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The Washington times., 1907-06-16

like the pursuit OF the criminals
know Of no greater pleasure than the
knowledge that have brought "A
criminal TO Justice and have carried
out the orders Of my chief.
IT'S an intricate game. you know.
There's a lot 10 do after you have per-
suaded yourself that you have the
criminal You must get together
enough evidence. visible and tang
ible evidence. 10 prove indisput-
ably 70 other people that you have the
right man. It's Ike working out a
puzzle very often. piecing together the
little ends and securing a scrap OF
paper hcre. an important witness
there it's exhtiiratinE and always
exciting.
- -
Fascinating Work.
People often ask me II I'm afraid %
the work and the consequences Of
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are due the speedy exposures Of all the
wickedness that laid low the civic
honor of San Francisco's rulers.
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Girl Detective
Bright Eyes
Lured LOOterS
to Prison.

ASFiED from the heights of gotn wealth to the very por
tails of the grim pententary-and all by the wileS OF
woman-he Francisco 'bOodleS and gTafters"
denying their guilt in vain and trying TO explain away
fless words Of the most shameless and gigantic sWndng
schemes pepetraed
And the who brought them to their doom smiles and goes
to fields of work For Marie Ware Mckinley regular empoye
of the Secret Service of the United States her life work down
the smooth voor of law and the Swd thieves who prey upon
peoples money.
story followed San Fran
cisco reads like fairy tale The figures into which her rewards for her
almost fabulous Without fear and endowed with mind
that puts her ahead of many male detective this young
tower of strength TO the Secret Service Her bright eyes Lch brown
hair pretty figure and attractive feat make her companion whose
society eagerly sought by
The Washington times., 1907-06-16
fascinating Work.

People often ask me n I'm afraid %
the work and the consequences Of
The Washington times., 1907-06-16

. HAT the nation has not forgot
ten it's crstwhile laughmaker IS
evidenced by the wide interest
v,opffasfed Ip the aractTop % a
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
SAFETY IN INDUSTRY
A WORKINGMAN'S RIGHT

Last year S1S lives were lost in the
mills, factories. and mines at Pitts
burg In the same time 1851 employees
were killed by the railroads in this
country. This represents industrial
manslaughter and gives point to Presi-
dent RoOsevelt's plea for automatic
liability for the injury of employees
without recourse TO the defense Of
contributory negligence.
In England a wOrkmen's cOmpensa-
tion act. holding employers to a strict
liability for accident arising out Of
and IN the course Of employment" Will
go into effect July I. Under the sweep
ing provisions OF this law a workman
contracting a ----ase in his master 3
employ. a hOusemaid injuring her knee
while lighting a fire. an actor sprain-
ing his ankle on the stage. may hold
their employers for damages. Curates
and choir boys come under its prOtec-
tiOn. Can there be any doubt
that fatal accidents would be less fire.
quent here If the English law were
adapted to American COnditiOns.-New
York World
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
SOME TIRECRACKER FACTS.
WHERE AND HOW THEY'RE MADE

The greater part. OF the almost s., OOO,-
o00 worth Of flrecrackers annually ex-
ported by China comes to New York
And the United States stands next to
China in its use of them
Thousands of Chinese men, women,
and children work at the making of fire.
crackers, for there are no manufactures
there. the work being done by hand
They receive only about $40 for making
10000 tirecrackers. laboring from 6 In
the morning until II at night seven days
a week.
So a Chinese woman or child works
ike a slave for two days to earn what
is spent on q few punches of firecrack-
ers by the urchin bent on doing Justice
to the glorious Fourth
To produce cOlOred fire. metal filings
are added to the gunpowder compost
ton; steel filings for brilliant fire OF
cast iron filings for Chinese fire. Cop
per filings give a greenish tint to flame:
zinc filings give a fine blue color; pow
dered magnesium a dazzling white
light; amber colophony or common salt
affords a yellow fire Dampblack pro-
duces q very red color. with gunpowder.
and pink with inter in excess, and IL
is used for making golden showers.
Verdigris ilnparts a pale green; sal am
mOntac. palm tree green: bar1um salts.
grass green: potassium picrate n
Whistl1ng sound; camphor, a very white
fame and aromatic fumes.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
Five New Plays
On Program of
Klaw & Erlanger

