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DEATH OF SENATOR WILLIAM
P. FRYE.

The death of Senator William P.
Frye, of Maine, removes a link which
connected us with the past, and ends
the career of one of the most notable
figures in the Senate, where he served
thirty years. The successor of James
G. Blaine, he belonged to the period
during which the Pine Tree State was
illustrated in public life, not only by
Blaine himself, but by such men as
Hannibal HamIin, William Pitt Fes-
senden, Thomas B. Reed, and Nelson
Dingley.
During half of the thirty years of
his tenure in the upper house, Senator
Frye was President pro tenn, and won
the esteem of both parties by the
fairness with which he presided over
the debates. His knowledge Of inter
national affairs and particularly of
those relating to the far East, was
broad and accurate, but it was to the
business affairs of the country, as
affected by legislation, that he gave
the most devoted attention. Those
who are unable to indorse his views
will concede the acumen with which
he advocated them.
An incident in his life illustrates
the momentous ''ifs" of history. Had
it not been that in his absence his
wife answered telegram in his name,
declining the Vice Presidential nomina-
ton on the ticket with Garfield, he
would have been President of the
United States in. lieu of Chester A.
Arthur. The circumstance is the more
remarkable since comparatively unim-
portant incidents, such as Rum, Ro-
manism and Rebellion" defeated the
Presidential hopes of his predecessor,
Blaine.
In respect for his memory the Sen
ate has adjourned today.
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Tenacity and recklessness character
lied John w. Gates, who died this
morning. Once his mind was set upon
an object. he never rested until he ac-
complished 1t. no matter whether it
required days or years. Love for his
brother, Gilbert w. Gates. who. like
John. was of a restless, rowing nature.
caused him to pursue a man for thirty
years until he finally ran him to earth.
Gilbert Gates, while on one of his trap
ping and exploring expeditions. was
murdered, and though John was then
q boy in school, he began bounding
down his brothers slayer, The battles
involving countless millions, the breath
stopping CANDLES. and all the excite
ment Of his strenuous life never once
caused him to neglect the search for
the slayer of his brother. And in the
game against the murderer, like every
other game he played-John Gates won.
From his very childhood John Gates
loved to take 4 long shot" 1t is
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INDICATING THE NAME OF
THE JAYBIRD.

There were hands to scatter flowers
on the tomb of Nero. The blue jay
has found friend. Fiercely and bit
terly has waged the controversy as to
whether this in-law of the crow, this
traditional messenger of the under
world, is a friend or an enemy to man.
kind. He has been stigmatized as a
pirate and = a cannibal. The English
law long ago set price on his head.
A bully and a scold, the birds feared
him and man pursued him without re-
morse.
Inasmuch as he was q destroyer of
insects, certain States of the Union
have thrown the protection of the game
laws around him, but occasionally there
are symptoms that these will be with
drawn. Giving ear to rumors discredit-
able to his character, hasty statesmen
are sometimes disposed to leave him,
defenseless, to his enemies. Such a
movement has recently been set on
foot in the Georgia Legislature. Where
upon his prosecutors and defenders
have come forward in a joint debate
which RACES in the newspapers and
thupders in the forum. The old super
stition that he carries sticks to hell on
Friday has been dragged up against
him, and his unaccountable absence
on the sixth day of the week is
gravely maintained by men who are
trying to preserve judicial calm and
get at the truth of the NATTER
But his friends are on the alert.
They do not claim that he is any more
free from faults than that featherless
biped, man. 1t is conceded that at
rare intervals, when feeling slight!
debilitated of a morning, he has made
his breakfast on a raw egg, with no
scrupulous regard as to whose nest it
was taken from. But they invoke the
records OF the Agricultural Department
to show that in the crop of 289 birds
there were only three instances where
traces of egg were shown. In two cases
but in only two-there were evil
dences.a young bird had been devoured.
His kinShip with the crow was estab-
lished only to the extent that ? per
cent of his food was shown to have
been corn. The department sums up
its conclusions by declaring that the
jaybird has more merits than faults
and deserves to be ranked among the
OF agriculture. The threat
of outlawry is to be withdrawn. A
great blot has been removed from a
strong, but misjudged character.
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detected was a bill Of $1,000. Have
any particular method? Why. no. You
see. l glance at an article. and with
that one glance am able to say
whether II is perfect. I also can re-
member for an indefinite period what
the imperfectiCns were. Just so with
a greenback or piece of silver. study
1t closely. then compare il with the
mental picture l have painted of a
genuine greenfack of the denomination
! have before me, and If II devi3tcs
from that pei feet conception, l pro-
nounce IL ountCTfeit.",
And here is where You, Us & Co.
would not be strong for the position as
Treasury counter. For when asked the
penalty for making a wrong "dia gnosis"
of a product of the mint, Mrs. Leon
ard replied that the counter who marks
nil GOOD which in reality is Coun-
terfeit must pay the amount of the bill
out of his or her own pocket, whether
4 he Sl,cO0 or 81
The counterfeit $l,OCC. notes of 1850
and the $500 notes of 1863 were among
the most difficult 10 detect. The $500
counterfeit notes in circulation in 1863
were almost perfect. They were printed
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Anniversary Of Peace
Treaty With Japan

