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est material for news and feature
stories in the House. The paragrapaers
and the cartoonists loved him. Through
out his twelve years OF service in The
Rouse, he has been a unique 1gure.
NO one spoke so often as Gaines No
one smote the wooden desk IN front OF
him with such a strong and mighty fist
NO one plunged more feaTlessly into the
heat of debate on any and all questions
NO one dared TO argue with the Speaker
as die Gaines. and no one boosted OF the
love OF his people as did Gaines
Must Work for Living.
and now all this has become as the
apples Of Sodom in his militant mouth
After March I next. he will have 70 re-
tire to private life and TO the practice OF
law for livelihood No more will he be
looked up to as an authority on the
beauty OF women, tho correctness Of a
bow. the nicely Of a compliment. His
airy persihage viii be missed IN Wash
ington no less than the denunciatOry
thunder Of his most eloquent efforts.
move majestically up anu down Pea
laughter infect the walters IN our very
best hotels.
II must be sald-sadly. & is true. but
II must be said-JOhn WC..'ey Gaines be
longs 10 the ''has-beens' and is now
honorary vice president Of the Down
and Outs.
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with which engineers have ever CRAP
pied. Moreover, the work in the canal
zone is being done, according to re-
liable accounts, wonderfully well The
dirt is flying on schedule time. But
the canal is only one OF many big
problems in which the engineering pro-
fession is interested. Think of the
marvellous work it has accomplished
out in the mountain ranges of TIE
Northwest, whittier young Roosevelt
is going for the purpose of seeing W nat
ne can do in the way of supporting
HIMSELF Think of the manner in
which the engineer has utilized the
discovery of the Aladdin caves of iron
ore which form the cornerstone of the
mighty steel industry! think of the
almost magical manner in which the
engineer has enslaved water here and
there and made it do his bidding and
serve thousands of communities, sup
plying them with light and heat and
with power for their vehicles and in
dustriesl
Two interesting statements have
been made lately with regard to the
engineering profession. One is that
the profession and the railroad bust
ness are, generally speaking, out of
sympathy with each other. If this is
the rule, then there are some notable
exceptions. The railroad needs the in
ventive and progressive engineer TO en-
able it to keep in touch with public de-
mands. Combines may stay and finan-
ciers may remain in their accustomed
places, hut the road that doesn't move
ahead is a remnant from the public
be-damned days.
The other statement in mind is tbs:
that the engineering profession has
few places for women. It is said that
there are only two practicing women
engineers in the country. However,
women are employed to do engineer
ing calculations. The secretary of the
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers denies the statement made In
the latest United States census report
to the effect there are women boiler
makers. Il Is unchivalrous, unthink
able, he says. Yet the day has passed
when engineering was distinctly a
mans work.
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Seeing Washington With The Times Guide
No. XXXV.-THE MILLS BUILDING

.nTHE building on your right. ladies
and gentlemen, is the Mills
building. 1t was erected by
Gen. Arson Mills, U. s. A, retired, and
has been occupied as Government Of
fees ever since it was completed about
six years ago. It's position adjacent TO
the State, War and Navy buildings
made it especially desirable as addi-
tional offices for the Navy Department.
1.-The annex OF the building is occu-
pied by the Isthmian Canal Commis-
sion. which has charge of the work or
putting through the big ditch at PAN
ANA. The JOB is the biggest thing of the
kind that Uncle Sam ever tackled, and
the commission occupies an extensive
suite Of offices IN the G street portion
OF the building.
General Mills is an army officer with
a head for business, and when he &C
CURED the land on the corner Of Sav-
enteenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue., and erected this magnificent Of
fee building, be s6oWss taat he mad
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The Passing Of John Wesley Gaines;
4 Lament for One Pride O'enhre1y

John Wesley Gaines. member or the
House from Tennessee. is dead-politi-
cally
No more viii he surge 10 the front
as the bull moose Of debate. No longer
Will he stand forth as the legislative
assassin Of the Tobacco trust John
Wesley Gaines is dead-very dead
He was defeated for the nomination
by youngster. Joseph w. Byrng. who
came out of The fight Saturday with
a lead OF 800 votes.
Pride gOeth before a fall In the last
Congress. John Wesley Gaines was
proud Last week he fell. 1t was in
the last Congress that Gaines shaking
the snowy masses OF his hair. stood in
the center aisle Of the chamber and
proclaimed 10 a bTeathIess and admiriag
world:
Wanted His Salary Raised.
II want my salary raised from 5000
20 $500. ] want Il, because I believe
I am worth II, and my people know I
am worth IT.
In the campaign Just closed. Byrns
.aked W that declaration. and used II
against Gaines. Thus. Gaines Is dead
very dead He is now trying 70 recover
from the fan that came after his pride.
But. without Jest. the defeat Of Gaines
is a national calamity. he was the rich
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PANAMANS DEFEAT
PRESIDENTS FORCES
Quiet Municipal Elections Give
Forecast of Final Anti-Admin-
istration Victory.

