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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
CLAIMING CINCINNATI.

From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
George Washingtons heirs are laying
claim to part Of Cincinnati. Probably it
was some of the property which the
father of his country overlooked when
the assessor came around and was later
sold at a tax sale.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Not many persons. perhaps. would care
to go in court and prove that Cincinnati
belonged to them.
From the Omaha Bee.
Heirs of George Washington are now
claiming ownership of Cincinnati They
are too late. Senator Foraker has the
advantage of adverse possession.
From the Louisville Courier journal.
If the Washington heirs get possession
of Cincinnati they will, Of course, knock
the top off a brewery and invite their
friends to help celebrate.
From the Concord Monitor
The heirs of Washington are trying to
prove title to the bulk of Cincinnati Just
now. though, the republicans own that
town.
From the Houston Post.
If the heirs of George Washington es-
tablsh their claim to the ground upon
which Cincinnati is built they will regret
It as long as they live. Cincinnati is as
bad as Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

The revival Of the bruce case in London
Ia furnishing English society with a vast
store Of gossip and Is at the same time
afford1ng entertainment for newspaper
readers on this side Of the water. For
in the restoration of the claim to public
attention new feature appears in the
entrance upon the scene of an American
named Caldwell. who is well known in
New York as a gifted manufacturer of
sensations. Caldwell Is not taken serious
ly over here, however much he may i'm
press the British public.
This bruce claim to the estates of the
Duke of Portland may rest upon solid
foundations, romantic as the whole story
appears to be. 1t is possible that the
NTH Duke OF Portland, who was well
known TO be an eccentric. passed some
years of his life secretly in the role OF q
shopkeeper under the name Of Druce, In
which capacity, according to the claims,
he married and had family. It may be
that the duke. firing of his dual life, de-
cided to die as bruce and return to his
ducal career. and that he arranged a
mock death and burial Stranger things
have happened in this life. even in mod
ern prosaic days. The courts of England
however, have proved difficult OF persua.
sion on these points and have refused tc
grant the various petitions and suits en-
tered for by the Druce heirs. The latest
move Of the bruce claimants took the
form of an application 10 have a vault in
a cemetery opened TO establish the iden-
tity, or otherwise. of bruce with the fifth
duke. This application was denied. Since
then q grandson of the original bruce has
accused an uncle of perjury in connection
with the case and in the trial of thi:
case the American Caldwell appears.
Caldwell has had an unfortunate career
N this Country In the matter OF vending
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sensational tales. He has tried often to
get his wares accepted, at large figures,
by the New York newspapers, which have
uniformly refused to rate them at the
claimed value. His speciality has been
the A. T. Stewart scandal. He seems to
have penchant for burial mysteries. He
claims to have had an intimate acquaint-
ance with the shopkeeper bruce and to
have known him as the Duke of Port
land. Unfortunately, in his circumstantial
story of how he came to be in England
at a certain time, he testifies that he
went to consult eminent surgeons and
specialists for the cure of an afiiction,
and he declares that In the year In ques-
ton. 1885, he laid his case before Sir
Morrell Mackenzie. That great surgeon
was in 1855 only in his eighteenth year,
circumstance which has had a somewhat
depressing effect upon the value of the
Caldwell testimony in chief.
Memories of the ichborne case are re-
vived by the recrudescence Of the bruce
claim. The two affairs, however, are quite
dissimilar. In the Tichborne case moth
er advertised for her eldest son, who had
long since disappeared. An Australian
presented himself In that capacity. proved
his identity to the mothers satisfaction
and was accepted by her as her heir. She
died. however. before his suit to recover
the estate, which had passed to the sec
ond son, was begun. After trial of 103
days the claimant was non-suited in
March. 1872. He was thereupon arrested
and charged with perjury. and after
trial of 1SS days, the longest in the his
tory of English Jurisprudence, was found
guilty in February, 1874, He was SEN
fenced to imprisonment at hard labor, but
was discharged on a ticket of leave in
1884, confessed in 1895 to his imposture
and died in 1895
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
The Democratic Dilemma.

