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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-09

or the musical geniuscs who have
delighted the world, probably more
stories have been told of Mozart than
any other. The biographies of this
genius read like romances, so full arc
they OF anecdotes of his marvellous
precocity. When four years old he
played minuets and learned music
with facility; and at the age OF six
he composed n concerto for the harp.
sichord, which, though written strict
~ in accordance with the principles
and technic Of his art. was yet so
overloaded with difficulties that IL
could not he played.
1t Is related that Mozart once han
pencd to put off some music that he
had been engaged TO furnish for n
court concert so long that he had not
time to write out tho part which he
himself was to perform.
Tho Emperor Joseph, who was OF n
curious turn, CHANGED to be In the
composers studio, when he asked,
Where is your part? do not see
1t among these sheets of music
Here" responded Mozart touching
his forehead.
Lamentcd His Fame.
Not all the great composers have
courted the constant adulatIon of the
world. Verd! used to lament that he
was unable to find a refuge, even for
a brief space, from the reputation that
preceded him wherever he went.
| At one time he desired to spend n
much needed holiday at the watering
place of Montecatini. When he ar
rived he found that in one of the
apartments assigned to him stood a
grand piano of noted make. On the
rack, by way of compliment, lay the
score OF I'll Trovatore." AS soon as
he caught sight of II, tho veteran
flew into rage, hastily locked the
| instrument, threw the score into n
corner, and, calling for his host, de-
manded In tragic tones:
] LEAD me to the spot that over
hangs the steepest precipice!"
| Wondering, the host did as he wa;
bldden, and. on reaching the sum
nit, the maestro, who was almost ex-
,aisied from fatigue, flung the key
Of the piano into the abyss. energet-
ically enchanting as he did SD:
Now have done something to Sc.
cure rest and quiet. On the day of
my departure | Shall send a locksmith
to provide the piano with new key;
but while am here pray you let
1t remain as ii is
| A Piaued Boniface.
Among the most absent minded OF
| geni,lses was the French composer
Meilhac. On the occasion of the frs.
| presentation of one OF his operas
Meilhac. in evening dress, entered a
fashionable restaurant and threw him
self down at table, thinking ear
nestly about the event OF the even
INF. and nothing else.
| a waiter brought him menu. Neil
hac, man of very simple tastes in
the matter of food. abstractcdly indi
4 Gated with his finger the first dish
on the bill that his eye had struck
Now. 1t Glanced that this was the
most elaborate and costly dish on the
bill, and when the waiter went to
/ tho kitchen with the order there was
in consequence great coInmotior
there. The proprietor himself was
summoned, and he and the principa
chief devoted themselves to the pren
aration of the famous dish. One man
was sent for this choice ingredient
and another for another. Meanwhile
Meilhac waited, absorbed.
At last the dish was brought will
a great flourish, and the proprietor
with proud smile, stood not far away
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-09

CHICAGO, ILLS, June S.-Chicago
made 1t three straight from New York
today, winning in the ninth inning
with none out. Two bases OH balls.
wild throw by Ames, and Stages
clean hit to center scored the win
ming runs. Score:
X. II. H..
Chicago ......O00O2Ol01 ]
New York ...0021000O 8 4
Brown and King; Ames and Bres.
naban. Time 2:05. Umpires. ODay
and Riglcr.
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Maps Steadily climbino Ladder.

N"Po OtS"u'Ty NTITlIUIIIy IduuCT.
BOSTON, MASS, June Sleeve.
lands long hitting defeated Boston to-
day a TO 1. Knight made his first
appearance as u member OF the local
team today and played brilliant
game in the intield. Score:
Il. II. h.
Cleveland z 2
Boston $3.50. .00 000000-1 b 2
Rhoades and Clark; Pruitt. Ober.
lin and Shaw. Time 1879. Empires,
Evans and Stafford.
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AthIetice Win In Loose Game.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, June s.
Philadelphia easily defeated st. Louis
today in loosely played game. Time
~ hitting Won the game. score:
II. II. II.
st. Louis ....OOO011OOO-2 8 3
Philadelphia .10010Ol1x-4 . 4
Powell and O'Connor; Dygert and
Schreck. Time 1855. Umpire, hurst
and Connolly
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Dodgers Blank Reds.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, June S.-Foi
the fourth time this week Cincinna.
Il was shut out, Brooklyn being the
victor on this occasion. Score:
Cincinnati 100 5000 U-U s z
Brooklyn 80. % O0O001 ~ Is 4
Weymer and Mclean: Mcintyre
and Ritter. Time 1870. Umpire,
Emslie.
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Nationals Defeat Worlds champion