PANAMA, June 29.-Returns received
today IRON the interior strengthen The
claims Of senior Obaldia that the ma
jority OF hi candidates have been sue
cessful IN he municipal elections, and
that his elC elton 10 the presidency over
Senior Aria, in the voting on July y,
is Clearly -OreshadOwed.
In Panama, Colon, Arabian. Taboga.
and Chams, the forces Of Arias were
defeated, although the influence OF
President Amador was thrown on the
side o. A-iag
Arias suH hopes shat the complete
returns from the interior viii change
the result, out there is little possibility
OF this.
The eivc.: rs passed OF quietly, and
there was no need for Interference on
the part Of the marines which had
landed from the American gunboats.
1t is in the presidential election. how
ever. that an outbreak is feared, and
10 prevent which the marines have
been landed
The success OF Obaldia's candidates
in the municipal elections clearly indi-
Gates the popularity OF Obaldia. and
the followers OF Arias and Amador, il
Is now believed, will recognize the h>&-
ard OF trying 20 prevent a fair election
on July II.
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FARMER WANTED
TO TEACH ISLAND
Santo Domingo Wants a Secretary
Wilson TO Improve Its
Agriculture.

santO Domingo is looking for high
class American farmer OF the type OF
Secretary Wilson Of the Agricultural
Department, and the man who can come
anywhere near producing the results
shown BY the grand old man" OF the
Cabinet can have a good job and a good
salary to 90 with it.
This is the information conveyed TO
the Agriculture Department by DR..
Jacob H Hollander. professor Of politi-
cal economy at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity and financial adviser to the
Dominican Republic. What is wanted is
scientific expert who can teach the
Domtnicans the latest methods in agri-
culture. The little government promises
&c give ample compensation 10 such a
man, and Secretary Wilson IS endeavor-
ing 10 find hiIa.
1T seems highly desirable" DR.. Hol-
lander says. lot only for the Dominican
Republic. but for the commercial in
terests Of the United States that every
thing should be done for the economic
TejuyenatiOn Of SantO Domingo
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Peter Pan Again Suspected
Of Robbing Woman at Zoo

Peter Pan, the husband of Fluffy
Ruffies, who is regarded as the star
attraction in the monkey house at the
Zoo. again is under surveillance by the
police. and this time the gumshoe art
lists who work under Inspector Board
man believe they have clear case
against the simian. Several weeks ago
Peter Pan was suspected of robbing
one OF the women visitors OF a pcrse
containing $40. but the detectives failed
to make out their case.
4. II. Chester. Waterman at the
monkey house. reported to headquarters
this morning that Mrs. James a. Win
terbottom, wife of the apothecary at
the Naval Hospital. was robbed of 800
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Winterbot-
tom was in the monkey house when the
robbery occurred.
As soon Is the theft was reported the
police suspected Peter Pan. Detectives
were Immediately sent to Mrs Winter
bottoms home to get her version of the
robbery. What she told the detectives
confirmed their suspicious. Peter Pan
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The Day of the Engineer.

