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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION

The Jamestown Exposition Offices of THE WASHINGTON HERALD
located the Press and Publicity Department the Grounds and
Law Building OF Plume and CRANKY Streets Norfolk Va
D. BRUCE SALLEY, Herald Staff Correspondent
JOHN T. ORCHARD Business Representative.
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28

For Mt. Vernon, Alexandria, and
Arlington, Washington, Alexandria
< MtNernOn Rv. Sta. 18th & Pa. av.
TRAINS FOR Mt VERNON WEEK DAYS. To-
u A. ~. y NOON. J. O. AND z. "
TRAINS FOR ALEXANDRIA AND AIRING
IpN DAILY EyEI-i p MINUTES.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06

Read the Bluoneld ovonink Leader
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06

Tersity OF Chicago. who has just re-
turned from pygmy land. on the Up
per Congo, says:
"one thing / discovered was that
the cake walk did not originate
in America. but on the Congo. The
wild natives have the cake walk
festivities all but the cake. The
syrations and movements are al
most the same as genuine cake
walk in this country.
"A traveller who attends to his
own business can explore the coun-
try without fear. Though there are
cannibals. they eat only one anoth-
er in their tribal wars: they sell
dom eat a missionary or a white
man.
The pygmies are three and a
half to four and a half feet high.
Thy live along the sources OF the
large rivers In the upland. They
subsist chiefly by hunting"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
MUST NOT
SHAKE HANDS
THEN WILL GET YOU H YOU
DON'T CHANGE METHOD
OF SALUTATION.

Paris, Feb. 3.-The pitiless hy-
gienists who discovered that there
were microbes in kisses are now
turning their attention to handshak-
ing. The habit OF shaking hands is
attended with danger. they point
out, as the hand Is a receptacle for
microbes, since it is that part OF the
body which receives most.
The question is now being dis
cnssed by some people as to whether
the custom OF handshaking could
not be dispensed with. DR.. NAL
passe. OF the Persian embassy here.
suggests that the oriental method
Of salution should be adopted.
The signs are already being prac-
tised by those who are amused al
the innovation. II is known as the
graceful "temenah," and is shown
by placing the right hand on the
heart. next on the lips. and finally
on the forehead. Put into words
this sign signifies: Your person Is
in my heart, on my lips. and in my
thoughts"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
IN THE FUTURE.


The Hon. Bob Taylor OF Tennes-
see and Fiddleria has not begun his
first term in the senate yet. but he
is already planning a reelection:
"All I ask is that they give me
the same jury"
The same jury is composed OF ev-
erybody In Tennessee with ears for
music. with laugh for jokes. with
full house OF tears for Bob's pathat
lie anecdotes. Bob is sure 20 have
the same jury, but will he be the
same Bob? Will he be able to gush
and caper and scrape the strings
carelessly? Or will the heavy and the
weary weight OF senatorial dignity
make his spirits sag? This seems
certain: In two years more OF Fair
banks either Bob will have the mel
ancholia or the Sky-scraper will
whistle in the senate chamber.-New
York Sun.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
AN EDITORS
REFLECTIONS.

There Is never very much to a per-
fumed letter. but odor.
Death is watching all OF us. to see
that we don't get away.
The mare also makes the money
20 II she finishes last at the races.
The surest sign OF old age is when
comfort begins to count for more
than appearances.
What has become OF the old-fash-
Toned boy who could have a good
time rolling a hoop?
A faith cure always looks better
to healthy person that to one who
really needs a remedy.
There is one word in the English
language which exactly describes
some people Common.
Every town wants to become IA
nous, but none OF them care for the
advertising an earthquake gives.
A busy doctor has this ADVANTAGE
over other busy men: II Is more
difficult for the loafers to locate
him.
Being a star card player is about
the same recommendation for a man
that being good rabbit haser is
for a dog
me boy whose mother devotes a
great deal OF attention to the Guilt
walton OF the Child Mind is USUALLY
a Sissy"
We often hear men say: az have
always done the best I could" Every
man who says that is a great big
baby, for no man does the best he
can.
Nearly every mother imagines her
daughter has musical talent. and
frequently she makes the mistake OF
trying to develop that talent to the
neglect of plain sewing.
Formerly we heard a great many
religious discussions; wherever men
congregated you were pretty apt to
hear religion discussed. But lately
discussions OF this subject are rare.
We haven't heard a religious dis
cussion in years. Men are becom-
ing more Indifferent to the subject
than ever before, and they were al
ways noted for neglecting church af-
fairs.-Atchison Globe.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
REFLECTIONS OF
A BACHELOR

