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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-06

Mr.. Bryan's case seems to have re-
solved itself INTO the question as to
whether the man shall think for the
party or the party think for the man..
Mr.. Bryan processes Indignation
against the critics who have riddled
his state and government ownership
policy and declares his intention of
having the approval of his own con-
science even if the party shall be
unanimously against him. This is
the stand Mr. Bryan took with refer
ence to free silver, and his party fol-
lowed him through the wilds of ap-
prevail of his conscience into the
/ hospitable grave of public condemna-
ton. There is no leader today so
magnetic and forceful that he can
force upon great political party an
| issue which meets with almost uni
versal disapproval from the thinking
men of his political faith. We fear
Mr. Bryan will be allowed to have the
approval of his own conscience at the
expense of the approval of his party.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-06

With the fine harvest weather that
has prevailed in the state for the past
few weeks, the crop is out of the
way of the reaper and on the way to
the thresher. That the crop will be a
large one is assured, both from the
average of the yield per acre and
from the increased acreage. West of
the Missouri river there has been a
splendid crop, as is proven by the
fact that Billings county, out in the
cow country, took the first prize for
the best samples of this years grain.
There have been fat years in North
Dakota for long period, and the hus
bandman is in prosperous condition.
There will come, as in all states,
periods when agriculture has not had
the generous reward vouchsafed this
year, but with improved crop methods
and better knowledge of conditions,
there will be few if any years when
the farmer does not reap fair return
for his labor. At any rate, nature has
been generous and kind, and there is
and should be due thankfulness for
the blessings we have received.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-06
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

Congressional.
For Members of Congress
T. F. MARSHALL, of Dickey
A. J. GRONNA, of Nelson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
In Verse the Chicagoan
Denies There Is Graft
in the Council.

CHICAGO. March 2L-AIderman John
BathhOuse" COughIin says there are
no grafters In the city council. He Is
a candidate for reelection. and has his
ward the First, the wealthiest ward in
the country outside Of one in New York.
in his pocket. His reply 70 the attacks
OF the newspapers upon him is based on
poetry.
''Once I'm a while. like all poets said
ne. Il get stuck for a word to rhyme
and ! 20 down through the alphabet-A
b. {. D-untu I get hold of something.
In my latest poem 1 got stuck at the
twenty-secOnd line. and TO get around
Il 7 lust wrote:
Oh. for word TO rhyme That's
poetic license. and IL I wern't too
modest might say IL was a clever way
out Of it,.
SAY I'm glad the council didn't raise
the poetic license
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
NORTH CAPITOL UNION
HOLDS MARCH MEETING
Reports Are Made. Delegates Named,
and Interesting Social Hour
Is Enjoyed.

The March meeting Of the North Cap
itoI Auxiliary OF the w. c. 7. u. was
held with Mrs z, G. Torrey, 40 Ran
dolph place northwest, on Monday even
ing
Mrs. Theo lore T Moore. the president
presided, and devotionals were conducted
oy j. B. Conkling. Minutes of the Jan
nary and February meetings were read
by Mrs. ToTrey. secretary pro tenn
The following reports were given:
Treasurer. Mrs. Charles T. Hall; Sol
diers' and Sailors Department. Mrs.
GrountzeI superintendent Cradle Roll.
Mrs. L. r. Greist Mrs. Wiley. Of John
B. Cough Union at the Navy Yard. re-
ported great progress IN her work. Mrs
Moore announced the quarterly meet
ing Of the District W. c. r. T., 10 be
held March so AT North Capitol Nj. e.
church. corner of North Capitol and K
streets.
The following members of North Cap
itol Union were appointed to attend the
quarterly meeting as delegates: Mes
danes Pierce, Torrey, Gruntzel, Greist,
Wiley, and Blaine.
The Following were named TO represent
North Capitol Union In the Anu-Saloon
League Mrs Moore. Mrs. Conkling
Mrs. Blaine, Mr.. Easierling, and Mrs
Wiley
After the business meeting a social
hour was enjoyed Mrs. Leo T Brooks
sang "Dearie." The Wild Rose" and
Sing Me to Sleep-~ j B. .Conkling read
an original poem. Lester Brooks recited
q temperance selection entitled Tom
Jones'" Miss Florence Moore rendered
several selections on the piano. Light
refreshments were served, the proceeds
of which were applied toward paying
for bond for the W c. 7. U. Home
building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
PASTOR TO WELD PICK
IN DIGGING FOR CHURCH