In various ways the engineer and
his profession have been brought to
the front during the commencement
season as they never were before.
Yale has just bestowed her highest
honor upon one Of our foremost en-
gineers, and Harvard has Just paid
mu,h attention to an association for
the advancement of graduate en-
gineers. There is more and more talk
of the business opportunities of the
profession, as distinct from scientific
possibilities; and so the profession is
becoming more rangey, as they say in
the West. Its call is louder One of
the enthusiastic engineers present at
the celebration in Cambridge last week
predicted peerless distinction for his
profession. II is TO be a nonpareiI,
the very zenith of manual and intel
lectual achievement
Engineering is bound to attract I'M
usual attention at this time, If only
because Of the fact that the United
States is engaged in the greatest task
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evidently was the solution of the mys-
terry.
With several friends, Mrs Winter
bottom visited the Zoo. Late in the aft
ernoon the party went TO the monkey
house. As is usual on Sunday after
moons. Peter Pan and Fluffy RunIes
were entertaining a large audience IN
front Of their cage. Mrs. Winterbottom
stopped for several minutes ana
watched their antics
She turned her head for a moment.
and some one tugged at her reticuie.
The handbag was open, and an envelope
containing $50 WIS missing. Mrs. WIN
terbOttom looked on the floor, but
could find no trace Of the envelope. Not
suspecting Peter Pan, she did not re-
quest the keepers TO search the cage.
Detectives who We're sent 10 the Zoo
10 interview Peter Pan failed TO get anv
satisfaction out of him He refused 10
talk. and lntimated that anybody who
thought he was thief was welcome TO
search the place.
Fluffy RUffles threw her head pa ok
I'm naughty Mariner and said thai her
husband was above susT icion She even
threatened 10 report the detectives 10
DR.. Baker
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MONDAY EVENING. JUNE .. 1905.
Real Charity.

a great deal of stuff is being written
these Gays on CONDENSED charity" OF
course, there is no such thing. Par
ticularly is the thing unlikely in an
organization which puts immediate
food, warmth, medicine, help, sym
patty, as its first object wherever those
things are needed and not the exposure
Of a fraud who has undertaken to
cheat some deserving unfortunate out
of charity intended for him.
But there has come lately a final
pboof THAI our modern charity does
not lose its SAVIOR OF human sweetness,
1t is offered by the news that this
week. on Wednesday, fifty white moth
ers and children viii be taken from
sweltering alleys and given a fortnight
of fresh air, clean beds, good food,
and hearty companionship in the coun-
try. Last year 500 sufferers shared
these benefits. This year the camp
for colored persons will be enlarged
and if means afford the whole number
cared for will be doubled.
Like all work for others, the field of
this agency is only matter of means.
If, amongst the readers of this type,
there Is enough love of ones fellows,
enough life of the spirit, enough real
charity in short, this new brightness
can be carried into every squalid guar
ter of the city
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knowledge OF real estate conditions that
would put most OF the realty men OF the
city 10 shame.
The admiral of the navy and the
commanding general Of the Marine
Corps have their offices here. as well
as the general board OF the navy, the
naval pay office. disbursing onfce
board Of construction, hydrograplic Of
fee. and many other divisions.
The Navy Department pays S450O a
year rent and the Canal Commission
$500. The later occupied five floors and
the basement Of the annex. and mas
been located there since 1906, when the
commission was reOrganizad under
Chairman Shonts.
1T has been limited on more than one
occasion that 1t is here President
Roosevelt will have his Ofrice-as chair
man Of the Canal Commission. when n
gives up the responsibilities OF the
Presidency-that is, II everything goes
as he expects II to-
The exterior Of the building is or
white Vermont marble, and the Interior
is handsomely laid out aud furnished .
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RELIEF IS NEEDED
IN FLOOD DISTRICT
Lieutenant Upham Instructed TO
Order Supplies for Poor Resi-
dents of Mississippi.

vICKsBURG. Miss, June 2s.-Lieut.
F. B. U7ham, OF the United States
army, who was sent here 70 look over
the flood conditions, returned yester4
day afternoon from a launch ride
through the OVernOwed districts or
Warren and IssaQuenna counties. and
reports that there are 900 or 5000 per
sons who VIII need relief
He received teIegraphic instructions
20 order out supplies for six weeks for
about 4.OJ5 sufferers IN Wilkinson.
Adams. and jefferson counties. which
district he visited last week
The orders for this district VIII be
made after Lieutenant Cpham has Wis
tied Big Black river neighbOrhood TO-
day.
Yesterday morning while Lieutenant
Upham and 4. l. Dorsey, a prominent
planter, were on the trip they had Just
eaten breakfast on a projecting bank In
the Mississippi, near Brunswick Land
Ing, and had left the place only a little
while, when 81 caved into the river IN
forty feet OF water.
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BAPTIZED
WHILE UNDER GUARD

NEW YORK. June Za.-Surrounded by
more than 100 men who. like himself
are military prisoners on Governors
Island here. Charles p Bradley today
IS terminating on how It feels to be bap-
tized while being guarded by comrades
with loaded rifles.
Bradley. who Is serving eighteen
months for a serious breach OF dis
Cipline. received the sacrament I'm the
post chapel while two of his fellow
prisoners stood sponsors for him and
his sweetheart Cheered aim by her
smiles. officers Of the post viii try 10
have Bradley reinstated after his term
IS completed
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TAFT ACKNOWLEDGES
FAME SPREADS FAR
Young Canadian Registers at Chi
cagO Hotel and Admits
Greatness
Greatness.

