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Evening star., 1908-02-04
DECLINES A COMMAND.
Naval Officer Who Prefers Position
Of Executive Ofacer

Rarely does naval ofiicer decline the
command OF new warship. yet that is
what Admiral Dewey's naval aid, Com
mander Spencer S. Wood, has DONE Some
time ago the Navy Department assigned
that officer to command the Birmingham,
one of the new fast scout cruisers, just
about to go into commission for the first
time.
Commander Wood now, however, has
announced that he does not care to have
that command, because such service would
not afford him the experience necessary
to enable him to command a battleship.
He has therefore applied to the depart
ment to be ordered to duty as executive
officer of the battleship Idaho. about to
go into commission under command OF
Capt. Diehl, in order that he may acquire
the necessary experience So the COM
mand of the Birmingham will go to Com
mander B. T. Walling OF the bureau OF
equipment. 1t Is understood that Com
mander Wood. after making a part of a
cruise on board the Idaho. will be assign
ed to command one of the cruisers OF the
st. Louis class
Evening star., 1908-02-04
DINED BY DEPEW.
New York Republicans Meet Around
the Festive Board

Senator Depew gave dinner last even
ing to which he invited mostly New York
republicans. The exceptions were Speaker
Cannon. Representative Foss of Illinois
and Representative Littlefieid of Maine
Representative Peter a. Porter of Niagara
Falls was present as a New York re-
publican. Notwithstanding the fact that
he ran on an independent ticket when
he defeated James w. Wadsworth.
The other guests al the dinner were
Mr.. Woodruff MIR. Barnes. Lucius y.
Littauer of Gloversville. former repre-
sentative in Congress; Edward Fl. Butler
of Buffalo. Charles q. Bennett of Brook
lyn, secretary of the Senate; John A.
Sleicher of New York. and Representa-
tives Serene +. Payne. j. Van Vechten
Olcott, j. Sloat Fassett. Edward B. Nree-
land. j. Breck Perkins. j. w. Dwight.
NJ. F.. Driscoll. c. W. Fairchild. T. w
Bradley. w. s. Bennett. w. n. Calder
w. W. Cocks. {. 7. Dunwell. {. B. Law
DeAlva s. Alexander. Herbert Parsons
and George f. Waldo.
Evening star., 1908-02-04
CITY AND DISTRICT.

The request of James J. Overn. manager
of the McMullen. McDermott & Hoff-
man Engineering Company. that an ex-
tension of time of two weeks be granted
to dig and grade 18th street and an ex-
tension of time to grade the property OF
A. w. Machen has been approved by the
Commissioners.
On recommendation of Maj. Sylvester.
superintendent of police. the Commission
ers have given authority for the sum OF
S15 to be taken from the police pension
fund TO be paid to Mrs Josephine +.
Reynolds widow OF Private w. II. Rey.
nolds, who died several days ago after
long service on the police force. The
money will go toward defraying the
funeral expenses.
The District Pleasure Club has been or
ganZed with the following officers: J.
Mcintosh. president: Miss NJ. Beach. vice
president; N Bovello secretary; Mrs. NJ
Mcintosh, treasurer, +. curren, sergeant
alarms.
Evening star., 1908-02-04
AMENDING DISTRICT LAW.
Powers Conferred Regarding Deaths
and Care of Bodies.

The Commissioners have forwarded to
Chairman Gallinger of the Senate Dis
trict committee a bill to amend the code
of law OF the District and certain other
laws and regulations In SO far as they
relate to the registration OF deaths and to
the disposal OF dead bodies. This BILL ac-
cording to the Commissioners. Is partic-
ularly aimed at the alleged practice on
the part of some undertakers Of holding a
dead body against the wishes of those en-
titled to it until certain demands on the
part OF the undertaken have been COM
piled with. The Commissioners say by
the enactment of this bill the health OH
Ger of the District will be enabled to stop
this practice. which is looked upon by
them as an unlawful retention of a dead
BODY for which there is now no adequate
remedy.
| There is another section of this, bill
which gives the health officer authority to
pass on the bringing into the District Of
| the bodies OF persons who have died OF
Evening star., 1908-02-04
Offer Of the Traction Companies.

tho House District committee was a
direct offer from the local traction COM
panies in connection with the universal
transfer proposition. Gen. George II.
Harries, vice president of The Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company,
declared that il a law were passed per-
mitting the company to charge a
straight five-cent fare the additional re-
ceipts of the companies from this
change-the difference amounting last
year to $335,O0O-would be put into i'm
provements: in other words, back into
the pockets of the people, in the way Of
service.
Gen. Harres said that his company
would purchase about seyenty-five new
Evening star., 1908-02-04

for use on the suburban lines. and would
guarantee an increase OF at least a mill
lion ear miles year. He mentioned that
the other company, the Capital Traction
Company. could be depended upon for .
proportionate increase. and Mr.. Stell-
wagon, who was present. representing the
company. confirmed the statement. Gen.
Harres told the committee that as much
as his company would like to meet every
demand of the citizens of Washington for
more cars and improved service. II was
simply impossible at this time ana uhder
the existing arrangements. Even q rail-
road company. he pointed out. had TO do
something more than stand on Its hind
legs and whistle in order TO get all the
money II wanted.
Evening star., 1908-02-04
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
Nicholas N. Warren Accused o
Causing Death Of Adam Lawson.