To whom shall they fee? Who can
make their poor wounded hearts whole?
Verify. these are days of dole and woe
for democrats
Mr.. Bryan's messages make no votes.
Republican rlajorities spring up In his
wake. The people hear him, but heed
him not Those the most instrumental in
inducing him to visit Kentucky last
month suffered the most in their respec-
i've localities last Tuesday. Democratic
najorities of large proportions were
.ither entirely wiped out. or reduced in
,IZe to the point of pathos Crowds heard
Mr.. Bryan only to turn away and vote
he republican ticket In Nebraska the
republicans ran their majority up to
twenty thousand. and rubbed 1t in by
carrying Mr.. Bryau's own home precinct
The paths of Mr.. Bryan's eloquence lead
put TO the grave.
1t IS no better with Mr. Cleveland. He
threw himself by letter into both the
New jersey and the Massachusetts cam
paigns without the slightest benefit to
ais party No democratic gain in Jersey
Is attributable to anything Mr. Cleve-
land said. The issues were largely local,
and everything is to be accounted for on
scores wholly apart from Mr.. Cleveland
and his record.
But, worse than this, there was no re-
sponse in Massachusetts. There Is where
at one time the Cleveland fetch was
strongest, and where it should have sur
vived longest. 1t seems to have disap-
peared completely. There was the let
ter calling 10 the faithful in sonorous
polysyllabics to rally to Mr.. Whitney on
the old -tinle issue of tariff reform, but
they rallied in such small numbers that
even the Hearstites pressed Mr.. Whitney
hard for second place. How have the
mighty fallen, And why did the mighty
fall? ASK George Fred Williams. who
was once a worshiper of Mr.. Cleveland,
and shed tears when a Cleveland candi
date for Speaker of the National House
in the early @0s went down in defeat.
As therefore the democrats will follow
neither Mr. Bryan nor Mr.. Cleveland, rep
resenting as those men do, respectively,
they to do?
Judge Parker is out of the question,
IT, indeed, he was ever in the question.
Young MI Chanler belongs in the kim
dergarten class. Mr.. Carlisle is on the
shelf Mr.. Watterson is on deck, but in
q state of constant mutiny. He may be
ironed any day Gov. Johnson of Min
nesota is not a myth, but might as well
be. His boomlet soon expired. If you
ask where q new leader may be found,
echo is your only answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
LOCAL PAYMENTS
LOSE HIGH RANK

From he Municipal Journal and Engines.
Two cities which have in the past ao-
quired perhaps a higher reputation for
street paving than any others-Paris.
France. and Washington, D. C.-have re-
Gently been criticised for falling 10 main
tain this reputation. Representative OF
Paris daily. in order to call attention to
the poor condition of the pavements. re-
Gently placed three ducks In puddles
formed by rain In the pavement OF the
Place de rOpera, the holes being big
enough to permit the ducks to swim in
pleasure district OF the city. where one
would imagine especial attention would be
paid to the appearance of the streets.
Washington was for years referred to
as having a create. length OF frst-class
pavements than any other city. In length
she &~as some years ago surpassed, and
Mr.. MacVicar secretary OF the League of
American Municipalities. last month quite
severely criticised the character OF her
pavements. The explanation by the
Washington engineering department was
that Congress had withheld Increased ap-
preparations for repairs until recently and
that they had not since them had time to
catch up with the repair work.
There is possibly a significance in the
word Increased" which apparently In
dicates that asphalt pavements cost more
to maintain than they did some years
ago.
The experience of these two cities may
serve to console certain others which are
having trouble keeping their pavements IN
repair. AS a matter of fact. this same
trouble is being experienced IN a very
large number of cities in this country.
Some of 1t is undoubtedly due to the fact
that a considerable number OF the older
pavements have about reached the limit OF
their useful life: but we fear that much
is to be attributed to defective construc-
ton and materials, and to lax mainte-
nance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
ELECTION ECHOES.
From the st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
The returns from New Jersey, New
York and Rhode Island In 1907 are in the
nature of a notification to Washington
that 1908 will be good year for house
cleaning.
From the Cleveland Leader.
It was great relief when the bulletin
came announcing that Mississippi was
safely democratic.
From the Concord Monitor
Mr.. Herbert Parsons will not do it
again. Nor should he have the chance.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tom Johnson's smile cannot grow any
wider, but may become deeper.
From the Greensboro IN. c. Industrial News.
So Marse Henry Watterson's home town
Of Louisville has gone republican. Col.
Watterson, who has not liked the drift
of things for a number of years, will now
become a confirmed pessmist
From the Newark Star.
William Randolph Hearst will have no
trouble In convincing people that he is
now out Of politics.
From the Hartford Times
One Herbert Parsons, who predicted a
fusion plurality Of $1,000 in New York.
powerful magnifying glass. VI I"
From the Brooklyn Times.
no. That was not an eartbnuako .ho,,,
yesterday 1t was only the Tftanic $3.50
of William Bourke Cochran when h" .,en
arrested for Illegal voting
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Prohibitions PROGRESS.

