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The Washington times., 1906-11-20
POLICE STATIONS
AND PATROLMEN
UNDER INSPECTION
Brass Buttons and Clean
Floors to Shine For
Prize Trophy.

With woodwork freshly Vanished, the
brass ratings polished until they shone
like mirrors. and the floors swept until
not a particle OF dust was visible, the
various pol e station houses Of the city
presented attractive appearance for
the annual inspection and review. which
began this afternoon at l O'Clock. To
the command making the best showing
the prize flag trophy will be awarded.
The board of inspection consists OF
Major Richard Sylvester, Inspectors +.
=. Cross and II. J.. Gessford. and Col.
Burton r. Ross. Instead of the annual
parade. which has been the custom in
previous years, each command will
march by fours, repeating company
front.
Three precincts were inspected this
afternoon. The board visited the First
precinct at / o'clock, following which
they went TO the Third and Seventh.
Tomorrow the Eighth, Second, and
Sixth Will be inspected. and on Thurs
day the Fourth, Fifth. Ninth. and
Tenth
With trousers creased and wearing the
winter helmets. dress coats. and belts.
and white gloves, the foot men and
title. "the finest" The bicycle men will
appear in sack coats and regulation
gloves.
In addition TO the appearance Of the
houses as 10 cleanliness and order.
clothing and equipment as to condition
and care and cleanliness and condition
OF reVOivers will he considered in max
ing UP the averages. The board Of in
spection was accompanied by Samuel
Curriden. OF the Board of Trade, and
George W. I.inkins of the Business
Mems Association.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20

instructive reading Novels are eschew-
ed. All fiction is tabOoed
Mrs Elsie Clews Parsons. wife OF
Congressman Parsons OF New York. is
responsible for the change All Wash
ington society is eagerly seeking her
book. The Family" IN which Mrs. Par
sons has many things to say about trial
marriages. a matrimonial white LIST -
and race suicide. Orders are pouring In
on the booksellers OF this city. orders
which it is impossible 10 III al present.
for they have been told by the New
York publishers Of the volume that II
will not be out before another slow
week has dragged away.
Society women. when told this news.
are exasperated. Whether the appli-
cant for the literary feast is a charm
ing debutante or a staid matron who
knows what marriage really is. the de-
iay is cNasperatinE- In that charmed
territory which revoIves within itself
around the neighborhood or Dupont Cir
Gle. all other reading matter has become
stale. fat, and Improbable.
The leaders want 10 read this strange
new doctrine that Mrs. Parsons has
launched against the blessedness OF
matrimony and the bliss OF welded lives.
They DO not state-openly-whet they
agree with her. but they want to see
what she mas to say. IL has been sug-
gested that some OF them. being so
eager 10 read, may be open to persuas-
ion. but this has been set aside in most
quarters. There is a tendency to be-
lieve that all the women who are so anx-
ious for a peep at the Outrageous
pages so alleged, are moved by the
old thing. curiosity.
Already friends Of Mrs. Parsons have
risen up to call her blessed and maIisn-
ed. They contend that her book does
not advocate trial marriages, but mere
ly throws out the suggestion as a feelar
to ascertain the pubHcs sentiment On
the matter. They further claim that
the book will be found 10 be an admir-
able and learned treatise on the mar
riage state and everything appertaining
thereto.
At the Parsons home. on Nineteenth
street, silence Is still the rule. Mrs.
Parsons will not see the newspaper
men. and Representative Parsons con
tents himself with the statement that
there is nothing TO be said by him or
his wife regarding the book.
Last week. Just before the couple left
New York Mrs. Parsons told the news
papers that she did not advocate trial
marriages in her book, but merely put
IL out as a query.
delay. II does not feel satisfied with
these hearsay statements about the
treatise. They want 10 read-quckly,
thoroughly. and appreciatively
Most assuredly, society Is suddenly
literary.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
COT HER MAIL
IN IN PRIVATE BOX
At POSTOFFICE

