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The Washington times., 1908-06-27
FEARING HIS ENEMIES,
MAN CUTS THROAT
Inmate of Soldiers Home Uses
Razor Friend Had Just
Laid Down.

His throat cut almost from ear 20
ear. Robert FIcClusExy. sixty-five years
Of age, a veteran OF the civil var. IS
in a serious condition in the Soldiers
Home Hospital The doctors say he has
q fighting chance TO recover
Haunted by fear Of imaginary en-
ennies, McClusky told several OF he in
mates that he could stand II no longer,
and that he was going 70 end II all.
Picking up a razor with which one OF
the veterans had Just finished shay.Hg
ne cut his throat.
A squirt Of bs1Od, a groan, and he fef!
to the floor unconscious. BIS amazed
companions were unable TO give hIn
any assistance for several seconds. The
man was carried to the hospital and
placed on the operating table. where
Dr. C c. MCGOuldrick worked over him
for several hours.
For the last two weeks McClusky had
zen telling his comrades that his
enemies were prosecuting him and Il
ne went outside the building he feared
they would catch him. ThroughOuI the
civil war he served as a private with
TIE Thirteenth New York Infantry. He
was wounded at the battle Of Gettys-
burg. and IN point Of residence was one
Of the oldest men al the home
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Stump, Stump Everywhere.

So Colonel Bryan will hence
forth use the photograph in order
10 reach the voters of the country
Verify this innovation, as the an
nouncement says, will open up
tremendous possibilities in cam
paigning." Not only in campaign
ing but, we may add, in theatrical
life and in home life.
Tor il is but a step from the IL
Illustrated song, which is such a pop
ular feature in the new style of
theater. to the illustrated speech.
How much more effective to see the
orator shaking his fist at the mag
mary octopus. while from the talk
ing machine comes the clarion cry
of defancel There will be Bryan
nights and Taft nights, to suit the
different partisans; and it may be
possible in this way to follow the
candidate on some whirlwind tour
and see every handshake and hear
every explosion of political elo-
quence and every three-times-three
Surely almost every one would
willingly give nickel or a dime to
see the reproduction of the pretty
incident that took place at Pied.
mont, W. Va. the other evening
when Citizen Bowen had handed VI
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
A Live Card Catalogue.

Good tactics urges the selection
of Mr.. Hitchcock to be the Republi-
can national chairman. To be sure
he has declined TO be considered for
the place-and on account of his
III health. But a man can get well
and the declination need not stand
between this particular man and a
beautiful job like running a nation
al election.
When the convention was about
to adjourn, out in Chicago, some one
asked one of the war horses what
he thought of the Taft manage
ment- "Oh, I suppose it's all right, -
was the answer. They don't need
politicians any more. Why this man
Hitchcock isn't a politician. he's a
card catalogue!"
There is much in the description.
All the readiness for use, the &C
curate information, the method by
nature, and down-to-the-minute
which make the card catalogue
valuable are TO be found in Mr..
Hitchcock. But he is 6 lot more
than that. He is a strong man. a
pleasing personality. a winner and
holder of confidence Maybe he is
not politician of one stripe; but
he is unquestionably politician OF
another; and this newer kind. OF
which Murray Crane. William B.
Mckinley. and the late Billy Rus
sell are fine examples. is the exact
antithesis of the Davis of Arkansas
type.
As the late Senator Pettus observ-
ed on a certain historical occasion
orators have their uses. But those
uses are not in the office of national
chairman. What is needed there is
a live card catalogue and Mr.. Hitch
cock fills the bill
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
SPECIAL CARRIERS
TO HAVE UNIFORMS
Washington City Postofice May
Use Automobiles 10 Quicken
Service.

The special delivery messengers en-
pIoyed b. the Washington City POST
once will appear in shining new uni
forms. slightly different in design from
those now worn By the letter carriers
Monday morning
Heretofore the special delivery mess
engers have had only a badge 10 give
them a mark Of official distinction Inc
officials OF the Office concluded that al
taches OF the pOstOfice in the Capital
City should be properly attired, Win
the result that the messenger boys Vii
be sporting their new uniforms next
week for the first time
The question Of eQuipping the Wash
ington City Postoffice with AUTOMOBILES
for the carrier service is also under
consideration. and Postmaster Barnes
said today that the matter would be
determined in few days
It is proposed TO purchase automobiles
to take the place Of the horse anC
wagon service used in collecting thu
mails IT is also thought the autOmO-
ples may be used 10 a limited extent
& dispatching letter carriers to TIT
different points from which they beglT
T. make their deliveries
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
~N your right, ladies and gentle
men, you see the house IN
~ which President Lincoln died