WASHINGTON, d. c., June s.
Washington batted Smith out OF the
box today and also hit Patterson
hard, defeating Chicago handlly $ to
2. Graham was effective throughout,
the nine hits credited to Chicago be
Ing widely scattering. The Presi-
dent today received the members OF
the Chicago American League base
ball club.
X. II. H.
Washington ..05OOOO03x-S II .
Chicago ......0 l00'000O1-2 !
Graham and Warner; Smith. Pat
terson and Mcfarland. Time 1870.
Umpire, O'Loughlin.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results Yesterday.
Washington 8; Chicago 2.
Philadelphia 4; st. Louis 9.
New York 0; Detroit &.
boston 1; Cleveland 4.
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Games Monday.

Games Monday.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at ST. Louis.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
Boston Mt Cincinnati.
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Princeton waIIops Yale.

PKINCETUN, N. j., June g.
Princeton won the eastern intcr-collc.
giate baseball championship by dc.
fcating Yale here this afternoon by
n score of to 3 before nearly
$4,000 people. Princeton this year
has beaten Pennsylvania once, Har-
ward twice and Yale twice. Score:
II. IA. H.
Yale Observation-Disclosures 6. a
Princeton .3100O00Ox-4 5 2
Parsons, Van Week and r. Jones !;
Heyninger and Cooney. Time 1885.
Umpire. Owen.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.

Chicago a; New \ ork 3.
First game-St Louis A; Philadel.
phia l. Second game-St. Louis o.;
Philadelphia 3.
Cincinnati 0; Brooklyn 2.
Pittsburg 2; Boston 4.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-09

Games Monday.
st. Louis at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Boston.
Detroit at New York.
Chicago at Washington.
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World OF Sport

penter.
Second game
O.. X. IL. II.
Philadelphia .1OO2OUUOO-3 \
Fromme, Garger and Marsball.
Moran ana Doom. Time 1:d5. lin.
pire, Carpenter.
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STANDING of the cluha.

Games Today.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
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Detroit Shuts Out HlohIanders.

NEW YORK, June S.-Dctroit op.
encd n four game series here today
by shutting out the New forkcrs 6
to 0. Score:
X. Ii. n.
Detroit .OOOO3O1O2-.5 z o
New York .OOO0OO0O0-O 4 z
Mullin and Archer; Chesbro, l>etc
and Kleinow. Time 1:5S. Umpire,
Sheridan.
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE

. Results Yesterday.
Roanoke 2; Portsmouth 5.
Lynchburg 5; Danvillc 1.
Richmond 3; Norfolk 1.
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Standing of the Clubs.

Games Monday.
Nnrfolk at Danville.
Richmond at Portsmouth.
4 Roanoke Mt Lynchburg.
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PhiIlies and ST. Louis Break Even.
ST. LOUIS, MO, June S.--Philadel-
phia and st. Louis broke even today.
st. Louis won the first game to L,
and Philadelphia the second. Score:
II. Fl. ~.
st. Louis .....12O1O0OOx-4 8 L
Philadelphia O0UO-1 4
McGlinn and Noonan; Sparks and
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Pirates Couldn't Hit Pfeffcr.

PITTSBURG, PA, June S.-Pitts-
burg was unable to hit Prefer and
lost to Boston. Boston hit the bal
and protitted by the errors of Pitts.
burg. Score:
II. ii. &C.
Pittsburg 010OO10-2 4 4
Boston -. 0O000O2O-4 IL I
Leifeld. Lynch and Phelps; Pfeircr
and Brown. Time 1:45. Umpires,
KLEIN and tombstone.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
NOT THE USUAL WAY

