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The Washington times., 1906-04-04

If good weather continues TO smile
upon Washington. number of the out
door entertainments for charity which
have been arranged during Lent viii
materialize and there win be spicy
variety TO the social program.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
PHOTO BY G Y. Buck

Panama Senator AID Mrs. OVerman.
Miss Clayton. Miss Godenho Tulio Lar
rinaga. Miss Wells. and Mr. and Mrs.
Archibald Oracle.
Representative and Mrs HUFF and
Miss HUI have gene for an automobile
trip to Atlantic City
Mr and Mrs. Sprague, Of New York
arrived in Washington last night as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Pl-e7rs
Emo. They will remain here until ext
week.
Invitations were issued today for the
wedding OF Miss Adola GreeIy daughter
Of Maj. Gen. and Mrs A w. Greelv
and the Rev. Charles Lawrence Adams
which takes place at high noon at ST
johns Church. April "a There viii be
breakfast for the wedding party and
relatives at u,e home OF General and
Mrs Freely iT g street
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
SIGNS OF SPRINGI

That the seasons are improving
We have surely cause to sing;
For the crocus. not the caucus,
Is the certain sign of spring
, -CleYeland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

The British Ambassador and Lady
Dursnd eTlll be the most important en-
tertainers OF the day having as their
guests the distinguished visitors from
Canada, the Governor-General and
Countess Grey and party.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Baron Won dem Haddenhaus-
en-. the counselor of the German En-
bassy. is still detained in Washington
on account OF the illness of the baron
ess. who is suffering from fever 1t is
not now known when they VIII be able
10 leave this country. The Baroness is
great favorite here. and her friends
remember her daily with flowers
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
OLD SAYING.

IL is easy 10 make acquaintance. but
diiheu ult to shake them off.-Wash shingto1,l
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
THEIR AIM TO STOP
WORK BY CHILDREN
Need of Stringent Laws
Urged by Committee.
CHILD LABOR LEADS TO VICE
More Criminals IN District Than in
Several States Combined, Ore
Speaker Declares

There are more criminals in the Dis
trict OF Columbia than in the combined
States of Nevada, Montana wyoming.
Utah, North Dakota, Oregon Vermont,
and New Hampshire, which have over a
million in population" said the Rev. J.
RI. Bradford. In the general discussion
that closed the second Of A series of
meetings for the discussion of urgent So
c!al problems held by the Associated
Charities in the lecture hall of the Pub
lie Library last night.
The subject of the existing conditions
in child labor in the District of Column
bia was threshed. hayed. and scourged
from every side last night Arguments
that had been advanced in apology for
is existence in this city in the past were
ridiculed and logical argument brought
forward for its condemnation.
Commissioner OF Labor Charles P.
Neill was the first speaker introduced
by Charles F. Weller, who presided in
the absence of Clifford PinchOt.
Night Schools a Disgrace.
The community which offers system
of light schools for a compulsory edu-
cation law is a disgrace" said Commits
sioner Neill- Although we do rot count
our employed children by the thousands
we have them here by the hundreds and
more than one-fourth OF them are en-
ployed in the street trades. There are
temptations that come TO the newsboy
and messenger boy which never assail
the morals of another child Bit if the
selling of newspapers is demoralizing,
the work of the messenger boy is de-
bar e. Children under twelve years
of e. are often forced to go into the
Of at all hours of
the night. These calls have a fascina-
ton for the prurient curiosity of the
child end the tips that he receives lead
him to Irefer these calls TO those from
respectable quarters of the city"
DIR. H ]. Harris, OF the Bureau of La
Dor, de plored the fact that factories
that were about to be introduced In this
city would tend TO increase the evils
of child labor and advocated some
measure to prevent that eVii before the
manufactures came-i
Women Asked to Help.
The meeting was closed with a dis
cussion by the audience of the child
labor question which confronts Wash
ington today, on the eve as it stands OF
entering the. first epoch of its CONNER
ciaI development Miss Ida Curry, of
the Associated Charities, made an ap-
peal for the cooperation of those pres
ent in personal work among the chill
dren. She asked that some of the ladies
give one hour each week to the visit
ing of the homes where the evil ex-
isted and attempting to so influence the
parents there that the practice might be
abandoned. Charles. II. Turner. assist
ant District Attorney: G. A. Weber and
Miss Ida Green also advocated the pas
sage of some law for the prevention of
the employment of children. whose
place was the school and not the fac
tory.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
D. H. on Every Railroad.

