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The Washington herald., 1909-05-16


district OF Alabama. and Charles 4. VIII
lard, in Minnesota Both have been inti-
mate friends Of the Taft family Mr.
Grub was class mate and room mate
OF the Presidents brother at Yale. George
Donworth has been appointed judge for
the Western district OF Washington on
recommendation Of the entire delegation
from that State. He Is a former law
partner Of Senator Piles. IN North Caro-
Ina Democrat. Henry G. COnnor, has
been named judge for the Eastern dis
triet, although opposed by the Republi-
cans This appointment the President
said he made on merit alone
The policy or the administration 20
send the younger men OF the navy 10 sea
and keep the older heads in consultation
on shore has been Indicated IN the recent
Withdrawing OF retired officers from COM
mand OF naval establishments Many OF
the officers who served in the world s
tour are 10 have shore duty. giving way
to younger officers Capt. Cofman gets
the New Jersey in place Of Capt South
eriand who goes 10 the War College:
Capt Newton gets the Nebraska in place
OF Capt. Nicholson. who gees 10 the
Board OF Survey; Capt Boush gets the
Ohio in place Of COpt Howard; Capt
Cowles Is transferred from the Kansas TO
the Connecticut to relieve Capt. Bowyer,
who is to be commandant Of the Naval
Academy; Capt. Badger goes 10 the Kan
sas; Capt Tappan 10 the Kearsarge, and
Capt Gilmore 10 the Illinois.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has sent 10 Congress the third install
ment Of its report on railroad discrimina-
tons IN the coal and oil traffic. this one
relating 10 coal only Il tells Of the
merging Of various Ohio and West Vir-
ginia coal companies and Of their control
by the trunk line syndicate The com
mission found that the syndicate tended
10 discourage the development OF other
mines not connected with It's companies.
thus retaining. so far as possible
monopoly OF the field
The Treasury Department has decided
TO do away with the present system Of
customs weighers, in view OF the fraudu-
lent practices Of the sugar trust weigh
ers as disclosed IN the recent t-ial at New
York, and 10 install as soon as possible
electrical weighing machines which reg
ister weights automatically. This will
throw out Of the service a large number
Of men employed as weighers.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
THE WHITE MANS BURDEN-ACAIN.
(With Acknowledgements to Kiplins
May Mistake,

aPoPos The
RIcO.-
and curb
Through O our
This Christian mission
Since Raleigh Drake Hawkins
a a a -Ofs no
he SON colon the black
famished
The English Iabored a gain.
must. cease
heather rebels nail o
T blade bullet; and dreadfu loss
We have tanned peoples vel show them
No thought OF commerce: be
For wealth. Delf piunder this
the broad Atlantic
building dead.
p Il son strange ward
The the o guard:
Ind hsrk the black crying (who
why brought bondage -
gain
ia IN twain.
With state section the strife had
How best TO help the black all in
Oh. bygone days
Help the AugoSaxon the phiIanthropc
Give Spains struggling
In pellets 0
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
Executive.

The future greatness Of the city Of
Washington and its Importance as the. na-
tional seat Of government have been dis
cussed with a new interest all over the
country, owing 10 the positive stand
taken by President Taft al the citizens
dinner on the Sth. In reply to the eloquent
cles Of Justice Stafford. OF the District
Supreme Court. for the privilege of the
ballot The President opposed the plan
TO permit residents to elect their officials
on the ground that the city belongs to
the nation as a whole. and that all the
people are 70 share in its magnificent
development The same Constitution
which had preserved 10 the people the
right Of self-goverament had made an
exception OF the Capital City for reasons
which were sound. Congress must con-
tlnue 10 govern It. but the people might
properly exercise their right Of petition.
As 20 whether the executive branch
should be IN the form OF three commits
sieneTs or one, the President had not yet
finally decided what TO recommend. His
mind was open II was said TO have been
Ine first time on record that the Presi-
dent Of the United States ever met with
q representative body OF Washington cit
liens 10 discuss q question vitally con-
cerning their affairs.
The President used his personal knoWl-
edge OF the fitness OF tTvo men to become
Federal judges when he nominated Will
IAN L Grubb as judge Of the Eorthern
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
"TO Them That Hat"
A SHORT SERMON To
FAT FOLKS

