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Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

The multimillionaries of Rhode ISL
and are In deadlock. 1t may Or may
not be broken before this letter is in
print. The matter in controversy is
the election Of United States sena-
tor, and two Republican multis want
it. Senator Wetmore has tried the
senatorial POGO and wants some more.
Colonel Colt thinks Wetmore has had
a quantum sufficit perhaps more than
a Quantum meruit, and wants to taste
1t himself. So these two plutocrats
have tapped their barrels, and in Lit
tie Rhody, everything is merry as a
marriage bell. While the two multis
are waging this war of the barrels the
"boys" are having a good time and
would be delighted to see the contest
continue till the roses bloom.
In Rhode Island the people have lit
tie to do with running the government.
If they did it would be Democratic.
Some astute persons have expressed u
doubt as to whether they really have
q Republican form of government n
Rhode Island, such as the federal con-
stitution requires. AS it is 28 per cent
of the votes elect a majority of both
houses Of the legislature-a condition
growing out of the fact that the basis
of representation is about the same
now as a century ago. 1t is all based
on towns" In the lapse of time the
population of some towns" has grown
so and the population Of others dwin-
died so that the thing has come to be
preposterous, but it suits the pluto
Gratis to "t." All they have to do is
to round up the % per cent who are
so situated geographically as to con-
troll both houses Of the legislature.
With the other 72 per cent they need
not bother. The basis of representa-
ton is a constitutional provision and
cannot be amended except the legis-
lature is willing-which of course it is
not.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
A Terse Paragraph.

/ have in these letters frequently re-
ferred to and quoted most excellent
and Illuminating excerpts from the
rural press. The opinions of country
editors are not so widely read as the
editorials of the big metropolitan pa
pers, but in the end the sum total of
&he influence Of country papers is
greater than that of the great dailies.
Out at Fulton, in my district, is a
young editor, Mr.. Ovid Bell, who con-
ducts the Fulton Gazette, a tiptop pa
per. He is a thorOughgOing Demo
crat. At one time he served as secre-
tary to Hon. Richard Parks Bland
which in itself was liberal education
in Democracy. Bell has been mem
ber of the state committee; also it's
secretary. Recently that paper con-
tanned this editorial paragraph, which
should be an eye opener to his readers.
Mr.. Bell says:
"The Kansas state senate, composed
of thirty-seven Republicans and three
Democrats, passed resolution the
other day instructing the Kansas dele
cation in congress to use all hOnOra-
BILE means to revise the tariff on steel
and lumber. Twenty-one Republicans
voted for hte resolution and one of them
debating it, said, No wife buys dish
pan and no farmer nail or piece OF
barbed wife that does not pay tribute
to the steel trust The funny part 0f
the performance is the admission of
the fact that the tariff is responsible
for the trusts. Ordinarily a Republi-
can politician does not admit the rela-
ton of the tariff to the trusts. Any
of them will agree that the buying
public pays tribute to the steel and
lumber trusts, and they go further and
agree that the beef trust, the leather
trust, the farm machinery trust, the
woolen goods trust and the cotton
goods trust levy tribute from the peo-
pie, but somehow they fail to connect
cause with effect. Light seems to be
breaking on Kansas Republicanism,
however"
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
No Extra Session.

There is talk OF an extra session of
congress, but there's no extra session
going to be held. OF course the Wash
ington people want it, because 1t helps
the town, but senators and representa-
tives do not want 1t, and President
Roosevelt dislikes to have congress on
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