Even plumber gets worried
about his finances when he owns an
automobile.
Some men count on their luck so
hard that when a girl refuses to
marry them they ask another.
A woman pays attention to her
religion every Sunday forenoon, but
to her complexion every day in the
week.
The reason n woman always wants
to have son instead OF a daughter
Is so she can name him after some
body in some fool book.
II shocks a woman to hear her
husband swear around the house,
but 1t makes her mighty suspicious
when he is so sweet tempered that
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
NOW SORRY
TWAS ANNEXED

No sound economic reason was
advanced in favor OF the annexation
OF the Hawaiian islands The ar
gument which had the most force
was that urged by Blaine. who de-
clared that the islands would prove
OF incaleulable value as an Ameri-
can outpost in the Pacific. The sin
certify OF those who accepted Il may
be inferred from their acouiescence
In a movement which is peopling
the islands with an alien popula-
ton.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
ALL PLOTTED OUT.

The Pity patrol announced early
yesterday that Harry Thaw was ION
the verge OF n collapse" He had
been bearing up nobly previously to
this diagnosis, but Yesterday was his
turn. The diagnosticians OF the
Thaw family have got It all plotted
out. and the days for being on the
verge OF a collapse are now arrang-
ed as followsa
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06

Mondays-Everlyn N{sbit Thaw
Tuesdays-The Countess OF Var.
mouth.
Wednesdays.-Mrs. George Lau.
der Carnegie.
Thursdays-Mrs. William Thaw.
The family health is excellent on
Saturdays and Sundays. court moi
sitting on those days.-New York
Sun.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
SCENE IN 1.-THE CLANsMAN."
no doesn't.

The timid never erect n trophy
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06
CAKE WALK FIRST
IN AFRICA

Prof Frederick starr, Of the Uni
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-06

To make a man of Yourself YOU
must Chinese.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19

large part Of the northern side of SD street
between the same avenues is owned and oCcu-
pied by the grounds and buildings OF one in
StitutiOn, he thought the same estimate would
hold true of property along that street. AS the
Pennsylvania road owns and Will use for its
approach from the river tubes large portion
of the land the western side of Ninth avenue,
Just across from the terminal site, the effect on
values Of other property there is hard TO pre-
dict. say real estate men. The same holds true
of the property to the east of the terminal be-
way, and West 31st and 33d streets, the owner
ship Of which is principally divided between the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Nc
Adoo tunnel interests. The PENNSYLVANIA RAN
road also owns a plot OF land In West 3lst
street. near Seventh avenue, on which power
house is now being built.
1t would appear that in the erection of this
power house the railroad IS in a way seeking 10
shape the architecture OF the community
which is expected TO spring UP around the ter
minal for while not excessively ornamental the
which now stands in striking contrast
among the dingy old brick houses thanking il on
either side
Even the conservative estimates 70 be found
on the books of the assessors reflect the in
creases in valuation. While the fact that at
the time the Pennsylvania was buying up its
site the city was just changing its method OF
assessment from the old three-quarter valuation
basis to the full valuation basis now in use
makes an accurate comparison almost impos-
sible the records show advances fully bearing
out The claims of the real estate men, This
years figures show a total valuation OF the
600 while the valuation placed on the site itself
&c a out 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19

