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THE WASHINGTON POST: MONDAY, MARCH 25, -1907. WRONG DONE RAILWAYS I Cleveland for Federal Control Calmly Planned. GROVFR riFVFI HASTY ATTACKS HUHT KATIOH Piesiflent Says Real Remedy tat Tnat Evils Is Reform of the Tariff, and if Democrats Do Not Make that Their Rallying Cry the Republicans Will Adopt It Within Four Years. COV HUGHES IN 1908 CREDIT BELONGS TO MOBTON. Roosevelt May Favor Him If Taft Leaves Race.

PRESIDENT Iff FULL CONTROL nblican Leaders Have Byes on New Hk Executive--Taft Holding Back, Preferring Place on Supreme Bench. Prominent lien in Party, Who Dislike President's Policies, Keep Former President of the United States Gives His Views on Problem of the Railroads. TRADE CHANGE IN ETHIOPIA Consul Skinner Says There Is a Good Field for American Products. DttPtlca to Nmr Tori Princeton. N.

Mar. M--Ruddy of cheek, bright of eye, elastic of Btep. ex- 'presldent Grover Cleveland returned Friday evening from hla shootu-g trip in tlie South. Ha found awaiting him many hundreds of letters and telegrams and other tokens of felicitation on his seventieth birthday. They tamo from all parf vt the country anfl from all sorts of peo- jilc, furnishing an index, yrhic'-i is believed to have surprised the ex-President, of the depth of the regard In which he is held In the hearts of his countrymen tmd the spontaneity with w'noh in tne last this regard hai itsi if throughout the or, aJtli of the iand Talking with a reporter Mr.

Cleveland discussed Ihe allar Mtua- tion in which both the great pohUial parties find themselves lie lias a keen reai'sation of the truth that a polit-cal party implies a political policy, and that a political organization without a olicr (for the advocacy of which It exists is no proper sense a political party Mi. 'Cleveland appears to be conscious of the political anarchy of the day and sollci- tious that some line of pol.tlcal recrys- talizatlon be Delirium in Anti-railroad Cry. He la not, however, of the opinion that impulsive denunciation of evils, a true perception of cause or without a remedy grounded In broad principles, forms a policy upon I front by Democrats of the tariff-reform which a patriotic party can ask sup- (ssue that am a spose a to predict that port. Denunciation is easy--and dan- we la to do so now our friends the i-gerous A political party, he holds, is enemy take it out of our hands he- bound to propose a constructive pro- ore Or more years have rolled by. gramme founded on principles.

I "i am serious The opportunities forDem- "There is much of the nature of de- ocratic success were never brighter, once said Mr. Cleveland, "in the ne mind of the party Is clear as to its outcry against railroad corpo- mission in this supreme hour The chances rations, for instance We shall all be are far better than they were in 1896. ashamed of it by and by. I dare say There is gathering, and will still more have some reason to know of the real swiftly gather, a realization on part quitles of corporations, and I do of the American people of the essential but there is much that is Iniquity of the protection-by-tariff fraud-- iIy groundless, but wrong, in the of the fact that it underlies most of our offhann attacks made on the railroads economic and political ills It remains for by thoughtless people on all hands Democrats to enter into the victory for -What is well founded in them will be which they have so long fought. It would cured, but the craze of denunciation be sad, indeed, to see our thunder stolen, soon pass We shall reflect that our victory seized, by political opponents railroads are related to our shrewder than we in Judging of the trend prosperity, and that to attack them of public sentiment" needlessly is to attack-ourselves.

It Is i As Mr. Cleveland uttered his conviction the stock of soulless millionaires, of the duty and opportunity before his but the property of citizens, of party, his voice grew vibrant with un- and orphans, whose savings are Invest! I JPfiSMS fl2 pilhTo SEtS? ed in railroads, that is being- damaged, which he alone of all living men has twice shall recall what railroads have i a the hosts of triumphant Democracy fbeea and are still to be in the develop- I Jnent of our country, and this craze pass. Government Supervision Needed. "Of course there must be some form of errihiental supervision, but it shpuld be planned in a quiet hour, not in one of angry excitement. "Populai emotions follow peculiar laws The of a craze is most interesting The temptation is well-nigh irresistible to do what ne observe our nt g-hbors do If they begin to throw stones, we hunt for missiles ourselves 1 Tht railroads have had a hard time latelj Uverv man's hand is against them Wherever a railroad head Is to be seen it It safe and amusing to hit it, Ita owner has no friends There are some pretty big difficulties before railroad managers just now Before long we shall have a crop to move under perplexities greater than those of last jear.

And the Increasing production of the countrj will increasingly embarrass the railroads. But I have faith to believe that whenever a thing must be done Yankee wit and pluck will find a way to do It-cspeclally If there Is any profit in Jt, added Mr Cleveland, with a smile. "Onlj." he continued, "we should help and not hinder I have observed those passionate outbursts during a life of years and ten I trust I have fitting appieclatlon of the justice which lies beneath the present 'popular clamor against corporations, and especially railroad corporations, but I believe tnat as n. frnnzj it will pass, and that the people demand of the party to which they KlM their suffrage the enunciation of a principle rather than the denunciation of a condition "It Democrats to lose no time Infringing to the front the Issue of tariff riform and in focusing the attention of tne ountrj upon It Tariff-reform is the lss that will clarify the atmosphere, solidify the friends of Democracy; and bring to the party. Reform of Tariff Fundamental.