From the Kansas City Times.
Pennsylvania Is the only eastern state
in which a strict regulation Of the liquor
business has made no Roadway. This,
however is only one of a large number
of things that are the matter with
Pennsylvania.
From the Troy Record.
Two of Delaware's three counties enter
the prohibition column. Still the arid
region grows. 1t is becoming a grave
question with drinkers whether the Sa-
hara desert is not being transplanted in
America.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Several communities have acted in a
manner calculated to knock askew the
crown of King Alcohol.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
This time 1t is Kentucky man who
has predicted the end of the world for
January /. But with all those Kentucky
counties going dry" 1t won't matter
much in that state.
From the Indianapolis Star.
Water wagons should be made larger
than usual for the New Year trade.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
1t would be we'll If the southern prohi-
bititn wave could sweep away some Of
the decks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
The Favorite Son.

When there are battles to be won
IT'S well to be a favorite son.
OF many places far and near,
Throughout your chosen hemisphere.
A grandsire from New Englands hills,
A grand dam from the Rockies rills.
And great grandparents in a row
From Greenland down to Mexico
Thus may l travel DER the earth
And murmur country of my BIRTH"
At every station where the train
Pauses to bid me speak again.
Our ancestors SO numerous are
One need not go so very far
In point of pedigree or time
To find for every race and cline
A forebear who will let you say
I'm Of your tribe: so vote my way!
Thus do l sweep in the embrace
OF kinship the whole human race
And If they voted at the Zoo
I'd quote a little Darwin, too!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
The Kaiser's Health,

The announcement that the kaiser has
/ severe catarrh which will compel him
20 cut short his visit to London and go
.or a recuperating soiourn on the Isle
II Wight has already caused a sensation
b Berlin, and doubtless next in order
will be revivals of the old tales of his
FERROUS physical affections. perhaps going
10 indiscreet lengths inviting the applica-
hon of the law of lese majestic. Berlin
las been considerably excited over the
loQutttal of Editor Harden on his first
h1al for libeling the court circle, and this
kpisode may now incite series of insin-
nattons which will precipitate difficulties.
The kaiser's health Is a favorite subject
Of gossip and suspicious of chronic all
nents of a character possibly to cause his
collapse run rife in certain quarters
where his policies are most bitterly op
posed. Yet William has stood the strain
Of a tremendous pace admirably for
nan supposed to be OF weak constitution.
He goes at both his work and his diver
sions briskly. turning from one strenuous
occupation to another with the facility of
one who enjoys every pursuit. Probably
his outdoor life is a factor in his sus-
tanned animation.
The decline OF The kaiser In health
With prospect of esrly collapse, would
possibly set In motion the wheels Of
intrigue throughout Germany. But the
succession is assured several times over,
and the heir to the throne Is believed to
1e a young man of sufficiently balanced
character to take over the task, in case of
necessity, with no weakling hand. The
imperial policies are too firmly established
AT present to be upset by a mere change
Of rule. If the socialistic propaganda
dominates it will be through the develop
ment OF social conditions. and not because
of a change OF personalities in the i'm
perial palace.
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Renovating the Constitution.

