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The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Best Advertised RnnI-s

10 De mentioned in our list Of Rest
advertised Books a novel must he eo,,aI
20 Ihaekeray, Dickens, Scott, Dumas
6aiEac. or Stevenson, or must have a
pathological effect On the reader. No
attention will be paid 70 the greatest
mover OF the year" or the strongest
most powerful, or most striking novels
OF the year. Our returns for the mast
month show the following publications
70 nave been the best advertised:
THE HOUSE OF 4 THOUSAND CAN
DIES
The best novel since Stevenson"
THE RECKONING
"A book TO make the pulses throb
and the heart beat high
HEARTS AND Masks
Teens with breathIess excitement ;,
THE STORM SIGNAL
ITO be read with drawn breath and
duicken;ng pulses and a SWELLING. heart ;,
THE CHR1STY EVANGELINE BOOK
Makes Longfellow Worth While -
This year il is the CosnoDojitar
Next year-what? Rumor saws "Tba
North American Review"
BERT LESION TAYLOR
Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. BowIes.)
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Trio Recital.

The second popular recital by Miss
Margaret Veitch. soprano; Johannes
Miersch. violinist; and Adolf Close.
pianist, will be given tomorrow evening
at o'clock in the Washington Club
1710 I street. under the patronage of
Mrs. Susanne Oldberg.
Old songs. which were so successful
at the first recital by this trio of nu-
sicians. will again be feature. several
of them being repeated by request. The
aim OF Mrs Oldber- has been to ar
range a program suited to all tastes
and consistent with the term popular -
Miss Veitch is equally successful in the
ballads and more brilliant numbers of the
program Mr. Miersch and Mr.. Close
are always SATISFYING in their selections
and readings. These three musicians
have been ENGAGED for a recital on
March 10 in the Woman's College at
Frederick. Nd. Their program for to-
morrow evening includes:
l. Sonata for violin and piano. op q
In F: Beethoven.
2 Songs-"The Kerry Dance" Mol
low: MY Mother Bids Ne Bind My
Hair" Haydn: AZ Cannot Sing the Old
Songs" Ciaribel,
s. Piano-Nocturne. Chopin; RigoIetto
Fantaise. Verdi-Liszt.
g. Songs-Aria. PeTle du Brezil. David :
Niemand hats geseben. Loewe.
). VieIia-Romaace from I'd Concerto,
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Letter of an Art Student

tBeing second communication from
Charles Dana Gibson TO Robert ".
Chambers)
Ny dear Chambers: in my last let
ter / told you Of my remarkable dis
covery that red and blue mixed to
sether produce purple Since then I have
happened on a humber Of surnrfsin-
Things, and / regret a thousand times
that 1 did not take up the study of col
or years ago Would YOU believe thar
biue and yellow combined give green ?
had always supposed that green was
q primary color, one sees so much Of II
IN nature do not yet quite see pybv
II should not be.
But my greatest discovery. is sel,nd,--
mion. It happened this way: Cleaning
my palette the other day I scraped the
httie dabS of paint into a heap and
TINS casual mixture produced the most
oeautIul tint, unlike anything in the
pant shops. 1 Immediately named II
6hdymion" and gathered it in a tube
II would be very effective in a Greek
Iahdscape, and 1 intend TO send some 10
ONO cushing 10 color his OIvn1ufa7
Iashloh plates with. My one tube is
P-fceieSs' as cannot seem to find the
com olhauon again, though I have tried
d uozen times and wasted q vast ouaDtf-
" OF coiors. l think d beautiful mem
might be written on. say. The LOST
lint The first stanza runs in nv kaad
as follows:
seated one day at ny easel
was weary and Ill at ease
Ald n1 hngeTs wandered idIy
Scraping the palette's lees
am not much OF a hand at verse
making. Perhaps you can do something
with IT. 1t Is more in your line.
SNeT' c. u. GIBSON
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

There Is talk. we hear, OF forming
the AssociaticE OF DeaI.s sof American
Letters-a No. intert.sting brother
hood, which should have been installed
long since N a clubhouse of its own.
The plans at present are indefinite, but
there Is promise of a large formal din
ner annually, with smaller and infor-
NAL spreads whenever Mr.. Howe'ls.
or Mr.. Clemens, or DR.. Hale, or any
other dean has a birthday. There is
some talk OF increasing the member
ship Of the association by eiecting fifty
or one hundred vice deans OF American
letters. Thus, James Whitcomb. Riley
would be the vice dean from Indiana
Edwin Markham. from Staten Island,
and so on No author will be eligible
for q deanship under the age of sixty,
nor for a vice deanship under forty
FIVE
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Heavy HauIers Fight
New Wagon Tire Rule
BabCoCk Bill Calling for the Four-lnCh Wide
Rim Is Meeting With Strenuous Op-
position on All Sides
Hoase District Committees Report

House District
OF the
the
atty fine of
driver of vehicle description
OF the haulng
broad
is
will
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OF Interest TO BibliophiIes.