This is the anniversary of the coro-
nation August 9. 1902, of King Edward
VII, succeeded by King George v.
Peace between Spain and the United
States was effected thirteen years ago
today, August 9, 1898. when Spain ac-
cepted the Presidents terms of peace.
August is also notable in history as
the birthday anniversary Of John Dry
den, English poet laureate, born in 1851;
of Gen. James Clinton, distinguished
revolutionary soldier, born in 1736, and
of William T. G. Morton, discoverer of
ether, who was born in 1919.
It was also on an August 9. In 1872,
that Lord Ashburton and Secretary OF
state Daniel Webster signed the WASH
ington treaty defining the boundaries
between Canada and the United States.
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Order Retirement Of
Rear Admiral Schroeder

Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder. hero
Of the Spanish war, and for more than
q year commander-in-chief of the At
lantic battleship feet, will be relieved
from active duty in the Navy Depart
ment within a week.
Orders for Admiral Schroeder's relief
Of officers at the Naval War College
at Newport are being prepared at the
Navy Department.
Admiral Schroeder is to retire from
the service because of age, on August
II. his sixty-fifth birthday.
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wire in a day than could be made by
the company in a week, he started
making 1t.
Gates was a whole hearted sport, no
matter whether he was on the rife
range, the race track, or at the poker
table.' He loved to shoot. and was d
good shot, but his pleasure, like his
work, was in gaming. He delighted on
placing a s. bet on every shot he
made, on the trap the pIrd would be
sent from, and between times on match
along.
Only once did Gates take an active
hapd in politics, and in that. like every
thing else, he went into 4 soul and
body. Determined to elect Republicans
in the decidedly Democratic State of
Missouri, he succeeded In giving the
Republicans a majority of five on the
joint ballot.
Gates came to Washington as a mem
Der of the millionaire staff Of forty, ap-
pointed to attend the inauguration of
President Mckinley. The uniforms for
the staff. costing $500 each and fairly
dazzling with gold braid, were dilivered
to the members upon their departure for
Washington. When Gates tried his on,
il is said that the noise which emanated
from his room would have put the bat
tie of Bull Run in the lullaby class. 1t
fit amidships, but was altogether too
it was so altered upon short notice that
it was worn, and added to the glitter OF
the spectacle.
Gates was born in Du Page county,
ILL.,, May Is, 1855. and although he made
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enough deserved his fate; but it did
not finally save the king from like
one. I ..
Secretary Wilson and Solicitor Nc
Cabe may deserve official decapitation.
But to sacrifice them will no more
save the Administration, in this affair,
than did the sacrifice of Strafford save
at last the head of Charles I.
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Gen. Gordon, Southern
Leader, Critically iii

MEMPHIS, Aug. 9.-Gen. George 3.
Gorllon commander-in-chief OF tho
United Confederate Veterans, III at his
home here for three weeks, Is in a crit
icsl condition today. Fears that he cam
not survive many hours were expressed
today by his physicians.
General Gordon was stricken while
travelling from Memphis to Little Rock,
Ark. &c attend the recent encampmenl
of the Confederate veterans.
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Wants Name Changed.