souls! The governments life Of prog
ress depends on no one man, thank
God! And if all the officeholders in
America were to die today, in week
or two their places would be filled
with men just as capable. Whatever
else happens in this land of the free
and home Of the brave, the breed of
officeholders will not run out.
Ex-Governor Durbin, of Indiana, an
other statesman out of a job and in
hopes of getting one, has been in
Washington lately throwing ice water
on the Fairbanks boom and screeching
for third term for Roosevelt. The
ex-governor thinks he knows that the
plain people are wild for Roosevelt
and that if he is not given third
term they will be in the condition Of
Rachel mourning for her children and
refusing to be comforted because they
were not. They do say, however, that
the reason why Durbin is against Fair
banks and for Roosevelt is that he Is
ambitious to be v. P. himself. Now,
the gossips who say that may be
wrong, but folks have habit in this
world of piecing two and two together,
thereby making four. Another notable
feature of the situation seems to be
that Senator Beveridge, Of Indiana, is
not tearing his shirt for Fairbanks,
another case of green eyed monster.
Beveridge believes that he is himself
of presidential stature, and he doesn't
want Fairbanks to get it for fear it
would initiate against his own
chances. So far as l know, Beveridge
has not openly declared for third
term, but the chances are that he
would declare in favor of a third.
fourth and fifth if he supposed it
would kill off Fairbanks and let him.
self in.
There is still another class scream
ing for third term for Roosevelt con-
sisting Of people whose appetites con-
stantly crave sensations. They may
not anaptly be termed sensation to-
pers. If a man should hapen to be
elected president next time who would
attend strictly to his own business,
pursuing the even tenor Of his way
without brass band accompaniment,
these sensation tOpers would perish
from ennui, for they have been on a
jamboree ever since Roosevelt became
president.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28


a member Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
TRADE WITH GERMANY.
Reciprocity Section Of the Dingley
Act May Be Employed.

AS result of the consultations that have
been taking place between Secretary Root
and Director North, the head of the United
States tariff commission which visited Ger
many last fall and winter relative to the
making OF some tariff arrangement between
the two countries. it is stated that the con-
clusion has been reached that before the
expiration of the German order suspending
for year the application of the German
maximum tariff rates to American imports,
which is July next. new arrangement
will have been made which will bridge
over the period of time between that date
and the reassemblng of the next Congress.
The basis for the new agreement will be
section three of the Dingiey act. under the
terms of which the President is authorized
to grant reductions of duties on certain
commodities In return for the minimum
tariff rates of other countries. BY the time
Congress meets again 1t is probable that
general trade or reciprocity treaty will be
ready for its action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
ESCAPEDWITHSHAKING
PASSENGERS ON QUAKER LIMIT
ED HAD A CLOSE CALL.

PITTSBCRG. Pa. March 9.-The Quaker
Limited, train No. 46. on the nnsyivanis
railroad. which left this city for Philadei-
phta at $50 PM, was wrecked tonight
shortly after 6 O'Clock near Cresson. Pa.
102 miles east of here.
All the passengers received a severe shak-
ing up, but none was seriously injured
The train was running forty miles an
hour when the front trucks on the third
car were deraiied. The engineer succeeded
in stopping before the rest of the train
left the track.
Escape Of Passengers Miraculous.
The track and roadbed were torn up for
a considerable distance, and the passengers
We're thrown about the cars BY a system
OF switches all the train except the wrecked
car were transferred to another track and
run to Altoona, Pa. where the third car
was replaced and the trip to Philadelphia
continued.
Reports received here tonight are to
the effect that the escape of the passengers
was miraculous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
PARIS STRIKE ENDED
COMPANIES CONCEDED MAIN DE-
MANDs OF WoRKMEN.

PARIS, March 9.-'The strike of the cleo
tricians of Paris, which threw the city into
obscurity for the best part of two nights,
has come toean end as abruptly as 1t began.
According to De Selves. the project Of the
Seine, the electrical companies have con-
ceded the principal demands of the work.
men in the matter of pensions, and agree
that they shall be placed on the footing
of the men employed by the city as re-
CARDS hours and wages. The strikers WILL
go back to work tomorrow.
At IL o'clock tonight one of the electrical
companies, with the assistance of firemen.
succeeded in generating sufficient current
to light the central districts of the city and
run the newspaper presses. Up to this hour
the boulevards and the cafes had been
but dimly lighted with Chinese lanterns,
while the use of candles stuck in bottles
in the restaurants presented forlorn sight.
A drenching rain fell tonight and only a
few of the theaters were open.
The portion of the tunnel of the Metro
politan subway on the south side OF the
Seine, which was inundated last night as a
result of the strike of the electricians, was
strongly timbered up today In order to pre-
vent 1t from falling in. The engineers de-
clare there is no danger of the tunnel
collapsing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
RIGHT ESTABLISHED.
Burial Of Remains Of Army Nurses In
Arlington.