Il very rare first edition of the World 5
Almanac for 1901 sold at auction in
Brooklyn for S270. Barring a loose cover
and a few torn pages. it was in excel
lent condition.
Theophilus Bugs. the well-known col
Iector OF Evanston, H.. announces an
other find Of great value. Mark Twain 5
Sketches" Chatto & Windus, Picca-
dilIy; cocoa and pill ads on hy-leSves,
and Bears soup on rear cover. The
back Of the book is unglued and the
front cover IS detached A magnffl-
cent acquisition
Lovers of fine books will welcome the
sumptuous volume which Messrs. Josh.
Gosh & Co. a-e issuing for the bifilio-
phIe trade-a 1e luxe edition of Reget's
Thesaurus. with illustrations by How
ard Chandler Christy and Henry HUT.
These famous illustrators have never
done anything more beautifully irrele-
want or less in keeping with the text
a unique copy of Marie Corellis s
Romance of Two Worlds fetched 993
at auction in London. The book had
once been read BY the late Queen. and
contained nearly 100 marginal notes in
pencil. such as How true," My own
sentiments" etc Victoria was very
fond of CoreIrs books, and read little
else.
The author of the comedy Coming
Through the Rye" proceeded on the
theory that the original Rye was a field
of waving grain Probably not two
authors out OF three are better informed.
The golden goose which Herr Con-
ried. of the Metropolitan Opera House.
came into possession of not long ago. has
been laying two eggs a day right along,
and six when Herr Conried has a. bene-
ht. It is feared that the goose will
expire from overwork, and the attention
of the s. P. c. A. has been called to
the matter.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
The Political Outlook.

Not in many years has the polit-
lcal situation been SO largely de-
pendent on the skill of party lead
ers as today. The two party groups
in the National House are irving
to organize their Congressional
campaign committees for the years
contest, and both are having trouble
finding just the right leaders. Small
wonder that men dislike TO assume
this years responsibilities of man
/ agement ~
All concede that the next House
will be close. Shrewd, effective,
capable management on either side
may easily mean control of the
House. The side that gets the next
House will be able, if it manages
its politics properly, to pave a long
section of the road toward the
White House.
Suppose the Republicans win.
The President would demand tariff
revision. If he succeeded, he would
get 1t and take away the best Demo-
cratic issue for 1908. But it would
be an immense struggle; a strus-
gle in which the Presidents leader
ship would be more severely tested
even than in this sessions railroad
rate fight. But if he won, his Ad-
ministration and his party could
claim, in 1908, that the two great
est issues, rates and tariff. had
been dealt with by the party, and
therefore that it was entitled to a
vote of confidence. And it would
probably receive one.
On the other hand. assume that
the Democrats by good manage
ment secure the control of the
House and set about promptly max
ing tariff bill along liberal lines,
eliminating the shelters to nlonopo-
ly and meeting the nationwide de-
mand for a sane, sensible, moderate,
and reasonable tariff. The Repub-
iican Senate would reject it: and
on the issue thus Joined the parties
would go TO the country for the
1908 election.
Not only would this have given
the Democrats an issue, but it
would probably have given them
also leader. 1t is altogether
likely that some strong, command
ing frUre would develop out of the
MINORS membership before so
great task as the making of a
tariff bill could have been accom-
plishc1 This new figure would
stand for the idea of tariff revision
for a generation past the one is
sue on which the Democrats have
had the best chance of getting to-
gether. Parkerites, Hearstites,
Cleveland Democrats, and Bryan
Democrats could rally to the stand
ard of such a leader, forget their
other differences, and fight on the
one safe-and-sane Democratic is
sue. They might reasonably win.
Thus it appears that everything
depends on the strategy and gen
eralship of leaders The next House
is the key to the situation, and the
next House is likely to depend on
the quality of campaign manage
ment 1t is a big stake for which
the rival campaign committees will
play this year.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Song Service Tonight.