Still in his possession are a hundred
slips reading Good for J. N Ills most
treasured possession is n slip of papers
signed by the leading officials of many
of the biggest railroads in the country.
II reads:
The immortal J. N: pass him for
ever. Good on all roads from now until
doomsday.
Hotel men in the towns he visited did
IS much He was never known to have
more than a few cents at a time, but
in fifty years of his wanderings few
landlords have been bold enough TO pre-
sent MIN with bill Once it is recorded
a hotell1eeper offered to throw OFF half
the bill when he learned his guests
iden > The Immortal J. "" glared
1T the landlord then, declaring he would
allow no one to outdo him in gener-
Csity. and said he would throw or the
other hale
He seldom stopped in cities OF more
than 10000 population. believing that in
the large cities his personality would be
lost There are few newspaper offices
in the country outside OF the largest
cities where he is not well known. Some
years ago he traveled-al over the coun-
.try ransaeking the files of newspapers
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
THE IMMORTAL in"
GOES TO ASYLUM
Picturesque Character Bids
Adieu to World.

UPPER SANDUSKY. Ohio. April A.
Jacob Newman Free, the immortat j.
y" has reached the end of his travels.
He was finally adjudged insane.
and viii spend the remainder Of his
days in the State Hospital at Toledo.
He is now Seventy-eight years old
Thas passes a character known IN
nearly every sizable town in every
State in the West. For more than hall
century he lived as the birds live.
No town or State could claim him as its
own. In each he was at home and
among friends. II is his claim. and it
is not disputed. that he knows more
people personally than any other living
man
For fifty years he has Travelled up and
down and across the country, riding
free on nearly every railroad and living
without expense in the best hotels the
towns ne visited afforded.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
Members visit Fort Myer.

This afternoon the members OF the
convention are attending an exhibition
cavalry and light artillery drill at Fort
Myer.
The concluding sessions will be held
tomorrow. when officers viii be elected
In the evening the commissioners will
start on a trip to Florida and Havana.
which will consume a week
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
RIGHT TO APPEAL
AND SQUARE DEAL
Railway Commissions View
of Rate Laws.
SPLIT DID NOT MATERIALIZE
Members Are Unanimous in Demanding
Uniform Classification of
Freight Articles.

On the subject Of rate legislation the
convention Of the National Association
of Railway Commissioners today adopt
ed the views Of the committee on amend
ments 10 the interstate commerce law.
presented by its chairman, H Warner
Hill, OF Georgia The convention de-
clared. through several OF its members.
that il stands for a square deal FOR
all concerned.
This evidently contemplates such legis-
lation as viii reserve 10 carrier and
shipper alike the right TO appeal to the
courts for a review OF such orders OF
the commission as may appear Objec-
tiOnable or unjust
The expected division upon the ques-
ton Of railway rate legislation did not
materialize. Whatever differences there
were did not develop in the public meet
ing and had been arranged evidently
in the secret conclaves of the committee
The recommendation finally made and
finally adopted wears all the earmarks
OF a compromise
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Tor A's own obituary. y He has been re-
ported dead more than once.
He is an aI,Ostle OF truth press
ure." and keeper OF the "secret of the
VEIL For thirty years he has been
promising to lift the veil' and put ..on
the pressure Wherever he stopped in.
the course of his migrations his first
announcement was that men called
him crazy and that he was about ito
put the pressure on" This pressure
was some mysterious force which he
alone, he believed prevented from
crushing out of existence all the life
of this continent.
No one has ever doubted that he was
insane. He himself boasted of il. But
his is an insanity that up to now in
spired only friendship and sympathy.
But behind his insanity and his fifty
Years OF aimiess wandering over the
country IS a tragic story
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
Mid Unhinged by Blow.