"I cannot believe that it is because tho reform of the tariff has been a special interest of own lifelong thought nnd (omktlon it tne reform thu De-mocracj must force. Nor do I hold tnis opinion because we have won our in so large a degree upogi its meuts "I hold the matter of the reform of the Urlff to be absolutely fundamental. This question of the trusts Is entirely dependent upon It It cannot ever be denied, and it should never be forgotten, that the tariff is tne father or the trusts In It alt forms of corporate injustice find theh origin and their refuge If the countrj Is Interested in securing to every man an equal choice, let it guarantee him first such rights as, for instance, the right of purchasing an American-made article as cheaply as It can be purchased by a foreigner abroad. "Thov "can never deny nor escape from the dire significance of that fact. American are cheaper abroad than at home It (s idle to talk of surplus slock and the like The simple fact is the tariff puts -nto the hands of corporations a powerful weapon wherewith to do injustice to our own people.

Demand for 2-cent Fare. "Doubtless the questions which the Famine Used as Capital by Seditionary Societies. Going back to the negotiations Inaugurated by him in 1903 with King: Menelik of Abyssinia, for the purpose of effecting closer trade relations between that country and the United States, Consul Robeit Skinner, stationed it Marseilles, hao made a report to the State Depaitmc'lt showing that Ethiopia offers a good field for American products. 'Sir. Skinner's expedition to Abyssm'a attracted world-wide attention, and, dur- the progress of the hustlUig Yinkee consul toward Menelik's capital he was rgundly ndlculea throughout Europe.

Mr. Skinner negotiated a commercial irealy with Abyssinia on behalf of the Uni'ed States, and thus laid -he founuation 'jr business relatlpns between the two countries. The rest depends upon the inflrvid- Points to the Commercial Treaty Which He Succeeded in Negotiating with King Menelik. ual effort of American and tne absorbent power of the Ethiopians. The Skinner treaty provides that the two contracting governments shall grant reciprocally to the citizens of the "United States and Ethiopia all the advantages which they shall accord to other power? In respect to customs duties, imports, and jurisdiction.

Throughout the extent Jl the Ethiopian empire, the citizens of ths United States shall have" the use the telegraphs, and ail other means of transportation upon tl same frms us the citizens other ij overs. At present there is a native population in Ethiopia of probaoly whoso total foreign trade is scarcely worth $3,000,000. Consul is optimistic as to the future of Abjssmia. Until improved means He tion open up the great natural wealt'i of tne country, until the puichasn.K 4 of the people becomes stcater, and their accoidingly more numerous, nothing very extraordinary may be expected in a commercial way 'I hit this wonderful corner of Africa, -watei wooded, underlain witn mnn-i stream of trade, nobony wl'O has visited it can doubt." Washington Dispatch to New Tojk Evening If it be conceded that one roan's prescience is as godd as another's fifteen months before a national convention, Charles B. Hughes has aa good a chance of becoming the Republican nominee for the Presidency in 1908 as William Tttft.

Signs and intimations are not lacking that Mt Hushes may become the alternative candidate of the President. "Ihe preliminary maneuverlnga of the next Republican national convention are sufficiently advanced to brine out certain thingS-with absolute clearness, and enable one to frame certain conditions as statements of fact without any qualifying phrases. President Roosevelt is seeking to control the 1903 convention and to say (without appearing to do so) who the nominee shall bf. His choice is, of course, William H. Taft.

Everybody knows that, and has known It for a long time. But Mr. Taft holds back. He had rather be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is not going to let himself become so deeply involved in any plans looking to his elevation to the Presidency that he cannot withdraw should the opportunity offer for President Roosevelt to him to the chief justiceship.

So definitely made up is Mr. Taft's mind on this matter, that It might almost be said that if the Republican convention were to meet on June 30 to nominate Mr. Taft. anil should Chief Justice Fuller reslen on June 29, Mr. Taft would declare himself for the bench.

Taft Underestimates His Strength. Mr. Taft does not take his boom very seriously. He has said more once in the intimacy of private conversation, "I wouldn't amount to anything as a Presidential candidate without the President's favor and backing." Mr. fTaft underestimates his own strength as a presidential possibility, in the of older and shrewder politicians.

They can see, whether they favor foim or not, that he Would make a strong candidate, even without the President's aggressive favor. Republicans who were closely allied with the management of the last Republican national campaign say to-day that unless some unforeseen change occurs In public sentiment Theodore Roosevelt will control the 1908 convention as absolutely as he controlled the Chicago gathering of 1904. Probably one- third, may be one-half, of the so-called Republican leaders throughout the coun- From Shanghai advices received at the try, detest the Roosevelt methods and State Department it appears that the rul- I pollotes. Yet none of them, with the CHINA FEARS UPRISING NATIONS AEE TO RUSH FOOD Movement on Throughout the Civilized World to Strengthen Hands of Chinese Government by Giving Aid--Life of Every White Person in China Believed to Depend on Continuance of Dynasty. Former Santa Fe Official Proposed Deputy Railroad Commissioners.

The action of the Interstate Commerce Commission In appointing: deputy commissioners at places remote from Wash- ngton for the purpose of receiving com- laints and hearing testimony, thus re- levlnff the commission of a large amount work and furnishing a more direct quicker method of dealing with railway problems, was the result of lone and -areful consideration. The suggestion upon which 1 the commission acted has been generally! attributed to B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the bBard of directors of the Bock Island Railroad, but, as a matter of fact, Paul Morton, former Secretary of the Navy aid now president of the Equitable Hfe Society, advanced the Idl ears ago. NUr.

