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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Washington's Fire-Fighting Need.

Members Of the House committee on
appropriations who have to do with the
framing of the District bill might profita-
bly, take q look at the articles appearing
in the New York papers. daily and week
ly. regarding the great graft in the. fire
department equipment in that city and
the urgent need Of reform there to save
the big town from a disaster far beyond
the fires of Boston. San Francisco, Chi
cAGo and Baltimore. This is not to say,
or to hint for a moment, that the District
fire department IS in a bad way. 1t is
in very good way indeed. Its person
mel and its equipment are far beyond
question. But it lacks a supplementary
service in the fighting OF fire that once
provided. will put Washington probably
outside OF the range of possible disaster
OF this kind. This is a high-pressure
system OF mains. fed from an already
available source and capable Of throwing
an exttnguishing volume Of water upon
any conceivable blaze In the business dis
trict within the least possible fraction OF
time. With such plant the local de-
partment could, without present enlarge
ment. cope with the fire dangers here
possible for years to come. The District
Commissioners have asked for the appro.
priation OF $50, 900 necessary to lay the
mains and make the necessary connec-
tons with the Fort Reno reservoir.
Every consideration Of insurance and
economy points to the wisdom OF the
enactment. Not only would the fire risk
be lesseped. but the release of steam
ers from the downtown districts TO the
urban residential and suburban sections
would bring those parts Of the capital up
to date and minimize the extension re-
duirements 1t would also lessen the
drain upon the filtration plant. through
which now must pass every gallon OF
water thrown upon a fire. Washington
highly appreciates the filtered water. too
highly. indeed. to see 1t used for this
purpose, when two-thirds Of the fire
departments needs could be met through
the high-pressure mains direct from the
unhltered supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

| assailed by all the fractional forces and
local political preiudices of the past. The
| Star repeats that in respect to the schools
| they are in by far the best position to
meet such an onset and to work out the
most satisfactory result.
II the school experiment. as provided for
| in the Doliiver bill. were to score any
| measure Of success whatever. there would
be no lack Of propositions to continue the
process to the other parts of the local
administration. The first police row. or
the first badly handled fire. or the first
outbreak of Epidemic disease might be
seized upon. especially if Congress
CHANGED to be in session. as an excuse for
an assault upon the present method OF
co-ordinating the different functions OF
municipal management.
Under the present system of local gov
eminent the citizens Of the District have
close and usually satisfactory relation
ship to the mechanism Of administration.
They meet the District Commissioners
frequently at hearings. and their wishes
are in the main respected The will Of the
majority generally prevails. as far as 1t
can be ascertained by the process. or
town meeting" assemblages. Public sem
IiIDSHI controls IN practicailN all ioSdi
affairs. SO far as the Commissioners are
concerned. No serious abuse of power
can long be continued without evoking
practical check. For these Commissioners
live here: they have usually been of long
residence here: they are intimately known
to thousands. They are amenable to public
opinion even more distinctly than elected
officials in other cities.
With the District bureaus scattered
through the various federal departments,
as threatened by the Dolliver bill sug-
gestion. even this semblance of home rule
and local self-government would disap-
pear Without votes, without veice even
through Hearings" without redress Of
grievances save through appeals to Con-
gress itself. the citizens of Washington
would be in a desperate plight subject to
the uncontrolled whims of departmental
chiefs and subchiefs, working out their
theories unchecked and trying expert
ments without cooperation with one an
other or consideration of the real welfare
of the community.
The provision of the Dolliver bill which
vests the power of appointing the school
director in the federal commissioner Of
education is the first step toward the dis
solution of the District government Will
the Senate permit it to be taken?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

While there is grief in Lisbon. while
the bodies Of the royal victims lie in
state, while wholesale arrests are being
made and while rumors OF martial law
are rife, this dispatch comes from Paris:
From statements made by the secret
police and Portuguese refugees here 1t
seems that something was known here OF
the assassination plot. The Spaniard,
Cordova, who Is reported to have been one
OF the assassins. has an international rep
utatfon as dangerous anarchist. and he
is we'll known to the Paris police"
How familiar the sound of this is.
Whenever murder with political cast is
done. the news always comes from places
where social anarchists gather that these
people hover like vuItures over the news
and with winks and sly giances seem to
say II told you So
There is one strange feature about this
Paris dispatch. 1t is that 1t did not come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Mr.. williams to the Rescue.