Mrs. AT Lee Gage viii sing the Of
teTtory this morning in 81 Andrew 5
church. Her selection will be, Father.
Forgive Them. from Mercadante's S
Seven Last Words
Tonight there viii be Il musical service
in St Andrews, when the following
program Will be given:
Gloria In Excelsis," by Dudley Buck:
'Magnifcat," Stainer: Il Am Alpha and
Omega" (soDrano solo and chorus).
slainer; Send Out Thy Light. -
Gounod; Peace I Leave with You
tenor solo and quartet, Roberts.
Great Is the Lord duet, Lohr:
'Nunc Dimittis," Stainer.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO ALL MUSIC LOVERS
Mrs. 0leberg's "At Home"

Mrs. Susanne Oldberg gave another
attractive studio reception on last FRI
day afternoon in her music rooms in the
Beiasco. This was one of a series which
MRS. Oldberg has given so successfully
this season.
One Of the attractive features OF the
afternoon Is the presence of one or
:no"t singers who furnish an tmpromptu
pftt,, am during the afternoon.
On last Friday Mrs. Oldberg had with
her Miss Frances Helen de Grossart.
Miss de GrossaTt is young. but has a
contraito voice Of good quality and dra-
matte timber.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Boston Symphony Concert.

The coming concert of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra at the National
Theater on Tuesday afternoon, March
13. viii be the last of this season 8
series. and additional interest will be
lent it by the fact that it will be the
last appearance in this city OF Mr..
Gericke as conductor OF the orchestra.
The soIoist at this concert W be
Henri Marteau, the vIolinist He viii
play a new concerto by Emile Jaques-
DaIcroze, a Swiss. The remainder of
the program will comprise Weber 5
overture to Der Freischeutz;" Gold
marks overture, ''SakuntaIa,'' and
Richard Strauss symphonic fantasia,
From Italy"
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
THIS IS GASEOUS.

An Austrian named Wolski has re-
Gently patented a process of liquefying
natural gas whereby he believes, it
will be possible to use the gas conven-
iently in lighting isolated houses and
in driving small engines and motors.
The liquefied gas can be transported in
soda, water siphons and like receptacIes
to the places where it is to be used.
however remote from gas works.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
EVENTS OF THIS WEEK.
In Congress.
THE SENATE.


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conclud n canalt
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OfinnDw will probably for rate
Shonsb Cana III
Of o.
on
nsted for rate
danap propriat on o he week
andne ma reach tion in mmiee
In WASHINGTON. ..-.....
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Court
Gene Grosven on the
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
THOMAS F. MILLARD
ON LIFE OF CHINESE

Ihomas F. Millard. for over ten wears
resident of China, addressed the Geo
graphic Society Of Washington on thar
country last night In the National ri
hes rmory. A large number of sters.
oPtlcon views Of different parts of the
country and scenes of daily ,ifa were
shown "'iS
Mr. Millard visited China in The ca
paelty OF a newspaper man ana h,s
made an exhaustive study of ;ha neo-
pie and conditions ~
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
A Matter of | 400 Citizens.

Congress has before it a bill pro-
viding a Juvenile court for the Dis
trict with two probation officers
The measure has been passed by
. the Senate and favOrably reported
to the House. When it comes be-
fore the House for action one of
two things will happen-either it
will be passed without much inter
est or it will be much opposed be-
cause it creates new offices.
For the benefit of those who
scrutinize new offices which are
proposed for this jurisdictfon-and.
OF course. they should all be scru-
tinfzed with the greatest care-The
Times sets forth here the record of
probationary work done in the Dis
trict since March Il, 1901 1t is
of extreme importance in this con-
nection and of surprising interest
as we'll
The total number of cases heard
In this period was 1873. That is
the first step. Nearly 1,400 young
girls and bOys-future citizens of
the District who must otherwise have
been allowed to run wild or be
herded with the older and harder
adult Offenders-were given the
special attention of special officers.
Out OF that number 1925 served a
full probationary period of six
months. In other words, more than
1,1O0 Of these young persons were
given special care and kept within
the bounds of good conduct with
out being sent TO a reform school
or a Jail The remaining $50 were
placed in institutions at the ex-
pense of the Government. As the
situation used to be, only those
would have been guarded at all
who were bad enough to be locked
up.
An interesting calculation can be
made from this record. At the Re-
form School rate the cost of this
care over 1873 girls and boys
would have been S116,S9O The
average wage earned by one of
them in q week when at work out
side the reform school is S1S4 The
total of wages for the five years
they have been out Of the Reform
SchOol-and yet more proftabIy
guarded than had they been in
any such institutions s117,-
640. The total saving to the Gov
ernment and society, then, is s234,-
$50. At a total cost, under the
present system, of $4,000!
This has been done by the Police
Court with the assistance of one
probationary officer. 1t is hard
10 calculate how many such proba-
tionary officers the city ought to
have The measure now pending
provides for two; and two at least
are required, not only to gather in
formation and report upon some seven
cases a day, but to follow those cases
through the period of probation
and e widen the field from which
cases are reported. One of the Of
ficials who has been most inti-
mately in touch with this work
gives it as his opinion that ten
probation officers could be used. If
this is the case. or if the estimate
is onriy twice too Highland that
will hardly be contended in view
of the proposed compulsory educa-
ton act which will increase the
dNties of these officers many fold
thu employment of two probation
airy officers is abundantly justified
And, at the last, the. fate of. this
work, which has already saved
1,125 young children from the re-
form school and worse, will hang
upon the disposition of Congress
10 give to Ii the men IL needs
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
FRACTI0US HORSE DASHES
BUGGY AGAINST LAMP POST