Morton was then second vice presi- ent of the Atchlson, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. As part of a plan of railroad reform, he proposed 10 the Western oada that they employ an attorney to stationed In Chicago as the resident representative of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and that all com- staints of discriminations, preferential ates, and rebates be made to this of- Icer, "who shall have full authority to nveatigste charges and institute pro- iBdlngs against offending roads and their ifflclals" i The appointment of Its representative was to be made'by the commission, to 7hose 'exclusive authority he was to bo subordinate. The railroads, it was proposed oy Mr. Morton, should pay his salary by Joint and. If necessary the expenses of the office.

Mr. Morton's argument? In support of putting the expenses of this place upon he railroads was that to have such ai representative In a. Western city would save them much money that was being ost through the rebate evil and other mproper practices. He urged as another reason that the commission was not Dro- vlded with enough funds to pay the ex- DOMINICAN TRADE GROWING. press keeps so persistently before the public attention ana In which there Is Indeed keen public interest are urgeni and imoortfnt They must be met and solved They will be solved by common sense and justice.

I am no friend of corporations (Mr. Cleveland smiled.) I am afraid I should wipe out the possibility of the existence of thp evil ones, but I see In the Question as to whether railroad fares should be 3 cents or 3 cents a mile no great principle "And on the broader ground of our enlarged national life, how ill it becomes us to persist longer In our policy of childish, selfish Isolation We pretend to be a power. We insist upon our interest In jrptty mucb all that goes on on the globe With what Justice, with what countenance, can we thus boast ourselves a member, and a very active member, ot the faml'y of nations while shut out the other members of that family from our and cut ourselves off from theirs--for so we inevitably do--slaving our little, selfish part of deluded tolly in our corner of the family home? An -Opportunity for Democracy. "It is time to end the farce, and the conscience and brain of the nation, now, after its century of Internal developmnt, pulsing with a sense of its call to a higher life, will respond--depend upon It--to the demand tp throw this barbarous of industrial isolation and gladlj, confidently 1 take its true placo in tho Industrial scheme of "So confident am I. for one, of the success that would follow the forcing to tne KWSPAPLR Foreign Commerce of Republic Shows of $1,000,000.

A report of the commercial and economic conditions of: the Dominican republic the calendar jear of 1906, issued by office of the controller and receiver general of the customs has been summarized by the International Bureau of. American Republics. The total value of the country's foreign commerce for 1906 was $10,601,815, an increase of approximately $1,000,000 the year 1905. These flguies do not include imports and exports of gold, silver, and paper cmrency. The value of merchandise purchased abroad was $4,065,437, as compared with export of $6,536,376, a large balance of trade in favor of the ing dynasty in China is seriously alarmed over the effect of the spread of famine through the country and the opportunity it offers to seditionary societies to enlist concerts to the cause directed against the government The suffering of the people is used as capital, It Is said, in that judicious assuaging of want places the persons given assistance under obligations to the societies The government's inability to relieve suffering, it is said, hag been magnified, and the hardships of the people at- tubuted to lack of avmpathy by the government for the poor classes The information received here indicates that a propaganda has been organized to further the circulation of stories of the character outlined, and' it is said that State Department officials fear that a spread of hysteria may engender a gen- eial uprising.

Keeping Washington Advised. If such should be the result there danger that the government might not be able to control the situation. American and other foreign interests would then be jeopardized. So great Is the concern that diplomatic and consular officials In China have been instructed to keep "Washington advised in regard to the situation and every turn taken. That the Chinese government recognizes the danger is shown by the fact that Viceroy Tuan Fang, of Tanking, hab memorialized the throne for $1,000,000 to purchase East Indian rice to feed his people.

this step was taken to offset the work that has been done by the seditionary societies as well as to relieve the immediate suffering. In taking ills action the viceroy predicted a gen- uprising the famine stricken dis- ti icts unless prompt relief is provided, but he did not to the trouble that 'has been stirred up by the anti-government societies. More Aid from Here. An extra effort will be made in the United States to broaden the scope of the movement to flnd relief for the Chinese. Already there have been large sums of money collected and dispatched to China to bo used in the purchase of food, and in the near future the trans- poift Buford will sail from San Francisco with a ship load of piovisions given by Louis Klopsch, editor of the Christian Herald A general movement throughout the civilized world to aid the sufferers, it is believed, will enable the Chinese government to strengthen its hands and possibly suppress uprising and riots.

For the protection of foreigners in China, the United States and European countries are prompted by self, as well as humanitarian, interest to. come promptly to the assistance of the Celestial Empire. That any movement which threatens the overthrow of the present dynasty in China gives alarm to the United States and every European nation which has Interests and people in Ghfna is not denied. The life of every white person in China is believed Jy offle'alg of the State Department to" depend upon the continuance of the Chinese government as it stands, the Boxer uprising being cited as an instance of what might result if the present government-should be weakened. republic of J2.470.941 Kxpoit figures for 1903 Tvere $6,893,098 This was a loss for the twelve months of 1806, which was due to decreased valuations received for the susrar shipped, but the quantity exported far exceeded the total for tne preceding jear.

