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The Washington times., 1907-06-26
Two Methods.

Sometimes competition is the life
of trade, and then again sometimes
st is the death of trade and the
paralysis of enterprise.
Trolley railroads invaded south
ern New England and paralleled the
lines of the New Haven road, Civ
ing the communities for the first
time the benefit of a local yervice
such as had long been needed, but
which the railroad was not equipped
to give.
The New Haven didn't enjoy the
competition, and instead of improv-
ing its own service so as to meet the
competition, bought up the trolley
lines. Now there is community of
interest between the troIleys and
the railroad, and competition is IN
known.
In the territory of the Erie, the
trolley lines have lately been in
juring the local traffic of the rail
road, and the Erie management is
trying to handle the problem from
the other end. Instead of buying
and suppressing the trolley lines, il
is planning to compete with them,
and to this end is perfecting a
motor car Tor use on its lines, that
will make direct and telling COM
petition for the trolleys. The motor
cars will make trips often, and will
stop at all stations; giving in short
the same service that trolley lines
give.
In one case competition has been
put down and the public deprived of
much of the benefit of enlarged
facilities; in the other competition
has forced the railroad to improve
its facilities, and the public thus
gets double benefits.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
FORTUNE AWAITS
INVENTOR FOR P. 0.
Government Wants Device
to Deliver Mail Bags From
Swift Trains.

"A big fortune awaits the man who
can design a scheme for delivering mail
bags from moving trains declared
Second Assistant Postmaster General
McCleary today. a substitute for Irvine
in wrapping up letters VIII also bring
great riches to the inventor.
Men with brains have been expert
menting for years to solve the problem
Of how mail bags shall be received from
trains under full speed. Every day hun
dreds Of mail sacks are thrown from
fast moving trains on to the platforms
Of stations where II is impossible 10
make stops. The bags are frequently
forced under the wheels by suction. are
ground 10 pieces and the mail is scao-
tered broadcast. II they escape destruc-
ton in this way they are badly torn
and knocked about by ordinary rough
handling.
The Government has hunted in vain
for practical device for catching these
flying mail bags. A simple hook device
has been adopted by which a passing
train takes up waiting mail bag This
Is done by means OF hook and catcher.
The same scheme has been tried for de-
hverIng bags, but has been found un-
successful. the momentum gained In dis
charging the 2OO-pound bag being too
great TO be withstood by device OF this
kind. The Government VIII pay a big
price for the use OF a patent which
solves this problem.
we are also looking for an econom-
zeal substitute for Irvine. In every
pOstOftiCe Of the country letters are
wrapped UP with Irvine on being made
ready for delivery. Tie Government
pays hundreds of thousands of dollars
every year for Irvine We have had all
kinds of substitutes offered, but none
has proved satisfactory. Plenty Of prac-
teal devices have been submitted for
bundling up letters, but they all failed
before the test Of quickly untying them
One snap OF the scissors and the Irvine
is severed A good fastener which can
be disposed OF instantly viii be worth a
fortune to the inventor
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
A Good Bill.

Most of the barriers to a system
of retirement allowance for en-
ployes of the Government are re-
moved by the report of the Keep
Commission published in this paper
of yesterday Congress may vet
not indorse the project. But no lit
tie progress has been made when
practically all the substantial OBJ
jections which Congress can urge to
1t have been met and answered.
Two chief difficulties have hereto
fore stayed the approval of Senator'S
and Representatives.
The first is that the nation would
thus create civil pension list. The
second is that if the clerks them
selves bore the burden of the al
lowances the many who retired
from the departments after serving
only three or four years would be
taxed for the benefit of the few who
attained to the retirement age.
The bill reported by the Keep
Commission grips those problems at
the very beginning. 1t meets the
first by providing that each clerk
shall be assessed for his own future
annuity, and the second by provid-
ing that whatever the length of his
service each clerk shall receive on
the day of his separation from the
service the amount of his assess
ments with interest. The nation is
asked only to advance that sum of
money-constantly decreasing until
II reached zero-which is required to
start the system by retiring the
clerks now eligible.
Every man in Congress with COM
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
May Bar tuberculosis
By a State Quarantine,
Declares ArmySurgeOn
Asserts Consumption Is Contagious Like Scarlet
Fever, But Shutting Out Health Seekers
Delicate Question.