A new chapter has been added to the
already thrilling story OF the marital
infelicities of the Bassett couple.
troubles in which the Rev. E. Lawrence
Hunt has figured prominently.
The latest development is the discov-
cry that Mrs Bassett had a private let
ter-box in the city pOstofGice here. that
she obtained it through the efforts Of
the Rev. Mr. Hunt. that an order was
issued disseminating her use of the pri-
vate box, and that she later rented an
other box.
At one time she wrote letter TO the
postoniee authorities asking that her
mail. however it might be addressed,
be placed in the rented box.
The divorce case will come up for
trial IN the local courts next Thursday.
In II the Rev. Mr.. Hunt, who is now
stationed in Brooklyn. \. Y. but who
formerly presided over two congrega-
tions I'm Washington. is named core
spondent Charles c. Bassett the hus-
band. is a well-knOwn man here He
and Mrs. BaSsett at one time figured
socially in Washington
According to the records of the city
Dostoftice, Mrs. Bassett had a private
letter box assigned TO her November -,
1904. and in the application for the box
the Rev. Mr. Hunt was named as ap-
plicant. About the time the box was
leased, Mrs. Bassett wrote the letter to
the postmaster. asking that all her mail
De put in the box.
on February Z, 1905. Postmaser Mer-
ritt notified Mrs. Bassett that she could
no longer use the box. So far. the rea-
son for this notification has not came TO
night Mrs. BasseIt later rented another
box. and in her application for il she
named II. Iscwrence Hunt as refer
ence.
Cards in he p0stoffice also showed
that at one time Mr.. Hunt made the
Arrangement to have Mrs. Bassett's ad-
dress changed from the Hotel Narnum
and the Geological Survey To her post
office box No. o.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
MISS CARRIE DU BOIS DIES;
SUFFERED FOR TWO YEARS

After two years of acute suffering,
Miss Carrie l. Dubois. of 1345 = street.
for more than eighteen years a book
keeper in the Agricultural Department.
sled yesterday Of rheumatism OF the
heart. Miss Dubois was forty-five years
old.
The funeral will be held tomorrow at
her late home. and DR.. John Lee Allison.
pastor OF Gunton Memorial Temple, will
conduct the services. She will be buried
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Miss Dubois is survived by one sister,
Mrs J. ". Reaman, and two brothers
Charles l. Dubois, of this city. and
Rl.esa G. Dubois. OF New York.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
DR.. WALTER AND WIFE
BURIED TOGETHER

Funeral services for Dr John Walter
this afternoon were attended by an un-
usual touch of pathos, in that his death
followed that OF Mrs. Walter by only
four days. \ double funeral was held in
Prospect Hill Cemetery this afternoon,
when the bodies of Dr. and Mrs Wal
ter were buried simultaneously.
Dr.. Walter had been i'll for about eight
months, and throughout the long weeks
Mrs. Walter nursed him faithfully. Mrs.
Walter died last Tuesday. and IL is be-
lieVed that the shock and grief of her
death hasteped that OF her husband.
Sc, within week the Walter home has
been twice plunged into grief.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
Secured Amdavits.

Myendorn was sent 10 investigate the
complaints IN the Evanston, WyO., dis
trict, and gathered up much informa-
ton. Among other things, he learned
tho same general set OF facts that the
Interstate Commerce investigation re-
Gently developed lie hunted up the
men who had filed on these coal lands,
and secured from them aftidavits to the
effect that they had done this AZ the
instance Of the Union Pacific railroad
OF the Union Pacific Coal Company,
These men swore that they had not
eutereCentered the lands in good faith.
but for the purpose Of afteTward re-
linquisairg them to The Union Pacihc
Coal Company. which they did; and they
swore ,hat they wero paid various sums
by the Union Pacific interests to 90 the
filing
These affidavits, with his general ac-
count Of the situation having been Sc
cured by Myendorff, that official was
suddenly transferred 10 another land Of
fee district and sent TO California,
without being given a chance TO follow
The Washington times., 1906-11-20

Developments coming thick the the
policy Pacific
The great coal holdings il in Wyoming
Following developments
today Secretary
and still startling charges
Myndorf
Smi
protest printed
in he yesterday how
along line of Investigation 1t
appears Special
presented entirely and until phases
coal land
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
DEATH Of COOPER
REVEALS ROMANCE,
BRIDE WITH HIN
Two Dead and Third Dy-
ing, Result of Terri
bic Auto Crash