Imports for the year show a net increase of 51,326,609 over 1905, when 53,736,828 established a record unattained previously This shows that the purchasing canacitv ol the people is growing. Of the United States is credited With $685,938. tra(je th(j th with the United Kingdom with $572.714. and lesser figures for Spam, Italj', Cuba, Porto Rico, and other coun- CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. The You Have Always Bought Bears tae Signature of exception of Senator Foraker.

has the courage openly to set up an opposition shop. This phenomenon has been commented upon before in these dispatches President Controls' Situation. Before the. first session of the Fifty- ninth Congress adjourned last June the halts and the committee rooms of the Senate and the House were-buzzing with horrid imprecations and hostile criticism gfof Roosevelt. Republicans from nearly every State had harsh things to say.

In the face of all this, two-thirds of them went home and appealed to their constituents for re-election on the grounc that they were supporters and champions of Mr. Roosevelt's legislative proposals The President knew of this feeling against him, and used to grin when i was spoken of in his presence. Some of the very ablest politicians and managers in the Republican party to-day men who are thoroughly familiar with thi inner workings of the national organiza tion of the party, have told your- corre spondent recently that they firmly believe that Roosevelt could be nominated unani mousily by the next convention if he chose to say the word, and that, if nomi nated to-day, he would carry more State than in 1904; in other words, that In would break the "solid South," and carry at least three of the States that wen for Parlcer in the last national election But the President has no present inten tion of trying for a third term. If hi dreams come true he will come forward as a candidate again in 1912 or 1916. Jus now he aims toward doing his share, anc.

perhaps a little more, in seeing that the Republicans elect next year a man whc win continue "the Roosevelt policies." Party Leaders Watch Hughes. Every Republican with any claim to a voice In the national councils In the party is watching Hughes like a hawk. Fresi dent Roosevelt is at the of thl list He has announced that he will asl ov, Hughes to visit him this summe "to talk about things." If the Preslden finds the governor in accord with him on such matters of national import as control of the corporations and Stronger and mare rigid supervision of the transportation lines, Mr. Hughes' chances of becoming the Roosevelt nominee nexS summer will be that much stronger. The.President does not like to have it said that he is to control the national convention.

He Knows the blight that has rested upon Presidential choices of their successors. So, also, it may be assumed, does Mr. Hughes. of the Republican leaders believes that Mr Hughes would be a strong t-andidate on his record to date. But he may do much in the next twelve or Jlftecn months 10 enlarge his figure Ip the f-ye.

After Taft, he is the strongest of any of the "potential candidates." He has. Indeed, "the right preliminary character," and "the right preliminary record," and even the radical Roosevf.lt believes that the governor of New Torb )s "li entire accord-, with the moofl and spirit of the times." So MB growth and the record of his achievements, at Albany next winter will be performances to which a national MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE. making arrangements-to get away from ie place as quickly possible. Some lention was mule owned by ie witness, and as the Missouri Senator supposed, to be an authority on mules, pursued the subject. The following Is a transcript of the uesfaons answers that followed re- ardfng the carpenter's mule.

It will be bservett -that he was. suite a remarkable kind, of an- animal In-his way. He was fractious, "but could riot go faster than a ralk, but would have "run away" It wner had let him. "Sou had' a pretty lively mule?" "Yes. stu." "Was your mtue at all factious?" "Tes, sir; he -was Irtghtened." SEEKS GOLD IN CONGO.

Dorsey Mohun, of Washington, with Bel- Prospecting Expedition. According to cable advices, Mohun, of Washington, a- well'knowtt African explorer, former American consu- ar agent at Bowa, Congo, and at Zanzibar, has been designated by the Ryan- Suggenhelm syndicate to head a mineral prospecting, expedition to the couu- ry in search for gold precious stories. The expedition will be composed-, of Americans and Belgians, and will start for Africa about Qlay IB. A friend of Mr. Mohun, writing to The Post, has this to- about him: "Mr.

Mohun 5a a. aon of Mrs. Clare Hanson Mohun, 2121 California avenue, and las long been regarded as tho est authorities on affairs In the Congo Free State. He has spent seven years in he Congo, having once made the march Zanzibar to Tatigaraka' in building telegraph lines for King Leopold. He speaks Arabic and Zanzibarl and is so popular with an the varied he las a by which he known from end to end of the Free State." MAH SERVICE SHWjt (OFF.

Impossible to Send Parcels to Australia by Post. In consequence of the withdrawal by the Oceania Steamship Company of Its steamers on the route between San Francisco, Auckland 1 and Sydney, the Post-office Department is without the meana of dispatching parcels post mails to Nejp- Zealand and Australia. consequence, postmasters have been instructed to decline to receive such packages addressed for delivery In those countries until further orders, which, will be issued as soorfas can be made. These arrangements are expected In the near future. POSTAL CLERKS WILL STAY Pleased With tbe Increase in Salary Granted Them.

Many Who Threatened to Resign Be cause of Small Fay Sends Thanks to Hitchcock. BIG GAIN DT EXPORTS. Meats, Animals, and Dairy Products Increase $76,000,000 in Decade. The total exportations of meats, dairy products, and food animals from the United States last jear aggregated over $250,000,001 In value according to a statement Issued yesterday by gje Bureau of Statistics of the Department of fcommeres and Labor. This represents an Increase of or 45 percent during the decade 1895 to 1908 More than 60 per cent of last ear's exports went to the United Kingdom.

