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The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Her Majesty 10 Be Euvied,

Queen SOWapa POngsi Of Siam is going
70 visit America incognito, SAYS the
Milwaukee Sentinel Her majesty IS 10
be envied. She has never before visited
this land. so far as we know, and she
may therefore look forward to perhaps
the most delightful experience Of her life.
She will see a number Of things she will
not be at all likely to forget, and. now
that we know she Is coming. especial at
fractions doubtless will be arranged for
her delectation.
First, Of course. she Will take in the
Jamestown Exposition. There she will
see many wonderful evidences Of the
great progress and prosperity Of the
country. She will then come to Washing
ton and see the most beautiful city in
the land, as we'll as the proudest capital
on earth. Then she will proceed upon a
tour Of inspection throughout the Union,
visiting many places the quality OF which
are undreamed Of in her philosophy.
These things, however. will not make
up the sum total OF her tnajesty's sight
seeing. Reserving. wisely, the best until
the last. she VIII have q look-in on Cor
gress-which viii then be in sesslon-just
before she sails FOR home. At this de-
lightful time, Sowapa is destined 10 feel
a thrill such as never tingled her nerves
before. There, in all Of its glory, will
be spread before the royal vision the
sum total Of American achievement IN
the way Of legislative greatness and con-
structive craftsmanship. From Uncle
joe and the old-timers 10 Capt Hobson
and the kid members, she may, If she
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
RAILROAD CREDIT.
Some OF the Real Causes Leading 10
It's Impairment.

It's Impairment.
From the New York Journal of Couneros.
What has been impai-ing railroad credit
in the last year? When the abuses Of
rebates and Determinations and unfair
treatment Of shippers who could not
take them by the throat or WELD a club
over them were exposed. naturally the
evaporation OF the public" demanded
that e stop be put % these things. and
the anti-rebate and rate-regulation pro
vision of the interstate commerce law
were adopted. II has been quite gen
orally admitted, even by railroad men. that
that Is a good thing. good for the rail-
roads as well as for the public Is that
what has impaired their credit? A few
States have been rather annoying in fix
ing arbitrary limits 10 charges, but that
has not gone FAR or done much harm.
and is not likely 10. Is il on that ac-
count that new issues Of stock and
bonds cannot be hoated on favora bic
terms? A man Of Mr., HIS intelligence
must know better. Such performances
as the Northern Securities scheme. the
swelling Of capitalization in getting con-
tr0i ~ suppress competition. exploits like
the Chicago and Alton deal" and the
sudden advancing Of dividends to affect
speculation, must have had a damaging
effect upon confidence in railroad fnanc-
ing and management, when at the same
time the facilities for transportation were
proving unequal to the needs Of bust
ness. There seemed 70 be evidence to the
public mind that energies were somewhat
misdirected and credit misused in such
operations, 70 the neglect Of the practical
work Of rallroading. This has doubtless
done something 10 impair the credit Of
railroads in their time Of need; but whose
fault is that?
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
TeslR's Tower in Hook.

AdvIces from New York are 10 the ef-
feet that because Nikola Tesla, the pro-
pounder Of the theory OF communication
with Mars. has failed TO satisfy a judg-
ment Of Sl,lOs2o. the mysterious tower at
Wardencliffe has been advertised for sale
by Sheriff Wells. Of Suffolk County II
no person interested In electrical science
comes forward 70 aid Tesla in his present
predicament the tower will be sold. and
communication with Mars may be post
p0ned indefinitely. Mr.. Tesla has ex-
pended a fortune upon his electrical ex-
perimental works in Wardencliffe the
nature Of which he has kept secret. Only
his closest friends are permitted 10 get
within view OF his huge tower Of steel
and cement. and no one appears to knew
exactly what its use was. That il was
70 be used 10 demonstrate his long-cher-
ished theory Of communication with the
Martians Is popularity believed. The
Judgment IS held By Dr. James ". War
den. The security is the go acres owned
by Tesla upon which stands the tower.
which IS sunk into the ground a distance
OF 80 feet and which is $50 feet in height.
Tesla told his friends
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
MEN AND THINGS.
Senator Beveridge's Enlargement.