NEW YORK. Nov. 90.-Following the
fatal termination of the last drive OF
Tom Cooper. daredevil automobile chauf-
feur. in Central Park early today, 1t
is believed A romance of the dead
chauffeur's life has been revealed, Miss
Helen Levick, the only one of Cooper's
party. TO escape fatal injuries. IL Is
now believed. was really the bride OF
Cooper, who was supposed TO be a con-
firmed bachelor.
Two Dead; One Dying.
Two lives have already paid for COOP
er's terrible drive through the park.
and Il is expected another of the party
will die soon. Cooper was instantly
Killed when his machine dashed into a
stalled car on the narrow path. David
BarkaIow, a cotton exchange broker.
died soon after the accident, and Miss
Helen Lambert. an actress. is in ROose-
Welt Hospital with a fractured skull and
other injuries. No hope IS entertained
for her recovery.
Miss Levick was removed from the
hospital TO her home by n party OF
women friends II was because one or
the women spoke TO her OF her nus
band" meaning Cooper. that the sup
uosedly secret marriage has been re-
vealed.
Daring Ride Was Fatal.
Il was the desire OF Cooper 10 give
his friends a daring ride, which led to
the fatal accident AS he shot his ma
chine into the park Cooper told them:
i Will give you the ride OF your lives"
\ short way down the path the car
of Richard \. Strong was stalled. hav-
ing run out Of gaSOlene- curve hid IL
from Coopers view. Just before hitting
the curve Cooper lodged hanson, In
doing so. he ran into the path OF the
stalled car.
The flying machine locked wheels with
the Strong ear. il turned a complete
somersault and laTded on the wheels.
Cooper was hHrled against the steering
gear. and il was driven into his breast.
He was held. impaled. after the machine
had righted itself. The others were
thrown out as the car turned over
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
GENERAL WILSON
NAMES COMMITTEE

Gen. John NJ. Wilson. president of the
Board of Trade. has appointed Messrs.
NJ. /. Weller. Edgar D. Shaw. Thomas
w Smith. and Scott c, Bone a COM
nittee TO represent the board at the
National Rivers aud HarbOrs Congress,
which will assemble at the Arlington
Hotel December 6. for a session Of sew
eTal days.
In circulars sent oGt by the executive
committee of the congress inviting the
Board OF Trade to send delegates. il is
stated that the prime object OF the
meeting is to endeavOr TO place the
river and haTeor appropriation bill upon
the same plane with other annual gov
ernment appropriations. making il a
regular and in size commensurate with
its great Importance 10 the commercial
and economic welfare Of the nation"
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Is Said He Refuses to
Reconsider Case of
Twenty-Fifth
Infantry.
MANY APPEALS SENT
TO WAR DEPARTMENT
Presidents Adhering to Orig
inal Order Means DiShon-
orable Discharge for
Three Companies.

IL is reported today that a cable
gram was received at the War De-
partment last night from President
Roosevelt. in reply 20 the message
sent him late Saturday afternoon as
TO whether he would reconsider the
question Of the discharge of the
three companies of colored troops
of the Twenty-ffth Infantry.
The message sent him. it appears.
did not reach the President before
his departure from Colon. at 10
o'clock Saturday night, and was for
warded 10 him on the battleship
Louisiana at sea, by wireless.
Refuses to Interfere.
While no ociaI information on the
subject can be had till the retnrn Of
Secretary Taft this afternoon. it is
learned on authority that the Presi-
dent, IN his reply. adhered TO his orig
inal decision In consequence o. this.
there is nothing for the War Depart
ment 10 do but 10 instruct that the Ex-
ecutive order. which was issued on the
morning following the recent election,
be carried out TO the letter.
This means that more than To- mem
bers Of Companies b. c. and d viii i'm
met,iately ne discharged without honor
Letters Of Protest Coming In.
Letters % protest over the action Of
the President continue to be received at
the department. but now they can have
no effect, as the action, ga the face Of
the Presidents stand. could only be
temporarily suspended.
The instructions issued last night to
the colonel OF the regiment at Fort
Reno. To take no further action on the
Presidents order tiIl Secretary Taft is
sues further instructions. caused con-
siderable surprise In issuing such an
order the Secretary Of War took the re-
sponsibility OF falling 10 do his d. Y in
carrying out an Executive order.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
ADDS
HEAVY EVIDENCE
AGAINST ROAD
Secretary Hits Land Office Crashing Blow and Is
Personally Investigating Union PacificS Faci-
ity in Securing Its Patents

Government Investigation supports in
diViduaPs charges against Union Pacific
regarding coal land deals.
Inspector Myendorff, qUho bad as
Certaned the facts, GVas sent to other
territory.
Railroad secured important nfornna-
ton in a bay not yet knoqUn.
Statement that Commissioner Richards
may soon step doGUn and out.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
CHANCELLOR SHARP
IN HIS COMMENTS
ONCOMNISSIONERS
CHANCELLOR'S COMPLIMENTS
TO THE COMMISSIONERS

The Commissioners maintain r0hat might be called a
parliamentary debating society.
The Commissioners don't understand dDhat gobern-
ntent IS.
To make one order and then feZU hours later reUoke
If seams to me bad erec0tfVe ability,
To act as Bey haze done in my certainly does
not shoZU good judgment.
IshaLI probably go on ibis trip even if babe to pay
my expenses out of my oIUn pocket.
-Supt. of Schools Chancellor.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20