Even this large percentage, however. Is less than that of a decade ago, when Great Britain took over 70 per' cent of America-! exports Of the $250,000,000 worth of meats, dairy products, and food animals out of the United Stater was In live animal: lard, in ba beef, $21,000,009 in oleomargarine, $14,000,000 in pork other than bacon alTd hams, $4,500,003 In butter and $2,500,000 in cheese. significance will attach. E. G.

L. EUEAI DELIVERY INCREASES. Post-office Department Shows 37,000 Efree Routes Now in Use. In compliance with requests for Information as to the number of rural de- liverv routes now in operation in the re- snective 1 States and Territories, thp amount of postal business being transacted thereon, and the Increase shown, Assistant Postmaster General De Draw- lies issued the following statement. There are now 37,400 rural delivery routes in operation, divided among the various States and Territories.

Illinois leads, with 2,755 routes, Ohio has 2,492, ana Iowa 2,303. There are 864 routes In Virginia and 383 in Maryland. The States of the Middle West, where the land is mostly prairie, and which contain large and progressive rural communities--conditions most favorable to the es- Information has reached the Post-offlce Department that many clerks and lette carriers at various offices in the countr who indicated their Intention some tlm ago to retire from the postal service a the close of the present fiscal year wil continue in the service. Those who hai given notice of their intention to reslgi included not only clerks and carriers in city offices, but rural mail carriers. Thei omplaint was that they could not live their present salaries by reason of th increase tnelr household expenses.

The force of the complaint was recog nized by First Ass stant Postmaster eral Hitchcock, who strongly recommend ed an Increage In salaries. The recom jnendation was approved by the then Post master General, Mr Cortelyou, and was taken up by Mr. with the com mlttee of Congress. He presented to th House and the Senate a schedule of In creases for the city clerks and carrier 1 which was adopted by Congress in th Post-offlce appropriation bill. Fourth A3 slstant Postmaster General De Graw pre sented the claims of the rural carriers and Increases were provided for Both the clerks and the carriers hav expressed, in connection with their assur ance that they will remain In the service their appreciation of the work done i their behalf by Mr.

Hitchcock and Mr. Graw. Eiward Cantwjll, of this cty secretary of the National Assoclatioa Letter Carriers, has forwarded to Hitchcock a letter In which he says: "On behalf pi the letter carriers of th country, I take this opportunity of ex pi easing their gratitude and appreclatio for your untiring and unselfish work I behalf of their welfare and which ha resulted in the passage of the artfendmen to the Post-offlce appropriation bill, stantially increasing the salaries of a the carriers throughout the Secretary Cantwell adds that the car rlers "are grateful men" and "will alway hold a warm spot In their hearts" for Hitchcock. Mr. Cantwell sa.d yesterday that th local organization of both the carrier: and the clerks throughout the country adopted resolutions of thanks to Hitchcock, and he expressed the belle that the good feeling: engendered woul benefit Immensely the postal service.

SEEK SOUTH PQIE IH" AtfTO. Explorer' Will Use Machine in Passin Over Immense are about to Im used in t' work of exploration in the antarctic re glons. according to information just re cclved at the Department of Qomroerc tabllshment of rural delivery service- an(J Labor consul General H. W. DIede have the largest proportionate number oi rich stationed at Antwerp, reports, (ha Civil Service Examinations.

The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination on April 17 and for scientific assistants for the Department of Agriculture, at salaries ranging from $600 to 42,000 per annum These examinations wlU tae held in Washington and other cities. Is 4,425, compared with 3,688 pieces a year do Gerlache In 1S99. ago-- an increase of 20 per cent. Very few i He proposes to use automobiles In pass routes show decreases, anfl many of the mB immense glacier along th increases arc very large, therarriers upon t6 lB Jmlrne not in the hope taxed to thelmS offhr reachintrthe iole, but for tbe purpose ability are 'forty-six roSeTog tracing tbfi prolongation of Edward VI which the amount of mall handled exceeds Land and to see if this prolongation ex 15000 pieces per month, ten these tends to Victoria Land, situated about routes handling 20.000 pieces Degrees farther i In the number of money orders, will be tion. A mule figured prominently -in the rownsvUle testimony last -week.

Sentor Warner, of Missouri, was examining witness by the name of Matias G. amays, carpenter, who was employed round the barracks at. JBrownsville at up of the town. SPECIAL NOTICES, Office of thrf LAHSTON MONOTYPE MACHIHE CO, 1231 Callowhlll Street. Philadelphia.

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James D. McConville fl. Formerly of Ol. 1409 St. "He ha?" kind ot skittish mule, "Yes, sir.