While George L. Clubb, thirty years
old, of $50 Pennsylvania avenue soutb-
east. was driving horse attached 10 a
buggy near First and B streets south
east. the animal became unmsnageable
and ran away
The vehicle was dashed against a
lamp post and was demolished The oc-
cupant of the buggy escaped injury by
jumping
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
To Sing ofertory.

Percy Marshall, who is prominently
Identified with the music student class
of Washington, will sing he offertory
this morning in St. Michael and All
Angels Church. Mr.. Marshall is a lyric
tenor with voice Of much beauty.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

WieniawsRi: Humoreske. DvoTak; At
the Spinning Wheel, Hubay.
6. Songs-''Love Has Eyes (Old Eng
iish)-(by requesD; THE Origin of the
Harp (old melody.
Z. Violin and piano-Scherzo and
Finale. Sonata. op 70. st. Saens.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

A determined attempt will be made by
the express companies, the lumber men,
the ice companies, and ali heavy haul
ers TO defeat the pending Babcock bill
10 require the placing of tires at least
four inches wide on the wheels Of any
wagon weighing. when loaded, more
than two tons.
Prominent representatives of the busi-
nesses mentioned were engaged yester-
day in communicating with all parties
who viii be affected by such a bill in or
der TO secure some united action looking
TO the defeat of the measure, either on
the ofior of the House or before the Sen
ate District Committee 1t has already
been favorably reported by the Houso
District Committee
Passed in Hurry.
1t was freely said yesterday that the
measure, which is in the form OF sec
tion in the bill providing for the main
tenance of the OLD Long bridge, was put
through the House committee with too
much speed, before the parties interest
ed in it could secure a hearing before
The committee or could protest in any
manner against its enactment into law.
1t was also said that such a general out
cry will greet any further action on the
bill that its promoters will see the un-
wisdom Of pushing it further
One quarter where il is thought the
bill. If passed. will work great hard
ship, is the farmers and others. bring
ing heavy loads into the District from
Maryland and Virginia. One man point
ed out yesterday that if a farmer start
ed into the District with load of hay,
he would have TO stop at the District
line and transfer the hay from one wag-
on to the other. Especially would this
be true, il was contended, because few,
if any farmers have wagons with Tires
four inches wide.
Prepared to Protest.
Those who are opposed to the meas
ure have not yet formulated a definite
plan as to their procedure, but IL is
thought that they will appear in a body
before the Senate District Committee to
protest against a favorable report on
the matter 1t is also probable that
some member of the House. wnen the
measure is called TO his attention. will
object to it on the floor of the House.
1t was denied yesterday by a number
OF men familiar with the subject. that
many of the wagons coming into the
District from adjoining States have
four-inch tires II was also contended
that 1t was manifestly unfair 10 the
hauling business of Washington to put
this restriction on it simply because the
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Miss Rogers Success.

Miss A Mae Rogers sang recently at
concert given in Hyattsyiue for the
dement, II the town baseball club Miss
R0gers sang Dixie" and Maryland.
Ny Maryland" with such success that
the audience Enthusiastically demanded
an encore.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Oratorio by Choir.

The choir of st. Andrews Church has
IN preparation Louis Spohr's oraJorio,
The Last Judgment" which viii be
sung some time during Lent. The ora
torio has never been given in full in
Washington.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
Piano Recital.