s6N OR three months hollow
chested eastside tailor has
= been pounding the hard pave
in search of work. He begged for
work, he cried with disappointment as
he was turned away from place after
place Then he committed crime"
says a New York letter in the Pitts
burg Dispatch. "Ie became robber
and was arrested. At once his fortunes
changed. Sympathetic men and women
hurried to his relief. His family was
fed and clothed His rent was paid.
He loafed comfortably in the steam
heated Tombs. And today, when he
was released under suspension of SEN
tence. he had his pick of half dozen
jobs. Such is life, as the melodramatist
said, in great city"
Can it be possible? Surely this is not
the usual way in New York! We were
prepared to read the customary an
nouncement that having stolen to pro-
vide his family with the necessities OF
life. he was thrown into a dungeon cell.
given a ffteen-minute trial within two
hours after his apprehension and sem
fenced TO ninety years in Sing Sing or
Dannemora. Has New York been con-
verted?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

product is in the oriental countries,
and the producers are compelled to ac-
cept the low prices paid for them by
their Asiatic customers. Even with a
market In this country the receipts
would be little If any more than at
present; but the knowledge that they
had a market here probably would
and Japan, where most Of these
products go.
The obstinate opposition of Ameri-
can producers of these commodities is
not founded on sense. Through the re-
duction of the tariff on both or either
product Americans would have nothing
to lose. Those who oppose the pro-
posed elimination of the tariff duty in
this direction prove their stupid ignor-
ance of conditions by so doing. And
the policy is so shortsighted. The
American officials in the Philippines
are employing to excellent advantage
the money received from the taxes they
collect. 1t is difficult enough-some-
times even impossible-for the Filipinos
to pay their taxes. If>the onerous tariff
duties were removed by congress sthe
tax receipts would be Immediately
swelled and the taxpayers of the Philip
pines would have immensely greater
respect for the paternal government of
the United States. While we are en-
deavoring to instill into the minds of
the Filipinos the fact that we are in
earnest in our desire to benefit them,
to improve their financial as well as
moral and physical condition, here we
are rendering it as difficult as pos
sible for them to pay the taxes which
we have arranged to have imposed upon
them for their support. Is it any
wonder that the average Filipino ques-
tions the sincerity of the government
which threw the Spanish yoke from his
neck in order that another might take
it's place?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
Faces Question OF
Feeding School Children

and mentally able to receive instruction
or to benefit by it. Education on an empty
stomach is worse than mockery; in the
case of children of tender age it is sheer
cruelty.
The British act contains various provi-
sions for the prevention of fraud and
abuse, and for the recovery of money from
parents who can afford to feed their chill
dren properly without public aid. While
the sins of parents should not be visited
on their helpless offspring, no community
is desirous of pauperizing parents or re-
lieving them of duties which they are
able to perform.
Germany is always scientific and thor
ough in her social legislation. and her
method of dealing with the problem OF
underfed or starved school children Will
attract the attention of humanitarians
everywhere. The Industrial depression
from which she is at present suffering
has thrown tens Of thousands of workmen
out of employment, has crippled the pri-
vate and municipal relief agencies and
caused an agitation for the suspension OF
the duties on grain and foodstuffs. the
food supply for the school children is one
Of the many questions that have grown
out of the business reaction.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
WHERE HE STANDS

TUHE manner in which Col. H. D.
Loveland, the new member of the
n state railroad commission, is in
clined to assist the people of California
in their struggle to obtain relief from
the impositions of the railroads and
express companies transacting business
within the borders of the state is well
indicated in the following extract from
an Associated Press account of the
Commissioner Lane of the complaint of
the California Commercial association
charging the Wells-Fargo Express COM
pany with having concealed from the
public tariff schedules that had been
filed with the interstate commerce COM
mission at Washington, and with hav-
ing made unjust and discriminatory
rates. Here is the account of Col. Love-
lands testimony:
"H. d. Loveland, president of'the job
bers' association and state railroad
commissioner testified that the whole
sale and jobbing interests on the Pa
cific coast represented capital Of $780,
000, 900 to $500, 900, whose annual
volume of business was fully that
amount, and declared that the removal
of the differential rates on shipments
and the upholding of the charges of
the California Commercial association
against the express company in the
matter of rates would make the coast
foil 1fcfr g
York and Chicago and eventually will
wipe out the wholesalers and jobbers
with all their vast interests. He held
that the contention of the complainant
was an evasion and that the elimina-
tion of the differential rates would be
fatal to the jobbing interests"
What a spectacle! Here is state
official, but recently sworn to see that
the laws Of the state affecting trans
portation companies are enforced, seek
ing refuge under the specious plea that
to do so would be to injure the busi-
ness of the very men who are endeavor-
ing to compel the railroads and the ex-
press companies to abide by the laws
provisions, task which the railroad
commission should but will not per-
form.
It is plain to be seen that nothing is
to be expected of the new member of
the railroad commission. If the intel
ligence of the people of California can
stand any further insult they now know
the source from which it may be ex-
pected.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

