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The Washington times., 1907-09-25
WIDOW OF MINSTREL
RICH NINE OWNER?
Mrs. Jack HaVerly, Poor.
Reported to Have Re-
covered Fortune.

NEW YORK. sept. 25.-Mrs. JACK
Haverly. widow Of the famous minstrel
man may come into her own again
ard through the medium of Colorado
mines. Almost penniiess, Mrs Haverly
fs earning her own living here by sell
inc cold cream to theatrical folk She
hos becn called the most cheerful
-hrolte' woman I'm New York. keernCis
a man sought 20 ind Mrs haVet ~,
saving he had good news for her, put
roiild not locate her. This caused her
TO write 10 the editor OF the Denver
par3er the following note;
''Some time aSc there came mlIiihS
man 10 the Primrose Theater wanting
10 know my whercai outs, asserting ne
wanted 10 give me my share OF 2 mine
or some stocks that had proved vail
able. knowing of my departed nus
hands investments IN Colorado, /
thought maybe there might be some
thing IT. the story
1T would be a blessing 10 ne now,
and If you would insert an article IN
YOUR valuable Journal giving my adj
dress. I should consider IL very great
favor. Very truly,
MRS. JACK HANERLT,
- West Forty-second street New
York"
Friends ST the plucl1y little woman
hope that she may again come into a
good fortune.
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

ence. Thus, the distance between
Terre Haute, Ind. and Paris, IL, is
eighteen miles. Yet a ticket to the
former place from st. Louis costs
$3.50 more than a ticket to the lat
ter. Travel from St. Louis to any
point in Illinois is interstate, so
that the ticket purchaser may well
turn away from the window puzzled
when told that this extraordinary
difference is due to the fact that he
purposes crossing the Indiana
line"
Persistent inquiry into this second
case revealed the cause. The rail-
roads had run afoul of organized
business sentiment in ST. Louis and
yielded. They had tried to charge
three cents a mile to all the army
of ulinoisans accustomed TO do
their shopping in ST. Louis. Imme-
diately trade began to turn away
from the Missouri metropolis to
Chicago. Whereupon the St. Louis
shippers came down on the rail-
roads heavier than all the Legisla-
lures in the Mississippi valley,
brought about through" rates at
two cents a mile, and saved their
trade futures But Terre Haute
indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Vol
cottyiIle, being smaller towns in the
railroad view, viii continue 10
suffer.
All of which is Of interest chiefly
in showing that the power TO fix
rates" in the latest amendment 10
the interstate commerce act has not
suficed to achieve reasonable pas
senger tariffs.
The Washington times., 1907-09-25
Interstate Arithmetic.

Here in the East we have not
been much troubled by the two-cent-
a-mile rate. Either our States are
so narrow that all our. travel is in
terstate, or the courts have set
aside the law, or the Legislatures
have not yet come to our rescue
But out West the new rate has been
lawfully established, the courts re-
we're f.. and one can travel long dis
tapces without crossing a State
lire. So it is no wonder that such
letters as the following. written to
the Chicago Tribune, are beginning
to appear:
fell into the meshes of the mystic
Y-ious railroad rates within a week. and
have been figuring ever since without
reaching a sane conclusion. Can you or
anv Of your readers help me out? Here
Is the history Of my case:
Last Saturday 7 went 20 the Polk
street depot and bought ticket on the
Wabash 10 WOlCOttville, Ind. l35 miles.
1 paid $3.50. although Indiana and Hi
nois have Uncomfortable rate laws.
on my return. before 1 bought the
ticket. 1 met a friend. Acting on his adj
vice ] bought a ticket at WolCOttville
to Hamnr ond. Ind. 1l3 miles. and paid
$50 for T. At Hammond : PAID the
train conductor, Hammond TO Chicago,
TWENTY-FIVE miles, 30 cents Thus from
WolcottVine 10 Chicago 1 paid $3.50,
whereas from Chicago TO Wolcottville
I paid $3.50.
Row. according TO my figures. 135 miles
AT 2 cents a mile would make $40.
Therefore. the company beat me out OF
% cents going. and I beat the company
out Of 10 cents returning, thus putting
me To the bad 81 cents not
Isn't that correct? And isn't that the
rule with mitch OF the business between
the public and the railroad corpora
tions2
But please tell me why the twO-cents-
annie rate laws don't work out con-
sistently. TRAVELLER
The only explanation apparent is
that the railroad is trying to use
our form Of national government to
punish the states. It is poor ex-
cuse; If the railroad can find bet
ter let il speak mp.
But this kind of trouble reaches
further than "Trayeler's" expert
The Washington times., 1907-09-25
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH
WHEN STRANGER DIES