Friends Of Senator Albert J. Beveridge
will rejoice at the news Of his engage
ment TO be married TO Miss Eddy, Of
Chicago. lie has had a hard and rather
lonely life, even If he has for some time
bulked largely in the public eye. Born
on a farm in Chic, he was, at twelve
years Of age, following the plow. At
fourteen he was day laborer on rail-
road, and at fifteen was in a logging
camp, doing a mans task. He worked his
way through high school and through De
PaUw University by being a book agent,
and after graduation he had to work
hard on the outside while he was study
ing Jaw In the Office OF Mcdonald & But
Ter. In 1851 he found himself In a posi-
ton 70 marry, and the wife he chose was
Katherine Langsdale. daughter Of George
+. Langsdale, who was then and until
his death, chief Of the Indiana commits
sion on the soldiers monument. No one
but Senator Beveridge himself could tell
what a great aid 10 him In his ambition
and his public career Mrs. Beveridge
was To know her was 10 love her-l0w-
NOict4s sWttl-ldceu, CALM serene, per-
feet type Of womanhood. When. after
his first session as United States Senator,
Beveridge decided 10 investigate for him
self conditions In the Orient, she went
with him and Travelled with him across
the Trans-Siberian Railway 10 Vladiyo-
stock. and thence through China, Japan.
and the Philippines Il was In the Phil
ppines that Katherine Dangsdale Bever-
idge contracted the disease that killed
her Her loss was a terrific blow % the
young husband. 1t occurred seven years
ago. June IS. 1900 There was nothing
left 10 him but his work. and into that
he threw himself with ardor. and he has
accomplished more than most men OF his
age. Senator Beveridge has the faculty
OF making warm and fast friends, and
these, whose name is legion. will rejoice
20 hear that after seven years he has
found happiness again. The news Of his
engagement was confded 10 a few Wash
ingt1n intimates two or three months
ago, but the secret has been carefully
guarded.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
MONDAY. JUNE II. 1901
What the Brownsville Inauiry Proved.

What the Brownsville Inquiry Proved.
The Brownsville inquiry has been prac-
tically concluded without bringing 70 light
a single fact tending 10 discredit the ad-
ministration. That the "shooting-up" was
done by a small party Of soldiers belong
ing 70 the Twenty-ffth Infantry has been
shown by a mass of apparently irrefuta-
bic testimony, though there is not a syl-
liable in the record pointing to the identity
Of the culprits The New York Tribune.
in a review Of the evidence, thus summa-
Tizes the main features Of it:
Between thirty and forty Of the negro soldiers
accused Of shooting up the town Of Brownsville
have testified that they are not guilty and DO not
know who did the shooting Between thirty and
forty reputable citizens Of Brownsville, some Of them
people Of high standing have testified that they
saw the negro soldiers firing their rifles. some from
the gallery Of B Conpauys barracks others over the
fort wall and others IN the streets Of Brownsville,
some o. the witnesses having even counted the ne
gr0cs as they passed through the streets. Expert
testimony Of an uuinpeachabis character has esab-
lished beyond peradTenture that the bullets found
in the houses Of Brownsville could have been fired
from no other weapon than the new Springfield rifes
which were in the sole possession Of the soldiers
The evidence against the negro troops
is direct as well as circumstantial. More
than thirty witnesses saw the soldiers,
and some Of these witnesses were able 10
recognize the raiders as negroes. One
witness counted sixteen Of them. On the
morning after the shooting the same wit
ness saw half a dozen soldiers on the gal
lery Of Company B barracks cleaning
their guns, which. It appears from other
evidence they had ample time to do be-
fore inspection. Two witnesses who lived
directly across the road from the fort
saw the soldiers shooting over the fort
wall The murder of the bartender Natus
took place in a lighted summer garden,
and was seen by the witness Preciado
Half a dozen persons heard the voices Of
the negro raiders at close range.
In view Of such evidence as this. Il Is
not surprising that Senator Foraker should
have beer driven to abandon every one Of
the numerous theories by which he sought
TO account for the shooting without i'm
plicating the negro troops Mr. Foraker
SUN processes 10 believe that the mem
bers Of the Twenty-fifth had nothing 70
do with the affair, but the ground for his
belief, namely, that none of the negroes
was actually identified in the darkness, Is
unconvincing as against the testimony Of
a number Of reputable witnesses that they
saw the negroes, not In the darkness, but
in the light shining from the windows Of
residences and other buildings. Mrs
Leahy, a boarding house keeper. swore
that she recognized as one OF the raiders
a member Of Capt. Lyons company, which
patrolied the streets subsequent TO the
shooting. Senator FOraker's opinion.
therefore. that the negro troops had moth
ing 10 do with the shooting seems TO have
about as good foundation as the baseless
fabric Of a vision.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Still Struggling Upward.