In his youth he was an infant phe-
nomenon- AT four wears of age he read
almost all of the Bible, and during his
teens he acquired reading and speak
ing knowledge of no less than thirteen
languages During the gold craze in '49
ne went West and started a stage Inc.
Within two years he had accumulated
a fortune of $4,000 A partner robbed
him. and then -. N" moved back TO
Ohio and began the study of law. With
in few years he stood at the top
Of the bar of Cincinnati.
One day he was defending a murderer
in whose innocence he strongly be-
heved As a result of his eloquence
The man was. acquitted. The same day
his client confessed that he was guilty.
u. N rushed back to the courtroom
and started to explain. but the strain
and excitement had been too much for
hlm He was stricken with apoplexy
Within short time he recovered his
physical health, but never his mental
noise.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04
Want Freight Articles Classified.

The association, by unanimous vote
went on record this morning in favor
Of the enactment by Congress Of leSis-
lation requiring the RAJ -oads Of the
country to adopt a uniform classification
Of freight articles
The committees report announced the
conviction that the railroads would new
er adopt a uniform classification unless
required to do so by law
The convention adopted also the res
olution offered yesterday by Prof. B. H.
Meyer, of Wisconsin. calling upon Con-
greSs 70 provl.lA legislation. whereby
some agency Of the Government shall
collect statistics showing the inventory
value OF all the railroads in the coun-
Try and the value Of the railroads in
each STATE Snrnar-o t,l,-
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

The Belgian Minister and Baroness
Moncheur entertained at dinner last
evening. complimentary 10 Mr.. Black
ford. of Baltimore
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont have
completed the purchase of a triangu-
lar lot at the intersection of New
Hampshire avenue. Eighteenth and r
streets, ana will, as soon as plans are
completed. begin the erection of resi-
dence there for a permanent home
Until this house is completed they win
continue to occupy each season the
residence on Scott circle which they
leased from Mr.. Morgan, Of New York
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Mrs Non Meyer. wife Of the United
states ambassador to Russia. was host
esS at dinner last evening
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Hiss Mary Caroline Ord announces
the engagement Of her niece. Miss
Elise Marsteller. 10 Harry Sanderson
Mulliken. OF Boston
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Mrs. Leo Sheonthal OF Westminster
street. entertained last evening in honor
Of her cousin, Miss Alma Gassenheimer.
OF Mobile, Ala. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. Lullay, Mr.. and Mrs. Levy
Miss Loeb. Miss Engel. Miss Korman.
Simon Stein, John Norman. and Louis
Greena baum.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

James b Reynolds. Of New York.
entertained with an informal talk on
settlement work in New York. in the
drawing rooms of Mr.. and Mrs VIII
liam Boardman, yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

The following Washington people are
visiting in New York today:
c. H. Birdsan. ]. 3. Church. A H.
Colver. Il. T. Offterdinger. r. L. Smith
W. II. Barnum. c. ]. Blanchard, F. w.
Buttsrield. F. c. James. II. c. Karr
" II. Manning. A Mann, G. J. Mare,
Mrs S. L. Norvell. II. H. Patton. f.
T. Perkins, r. c. Adams. ]. c. Cable.
II. s. Deyer. s. f. Forman. w. f. Hall
II. NJ Hepburn. E. T. Howe Mrs w
L. Knowles. Mrs. r. w. Peckham, r
Percy. ]. |. Saks. j. n. Scale.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Miss Julia Goldsmith. of Fredericks-
burg. Va, who has been the guest of
her sister. Mrs Rheine, for the last
five weeks, returned to her home today
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

MI and Mrs. Edison Bradley have re-
turned to the city and will soon have
as their guests Gen. and Mrs. Franklin
Bell
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis J. Brown enter
tanned at dinner with guests from this
city, Baltimore, and Philadelphia last
evening in honor of Mr. Browns birth
day anniversary.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Mrs. David Hirsh. of Fredericksburg.
Va. spent few days here with her
sister. Mrs. b. Sinsheimer.
The Washington times., 1906-04-04

Senor Don Jerman Munita. first sec
retary OF the Chilean legation. has
gone abroad.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
Baggage Through in Bond.