Mr. Williams did what he could yester-
day to rescue his brethren in the House
from the embarrassment caused by their
too great and indiscriminate praise OF
the Presidents special message. Some
had thrown themselves effusively into Mr.
Roosevelt's arms. Their Hail to the
Chief was louder than that of the Ma
rine Band. with every instrument at play.
1t was neither magnificent nor war. On
the contrary, 1t was full of danger; and
Mr. Williams. like a good shepherd sor-
rowing for the strayed. went out after
them.
And get he found the way not one OF
pleasantness. nor any path he took one
of peace The shepherd, indeed, seemed
10 miss the way himself, and to need a
guide.
1t Is a dainty. not to say difficult. dish
the President has set before his oppo-
nents. He says what many OF them have
been saying. He advocates what they
have been advocating. Why should they
not applaud him. and. for that matter.
support him: In fact, but for the prac-
teal politics involved, they should. The
men MT Williams had in mind yesterday
had done the natural thing. They had
OUCSCO al uOHCSI thhPdisC "iNAOuS q
thought as to consequences. 1t was so
good to hear their own sentiments from
a source SO high, they shouted approval
upon the instant.
Mr.. Williams. as proper in a leader,
slept on the matter. He, with others.
had talked that way, too. He wanted
done the principal things the President
was urging upon Congress. But. as he
saw, unreserved Endorsement vas not
the proper thing in the circumstances.
Praise Of the President and his recon-
mendations should be qualified fer use
in the campaign. 1t was the hereafter
that Mr. Williams had in mind.
But it was a tug up hill even for him.
He chooses and rejects with marked
dif1culty. How. then. may the rank and
file hope to fare when, under his direc-
ton. they undertake to execute his
maneuver? How will the average crowd,
when the campaign stamping begins.
be able to follow the distinctions which
the average spellbinder will not him
self have mastered. but is pouring out
in ignorance and profusion?
Politics not ONLY makes strange bed
fellows. but sets many hard tasks. Mr..
Williams addresses himself to his task
with loyalty to his duty, but cannot
conceal how very hard it is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Buy Now and Save Money.

The Star continues to print additional
chapters Of the important and instructive
serial which might be entitled BUY Now
or Pay More Later" and a perusal of
which should form part of the dutiful
routine OF every member of Congress who
has ever taken thought of the develop
ment of the capital and the provision of
the governments necessities in busi-
ness-like manner. These chapters set
forth clearly and convincingly the fact
that each year OF delay permitted by Con-
gress In the matter of practically attack
ing the mall-avenue triangle question
adds to the ultimate cost of the inevitable
solution. 1t may as well be assumed
that eventually all the land lying be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the great
park will be taken by the government
for public building purposes. Sentiment
has generally crystallized upon this point
that no other land is so suitable for this
purpose. 1t Is also centering upon the
correlative proposition that something
should speedily be done for the reclama-
ton of the south side Of Pennsylvania
avenue from its present deplorable stage
Of stagnation and dilapidation.
The Hepburn bill. already approved by
the Senate in the form Of an amendment
to an appropriation bill, is merely the
first OF the necessary measures to the end
OF providing at one stroke all the land
the government will probably ever need
for building emplacements. and curing
the evils to which the capitals chief
thoroughfare is now subjected. The Star
has published numerous interviews which
indicate that strong sentiment in favor
of the immediate passage Of the bill
exists in both houses. The business sense
OF the legislators has been aroused by
their daily observation Of conditions and
by The Stars disclosures relating to
prices and building needs. The question
TO be answered by the houses is whether
this sentiment is to be given a chance to
express itself In the form of square
vote on the Hepburn bill. or any other
measure which embodies the same prop
ositions.
Never will the cost OF this ENTERPRISE
be as low as at present. Never will the
necessities Of the government be less
urgent. Each year will add not only to
the demand for more housing accommo-
dations for the departments and bureaus.
but also to the expense of buying land
to meet these needs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Thinking Of n New Party.
I'M tho phi1sdAlnhia TaAwnr

If Roosevelt ideas dominate >~ine re-
publican party. and II they are as pleas
Ing to the average democrat as Bourke
Cochran and Congressman Sherwood find
them, Is the time al hand when a party
of the center will arise to hold tempo
rarily a position between two forces OF
extremists until a completely organized
conservative party comes into being upon
the old conception of constitutional ideal
ism? The question occurs naturally and
the thought has attractions for the many
thousands Of educated Americans who
have wondered why there is no political
home for them; no camp for those who
seek independence Of parties which are
spoils machines appealing to class an
tagonisms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Mr.. Bryan's Position.
From the New York Sun.