~N your right, ladies and gentle
men, you see the house In
~ which President Lincoln died
He was carried there after he had been
shot by John Wilkes Booth, in the
Ford Theater, across the street.
THE house itself is owned by the
Government. Congress having 7ur-
cbased IT in 1895 TO preserve it for fu-
t,1re generations, and IT contains the
greatest private collection Of relics and
articles connected with the life and
death of Abraham Lincoln extant.
This collection is owned by Capt
Osborn H. Oldroyd. a civil war veteran.
who has made the gathering of these
relics his life work, and 1t is known all
over the United States as the Oldroyd
Lincoln Memorial Collection. Congress
has, at various times, made steps to-
ward acquiring this collection and pre-
serving it. with the house, as a great
memorial TO the mhrtyred President,
but always has deferred final action.
The house itself was built in 1s49 at
that time being the center of a fashion
able residential section Of the city, for
around the corner, in z street. were the
homes of several justices Of the Su
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Col. WatterSOn Is Wrought Up

MRrse Henry paints sometimes
with the brilliant colors OF Turner,
sometimes with the boldness of Mo-
net, sometimes with the splashing
directness of Fortuny in his later
period. Here is an Illustration Of
this last manner:
Henry Watterson says no loyal
American should refuse the nomination
for the Vice Presidency. What's the
matter with Bryan and WattersOn for
the Denver ticl1et2''-Omaha Bee.
Nothing except that he doesn't want
IL and that nobody wants him and that
because he wore a gray jacket his
nomination would defeat the ticket and
at the same time disgrace him. by
giving the lie TO his profession OF dis
interestedness.
To understand this fully it is nee
essary to read on:
There is no office on earth within the
gift OF the people or the President
which Mr.. Watterson would accept. or
the acceptance OF which he would con-
slider. When he makes up his mind that
he wants TO 60 10 hell, he Will cut his
| throat and go direct. not take a round
about journey by way OF one OF the
departments at Washington. To him
office and officialism In all their forms
are odiOus in the last degree. and mex.
thereto the thing called big influence
with the Administration
Marse Henri is wrought up. Il
must have been hot down in Louis
vile. All the presidents are against
voluntarily choosing TO settle in the
exile specified and Marse Henry
knows as well a anybody else that
offices within the gift of the
people or the President" are sought
after with a feverish anxiety. Al
any rate that has been the attitude
Of cerain of Colonel Watterson's fel.
! Iow-Kentuckians.
However you look at IL. this com
ment leaves the editor of the Court.
er-Journal in a plight. Suppose Mr.
Taft is elected Does anyone deny
that Henry Watterson would have
big influence with the Administra,
tion?" Suppose Mr.. Bryan is elect
ed. Would it be possible even fol
the Perennial to run the Govern
ment without the Courier-JournaTs
full co-operation,a sage Judgment
and ripe experience to help?
Wouldn't it De better for the col
onel to take office right at thu
start? No one would question hi:
sincerity and he would then be abb,
to say that he couldn't recommend
others for office because he had ex
hausted his pill for himself AnC
that would be an answer which
would deceive no one though /
would ward off the jimmies pointed
under the big influence.
Washington viii not despair o
having ''Marse Henry often in it
midst. But il viii never be happ-
until he comes here and stays lon,
enough to learn first hand that no
even the chief city of Kentucky i
farther from the place he mention
ed than the National Capital.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27

his son, "a beautiful child of four
years" to be tossed and kissed by
Secretary Taft, the joyful ceremony
concluding With the affecting speech
of the proud father to the wonder
ing son;
MY child, you have been kissed
by the next President of the United
Statesl"
Such episodes in the lives of can
didates touch the hearts of the
people and make the best possible
subjects for bioscope and phOno-
graph. The Republican national
committee lost a rare chance at
Piedmont.
But there is still another immi-
nent innovation. We refer to the
home stump. Not every one cares
10 go to the theater TO be entertain
ed by the photograph. The scalioP-
ed horn is as fixed a feature Of some
households as the poodle and the
parrot. Imagine, then, the delight
of the admirer of one Bill OF the
other as he opens the window-the
photograph owner being generously
eager 10 sharc his pet pleasure with
the whole northumberland starts
the home rally. Every one can have
the honor to introduce the distin-
guished, aye, the peerless leader
who will then proceed TO make the
welkin ring and give the dickens to
every opponent within hearing with
out fear of interruption.
The voice of the Great CommoneI
and of the G. o. P. leader @ill bt
heard throughout the land, and
there viii be no escape.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Striking Tributes.