While there will be universal lament at
the summary ending Of the second Rus
sion Douma II can yet be seen, If the
whole episode is viewed dispassionately,
that even in the dissolution there are
hopeful signs for Russia. Briefly, and
stripped Of associated difficulties, the
facts are these; The Douma, supposed
to stand for the Russian people, was
made up Of three divisions; The Center,
which represented the court party. and
contended for the upholding Of the autoc-
racy, with all its various system; the
Revolutionaries. who cared little by what
means they achieved their end, which
first and foremost was the downfall Of
the autocracy; and. between these two,
large body Of Representatives hoping
and working for governmental reforms
which should result in a better under
standing between the court and the peo-
pie. and bring a greater measure Of lib
erty and happiness to the Russian sub.
jects
a strong statesman might have harmon
ized these three factions TO an extent that
would have allowed their working to-
gether for the good OF the country; but
Premier Stolypn is not a strong states
man, and. finding the Revolutionar!es
too powerful TO cope with by ordinary
parliamentary usage, he demanded the
arrest Of sixteen members and the dis
missaI of some forty. This summary
r7erboH Of Icsf;-g NTH on ;,,,ossil,Ia
parliamentary situation Of course angered
the Constitutional Democrats, and even
some Of the Conservatives took leave
10 doubt the wisdom Of such a drastic
proceeding. The result is that the Douma
is dissolved; and II Russia is to have par
liamentary representation it will be after
another election OF representatives and
the adoption Of another programme.
But in all this there is really no cause
70 despond. II took other nations years
and years TO silence the all-powerful
word Of their monarchs so that the voice
Of the people might be heard II cost
France the bloodiest revolution in his
tory; il cost England the head Of her
king; Il cost America a stern and cruel
war. 1t Is barely two years ago that the
Gar. by imperial decree, granted his peo-
pie the right to send their representatives
10 St Petersburg. In that time much has
been accomplished. Five years ago the
fact Of Russian peasants and merchants
sitting In law-making conCave at st.
Petersburg would have been unthinkabIe
Now the Russian people know that II Is
possible; it has been; it has had a tempo
rary check, but It has gained something
on the march toward freedom. Now. for
the first time in a legal way, the autoc-
racy is face to face with democracy, and
the struggle is in It's infancy.
When or how the contest Is 10 be re-
sumed no one can say just now, but 20
believe that. having tasted liberty, even a
few small drops from the cup. the Rus
sian people will be content with despot-
ism is to doubt not only history. but the
noblest ideals planted in the human heart
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

likes, study the makeup of Uncle Sans
most glorious institution in all OF its
varied shades and colors.
A royal welcome awaits the royal
SOwapa when she sets her high and
mighty heel upon our shores. She shall
have all that is coming to her in the
way Of a good time, and We shall put
Congress on extra dress parade that great
day when it first falls beneath her regal
observation.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
THE LOST ORATOR.

Seated one dav in my airship
! was weary and III at ease,
As my gas-bag drifted idly
Over the waving trees;
knew not what | was doing.
But | heaved cut a saud-bae then.
And II struck on a farmers shoulders
And he cusSec nothing like amen.
His oaths came through the twilight
And punCtured the evenings calm.
At handling deck-hand language
This Reuben could take the palm;
His words told Of pain and sorrow
And desire 20 take my life;
All because of that innocent sand-bae
BE was bent upon bloody strife.
have tried, but try all vainly,
To arouse those sounds divine.
But l always dump nv saId-hags
On some milder fellows spine;
It may be some other ballonist
VIII hear that talk again.
And viii write it on freproof paper.
With a patent asbestos penl
Denver Republican
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

The enterprising claim agent Of the
Charleston News and Courier now seeks
TO appropriate TO South Carolina the
Georgia beauty who presented that hand
some silver service to GeOrgia's name-
sake in the navy. We imagine the News
and Courier has at last succeeded IN
getting into a row that will hold it for
a while
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
ARE YOU GOING AWAY? ?