LEBANON, Pa, March A.-The Rev
A w. Brownmiller and the young men
Of the First United Evangelical Church
unanimously decided TO save $500 IN the
erection OF a new $1,000 church and
parsonage by digging the excavations
themselves.
The work will be pushed with all speed
and 81 has been arranged to work at
night by means OF electric illumination
The women OF he congregation have
decided to serve hot coffee and sand
wiches 10 the workers at night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21

blood flowed out of wounds in many
places, and l was so dehsartened that
/ thought surely my last chance was
slowly leaving me. As the foot did
not improve, you can readily imagine
how / felt. / was simply disguised
and tired OF life. / stood this pain,
which was dreadful, for six months,
and during this time was not able TO
wear shoe and not able to work.
Some one spoke to me about Cutf-
curs- The consequences were ] bought
n set of the Cuticura Remedies of
one Of my friends who was . drug
gist, and the praise that gave after
the second application Is beyond
description /; il seemed a miracle,
for the Cuticura Remedies took
effect Immediately. / washed the foot
with the Cuticura Soap before applying
the Ointment and / took the Resolvenf
atthesame time. After two weeks treat
ment my foot was healed completely.
People who had seen my foot during my
illness and who have seen il since tho
cure, can hardly believe :heir own eyes"
Robert Sohocnhauer,
Aug 81, 1905. Newburgh, N. Y.
msnt, Soc Resolvept, Soc Ga CAocssts Cssssl
air &c per vial Of eo), nsy BE haf 81 sl xrsgEii
rouer Drag Chen. Corp., Sole Props, BoSt3D. Ma
aeAsa fSse Us Gfssi skin 1esk"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
Bathh0uSe Alderman
INDUCES In Poetry
Lo! The Poor Alderman

This Aldcrmanic business isn't what
the papers print IT,
The years I've been in Council I
have seen no money tainted
Not that am looking Tor it. but still
my visions clear.
And II anything was doing I'd be
very apt TO hear.
The papers tear US up the back-un-
happy Alderman,
And they shout Gray woIfr' and
CRATER" when we're doing
the best We can
You hear lot of crazy talk OF some
one getting Doodle.
But those who start these fairy tales
are '-batty" in the noodle.
II anybOdy's coping out a niece Of
money queer"
IL must be on the quiet, or I would
surely hear
The papers rip Us up the back OH
for a word of rhyme
And they always knock the hardest
just around election time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
PANIC AT HOTEL FIRE
WHEN LIGHTS OUT
Eighty Families Bndly Crepe About in Thick Smoke.
Electric Plant Fails While Flames Smolder
Fre-EScapeS Found Clogged.

NEW YORK. March 1.-Fire early
today in the fashionable eight-story no.
tel Earle. at 1oS Wayerley place, was
accompanied by paralysis of the cleo
trical plant of the house. causing the
lights to go out. and stalling the eleva-
tors There was the widest sort OF a
panic as the eighty families came down
the smoky stairway. All got out with
out accident with the exception OF one
woman. who was carried to the street
by policeman after she had tainted
+ The fire started in an electric switch
closet and was extinguished by the fire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
MONEY NOW NEEDED TO
DEFEND CALEB POWERS
Committee Having In Charge Collection
of Funds Makes Plain the
Situation.

Tho committee having in charge the
collection of a fund for the benefit OF
Caleb Powers. the Kentucky political
prisoner, hello a meeting at 1914 X street
northvest h 81 night and received re-
ports
II is stated thar Powers Is In need OF
money to prepare for his fifth tT1al.
A member OF the committee is au-
thority for the statement that the Ken
lucky Legislature approx rated 800. 0oC
to prosecute the cases growing out OF
the Goebel murder. and that this fund
has been heavily drawn UP on 70 pro-
cure special attorneys 10 prosecute
Powers.
The meeting last night was attended
by NJ Rev Yarberry. John Speed Smith
N Try GiovannoH, Henry Taylor, and
ifIIo Shanks. who compose the commit
tee on solicitation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21

z. p. HaIsteed, Charles Mathews. Ira
&. Abbott. j. l. Davenport, l. M.
Kelley, ]. G. Greenwslt, ID. McElderry,
]. E Hart. William r. Hillyer. A. R
p Toncray. A. III. Van Dusen, C. w
Files. NJ NJ Lewis. A S. Stephens. o.
p. Carpenter, Morris Husband, James
Hill. Rodney Chip. ]. H jerks. John
H Mccormick q. c. Kniffin. j. b. Rob
inson, N. H. Mersell, Adolph Durn-
dinger. ]. c. EYersman. Walter I. Hines,
J. NJ Curtis, J p. Burrell. T. d. Yeager,
A. w. Roome, A. W. Conlee, Herman
Lowe. Dennis Lee. J. C Peacock. g. Z.
wa2man, c. Loucke. J. S. Ray. E D.
Godfrey. George r Rassett, A. l.. Wat
son, and J. E Parker
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE FLUE.