That certainly was a hearty and
handsome tribute which Governor
Hughes paid to Secretary Taft at
the meeting of the New York City
Republican Club the other night.
The climax of the tribute-which,
coming from so high-minded an ex-
ecutive and so stubborn an oppO-
nent for the honor of the nomina-
ton, becomes doubly impressive-is
worded thus:
The Republican party is never in want
Of a man able and equipped for his task.
fer the great task Of governing free
JeOple in constitutional method But
there never has been a man called 10
that task with the equipment Of William
Howard Taft
That is the plain fact. His record may
be examined with microscope. His
long career in public Office, from early
manhood in various spheres OF activity,
may be subjected to the most rigid
scrutiny and out OF all Of IL will only
come an enhancement Of respect for the
man VINO so nObly typibes what we
regard as capacity for craftsmanship.
He leads US at a time when such wise
leadership is necessary, and We may
follow him with the approval of the
judgment. and the support that the
mind commands may have brought to Il
the enthusiasm OF emotion as we thank
God for such a leader at this hour
To match the sincerity and spon-
taneity of this we must go TO two
of the most influential Democratic
papers in the country. One of these
speaks of Taft as a imam of the
Grover Cleveland type" The other
already calls him President.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Two Stories of Lord Churchill.

In a new volume just published IN
London, Sir Algernon West tells a
number OF good stories. Here are two
references to Lord Randolph Churchill;
His cynicism was delightful When
the dreadful subject OF bimetallism
cropped up. he turned 20 Sir A Cooley
and said; I flrget; was I biTetallisr
when / was at the India ofice2 :
a Treasury clerk put some figures
before him. I wish you would pun
these figures plainly so thai I can
understand them he said The clerk
said he had done his best. and he
had pointing them out reduced them
to decimals. oh said Lord Randolph,
4 never could understand what those
dots meant "
Another g 'od story Is Of the OLD
Duchess OF Cleveland who. notifying
q relative OF her husbands flueral
added the suggestion that he bring his
gun. saying we are old, we must die
but'the pheaSants must be shot"
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Max Pemberton, MOtJrist.

Max Pemberton is a thorough sports
man, a follower Of all outdOc! pastimes.
He is an enthusiastic golfer, famous
walker, and. more than anything else,
is devoted to motoring. on all matters
OF the automobile, indeed, Mr.. Penn
berton is a national authority, and
among all his magazine contributions
none receives more attention from him
than his columns in the London Sphere,
which he calls The Motorists Note
book" Something of mis- breezy virility
of interest may be responsible Tor the
vfgor of Mr. PembertOn's work, and foI
the fact that Sir Richard EscomDe,
his new novel which the Harpers have
issued, wins particularly the approba-
ton OF men.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Du ChaiIlu's Dwarfs.

The Harpe-s announce reprint Of
Paul DU Challu's Equatorial Africa. %
This Is timely, since the notice attracted
by Du Chaillu's Arctic sledge in which
he made his famous ard almost fatal
journey through The Land Of the Mid
night Sun" and which the Museum Of
Natural History has added 10 its mate
rial from the North. has emphasized the
explorers Lapland stories 70 the eXClu-
sion OF his tropical adventures As a
matter Of fact, these latter were the
travels that gave Du Chaillu his great
est public prominence. introducing the
famous controversy among naturaiisIs
as to the existence Of the race Of dwarfs
which he described with amazing data,
these accounts being verified after they
had been dfsCredited.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Han Gaines Autobiography.

A book that may best be described
as Hall Gaines literary autobiography
is among those promised for fall pub
lication by the AppIetons- Ny Story
IS its title and In II the author tells
OF the friendships he has enjoyed with
such literary lUminaries as Rossettf.
Carlyle. Tennyson, Norris. SwInburne.
etc. Gaines early struggles TO obtain
recognition In the world OF letters are
dealt with very fully. while the las-
chapters bring the autobiography down
10 the present time. the whole covering
literary England during the last thirty
Ave years
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Cash Sale of Beach in Alaska.