Subscribers who leave the city
temporarily should have The
Washington Herald mailed 70
them. Addresses will be changed
as often as requested. You can
not keep fully informed about
affairs in Washington unless
your paper follows you.
Before leaving. mail or tele-
phone your address to this Of
fee.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Views on Spring.

Scrambled ego"-W. T. Jerome.
Emotional insanity."-D. NJ. Delmas.
Shot itself up. =. Foraker.
An undesirable citizen; nature
faker. IT. Roosevelt.
'Millionaires in the ice business seldom
smile. "A. Carnegie.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
MOTHER GOOSE FOR GROwN-UPs

I.
Hi-diddle-diddle.
A Pole and a fiddle
The damsels are all az his feet
His locks wildly flowing
Have gotten them going.
It's only six dollars a seat
II.
Hickory. dickory. dock!
How is the common stock
OF steel to-day?
Unsteady. hey?
Then I'll unload a block.
III.
Young Mrs Hubbard
Despairingly blUbbered.
Her hubby had promised a string
OF beautiful dresses.
And now he cOnfesses
He can't even get her a spring.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

That the correspondent who sent out
that story about a wild-eyed plot to as
sassinate Vice President Fairbanks Is still
something Of an amateur appears evil
dent from the fact that he provided for
the gentleman's annihilahon by means
Of q bomb rather than an ice pick.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

As the result OF raid upon revolu-
tonary camp in Guatemala, there are
now in prison ''One general two colonels
one lieutenant colonel. nine majors. and
three captains" The foxy private seems
to have made good his escape.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
More orLess AnaIorou,

From the Brooklyn Eagle
The Japs have their Hearst party, too.
It's a helpful reflection that the yeIlows
didn't force a war between the United
States and Spain till a battle ship was
blown up. The cases are more or less
analogous.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
4 Texas News Item

Prom the san Antonio EXprpss.
Texas hardware dealers are making un-
usual efforts to get rid Of the pistols they
have in stock before the new law goes
into effect which imposes a practically
prohibitive tax on the hlp-pocket weapon.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
4 Procession.

Loan me five dollars till next pay day,
old man"
I thought you had put something by
for a rainy day."
We've had forty-six rainy days since
that went"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

1t appears that the city Of Dublin will
not confer the freedom Of the town upon
Richard Croker without a bitter fight in
council. We fear some Of Mr.. Croker's
old-time constituents have been knocking
him TO his Dublin friends.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

In spite Of the pooh-poohs and tut-tuts.
it IS surprising to note the number Of
people throughout the land who make the
same sort Of noise about another term
for Roosevelt that Mr.. John Temple
Graves makes upon divers and sundry
occasions.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Not Running AmucIx,

From The I1dianapos News,
Twenty more indicted furniture dealers
who pleaded guilty to violating the anti
trust law have been fined from SO TO S2j
each at Portland. Greg, where there
seems 10 be little disposition TO run
smuck
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
SnItc.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
A Pennsylvania man who thought the
doctors bills were too high shot himself
to spite the physicians. Now he Is going
to recover. To spite the undertaken, we
suppose.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
At the Matrimonial bureau,

Tn sure I cannot go amiss," reiaa. Eed
the chronic kidder. The managers re-
sponse 70 this was: How about a wild
der?"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Useful. Though Limited

From the 81, Louis Globe Democrat
One Of the four words Of English Gen.
Kuroh knows is How" In conjunction
with same" It may be regarded as a con-
siderable working dictionary.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
The TOP Notch,

From the Birmingham Ago-Hersld.
Gen. Sherman Bell, of Colorado, says
Orchard is the biggest liar that ever
saw Pixies Peak" This is the top notch
of mendacity
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
He BeIted Them.

King Log was voted too plain.
we want TO be belted earls. sand
things" declared the populace.
Whereupon Jupiter sent them King
Roosevelt
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Griernnce Not stnted.

From the Pmxutawney PA Spirit,
The newspapers Of the Northwest are
advocating the nomination of Michigan's q
new Senator, William Alden Smith, for
Vice President. Just what grievance they
have against Mr.. Smith Is not stated.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
ElOnuRnH-

From the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Nothing IN President Roosevelt's James
town speeches on Georgia Day was half
so eloquent as his silence on the tariff.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
All He Asks.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Mr., Dooley exclaims: why. be hivens.
it won't be long till We'll have 20 be
threatin' even the Chinese dacintw II
certainly won't If John keeps on getting
ready 10 enforce his human right to "da-
cint' treatment. And that is all he asks.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

The tariff will be a minor issue in the
next Democratic campaign" says Mr..
Bryan. In that event. we fear the entire
Democratic campaign viii be pitched in a
minor key
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Shakespeare Revised.