Following the recently announced de-
termination OF the Texas health authOri-
ties to debar eonsumptives from that
State, a retired army surgeon who is
considered an expert on tuberculosis
said today:
las a retired official have moth
ing to say regarding the probable
action Of the Marine Hospital Corps
authorities in event Texas should put
her threat into execution. but at the
same time / am personally of the opin-
ion that the State can quarantine
against tuberculosis in the same man
ner that it can against scarlet fever.
The question presented is a pc
culiar and delicate one There are two
classes to be considered-the sick and
the well. I can appreciate the feeling
OF the well people Of Texas. and other
Western States. too. who daily have
hundreds Of consumptives thrown into
their midst. sometimes in the last stages
OF the disease Were these invalids ali
people OF means, able 70 obtain the
proper medical attention. the situation
might be different. but II Is a lament
able fact that a number Of tuberculosis
patients visit Southern Texas, who are
barely able to pay their railroad fare
there.
Death in a great many cases fol-
lows soon after. and instances are not
infrequent where city and State authori-
ties have 10 provide means OF burial
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO 70
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2s, 1901.
New York and Virginia Women,

A significant circumstance is re-
vealed in the newspaper dispatches
from Houston, Va, telling of the
trial of Judge LOvingbfor shooting
a young man whom he believed to
have affronted his daughter. 1t was
stated that when the young woman
testified in behalf of her father not
another woman was in the court
room
The Loving case and the Thaw
trial are strikingly alike. In each
there is all the element of senti-
mental and dramatic appeal that is
involved in the invocation of the
''unwritten law" as a justification
for extreme measures in defending
woman and home. The Virginia
case has in it everything that the
Thaw affair had of excuse for sor-
did curiosity and silly sentimentai-
fy-
Yet while New York women fairly
besieged the court where Thaw was
tried, and made of the hearing a
spectacle and an entertainment, we
are assured that not one Virginia
woman was in the court room at the
most dramatic moment of this trial!
There would seem TO be some adj
vantage in living in the back woods.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

The presence Of these people who are
not able to receive the proper medical
attention, and, therefore, do no. take
the proper precautions 70 prevent the
spread Of the disease. must OF neces-
sity be objectionable 70 the well people
Of that State.
"On the other hand II seems a hard
ship TO deprive anyone OF these IN
better climate and the remedies pro-
vided BY nature. To prohibit their going
10 a cline which will make recovery pos
sible, or at least prOlOng life, seems a
cruel discrimination The case IS all
the more pathetic when the sufferer Is
financially unable 20 Pay for skilled
treatment, and as a last resort fees
TO the pure air and dry climate pro-
Vlded by nature
The Marine Hospital authorities some
years ago considered a matter OF this
kind and at that time considered the
passing Of regulations which would pre-
vent the entrance into the United States
by way OF any OF its ports. OF con-
sumptive immigrants. So bitter was
the protest against such discrimina-
ton, however, on the part OF the medi-
cal profession generally, that the idea
was abandoned. and since that time no
further effort has been made by either
National or State authorities 70 quar-
antine tuberculosis.
strictly speaking. I believe the dis
ease to be Quarantinable. as It Is IN
doubtedly conta giOus, but as j have said
before. the courts VIII have two en-
each worthy Of consideration and their
rights as American citizens-those who
are sick and those who are blessed
with health"
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

mercial training knows the need for
such a system in every large bust
ness. The others have only to look
about them. More than 500 of the
Invest non-governmental enter
prises in the country have developed
some such means of retiring their
oldest employees; and their scope
ranges from great combinations
like the Standard Oil Company and
trunk line railroads to small banks.
Hardly one OF these 500 assesses the
clerk for his own pension. All of
them provide for his retirement
after long service with the double
object of rewarding him and MAX
ing room for younger blood.
In the departments the fear of
discharge in old age and the failure
of the Government to pay a wage
which will permit OF substantial
savings against old age, have been
primal factors in persuading % per
cent of the whole body of the clerks
to resign every year. They have
drained the service of its best abiIi-
ties. If Congress would have the
several bureaus of the Government
administered according to the
standards of the best non-govern-
mental business it cannot ignore the
experience of non-governmental en-
ployers as to old-age retirements
and competent wages.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
ALGERIA WANTS WASPS
TO KILL HORSE FLIES