1t is entirely unreasonable for those
democrats who do not admire the prin.
ciples and ambitions Of William Jennings
Bryan to complain of what they call his
"selfishness'' and "self-seeking" He is
not more selfish and self-seeking than
any other candidate for the nomination
for President. Mr.. Bryan merely exer-
cises ordinary prudence in maint aiming
his place as a seeker for a third nomina-
ton. He has found the business or pro.
fession Of being a candidate highly profit
able in money and power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Her Habitual Sheer.

why asked the querulous person,
do SO many novelists want to go into
politics.
1.-The method Of the novelist seems to me
somewhat in accord with that Of the poll
tician,'' answered Miss Cayenne. He
doesn't let you understand what he is get
ting at until he is good and ready, and
when he does make 1t clear 1t turns out
to be Of comparatively little consequence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
A Possible Reason.

''Why is 1t that modern statesmen seem
to be held in less esteem than those OF
previous generations?"
WELL" answered Senator Sorghum,
zone reason is that the cigars they name
after great men aren't as good as they
used to be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Pessimistic Parent.

city?"
II dunno yet" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. His letters are mighty cheerful
and confident. I'm jes' waitin' to find
out whether his buyih' gold bricks or
sellin' EN-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

In the meantime Senator Foraker has
no hesitancy about winning whatever
approval he can in Ohio. New York or
wherever he can. In this era of strong
epithets there must be some temptation
to call him a buccaneer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

from Paterson. n. ]. Paterson seems OF
late to have lost prestige as an anar-
chist center. Time was when no murder
could be done that it Wis not traced (by
some press dispatches) either directly or
indirectly to Paterson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

number OF statesmen feel that
great point has been gained when a sug-
gestion of another term for Roosevelt
can get by without a ringing rebuke from
the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

nm order 70 avoid delays on account
OF personal absence letters to TXE
star should not be aaarsspsd 70 any
individual connected with the once, but
si,uuIy "a 9HE S9A1, or to the Editorial
OF 3usinsss Department. according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

Senator Burkett's postal savings sug-
gestion will. OF course. arouse gladstone
hopes Of much larger pay for a little
more work in the minds of the village
postmaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Not Yet.
Q C.hIcaxn Record.Hcrald,

From the Chicago Record Herald
1t is alleged tfat the Standard Oil Com
pany is going into the ice business. but
there seems TO be no truth In the rumor
that the Rockefellers have assumed con-
troll OF the bootblacking business Of New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Shifted RESPONSIBILITY.

What did you do with your money!"
II tried to be careful" answered Mr..
Sirius Barker. II was too timid to invest
it myself. so I turned it over to other
people and let them lose It,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

There Is no further occasion to rack the
mind by trying to remember his name.
After all 1t Is a sufficient distinction to
refer to him as Gladys Vanderbilt's hus.
band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

1t has been doubtless made clear to
Japan that. despite the excited demonstra-
tions of some OF our yellow peril states
men it will be no especial favor~te start
a war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
From Poetry to Prose.

No more in valentines he sings.
The rose is red, the violet blue"
This message now the postman brings:
The gas bill and the rent are due.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
They Are Dumb.
From the Houston Post

From the Houston Post.
Those democrats who intended to tell
Mr.. Bryan he ought not to accept the
nomination seem to have an impeachment
in their vociferating organs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

Mr. Bryan is proceeding to demonstrate
that his own vocabulary can conjure up
harsh words as we'll as melting meta
phors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Everybody Else Knows.
From the Chicaso Journal


Leslie NJ. Shaw has announced that he
does not know whether he will be q can
didate for President of the United otates
or not. If he would consult the echo he
would hear 1t answer mot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

There Is some curiosity as to what will
happen to Senator J. Davis when he has
to go home and report that there are
still wicked trusts in existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

1t is merely necessary to remark that
Count Boni is in trouble again. The kind
does not make any particular difference
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Roosevelt Not to Blame.

From the Pittsburg Gazette.
Anyway, Roosevelt can't be bIcmed for
what happens in Portugal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Lacks the Token.
Sprinxdeld Republican
From the Spr

From the Springfield Republican.
The Irish peer who has made his first
speech after twenty-four years of. men,
bership I'm the house of lords cannot be
a genuine 1rishman,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

Competition for hero medals may be-
come SO spirited as to make the man who
has to award one something Of hero
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

Reports that there will be no precipi-
tate haste about seeking Thaw's release
from Matteawan suggest a praiseworthy
sense of propriety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

The public appears to have become per-
fectly reconeiled to those ten-dollar gold
pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

The credit due q man for speaking his
mind depends more or less on what kind
of a mind he has.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

The man who predicted the mildest WIN
ter on record is as far out of the way as
the other fellow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
Paris, Not Paterson.

Present climatic conditions invite espe-
cial respect for the arctic explorers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05
The Cars Intentions.
From Black and White.