The trial of Nicholas n. Warren, COL
ored. before Justice Stafford and a jury
In Criminal Court No. /. to answer an
indictment charging murder in the first
degree in connection with the death of
Adam Lawson. also colored. June - last,
was continued today.
The evidence adduced by the govern
ment tended to show that Warren was
beaten by Lawson in a fight several days
before the fatal encounter. and that the
defenuant threatened to avenge the wrong
the next time he should meet Lawson.
1t was testified the men met June "a,
when the defendant is charged with stab
bing Lawson several times in the abdo-
men. infiicting wounds from the effects
of which Lawson died.
The defense. it is understood. will con.
tend that Warren did not inflict the fatal
wound.
Attorney Thomas c. Taylor appears for
the prisoner. and Assistant United States
Attorney Turner represents the prosecu-
tion.
Evening star., 1908-02-04
Let's Tell lit Right Away.
eadquartcrs for Baby Carriages.

Headquarters Tor Baby Carriages
You have the best variety of Baby Carriages and
Carts and ask the lowest prices Such was the re-
mark of this mornings who purchased English Car
riage. paying SIS. The writer's den fourth floor
where Furniture, Rugs Draperes and Baby Carriages
Evening star., 1908-02-04
FOR CHEAPER GAS.
Petition Received by Chairman
Smith Of House District Committee.


Chairman Smith of the House District
committee has received petition for
cheaper gas from F. w. Mahood of 1895
Both street northwest.
Mr.. Mahood says:
IF you want any further evidence than
that which you now have on the gas
question. give US a public hearing. We
want quick action, and action looking to
the equity Of the people in the case.
Il have seen it reported that there has
been no demand here for the legislation
asked by the Commissioners. But there
is. And the Commissioners are asking it
in the name of the public. There should
have been a decrease in the price of gas
long ago. and it would have come in any
other city than one governed as we are.
Considering large dividends. stock
bonuses. the piling up of surplus, etc. 1t
will come now If Congress does its duty
to the District. Washington is near the
largest and best coal fields in the United
States with the cheapest cost of trans
portation. and there Is no reason why the
gas companies should charge a higher
rate than cities very much more remote
from the coal.
'The practice of the gas companies
would not be countenanced in any other
city.
THE inspector of meters tests meters
when they are purchased and seals them.
They are then put in. and. according to
experience. they do not always remain
correct. If complain about the matter
and it is found incorrect. they put in an
other which may not have been tested foi'
years. and which may well be as incorrect
as the old meter.
II have recently had considerable
trouble with the gas in Georgetown. In
the early evening the gas blows. later on
1t goes down. and at about the same time
every night 1t goes down to almost moth
ing. The company says it is caused by
condensation" but this is curious con-
densation which is intermittent and which
applies at the same time every night. l
complained to the company and it was
better for short time, but as soon as the
agitation dies down there is a recurrence
OF the trouble.
THE District Commissioners should be
given the power to compel a standard
pressure, as the pressure here is the most
fluctuating thing imaginable. This is
proven by the records of the gas inspec-
tors office
Il am also opposed to any increase in
Evening star., 1908-02-04

the capitalization of the Georgetown Gas
Company.
THE whole matter resolves itself down
to whether the citizens of the District VIII
be given the same square deal that would
be accorded to them If they were citizens
of your home towns. Let the members
of Congress act on this question here as
they would act on ii If they were officials
of their home towns and such question
were brought before them there.
What the people of the District want
is action, quick action
Evening star., 1908-02-04

to secure payment from them. Yet that
is the logic OF the appellants case.
1t may be that in most cases the
importation of a pirated English copy
Of an American book would be unlawful.
whereas 1t Is argued that the importation
was lawful In the case at bar. The APP
pelee makes a strong argument that the
appellants importation was wrong. But
ii is hard to see how the right to copy
book. whether lawfully or unlawfully
imported. can be affected by the mode In
which it got here. The analogies of the
law are the other way"
Evening star., 1908-02-04
Denton Likely to Recover.

Despite the fact that Richard Denton.
colored. underwent at the Emergency
Hospital Sunday morning one of the most
delicate and serious operations known to
surgery-the sewing up of wound in the
heart-it was said at that institution to-
day that his condition is gradually i'm
proving and that in all probability he
will recover.
Evening star., 1908-02-04
NAVY YARD DISCHARGES.
!,
Another Reduction Of the Force Sai6
to Be Imminent.

