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The Washington times., 1906-10-16
PRINTERS PREACH
The WAGES Of SIN
Conduct Services at Peoples
mission, Having Short
Talks and Music.
NEW ERA IN SUCH WORK
Intention Is to Have Other Crafts Hold
Meetings on Designated
Nights.

Washington printers conducted the
services at the Peoples Mission. $40
Pennsylvania avenue. last night The
meeting, which was a successful one.
beius the largest Monday night meet
ing held for some time. marks a new
era i'm religious work i'm this city. as
il is proposed 10 have the services COM
Quoted every Monday night by members
of the printing craft
Later, us the movement progresses, IL
IS proposed 10 have members OF other
crafts take charge on designated even
iuEs
The Rev W. C.. McMichacl of the
Mission, was i'm charge of the meeting.
Before ccmemenciHg work as au evan
gchst nineteen years ago. the Rev. Mr..
McAiiChael was "a typesettcr iu this city.
Musical Part
The song service was conducted by
Charles w. BridweL "a compositor i'm
the job room of the Government Print
ing Office. Benjamin a. Liucbach. of
the same division. sang "a bass solo. en-
titled, "Al the Way The Rev Phil
ip Steele. another printer-preacher. then
led I'm prayer.
The Rev. Albert +. OgE. At present
employed as composltor i'm the Navy
Department branch of the Government
Printing Office. delivered q strong ser
mon ON the Choice of Life" taking
his text from Romans. 6.13 The wages
or sin is death, but the gift OF God is
eternal life.
Following the sermon, j. NJ Pater-
son offered prayer. and T. L. HOWos Of
the Government Printing Once. sang q
baritone solo, entitled, Face 10 Face.
Some Short Talks.
Short talks by Messrs. Bridweu.
Steele, and Patterson, were followed by
a solo by Mr.. Bridweu. entitled "The
Feast of Belshazzar." Mrs Jennie
Thr5nton and Miss May AIcMichaeI
played the organ and piano accompani-
ments
The Rev. Mr.. McMichael spoke of the.
condition of the printing craft at the
time he was JOurneymau printer
when the moral status OF the craft was
al low tide. contrasting that period with
the present situation, when it is possi-
bic 2" have an entire religious meeting
conducted by printeTs
He said that the time had passed
when labor questions and strikes We're
determined in saloons by men with
their minds diseased by drink. and that
to hold a position iu these days, one
must be sober and Industrious.
The Washington times., 1906-10-16
ON WAY TO BUY CANDY
BOY Is KILLED BY CAR

NEW YORK. OCT. ia death-dealiug
trolley car prevented four-ycar-old Alex
auder MoGTath. of 2H0 West Niuetg-slNru
street from spending the penny his
father had given 10 him.
The child was TuuuluE across AmSter-
dam avenue 10 candy store when le
was struck by % SoutGhuun3 ear, and
Crusld To death udeT the wheels. The
body was carried "a block before the car
could he stopped.
Fircmeu who removed the little body
noticed the smile % anticipation SrIl on
the face of the dead boy.
The Washington times., 1906-10-16
DOG CLIMBS 20 TABLE
AND SEEKS OPERATION

NEW YORK, Oct I5.-"Rum.T the
celebrated hospital dog, has again
achieved fame The best part about his
latest adventure is that it is true.
With an ear almost torn of after a
tight with another dog Bum" for
fourteen years the pet of the Flower
Hospital made for the emergency
ward. climbed upon am operating table
and UaTEoi loudly for medical assist
aur. Tho Eil--- is TUChcd for ry
Daniel Falyoy. Jhe orderly. and Dr.
Day. of the L.su.taI staff
The Washington times., 1906-10-16
EXONERATES BANKER
WHO KILLED CHILD

EAST ORANGE n. j.. oct lG.-
TaroII Eeeby. the seveu-year-nld boy
WLo was run are- aE the automobile OF
n Wemura IIal#=y. millionaire &ew
York banker, iz Gaa5 and H-- father has
given aIt statement gEgLgrauuE The
banker.
He saws the HaT-cvz did all they could
Jp prevent H.Et'rE tH- aaFr ald that
maybe the latter was a great deal TO
blame.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
War on SpeedOmaniaCS.