NEW YORK. Sept 3,-Edwar1 Jack
son, negro, sixty-Seven years old, OF
IL Communipaw avenue. Jersey CITY.
eight hours after he fell unconscious.
Dr- James Wilkinson. who attended
jackson, found him unconscious and
could not arouse him He called IN two
other physicians, and after a thorough
investigation IL was decided that Jack
son died Of shock due TO fright He had
been IN good health He was sitting at
his front window on the first floor when
4 negro named Lee, who had been
stabbed, jumped from an upper window
Jackson saw HIM go down and with
q scream he fell unconscious. and le-
manned in that condition until he died.
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

greasy .leighbors. Everybody
in neighLorhood cooking onions.
u nl.-Examined three fats in last
hour. Elevators az two apart
menLs out OF nX-ss usual
Walked up End down i've
flights.
2. m--FOund a real cute house out "a
northwest. but entirely TOO far
away from school. Darling
viii be going 70 school in few
years, and the little dear must
not walk far.
u--CaleS IN Mrs. Smith. from
ION We rented fat last win
ter she asked 500 more just
on account OF our baby. Ths
idea. 7 could hardly suppress
my indignation However. she
looks much more common
THAI formerly and the atmOs-
TleIe might not be best. after
all
p Nam desperate. Lovey has but
one day OF from the once
Sno n-o nave nothing IN sight
I-l1 row with another agent
VI hin past hour over our
ne man. All bachelors
should be taxed or forced 10
rid an affinity.
p. M. is hopeless Have pho=lvd
.nJuNer 70 come up and talk
T. over
p. m.-Real ez-ate Offices all closed.
Back to Back Hall Room.
As Mrs Newly-wed finished the last
entry an clderiy-lcoking woman stepped
brisldy up the walk, glanced disar-
prOyiugly az AIr. NeWlywed. and said:
Catherine. ] see absolutely no use
IN this fcoishness. We have a back
hau room and a kitchen at horue ana
you and AlgeruOn can move over next
L.
THE fat viii cost yoE So and your
pro rata Of the coal bill I have talked
II over with John and we'll look for
you and Algle tomorrow.
Mr.. NewiyWed sighed deeply and
wandered into the house. as his Wile
Cesan 10 recite 10 the sympathetic lis
tener the trials and rebufrs Of tho day.
After the irresponsible mOther-in-law
mad gone, Mrs New iywed came in and
found him disconsolately packing the
furniture
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

up our experiences OF the day for our
pet TO read when he gets a big man"
Diary of the Day.
A moment later Mrs. Newlywed was
scribbling industrio4sly. and the pater-
nal side OF the house. glancing over her
shoulders. gave sanction 10 the follow
ing entries:
a. m.-Saw two fats on Sixteenth
street Would never do to
carry our baby among such
wicked children as I saw play
Ing In the yard.
a. m.-Agent said he had two lovely
houses OUT on NJ Saw them.
Bathroom In the garnet IN one
and IN the cellar at the other.
10 a m.-Agent refused TO show US
dear little fiat IN select neigh
borfood- because We possessed
children. Mr.. -sewlywed would
have chast!sed him had IL not
been for setting bad example
before our precious.
IL a. m.-Took IN two more cottages
Horribly arranged. and no
back yard Furnace out OF
nix, wall paper hanging. and
The Washington times., 1907-09-25
Which Is Better Off?