Another discharge of about 300 ma chin
lists and helpers in the Washington navy
yard is said to be scheduled to take place
this afternoon or tomorrow. Including
those heretofore discharged. the coming
disrnissals will swell the total above the
800 mark, it is said. Officials of the navy
yard say the reduction of the force be-
came absolutely necessary. owing to the
work.
Evening star., 1908-02-04
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS.

Does your back achef Do you get up lame in the morning7 Do you feel dull and tirsd? Does it hurt you to bend over, to lift anything, to get up from a chair? Do you have sud- deA catches" or stitches of pain in the back? Does a dull, throbbing ache settle in the small of your back and bother you day and night? Do you sometimes feel that you simply cannot straighten up?
 If you do have backache, be care full not to make the very common mistake of treating 1t as a muscular trouble. Do not rub the sore place with liniment, nor put on plasters, for the seat of the trouble is inside In the kidneys, which lie just be- heath the small of the back, on either hds of the spine.
 A cold. a chill. a fever. overwork, ,ver-eating or over-drinking may tart a slight congestion or infam- nation in the kidneys that will at saee interrupt the kidneys work of ntsriny the blood. It is this condi- Ion Gct, sets up the aching, and makes yOur back so bad.
 You cannot make any mistake by treating the kidneys at once. for it B these small troubles that lead to lropsy, diabetes and Bright's dis Iase. I there is any doubt in your
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15
CIRCUS WEDNESDAY.
Youngsters Anxiously Awaiting Con-
 ing of the Elenhant

Wednesday Is to be the red letter day on the calendar for the little boy and his big brother. It is circus day and that means the grand climax to the plans and meditations of the past several weeks.
 According to the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth announce ments there is some instructive and entertaining amusement in store for those who witness the unloading of the circus paraphernalia. This is said to be an education in itself.
 The Barnum & Bailey show is from the standpoint of magnitude one of the two great circuses now on the American continent and that means that 1t must be a veritable moving metropolis in the amusement line.
 From the past reputation of the circus 1t Is only reasonable to expect that it still carries with it some of the finest horses to be seen in the country and these will all be seen to advantage while the train Is being unloaded. And the manner in which the work of unloading and setting up camp is conducted is said to be with clOck-like precision. Every move is for a purpose and on account of the multitude of things that must be done at one time the wheels within wheels turn without interfering with each other.
 Then, when this work is nearly completed. there will follow the monster parade in which the spec tators will be given their first op- portunity to gaze on all the animals and interesting features that go to make a circus menageTie.
 All of the above attractions and many more will be closely watched by the little boy and his big brother. and t is safe to conjecture that many 'pateTfamilias'' will also be found taking advantage of the opportunity just to show the children the cir Cus
 Two performances are announced for Wednesday. afternoon at o'clock and again ia the evening at 5 o'clock. The doors vill be opened at i and ! o'clock. sllOrinE a fuII hour for vis- iting the geological collection in the ue1sgsris-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15
CARY FOR vICE-PREsrDENT.
Friends of Prominent Connecticut
 Democrat Booming Him.

During the past few days an as- pirant for yice-presidential honors on the democratic ticket has appeared from a new and rather unexpected quarter in the person of Melbert B. Cary of Connecticut It being virtual ly conceded that the democratic tick ct will be headed by a western man, it is regarded as practically. a fore gone conclusion that the candidate will have a running mate from the east, and 1t is urged by the followers of Mir Cary that no one is better qualified for that position than him.
 Although never having held any political ofies. Mir Cary is thoroughly we'll known to the voters of this state. where he has been before the public eye for many years. He was born in Racine. Wis. July 2s. 1852. He entered Princeton college at an early age and was graduated when only 1s years old.
 Mir Cary. who has always been a consistent democrat. began his politi- cal career by making speeches in be- half Of the late Samuel ]. TiIden in the campaign of 1876. He was chair man of the democratic state conven- tioa st Hartford. June 10. 1sss. and on September 2s. 1898. was unani- mously elected chairman of the demo cratic state central committee. At .he foIIowing election the republican plurality was reduced from 53. GOO to Is .1Gs- In 1902 Mr Cary was made the democratic nominee for governor. ana while failing of election. received the stIsrgest vote ever cast for a demo eratk candidate ia this state
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15