She never told her love,
With eyes a-gllsten.
She couldn't get, poor dove,
A soul 20 listen.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

A contemporary has an editorial on
"The determination Of Shad." There is
nothing in the world more delightful than
exterminating a shad-if you select the
star-spangled variety, as served in Wash
ingtOn.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

Doubtless Mr.. P0ultney Bigelow Will
favor us with a magazine article on
styles In w0mans head gear. In view Of
the fact that the President publicly ad-
mits that he dare not discuss the sub
iect" "
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
one Thinr I'm June's Fevor

From the New York Mail
One thing can be said in favor Of the
weather-it is the first June when the
government could hope for public inter-
est in the attack on the coal Gusk
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
The Better Part of wisdom

Prom the Bristol VA Courier
1t IS said that the President Will not
reply to Or. Long. There seems to come
times when silence is the better part of
wisdom. even for the President.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

Nevertheless, the greatest umbrella
trust is found in the makeup Of the man
who leaves his in the lobby and expects
% lay eyes on Il again.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

The breach between Mark Twain and
Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy will be stiu
further widened when people generally
take 10 addressing that gentleman as
Doctor Twain"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

The Charleston News and Courier dis
likes the word Southland" and we do
not blame it. Why. however. does our
esteemed contemporary use such an ex-
preston as the sweet girl editress?"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
A Fearless Mnn.

From the Birmingham News
The Tennesseean, the new daily AZ
Nashville, is vociferously attacking
'frenzied millinery" which proves that
its editor is a fearless man.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

II VIII be observed that Marshal Collins
only consented to appear in Glen Echo
amateur thearicals when It became ap-
parent that the bulk Of the diplomatic
corps was safely out Of town.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

For that tired feeling, take a Hous-
ton pellet says the Post, Of that city.
Such a prescription would confine a man
TO pellets entirely when in that city.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Overlooked.

From the Baltimore Sun
Gov. Hughes says reason is his only
guide, That's one that most Of the poll
ticians have overlooked.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

And now comes the Atlanta Constitu-
tion and hints that Mr.. Sid Tapp's
visions Of irate United States Senators
encamped on his trail are the results OF
practical jokes. Nothing can convince us,
however, that Tapp himself is a Joke.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

The President left for his summer vaca-
ton last Wednesday. Almost Immediately
the weather man turned on the safety
valve. and has been dealing out fine and
dandy weather since. He knew when he
had reached the dead line all right.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

Thomas W Lawson is talking again. d"
saws a contemporary. Impossible. that
would imply that he stopped once upon
time
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

Measurements show that the japanese
have increased in size OF late years "
says an investigator. Especially, It ap-
pears. In the case Of members Of the
Progressive party. about the head
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

Some of us are Democrats because we
are built that way" says Marse Henry.
Built what way?
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

Mature taking was invented by the
Houston Post, says the Atlanta Geor-
gian. The Georgian is wrong; It was in
vented long ago, but the Post has per-
feCted II.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
Anybody KnowF

Where are you going for the summer
Can't say. Where co you think Il
might be found?"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17
CnsnnItv List AnnnIIinp.

The casualty list Of 1907 promises to- be
appalling. Already, according to the
statistician of the Chicago Tribune the
casualty record of 1905 has been sur
passed. This authority places the num-
Der of deaths In railway accidents in the
less than six months Of the present year
that have now elapsed at 273. and the
number Of injuries at 925 Nine hundred
and two lives have been lost in steam
ship accidents and S55 in mine disasters,
while 2,240 persons have been killed by
tidal waves, 5,1OO by earthquakes. and $50
IN hurricanes. AS offsetting this grew
some record. however. the Tribune ex-
pert says that 1907. so far. shows a larger
total Of philanthropic gifts and smaller
total of embezzlements and defalcations
than any corresponding period in the
last twenty-five years.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-17

Mr.. Richard Croker has been presented
with the freedom Of the city Of Dublin.
Must remind him OF old times in Gotham.