Lawbreakers are not live stock.
They are men-human beings, with
the same hopes, the same aspira-
tions, the same hunger and thirst,
the same temptations, and maybe
the same religion as we who have
committed no crime. Lombroso, the
great criminologist, gave it as the
teaching of a life's study that the
brain of the confirmed criminal cor
responds in ffteen-sixteenths exact
ly to the brain Of the confirmed
good citizen. So little a difference
is there between the man in stripes
and his neighbor outside,
The men and women of the most
civilized country in the world either
do not realize this or, realizing it,
do not care. Their own fellows, al
ready down, would not find the way
easy to rise if they depended upon
popular interest in their plight.
But racehorses and blooded stock,
There are many 20 give time and
money to their development;
crowds of humans swarm the pad
dock to study the results; there are
magazines designed for no other
purpose than to disseminate the
latest theories as TO training such
animals. so as to foster the utmost
soundness of limb and clearness of
intelligence
How is ii in the District of Co
Iumbia? Is there a stabIeman who
would crowd three horses into a
stall of antiquated pattern not large
enough for one? Would a single
runaway relegate any blooded colt,
or bull, or pig 10 confinement void
of sunshine and empty of all health
Would the people of the Capital
look on indifferently while men who
owned such animals outright were
20 =4urt their growth and indif-
ferently confirm them in vicious
habits!
NO" to all those questions. But
with human beings Of body and
spirit fifteen-sixteenths like our
selves we are not-so particular. And
so, while trotters and PAGERS, prize
bulls and record cows, hogs with
long pedigrees. and hairless dogs are
sheltered and d1eted and washed and
coddled, our own brothers are
cramped in a miserable Jail, made to
breathe air heavy with evil, and
expected-when at last they come
back into the world-to make their
fight against the old temptation
with dull sight and soft muscles. II
is a sorry contrast.
The Washington times., 1907-09-25
DE AMICITIA.

When hollow hearts are most unkind.
When weeps the rain and sObs the wind
True as the polar star / find
M'Umbreli8.
When lightnings fash and thunders
roar.
When tempests rage and torrents pour.
Faithful anc fearless at the door,
M'umbrella.
a sentry straight from head to heel.
All claC in silk and ribbed with steel
He keeps my gate with slcepless zeal,
NJ umbrella.
And. in the 1eld. q Comrade bold.
Above 10Y head his shield doth hold.
TO guard me from my death Of cold
NJ umbrella.
There's many face that's false and
fair:
There's many foeman unaware:
But evernore my life shall share
Mumbrella
And. whel his ribs are rudely hit
and, whe his silks are sOrely split
III get HIM complete refit,
Ny Tried.
Ny true.
Suppressed omotion)
MumbrellS-
Puck
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

as the court appeared not 20 place him.
he added. hastily, I'm the foreman.
Judge. II was d shameful deal we got
from this man. Regular deluEe Of wa
ter on our heads. sir. and we were en-
gagged on important city work, too. II
was an outrage. sir, an outraged And.
YOUR honor. this man Farrelrs express
zion was very herce-dercest thing you
ever
well. I guess that viii do declared
the court. Parcel, you must be more
careful in future. and Sullivan, I'll have
10 fine you s."
The Washington times., 1907-09-25
Orders Is Orders Always
On Real Water Wagon,
Thinks Patrick Farrell
Faithful Driver of the Steady Vehicle Gives
Shower Baths to Laborers in Ditch,
Without Request Too.

NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-Clearly Pat
rick Farrell should have been a military
man or. at least. an able seaman in
Uncle Sans navy. But az army career
and a life on the water being equally
denied him. fate did the next best thing,
perhaps, when it assigned him profess
sionally TO the water wagon" instead
that Is. real water wagon.
With Farrell orders is orders" and
The Washington times., 1907-09-25
Children and Dogs Barred From Certain Sections
Is Grave Objection Confronting Many Fall
HouSe-Seekers at R. E. Mems
Offices.

ehuntng populace anor
and the real umpshowing
that represented Just the thing"
those newly nesting place is
first novelty, according
the last the
supply keep everybody Here's
the busy of yesterday
their first rebufs along the married journey
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

numerous articles. The boy pleaded
guilty IN the children's court. and then,
with some pride, reCOUnJed his record
double century of burglarlous enter
pTises. Judge O'keefe sent Bridgeman
TO the house OF refuge
The Brooklyn police are inclined 10
doubt the boys story. but only because
they have no record Of his robberies-
The Washington times., 1907-09-25
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.

Young scads-I DONE want to go to
college. dad.
Old Scads-Youu have 10. my boy be-
cause you can't afford to neglect II.
L had to give a college a million last
year Il order 70 get my degree--Puc
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

From the example of the Inter-Mct
and the Standard Notwithstanding would
appear 10 be something like book-mall-
ing only on a Iarger scale.
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

Candidates will fEd straw votes hard
to harvest IN November.
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

II New York thinks some gum-shoe-
ing is goins on every time three Seua-
tors stop at the same hotel. her re-
porters should drop into one of our
Washington hostelries about a. m
most any winter starht night
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

We should think the President Of the
United States and the Bishop of Lon
don could stir up a racket or two.
The Washington times., 1907-09-25

Minister WI is all right. but he must
leave his conversation in-shoots at
home.
The newspaper., 1907-04-26