Miss Menefee has issued cards for
piano recital, which she will give on
Monday evening, March y. Il s o'clock,
in the Washington College, lird and T
streets northeast
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

committee desired to "Ket back at the
! brick ccmoanies''
Says Regulation Is Absurd
Mortimer Aeheson. vice president OF
Littleford. Alvord & Co. which
does large hauling business. said TO a
Times reoortcr:
There wiz be a general oulcry
| against this nill. Such a regulation is
absurd on It's face. 1t is positively lu-
dierous 10 require a four-inch tire A
| small wagon when loaded. weighs over
two tons. The ordinary express wagon
weighs unlOaded about $500 or $500
pounds We use now tire of a width
! OF about two and one-haIf inches or
! hree inches.
we will make a decided objection to
the enactment into Law Of such a bill.
number Of people interested IN these
matters have told me about this meas
ure. and we will make a fight against
it before the Senate District Committee.
There viii be a great outcry against Z
biif as Objectionable as this
In addition TO the trouble IL wo1iia
cause to District people engaged in
hauling to any extent al all. think of
the hardship il would bring To farmers
wanting 10 bring anything In large
quantities into the District from neigh
boring Stfses- I suppose the procedure
they would have to follow would be 10
transfer their produce from one wagon
TO another. That would be a pretty
state of affairs"
In speaking Of the bill, w. s. Knox,
Of the Knox Express Company. said:
ave copy of the measure in
my pocket right now, and 1 am at
present engaged in arranging for a
meeting Of our people so that we may
decide as 70 the best way to defeat
s'ch an absurd proposition. This is a
monsrTous measure. 1 have noticed
wagons in all the big commercial cities
east OF st. Louis, and nowhere have /
seen q f6ur-inch tire used to any ox-
tent at all
Have STANDARD Tires.
The ordinary two-horse wagon. suu-
posed 10 carry from two to three tons.
has a standard tire Of two 81 nd one-haif
inches Th5se Is no necessity for such
r regulation. It would apply To all
hauling of any consequence, and would
be a general nuisance"
The proposed legislation is Iudi-
crous. said Manager Kimberly, Of tie
American Ice Company, and II is Of
no use al all I most certainly viii
object to the passage Of the measure
II affects the ice dealers and every
man or firm engaged in hauling"
Such expressions Of opinion were
heard in all circles Of business men
engaged iE hauling.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
The Wheel of Mirth.

"a rainy afternoon. Scene: The main
hall of the Eden Musee. New York city.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04
TUT IN FUN.

"He is buried in thought"
"Yes / see he has grave look.''-Dez
troit News.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

Maupassant. says a current author
never talked about literature. There
are so many other things of so much
greater interest to talk about he used
TO say. But this was pure affectation.
Everybody knows that there is nothing
so interesting as iiteI ature and the per-
sons who manufacture ii.
The Washington times., 1906-03-04

committee desired to "Ret back at the
hrictx
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-07
CIRCUIT COURT

ing each and every session on this
case, owing to local interest, and in
the neighborhood of thirty witness
eS were examined.
Attys. Kopp and Brown were as
enthusiastic to convict the prisoner
as Attys. Lowry & Carthew were to-
aqult him.
Arguments of counsel opened at
about IL a. m. yesterday, Atty
Brown making the initial address.
Attorneys Carthew and Lowry
followed in defense; Dist. Atty
Kopp closing the remarks.
Jury retired at 5:15 and brought
in verdict of guilty at 8:45 p. m
The case was sensational in more
ways than one and was much talked
about. About % witnesses were
examined.
A motion for new trial and stay
of judgment was filed by attorneys
for defendant. The penalty pre-
scribed by law for the offense as
charged is from to 20 years i'm
prisonment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-07

Clarence Redmond, convicted of
assault with deadly weapon, came
before the court to answer for his
penalty Saturday afternoon. The
court went through the customary
preliminaries and concluded by CIV
ing the prisoner a sentence Of five
years at Waupun.
~
Claude Sprague settled his bastardy
case preferred by the Breithaupt
girl by paying 5000 and all costs.
The young woman in the case gets
the 5000 for the support of the child.
tx
The w. j. Duncan ca e for sub
ordination of perjury came on Fri
day afternoon and a jury was Sc
cured at about o'clock, consisting
of the following named gentlemen;
Garrett Doyle, j. V. Gardner, Louis
CraigO, Henry Harms, Jas. Brad
bury, Taos. Metcalf, John Fulmer,
Hiram Cliff, Chas. Calkins, Thos.
Rands, John Rech and Andrew Gil
der.
The court room was crowded dur