Passengers to Mexico over any
of the connecting lines at the
border may have their baggage
sent through to Mexico City in
bond, the customs examinations
taking place at the railway station
in the capital of Mexico This rul-
ing went into effect December 1,
and was brought about through
Efforts of the Mexican National
and Mexican Central officials in
Mexico. was meant to facilitate
the movement unimpeded of
tourists and those who have bust
ness in Mexico, and will conduce
materially to their comfort
throughout, as it obviates the
delay at the border and the time
and trouble incident to doing the
work at the border custom house.
Houston Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
Yea. YeriIy, Il Is True.

Young man, while you are young,
full Of gingeLplums. prunes, nuts
and other fruits, prepare yourself
for an independent life when you
are middle-age or old. Nothing
blunts the finer feelings, nothing
hacks" and degrades the true
gentleman so much as poverty.
The amount you earn is not so i'm
portant as the amount you save.
The ditch digger who earns 81 per
day and saves half of it, has better
prospects for the future than the
man who earns SIS per day and
spends S37.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
Some Good Advice.

If you will make up your mind
to be a good citizen you will frd
that you have no time to spend in
criticising others and crying over
t heir shortcomings. Ell Paso
Times.
Correct. Cast out first the beam
out of thine own eye, and then
shalt thou see clearly to pull out
the mote that is in thy brother
eve. Houston Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06

Almost all the water coolers in
town had large chunks of ice in
them early this rnorning-tempera-
ture was about IS. Ice factory
peddles ice about every day in the
year.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
Danger of Being Smart.

A local news agent not ten miles
from the city hall has lost the besl
customer he ever had.
Is II possible to get a copy q
the - Weekly for week back?'
he was asked the other day by the
aforementioned customer.
Couldn't say for certain, " re-
piled the fun-loving news agent.
But wouldn't it be better to try a
porous plaster"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
BaItimOre's Sunday.

Baltimore is to try a dry" Sun
day. Probably it will be found not
guilty of being dry.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
His long Career.

Has he been writing poetry
long?"
Cad, yes! Why he owes money
to over forty landladies. De
cember Smart Set
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
DR.. WiIey's Experiment.

DR.. Wiley wishes to experiment
on the effect of alcohol on the hu-
man subject. Don't all speak at
once.-Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-06
A Striking Admonition.

Father Ito son of whom he has
just accepted a cigar)-Excellentl
How much dio you pay?
Som They're three for quar-
ter"
Father-"Great Scott And
content myself with two for a
nickel.
Som That's a different matter.
fl had as large a family as you to
support 1 shouldn't smoke at all. "
In advocating the painting OF
machine tools with a light color
the Iron Age says it is a well re-
cognized fact that the lighter and
heater a shop the better and neater
are the workmen. Quality of dress
counts but little under manufacture
ing conditions, but a man who
does neat, good work is apt to be
a man of neat personal habits, and,
reversing the viewpoint, conditions
which tend to make a man person
ally heater may be reflected in his
work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-04

A scientist explains some Of the
strange phenomena OF dreams by say
ing that they are due ~ what he calls
hereditary memory" lie takes the
failing through space dream and
points out thdt after suffering the mon
tai agony OF falling the sleeper cs-
cdpcs the shocl, Of the actual stopping.
The explanation IS that the falling SEN
sations have been transmitted from
remote ancestors who were fortunate
enough to save themselves after fall
ing from great heights in treetops by
clutchiug the branches. The molocu-
lar changes in the cerebral cells due
TO the shock Of stopping could not he
transmitted because victims falling TO
the bottom would be killed. In a aim-
ilar manner by reverting TO the habits
Of animals which existed centuries ago
the same investigator finds an cSp.a-
nation for the mental state expcriouc-
ed by individuals in various dreams
the pursuing monster" dream the
reptile and yermn" dream. color
dreams. suIocation dreams, dying
dreams and tie like.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-04
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.