THE reiteration Of the Presi-
dent that he SAID Meyer and Hay
wood were undesirable citizens is
to be deplored. At first it was
taken by the people that he had
merely spoken hastily. Now it
must be admitted by all that he
meant it, and that, to say the least,
is a most unfair advantage to
take of men who are on trial for
their lives. Even so conservative
a paper as the Chieftain speaks OF
his utterance as follows:
There are too many men in
the west that want to see Moyer
and Haywood released whether
they are guilty or not, and these
the president justly condemns. but
there are also thousands of rich
and powerful men that want to
see them condemned, whether
they are innocent or not. The
presidents letter does not stand
for that firm and even justice
which we still hope to see en-
forced in the Idaho case.-Pueblo
Chieftain.
The newspaper., 1907-04-26

EUROPEANS are developing a
case of fantods over the fact that
the queen of Spain, now about to
become a mother, announces that
in opposition to established Gus
toms, she will nurse her own
child. Her decision almost
raises question if she is not too
sensible and generally human a
young woman to be queen. 1t
causes doubt as to whether she is
really part of the bastard spawn.
of European nobility. 1t almost
looks as if she we're decent enough
to associate with common people.
The newspaper., 1907-04-26
INSISTS ON DIRECT LEGISLATION.
Initiative and Referendum Urged by
Bryan as Necessary Issue
for 1908.

In his recent trip to New York
William Jennings Bryan stated
frankly that he might be candi-
date for president in 1908, but
was not yet sue that some one
else would not make a better
leader.
But the chief interest centered
in the Commoners contention
that the initiative and referen-
dunn must be made an issue in
the presidential campaign.
He is is quoted as saying, with
great earnestness and in an i'm
passioned manner: You may diff
fer from me on many things in
reference to party doctrines, but
if you do not believe in The ca
pacity of the people to govern
themselves, which is what the
initiative and referendum mean, |
will drive you out of the Demo
cratic party. l repeat that |
will drive you out of the demo-
cratic party. because if the demo
cratic party does not believe in
the rule of the people it will have
no trouble in driving me out"
If Bryan is as determined as
this would indicate he can un-
doubtedly force this issue into
the next campaign. The demand
for direct legislation is so wide
spread and the principle is so
essential to popular government
that it would be hard for any con-
vention to repudiate the policy if
it came insistently before it.
Direct legislation is not so we'll
understood as it should be. 1t
has two phases: Power to initiate
legislation by petition and power
to act upon legislation already
passed. Constitutional amend
ments are adopted by referendum
but in legislative referendums the
vote is taken promptly after the
passage of the law by the legisla-
ture.
For example: If the referen-
dunn were in force in Colorado
and there were strong opposition
to the railway commission bill, a
petition would be circulated de-
manding a vote on the measure.
On the presentation of petition
signed by given percentage of
the voters (from S to 10 per cent.
is the common percentage re-
quired) this measure would have
been submitted directly to the
voters and the law would have
been approved or rejected, ac-
cording to this popular verdict.
Unless there is a strong senti-
ment one way or the other the
The newspaper., 1907-04-26

referendum would not be de-
manded and in Switzerland, where
it has long been in operation. it
is rarely brought into use.
But the power to resort to a
popular veto is a tremendous
check upon legislation.
Switzerland rarely uses the
referendum, because the law
makers know, as a rule. what the
people want and give it to them.
Arrogant defiance of public senti-
ment is unknown where the peo-
pie have it in their power to veto
laws they disapprove.
Corruption of legislators is also
made exceptional, if not unheard
of, since those who wish to pur-
chase special privileges will not
spend money on men who cannot
deliver the goods.
The initiative is the other half
of direct legislation. 1t makes it
possible to force a popular vote
on a given subject, even though
the legislature refuses to bring it
up at all or votes it down.
A given percentage of voters
may by petition demand that a
measure be submitted to a vote of
the people at a succeeding cleo
ton and this measure must be
submitted.
Such measures, it will be seen,
makes legislation truly represen-
tative of the actual will of the
people. 1t does not insure the
people from being deceived or
befuddled or bribed, but it gives
them ample opportunity to assert
themselves if they will to do so.
The fact that Mr.. Bryan insists
that this principal must be pushed
to an issue now makes more sig
nificant his suggestion a few
weeks ago that con ditIons might
arse in which he would nominate
La Toilette, the republican, as
democratic candidate. Senator
La Follette's chief insistence is
direct LEGISLATION. Beginning with
direct nomination, which he Sc
cured in Wisconsin, he has be-
come an ardent advocate of all
measures which give greater and
more direct power to the people
as whole.
1t is but one more illustration
of the difficulty there is today in
drawing sharp party lines.
The Times welcomes any clear
expression of principle wherever
it is found; for ele ections in which
no definite principles are in
volved handicap progress.-Den
yer Times.
The newspaper., 1907-04-26
Setting and Caring for a Young Orchard.