Application has been made in the Dis
trict Supreme Court by the Atlas
Mining and Milling Company TO change
its corporate name to the Benning Sand
ard Gravel Company, Secretary NJ. II.
Ramage signing the petition.
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men who pIloted troop trains in hos
tile country during the civil war. As
mechanic at the navy yard he was
well known among ordnance builders.
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Ship Strikes Whale I

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Aug. 9.-Pas-
sengers of the steamer Munnatauket
from the Isle of Shoals say the vessel
ran down a whale, thirty feet long,
which vas Numbering on the surface.
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From the day he was born until the
Gay he died. the gambling spirit lived
and burned in John w. Gates. 1t mat
tered not whether he was playing
seven up ut Northwestern i'll Naper
vile. H.. CT whether he was betting a
million on Wall street-it was the same
spirit. the love of risk
Hardware and grain. which Gates
afterward turned into gold, were learn
ed by him from the bottom up. While
in school he owned a hardware store
and grain warehouse at Turner, Ill
Although the business paid, it did not
nay his expenses, but he took 4
chance" and got married. Soon after
ward he convinced himself that the
money in grain and hardware was not
in the retailing Of it but in the manu-
facture- That decision was the foun-
dation of his countless millions. The
possibilities of barbed wire appealed
to him, and with a spool of it he went
to Texas to fence the State" Had the
prairie rovers there realized that he
was ready to restrict their care-free
life, they undoubtedly would have
lynched him. When Gates found that
he could get more orders for barbed
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AmuSements.


Columbia-C Players in Facing
the Music" Sis p. m.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville, 1 to
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and
music by section of Marine Band.
Glen Echo Park-Dancing and music
by section Of Soldiers Home Band.
Luna Park-Midway and attractions.
A pictures. bowling. and
pool.
River View-Dancing and other
amusements; boat leaves Seventh
street wharf 10 a. m. and and
D. m.
Colonial Beach-Boardwalk, bathing,
and other amusements; steamers
leave Seventh street wharf daily ex-
cept Monday. a. m; Saturday 2:30
d. m.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles Ma
calester leaves Seventh street wharf
10 a. m, 2:30 and 6:45 p. m. daily.
Stops made at Mt. Vernon.
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh
street wharf for forty-mile trip on
the Potomac, p. m.
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One hundred new postal savings bank
repositories were designated yesterday.
The Capital City is still waiting.
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iaughingly told that soon after Gates
was born he sat up and offered to
shake dice with his nurse for a bottle
Of wine. But it is true that when
John was a boy of fourteen he accept
ed the dare of a PLAYMATE tc climb on
the roof Of the barn. leap into the
branches Of Walnu: tree and then de-
s,end to the ground. His playmate bet
him 10 cents he didn't dare and he in
sisted on an immediate paymentSof the
debt
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4 Rex Smith machine and the Marine
Band should go a long way toward max
ing the Rockville fair, a success at the
end of the month.
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Just Resigned After Nearly
Half Century With
Uncle Sam.
HER HUSBAND WAS
KILLED IN THE WAR
Her Work Was To Detect Counter
feits Of United States
Money. +