Klaw & ErIanger's plans for the dra-
matte season have been completed.
They will present IN the earlier part
five new plays and four old pieces
which have proved successes. The new
plays are vehicles for Lulu Glaser and
Lillian Russell, a dramatic version by
Eugene Presbrey Of Sir Gilbert Parker s
The Right Of Way" Henry Arthur
Jones The Galilean,s Victory" and
Edmund Days drama, The Round Up"
which was recently seen In Chicago and
made a sensational hit at McVIcker's 8
Theater The old successes TO he con-
tinued are Ben Hur,' which will begin
its ninth season in Syracuse September
9; AS Minutes From Broadway which
will open in New Rochelle August 81 !:
Mcintyre and Heath. in ''The Ham Tree. .
who begin their third season in this
vehicle at Atlantic City August 5. and
Ptxley & Luders The Grand Mogul -
with Frank Mouian in the principal role
which opens at the Grand Opera House
In New York September g. In addition
TO these plays, klaw & Erlanger have
several other new productions which
they viii put on later in the season and
after the beginning OF the year.
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Miller
Turns Farmer
Off the Stage

Henry MiIler's activity has converted
Hilltop. his new country estate over
looking Stamford. Conn, from dream
ing solitude TO a spot OF many activi-
ties. says the Dramatic Mirror. Up and
down It's green carpeted sides dashes
several times a day the crimson streak
Of the actor-manager's automobile. car
rying him and his guests 10 and from
the train.
In the intervals the crimson streak
is succeeded by the glossy bay Of Lin
ertck, the Irish hunter, on which the
master OF Hilltop takes daily gallops,
and each is superseded at least once a
day by iron gray Steve, the light
footed roadster that trots of disdaining
the weight OF the go-cart Of guests as
z feather. Twister. the amiabIe bull
terrier, who WIS master Of ceremonies
at the Princess Theater. in the inter
vals OF his masters absence. Is the
head OF the animal menage.
Jack and Mary. two yellow coIIies.
pay him the Difference that is is due
Two Jersey COWS assist the illusion Of
farming. But the interest and wonder
Of the amateur farmer centers In the
spotted ten-dsy-old product OF one Of
these Jerseys, calf, that for guile and
strength and unexpectedness surpasses.
he declares. an living creatures. Mr..
Miller knows whereof he speaks. for
twice ne has essayed to guide the
strange creature to the barn with amaz-
Ing and unflattering results.
Inventive genius may not be repress-
ed. even though a man be concentrating
MS chief energies upon amateur farm
ing 1t has ever been the problem or
hShermen how 10 sleep though fishing.
This. in his moments free from harm
yard and garden concerns. Mr.. Miller
has solved. He attached one end Of tba
line 10 bottle, baited the hook and
flung ii into the stream. The rnysterI-
Gus operation was repeated and rerc-
Peated until there floated about in that
poruon OF the brook that widens into
lake six bottles, that were now and
then strangely disturbed. executing odd.
impatient movements on TIE otherwise
u1troubled surface Of the usually placid
lake. Meanwhile in his hammock Mr.
Miller slept. His half hour nap over
he cast a cOntemplative eye at he
bottles They were still floating and
some had made their way a considerable
distance down stream Yawning the
fisherman bestirred himself to a row.
boat, pushed his boat out amidstream
and recovered the bottles. Attached II
the hook of each was a fine brook
trout I hesitate to repeat the alleged
dimensions Of those trout, for this Is
truthful column. But the cook cor
roborates the story as to the methods
and number
Tether ball and baseball. rambles
through the woods. and grand opera by
way Of a talking machine. are pleasures
supplementary to discussions of farm
ing and Spins about the tree e-shadowed
country roads
All these accounts for the dirninutio0
OF avoirdUpois. the accession OF rosiness
and the boyish spirits of the popular
actor-manager.
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Thick and fast these same meally
tokens of appreciation come. Is 1t pos
sible that this is the fashionable audi
ence that he had dreamed OF all his
life? With a frantic gesture he threw
himself toward the wings.
Bump! It Is all over. He has fallen
out Of bed.
Edwin Forrest Broadfoot looked about
him. The room was dark, and In place
had on only nightshirt- Where was
he?
All, yes: now he remembered. Twas
but a dream. He was really in New
fork-that was true; the opera house,
the audience all the rest was but the
airy visitation of the night.
Suddenly through the window there
his feet. he picked il up; 1t was a
carrot. Near by was potato slightly
overripe-this part of the dream then
was real also.
Mr.. Broadfoot sprang from the floor
and gathering his night shirt about him,
the habit OF a man who has worn a
togR. rushed to the window
Out or Thirty-fourth street stood a
man near a garbage pail. whistling
something that sounded much like I'm
Waiting for You" This then was the
overture OF which he had dreamed.
Here, what are you doing?' called
out Mr.. Rroadfoot. II was bad enough
TO be made the recipient Of decayed
vegetables when you. were acting In
were peacefully sleeping-doing no one
any harm-it was too much.
1T was not you" called. back the
man with a decided German accent And
up through the air came another tuber
''Police!' yelled Mr. Broadfoot, and
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
WIGGS
SCORES HIT