Mrs. Libbie Porter, who has to her rec
ord nursing in all the wars In which the
United States has been engaged since
1872, Is entitled to credit 1t is claimed. for
securing for army nurses the right to burial
in Arlington. She began the agitation
two years .agoe following the death or
Nancy Bfzer,'' an army nurse OF renown.
1t was Mrs Bizer's desire to be buried
In Arlington, with military funeral SO
she came to Washington when she knew
the end was near, and died here. Then 1t
was found that she was barred from Ar
lington. Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd, past ma
tional Junior president OF the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, and Mrs. Libbie Porter endeav-
ored to secure authority for the interment
Of her remains in Arlington without sue
cess.
Mrs. Porter says she felt confident that
Mrs. Bizer had q right to be buried in Ar
lington, so kept at work, and has just re
ceived a letter from the War Department
which settles the status of the women In
question. Mrs. Adelaide f. Z. Spurgeon died
last Tuesday night. and Mrs. Porter. as
president OF the DEPARTMENT Of washington.
Nurses Association. was called upon to see
that Mrs. Spurgeon had an army nurses
burial. Mrs. Porter Immediately applied for
burial in Arlington
Mrs Porter made a search and estab-
lished the army records of both Mrs. Spur
geon and Mrs. Bizer. Mrs. Spurgeon was
laid to rest in Arlington, with all the cere-
monies of the burial service of the National
Association of Army Nurses of the Civil
War and Mrs. Porter received letter
from the War Department yesterday morn
ing stating that hereafter the remains oil
army nurses whose records had been es-
tahiished by special act of Congress could
he buried in Arlington without further
trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
RUFF MAKES STATEMENT.
Made No Effort to Avoid Process
Server, He Says.


SAN FRANCISCO. March 9.-Abraham
Ruef, who was brought into custody last
night, assisted by detective from the dis
trict attorneys office, and who is being held
under arrest at the ST Francis Hotel will
not be brought into Superior Judge Dunno S
court for trial until Monday morning. I'm
til that hour Buggy will be responsible to
the court for his safe keeping.
1t is anticipated by the prosec ution tina.
Ruef, through his attorneys. will today ap-
ply to one of the higher courts for a writ
of habeaS corpus.
The state supreme court has not vet rem
dered its decision in the application of
Ruef's counsel for writ of prohibition
with the trial of their client. An Identical
writ was denied by the district court Of
appeals.
Abraham Ruef issued a statement TODAY.
in which he says: when the case ended
In Judge Hebbard's court last Monday
rreme Court Of the United States. KNOWING
that Judge Dunno had no further jurfsfic-
ton of the proceedings. I thought I would
take rest for three or four days.
1t never was my Intention to evade any
process of the court or to escape from the
jurisdiction OF the court or to leave the
city. I never left the city nor will / do so
My reason for taking the case to the
Supreme Court of the United States was
that had been advised that Judge Dunno
had practically contracted to pack a iurv
In the case. which was to be heard before
him.
II am willing to be tried upon this in
famous charge, of which I am not guilty.
but 1t was not fair judge or q fair f,Iry,
I don't propose. If 1t Is possible, to avoid
1t, to go up against a stuck iury ana a
prejueiced judge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
STRIKE AT LOUISVILLE
STREET CAR EMPLOYEES TO QUIT
TODAY OVER DEMANDs.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 9.-Failing to
gain their demands for increased wages,
shorter. hours and a recognition of the or
ganfzation the union men employed by the
Louisville street railway were late this
evening ordered to strike at O'Clock Sun
day morning.
In connection with the ordering of the
strike, a letter was sent to President Mi
nary of the street railway company offering
for the second time to submit the griev-
ances to a board of arbitration. This. how
ever, it appears at this time, will not be
accepted as President Minary had previous
ly refused to submit the matter to arhi-
tration.
Some Fear of Violence.
Supt. L. ]. Funk says the railway COM
pany may not attempt to run cars Sunday,
fearing violence. but that the service Will
be taken up Monday. The railway COM
pany employees between 800 and LOCO men,
and the union claims to have more than
500 of these on its list.
The men were recently taken Into the
International Association of Street Rail
way Employees, and the strike Is being d.
rected by Ben Commons of New orleans
in the absence OF w. d. Mahon, the ma
tional president who is i'll at the Norton
Infirmary in Louisville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
FOUGHT WITH BURGLARS.
Brooklyn Man Mortality Wounded by
Robbers, Who Escaped,