nERLIN is not the only industrial CEN
X trial center that faces a serious
- problem in connection with the
physical needs of the children attending
the public schools. All great cities Of
Europe are, or have been at times, in the
same predicament, and the question of
supplying the compulsory educated chill
dren with food at public expense has been
discussed in national legislatures.
In England last year measure was ac-
tually placed on the statute books provid-
Ing for the feeding of starved or half
starved school Children by the school au-
thorities, even the house of lords not hav-
ing found 1t in its heart to oppose this
particular part of the liberal Legislative
program for the year. In fact, the most
effective and eloquent argument for public
feeding of the children of the poor had
been made by leading Tory statesman
and former member of the government.
The measure was admitted to be radical
and ''pateralistic," but it was generally
felt that 1t would be monstrous paradox
for the state to force children into public
schools and to keep them at work there
for six or seven hours a day without ask
ing or caring whether they are physically
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

NyHE remark Of Uncle Remus on a
certain occasion when he had his
Il gun pointed at the game UP tree
Come down Brer Possum, come down
Br'er Coon," is suggestive of the situa-
tion at Washington with regard to the
appointment of Clarence s. Merrill as
postmaster at Berkeley, when the pres
ident metaphorically remarked to the
congressman from the Third district and
the senior senator from California,
Come down Br'er Possum, come down
Br'er Coon" and they came.
Result-The California delegation has
unanimously recommended the appoint
ment of Clarence s. Merrill as postInas-
ter of Berkeley and Charles e. Thomas
has been eliminated from the situation.
This means a complete victory for the
people of Berkeley and rout for the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
ONE IMPERATIVE DUTY

"HERE is little likelihood that con-
gress will do anything more i'm
Il portant during the present session
than to pass a few appropriation bills
for the sake of making the leaders"
solid with their own people and the
interests" 1t is not probable that the
presidents wishes in regard to the re-
moval of the tariff duty on paper and
wood pulp will receive so much as a
second thought from the "stand pat"
crowd in charge of the destinies of the
nation. The people may as well recon-
cile themselves to this fact and pre-
pare to elect another congress that will
do as they demand. Every affront Of
fered to the voters of the country, who
are demanding, with one voice, that the
whole tariff schedule be revised, will
but add to the long account that the
Republican congress will have so settle
when the time for an accounting comes.
But there is one thing that congress
should have the grace to do. and that
is to relieve itself of the reproach which
attaches to it by reason of the existence
of the iniquitous Philippine tariff
Every intelligent American citizen, in
lor out Of congress. fully understands
that the total repeal or the material re-
duction of the duties on Philippine
sugar and tobacco will harm no Ameri-
can interest whatever and that it viii
be of immense benefit to the inhabi-
tants of our island possessions. It is
well known that the amount Of Philip
pine sugar and tobacco which enters
the United States is Of inconsequentiai
proportions. The sole market for either
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
NOT FOR HENEY