One Of the great hits OF the London
season was Mrs. Wiggs of the Gao
bage Patch" Some American plays
have cold receptions, but Miss Wigs
won all hearts. London took to Mrs.
Wigs and her brood because of the
human nature that is in them, took TO
the play because of the very human
story that It tells. 1t fell in love with
AIRS. wigs because that sublime .crea-
ture possesses a nature and tempera-
ment that all humanity loves. the quiet,
CHEEKY heroism which grows stronger
and more CHEEKY as trouble and danger
and difficulties thicken. That is why
America fell in love with her.
William Archer, writing in the London
Tribune. has some pertinent remarks
about the so-cailed stock companies IN
the United States. He says: lone of
the chief advantages of repertOry the
ater is that while it gives it's actors
practice IN variety Of parts it also al
lows them a reasonable amount of leis-
ure HOW different is the state Of things
at the stock company theater? Here
the company is so small that most of
its members are engaged in every play
that is presented: they have to act. not
four or 1--WE times, but some times as
many as twelve times in the week, and
while they are acting every afternoon
and evening. they have to be rehearsing
every morning the next weeks produc-
ton. 1t seems almost incredible that
flesh and blood can stand such an ap-
palling strain. One wonders that the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals does not interfere. At any
rate, no artistic results of any value
are to b. expected from such merciless
slave driving. and. as a matter OF fact.
I cannot learn that the stock company
theaters have proved good nurseries or
recruiting grounds for the stage at
large"
The Follies of 1907 had it's first
production Monday night in the Jardin
de Paris atop of the New York and Cri-
terion Theaters. 1t is a satire upon
everything timely that has a burlesQue
side No respect whatever is shown
for great men OF the hour and the audi
ence thoroughly enjoys the shafts of wit
and humor hurled at the great ones
There are twenty musical numbers IN
the production, with new dances and
specialties.
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IF you be so kind I want not TO say
the lady's name out in court"
a lady, eh2 Do you live II the
house2"
mo. your honor. 1t is my lady friend
She tell ne TO whistle for her and she
will come TO the window. Sne don
come and I try 10 wake her"
well. II seems tC me, young man.
that before you make another attempt
Of this kind you ought TO go out TO
some ball field and practice Up. I'll dis
charge this man If you have no further
complaint 10 make against him. Mr..
BroadfoO-'
y have no complaint, your honor. "
said the actor. although il is very dis
agreeable 70 be walked from SOUND
sleep"
1T depends on the kind OF ireams that
you are having, Mr.. Broadfoot." com
mented his honcr.-New York EveninS
Telegram.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
JOYS OF CONTENT,
GAINED BY PATIENCE

Ny last word shall be TO my readers.
and I win beg Of them not 20 be de-
ceived either by experts or by critics.
on the one hand, not 10 be frightened
away from speculating and rejecting
about toe possible meanings OF life BY
the people who say that no one under
the degree Of a Bachelor OF Divinity has
eny right TO tackle the matter; and. on
the other hand. I would impl0re them
10 believe that a quiet life is not neces-
sarily dull life. and that the cutting of
Of alcohol does not necessarily mean q
lowering OF physical vitality; but rather.
that II they viii abstain for a little
from dependence upon excitement. they
viii find their lives flooded BY a new
kind Of quality. which heightens per
ception and increases joy
OF course. souls viii ache and all, and
we have 10 bear the burden Of our an
cestOrs' weaknesses as well as the bur
den OF our own. but just as in the
physical region. diet and exercise and
regularity can effect more cures than
the strongest medicines. so. in the life Of
the spirit. self-TesIrainr and deliberate
Limitation and tranquil patience will
often lead into a vigorous and effective
channel the stream that. left 10 itself.
welters and wanders among shapeless
pools and melancholy marshes.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
Shower of Vegetables
Descend on Near=ACtOr,
Even During His Dreams
He Slept the Sleep of the Just, and There Came
the Awakening With All Its Realism.