The author Of the ''bsst-selling book
n America" is not even aware OF IL,
for he is hunting wild sheep and climb
ing slippery mountains way up in Alas
ka where The BOOkman" and it's FIG
ures scarcely penetrate Recently he
touched at the settlement OF CordOva,
where one +. II. HeEg runs the best
and only bOOkshOp. paiTISs ais name
and his goods on the side OF his cabin
in great white letters just as the ad-
vertising custom is in New York, and
sells picture postcards which show the
main street 70 be a double line OF one
storied shacks with their backs against
the snow peaks. and Mr. Hegg's signs
in solitary prominence Six citizens
stand scattered IN the foreground.
Dear -" writes the author 10 his
publishers, the Harpers. Mr.. Hegg
handles The Barrier In this place.
and reports a big sale. He has dis
posed of six already-for cash. That
Is going some.-Rex Beach"
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
The Aldrich Memorial.

The Thomas Bailey AIdrIch memorial
Will be dedicated at Portsmouth.
n. H. on next Tuesday. June 30 at
II O'Clock in the forenoon. The exer-
cises will be held IN the Portsmouth
Music Hall A large number OF women
and men prominent IN American let
tiers and art have been invited 10 at
tend the ceremonies b. the Memorial
Association Special cars will be at
tached to the morning trains leaving
Boston for Portsmouth.
The aim OF the committee has been
70 secure by subscription SO. ZOO for the
purchase OF the Thomas Darling Bailey
House. which is 10 be fitted up as p
memorial museum 10 contain Aidrich-s
books. including his valuable collection
OF first editions. manuscripts, letters.
and other literary treasures The sur
Viving members OF the Bailey family
viii restore 10 the old house much OF
its original furniture. The poets early
life was passed in Portsmouth. and this
old house was the home Of that ''bad
boy who IS one Of the best Of the real
bCys OF our literature.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
ENGINEER KILLED:
FIFTY ARE HURT

NlAHANOY CITY. Pa. June 27.-En-
gineer Rauph. OF POttsville- Pa, was
killed and every one OF its fifty pas
sengers was injured when a Pennsyl-
vania passenger train jumped the rails
al Dalano. four miles from here, today.
The train, which was made up OF an
engine. baggage car ana two day
COACHES, almost went over hfty-fOot
emhankment.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Washington Irving and Ram Kennedy

Charles Ram Kennedy. author OF
The Servant IN the House." the
dramatic story which more and more
continues to stir the public. is the great
grandson Of Ram Kennedy, Greek mas
ter OF King Edwards school. Birming-
ham. who was the intimate friend Of
COlesidge and Wordsworth, and the IA
miliar compan on Of Washington Irving.
Irving used 20 stay in the Kennedy
parsonage. and il was there that he
wrote a part Of his Sketch Book
Rural Life in England in the Sketch
Book collection. concludes with the
words Of a modern English poet who
has depicted this (sweet home) feel
ing with remarkable felicity" Readers
may recall that the authors fOOtnote
in this plaCe reads, From a poem on
the death OF tie Princess Charlotte, by
the Rev Ran. Kennedy. A. NJ"
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Mrs. Freeman's Abnormal Girl.

In The shoulders or Atlas" her lat
est novel Mary L wilkins Freeman in
Guides a study Of a type Of girlhood
completely new in fiction-a young gtf1
who is psychopathic in her love m
pulses with an abnormal emotion or
desire toward men. Whether Mrs. Free
man chose Lucy Ayres simply for an
erotic character L her story. or in
tended her TO represent type or per-
haps an arrested stage, IN girlhood -
rot discoverable. ArttsucSlly. the char-
aCter heighteus the healthy sweetness
Of the heroine. but the chief interest -
he psychology Of II. which is quite
tenable. even II IT is a bit uncanny-
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
SUPPOSED MAD DOG
SHOT ON REQUEST

Upon the request OF the owner. W B.
ClementS, Of p p street northeast. a
supposed mad dog was shot by Police
last night
II is not believed the dog had bitten
anyone. Nj. Clements became concern
ed. when he noticed the animal acting
peculiarly, and kept the dog fastened up
in the yard
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
The Functions of Vice.

nc uHSllOub OI vice.
Reformers and professional purists
may be greatly shocked oy the perfect
~ obvious truthE set forth in John Nc
ElrOy's The Economic Functions OF
Vice" published by the National
Tribune. Washington, D. c.
In witty and concise style Colonel Nc
Elroy points out that many of the abuses
against which such stringent laws arc
being passed nowadays are but nature S
methods OF removing the surplus. re-
ducing the aggregate number at the top
OF the ladder Of success and thereby
leaving room and ambitions for those
VINO nave not yet risen 70 their high
est possible pitch. lie considers thai
mental and mora deterioration are the
inevitable eoncomitants Of a rise in the
world and II they do not appear In
the man himself they will in his de-
scendants, surely sweeping them out Of
existence In more OF less time where
fore, argues Colonel McElroy much OF
the uprOar about the wav IN which
some Of our sO-calied best people ore
killing themselves Is sadly wasted, for
those same people ara doom cd L. exter-
mination anyhow in accordance with
the great law Of the survival of the 1T
test.
Colonel McElroys contentious Will
hardly change any modern tendencies
toward reform But they constitute
| delightful reading and evoke interesting
| thought fO- those who labor under TIE
] delusion that sin can be legislated out
/ Of existence
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
A Reprint Back Fire.