If federalism keeps up its present pace
Jeffersonism. or Calhounism, or individ-
ualism will not only be a back number
but lost art The President is perhaps
right in saying that the Constitution
should be made to fit present conditions
However, sartorial tastes differ as to
what sort of a fit it ought to be- Style
in fit changes Should the Constitution
be a loose or tight fit? Should the Con-
stitution have its trousers creased, or just
wrinkled? Should 1t have its shoulders
padded and the breast stiffened with hair
cloth? Should the Constitution present a
box, cutaway. spike-tail or long-tail eff
feet? Should 1t be cut double or single
breasted? Or should 1t be cut with a high
neck or a low corsage? Should it be
walking-lengt or should it have a train
Ought the Constitution to be cut with
seven or nine cores? Should the Consti-
tuition button up the back or down the
front?
The Constitution is a pretty old gar
ment. but Its makers put into 1t the best
fabric and the most skillful workmanship,
and it has covered conditions very well
up to now, with some slight alterations
made necessary by civil war The charge
has often been made that the Constitution
was not a fashionable gown for the God
dess of Liberty, but no very general
complaint has been made until recently
that the Constitution is misflt.
If the Constitution Is to be made over
every time conditions change there will
soon be very little Of the original cloth or
original pattern left Besides, the Con-
stitution ought not to be- ripped IN or
taken in here and let out there except
ing by the most experienced statesman
tailors. No apprentice cutters and filters
should be allowed to try experiments on
the Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
The GLADDEST DAYS.

This il the gladdest time Of all the year.
Not that love the north winds or the snow,
Not that the gray, brief days to me are dear,
Not that I like to the summer go;
I long to hear the robins cheerful call.
Yet these / hold the gladdest days OF all.
OF all the seasons this to me is best,
Not that loathe the warbling of the lark.
Not that II brings contentment to my breast
To see the seats all empty in the park;
With sladness ! recall june's howery ways.
But best Of all are these November days.
In April was still in debt for coal
That had been used and might be used No more,
Through all the summer l was in the hole.
Collectors daily camped outside my door;
I hate the wind and frost and snow, and yet
These are the gladdest days-Im out of debt.
-Chica 90 Record Herald.
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FROZEN OUT.

what with bridge in the nursery and diaboIo
elsewhere, the lot Of the modern father is ill.,
Iced unhappy one)
Children, there are lines of care
Graven each youthful brow.
How is It you cannot spare
Time to play with father now.
And no laughing. romping crew
Greets II used to do?
As ! enter in the hall
All is quiet the grave.
What has come upon you all
That you suddenly behave"
What has cast this sudden spell?
Tell me. children, aren't you well,
Hark. hear from realms afar
Sounds Of one sternly child
"Millie. what pig you are!
You revoked. you know you did!
I was sure you had a spade
When that seventh trick was played"
Solitary, childless, sad,
Onward to the lawn / go.
Here is Will make me glad
Here shall not be de trop.
But. diabolizing, she
Cannot spare one glance for mel
London Mall
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AN OfFfIRST TUESDAY.

There'll be no blatant biare OF horns tonight
No loud and long discordant notes to swell
With their harsh toots. expressions OF dellght
In suffrage victory. No chorused yell,
No declaration howled that HE'S all right!
No celebrating rockets in a fight,
Or bombs the winning side sfar to tell
So we may seek our well-earned rest In peace
At early hour. Nor feel fmpelled to sham
Conteptment In defeat; or TO Increase
Our speed II we have won; but in q cam
Conteuted way can we retire, and cease
To worry Ger affairs in sleeps release
For distant voting we care not at all.
Indianapolis News.
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DO NOT FORGET.