While the number OF offenders is
generally overrated, the campaign
against the reckless driving of auto
mobiles is assuming national scope
and becoming more educational in
character. It is recognized that the
imposing of fines is by no means as
effective as the influence of SEN
sible. Observation-Disclosures
talks and writings on the misde-
meanor of running motor vehicles
as If they were instruments of tho
devil. All the better is it when we'll
known automobilists themselves
preach the sermons.
Now come the manufacturers also,
with their protests against the
abuse of their product. They realize
at last that if public sentiment is
aroused to the point of such bitter
ness that ii takes the form of hos
tile legislation, they are bound TO
suffer. Among the most far-sighted
of these is Z. r. Thomas, a maker
known the world over, who in a
Chicago interview the other day
said:
In my opinion it is n.Rh time automo-
bile manufacturers, automobile agents.
automobile cluDs, automobile owners
and automobile chauffe,Ts should take
united and positive stand against
reckless driving. eXerting a moral in
huence so sfso-Ig that 81 viii soon be no
more respectable 70 drive "a car reCk-
lessly through the streets than a horse
reason OF the contempt IN which a
reckless horse driver is universally
held.
Happily a greater number OF sober
and reliable men are now engaged IN
the respectable calling Of chauffeur.
and the morals of this class are im-
proving fast, and the day of the unre-
liable criminal viii rapidly become a
thing or the past. In New York and
the East the Improvement is noticeable
and the large number of respectable
chauffeur5 owe 1t TO themselves TO elm
mate this dangerous and degrading
class from their ranks for no man
should ever be permitted 10 drive a car
who is not strictly temperate and re-
liable.
Let a few more Of the familiar
figures in the great recreation talk
like that-and act on their own
proclamations-and the day will
have come when rational enjoyment
of a fine sport win be almost invar-
iably the rule.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
A Sad Homecoming.

If the plans of Uncle Sans State
Department are carried out, there
viii be an unwelcome guest at the
Castro feast when the bantam
weight president of Venezuela re-
turns to resume the reins of gov
eminent on July 8. This VIII be in
the form Of a demand that Cipriano,
the clever, direct himself at once
toward the settlement or the Ameri-
can claims against his regime. This
time, says Washington, the matter
win be put bluntly to the ruler and
none of his customary excuses will
be taken for an answer.
The last appearance of the now
celebrated Yankee claims TO harass
Castro was in the shape of an ulti-
matum from the late John Hay.
After his death the matter was al
lowed To slumber chiefly. it is said,
for fear aggressive action would
frighten other South American re-
publics. That danger is believed to
be over, and the moment of the
Presidents return to Caracas seems
an auspicious one for the making
of the demand.
Hitherto Castro has evaded all our
claims by referring them to the
"cOurts'-his private institutions.
The new ultimatum viii be a re-
quest for arbitration of the claims,
regardless of what action the Vene-
zuelan tribunals may have taken or
shall take in the future. If the
little sovereign accedes to that it is
difficult 10 see how he can long es-
cape the dreaded paying-up process.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
WELLhAN POLAR PARTY
NOW At SPITZBERGEN
Cables That If Possible He VIII Make
Dash N0rthward This
Summer.

CHICAGO, July "a special cable dis
patch from Tromsoe, Norway. says that
Walter Wellman and party have landed
the first section of men and equipment
of the polar expedition at Spitzbergen.
They were taken up on the steamer
Frithjof Major Hersey and seventeen
men are erecting buildings. including
shops. at Spitzbergen. The balloon ma
teriai arrived yesterday at Tromsoe from
Paris. In his cable dispatch Mr.. Well
man says.
Il have no intention of delaying the
expedition until next year. I Will make
determined effort to reach the North
Pole this summer If possible"
The full complement attached to the
airship is forty men. but only i've will
be on board when the huge craft takes
its northward flight. These will be Mr.
Wellman. Major Hersey. who represents
the National Government. and the Geo
graphical Society; Castor Hervis, a cell
ebrated French aerOnaut: NJ. J. Smith,
the wireless telegraph expert. and Paul
Colardeau. who viii have charge of the
motors.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
SHIPBUILDING REPORT
SHOWS BIG INCREASE