NEW ORLEANS, June 26.-The Amer
lean wasp is to be used in campaign
of determination Of the horse fly in
darkest Africa By request to louisiana
Crop Pest Commission. Abraham Rosen-
helm, assistant entomologist, is sending
an assignment OF these horse guards"
from Cameron parish. where the wasps
attain unusual size and ferocity A
band of embryo singers will be shipped
by way OF Havre on the steamship
Louisiana In refrigerated baskets with
the Dupae OF the insect.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
JAMESTOWN EXPENSES
REDUCED 40 PER CENT

NORFOLK. Va, June 2s.-At a meet
ing Of the boaro OF directors OF the
jamestown Exposition, action was taken
which completely revolutionizes the
management Of the exposition. now in
complete charge Of Director General
Barr. A committee report was received
recommending that the seven depart
ments OF the exposition, each with a
governor 1T its head. be merged into
four departments, with one head each,
which means that the board Of gov
ernors with salaries of its members
ranging from $4,000 10 5000 annually.
Will be legislated out Of existence. The
operating expenses Of the exposition
were shaken down about 20 per cent. or
from S120. 900 TO $4,000 monthly.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
JUDGE GRAY CONDEMNS
NEW FEDERAL POLICY

BEDFORD SPRINGS. Pa. June 90
Federal Circuit Justice George Gray, OF
Delaware, in a remarkable address be-
fore the Pennsylvania Bar Association
here condemned the recent Roosevelt
Root utterances as to proposed Federal
seizure OF interstate commerce thus:
And are we to say OF the suggestion re-
Gently made that If Congress is dlssat-
ished with the control given it by the
Constitution over interstate commerce.
it may arrogate TO itself the power TO
control all cCmmercer
If this can be carried out what po-
lice power of the State. however essen
ual to its existence, will not be at the
mercy OF the caprice of Congress?
L do not believe this new federalism
will commend itself TO the calm judg-
ment OF the American people"
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
COMPARES HOUSE OF LORDS
WITH THE u. S. SENATE

LONDON. June 26.-In the house OF
commons the debate on the premier $
resolution Nfth regard 70 the house OF
lords was resumed.
Arthur Hamilton Lee, Conservative
member for Hampshire, said TIE gov
ernment's grievance was that the house
OF commons was not allowed 10 have its
own way IN everything. He declared
that no chamber in any important cOun-
try had such a privilege. and instanced
the United States. where the Senate
even has the right to deal with money
bills.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
HOBSON PLOWS SOIL
INSTEAD OF THE SEA:
NOW FARMERS FRIEND

Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson. erst-
wnle apostle OF a billion-dolIar navy,
has changed his mind
The gallant captain has decided TO 60
IN for agriculture, instead Of war. No
more will he worry himself and the rest
OF the country with the specter OF yell
low Peril and japanese menace. He Is
going TO quit the sea and devote him
self 70 farming.
The fact IS that the captain has dis
covered the United States. He lived on
the water so long that ne got a notion
that it was the most important thing in
the world. simply because IL was the
biggest. And the story OF how he dis
covered his mistake is curious and char
acteristic.
When Captain Hobson broke into
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
NUMISMATIST PAYS $500
FOR D0UBL0ON WORTH sic

PHILADELPHIA. June 26-An pre-
vious records for the sale OF old coinA
were broken here when a dealer paid
$500 for the famous Brasher's New
York doubloon. the face value Of which
is only SIC.
Although this was the sensational
feature Of the days bidding. there were
many other coins OF trihing intrinsic
value which sold for enormous sums IL
was the first OF a five-day sale OF coins
from the collection OF the late Matthew
Adams Stickney. of Salem. Mass and
was conducted by Henry Chapman in
the auction rooms of Davis & Harvey.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
SEA POSTOFFIC[S
ON OCEAN LINERS

II Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral McCleary succeeds in some plans
he has IN mind. sea postonices will be
established on the ships Of the Cunard
and the French Steamship companies
lines, the only transatlantic liners
which are equipped with pos-o1ice IA
cilities. OveTtures have been made TO
these two companies looking 10 the
equipment OF postoffices on their ships.
Mr.. McCleary will go to Europe soon,
TO investigate certain postal affairs.
While abroad he Will confer with the
officers of the two steamship lines and
endeavOr 70 complete arrangements by
which American and foreign employees
VIII be placed On vessels Of these two
lines.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
GOV. VARDAMAN REPENTS;
NOW EVANGELISTS RECRUIT

JACKSON. Miss, June Ex-Governor
Vardaman Joined the long list of re-
cruits credited to the earnest work OF
the Rev Mr.. Gates, the revivalist, who
has been winning scores Of converts
daily
The governor has attended the meet
ings as often as time would permit, and
last night, when the evangelist made
a plea TO those who We're in error to
come forward and signify their inten-
tons to do better, Governor Warda-
man arose and STROBE resolutely to the
front of the altar. In a clear, distinct
and penitent voice he said: Il surren-
der all to the cause of Christ"
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
One of Depew's Worst.