He tried to run away the rst to run away?" Tes, slrjf but I would not let him." Tdu would "not let him run away?" 'No, sir; just checked him up." 'He would run away when he got a chance, ivculd he?" I don't think so. He was very ame and mule that had lots of ense." 'All pood mutes have lots of sense, lit you say he was fractious "He was Kind of frightened: yes, sir." "That he was a fractious rattle, that is, was a mule that would not stand men foolishness?" "No. sir." Senator Foraker--He Hid not want to shot up. Senator Warner: "And he tried to run away there?" "'Tea, sir." "When was that--at the first or second hot'" "That was wnen he heard ail that shoot- ig." "He stood the first and second shots all Jght?" "Tes, sir," "But when he heard the started to run." "Were you in the wagon then?" was on the ground." "You grabbed hold, and then you went way from there," "From there I went away to the admin- stration, building, but before that I topped to front of Company." "Your mute tried to run when you went from there?" "The mule never got away from the ilace -where he was with t.he cart." "No; you stopped him. JJ understand that" air." "We will not have any confusion about hat at all, but he Just went mile-was frightened and you were fright- ned and you wanted to get out of danger, lldn't you?" 'Tes, sir." "As far as ydu could see, the mule was if tile same opinion?" 'Tes, sir." "Wnen you-wanted to get out of danger, did you get the mule down to a ralk, so that you, would get out of 'Tes, sir." "Went away slowly?" "No, sir; af fast walk." "Just a fast -walkt" "YesAsiK" rnute could trot, couldn't he?" sir; he tiould not very Well- He is pretty old." "He could not trot? Could he gallop?" "No, sir." "Well, he was fractious, but pretty old and could not trot and could not gallop.

That is your description of that mule'" "Yes, sir." "Howvold" was the; mule?" "Well, sir, examined that- mule one time and they said he must have seen twenty-ttve years "Old enough to -vote'" "Yes, sir." "And on account of the age of the mule he walked away, but in a. fast walk?" "Yes, sir." was a pretty fast walker 1 sir; I would not let him run, though." Jie want to run?" "Yes, sir; I believe, he did." "He jcould have run then, if you had let him?" 'Yes, sir" you "would not let him'" sir." 'You thought there was a good deal of danger there?" "Yes, Just betre Leslie M. Shaw turned the custody of the money bays In the Treasury over to his successor. George B. Cortelyou, he went carefully through his desk to gather up 'all his private papers.

He found a. little packet of'letters in a far corner that recalled a touching incident occurred when he was governor of Ijwa. The correspondence tells its own story. The first letter was as follows. Ltvermore, Iowa, Dec.

4. 1901 Dear Governor Please can we have another Thanksgiving Day and have It next Thursday I was sick and could not eat any turkey or any good things I an't very big But I like turkey Please let us have it. Tour friend, MARY 21QBANQ This appeal so touched the heart of Gov. Shaw that he not only granted it, but sent to his little correspondent a fat turkey in order to insure the observance of his proclamation, which was in the form of the following letter to Mary's parents: Dee Motnes, Iowa, Dec 6, IflOl Having been informed that Mary ZIgrang, of Llvermore, Iowa was ill on the 28th day of November, 1901, and was thereby prevented from joining in the festivities incident to Thanksgiving Day, I recommend that at a convenient hour on Monday, December 9, 1901, Mr and Mrs Zigrang, together with their family and sueli young friends as Mary may choose to Invite, assemble la the tamlly dining ronm, there, with thankful hearts for country, home, and the blessed Influence of children, partake of such bounties as are usually served In Christian America on the day -appointed for national thanksgiving, and that special attention be given that Mary shall be bountifully sun- piled with that portion, of the national bird and Buch other delicacies aft are most congenial to her SHAW, Governor of Iowa. In a few days this news arrived from Llvertnore- Llvettnoie, Iowa.

Dec. 13, 1301. Dear Governor- I thanfc yon tor your kind letter and- for ls.tt.lng me haveva, Thanksgiving Day of my own, and for the nice turkey you sent me I shall always keep your letter It came to late for me to send you invitation to dinner Monday evening, December 3. I wish you 'could have been here. You are a nice, good man, and I wrote to Santa Clans to bring you something nice Chrfst- SPECIAL ATTENTION.

Societies and- organizations meeting In convention and 1 all with the government service who desire to attend tbe Jamestown Exposition can secure special rates by communicating with Mrs. CAHILL. The English Tea Room. 933 St. nw until APRIL 15.

After that date, THE" BREAKERS Ocean View. tho Atlantic Qtty ot the South Five trolley ride ta the exposition grounds AMUSEMENTS. GRAND OPERA BY THE ENTIRE COMPANT PROM THE MBT- BOPOUTASi OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF HEHTRICH COSTBIBD BBLASCO THEATRE Thursday evening, March 28. at 8.

Puccini's opera "MADAM BUTTEBFLY" (In Italian)--MmeJ Farrar, Homer, Lawrence, Fofhlmann. Moran. Shearman. MM. Csruso, Etracclari.

BeHs. Dufrlche. Dragoni, Muhlmann, havarlni. Begoe, Master Man- zarolL Conductor, Mr Artnro. Saturday attemoon, Mirch 30, at 1, Gounod a open.

"PATJST" On French)--Mmes. Emma Barnes, Jacobs-. Poehlmann MM. Dlppel. Plincon.

Scotti. Begne Conductor. Mr. S. BOTT Saturday evening.

March 30, at 8, Verdi's ojm, "AIDA" (In Italian)--Mmes. Pappolo, Homer. rence MM. Caruso. Stracclari, Journet.

Mtthl- raann. Paroll Conductor, Mr Arturo Vlgnm. PRICES Parquet (entire floor) WOO Mezzanine balcony (first thres rows) Uezzanlne balconr (remaining rows) t.00 Second balcony (first four rows) Second balcony (next three rows) Second balcony (remaining rows). I-oO too EASTER DECORATIONS. 1 ATTENTION.

qOOD CHURCH PEOPLE' Give Hardy Remore. 509 14th St. nw, your church decorations for Easter Mr Hardy, formerly of New York- Botanical Gardens and late with J. Harry Small. Is an artlat la this line.