Slight damage was OccasiOned IN r.
G Johnsons home I740 P street north
wecst. b. fire caused by a defective
fue about $50 o'clock last night No
engine company answered q local alarm.
and the members Of the command put
out the blaze with hand extingu!shers-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21

man without having done much damage.
A startling condition of affairs was
found, however. by Police Captain
Vaughan, and Battalion Chief Shay
They say that had the flames gained
Roadway the loss Of life would have
been appalling
They found that the fire-escapeS In
the rear of the hotel were absolutely
useless because OF the amount of goods
stored In the passageWays leading 10
them. The escape is reached from each
floor by long passage.
Fortunately the guests had no need 10
use that means Of exit today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
PENSION OFFICE
SOLDIERS BANQUET
The Movement to Gust Old
Clerks Denounced.
WARNER DELIVERS ADDRESS
Commissioner Promises There Shall Be
No Reduction in Ranks in
His Bureau.

The hrst annual banquet OF the Civil
War Soldiers OF the United States Pen
sion Bureau was held in Carroll Insti-
tue Hall last night.
More than l40 seats were placed at
the tables. As soon as the last course
OF the banquet had been served chairs
were pushed back, and the toasts began
with the issuance Of a general edict of
ostracism to the first speaker who re-
ferred to the guests as "old men. e"
Commissioner OF Pensions Warner bare
ly escaped the weight of the mandate,
but adroitly evaded the consequences
by calling shem 'old coffee coolers
John T. Clements acted as POSTMASTER
and introduced each speaker with a
clever anoctOte.
To Aid Widows.
Col. W. w. Dudley. dean OF the Pen
sion Commissioner responded to the
first toast. He stated that il had been
his effort when commissioner TO give
the widows all the pension that could
be secured for them, and added that no
pension was too great for those whom
soldiers with long lines OF honorable
achievements behind their names had
left dependent upon the Government.
At this junCtUre Charles Hanback, in
PRODUCED a resolution, which was unani-
mcusly adopted. thanking the Washing
ton pa pers for espousing the cause of
TIE employees OF the departments. whose
only crime Is a refusal 20 die or resign
at the bebest OF those who clamor for
their places"
Black Says There Is No Danger.
Gen John c Black In his address said:
Il an: satisfied that there IS no dan
ger that the shadow which hangs over
you az present from the legislation
pending before Congress will ever be
more than a mere passing gloom"
Another address that met with appro-
val was that of former Commissioner.
OF Pensions Green 3. Raum. He pro-
posed that the salaries of the clerks be
raised, and cited the cases in which fhe
salaries OF almost every other
Government servant had been in
creased during the past twenty
FIVE years. but that the clerk
had been reduced He proposed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21


had been all run
down. My blood
was so bad that
blood poisoning
had set in. j had
several doctors
attending me, 80
finally ! went to
the hospital, where
1 was laid up for
two months Ny
foot and ankle were
almost beyond
recognition. Dark
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21

10 take the increase and deposit il in
the Treasury 10 be given the clerk as a
pension when he reached an age too
old to labor.
Warner Makes Promise.
Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian
Warner said that he did not like to be
considered a beggar az the hands Of
Congress.
We are able TO stand on our own
ability and defy Congress to cite a case
wherein We are unqualified When I
want advice in my present position l do
not go to the nursery TO get il, but to
men OF my own age who have been
educated uD to the work by patient
years Of experience. What should We
do without them? / have fought hard
10 prevent the reduction In our forces
ana even now l prOTIs you that IL
shall not affect you The reduction
shall come from natural causes. death
and dismissal from cause" His address
w-s CREDITED with shouts OF approval.
List of Guests.
Committees OF arrangements and re-
ception-John T. Clements. chairman:
Edward Howard secretary: Fred O.
Peck. treasurer. and Comrades L. NJ
Kelley, Il. +. Chase, p S. Noble, John
w. Wheeler. G. 7. Powell. Ss7s ueI Nc
Elderly. o. Z. Hallam, and a e. Bur
nett
c;Timstea9 &c q H " iSy Hpi s S9nn
w. w Care. F. ID. Stephenson. II. T.
Hutton. +. II. Smith. II. G.. Burling-
ham. r. c. Rynex, A A. AspiuwaIl, J.
a. McCauley, r. Il Ford. ". NJ
Faulke. c y. Moon, Samuel II Smith
A A Rice. l. O. JaqUett. J. Is. ThatCh-
ct. DR.. Burke. J. Squires, J. Dufour
George Mexican. Captain Miller. w. II.
II. Warman. DIR. Newell. s. Hotelling,
c. r. Lusby. J. ". Archer. II. g Dun
can w l.. Paxton. w p Seville w
A Moore. ". g Neeiey. @ b. Elem
ing. y. y. Adams. q. c. Boyd. n. ~
Mccullough. E. d. Morrell J. n
Culbertson c F Hodges, John H
Jenieson, Charles Newbury, G. NJ Van
Buren,, r p Gray. A. p. Hayward,
z II. Ripley, John T. Buckley. w. r.
Schuckers Abrarn Myers, r. A Dun
can. Homer Riggs, r ID. Tracy, ". y.
Kcan. Theodore F. Wilson, c S. Will
der. p II. Hoffiinger, Charles DaV1e,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
Additional Allowances.