"A block or two further on the con-
ductor went through the car again. and
Depew handed him another dime.
But have your fares already, pro-
tested the conductor.
L know it, answered Depew. This
money is for the company"
Il thought Mr. Depew had told me
everything" sobbed the King, but he
never told me that Is 1t true that Mr..
Depew rides in a tramp
There was a time in New York, not
long ago." responded Mark. when they
wouldn't have let him aboard a car on
the Canal street crosstown line. But
here Is one, your majesty. that ! am sure
will nit you in Buckingham Palace-in
other words, right where you live
And then, pitilessly and concisely he
put this one over the plate:
A tramp rang DR.. Smiths bell, and a
woman came to the door.
L" Madam said the tramp, will Won
please ask the doctor to give me a pair
of old pants%
"She smiled. and said: I don't think
they viii answer
g Why not? whined the tramp.
Because 1 am the DOCTOR said she +"
There was a loud crash. When assist
ance arrived the King was down and
out, murmuring to himself:
'Suffragettesi Suffragettes! Suffrag-
ettes Suffering Suffragettes! WHY
don't these American humorists stay at
homer"
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
TWO VIEWS OF JONES.

he wore far and absent look.
His massive brow in study bent.
Thus solemnly he sat in church.
His mind on pious thoughts intent.
In fact, so purely did he soar
Above this sordid. mundane state,
He did not notice when that morn
They passed the plate.
He wore a maniacal look,
His eyes and mouth were open wide.
And jumping from his grand stand seat
He rooted with the swelling tide.
Then every cent he had he bet
In blissful and ecstatic state,
1t was the time the Giants played
They passed the plate.
New York Sun
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
CEASE OPPOSITION
TO J. H. BANRHEAD

past twenty-four hours practically
assured the election Of John II. Bank
head for the balance OF the term OF
John T. Morgan, in the Senate, II now
being evident that there viii be no oppo-
sition on the part OF the forces Of the
State administration heretofore hostile
After a conference with the governor,
Henry B. Gray. lieutenant governor and
leader OF the railroad control forces
gave out a statement 10 the effect that
Bankhead had been nominated over
wheImingly by the people, and would
not be opposed.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
HAUNT HIS ENEMY,
SUICIDES THREAT

BUFFALO. n. Y. June 26.-"Curse
him; may my ghost haunt. him as long
as he lives. was a sentence in a letter
left addressed to his wife by William
Flechsner, jr., of % Moffatt street,
Brooklyn, who killed himself at the
home of Lloyd Knapp, where he was a
guest.
Fleschner arrived in Buffalo last
Thursday. Soon after the Kanpps re-
tired Saturday night they heard a pistol
shot
He said in his letter that starvation
wages prompted him to kill himself.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
SETS G0BBLER ON EGGS,
INTERPRETED WITH HENS

ALLENTOWN, Pa, June 26.-Because
an old gobbler always chased off the
turkey hens that were trying to do their
duty in Matching out a brood Of young
turkeys. Mrs. John Stoudt, OF Alburtis.
took the twenty-five eggs and put them
under the old gobhler. shutting him in
TO his task The latter has now been
ION the job" for. two weeks and gives
no signs of weakening. He is very
cross, though, and no doubt will make a
poor mother for the brood.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
OFFERS BRIBE OF $4,000,
CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY

PITTSBURG, June 2s.-Charles r,
Richardson. a broker, was convicted in
criminal court OF conspiring with Har-
vey P. Bostaph. Joseph Flaherty. and
J. H MilhoHand to attempt to bribe
councilmen with $4,000 TO pass the Pitts
burg and Tube City railroad franchise
ordinance.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26
Here Twain Butts In.