Just as the attacking party prepared 70
send forth another pTOjeCtile. a blue
coated representative Of the law came
around Eighth avenue.
Magistrate Finn. In the West Fifty
fourth street court, had listened sym
patheucally 10 Mr.. Broadfoot's story Of
his disturbed slumbers
Did this man explain 10 YOU why he
was throwing things into your room p"
he asked.
He did not. your honor" was the re
ply.
What explanation have you to offer
for this strange COnduct?'
IT was all a mistake" stammered the
defendant 4 was trying 70 make
awake somebody on the second floor -
Somebody, eh? Who Is this some
hOCy9-f
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twas the night before Christmas.

Twas the night before Christmas.
About the Metropolitan Opera House
surged the fashionable crowd that had
gathered from all parts OF the United
States and Canada 20 see Edwin Forrest
BroadfoCt make his first appearance be-
fore a New York audience
In the wings stood the distinguished
actor himself, richly garbed as OtheTo.
He was cool and collected. although it
was the great event Of his life For
twenty years he had played the tank
towns" on the Mississippi river circuit,
though once he had played IN the com
pany OF James Owen O'ConnOr, In New
ark.
But always hal he believed that New
York was yeaninE for him. and now.
proud moment. he could see through the
peephole IN the curtain the great audi
ence yearn-
The overture. which seemed intermin-
able. is at last over.
The curtain Is up.
Cool and collected. magnificent IN his
bejeweled garb. certain OF his success.
enters Edwin Forrest Broadfoot-
Immediately there is an uprOar in the
house. Edwin Forrest Broadfoot bows
his appreciation. and then
Swat.
Right on his little bald spot some
mealIy vegetable has struck hlm-just
where he was hit once before by an
unappreciative rufrian Of Paris, KY.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
FEAT OF FREIGHT HAULING.

The feat Of shipping a steel mast Is8
feet long was recently accomplished by
the Great Western railroad Of England.
The mast was three feet in diameter
and weighed fourteen tons The trans
pOrtation was accompanied by loading
the mast on seven cars. the great coli
umn being supported by holsters on the
second and fifth cars The holsters were
elghty-fiYe feet apart, and the mast we
successfully transported In this manner
from Liverpool 10 Plymouth Consider
able difficulty was experienced in turn
ing some Of the sharper curves OF the
line and traffic was interrupted for a
while at one or two points.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
Folks. FIOcking
Back to Old Broadway

his impersonations in the plays of Jacob
Gordin. Ibsen, GOrky, and Sudermann
among many others and fervent trib-
utes have been paid to his versatility,
his wide emotional range, mis- tragic in
tensity. his humor. his pathos, and the
veracity Of his human types. Beyond
question he is an able and experienced
actor. but II remains to be proved
whether or not. in his long service in
the Yiddish theater. nc has acquired
of which he will not hnd IL easy to
rid himself upon the English stage.
Various are the opinions expressed
upon the formation g 4 theatrical
trust to control the I eaters of the en-
tire eartn. but the consensus OF opinion
is that II viii break itself apart from
its own weight. A theatrical orgnniza-
ton OF such vast dimensions, which.
while it monopolizes the best places OF
entertainment. at the same time aims at
depriving both actors and playwrights
of their legitimate opportunities. must
in course Of time fall to pieces through
the ordinary processes OF dry rot The
poor drama will be reduced 20 pretty
~ PASS II UAlStbAN DGAOAt AAAe &C
currence Of the collapse. but when the
way has once more been opened to free
competition. the day Of her resurrection
will not be far distant
David Warheld. having closed his
Boston engagement. is back in New,
York making final arrangements for a
limited vacation, 70 be spent not far
from Broadway.
I've packed up all my duds,'' said
the actor a day or two ago. "and now
for three weeks I'm going to forget what
foOtlights are. I'm not going TO think OF
The Music Master or any other play.
In that way I'll get the burrows
cleared out OF my head. and when ]
come back, late in July. I'll be in a
At state Of receptivity to listen to the
new play, whatever it is.
mo, honest InjUn, 1 haven't heard a
line Of Il, nor has Mr.. Belasco told me
anything of the plot. His method is
wise. after all. I'll come back with
new zest and keen, unabated curiosity,
all OF which is going TO help me to worl,
enthusiastically.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

The promised appearance in a Broad
way theater. in English play, of the
favorite Yiddish actor, David Kessler,
long idol of the East Side, will be a
dramatic event of more than common
interest For many years he had ex-
ated enthusiasm on the East Side by
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-25
FLEET WILL SAIL
NEXT DECEMBER
GOING THROUGH THE STRAITS
OF MAGELLAN AND UP THE
PACIFIC COAST TO SAN FRAN
CISCO.