Since beginning my work about
March Goth l have Inspected
something over two hundred and
fifty thousand nursery stock of
different varities which is being
planted in a radius of ten miles
OF Paonia and a large number of
these are being planted by men
who have come from the east
and have had no experience in
the growing of an orchard but
have come here to make for them
selves good homes and want to
know what are the best up-to-
date methods now used in the
growing of good commercial
orchard in the North Fork valley
l will say that some of the
methods used by the early set
tiers of the valley are not now
used. Their methods was by set
ting every other row with peaches
and they now have both peaches
and apples bearing, but are crowd
ing each other and one or sthe
other must be taken out but do
not know which to take out. We
now believe in setting each va
riety separate. In the first place
in planting an orchard you should
have good soil and secondly good
trees.
In setting an orchard you should
have your ground we'll prepared
Take into consideration the kind
of soil into which you are setting
them and if set on bottom soil.
peach trees should be set sixteen
by twenty-four feet. If set on
mesa land, set them sixteen by
twenty and at about the same
depth as they were in the nursery
row. Wet them so as to settle the
dirt we'll around the roots. Cut
top back eighteen inches which
will insure you low head. II you
want to know how to grow a
peach orchard successfully, you
should visit Palisade which is
given up to be the best peach sec
ton in the state (except Pacnia)
and go through some of their big
orchards and you will learn some
lessons which you will never for
get. Apples should be set in the
same way but should be set twenty
by thirty on bottom land and four
feet closer on mesa land. This
will always enable you to get
through your orchard to cultivate
and spray.
In irrigating an orchard you
should know the nature Of your
soil for thousands of trees die
every year either from the lack of
water at the proper time or too
much at the wrong time. To be
successful in raising a good or
chard is to know how and when
to apply water, cultivate we'll,
and keep all weeds down. Do
not run water too close to the
trees. do not water after August
fifteenth. and give your trees time
to ripen in case of severe winter.
Most all of our growers are using
these methods with success.
To be successful in fruit cul-
ture and its important require
ments and to improve in methods
OF packing and grading fruits one
must have a love for the work,
and be close observer and in
vestigator and experimenter, and
in short an up-to-date American
citizen.
| Dt,pruu
The newspaper., 1907-04-26

P. S. While misfortune has be-
fallen US this year, let us not
neglect our orchards. Others are
placed in the same conditions
elsewhere. Take courage and
prepare for a good crop next
year.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-08-03
POLICE ARE BAFFLED
Another Brutal Murder Of Little
Girl in New York City.
SERIES OF ATR0CIOus DEEDS
Authorities Inclined to Believe That a
Maniac Is at Large Who Is Pos
sessed of an Insane Impulse to Kill
Women and Children.

-<cv Tcr.., lug. 2.-T,,2e e1cfter,C---
caused in this city by the recent afro
cious crimes against women and CHI
dren was greatly increased during tne
day by the discovery Of the body OF an
eight-year-o,d girl in the cellar of an
East Side tenement. The child had
been assaulted and then murdered.
There were marks on She throat indi-
eating that perhaps the little one was
strangled The body of the child found
was identified as that of Katie Dritch-
Ter, the daughter of a German waiter.
She had been missing from her home
in East Thirteenth street since one
week ago. The body was found in the
cellar of the tenement house at 203
First avenue, only a block distant
from the child's home. 1t was lying
on strawberry crate, where 1t ap-
parently had been placed several days
ago, and it's condition revealed the
frightful treatment to which the child
had been subjected
The suspicion that the child was
choked to death, taken in connection
| with the murder of Sophie Kohrer and
of an unidentified woman by strangula-
tion, leads the police to believe that
there is maniac at large in the city
who is possessed of an insane impulse
! to kill women and children by the
same methods
An examination of the body showed
| that the Dritchler child was killed in
exactly the same manner as Sophie
Kohrer was murdered. Deeply imhed
ded In the flesh of her neck was found
hair ribbon, probably taken from hel
own hair, drawn tightly and knotted