Before congress adjourned there
 was partial poll taken of the dem
 ocrats on the floor of the house and
 AZ of the leading democrats came
 out unequivocally, strenuously and enthusiastically for the nomination for the vice-presidency of Francis
 Button Harrison, including Hon John
 Sharp Williams, the floor leader of the democrats, and Hon Champ
 Clark, who will be speaker of the house in case the sixty-frst congress
 is democratic. There is reason for this unanimity of opinion of the su- preme fitness of MT Harrison for second place on the ticket. There could be no more competent critics of Mir Harrison than his colleagues on the floor of the house. They sat with him all through the fifty-eighth congress, of which he was a mem- strong republican district. They again associated with him intimate ly in the first session of the sixtieth congress. He also would have been in the fifty-ninth congress, but was his party's candidate for lieutenant governor of New York, going down with all associates on the ticket in the Roosevelt landslide of the year 1904. but it then was admitted that he added strength to the state tick ct. His colleagues in congress have watched this young mans career, and they gladly acclaim him as wor- thy in every sense of the word 10 fill the place of vice-president. as well as add strength to the ticket all over the east. where we need
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1908.
June 15 In History.

1215-Magna Charta sign >
 ed by King John. ' N 1775-George Washington N~W took command of the yF
 American army. kxA 1S71-Commodore Josiah rs3%S Tattnall, prominent Confederate naval c.s officer, died; born TattnaIl.
 1795.
 1900-Fofeign troops forbidden to enter Pekin by imperial edict. 1907-Second international peace con- gress opened at The Hague.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15

mind that the kidneys are affectsA. notice the urine for a few daya If passages are irregular. painful, or too scanty, discolored, or full of sedi. ment, the Kidneys need help right away, and there Is no other medicine more helpful than Doan's Kidney Pills, simple remedy for the kid. neys, yet so powerful that 1t quickly cures the cause and SO ends all the painful and annoying symptoms. Home testimony proves the unfailina merit of Deans Kidney Pills.
 WATERBURY TESTIMONY.
 Mrs James Devs of 32 Hospital avenue. Waterbury. Conn. says: "My husband made a statement for publi. cation in August. 1901. in which hs said that he had suffered considera. ply from pain in the loins and kid. neys. especially during changeabls weather or after taking cold, and that although he would often be so lame and sore that he could not do Justice to his work. Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at the H. ". Lake Drug Co. relieved him entirely of the trouble. It gives me pleasure to confirm bis testimony and to say that the cure has been permanent He has never complained of his bach incs Doan's Kidney Pills eurss him"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15

The one feature of encourage ment which now stands out more prominently than all others is the crop outlook, says Banker Clews. President indications point to large crops of all the important staples. Cotton. wheat and hay are each re- ported in high condition. and with larger acreage the promise is almost certain as 10 a big yield. The three summer months are frequently pc TiOds of deterioration: but, allowing for these usual declines. our crops are still sure to be heavy. Both winter and spring wheat are in eE- ceIlen. condition. and the outlook. according 10 some -horities. is for a crop Of about TOO 600. 900 bush els. or the second largest on record. Big ost and hay crops are also all most certain. Moreover. there is an unusual absence of injury by in sects. and the ground has been so well saturated as 10 make damage from drOuth or hot winds much
 more remote than usual Corn Is late: therefore somewhat uncertain. This is our most important crop: but. as the soil is generally in good condition. a few weeks of hot weather would quickly compensate for present backuardnesz. and there is 10 occasion as ret for any ua- essiness in this respect Lsst year. it rfII De Te1enbered. the crop
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15

was late; nevertheless the yield was exceptionally heavy. Our farmers, therefore, are practically sure of an- other profitable year, since prices are high and there are no surplus supplies. This is the chief basis for the uncompromising optimism of the west, which contrasts so pleasantly with the depression still hanging over the east.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15
HIGHLAND DIVISION.
 Going East,

Going East. FOR HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD. WTLLMANTIC, WORCESTER, PROVIDENCE, PUTNAM AND BosT0N-7:10. 8:43 a. m.: 12:15. 3:15. 7:S4 (to Hartford and Springheld), p. m.
 Going West. FOR DANBURY-s:35 a. m.; 2:05. 7:00 p. m. FOR POUGHKEEPSIE-s:35 a. m.: 2:05 p. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS. FOR BRISTOL-(Connecting with suburban trains)-sS:30, sl0:30 a. m.; 2:25, '4:33. 6:33 p. m. Connecting for Springfield, Wor- cester and Boston.
 DUBLIN STREET STATION. FOR MERIDEN AND MIDDLE ToWN-10:50 a. m.; 5:10 p. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15

The platform promulgated by the democrats of Maryland at their state convention on June 3, is a model of brevity and clearness. It emphasizes three issues-tariff re- form according to democratic prin- ciples, retrenchment in the expen- ditures of the federal government, and resistance to federal encroach- ments upon the reserved rights of the states and the people. It is such a platform as Jefferson himself might have written.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15

Another republican congressman, J. F. Laning, of Ohio, is in trouble and has been indicted as result of the grand jury investigation, but refuses to resign, and will thus help along the election of a democratic congress. Ohio republicans are cer- tainly having a hard time of 1t this wear