A weekly paper has discovered that the
largest room In the world Is at st. Peters
burg. This will probably be the room
utilized to hold the proclamations Of the
cars good intentions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-05

TIE STAB has regular ANA psrns.
neat Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulaston Of the
other Wsshington dailies. A. News
ana Advertising Medium It has no
compstito|.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
HANGED THREE BROTHERS
Wouldn't Wait For Court, so Trial
is Held at Once.
Victims Were Ed, Marshall and Jim
Stinebach, Negroes, Who Killed
Deputy Sheriff Richard Burruss.

Union City, Tenn. Tiptonville,
bordering on Reelfoot Lake, which
recently has been the scene of many
stirring incidents, witnessed the "le-
CALLED" lynching of three brothers
who were arrested for numbering Spe-
cial Deputy Sheriff Richard Burruss
and wounding John Hall, deputy
sheriff, last Saturday
The negroes 1ynched we're brothers,
Marshall, Edward and James Slime
back. They created disturbance at
a religious meeting near Tiptonville
on Saturday night. When Burruss
and Hall attempted to arrest them the
negroes shot the officers and escaped.
1t was barely daylight on Sunday
morning before a posse of citizens
from Tiptonville and surrounding
towns were in pursuit of the negroes,
but the trio eluded the pursuers until
morning, when they were surrounded
and captured in a swamp near Ridge
ly. The negroes, covered by a hum
dred guns, were quickly placed in jail
at Tiptonville. When arrested they
had two guns, but were out OF ammu-
milton.
ll6 NEWS III L46 CdpLuIG opICd0
rapidly, and in addition to the several
hundred captors men began arriving
by every road. Soon the Jail was sur
rounded by mob, which had no hes
itancy in threatening a lynching at
once in broad daylight.
One of the few citizens to mount
the steps of the Jail and to appeal to
the mob to desist was J l.. Brunette,
a lawyer, who recalled the recent
night rider outrages which disgraced
the region. He begged his hearers to
let the law take it's course, promising
that full justice would be done the
three black men. This met with a
long growl of disapproval, and Mr..
Burnette, evidently seeing that his
remarks were of no avail, pleaded
with the men, IL they were deter
mined to lynch the negroes, to wait
until nightfall.
AS a last resort S. J. Caldwell and
Sheriff Haynes went before Justice
Lee Davis and explained the situa-
ton. Justice Davis at once agreed to
open court at O'Clock, summon a
jury" and allow the negroes, after
''all available evidence" was heard,
to be duly sentenced to death"
Meantime Governor Patterson was
advised by telephone of the situation,
and he ordered company of militia
to proceed from Union City with all
! haste to Tiptonville, seize the three
negroes and conduct them to place
of safety. The troops started at once,
but failed to arrive in time to prevent
the lynching.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
MANY KILLED BY TORNADO
Two Mile Wide Path Through
Arkansas is 10 Miles Long.
Visited Western Edge of State, Leav-
ing Trail of Death, Suffering
and Destruction.

Fort Smith, Ark. From meagre
reports received here from a score of
towns in northeast Arkansas it APP
pears that twenty-five people were
killed, fifty injured and number are
missing through O tornado which
swept through this section of country.
The path of the storm was two
miles wide and seventy miles long.
Its force was felt in the greatest de-
gree in the vicinity of Ozark, Ark.
The small town of Cravens, four miles
west, was completely wiped out. Four
people were killed and three fatally
injured.
The dead are Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rosin and two children. The injured
are DR.. and Mrs. Hill, an aged couple,
who were caught in the collapse Of
their house and crushed. Grocery
stores in which several people had
taken refuge were blown to pieces
and all the occupants more or less
hurt.
DR.. Croker, of Lenall, Ark, was
slightly hurt. Eight people-three
men and two women and three chill
dren-are reported missing in Crav-
ems. All were seen before the storm.
At Knoxville, Ark, the storm
passed over at the mouth of Piney
Creek, demolishing everything in its
path. Twenty people we're injured
and several are reported to have been
killed.
Calls for doctors have been sent
from Barr, small town four miles
northeast of Knoxville. Physicians
went to the stricken town on hand
car and have not returned. Barr was
swept nearly off the map.
The country between Knoxville and
Barr is waste, the farmhouses were
shattered and some of the occupants
killed The path of destruction in
some places is four miles wide.
The damage at Berryville is con-
fined mostly to stores and churches.
The storm came up from the west at
2.15 o'clock and lasted but few min
utes. The Methodist Church was
wrecked and the parsonage badly
damaged.
The homes of four doctors, frame
structures, were completely demol-
ished. The Baptist Church cupola
was blown $50 feet. and a neighbor-
ing frame house, unoccupied, was re-
duced to kindlings. Eleven other
DWELLINGS were blown from their
foundations and barns unroofed.
A telegram from Knoxville at IL
O'Clock states that the storm passed
near Russellville at 8 O'Clock in the
afternoon and killed fifteen people
and injured a score.