ITO them that hath shall be given Is a
sentence that applies to fat people very
neatly It is common knowledge that
once human being begins to fatten up,
TO what they have already is added more
than they want, until finally a stage is
reached where reduction must be made
or decided disadvantage results.
Then comes forward the ages-old query,
Reduce-but hOw2" To the uniformed
nothing suggests itself but the (to them
twin evils - less eating = more activity
Ihey contemplate a more or less lengthy
siege Of dieting and exercising. So It may
be said safely that every man or woman
in the land now undergoing the fattening-
Up process has his or her mental eye
fixed dubiOusly on that not far distant
day when he or she viii have to don the
ashes and sackciOth Of reduction
This IS not an enlivening prospect, and
so Il IS with considerable satisfaction that
we announce the emancipation OF the fat
N0wadays one may reduce much or little
a pound a day II desired. or hold their fat
IN check, absolutely stationary. without
doing a tap Of exercise. missing single
meal, doing a particle of harm. OF caus-
ing solitary wrinkle. All that's required,
as hundreds testify, is the taking after
meals and at bedtime Of one Marmoia
PRESCRIPTION Tablet, which tablets are
sold by the MarmOla Company, Detroit.
SI. Mich. OF any good druggist al the
unI0Tm price OF - cents, this sum being
accepted Tor case OF tablets so we'll and
generously filed that even one produces
desirable results.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
Miscellaneous.

| At Charlottesville. Va, on May s, PreS1-
dent Remsen spoke to the Virginia alumni
Of Johns Hopkins University on the de-
pIorabIe tendency 70 e<alt the material
equipment Of our colleges. The rivalry
between colleges for such elaborate equip
mcnt had evolved the begging college
president, who was TO be pItied.
President Schurman, Of Cornell. told
the secret fraternity students Of that
university on Tuesday that they must be
/ less exclusive and find some way TO
/ quicken their intellectual life II they
hoped to prosper in future. They should
be more democratic and beware of max
/ ing distinctions on account OF wealth and
station.
/ The faculty OF Harvard University Is
said TO be seriously considering the prop
osition Of a senior student to establish a
/ fuli-hedged daily newspaper, 20 be con
Quoted BY the students as the nucleus OF
a college Of journalism. Hans Won Kali
tenborn is the student who suggested the
plan, and he wants the paper to be named
the Harvard Daily Truth
Henry II. Clayton, a meteOrOlogist who
recently resigned from the Blue Hill OBJ
servatOry. is planning to demonstrate his
theory Of a steady planetary air current
from west 10 east at a height Of two
miles OF more by attempting TO cross the
Atlantic ocean In a mammoth balloon
As a preliminary test. he proposes TO try
balloon trip from San Francisco TO New
York.
The Cunard liner Mauretania clipped
twenty-fogr minutes from her own and
I the worlds record for the eastbound At
lantic trip last week. when she made the
passage from New York 10 Queenstown
in days. IS hours. and Il minutes.
II was announced at Baltimore Wednes-
day that the Consolidation Coal Company
had completed negotiations for merging
with itself the Fairmont. Clarksburg, and
the FairmOnt & Pittsburg companies
The combination viii have 81, 5000 Of
capital stock and control 20 600 acres OF
coal lands in Maryland. West Virginia.
Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. There is
10 be no change in management of the
combined companies
At Fredericksburg. Va, on the battle
fields OF Spottsylvania. two monuments
TO the memory Of the New Jersey volun-
Ieers we're unveiled Thursday. one at
the Bloody Angle and the other at Salem
Church. The ceremony was the more
notable because Southern girls joined
those from Jersey in pulling the cords.
and because Gov Swanson Of Virginia.
Was represented.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
ANALYSIS OF THE WORLDS LATEST NEWS

ability to reign For a few feet he held
the handles OF a plough drawn by a team
Of horses on the lawn.
On Wednesday, despite the refusal OF
the Sultan to sanction further execu-
tons. he was prevailed upon TO assent to
the public hanging OF twenty-four Turk
ish soldiers and sailors who had been
condemned for assassinating the officers
OF the battle ship Assaritevfik when Il
was ordered 30 train its guns on the
Hildiz Kiosk during the mutiny. The
Young Turk ministers explain that the
publicity Of the executions was necessary
IN that city CT secret deals and bribery
under Hamid. because otherwise tie peo-
pie would not believe that the guilty
men had actually been punished
The former Sultan, Abdul Haraid. has
been compelled TO give up the keys 10
his strong box and 10 sign orrers turn
Ing over the bulk OF his foreign, deposits
to the new regime. Large sums are said
20 have been found secreted within the
palace.
Wednesdays budget from the African
frontier, where the Roosevelt party is
hunting big game. told OF the shooting
Of leopard by the former President.
who secured the cubs. 4 buffalo, two
girafres, and a rhinoceros also had been
added 90 the trophies OF the hunt.
Charles NJ Pepper, special agent Of the
Department OF Commerce and Labor, who
has been studying the fiscal systems OF
Europe, reports that Great Britain raised
1000 in revenue from the income tax
during the last fiscal year. that being
the largest single source Of revenue Mr..
Pepper analyzes the various sources OF
the income tax, and shows that the pTin-
clpai one is the corporations and large
business and professional interests. the
next being the owners Of houses and
lands
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
NEGRO JUMPS TO DEATH.
JanitOr PIunEes from Third story
Window Of Building