known real estate man the other day. Other
real estate men believe present owners are 60
Ing to get every penny they are now asking.
and much more time goes There are
numerous instances showing the striking rise
in values which the terminal work has brought
about but one viii serve to illustrate IL as well
as one hundred At the northeast corner OF
Thirty third street and Seventh avenue. directly
opposite the site of the big terminal. is plot OF
land which is 80 by 100 feet. with an L" ex-
tension at the rear running back IS feet. The
whole plot contains $3.50 square feet. About
two years ago IL sold at auction for $3.50
600. Early last year il again changed hands.
selling for $4,000 A few months later II was
once more sold for S450.000. II was only a few
days ago that its present owners refused an
offer of $4,000 for it, holding out for $750000.
There are many similar cases.
One conservative real estate dealer said the
other day that he knew Of another small piece
Of property the terminal site for which
$4,000 had been asked before the work began.
and which the price Is now 100000 Though
no hard and fast rule Of proportion governing
the general advance in values can be laid down,
il seems in most to have been about two
thirds. One real estate man ventured guess
the other day that the value sites along
West 3lst street fronting the terminal and train
shed. between Ninth and Seventh avenues. had
advanced within the last three years from a
total Of S3,2J0,oo0 to $l000o0oo Though a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19
OTHER PROPERTY BENEFITS.

That the advance in real estate values is by
no means confined 10 the property Immediately
surrounding the terminal has become apparent
and indeed there many well informed men
in real estate circles who firmly believe that the
new station Will finally not so much benefit the
property close to it that along Fifth avenue
and Broadway between 3ith and i2d streets
There are many evidences Of the way property
in Shat part of the city has been affected by the
progress on the terminal work. one was found
the other day In the transfer Of the Union Dime
Savings Bank property in Sixth avenue. 10 the
Civ Investing Company for about SltNoOo
and in the purchase by Felix Isman OF property
at the southeast corner of :I}d street and Broad
way for 81 .5O0OoO. for which an offer OF s.
100000 made a short time afterward, was
promptly refused. Again. in the increase on the
so-caled McApn property in this immediate
vicinity from S}.000OuD TO something like So
coo 900 and In the fact that the McAdoo tunnel
people recently paid S2oooo0O for small plot
in Sixth avenue TO be included In the hotel ter
rninal site the real estate men see no end OF
margins and profits TO he made on real estate
in that vicinity through the advances In values
due either wholly or in part TO the coming of the
big railroad station.
John J. Mutt. editor of The Real Estate Rec
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19
FEARLESS PROSECUTOR.
Francis J. Heney, Who Brought
Boss Ruef to His Knees an Frisco.

The surprising turn given 10 the San Fran
cisco prosecutions for bribery and extortioa by
the plea of guilty and promise OF confession by
Abraham Ruef. the political boss Of the Cali
fornia metropolis. directs renewed attention to
the man who brought this about. II is another
triumph for Francis Joseph Heney. the man
whom Ruef called murderer and sought to
drive out of office last fall Assistant District
Attorney Heney had shown the mettle OF which
he successfully conducted for the Government
in Oregon. His latest achievement adds another
TO the legal victories secured by his indomitabls
persistence and cIeer-headed cognizance OF the
resources of the law. He is rapidly making
good his promise TO put the San Francisco
"grafters'' behind the bars.
In his career Francis Joseph Heney has had
some picturesque and striking experienced Born
in Lima, in the western part OF this state. he
went TO San Francisco with his parents when
only five years Old and there received his edu-
cation in the public schools and rounded IL out
with course at the University OF California
and two years at the Hastings Law School later,
After admission 10 the bar. in 1888. he ern-
barked in the cattle business IN Arizona for
considerable period. combining Herewith the
management of an Indian traders store at Fort
Apache for part Of the time. IN 1889 he re-
sumed the practice OF his profession. settling
down at Tucson. Ariz.. where he remained for
six years. He was the leading counsel in tho
litigation under which titles 90 the land grants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19