Best work lowest prices. A SALE. We propose to make a complete clearance of our fitcck of fine woolens before moving to 923 st nw, and offer $25 suits to order for $19. $30 suiti for til, 435 suits for 75 MO suits for (30, $50 suits for $36 All new spring, patterns, and every garment we make carries our guarantee J. D.

BURNS 9th R. W. BOAHD OP PHARMACY OP THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The regular quarterly examination for licenses to practice Pharmacy In the District of Colombia will be held APETli 11 and 12. 1907 Applications must be filed on or before April 1 S.

L. SILTON, Secretary. Citizens of Mt. Pleasant (cise goods) at 98e per bottle Green River, QrftBn Brier. Green Spring Valley, Old Valley, QOld Arlington Rye.

Belle of Anderson. Family trade solicited. WM. DIETZ, I4tlr and als nw nth. an International Star Cast, In Stunptuous Production of Goldsmith's Comedy, SHE STOOPS 'fro CONQUER.

Let me figure now on your wort for spring in PAINTING AND DECORATING My work and price cannot elp but appeal yom Call, telephone, or drop postal W. V. ANDREWS. Fourteenth St. Telephone north 5092.

Iel9.d,«lt B2O Fa. Ave. A. reliable auction housa. Goads sold only on commission You will he p'eased witn results Next sale furniture, pianos, Ac Saturday, 10 a m.

Telephone 1282 THE MEETING OF THE era of the Morrison Paper Company will be held at 11 o'clock, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, at 405 llth 6t nw. 25 ROBERT L. PROSISE, Jamestown Exhibition. Claba, Lodges. should engage their hotel quarters now Books opan at Philadelphia Oyster House 1924 14th st.

Special rates Hotel Elliott. fllrectly en -water front Oysters -from our own beds. Onr own iaunch Commercial Pier also electric fare, 6c SANDS ELLIOTT, Trops Ocean We Can Supply All Your Office Needs the lowest prices We handle tatiafaetory qualities and carry such an immense atock that no criters are too tig for 03 to flll promptly Let tis quote'you prlt.es next time you want any Blank Books, Stationery, iDks, or Typewriter Supplies Morrison Paper Wholesale and Retail, Pa ave. $1.00 a Large Bottle Shoemaker's Tennessee Whiskey A tip- lop BRCcIfic for throat ana lung affections. Not merely "a man'B whisker." but a family liquor, ssfe and efficacious to Sl yotiag.

or eld wpen ailing $1 bottle-- and to fee had only at the SHOOHflKER MR. WILLIAM WERNER. WHO HAS BEEN FOR the past eight years in the clothing department of Saks Co Is now with CHARLES MARTIN, the tailor, 616 Sth he will be pleased to serve bla friends. ATTRACTIVE BOOKLETS And catchy advertising matter of aft sorts promptly produced pa our tip-to-date presses Ijet us estimate on your next job. 'Phone Main 46G7 and a representative will call GEO.

E. HOWARD, 714 I2 St. N. W. Printer, Engraver, and Boohbinfeg.

We Are Headquarters For All Kinds of Paper The Immense stock of Paper and Stationery we carry Insures your being to get just -what yoa without trouble or waiting We shall be jlad ot your orders, whether large or small E. Morrison Paper Retail. 1009 Pa aye mass. Ytjur friend, MART ZIGRANG The governor of Iowa replied in proper vein, and received this reply: Lhrerxnore, Iowa, Dec a. 1M1.

Dear I got your letter and picture last Sunday December 15. thank you for both, your picture was very pretty I was glad to get it. I wilt send you my picture soon my last was taken with my brothers, out to-day I had my pletura taken otr purpose- (or you I am eight years old and thi 3d of January IB my birthday Have you a little girl as big as I have four brothers but not any sister at alL tiood-by Tour friend, MART ZIGRANG. Meanwhile Gov. Shaw was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, and Mary closed the corresppndence by extending 'congratulations Xitvermore, Iowa, Dec 31, 1901 Dear Goternor- I am real glad that you have a place In the President's Cabinet and send my congratulations, but I am sorry that you must leave Iowa tor WJuhinton it is so tar array Tour friend.

MART ZIGRANG, F5--- I send you my picture to-day dont you think It lust like MART J3IGRAG. Senator Albert J. wno has remained in Washington since the adjournment of Congress to work on his part of the Bryan-Beveridge magazine expects to start for his home, in Ic- cll ana polls, the latter part of this week. The senior Hoosier Senator's engagements for the coming spring and summer are many. The first- one of special 1m- GO-LIN-DO.

nils remarkable water presents the rare combination of diuretic, diaphoretic, alterative, and toni. praperttes Jt Is unrivaled" By glass or bottle Affleck's Drug Store, Sole Agents, 1439 Pa. AVI. SURETY BOOTS For corporations, firms, and Individuals HICKETTS EYNON, District Managers United Surety Co, 1325 st. nw.

Orders for Paperhanging Bhould be placed now to Insure the work being dons -when you want It EDWARD HOFFMAN, St Telephone North 730. VKSTILATIOS 'WITHOUT DHAtTGHT Tho. moat essential to retain heIto- Equip you chiirches, schoolhouBes. rooms, sleeping apart AtTTOMATIC TEtNTlTjATOK. Economical and CTerlasMas B.