| Il have given the Government the best
years of my life, and do not regret 1t. .
| declared Mrs. Willard A. Leonard, re-
| Gently resigned, who has been an en-
ploye in the Treasury Department for
| forty-seVen years, most of this period
being spent detecting counterfeit money.
The woman who held so responsible a
| position IN the service of Uncle Sam fol-
almost half a century, and who Only
consented 10 give up her beloved work
because she was commanded so to do
| by her physician, is seventy-one years
old. having entered the Treasury De-
| partment when she was twenty-four.
| She is short of stature. has an abund-
ance of black hair only slightly mixea
with gray, a fair complexion almost en-
| tirely devoid of wrinkles, and sharp,
piercing. black eyes that might discon-
cert a person bent on tampering with
the Government money.
At her home TO d street southeast,
this morning, she permitted reporter
for The Times TO enter the delightful
land Of reminiscence with her, as she
related some interesting incidents which
occurred in her long, successful Govern
ment career, when she discovered al
most daily that things are not always
what they seem.
Her Duties
Were Varied.
Not only has Mrs. Leonard carefully
scrutinized the hairlike curlycues on
greenbacks to determine whether they
were genuine, but she has also pieced
together tiny bits of green and yellow
IAfG n he rain i,,,,
ment, thus ascertaining their denomina-
lion, eXamiEe ed the value of burned bills,
and handled dead mems money.
To some this latter might seem a
SrucsOme task. but Mrs. Leonard did
not md II disagreeable
"One day some children, while playing
in the interior of New York found a
dead man. said Mrs. Leonard, telling
of one of her cases" The case was
reported and the coroner made an In
veStigatiOn, but, as little more than the
skeleton remained, the identity OF the
man never was ascertained. Beneath
him there remained a portion of his
clothing, and in this $50 was found. This
money was sent to the Treasury for
redemption. l handled this money.
Then there was the case Of a Door
tramp who died. supposedly penniiess.
was buried, and the story Of his death
published in the papers to notify his
relatives. A brother in Germany read
the article, called upon the coroner and
informed him that at the time of his
death his brother was in possession nr
humed and 5000 was found slowed
away in his clothing. This money was
sent to the redemption department"
Speaking of her work Of detecting
counterfeit bills. Mrs. Leonard said:
The largest counterfeit sum l ever
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Aviator Peck is dropping letters as he
dies. One of those aeroplanes would be
q great thing for Representative Laf-
ferty.
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Meetings of following lodges of Junior
order United American Mechanics:
Francis Scott Key, No. %, Seventh and
D streets northwest. and Old Glory.
No. "a, SS6 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
Meetings of following lodges Of Odd
Fellows: Eastern. No. Z. degree work:
Harmony, No. 3; Friendship, No. Il.
and Federal City. No. 20. regular
business.
Meetings of following lodges Knights of
Pythfas: Mt. Vernon, No. S, and
Union, No. q, business.
Meeting of St. Johns Mite Association.
Meetir Eagle Council. Nc. 4. Degree of
Pocahontas. Fifth and G streets
northwest
Meeting of Federation of Liquor Deal
ers, National Hotel. 2 p. m.
The Florida Everglades Home Build
ers' Association meets at 8 o'clock
tonight in The ouray Building. Sos G
street northwest
Special session of Washington Lodge,
No, Is, B. P. o. Elks, at s p. m.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Washington,
d. C, as second class matter.
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The net total circulation OF The Washington
Times (Sundayl during the month Of July
was 202, SIC, all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number,
when divided by g. the number Of Sundays
during July, shows the net Sunday average
for July to have been 40.5l6
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The most mispronounred word Of the
past week in Washington was BanZai.
Ii you want to know what is right it's
like Ban-zi, and means ten thousand
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1911.
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Husband Killed
In the War.

Telling of how she first came to en-
ter the service of the Government, Mrs.
Leonard said:
Il was born in PENNSYLVANIA and
taught school there. In lSG0 l resigned
and married. When the war broke out
my husband enlisted. ami two years
later he was killed. Within the space
CT two years l was girl, wife, mother,
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According 20 the new spelling. this
Is some burgh.
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on genuine paper, bleached out, and had
but one or two slight errors.
- number of times | have pro-
nOunced certain bills counterfeit. The
serders, not agreeing with my decision,
complained, and the bills were taken
through the redemption division, the
cash room, and the Secret Service divi-
sion, where. with a few exceptions. they
were pronounced genuine. l was not
Influenced by their opinions. however,
and held to my first statement, and
after the bills had made the rounds sew
eral times, they were finally found to
he SOllDrerfeff
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What s on the Program in
Washington Today

(The Times will be pleased to an
nounce, meetings and entertainments in
this column)
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Fy close attention to business and
carefully saving its pennies, the George
town Gas Light Company is able to
erect itself a handsome new home in
GenrgetOMn.
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Tells Of Some Of Her Most
Interesting Gases" And
Experiences.
HOW OHIO FARMER
SAVED HIS HOARD
Gave Her Bag Of Grapes AS
Reward For Counting His
Rotted Bills.