Edward Colbert, negro janitor. yesterday
morning killed himself by jumping from a
third-story window OF the George Wash
lngton University Building. at Fifteenth
and II streets northwest The negro
struck the pavement, crushing his skull,
and dying almost instantly. The body
was removed 20 the morgue-
Colbert was heard running about tke
basement Of the building shortly before
O'Clock, shouting. and acting in a De-
culiar manner. Students thought the
sounds were made by fellow-students
and made no investigation Robert Har-
risOn. a negro engineer. heard Colbert
run upstairs to the third floor. and fol-
lowed. He found Colbert poised on a
window sill. Harrison ran toward him.
but Colbert cried: NO use; I'm gone
now" and dived head foremost to the
ground.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
CONTROVERSY OVER EARLY.
DR.. Woodward Questions Action OF
New York Specialist.


While John Early Is confined, under
the authority Of the District. as a leper
and outcast on the lonely shores OF the
Eastern Branch. battle over his uuwill-
ing shoulders looms slowly but surely
into view.
II is a clash OF physicians. OF special
lists. involving the vital part OF the whole
uncanny story, and raising the paramount
question as 20 whether Early really suf-
fers from the dreaded malady OF not. Il
opens = whole Pandora's box Of charges
and counteT-charges. and may result in d
serious predicament for the health author
tiles Of Washington.
An eminent specialist. Dr. D. Morgan
Bulkley. OF New York. has made the ad-
mission that he came down 90 the S-ty
last Sunday to make private examssa-
ton OF Early. he did so without obtain
ing the formal permission OF DR.. Wood
ward, health officer, and consequently a
bitter controversy about professional Ell
quette IS breaking about his head.
L am writing Dr. BUIkley.- said Health
Officer Woodward yesterday. "to give him
an opportunity 10 deny that he visited
Mr.. Early under such circumstances. or.
II possible 10 give some explanation 0f
such extraordinary procedure This de-
partment is willing 90 permit any recog-
nized physician 70 examine Early. and
We would only De too glad 70 discover
that the man Is not a leper and would
no longer be a charge upon the District
IF Dr.. Bulkley returns 70 see Early
as has been rumored. he viii have 20 90
tain the sanction Of the department and
produce evidence TO show that he is a
competent authority"
The health officer also declared that II
ne found Mrs Esrly's story to be true.
the watchman in charge Of the Ieper
would be discharged.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
PUBLICITY DISEASE WEAPON.
Advertising Plan in War on TG
bercuIosis IndOrsed.

At the final session OF the National
Association for the Study and Proven
ton OF tuberculosis at the New Willard,
yesterday. advertising as a certain and
effective ethod Of combating the great
white plague was indOrsed-
The sVaject was referred TO the mem
bers for informal discussion. and each
speaker threw interesting light on what
the States and municipalities are doing
10 keep the present propaganda OF the
tuberculosis campaign before the public.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of
safety said John 4 Kingsbury. Of New
York Keep alive public interest in
this great and important campaign by
keeping the minds Of the people alive
through advertising 10 the dangers Of this
disease"
The educational campaign on tubercu-
losis in the public schools OF the District
OF Columbia was told OF by Miss Eu-
geniR NJ Bray. OF this city. Homer
Folks. of New York. told OF the work
IN the large cities OF his State among
the slum dweIIers. whose conditions OF
heIplessness amid insanitsry end IN
wholesome surroundings make them easy
prey 10 the disease
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16

Washington. Every department OF civic
Improvement v as represented in models.
designs, pictures. and maps. while lee
tureTs were on hand TO explain the pro-
posed improvements Thirty American
cities are represented in the exhibition.
The 9th OF May vas more widely and
generally observed as Mothers Day than
ever Before. the wearing Of the white
carnation being the symbol Of reverence
which originated in the suggestion OF
Miss Anna Jarvis, OF Philadelphia, two
years ago Many ministers made the OBJ
Servsnce the theme OF their sermons.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
Addresses and Music.