Do not forget, friend Of old. happy days.
The careless. pleasant days of our youth
When all the world seemed fair, and but for
praise,
And dreams seemed real, and every word
seemed truth
Do not forget that time. In this success
That with its laurels hath bedecked your
brow;
My friendship you were won't to say did greatly
bless
You then. Forget me not in this more pros
porous now
Do not forget: at least. forget not yet
The days-nnd other things-we fondly spent.
But friend of other days, you may forget
When you've repaid that money that I lent.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
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Trenaors.

rs there malaria around here?" asked
the stranger.
Il should say So answered Farmer
Corntossel. There's so much shakin'
gon' on that all a man needs to do to
shine his shoes Is to hold a brush in his
hand and stand STILL.
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OMAR ON PLAYING The MARKET.

Myself, erstwhile, was comfortably rich.
But being the possessor of an itch
Ing palm I yearned to add my pile unto.
So dabbled in investments, stocks and ''sich!'
Yea every morn hustled into town
To watch the ticker with Jove-llke frown.
And first knew the bliss of going up"
But then-the sickening thud Of going down.
So now my hoard Is less by many a sou,
feel of course Of vain regrets few;
Still, being squeezed myself tits balm TO know
That many other idiots squeezed too!
New York Times.
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The Mighty Dollar.

He had no armies to command;
He rode no horse and led no men,
But he had steen million dollars and
That made him useful now and them
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New Parties.

Party lines have been largely effaced."
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne; Il don't
know much about politics. but 1t seems
to me that the argument is now limited
to two classes of people. one preaching
prosperity and the other yelling perdi-
ton"
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AT JAMESTOWN.

The ship that bore the settlers oe1
On that eventfui trip.
Seems destined TO be followed BY
A fair receivership.
Cleveland Plain DealeRI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
W orth Thinking Of.

II suppose you like your new automobile
so we'll you will probably live In it,
Hadn't thought of it. But considering
the mortgages it is putting on my house
that may not be such bad idea"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

After looking over the records of some
Russian generals this country might, in
the very remote event of war with Japan.
be a little cautious about accepting offers
of assistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

By visiting Washington at night Mr.
Morgan spared himself an inspection of
the unsightly confusion that at present
distinguishes the towns terminal facili-
ties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

The case of Mrs. Bradley will inevitably
bring some further variations Of the I'M
written law into discussion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

When New York audiences give an actor
an ovation simply because he is under
indictment the critics who rail at public
taste seem to have more or less of an
argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

People who start their Christmas shop
ping right away will be moro in the mood
for genuine Thanksgiving celebration
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1t has at least been possible to assure
the Filfpinos that 1t Is no longer case
Of the worst is yet to come.
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The Lusitania has set a pace which will
make a trip in which 1t does not bre ak its
own record seem a failure.
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"Wet" or dry has come to be a more
serious alternative among the politicians
than among the weather prophets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

San Francisco, having retired a must
clan, shows itself still true to the artistic
temperament by putting poet into office
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The most interesting thing about the
average fusion enterprise is Its epitaph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

Possibly some of the gold has been
locked UP by the omniverous souvenir
hunter.
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When coming Alternative names for
cities why omit astute Alexandria and
joyous Georgetown.
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PRICELESS.

Woodman. spare that tree. Touch not single
bough;
For eordwood once was tree, while 1t is priceless
now.
Dallas News.
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The bruce Claim.

Mr.. Burton of Ohio must feel like
lightning rod that got the worst Of II.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Detraction.

II am afraid Bliggins Is a four flush"
said Mr. Anvil Knox.
He isn't even that" answered Mr..
Sirius Barker Hes a misdeal."