and widow. Then 1 decided that T
would Try for Government position.
L wrote to Gov. Andrew Curtin, ask
Dg him to aid me- In 1867 Gen. Francis
+. Spinner, then Treasurer started the
innovation of giving seven women posi-
tons In his otnce. Their work proved
increased from time to time, and on
July ], 1864, was among the recruits
of the feminine contingent.
My first work consisted OF clipping
sheets OF fractional currency then ts-
sued. The sheaGs-'anglice'-u were
sixteen inches long and proportionately
heavy. They had the playful habit OF
rubbing the skin off ones hands, and
SO ! may truthfully say that l have
actually shed blood for my country
Later l was placed in the redemption
division and given more important work
as time wore on. Then came the time
when l could figure up my receipts to
find that l had handled, for instance,
in two days SS9, ,102, ,551.70.
A case which l thought particularly
interesting was that of TpSilanti Smith,
an Ohio farmer. Smith buried his
money instead OF banking It. One day,
that the elements were rapidly reduc-
ing 1t to dust. Instead OF taking or
sending the jar with its contents un-
disturbed TO the Treasury for redemp-
tion. he emptied the money, brittle with
decay, into a pillOw-case, put IL around
his body under all of his clothing, and
then started for Washington When,
finally, the money was given to the
counters 10 count and identify, II was
found to be crumbled to q very great
extent.
Gave Them Nice
Bag of Grapes.
All of the United States notes and
gold and silver certificates were re-
deemed at full value. however. and
only a batch of national bank notes,
of which neither name Of bank, num-
ber nor official signature remained.
proved a total loss. The amount re-
deemed was more than $4,000. He
sent a paper bag of grapes to the
counters as a regard for their serv-
ices.
"I attribute my success to my abil-
itv t. detect iTregularity in form,
color, and measurements on money.
Phrenologists have informed NE that
my education along these lines was
proficient The remainder of my life,
now that my professional career IL
over, will be spent in enjoying all the
good things this world holds"
An interesting feature in the first
stage of Mrs. Leonards career was
the fact that after receiving word
from GeneGal Spinner to come on from
Philadelphia to Washington to accept
the long desired Government place,
she was prevented from so doing be-
away a bridge she was obliged to
cross. She waited until a temporary
bridge had been set up and then
started for Washington, where she
has lived ever since.
Mrs. Leonard is the mother Of Major
Henry Leonard, who proved himself
hero in the battles Of Tfen Tsin.
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SUNDAY.

Total for month, 2S3, ia
Sunday average for month. t....... 1888
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otal Tor month 1,o53'SOS
Daily average for month. th............ 52.050
The net total circulation OF The Wash
tngton Times daily during tho month Of
July was l,lS7,S4e. all copies left over and
returned being eliminated. This number,
when divided by Is, the number OF days OF
publication, shows the net daily average for
July TO have been 45, 690.
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Granville seems to be our leading con-
vention getter. He did good work in
Boston last week, and now he is off for
Detroit to round up the Moose for next
YEATS reunion.
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JULY CIRCULATION.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
OF The washington Times printed daily dur
Ing the month OF July was as follows:
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Gates was born in Du Page county,
ILL.,, May Is, 1856, and although he made
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No, Geraldine, it is not the first model
OF the Mccormick reaper which runs up
and down Sixteenth street. 1t is merely
tie Metropolitan Coach Companys just
ly celebrated herdic.
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Il the death of William z. Ellis, oc-
togeuarian resident of the District,
there passes one of the interesting
characters OF Washington. Engineman
since 1854. he was one OF the daring
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The slump In real estate transfers
recorded is easily explained: Miss Ger
trude L. Moore is filling the place of
the Recorder of Deeds and deputy re-
co-deT. and the real estate mer are too
chivalrous to put tco much work upon
her shoulders.
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The superstition that a woman cannot
keep a secret is gradually dying out.
and we'll it may when a Washington
bride can keep her marriage a secret
for sixteen months.
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Senator Ia Toilette becomes entitled
TO the most desirable seat on the Re-
publican side Of the Senate by the death
OT Senator Frye. and for the first time
in years the main aisle Of the Chamber
will divide the body politically.
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wire in a day than could be made by
the company in a week, he started
making it.