The Department Of Commerce ana
Labor today gave out the following
statement;
During the fiscal year ended June 80.
1906. ]. .4G3 merchant vessels were built
and officially numbered by the Bureau
of NaViGatiOu, measuring 42l.l34 gross
register tons, compared with i,3u OF
80, ,2l3 gross tons for the fiscal year 1919.
or the new tonnage 3S4 vessels of 1889
gross tons were unriEged harges and
canal boats
The years increase has been entirely
in steel steamers on the Great Lakes
numbering fiftv-twO of E37. l24 gross tons,
compared with tWenty-nine OF 1o-. 4sl
gross tons for 1905. The former year "
greatest lake construction was 1901.
when 10 vessels of all types of l69.3>5
over 7,000 gross tons were added this
Morgan, tl6l gross tons, being the
largest.
On the seaboard only two steamers
for foreign trade have been built. Mex
leo and Merida. 6.20 gross tons each.
under mail contract 10 Cuba and Mex
leo, and built To replace two steamers
sold 10 tho Governments line 20 lhe
isthmus Of Panama. Only one OJner
ocean steamer over 1000 tons was built
Remaining large steamers are Tor ferry.
river. or bay service, including IOuf Tor
New Yorks city-oWned ferry system.
Only five schooners over l,VJJ tons
were built. compared with fourteen u
the fiscal year 1905 Three years have
now ELAPSED since a square riEged YES
sci was built in the United States
The Washington times., 1906-07-03

of governing this, the most gov
erned people in the world despite it's
boasts Of freedom, would be some
thing like 500 a year for every
family of four people.
Mr. Tawney has figured out that
government costs less per capita in
this country than in any of the
European countries. but if he viii
figure in the forty-five State admin
istrations and the county and city
governments we guess he will dis
cover that American taxpayers pay
more to be governed than anybody
else. Moreover, comparisons with
countries that do more things in
the name of the government-that
run their railroads and telegraphs
and are in partnership with their
merchant marines, and so on, are
not fair. Government doesn't do
so much for the people here as 1T
does in most European countries,
which is probably a good thing. In
the aggregate it costs more.
But nobody is going TO get him
self worried about it so long as we
are so prosperous No people in
the world ever piled up wealth so
fast as those of the United States
have done since 1898. We are not
provident people, and will not be
until we shall have come nearer to
occupying all the land and utilizing
the tremendous natural wealth Of
this continent. Then II viii be pos
sible to get serious thought given
to extravagances, and nOt sooner.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
CLEVER FARCE IS
EECELLENTLY ACTED
Columbia Company Shows to Adyan-
tage In 4 Revival Of
"Jane"