NEW YORK, March Civilian Ham
mond was mortally wounded N a fight with
burglars at the home Of his brother-in-law
William Monsees, in Prospect avenue
Brooklyn, tonight. Two burglars entered
the house while the family were in the din
ing room in the basement of the house, and
entered a room on the top floor, where
Henry Conlon. relative Of Mrs. Monsees,
was asleep.
Z When the movements Of the burglars
woke him they attempted to smother him
with pillows on the bed, and then threat
ened to shoot him. Hammond heard the
noise and went upstairs. pistol shot
alarmed the other members Of the family
who went up into the hall in time to see
the two burglars rush downstairs One
of them struck Mrs. Monsacs In the face
dragged her out of Tie door and attempt
ed to throw her into the areaway, and the
other struck her SON on the head with a
slungshot. Hammond was found In the
upper room. He. had been shot in the
mouth. the bullet lodging in his neck The
burglars escaped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
The jamestown Exposition.

At a meeting of the Jamestown ter
centennial exposition commission held to-
day in the Office Of Assistant Secretary
Edwards of the Treasury Department it
was decided to invite for the opening day.
April &c, the ambassadors, ministers and
naval and military attaches of foreign
governments with their wives to partici-
pate in the ceremonies as the guests of
the commission. On May 13-the anni-
versary OF the first settlement at James
town-special commemorative ceremonies
will be held. and on June 1O-Georgia
day, when the President of the United
States is expected to be present-an
elaborate program will be carried out
July 4 Will be celebrated In !. fitting man
ner. 1t was decided to place the soldiers
and sailors rendezvous under the super
vision OF the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
YOUNG PAR1s1AN's INVENTION.
Electrical Device to Locate a Subma-
rine and Supply It.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, March. 9-Recent accidents to
submarines lend special interest to an in
vention which NJ. Debonnet, young cleo
trician, is explaining to the naval and mill
tary commission. which is examining these
matters. When a submarine has disap-
peared the first question with the rescue
party is naturally to loccate its position.
This M. Debonnet indicates by means of a
buoy which has been attached to the craft
with double chain. and which with little
pressure rises to the surface OF the water.
Nor as Is claimed by the inventor, Is this
the or,y service which it can render. The
buoy Is said to be constructed as to be
able to supply the occupants of the sub
marine with air and to contain telephone
apparatus with which they can communi-
cate with their rescuerS and electric wires
for providing light.
1t has, moreover a tube through which
liquid food can be passed for the sustenance
of the crcew until the sunken submarine
has been raised to the surface. Then, last
and by no means least, the electric contri-
vances in the buoy are even affirmed to be
Of sufficient strength to propel 1t upward
in the event of the accummulators having
broken down. Such at any rate is the ac-
count of NJ. Debonnets invention which is
forthcoming. it being added that it seems
likely to prove very serviceable, except in
cases where the craft has sunk to great
depth or has been badly damaged. The
commission will decide whether 1t Is really
worth a trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
STRIKE AT CLEVELAND
REFUSE TO AC-
cEDE TO UNIONS DEMANDS.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 9.-Vice
President Weyand of the International
Boiler Makers and Shipbuilders organ
ization tonight issued an order for gen.
eral strike of shipbuilders in the en-
ploy of the American, Shipbuilding Com
pany, effective Monday. The order is also
made to include the so-called Independent
yards at Ecorse and Saint Clair. Mich.
The shipbuilding yards Of tn, American
Shipbuilding Company mentioned in the
strike order. according to Mr. weyands'
statement, are Buffalo. Cleveland Lor-
aine, Wyandotte, Bay City. South Chicago
and West Superior. Mr.. Wsyand says
that he has assurances that the entire
5000 union shipbuilders employed in
these yards will go out Monday and be-
lieves that many Of the union employees
in other crafts. such as machinists, and
others not included in the order. will
strike in sympathy with the ship5uilders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10