The additional allowance for the sep
H-ate regiments permitted by the. comp
troller are as follows:
Second Regiment. 81. 26S S4: Third Reg
innent, S1l,81S.9l; Fourth Regiment. slS.
1881: Sixth Regiment. $l3. 7G5 &c. Total
sf9,TfS.9S. Added 10 the 81, 623 30 allowed
bv the Auditor for the War Department
the State OF Virginia will receive S6I
So. IS of it's claim for SS0I4oS6
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
GRANTED
TO AGED CLERKS.
Will Be No Legislation
Enacted This Session.
PROBLEM STILL UNS0LveD
Other Congresses Will Have 10 Wrestle
With It-Pension List
Probable.

No legislation will be passed by either
branch OF Congress this session tending
TO graduated reduction of the salaries
of aged clerks in the Government de-
partments. or TO their dismissal from
tho service AT any given age.
II is admitted today by members OF
the Committee on Appropriations that
the provision iD the legislative. execu-
tive. and judicial appropriation bill TO
reduce the salaries OF aged clerks and
to discharge others in 1913 will be strick-
en- from the bill II q point OF order is
raised against 10 on the ground that it
is new legislation.
Mr.. Hardwick Will Object.
Mr. Hardwick of Georgia said today
that he would make such q point OF
order when the provision in tina bill il
reached. The Speaker will then have
10 rule the provision OUT or order and
there will be no chance for even a vote
on the subject by the House. The Sen
ate Will make no attempt TO insert II
a natural death.
Members of the Appropriations COM
mittee console themselves with the
thought that they have accomplished
their object by arousing interest in the
question or the aged clerks throughout
the country. They contemplate with
eaUanimity the certainty that the pres
ent provision will not be enacted into
law In fact. they seem to have known
all along that there was no chance for
the passage OF the provision
Civil Pension List Likely.
1t was said by several members Of
Congress today that the aged clerks
problem will be taken up by future seq
sions OF Congress. and that the natural
result will be a civil pension list. or a
law limiting the tenure of Office under
the Government.
At a meeting of the Ellen Spencer
Mussey Tent. No. /, Daughters of Vet
Grams. last night. the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
BE 1t resolved, by Ellen Spencer Mus
sey Tent. No. ], Daughters of Veterans
That We, the daughters of the men who
severed the sacred ties of home and
went to the battlefield in defense of the
old flag, that the nation might be pre-
served, unitedly enter our protest
against the enactment into a law or sec
ton 8 Of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill. as it would
tend to confirm the expression that re
publics are Ungrateful and nullify the
trite expression OF our President that
We ever unite In hope that the former
VIII never prove true and the latter may
ever be enblazoned on the hearts OF
our lawmakers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21
TIRED OF LIFE
AWFUL SUFFERING
From Dreadful Pains From Wound
on FOot-System All Run Down
After Six Months hgony-Not
Able to Wcrk-CompIetely Cured
in 70 Weeks
MIRACULOUS CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Swords esnnot speak highly enough
Tor the Cuticura Remedies i am now
seventy-two years of age. Nv system
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21

Fine Office Rooms for Rent
In the Munsey Building facing Penn
sylyania avenue, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets For rates and
Information. apply to A D. Marks, Of
nee OF The Washington Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-21

10 take the increase and deposit il in
the Treasury TO be given the clerk as a
pension when he reached an age too
Old La hor
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14
-RICTLY FIRST QUALITY
WHY CONGRESSMEN LIKE THEIR JOBS.
r1arbe Palaces Being Built for Them Where The,
Will Live Like Sybarites.