shores I said that her greatest apparent and
immediate need 400. 900 600 cakes OF soap
and an ocean Of disnfectant. on this point |
am writing TO uncomprehending readers: for
America can never understand or imagine the
unspeakahle flthness Of the Chinese. in their
persons. in their clothes. in their dwellings, and
in their streets. 1t is almost impossible to hint
the true state of affairs in any publication
less unlicensed than medical journal
The tourist who does" China, by passing
through the port cities, stopping at the big
hotels-although these bad enough, in all
conscience-can have no understanding of what
Chinas dirtiness meanc. Only those who live
or travel in the interior can comprehend this.
! have found many reasons for admiring the
missionary body as whole; none of these Is
greater than the manner in which they main
TAIN amid such miserable surroundings, the
ideals and standards and practices of cultivated
American life To be a lady in interior China
is to he hnrn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19
ARE THE CHRISTIANS BETTER9

study of the facts compels the statement
that in the case of many native converts these
Objectionable Chinese characteristics have been
eliminated showing that Christianity really
has the power to make over the people. From
one point of view this is the cruX of the mission
airy question. Are these converts genuine? Do
they display the virtues which commonly
supposed TO accompany the Christian religion?
While II is true. as the oldest living mission
airy to the Chinese said TO recently, that
There are more heather In China to-day than
there were when Robert Morrison began work
a hundred years ago." owing to the increase
in population, yet there is also body of native
Christians whose faith Is ineradcable The
Boxer movement convinced China that Chris
tianty among her people is here to stay and
cannot be stamped out. These native Christians
for the most part sincere and steadfast
subtracting all those who may in any way be
called rice Christians" and who so far as
can ascertain, a decided minority there re-
mains a body of men and women who have
been made over by Christianity. The light in
their faces alone is enough TO mark them Re-
peatedy in various parts OF the empire
have seen hundreds of such persons. Some
have come to know personally The unpIea SAINT
traits of their fellow countrymen which have
just been enumerated have been cast off bv
them; they bear the marks by which sincere
disciples of the NaZarene have been distin-
guished in all ages.
Slow, hard and discouraging are the labors
of the missionary, but handful of such con-
verts are his reward. Despite the dead weight
of inertia which continually confronts him and
the more or less active opposition and hostility
of the people as well. he is steadily winning his
way underwriting the foundations of the old
creeds. disseminating a new spirit of under
standing. tolerance and sympathy among the
people and preparing for the advent of that
day whose dawning he confidently expects
when the century of Gospel seed sowing In
China will bear fruit in great harvest OF con-
yerSiOuR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19
CHINAMAN TOO MUCH FOR GERMS

The germ theory is all upset by study OF
China BY all the laws OF modern medical sci
ence, the country should be continually ravaged
by destructive plaques. The Chinese seem to
grow fat germs; they eat them alive.
"China's millions is good. reputable mission
airy phrase at home; out here it is used to des-
ignate the amounted guests with whom you are
obliged TO share your bare room in a Chinese
inn or your sleeping shelf on a Chinese boat
/ can scarcely imagine any power short of
supernatural religion that can clear up the
Chinese, externally AS for his inward
mental and spiritual flthiness that must be
passed over in silence. To hear and under
stand, one Chinese he reviles another is to
discover a and horrible world of corrupt
imaginings.
The first day landed in China we saw
some children having fine sport in killing a
kitten by the gentle process of jumping upon il
The impression then formed has been steadily
deepened. that the Chinese are a cruel people
cruel TO dumb creatures, but more cruel to one
another. The statement Is almost warrante
that here is nation without a sense of pity
or sympathy. A roadside death is q pastime for
the bystanders. When coolie was cut clear
in haff by tine swinging OF heavy steel plate
against the hatchway OF a ship at Tien-Tsin on
which he was working, his workfelIows laughed
heartily.
AS our ship was being warped into her moor
ings at Shanghai boatman fell overheard and
the crowd laughed, although he spoiled the point
of the joke by managing to scramble out At an
execution | saw crowds pressing eagerly about
the headless trunk Of the victim and laughing
nerrily over his fate. One must hear on the
spot the unreported fiendishness Of the Chinese
mobs toward massacred missionaries to realize
the unfathoHable depths OF Chinese cruelty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19
BIG RISE IN VALUES.