Margaret Potter's The House of De
MaiIIy'' has been reprinted by the Har-
pers. II is a fairly curious fat that
as soon as an author publishes new
novel the demand for an older one IS
freshened-this. although the stories
may be as different as DE Mailly' is
different from the authors latest novel,
The Golden Ladder"
The Washington times., 1908-06-27

Hamentary law, specially calculated TO
help In schools and colleges and set a
most satisfactory addition TO any II
brary.
Sermons Which Have Won Souls.
Rev Louis Banks. d d Funk &
Wagnalls Company
A collection OF remarkable sermons.
All Around the Civil War, or Before
and After. William Hawn. Wynkoop
Hallenbeck Crawford Company
A series OF sketches on conditions in
the South during the period covered by
the title
The Washington Coaches and Powell
Coach Mary Stevens Besu. The Neale
Publishing Company.
A series OF letters and documents Of
fered to establish the reliability Of the
relics now at the home of washington
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
For Parchment, a Frock.

Amelie Rives, like Edith Wharton.
began 10 write when she was a small
girl. the difference being that while the
latter was carefully trained 10 II as 20
a task. Amele Rives was more or less
repressed by her circle Of relatives. who
quite despaired Of being able TO divert
her 10 anything else. Finally. they tried
removing from her all traces Of paper
upon which she might write, and q
clever way she found out of H. Care
fully smoothing her starChed white
frock. the young author wrote all that
she had to say upon its friendly sur
face. and the opposition fed.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27

was a good one. he modestly refrained
from saving how much better II might
have been with a former Secretary OF
the Treasury on it.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Psines Return Home.

Mr- and Mrs. Robert Treat Paine. il.
Of Boston, who came 10 WASHINGTON
FOR the wedding Of Miss WinIfred
Mattingly and Maj David D. Porter
Wednesday, left Washington Thursday
They were the guests OF Mrs Paine's
father, william F. Mattingly. during
their short stay IN Washington
Mrs Breckenridge. Mr.. Mattingly's
other daughter, who has been spending
some time in Alaska with Lieutenant
Breckenridge. viii remain here with
her father for several weeks.
A -OnE those sailing on the Mime
hal OF the Atlantic transport line, 10
LOnu0n today is Mrs Nicholas Fish. Of
washington.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27

The Times Is served IN the city OF Washing
son and District Of Columbia BY newsooys,
who deliver and collect for the paper on their
own account at the rate OK cents week
for the Evening and cents a copy for the
sunday edition.
Entered at the postoffice at Washington.
d c. as second class matter
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
SHAUGHNESSY TO READING.

terday that he had released Outfeider
Shaughnessy 20 Reading and Pitcher
KraUse 20 Harrisburg, Of the Tri-Stats
League.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
Tnp Abroad Postponed.

Mrs. John T. Davis, who was TO have
gone abroad for the summer with Miss
Maude Ashford. has been detained In
New York on account OF the illness
&C her father Miss AshforJ, has also
given up the trip and is stu IL Wash
ingtOn-
The Washington times., 1908-06-27

Pittsburg has started a fad about the
Merry widower hat. PittsbUrg is rich
enough to be foolish.
The Washington times., 1908-06-27
MISS WILLIAMS SAILS
FOR TOUR OF EUROPE
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter
Go TO MancheSter-by-the
Sea for Season.
Representative and Mrs.
Alexander Go TO Their
Buffalo Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. who at
tended the boat races al New London,
Conn, as the guests Of Miss Anna Cock
rel, have returned 20 Manchester-by-
the-Sea, where they are spending tha
summer with Mrs l. L Letter
Others in Miss COckrelIs party a
New London were Representative and
Mrs. Bourke Cochran and Miss Grace
Jarvis. Miss Eleanor Terry and Preston
Gibson, all Of Washington
The Washington times., 1908-06-27

Miss Gladys ingalls,, Of Cincinnati.
who visited Representative and Mrs.
Mic olas LOngwOrth and Miss Grace
Jarvis IN Washington last winter. is the
guest Of Miss Nora Issigi at Glover
Croft IN Stockbridge. Mass.