CHICAGO, June 28.-Fred I. Taft, a
serious. well-grOomed young man from
the town OF TAFT, British Columbia,
registered at the Auditorium Annex this
noon He was a bronzed. athletic specf-
men OF English manhood. and looked
like a successful frontier mining or
timber king"
quite a well-known name you've
got" said the hotel clerk. genially, as
he whiskeJ the register around and put
down the room number. we have
heard about it more or less around
here"
Have you, indeed?" the young Bril-
Usher is said TO have replied IN pleased
surprise. We'll. now. that's mighty
jolly. don't you know. Yes. they named
the town after me two years ago"
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Mrs. William H. Taft Guest
at Luncheon Today at the
Mimmack Home.

Mrs TAFT, wife OF the Republican
Presidential nominee. was the guest OF
her cousin, Mrs Bernard P. Nimmack.
at luncheon today IN the Mimmack
home on Q street The affair was quite
Informal and entirely a family party
Miss Helen Taft who has been visit
ing the Misses Rocker, IN East Green
wich, Conn, returned 10 Washington
this morning Mrs. TAFT expects 70
close her house on X street this week
and viii leave washington Friday
morning for a short stay at the Virginia
Hot Springs accompanied by the former
Secretary Of War anG their younger
son, Charlie. Miss Helen Tafr VIII visit
friends in the South for a few days
and VIII Join her parents later
During their stay at The Hot Springs
the Tafts viii occupy apartments az
the Homestead Hotel
Last evening John Barrett entertained
a. dinner az the Chevy Chase Club in
honor OF the former Secretary and
Mrs Taft This is the first dinner
plrIy that has been given in honor OF
bBrh the Presidential candidate and
Mrs. Taft since the formers nOmina-
ton The guests invited TO meet them
were Gen and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell,
General and Mrs CorbIn. Gen ClareEce
Edwards. Charles P Taft. Frederick
w Carpenter and Master Charlie Taft.
Charles p. Ia Z arrived in Washing
ton Yesterday morning He IS the guest
Of his brother and sister-in-law for
few days.
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CURSED u. S. FLAG;
BEATEN AND JAILED

MONONGAHELA, Pa, juno 29-JOhn
k2Zehubd, a Russian, knows 10 his
sorrow now that ne cannot with i'm
DUnty. curse the Stars and Stripes.
kazehUna attended the funeral OF a
countryman and t's=-e was plenty Of
drink. He was the color bearer OF the
Russian society TO which the dead man
belonged. During the march 20 tne
cemetery he tore the American flag
from the hands Of the man who was
CARRYING ii, and. With curses. started 10
trampIe Il under foot
Instantly his cOuntrymen jumped on
him and M was badly beaten Justice
OF the Peace Wilson heard about it, had
Kazehuba arrested and sent him to 5aiI
In default OF l,00C bail.
When Kazehuba reached the town fail
the prisoners heard what he had done,
and they administered a second beating.
He is in a serious condition.
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Persia in a Fog.

The territory between the Caspian
sea and the Persian gulf is in state
Of revolt To outside eyes the picture
Is that Of people contending for rep
resentative government against a
Car, in control of the only organized
military force, contending for a con-
tinuance of his authority unrestricted.
NorthwaTd lies the Caucasus, under
Russian rule; westward is Turkey; TO
the southeast is British India. Tur-
key is impotent to turn the disorder
to her own advantage and treaty
recently concluded between Russia and
Great BIitain was designed to restrain
those two nations from advancing
farther into the Shah's domain.
So much is accepted. But it must
be sailed with other facts.
For years Russia has been thrusting
her influence along the old caravan
route. The new ROAD great under
taking, costing SlS,OOO,OOO, and the
only improvement of transport faeil-
tiles, which would not violate every
local traditions of her making. Her
soldiers line the border Her seal is
on the authority given the traveller 70
enter
If the Farsians are eager for self
government, tie fit has come upon
them suddenly; for the mass of the
people have lately given every sign
Of 1anatical opposition to the introduc-
tion of European methods of life by
Persian travellers. Finally, ali the eff
fort at progress has come from the
circle of Cfflceholders and the wider
circle of mobiles who have been abroad
and Lave returned preaching doctrines
distasteful apparently to every one
else within the kingdom.
In plain English, the reports as to
The situation in Persia, most of them
put on the wire from Russian cities,
contradict every reasonable expecta-
ton They may, indeed, be true. But
It VIII be well for Americans to re-
member the Caucasus and TO wait for
fuller information before they conclude
that a sovereign people is there as
sorting itself against an Oriental des-
potism and that all outsiders are con
sideraRly holding aloof.
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ANDREW FAIR HURT.