Mr.. Reas belief in the rise of values of prop
erty surrounding the terminal site is found
ed in fact. Indeed. there seems TO be only one
question uppermest in the minds of owners of
such property. 1t is this: How fnuch?" And
recent real estate transfers in that vicinity
seem 10 bear cut the assertion that the answer
10 this query is not yet 10 be found. Real estate
men who know the locality say there is nothing
in New Yorks history equalling the effect on
adjacent property values which the erection Of
the big terminal is having. Since the work first
began, about three years ago, prices have been
soaring. They still going up. and no can
tell where they VIII stop. Some of the more
conservative believe that the phenomenal adj
vance in prices is not a substantial one. and
that values must or later take a slump
Some of these fellows who are holding out
for such big prices are going TO get left if they
don't look out" was the declaration Of one well
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19

by Mexico in Arizona were settled, and argued
three leading cases before the United states
Supreme Court. In 1S93-'94 he was the Attor-'
ney General of tho Territory. After the close
of his term he went back TO San Francisco
where he took up civil cases until sought out
to take charge of the oregon land fraud prose-
cution. He is known as a man who makes good
in whatever he undertakes.
In 1901 he was the counsel for Judge Arthur
Noyes, of the United States Court. who was
mixed up in the home ring scandal II was his
argument for Noyes in the United States Su-
preme Court which attracted the attention OF
Attorney General Knox. TO whom he was op-
posed. When MIR Knox ready TO proceed
with the cases against the men implicated in tho
land frauds in Oregon. he offered Mr.. Heney an
appointment as Assistant United States District
Attorney and put him in charge of the prosecu-
ton The understanding was that he should
receive special fee for the work. which woulH
take him away from his private practice Tor d
considerable time. With the aid of ". j. BurIs,
the Secret Service agent assigned 10 work UP ttl'
evidence, Mr.. Heney soon made his case SO
strong that there was no chance for the suiilS
To escape.
When Mr.. Heney went against these men ne
also went against popular local prejudice. Every
thing against him. Even the District AZ
torney whose assistant he was appointed 10 90
he discovered 10 he tool of the land graopelSs
Yet he secured the removal Of this attorney dlN
went ahead with his work, until out of the InnS
teen men of prominence whom he brOusEt ~
trial eighteen were found guilty and mace ~
carry out sentences imposed upon them by tie
law. OF the eighteen one who was sentenCeu ~
prison was a United States Senator; two wese
members of the National House of Represehta-
tlves; others We're the president and two niein-
berS of the Oregon Senate. a receiver OF suN-
eminent land office. tbs Mayor of Albany Ut.
two United States land commissioners, 3 SUI
veyor general, a forestry supeFIHte Il0eht' : 81
ro-tf-,oI - aighth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-19
That She Needs Them Ba dly
Is Proved BY Many I'm
pleasant Facts.
By William 7. Ellis

Copyright. 1907. by Joseph 3. Bowles)
Exclaims the fervid missionary speaker
-chtna's millions crying for the Gospel"
Rubbish,
China.s millions would like to throw Chris
tianity into the Yellow Sea, and they would have
q fete day in the Punishment or murder of every
missionary within the borders of the Middle
Kingdom. IL they had their way. II is only tho
fear Of foreign gunboats and armies that makes
China endure the missionary. Everybody in
China knows that, be he missionary, merchant
Or legationer. The untruthfulness of the sort
of sentimental presentation of the missionary
cause that is so frequently INDUCED in through
out Christendom is clearly understood and ear
nestly deplored by every thinking missionary.
China does not want missionaries or missions
Cir Ernest Satow was right when he declared
that China does not desire the spiritual side of
the shrewd. unforgetting old tigress on the
throne down TO the ignorant, superstitious OK
like coolie straining at a horses load the Chi
nese people may be said to be practically one
In not desiring the Jesus way True they
now want the appliances of Western civilization
to make more effective their old soirit as when
the officials Of North Central China conspired nv
telegraph against foreign administered famine
relief But the principles of Christian ciyfliza-
Ion thew for a all