..The District Commissioners maintain
what might be called parliamentary
debating society,"" said Superintendent
Chancellor this morning. speaking OF
the several decisions rendered by the
Commissioners relative 10 his proposed
trip 10 the Southern colored universities,
The Commissioners don't understand
what government is he continued. For
Government officials 10 make one order
and then. a few hours later, revoke il,
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
My Lady of Fashion Can Hardly Wait to Know
More About New Matrimonial Doctrines
Volume Out Next Week

Society has suddenly grown literary.
MY Lady Of Fashion. who formerly
wasted a morning choosing a hat, or
idled away an afternoon over box Of
bonbons, IS eager 20 read. Moreover,
her taste Is for essays straight. solid.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
New Morning Express to New York.

Beginning November %, will leave Wash
ingtOn via Pennsylvania Railroad. AT 500
a. M. week days arrive New York 1:ll
p. m, stopping At West Philadelphia and
North Philadelphia. Broiler, Buffet, Par
lor cars and standard coaches. ADV.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
ASKS SQUARE DEAL
FOR PHILIPPINES

II the United States does not want
Philippine tobacco and sugar, the island
should be allow ed To make treaties with
countries that would like TO buy. This
is the text of a speech made by Gov
ernor-General Smith, of the Philippines,
at banquet given in Manila 20 a
party OF excursionists from the states.
The philippines ought 10 have a square
deal. he said, and they will never
get IL until the tariff barrier is re-
moved
lie asked the members of the party
10 use their eyes and ears: 10 see and
hear everything they can during their
short stay. and TO go home and help
break down the tariff wall between the
United States and her Far Eastern pos
sessions.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have light to fresh west
to north winds with cloudy, unsettled
weather 10 the Grand Banks
The Washington times., 1906-11-20

Carefully selected quotations from
H1rs. Elsie Clews Parsons book. ssrhs
Family" the most widely criticised
book on record which gives the his.o<v
of human family as such, ana narS.
Parsons scheme for trial marriages
viii be found in next Sundays vgasb.
ington Times. Don't fail to read IL.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
MOrgan'S Mite
TOHugheS Fund
WaSCOOl $1,000
Rockefeller Gave Only
5000 to Republican
Campaign Fund.

ALBANY. y. Y. Nov. 20-Among the
contributors to the State campaign fund
of the New York Republican County
Committee, which expended a total OF
SIn3 Tg2 70 yyera.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20
WEATHER BUREAU
DOWNTOWN.

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Il noon ---.-----.-..-. -..-.-.-.-..-..- os
j y. m-ss.-.s-.. ...-...s...-s..-..a..-. %
Sun TABLE.
sun sets TO day......-............... 4:46
Sun rises tomorrow. Ow.................... AS
TIDE TABLE.
High tide today. II 20 p m.
Low tide today. 5:32 D. m
Low tide tomorrow. 6:1f a. m. $3.50 p m
HARPERSN FERRY. W. Va. Nov. 20.
Both rivers clear today.
The Washington times., 1906-11-20

The County Committee received a total
OF 0.li3.T4, and have a balance Of
S6,SS1. 20. The report, with itemized eX-
penditures. was filed with the secretary
of state today
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-25
GOWN GOSSIP.

Evidently the sailor hat Is to have q
new lease of life.
The new lowered sash ribbons are
used for making waists, many OF
which are sumptuous garments.
The coming spring and summer are
to be distinguished for color. The all
white fad has quite disappeared.
Spangfed robes promise to be ex-
tremely fashionable. Late importa-
tons of these robes In brilliant colors
of orange, blue, green, violet and red
are seen.
The touch Of color Is apparent every.
where. Nearly all the new laces and
many embroideries, when they are not
varied with pastel or light tones OF
blue, pink, mauve, etc., show differen.
shades of white.
Embroidered linen shirt waist suits
are tempting. Some of these come
with hand tucked skirts, the embroid-
cry forming panels between the groups
of tucking. The blouses have tucks for
fullness and embroidered bands, cuffs
and stocks.-New York Post.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-25
Writing With MIX.

In the curse of a trial In France G
letter was read from n man named
Turpin, n chemist, under sentence OF
FIVE years Imprisonment Us a spy, Civ.
Ing directions to a friend. with a view
to establishing a secret correspondence
with him while In prison. This led to
an official inquiry on the subject by
the French authorities, and so.Do
strange revelations were obtained
from some of the convicts.
1t appears that when information
has to be conveyed to a prisoner a
formal letter. containing apparently
nothing but a few trivial facts of q
personal nature, Is forwarded to the
prison. This Is read by the governor.
who stamps 1t and allows 1t to be
handed to the man to whom 1t is ad-
dressed. The latter is aware. how
ever, that there Is another letter to be
read within the lines, this being writ
ten in milk and being easily deciphera-
BILE on being rubbed over with a dirty
inger-Chambers' Journal.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-25
A. the East Inaian Sees n.