The modern Sunday school" viii be
the principal topic o. discussion before
tional Bible College at the Galbraith A
NJ Z. Zion Church this afternoon at $50
O'Clock Addresses viii he delivered by
Prof A [ Craig. Rev. : L Corrotlers
Mrs. Annie N. Gordon. and others. 4
musical programme viii be given by Mrs
Eva Bell Height. Mrs. Roberta pabney.
and J. Edward Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
Sociological.

At "A State street. New York. the first
public Office Of the National Employment
Exchange has been opened No fees are
to be charged for registration OF persons
looking for manual labor, and. for the
present, none VIII be charged employers
who get helpers through this bureau
When work is secured for an applicant
a fee Of s. viii be charged and deducted
from the first earnings Employers are
to pay the cost Of transporting laborers.
In the great drill hall Of the Twenty
second regiment at New York the con-
ference ami exhibit on city planning has
been open to the public free for two
weeks, and il viii next be taken 70
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
Provide. for sale of Hou.e.

BY the viii OF Mary Ashford. fled for
probate yesterday, provision Is made for
the sale Of her house in Dumbartoa
street Georgetown, and the division os
the proceeds between her two children.
Joseph F. Ashford and Mary s Engle-
hart The rest OF the estate Is left 10
julia A. Ashford. who IS named exc
cutrix- The document is dated July Il.
1904
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
Grandnlece Cets Fsfnte

Harriet Hil. by viii dated April .
19oS. leaves so 70 Ida Thomas. Of Ana
costa. a gTandniece. Charles Harr and
his wife. OF Gettysburg. Pa. are given
the furniture and 81. The remaining es-
tate is left 10 Ida B. Flemmlng. Of Ana
costa DR.. ". X. Scott Is named exec
utor.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
THE ANSWER OF SOLOMON
TO THE COMPLAINT OF HIS
SEVEN HUNDREDTH WIFE.

nm n married man. II any
one doubts IL let him marry a
few hundred women and HIS
doubts viii disappear. Ny sew
en- hundredth wife has given me
more trouble than the average.
Verify she thInketh she In the
whole cheese. When the time
for spring hats came around she
pulled my leg until I walked In
a circle.
One OF her assigned duties Is
20 keep buttons sewed on my
trousers, and most OF the time
have to use horseshoe zails for
buttons She spends nearly all
her time writing for the papers
and attending clubs.
When the Queen of Sheba came
mp 20 see me I sat for = photo
graph with my wives ranged as
background The Photographic
had n very fine camera, but ii re-
G8tNCN ANG6A y-cEEll SHUTS 10 EeN
us all in che picture.
This se-en hupdredfh wife Is a
crank. She wanted TO be fn the
foreground, end 1 wanted that
place myself. And - a further
proof of her ernakiness, she kept
mp such n running conversation
with the Queen OF Sheba that L
could not get n word in edge
ways.
II any young mRn wants my
advice I Will gfre IL to him free
Iy; he had better let we'll enough
alcne- Never take seven hundred
wives under any circumstances.
just think of what i must endure
when the circus comes 10 town.
Verify, I sometimes wish / were
dead, and IL I suggest IL to MY
seven huBdredth wife she agrees
with me, which f. the only time
when we seem to agree. YounE
moa- remain single, or as near
single As you can- SeIah.
Solomon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-12

Blanche Bates, who Is practical
farmer off the stage, tells funny
story apropos OF two elderly negroes
whom she recently employed to take
charge OF the extensive poultry yards
she has established on her big farm
near Ossining, N. Y,
These men, Noah Jackson and Alex
ander Johnston are importations from
Dinwiddie county. Virginia, a region
famous for the chcapness and plenti.
fulness OF it's eggs and poultry. Down
there eggs sell in summer at anywhere
from eight TO twelve cents per dozen,
and rarely ever rise higher than Is
cents in the winter. When they were
told that Miss Bates egg product com,
mands net price of 90 cents per
dozen the year around at New York
hotels and restaurants their sensations
were first those Of establishment, then
OF incredibly.
The other day she overheard CON
versati0n between the two men as
they washed AMI packed a case of
eggs for one of her prize customers.
1t ran something like this
Miss Bates wouldn't tell lis a lie,
you think, Noah?7
Il dunno Mistah Johnston, whether
Miss Bates is a truthful lady OF not,
but one thing | does know, and that
is that any hen in the United States
can afford to lay eggs for cent
apiece
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-12
HIS LETTER WAS LOST
Children Used 1t as Bookmark, But
Promised Not to Do 1t
Again.