A clever laughabie farce is Jane. 80
in which Guy Standing and his we'll
balanced stock company were seen at
the Columbia Theater last night.
Jane, the name part, was played not
only amUsingly but with much care
ful attention 10 detail by Jessie Bus
ley. The mixture OF holiness. shrewd-
ness, and withal. COyness, with which
she portrayed the English housemaid
was admirable. and her assumption OF
the airs and graces of a lady. well mis-
placed. when she became for a few
short hours mistress of her masters
house. provoked much amusement.
Guy Standing, as the much fright
ened, not over-clever young English
man who has brought himself a peck
Of trouble 10y writing the trustee of his
fortune that he has a wife and conse-
quenuy needs more money 10 support
her was decidedly good. The part is
by no means heroic. yet IL gives an
opportunity for clever acting and
amusing touches.
The part of the jealous butler. the
real husband of Jane. and who. though
a faithful servant 10 his master in
trouble. is unable TO stand the strain
when a baby is introduced by Jane
and Shackleton as their offspring, was
well conceived by John Mason. 1t was
not only a new role. but new type,
entirely different from the others in
which Mason has gained popularity
with the Washington public Never
theless he made good, and not a little
OF the success Of the play was due 10
his acting.
The playwright has chosen an old
but amusing motive Tor Jane. the
eccentric viii Of an eccentric relative
of the hero Charles ShackleJGn aunt
dies and leaves her money TO her
nephew in trust. There Is clause IN
the will which says that he shall
marry or else he IS not to enjoy her
money. ShackletOn is by no means
ayrarsa 10 spending money freely. and
writes his trustee. Mr. KershaW-the
mart is played by George CASTOR
that ne is married and has q child he
dds that his wife is eXtraVagant and
the hills are large. Unfortunately,
about three years after the supposed
marriage, Mr.. Kershaw comes to Lon
6on for the purpose OF demonstrating
Ugi ,,,it, mis- speudthrift young wife.
ShackIetOn finds IL necessary Tor him
to provide himself with a wife lie
DropOses first 10 Lucy Norton, with
whom he IS much in love, and then
to her aunt, Mrs. Chadwick, who.
though ancient. loves ShackletOn. They
think him out of his mind. Just as
he is about TO bolt for it ShaCkleton
meets Jane and makes a deal with
her to play his wife for tWenty-fOur
hours or until MIR. kershaW shall
have left town. He does not know
that that very morning Jane had mar
ried his butler, William TipsOD. The
resulting trying situations are anus
ing.
Lucy Norton is a small part, giving
Anna Johnston but little opportunity
Jeffreys Lewis, as Mrs. Chadwick. was
her usual clever self in d character
role.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
OVER HUNDRED hIILEl
IN ZULU REBELLION
Desperate Battle When Chief BAN
baata Was Shot-One White
Dead, Two Wounded.

LONDON. July 3.-The reports that
the Zulu rebellion in Natal had sub
sided when Chief Bambaata was killed
appear 10 have been premature. News
comes from Pietermaritzburg OF a des-
perate battle near Nordsburg between a
detachment OF Transvaal volunteers and
an army of Zulus. The natives charged
repeatedly. but the magazine rifles and
machine guns of the volunteers moved
them down by scores. Not until they
had lost fully I05 men did they retire
The loss of the whites was ] killed and
wounded
South Africans are confident that Dini-
zulu, high chief of the Zulu nation Is
really at the bottom of the rebellion
and the demand that he be sent back
TO ST. Helena is growing in forcs.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
MAJOR DEBATES BODY
IS REDUCED TO ASHES
After Funeral Services Are Held They
VIII Be Sent TO Germany for
InteTmeut.

Funeral services for the late MAJ WI
liam DEBATE Will be held from Lees
Chapel. on Pennsylvania avenue north
west. at O'Clock this afternoon. while
services viii be conducted by the chap
lain OF Rollins Post O. a. r.. OF which
Major DEBATE had long been a mem
ber. The body VIII be cremated and
the ashes sent TO the old home of the
DEBATE family near Stuttgart. Germany.
for final interment. There the last sur
vlving member Of the family. the Bar
Oness DEBATE. stiII lives
Many old women. who in the past had
been the recipients of the baTOn-s b0uu-
ty. and the objects Of his care. visited
the Lee establishment this morning 10
view the remains and Ply q last tribute
10 their dead friend The old soldier had
a tender heart under his blum outer
bearing and there We're many who had
been the recipients OF his constant KIN -
ness. There were many beautiful n0w-
ers.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
Prosperity.