"A gilmpse at the luxurles gen
erously furnished tothemselves by
congressman out of the peoples
funds may explain why congress
men are so anxious to retain the
jobs which pay them only
$1,000 a year, and demand nearly
as much IN order to secure re-
election, writes George Robert
Agnews in the Washington Post.
They receive more than S5, 900,
when comfort and luxury are
considered. In no country in the
world is the legislative body hous-
ed with such imperial disregard
of expense. Congress is not sat
isfied with the accommodations
that have served for nearly cen
tury, and is building two marble
palaces adjacent to the capitol,
where prodigal expenditure is be-
ing made to insure the bodily COM
fort of the lawmakers.
Each of these palaces will cost
about 81, 100000 furnished. The
furniture has not yet been select
ed, but it will be of the finest and
richest description. The build
ings are of the most ornate and
lasting construction, built largely
by day labor under the direction
of the superintendent of the capi-
tol, who has every inoentive to
please his only masters, the SEN
ate and House. These great ex-
are made by Congress
without regard to other branches
of the government. The Presi-
dent, for example, has nothing to-
say for or against the expense, and
could not stop it if he would. lfa
Congress sees fit to. make the pill
lars of these palaces of jasper or
chalcedony, there would be no
one to say it nay. Under the cir
it is perhaps in order
10 stand aghast at the moderation
of men who have the United States |
treasury at their disposal.
Until the new buildings are
ready, Congressman and Senators
must struggle along under the
lardships of life under the !
lome," as the capitol is sometimes
described. OF course, there is no
comparison between present con.
lltions and those which will pre-
vail when the palaces of legislation
lave been completed and stored
With their treasures of Persian
ugs, marble baths, statutes, frost
d globes, fountains, leather
ouches, velvet carpets and SO on.
But public men manage to extract
little comfort from their present
urroundings, after all, assisted as
hey are by an army Of funkeys
nd force of workmen, who are
orever altering, repairing, and ,
Improving the ancient capitol.
The Congressman from Podunk, /
I Smiths Crossroads, is a little ! /
ken aback when he first expe- 4
ences the pleasures of life under ]
Ie dome. This is because he was e
1t fully ''onto the ropes" After s
, is sworn in, he is mighty apt a
learning all about his perquisi- p
>. He discovers that the station s
y room is open and that beauti- v
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-09-14

AAA OAA AStAh"o SAAbo AetJ w PuA
chased there for trife. He finds
a credit of 1926 at this place, ready
to be blown in. He is obsequl-
ously addressed by old, diplomat
ic servitors, who take his overcoat
and hat and show him the way to
the barber shop. There expert
BARRIERS meet him cordially, and
shave him, cut his rustic locks,
give him an electric shampoo and
massage, and hand him over to
the keeper of the baths.
These baths are the Joy Of a
congressman serving his first term.
He visits them oftener than he
ever dallied with the tub and tea
kettle in the old home kitchen of
Saturday night. He finds the
same kind old servants ready to
help him. He is assisted in di-
vesting himself of his garments,
and his faithful helper-an old
darkey who is carried on the rolls
as 'laborer" wraps him in a
big, creamy Turkish towel. He
proceeds along the warm marble
floor to the gigantic basin called a
bath tub. 1t is solid block of
whitest marble, voluptiously carv-
ed into a bath, and filed with
cleaning silver faucets, through
which gushes filtered hot or cold
water. The attendant looks after
the water supply, produces fresh
cake of expensive soap for the
bather, and proceeds to initiate
him.
The man from Podunk never
experienced a bath like that be-
fore. He closes his eyes and inn
magines he is lord of q harem in
Stamboul. The drowsy gurgIe of
the water, the expert manipula.
tion of the attendant, the scent of
altar Of roses, and the soft delight
of fluffy blankets and towels on a
downy couch lull him to sleep.
He is never disturbed. He is i'm
mune from telephone, bell or per-
sonal call. When he arouses him
self he is rubbed down by a skill
ed masseur, who is paid as a mes
senger," and if he is little Ian
guild and likes the sensation, an
electric massage Aachine is ap-
piled to his sensitive shoulders and |
trunk. If his nails need polish
ne, manicure is at his service.
Then the attendant helps to dress
him, and he returns via elevator
o the hall of the house ready to
'ead the newspapers and write let.
ers to constituents. The morn
ng's pleasures, from the moment
he overcoat is removed by the
ervant until the luncheon hour,
ave not cost the Congressman a
ent.
These baths, massage treat
lents, barber shops, ETC., are |
lalntained at the expense of the q
eople of the United States. Ii
here are about twenty exquisitely r
tied bath rooms on the house a
de of the capitol, each with its s
ready to administer the 9
Oppy Of repose to the weary a
atesman, without money and v
ithout price except for occasion a