Oyster Bay n Y. Aug. 2l.-The
Atlantic battle ship fleet will start
fol the Pacific in December. accord
ing to an official statement issued TO
might BY Secretary Loeb at the direc-
tion Of President Roosevelt The
statement was made following a con
ference before noon between the
president and representatives OF the
navy department. II follows:
"A conference this afternoon be.
tween President Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Newberry.
Rear Admiral Brownson, Chief of the
pureau OF Navigation aud Rear Adj
miral Evans. commander of the At
luntie fleet, was held 70 decide some
OF the details IN connection With the
fleets going to the Pacific. The feet
viii consist of le battle ships aud viii
start some time in December. going
through the Straits OF Magellan and
up TO San Francisco and will probably
also visit Puget Sound The route by
which il viii return has aot yet been
deeiIed The destroyed fiotilla viii
leave for the Pacific about the same
time as the feet. bit will not accom-
pany IT,"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-25
WILL TRY TO
SETTLE STRIKE
OF TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
LABOR LEADERS To GATHER
IN NEW YORK.
STRIKE BENEFITS PAID
Married Operators Fayored--check
Boys Strike in st. Lous-Break
Occurs In Strike at
Louisville.

New York, Aug. 24-Ilnless the
Long Island railroad consents to
shorten hours ana sign an increased
wage scale by next Wednesday. It
was declared today that the Order OF
Railroad Photographers would call out
200 Long Distance operators.
Since the strike of commercial
telegraphers' began the Long Island
operators. almost to a man, have re-
fused to handle commercial messages
for the Western Union company,
The situation in the commercial
teIegraphers' strike was expressed by
Depgty President Percy Thomas, by
the one word. Stick which the
strikers have adopted as their slogan.
He addressed the strikers who as
sembled ut Everett Hall today telling
them the finance committee was now
ready to consider applications from
strikers who are in need. Married
luen will be given preference in the
matter Of assistance. but it is be-
lived all can be materially aided
President Small Of the Commercial
Photographers Union of American, it
was announced by Mr.. Thomas. will
leave Chicago for this city tomorrow.
The announcement was also made
that President John Mitchell and
President Samuel Gompers Of the
American Federation Of Labor will
ccme to this city.
Mitchell, it was stated, would ar
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-25
THE FIRST BREAK
Claimed BY Officers Of Western Union
at Louisville.

Louisville, KY Aug. 2i.-OfEicials
os the Western Union claim that the
first real break in the telegraph oper-
ators strike came this afternoon
when four of the strikers called at
the office of the Western Union and
asked to be given their old positions
back. Manager Charles Smith com
piled with the request and later in
the day three more. hearing of their
brother operators. requested that they
tco. be- reinstated, and they began
work tonight.
This action the company officials
ciaim TO mean that the backbone of
the strike is broken and that oper-
atcrs all over the country will return
TO work during the next few days and
that by the middle of next week at
least the strike will be entirely
broken.
II is said here tonight that the
operators were forced to return to
work because of the lack of funds. as
the strikers were only receiving from
three to seven dollars per week dur
ing their enforced idleness. and as
many OF the strikers were men with
families, they could not subsist on the
money paid fin by the union.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-25
ROBBER ATTACKS
LADY COLLECTOR
vANpALiA WOMAN is KNOCKED
DOWN AND BEATEN IN
THE STREET.
Was Employe Of Telephone Company
Thinks Her Asssilant's Motive
Was Robbery.

Vandalia, Ill.,. Aug 24--As Miss
Maude Wright, LEGAL collector for tn
Bell Telephone company. was return
ing to her home in the northers part
fthe city last night, she was attach
ed by man who came upon her from
behind. kiQcked her down, clicked
and severely beat her.
Her assaiIant cautioned her not to
make any noise on pain of death.
Miss Wright said. but she did nc'
heed his warning. Her cries so fright
ened the highwayman that he fieG.
leaving her lying on the sidewa'F.
Doctor Greer. who was attracted hy
Miss Wright's screams, went TO nor
assistance. carrying her into mis- bnine
and giving her medical aid.
In the struggle Miss Wright's cloth
ing was badly torn, and her throat
bore finger prints. Robbery, she
thinks, was the motive.