Did you see anything of letter OF
mlne?' inquired the man. The woman
stared at him.
What sort of a letter." she asked.
1t was a business letter" explained
the man, retaining patience with some
difficulty; Il put it on the table right
here last night"
=! was it Importance the woman
asked. Il wonder if Mary threw it out
with the trash?"
%, ne,e said the man. bitterly; sit
wasn't important at all. | only wanted
to lind it just to look at the post
mark and to see If the government
had cancelled the stamp right"
Well, you needn't get mad" said
the woman; s sure to be about here
somewhere"
Il know where it is," said the little
girl
"Where?" demanded her parents in
a breath.
Willie had it for a bookmarb,' ex-
planned the little girl
"Will-ie." shrieked Willies moth
er. Come here"
Where did You put your fathers
letter that you were using for a book
mark?' she asked Willie considered.
It's either in book called Magda-
lene's Mystery or The Boy Discov-
erers, said Willie. NO, it amt
either. | remember now It's in the
dictionary, or it's in j. Feninsre
Cooper"
The father hnrriedIy and with con
siderable explosive energy began
shaking books, but no letter appeared.
Take EN- all out" he commanded.
''All of emf" walled the children in
chorus.
IAN of en-" said the father deter.
minedIy, every book in the case.
Shake en- all" Then he stopped and
looked foolish
Here it is" he said "it was in
my pocket Somebody put it there
! want you children to let my things
alone. do you hear?'
"Yessir,' said the children together
Galveston News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-12
Classic EnnIisI1.

Nothing doing Addison's Let.
ters"
Cut in and win '--Thackeray's
"Vanity Fair"
"Twenty-three," --Dicken's "Tale OF
Two Cities"
Forget it--G2st it away."--Haw-
thorne's "Mart,ls Faun'
Gone to the wall "--Bunyan's "Pil.
grim's Progress"
make good. deuteronomy, which
Is book in the Bible.
Its sure thing,"-Goldsmiths
"She Stops to Conquer"
"She was respectable old guy
Thackerays Vanity Fair"
Give Hector gift-a gilt nutmeg
"a lemon '-Shakespeare's Loves
Labor Lost Puck.
Glazing. Glazing. We do Glazing
MARABLE, THE PAINTER.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-12
New Rest Cure,

"Yes, I'm taking the rest cure"
"How?" Il wait three hours every day
in the anteroom of fashionable ply
stefan kansas City Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-12

Sir Gadabout de Gadzooks-Th
sure is some swell suit Of armor thou
hast on. il 1t a new one?
Sir Sadabout de Fishooks--Nay: 1t
is but my old one recently pressed.
My tailor is the handiest man with
a sledgehammer in all the king
dom
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-12

peegar--"Say. mister, would youse
Give 4 pore Teller dime ter save his
bfeq" 5tronger--"I should say not
I'm an undertaken.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
Needle Goes Through Foot.

Washington. Ind.-Miss Bernadette
Keller of this city has had the expert.
ence of needle working entirely
through her foot in less than year.
Last September. while walking
across the floor of her room In bare
feet. Miss Keller stepped on a needle
which was driven deep into the flesh.
No particular attention was paid to
the wound and 1t soon healed.
Several months later she expert
enced great pain in the foot, but
would not consult physicians. A few
days ago red spot appeared on top
of her foot near the instep and to-day,
while applying home remedy, the
young woman touched the point Of
The needle. which she removed her.
self with the aid of another needle
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
CHILD TAKES 45-FOOT DROP
After Plunge Through SkyIight Five
Year-oId Boy Asks for Dish Of
Ice Cream.

New York.-Anthony Roach fell
through the skylight on the roof of
his home to a platform As feet below
Then the boy of years said he want
ed dish of ice cream.
Anthony and his Brother Joseph had
built shanty on the roof, to the de-
light of other boys in the neighbor-
hood. Joseph gloried in the posses
sion of new kite recently and had
climbed to the top of the chimney for
a breeze. While he was perched there
Anthony ran toward him, stumbled
into the skylight and crashed through
Mrs. Isabelle Owens saw his body
pass her window and expected to find
the boy dead. but when she reached
him he was on his feet trying to raise
window of an empty fiat in the next
house. DR.. Bugbee was called from
st. vincent's hospital and by the time
he had arrived the youngster had
been carried. kicking. to his home
81 don't want doctor. l want some
ice cream" said Anthony.
With the exception of a few
scratches the boy was uninjured. And
he got his ice cream.