NEW YORK. June 29.-Andrew Fair,
of the noted Fair family. today lies in
q serious condition IN a local hospital
and grave fears are entertained for his
recovery. The accident occurred while
Fair was driving a team OF spirited
horses and collided with a street car.
Fair is 4 brother OF James G. Fair and
an uncle of Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt
IT. Rela Sives of the injured man, in
Guiding Mrs. Herman OelriChs. have
been notified.
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ANTI-SALOONISTS
HEAR ADDRESSES

A series Of addresses by prominent
ministers. interested in prohibition was
made last night at the celebration OF
the fifteenth anniversary OF the Anti
Saloon League OF the District which
was held in the First Presbyterian
Church.
The Rev DR. Donald @ Macleod
president OF the league. and the Rev
DR.. Arthur ". Spooner. pastor OF the
Sixth Presbyterian Church made the
principal addresses. They told OF the
work being done by the league, and in
terspersed their remarks with the re-
cital Of various incidents tending TO 81
lustrate it's benefits
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WILL GIVE RECITAL.

Pupils OF Prof. II. 4 W. Miles will
give a concert tonight n Trinity Par
ish Hall, Third street and Indiana ave
nue. northwest. when they will be as
sisted by Miss Louise Bieber. soprano.
and Miss Florence b Callahan, ORA
matte reader Prof Miles IS instructor
Of music at the Polytechnic Institute
for the Blind and has large class out
side the institute.
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Miss Theodore Stamp. daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs George BunneU. and
James B. EdmondS were married Sat
urday evening at s O'Clock in the home
OF the brides parents, I2Ss New Jer-
sey avenue northwest.
The drawing room was decorated
with palms and white roses. and Miss
Florence Palmer played Mendelssohn' 5
wedding music for the entrance Of the
bride and bridegroom. who came In to-
gether.
Miss Stamps bridal costume was a
becoming princeSse gown OF soft white
batiste and lace and her bridal veil was
Of Brussels net arranged with a
wreath OF orange blossoms. Her bridal
bouquet was a shower Of Bride roses.
The officiating clergyman was the Rev.
John W. Smith, pastor Of EpwOrth
Methodist Episcopal Church
A reception followed the ceremony
AMI immediately 7fJeTward MI and
Mrs EdmOnds left for a bridal trip 10
Cincinnati and Terra Haute. Ind Upon
their return they viii make their home
in Washington. where Mr.. Edmonds IS
connected with the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company
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Miss Lena Meyer. daughter OF Mr.
AID Mrs Charles G. Meyer. ga Florida
avenue. was married Thursday evening
70 julius 2. Viedt.
The bride, who wore dainty gown
Of French batiste and carried cluster
OF Bride roses. was attended BY Miss
Florence Viedt as maid OF honor. who
wore a pale yellow satin dress. and car
ried sweet peas. Harry SeebOld was
best man.
After an informal reception, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Viedt left Washington for a we'd
ding trip North
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Those New York women WHO stoned
the butchershOps because OF the high
price OF meat are probably not the ones
who gouge their husbands for the high
price of hats.
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Miss Mary Ellen Lutz. OF Chevy
Chase. Nd, viii be married Monday,
July 6. at I o'clock, to Williams r
Lemon Bishop Frank NJ Bristol will
perform the ceremony in the apart
ments OF the brides brother, Francis A -
LurZ. at the Sterling. Miss Gertrude E
Lutz. sister Of the bride. will be maid
Of honor. and Harry NJ. Lemon, brother
Of the bridegroom. viii be best man
The ceremony will be attended by a
smI II party Of relatives and friends
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notwithstanding the ball game. we
have not heard Of any local business
man whose arm Is so sore he can't
present his bills in proper shape next
Wednesday.