried the struggle for individ-
uallsm and said that the message OF ma.
ture was mutual cooperation and common
brotherhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
REVENUE RECEIPTS INCREASE
Internal Revenue Collections for the
Current Year Estimated Mt
S20O, 1000, 900.
canvassed.


WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-The annual re-
port Of the commissioner Of internal
revenue, John w. YerIes. for the last
fiscal year shows total receipts Of S249. j.
1O2, 73S, an excess Of S14914,762 over the pre-
ceding year, while the receipts for the
first three months Of the current year show
an increase in collections of 1861 ,11 over
the corresponding months last year. Com
missioner Yerkes says he believes the total
revenues in the current fiscal year will
aggregate $3.50 100000 During the year there
was collected from the tax on distilled
spirits S186 965,s11, on fermented liquors
S54, ,651, ,636 and on tobacco s4S, 422,997.
The commissioner recommends a charge
Of 20 cents for each stamp issued to recti-
flers or wholesale liquor dealers for use
on packages prepared and sent out by them
and a charge Of 95 cents per gallon on all
brandy withdrawn for fortihcation pur-
poses.
The report discusses the enactment Of
the free alcohol bill passed at the last ses-
sion of congress; says great benefit will
be derived by the people at large from this
legislation, and says that instead of the
production of alcohol being, as now, con-
fined to large distilleries. it is most prob
able that within the course of brief period
small cooperative distilleries will be con-
structed throughout the country, operated
under governmental supervision. but event
ually producing alcohol at cheaper price
and perhaps from cheaper substances than
is the rule at present.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and Colder Mondays Tuesday,
Fair.
BRIBERY CHARGE is DENIED
street Railway Men say There Was
No Necessity TO buy
Franchise,

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2a-Referring to
dispatches appearing in some eastern pa
pers concerning the report that Supervisor
Sanderson Of san Francisco had made a
confession of bribery in various matters
connected with the Board OF Supervisors,
including the granting Of the so-called
overhead trolley rights to the United Rail
ways, I. l.. Ford, general counsel Of the
United Railways, today said:
''Mr. Sanderson could not have made any
confession respecting bribery in connection
with our overhead trolley rights, for there
was no bribery to confess. These rights
were granted to the United Railways
shortly after the earthquake and fire in
San Francisco in response to a universal
demand for street railway operation by
the then only means available, which was
the overhead trolley. The only question
raised in any quarter was whether these
overhead trolley rights should be temporary
or should continue during the life OF the
company's street railway franchise.
In view of the heavy expenditures which
the company would be compelled to make
in reconstruction of its road for overhead
trolley, IL positively declined to go forward
with this work, under such enormous ex-
penses unless these rights were to continue
during the life Of its several street rail-
way franchises. The overwhelming senti-
ment of the city was in favor of granting
the rights in the manner In which the COM
pany had requested, a small minority only
holding out for temporary permission.
There was, of course, no bribery or at
tempted bribery of anybody, directly or in
directly, or in any manner or form what
soever."
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS
Charged With Violation of the
Safety Appliance
Law.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Acting on re-
ports submitted by the Interstate Com
merce commission, Attorney General Moody
has directed that suit be brought against
large number of additional railroad com,
panies to recover penalties for violation Of
the safety appliance law through failure
to keep their equipment in proper condi-
ton The attorney general recently issued
similar order directing suits against a
large number of roads.
The roads made defendents, and the dis
tricts in which the suits will be brought
and the number of violations, include:
Arizona & New Mexico railway, district of
Arizona, two violations; Chicago & North
western railway, 'district of Illinois, two
violations; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway, northern district of Illinois, TWEEN
ty-six violations; FL Paso & Southwestern
railway, district OF New Mexico, one vio-
lation; Fort Worth & Denver City rail-
way, northern district of Texas, two vio-
lations; Wabash railroad, northern district
of Illinois, one violation.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
JASOGRODSKY STRIKES HIGH
Accused of SwindlinE Numerous
People Out of Large
Sums.

NEW YORK, Dec 2-Naom Jasogrodsky,
who represented himself to be a former
agent Of the Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany recently engaged as a chess expert
and teacher and Wall street agent for
mining stock, was arraigned today and
committed to the Tombs without bail for
forty-eight hours to await the outcome Of
eXtradition proceedings. Jasogrodsky is
wanted in Michigan in connection with a
transaction by which he is alleged to
have secured $4,000 from M. Slmblier of
Bay City to cover wedding expenses and
failed 10 return the same. Jasogrodsky
admitted the transaction. which he gaid.
was of the type known as an exchange
of notes" and said that payment had been
held up on account OF a dispute over the
Interest payments The obligation was
Incurred, he said, just prior to his marriage
last April to a daughter of the late Rabbi
Wolf Landau of Bay City.
He denounced his arrest as an outrage
and the result Of a conspiracy In court
Jasogrodsly said he had been for some
time the general agent for Canada of the
Mutual Life Insurance company and with
such success that he was given a rowing
commission with authority to write big
policies anywhere. He said he had been
admitted to the best society and had the
honor OF teaching President Roosevelt and
other prominent persons to play chess. He
was prepared, he said, to furnish bal in
any amount up to 100000 If given an op-
portunity and was enraged when the
Michigan officials insisted he be locked up.
The prisoner, who was represented nv
counsel intimated that he would fight
extraditon.