A native Of India who lost q IafxD
amount of money through the In
solvency Of an English merchant ex-
planned the English insolvency laws a.
follows: "In Burma the white man
who wants to become insolrsnt goes
into business and gets lots OF goods
and does not pay for them. He then
gets all the money be can together
say, 10000 rupees "a rupee Is 80 cents
and puts all of II except 100 rupees
away where no one a find 1t. With
the 100 rupees he goes to a judge Of
the court and tells him he wants to be-
come bankrupt. The :sxlge then calls
oil the lawyers together, likewise all
the men to whom the white man owes
money, and says, This man Is insolv-
ent, but he wishes u give you all that
he has got. SO he has asked me to d.
vide this 100 rupees among you all
The judge thereupon gives the liwye5
so rupees and the remaining 10 rupees
to the other men. Then the insolycnt
goes home to England"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-25
M AND

Two hundred thousand dollars Is the
value sc. on Mrs. Bradley Martins
emeralds.
Niles Carrie L. Flint. Lyme Center,
n. H., has a collection Of Roman coins,
many of them dating from before tina
Christian era.
Miss Beatrice Gordon, aged twelve,
of North Sullivan, Me-, has just won 0
prize for not missing a word In SPELL
ing for a ten weeks term of school.
Mrs. Harriet s. MacMurphy OF
Omaha. Neb., will conduct a restau-
rant for d~yspeptics at the ST. Louis
worlds fair. She is widely known as
q lecturer on domestic science.
Mrs. s. S. Villas of Bellows Falls,
vt, who passed her eighty-sixth BIRTH
day recently, is remarkably vigorous
for one of her age, attending church In
the morning, going and returning Cd
foot.
Mrs. Hetty Green pays the extrava'
CANT rent of $40 a month for her tat
in Hoboken, it is said, and In order
that she may not be bothered by III
quisitiye visitors the doorplate bears
the name of Nash" This is under
stood to be the name Of the maid or all
work in the apartment.
An extraordinary head of hair Is pos
sessed by Mercedes Lopez, the wife OF
a poor sheep herder in San Vicente,
Mexico. Her height is five feet, n
when she stands erect her hair trails
on the ground four feet eight inches
The hair is SO thick that she can com.
pletely hide herself in it.
Mrs. Aston, who is known the world
over as the social empress OF New
York, Is a woman of system. Her so
cial life is ordered in a most business
like way. She always gives her balls
on Thursdays and her dinners on Mon.
days, and she leaves New York for
London or Newport on the same date
each year.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-25
TRAIN AND TRACK.

The railways of the world give en-
ployment to something like 6,000,O00
persons.
The railway companies of England
and Wales employ between them 49,
900 men. The Scotch and Irish com
panies employ 10000 men.
According to a statement issued by
the japanese department Of finance.
there are 4.237 miles of railway In that
country, operating 1927 locomotives,
21.000 freight cars and 4,SG4 passenger
coaches.
The crookedest railway in the world
IS Il from Boswell to Friedens, Pa.
the air line distance being five miles.
The road doubles itself four times, and
at n point, after making a loop of
about five miles, the road comes back
to within 300 feet of itself ON a grade
fifty feet lower.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-25
THE ROYAL BOX.

Kaiser Wilhelm il now n year youn-
ger than was either Wellington or Ma
poleon at the time Of Waterloo.
The dowager empress of China Is
fond of card playing with the ladies'
of her court, and large sums of money
are often staked.
King Edward Of England is not the
first sovereign of his country to be 0
fellow of the Royal College of Physi-
clans. Henry VIII. and Charles ].
were also fellows Of the college.
The Princess of Wales has a fad for
collecting sunshades, of which she has
over a hundred. and sometimes she
has a costume made especially to suit
a parasol which has taken her fancy.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-25
CHURCH AND E R

The Church Of England enjoys an In.
come of about $1,000,000 per week.
A mission to seamen church. an IN,
stitute for sailors of all nations, Is To
be erected at Wellington, New Zen
land.
Advices from Rome announce the
appointment by the pope Of Rev. DIR.
Bernard NJ. Skulik as monsignore,
prelatc to the pontif. He was called
to the Church of st. Hyacinth at La.
salle, ILL.,, by Bishop Spnlding in 1899.