The King started toward a push but
ton in the wall to summon the captain
of the guards. Twain headed him off
His majesty's rubicund countenance
was wrinkled into lines Of perplexity.
BracinE himself with a palpable effort
he prepared for the next.
"A school teacher was lecturing on
natural history and told how the Eng
fish sparrows had been imported TO kill
the worms on the trees in the parks.
The sparrows.' she said. have he
come almost as numerous as the worms
were
Noticing that Johnny Jones was in
attentive she suddenly asked:
Now. Johnny, which do you think
are the worst-the worms or the spar
rows?''
Don't know answered Johnny, 4
never had the sparrows. "
At the mention Of English sparrows
King Edward perceptibly frightened
He imagined he was going to hear some
thing that would allow him to t1it Mark
Twain with being a nature faker As
the story proceeded tears filled the royal
eyes and at the wind-up he was weep
ing.
Was there not something of that kind
In song in the 'MikadO?' " he inquired
Mark Twain disdained to answer. but
hurried him along to the fifth yarn.
My friend, Senator Depew, boarded
a street car one day. A politician was
with him, and the Senator handed the
conductor 10 cents
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

Governor Vardaman got religion at a
Mississippi revival and declared that he
would be a better man hereafter. The
sincerity OF his conversion will be ac-
cepted by the Hon John Sharp williams
just as soon as the governor comedies
that no truly good man ought to try to
be United States Senator.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

Astronomers are reporting the dis
covery Of new canals on Mars. 1t is
with much regret that we are compelled
to postpone till another visit the display
to the Martiaas OF a handsome new
canal in the isthmian region Of this
planet
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

Congress. he set about TO soIidify him
self with the constituency that had
elected him. down in Alabama He
decided on scheme that has been the
admiration and envy Of every Congress
This is what he did:
Borrowed Farm Experts
He borrowed from the Department OF
Agriculture four men, specialists in va
rious agricultural phases: DR.. J. A
Bonsteel, in charge OF soil surveys;
Messrs. Wilson. Of the Bureau OF Plant
Industry; Lancaster. OF the Bureau OF
Road Construction; Miller. OF Forestry,
and. finally. he enlisted Director Dug
gar. OF the Alabama experiment station
With this aggregation OF talent he
toured his district. held meetings at
towns. villages. and school houses in
vited the people in, and had his experts
ten them all about their soil, the crops
they ought 70 raise. the mistakes they
were making. the modern improvements
IN agriculture. the ways 20 make essy
money with side lines" on the farm
IN short, he held an agricultural insti-
tute in every township. The discus
siOns were strictly practical, confined 10
local conditions. which the scientists
studied and explained
Tour Was Triumph.
The people came first by hundreds,
then by thousands. TIE tour developed
into triumph. Nothing Ike II was
ever known IN that section. The people
have gone Wild on the subject. They
can't get documents from the depart
ment fast enough They have discov-
cred that Hobson is the only true friend
the downtrodden farmer ever had. any
how He has promised 70 tour the dis
trict each year for them. and to devote
himself hereafter to agriculture's inter
est
When he was elected TO Congress.
HObson thought his mission was 20
build big navy. He got a written
Endorsement from every member Of tho
Alabama delegation for a place on the
naval committee Well, he has released
all his colleagues, given Up aspirations
for the naval committee, decided that
he wants 10 be on agriculture instead
which he can get-and viii become an
expert In blowing the soil rather than
the sea He has discovered the science
Of agriculture.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

Friends and supporters Of the English
mouse OF peers are using the United
States Senate as an illustration Of the
proper status OF the upper chamber Of
a parliament The Liberals If they agree
to an adjustment on this basis, will at
least make future sessions Of the com
mons less strenuous The work Will be
done by the lords
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

Now, II they prove that Orchard was
as much Of liar as he was Of a muir
derer, and as much OF traitor as he
was a liar, it viii be necessary to de-
pose Benedict Arnold from the position
he has so long occupied.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

The entirely expected has happened.
The walters in convention assembled
have given out the tip that they will
continue to take in the tins.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

Mark Twain might have known that
If he went gallivantin' around with those
bloomin' Britishers in that fashion
something would happen to make him
sorry And IT has.-The staff of Punch
has given its approval to his humor.
The Washington times., 1907-06-26

Mr.. Yoakum, OF the Rock-Island Frisco
system, is in favor Of limiting capitalize
ton by strict laws Mr.. Yoakum might
hire saw mill and turn it loose on the
beam in his own eye.