C. KIDWELL. Washington, Manager for Company. Office 1256 St. west 811.

IHRroivtng Toe Nails, Corns, and All otber foot ailments promptly cured skillful manicuring. DH WHITE, mi Pa. are. nw 6. Sundays, 9 to 2.

'Phone 4B3 the axaiive portance will be an address before th American Academy of Political and Soda Science, in Philadelphia, on April 19. Al though this will be the anniversary of th famous battle of Lexington, the first sho of which was beard around the world and proclaimed American Independence British rule, the British Ambassador James Bryce, is expected to be presen and preside at the meeting. Senator Beverldge will speak to the stu dents of Tale University on May 10, am in June following he will address the na ttonal conference of charities and correc tions at Minneapolis. Meantime, he will continue to fill engagements on. the Chau tauqua circuit.

Mr. Beveridge had an engagement speak before the American ir Paris on the Fourth of July, last year but was compelled to cancel it at th last minute on account of the fight Congress over the inspection bill The invitation has, been renewed, it is un derstood. for this year, and, if possible, the Senator says be Intends to accept The Kidaejv and the Skin. In the spring 1 the kidneys have much to do. If they are weak or torpid 'they will not do it well, and the skin will lie pimply or blotchy.

That is telling the story in a lew words. Hood's Sarsaparllla strengthens am stimulates the kidneys, cures and prevents pimples, blotches, and ail cutane- ous eruptions. Don't fail to take it. Buy a. bottle ta-day.

SEATS HOW ON SALE AT BOX OFFISe, BELASCO THEATRE. NOTE--Tickets ordered from Greene may btalncd at the Box Office ot Belasco Theatre. Weber piano used excloslrely. COLUMBIA TO-NIGHT at 8:15 THCESDAY ANTJ SVTCHDAY Direction WM. A BRADY, Wilton Lackaye THE LAW AND THE NAN" li on Victor Hugo's Celebrated MLserables NEXT WEEK gfo 8 18 APRIL -now IOST ARTISTIC COMBINATION' OP THE TIMES.

WILLIAM H. CHINE ELLIS JEFFREYS POLITE DAILY MATINE3S, 25c EVENINGS, SOc Farewell and Only Week of The Mysteriarcti ol Manac i es and prfgong TWELVE CHALLENGE ESCAPE ATTESlPTS very Mfetinee and Every Night Houdlni Will Mik3 Different Thrilling Tests of His Lunatic's Crib Escape, The Door Transfixion, The adder-of-death Suspension, The Ptllorv Jonfinement. The Invincible Paper Bag Release, "he Jron Crate Incarceration, The Mammoth Foot sail. The Greater Packing Case Testa, The Pad- ocked Leather Bag Escape, The Thrilling Hindoo Teedle Feats SNYDER BUCKLEY CARL A MARY OHMS HFLSNA FREDERICK. Four Other Great Acts Next Week--Geo Evans Honey Tarry TIghe's Collegians The Four Ba-ds Juv Seats To-day.

BELASCO APRIL 11, 2, and 3 Mrs Noyes and Chorus ot 50 'We are in Society" An Effervescent Musical Comedy, By Phelps BroTni by Percy Jach. For the benefit of tbe i NATIONAL JUNIOR REPUBLIC I TO-NIGHT 8:15 Matinee Saturday CHARLES FROHMAK PRESENTS ELLEN TERRY Mon. Wed and TJrar Nights and Sat Mat -CAPT CONVES- 1 bv Geo Bernard Shaw Friday and Saturdaj Nljihts at 8 Sharp. "The Good Hope" and Nance Oldnetd." Cohan Wei ieorge Paint and Powder Club, OF BALTIMORE, In "Don of Doraya" Benefit Christ Chili Society, April at 8 15 Seats. 50.

and n. On Bale at T. Arthur Srnlth's. In Sanders Staymap'B A I TM" "AMILT THEATER, MATS MON WED ft EAT JOHN VOGEL'S CITY MINSTRELS At.T. WTTTTTff ALL WHITE NEW ORIENTAL FIRST PART COS'CERT BAND OP PICKED SOLOISTS GRAND JOHNW VOCEL SYMPHO.NY ORCHESTRA THt MINSTREL-KlNCNeitt Week TEXAS LYCEUM MATIN'EE DAILY ALL THIS WEEK.

Pat White and His GAIETY GIRLS PRESENTING 2--MERRY MUSICAL JINGLES--2 C--EXCELLENT VAUDEVILLE 25--PRETTY SHOW OIRLS--23 Neit Week--HIALTO ROUNDERS NEW WILLARD BAUL ROOM LAFAYETTE COLLEGE GLEE ANO MANDOLIN CLUBS TOESDAT EVENTXG MARCH 26. TICKETS SELLING AT" ARTHUR SMITH'S, In Sanders Staymaa's DANCING nrorviDUAL ANT hour from 9 a m. to 8 by appointment; $1 per hour; lady tnachers; private residence, reduction to clubs, refs February class forming; JS per month. Address DANCING this offlce. GREAT FALLS OF THE POTOMAC, WATER GREAT MAGNIFICENT SIGHT.

DON'T FAIL TO SEE IT. 25 cents round trip Take 0 R- cars at SSth and rta. EjtablUUed 1870. 314 NINTH STREET N. W.

Money loaned on Watches. Diamonds. Jewelry, and Silverware. pa? per cent wfcen TOV coal set tor 8 ceait READING LAMPS GREATLY EEDCCED. A reading lamp would make a most acceptable veddlng gift.

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