There viii be small political ad-
vantage in discussing the extrava-
gance of an $3.50, 900 session of
Congress. This country is so bois-
Ierously prosperous that nobody is
likely 70 take seriously any allega-
tions that the Government costs too
much. Very likely it does cost too
much, but in times like these the
American tendency 10 brag about
things gets large satisfaction from
contemplating that we've goJ the
money, and we can spend it to suit
ourselves. If we want to spend an
extra hundred million dollars in Eu-
rope this summer, or build the big
gest battleship in the world, or dig
canal that nobody else has been
able TO dig why, whose affair is it
so long as we have the price?
That's about as serious a consid-
Grafton as governmental extrava-
gances can get in such a time as
this. A year ago now there was a
deficit of about $25,O00,0 900 in the
Treasury showing. Today there is
a surplus of about the same size.
Taxation for Federal purposes is in
direct. and nobody realizes that he
is paying any of it. 1t costs about
$40 per capita TO run the Govern
ment, which doesn't include State,
county, and city administration. If
oil these were added in the expense
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
TWO WOMEN TARRED
AND FEATHERED BY MOB

TOWLERSVILLE, Mich. July B.
Farmers administered a coat Of tar and
feathers to George Simpson, aged sixty.
a farmer Of Conway township; Mrs
Cora Elliott. aged about thirty-fve. who
lived in Simpsons house. and Mrs Ella
Simpson, aged fifty, wife of Simpson,
who lived apart from him, about a half
mile away. Two other women escaped,
as did a man whose identity is known.
Neighbors complained of their conduct
ana determined to drive them from the
county.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
MILL 200 YEARS OLD
DESTROYED BY FIRE

WASHINGTON. N. J., July 9.-The
old stone grist mill at Newhampton. the
Oldest mill in New Jersey. sa!1 &c be
200 years old. was destroyed by ere last
night The loss is estimated at $50, 900.
The mill was owned by the Joseph
Fritz estate. During the Revolutionary
var Continental soldiers frequently
AssopDed In the mill over night.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
VAN SNINDERENS
OFF FOR EUROPE
Wife of the Netherlands
Minister TO Be Presented
at Court.

The Netherlands Minister and Nine.
Van Swinderen viii leave Washington
this afternoon for New York. and will
tonight boacd the New Amsterdam.
which is to bear them 10 Europe. Nine.
Van Swinderen viii be presented at
court while in Europe.
The Counselor Of the French Embassy
and Mime. des Portes de Ia Fosse. ac-
companied by Mile. des Portes de la
Fosse. VIII 80 over to New York today.
and viii stop at the Waldorf. Nine. des
Portes de Ia Fosse and her daughter.
Nile. des Portes de Ia Fosse, will sail
for France Thursday. 10 be absent from
this country all summer.
NJ. des Portes de Ia Fosse viii go 10
Beverly Cove, Mass. from New York.
and for two weeks will be the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Slater, at their
cottage there.
The Naval Attache OF the French En-
bassy and Nine. de BIanpre. have gone
10 Manchester-by-the- for the re-
maiuder Of the summer
The Comptroller or Currency and Mrs.
William Barret Ridgely left Washing
ton today for New London, Conn, where
for a week they VIII visit Col and Mrs.
Augustus Tyler. who we a house party
invited TO meet Mr.. and Mrs. Calthorte.
of England.
Midshipman c. H Wells. attached to
the L s. s. Denver, for the summer
cruise, has arrived at Madeira His
cousin. Mrs. Blandy, who was Miss
Nellie Reeder, OF Washington. is now
residing at that place.
Mrs John MCGOWAN, Of Washington.
has gone 20 Lenox as the guest Of Mrs.
Churchill Satterlee.
Mrs NJ ODpenheimer. who was the
guest OF her daughters. Mrs. Louis
Heller and Miss Rose Oppenheimer. be-
fore they sailed for Europe. has re-
turned to her home in Takoma Park.
Miss Louise Cohn. accompanied by her
aunt. Miss Aline Lansbureh. has re-
turned 20 her home in Pittsburg. after
being the guest Of her grandfather.
Gustave Lansburgh. for the past two
months.
Milton King has left town TO join his
20 -'--t' -t~ -1l b ti ttts H. L. hUfIC Ltlr4
have cottage for the summer.
Mrs. Ivan StrashurRer. OF Fredericks-
burg. Va Miss Dora Marshall. OF La
Crosse. Wis; and Miss HMda Stras-
burger. Of Baltimore. have returned "a
/ their homes after visiting Mrs JOspeh
Strasburger. OF Rhode Island avenue.
Representative Julius Kahn and his
/, sister Miss Kahn. who have been at
the Hamilton this winter. have left Tor
their home in san Francisco.
Mrs Morris Uuman. Of BROOKLYN. is
in the city, the guest Of her brother
NJ, Rich.
Henry peyssr has returned from an
extended trip 10 the South and will re.
main In Washington with his family for
some time.
A pretty wedding took place on Mon
day evening a the parsonage Of +. .FIez
Sven, when Miss Ethel Slater became
the bride OF William Reed.
The bride had as her only attendant
her sister. Miss Myra Slater. while the
/ groom had as his best man Ernest
Linden.
The bride wore a handsome gown OF
( cream broadclOth. made princess. and
/ carried Bride roses.
I After q short trip through PennsyI-
/ vania. the couple viii be al home Ia
/ their friends at 2f0 Fourteenth street
J southeast.
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
Letter May Tell.