In the United States Court for the
Southern District Of the Indian Ter
ritory
In the matter Of Russell Shinholser.
bankrupt, in bankruptcy
To the Honorable Hosea Townsend.
Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Southern Dis
trict of the Indian Territory:
Russell Shiuholscr Of Ardmorc. l.
r.. in the Southern District Of the
Indian Territory, in said district. req.
pectfully represents that on the md
day Of June las' past. she was duly
adiudged bankrupt under the acts Of
congress relating 10 bankruptcy; that
she has duly surrendered all her prop
erty and rights of property and has
fully complied with all the require
ments of said acts and of the orders
of the court touching her bank
ruptcy
Wherefore she prays that she may be
decreed' by the court TO have n full
discharge from all debts provable
against her estate under said bank.
rupt acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 2nd day Of January. 1906.
RUSSELL SHINHOLSER,
Bankrupt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-04

Tho largest mass Of ice i'm the world
Is probably the one which fills up near
ly the whole Of the interior of Green.
land, where it has accumulated since
before the dawn of history. 1t is be-
lieved to now form block about G0O,-
coo square miles in area and avorag-
ing a mile and half in thickness. Ac-
cording TO these statistics. the lump of
ice is larger i'm volume than the whole
body of water in the Mediterranean
and there is enough Of 1t to cover the
whole Of the United Kingdom Of Great
Britain ana Ireland with layer about
seven miles thick. II it were cut into
two convenient slabs and built up
equally upon the entire surface of
gallant little Wales" it would form
a pile more than 100 miles high. There
Is ice enough in Greenland to bury the
entire area of the United States a
quarter of mile dcep.-London Globe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-04
A STORM IN THE JUNGLE.
II Comes with n Roar Like Tha, OF
Giant waterfall.

People who have never been i'm Il
jungle talk OF the sky as painter
talks " the horizon or a seafarins man
of the oling-as IL when you wanted
TO see it you only need use your eyes
But in the jungle you don't see the
sky-at least you only see a few scrag.
gy patches Of IL overhead through the
openings in the twigs and leaves. Nel.
ther do you feel the wind bolwing. nor
get burned or dazZ'cd 10y the sun. nor
even see that luminary except by mo.
mentary gimpses about II ,dday. from
which il follows that a jungle man doe,
not usually pretend to be weathcrwisc
If he does he is even a greater hum
bug than the rest Of the weather proph.
cts. On the afternoon about which We
are speaking | remember setting forth
on my walk I'm the still glow Of the
tropical calm and wondering rather at
the intense stiffness of the surrounding
forest Then the air grew cooler and
the green OF the foliage in front seemed
TO deepen, and presently there was
sound as Of a giant waterfall in the
distance Waterfalls do not however.
grow louder every second. whereas the
noise In front did So Then there was
loud, angry growl, as Of a dozen
lions \ minute more and the whole
jungle began to roar as IL fifty squad
rons of heavy cavalry were coming up
at a gallop. Then came drop of rain
and Il peal of thunder which seemed 10
make the world stop.
Then the storm began. The sky
above darkencl; the trees clattcrel:
the brushwood beneath hisscd and bow.
ell itself. \ deluge Of raindrops blot
ted out the narrow view. Down II
came soaking through the densest
leaves under which one fed for refuge.
striking the grass and sand with mil
lions Of dull thuds, dashlng furiously
against the leaves as If they were so
many hostile shields. streaking the air
with innumcrablc perpendicular lines
anl hurting itself down with the force
of bullets.
In such downpour one may as well
walk and get wet as stand still and get
wet. Unfortunately one did not know
where to walk to. The "circumbcnli-
bus systc-.' p"csvpp0fcs the fact that
the wagon wheels and bullock tracks
can hc seen and noted, but when the
cart track is no longer Il cGrt'track, but
"all turned to rushing waters" such
tracks cannot he seen, and unless you
have n pocket compass you may rs
well try 10 fly as TO gct back to where
you came from. When one reads of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-04
Cnmn Tidhitr.

The muskrat may be brolled over the
hot ernbers, with sliced bacon so ar
ranged that the drippin-s run over the
musquash as it cooks, or it may be
made into a stew with vegetables and
pork, and In this case the longer Il
simmers over the fire the better will
be the results. Only seasoned campers
ever have an opportunity to feast on
the delicious nose OF q moose or know
the delights Of marrowbOnes of deer
split and mixed with parched corn
meal and cooked all night, or dried
venison pounded TO fragments and
cooked with rich bears fat musk tur-
tie soup, porcupine steaks, with he'll
benders rs a side dish. And. although
thousands of muskrats are killed and
eaten every year in Maryland and
Delaware, probably but few Of my
readers In the northern states win ex-
pertinent with this rodent Outing.