Marvin. According to the informant the
lad was crying, Il want to go back home.
and struggled with the woman when she
tried to quiet him.
The informant told the police that he
questioned the woman about the boy and
that she replied that the child was her
own. He said he was suspicious however.
and when the couple left the ferry with
the child. he followed them some distance
and saw them board a south-bound trolley
car at Broadway and l3Oth street.
DR.. Marvin came to Hoboken, N. J.. to-
day from Delaware in answer to a message
from the chief of police that lost boy WAS
detained there DR.. Marvin saw the boy.
but said that he was not the right one. DR..
Marvin was about to return to Delaware
when he learned that a boy resembling his
half-brother had been seen on house boat.
Under Surveillance at Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa, March 0.-It was
learned here tonight that the Pittsburg po-
lice have under surveillance man and a
boy supposed to be the kidnaper and the
missing son of DR.. Horace Marvin of Kits
Hammock. Del The police officials refuse
all Information regarding the case. except
to say they have wired to DIR. Marvin for
photograph of the boy. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
Army Orders.

The following transfers are made to take
effect this date:
Lieut.. Col Thaddeus w. Jones, from the
sth Cavalry to the Sd Cavalry.
Lieut.. Col. Charles M. OConnor, from the
Sd Cavalry to the Sth Cavalry.
Can't. julius n. Kilian, commissary. VIII
report to the commanding general. depart
ment of the east for duty as commissary
of the camp proposed to be established in
connection with the jamestown exposition.
Leave of absence for three months. with
permission to go beyond the sea, is granted
Second Lieut. James G. McIlroy. 9th In
fantry. -,
The leave Of absence granted Dental
Surgeon John g. Marshall is extended NJ
teen DAYS on account of sickness.
Sergt Daniel Shields. general service In
fantry. has been placed on the ret red list
Of the army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10

Congress. and In all that period. from
1880 until 1897. he was regarded as one OF
the solid men OF the Senate.
Mr.. Pugh was recognized as one OF the
ablest lawyers In the chamber, and became
chairman of the Senate judiciary commit
tee. a position hardly less important than
that of Attorney General or Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court. His service as the
head of that committee Ii described as
having been most painstaklng and labori-
Gus. During the Cleveland ADMINISTRATIONS
he was a stanch supporter of democratic
ideas and answered the strong arguments
put forth from the other side OF the
chamber.
Report on Tenure OF ONCE.
One of the greatest state papers. it Is
declared. In the last forty years, was
Pugh's report on the tenure-of-ofnce ACT
when the republicans were not sure they
would allow Grover Cleveland to become
President of the United States. In the
great debate on the force ball of the Fifty
hrst Congress, which was defeated, Senator
Pugh presented many arguments to show
that the bill embodied Dad policy for this
country.
In 1891 Senator Pugh was defeated for
reelection by Senator PettuS, who re-
mains In the Senate as the joint represen-
tative of Alabama with Senator Morgan.
Mr.. Pugh was a product or the Old
South" as IL Is called, and he was in the
prime of his life when his country was
thrown into the turmoil o. war. Although
he was born and reared a whig. he became
a democrat after hearing the great debates
in the Senate in 1850, and after that time
he was a stanch supporter Of Jeffersonian
democracy. In many ways he aided the
south to recover from the effects OF the
war and the product of his influence Is
seen on many pages of legislation on the
statute books,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
Personal 1ention.

Mr.. Nathan WE'LL is at Palm Beach, Fla,
for a short stay.
recovered from his recent illness
Mr.. A. NJ. Dewey, q former resident of
the District. has been here on a visit for
several days. His present home is in the
west. where he is said to be engaged in
railroad project in the state of Washing
ton. For seventeen years Mr.. Dewey was
employed here by the government serving
as storekeeper for the government printing
office until 1895 and acting as special agent
for the Department OF Commerce and
Labor until 1906 when he retired from the
departmental service to take charge Of his
mining interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
Doctor Must Stand Trial Again.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UTICA, N. Y, March 9.-The case of the
people against DR.. Cyril p Kirley of
Lowville, charged with criminal assault
on Miss Maud Putnam, one of his pa
tents. resulted in a disagreement of the
jury today. following sensational trial
lasting several days. The jury stood to
5 in favor of conviction. DIR. Kirley is
ffty-four years old and for twenty wears
has been a prominent practitioner in
Lowville Miss Putnam, who is twenty
years old, alleged that he assaulted her
a year ago on the occasion of visit she
made to his Office for treatment. Dr. Kir-
ley will have to stand trial again.