Mr.. Joseph Letter is hard on the
trail of the Western Bituminous
Coal trust, and has recently been
telling some of the secrets of that
organization, whose basis seems to
be the friendly consideration of the
railroads. This friendly sentiment,
Mr.. Letter says, is bought and paid
for much as in the Eastern field.
Young Mr.. Letter has been right
lively person since he burst upon
the public vision. He is a highly
belligerent person, ana the other
day, while his mining town in Illi-
aois is still surrounded by a stock
ade, protected by Gatling guns and
Bearchlights, and liable TO be the
scene of n battle any night, Mr..
Letter started new warfare, this
time against the railroads. He runs
the only non-unfon shipping mine
in Illinois, and is easily the best
hated man in the business, by both
miners and operators. To make it
unanimous, he now proposes to line
up the railroads.
The Interstate Commission will
need Mr.. Letters testimony when it
gets around to Illinois. In an nd
dress the other day he said he
wished 10 correct the impression
that the IS cents a ton paid to the
miners represented the total cost
of production, and that the re-
mainder of the wholesale price, eX-
elusive of transportation charges,
went into the pockets of the OPP
orator Other charges which the
operator must pay, such as loading,
superintendent, securing and main
tenance of machinery, and interest,
brought the cost up TO 90 cents, or
S1.2O. in addition, each mine was
shut down an average of 81 per
cent of the time because of a lack
of transportation facilities, and dur
ing this time the operator must
still pay interest, maintenance of
machinery, and, in many cases,
wages of uPerintendents.
The same conditions, ne said. pre-
vailed throughout the West that re
Gently attracted attention in Penn
sylvania Each State is divided into
districts, and each mine has its daily
output examined and rated by the
agent of the railroads. When this
man receives notice of the cars at
his disposal he apPOrtions them
among the mines according to their
rating, paying no attention to the
number requisitiOned.
According ID Mr.. Letter, the only
way an operator could secure cars
TO handle his output was by bring
ing undue influence" to bear on
the agents of the railroads to raise
their ratings to four times their
actual capacity
Then, again, in many cases a rail
road company compels the operator
TO contract for a certain number
of tons of locomotive coal at q
price less than the cost of produc-
tion, before he gets enough cars to
handle his business. When the
railroad owned it's own mines. it is
still worse-practically impossible
for an independent owner to get
cars.
Anything further along this line
will make mighty interestin' read
in"
The Washington times., 1906-07-03
HIS WIFE LOOKED ON
AS MAN DRANK POISON

ATLANTA, Ga. July 3.--After plead
ing in vain with his wife TO forget the
past and live with him again, Isadore
Strike. who came here about year
AGO from Cincinnati. drained a bottle
of carbolic acid in her presence. and
died an hour later.
Three weeks ago Strike and his Wifef
who IS a handsome woman, separated
because of tho husbands Jealousy. ds
has made repeated efforts to induce ais
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