A1OTWITHSTAND the report
IN that comes from San Francisco
a to the effect that friends OF
Francis ]. Heney are to put him for
ward as candidate for United States
senator, and notwithstanding the fact
that Daniel A. Ryan, defeated candi-
date for mayor of San Francisco and
discredited member of the Lincoln
Roosevelt League of Republican clubs.
is said to have declared that Mr.. Heney
is the logical candidate of the Repub-
lican party for that position, The
Herald is in a position to state with
definiteness that Mr.. Heney not only
is not a tentative candidate for the
toga but that under no circumstances
will he accept the nomination if it is
rendered him.
Mr. Heney has been Democrat from
the day when he attained maturity.
But like thousands of other men who
have taken an active and spirited in
terest in Undertakings calculated to adj
vance the cause of good government, he
is unable to discern very marked diff
ference between the Democratic and the
Republican parties in so far as the rela-
1ions of the fundamental policies of
these two parties to clean politics in
city or state are concerned. Some time
since some of his friends declared, in a
private gathering, that he had become
a Republican. Whether by this they
meant that he had abandoned all DEM
ocratic principles for those of the Re
publican party, or whether they meant
he had decided to align himself with
the Republican party in California be-
cause he realized that, the Republican
party being in the majority in this
state. the work of purifying politics
must be done largely if not entirely
through the efforts of that party, mat
ters not. He is now a Republican.
But that he became Republican in
order that he might become the re-
cipient of political honors, state or ma
tional. nobody who knows him will
believe.
Republican or Democrat. Heney will
remain the same fighter for right that
he has been for years. And 1T is not
at all likely that he win confine his
militant efforts to San Francisco.
other fields are calling for him. The
remainder of his natural life could well
be spent in uprooting graft and punish
ing grafters. To him challenge from
the champions of political dishonor
means battle. He would be about as
much at home in the United States
senate as a Ruef or Schmitz would be
at a Sunday school picnic. But at any
rate Heney has no senatorial aspira-
tions, and all talk to the contrary, when
traced to its source, will be found to
have emanted from those interests
which would vastly prefer to see him in
washington than in California.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
How THE California
Delegation q Came Down

politicians; 1t indicates that efficiency
and not political ''usefulness" is the cri-
terion by which availability for the pub
lie service in the postoffice at Berkeley
is to be determined; it means that the
influence of President Roosevelt and the
administration at Washington has been
thrown with that of President Wheeler
of the University of California and of a
large element of the best citizens in the
Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican league on
the side Of good government and peoples
rule and against the organization and
machine rule.
Under the circumstances it was the
graceful and polite thing for Congress-
man Knowland and Senator Perkins to
come down" and bow to the will of the
people.
Here endeth the first lesson.-Sacra-
mento Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

NEARLY all the newspapers of the
country refer to him as Francis j.
Henry, district attorney for California" "
says the critical Chattanooga News.
1.-THE man who is doing all of this re-
form work in San Francisco is Francis
J. Heeney, the most renowned prosecu-
tor in the employ of the government" !"
And yet who will deny that Mr.. Henry
or Mr.. Heeney or Mr.. Heany is not
famous, in spite of the stumbling block
in his name?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

Although Congressman Tawney has
warned the public that it must not ex-
pect the authorization of government
expenditures for any new work, this
should not be taken to mean that ap-
preparation bills desired by the lead
ers" shall not pass both houses. The
way to get an appropriation bill
through congress therefore is apparent.
First, be leader.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
PRoPER FooTeEAR

For clergyman-Cloth.
For a tourist-Rubber.
For an explorer-Arctics.
For Caucasian baby-White kid.
For negro baby-BlaclS kid.
For milkman-Pumps.
For book ageht-Canvas.
For a waiter-Tipped.
For collector Of the -Custom-made
For country lovers-Over-g CATERERS.
For cheeky person-Bronze.-Bohe-
milan.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
The Knabe Angelus

of nothing equal the fascination of driving
carthe perfect rhythm of its motion as it gdes along
smooth roadsthe exuant feeling of the quvering
responsive to the ghtes touch Of guidance-he e
haratng kaleidoscope sweep of landscape field brook and
farm-unless be the JOY Of playing the Knabe-Angelus
You love musc-of course-its an instructive passion
which you crafty by of the Angelus combined
with the Knabe Piano-both in handsome symmetrical
case which occupies space than the usual piano
you play the piano. the player will not interfere at all with
your personal playing- is Piano PanoPlayer Piano.
just you e-and you will enjoy comparing technique
Interpretation with the authoritative playing of the An
gelus which is taken from the interpretations of masters
OF course the "Melodant" attachment has contributed
largely to the individual supremacy of the KnabeAngeus
Cali on us when down town and this extraordinary
instrument
McNzwRManGD
4I6-4I8 So Broadway
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

A London newspaper declares that
there are two Roosevelts. That may
be. The country can stand several
dozen of him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

Troops will soon be needed in Salt
Lake City. The editor of the Tribune
has called the editor of the Deseret
News "the changeable liar"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

The Democracy will head for Pixies
Peak next summer; but this need not
be interpreted to mean that 1t will take
up the slogan Of the pioneers!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30

Denver already has begun to feel its
avena sativa.