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THE WASHINGTON TOTES SATURDAY JAXFABY 25 f 6 1 J ii a i8 = Efa tttofungton Limes PubasAed BvonlBg and Sunday at THE MUNSEY BUILDING Penn Ave between 13th and Hta Six N nr Tsrk Office 3 Flttb Ave Chicago O ffl 1713 Commercial Dink Bid Office Journal Building Dally one year Sunday one year FRANK A MUNSEY- The TIm 1 In tho city of Wht- ecton and District Columbia by nowabeyn who deliver collect for the PS r on their own account at rate of 6 oenU week lr the Evening and 6c nU a copy tor the Sunday edition Entered at postofflco at Washington D CBJI secOnd clau matter SATURDAY JANUARY 25 1908 MacDowell Wherever the beauty and the power that mark true musical art are appreciated there the works of Edward A MacDowell have made a lasting impression He was the soul of honor and of poetry MacDowells genius showed itself when he was a mere child At the age of ten he left New York his native city to study in Paris It was proposed to make him profes- sor of pianoforte at the Conserva tory of Frankfort when he was only twenty years old and the proposal had the support of Raff but antag onistic influences defeated him and to some extent pursued him ever after It was his lot to suffer as well as to succeed The encouragement that lacDow ell was happy to extend to students will now give way to the inspiration- that rises from his beautiful works The Way of Woman- In 1003 a quaint book called Courtship Love and Matrimony appeared from an English press Even way beck there the ladys privilege was well understood Says this literary jewel Albeit is nowe become part of the common Lawe in regard to the social relashuns of life that as of ten as evry Bissextile year doth return the Ladys have the sole privilege during the time it continu eth of making love unto the men which they may doe either by worde or lookes as unto them it seemeth proper And moreover no man will be entitled to the benefit of the clergy who doth refuse to ac cept the offers of the Lady who doth in any wise treat her pro posals with slight or contumely 8- Oton 300 served of and the a the f i zso i i i i T ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ = In a willowy lissome creature rejoicing in the name of Villin we will call her thus is forming a club of grass widows How we mayprofltby and not get lemonized next time is the fundamental idea underlying- the club according to Mrs Willin She proposes that the members talk over in friendly chat their wedded experience so that next time if it comes they will know better I was handed a whole crate of lemons in my last experience and I want to help start a club where those of us who have suffered may meet in a social way and help each other so that we may not be nipped again says Mrs Willin This lady cannot fool us we are fully persuaded the Grass Widows Club is a fell design to take some mean underhanded advantage of the uncaptured and unsuspecting males in its neighborhood Still we wish the girls emanci- pated for twelve months joy and success in their quest The Upward Climb Recently there was a Greek in New York city His name was Menas Several years ago he was a poor pushcart fruit through the streets Up and down the alleys and the byways in the rain and the snow and the heat sometimes sick and sometimes well ragged haggard often hungry and weary and covered with dust Menas drew his cart There are many such in the swarming hives of foreigners in this great Republic You have seen them Look at the next one who passes He is nothing- to is only a poor pushcart man He doesnt differ from Menas except in one thing Menas had a dream and he fol- lowed a star AS he toiled along day in and day out for a decade he always dreamed the dream and ever the star beckoned on This was his wild preposterous thing out of all reason in a push cart man He determined to earn 100000 return to his native land and become a bank president Sounds like o joke doesnt it It was not a jest to Menas After long years of work and privation- and saving he had the fortune The dream came true the star was grasped at last Menas went away to gratify his ambiton in a sunlit city by the Aegean sea That dream was realized because the Athenian was faithful to it and as he plodded onward the star ever shone in front Emerson said Hitch your wagon to a star There is almost a cosmos in that simple sentence is the harmony of the universe One can see in those six little words the summary of human achieve Chi ago our mistakes manpeddled youhe dreama i L- It ¬ ¬ ¬ ment complete history of civiliza- tion an everlasting inspiration to future races of mon Menas hitched his pushcart to a star He was in the abyss and he clfmbed out From Socrates to Edison every forward step taken by mankind through the revolving centuries every advance by humanity toward the ultimate goal has been led by sdme valiant dreamer who followed a star Roller Skating Terrors Numerous complaints have been made to Major Jjylvester of late re- garding what is termed the roller skating nuisance and it brings up the question as to whether it really is a nuisance or not The skating- on the streets and sidewalks is done almost entirely by children and the contention is made that when done by them it is not a nuisance any more than their shouting and play ing on the streets can be termed disorderly conduct This is f not wholly true There is no denying that the privilege of roller skating on the streets has been more or less abused They persist in using the sidewalks in the business sections during hours when the streets are crowded Not a few will dart in and out among the pedestrians appar- ently endeavoring to see how near can come without actually col- liding There seems to be no reason why certain restrictions could not be de- vised that would tend to do away with the trouble Regulations sim- ilar to those governing bicycle riders and putting the skaters in the same class would transform what is now a halfway nuisance into a harmless pastime ftoller skating is probably an other of those temporary crazed ever succeeding one another The Commissioners probably have the power to place the necessary curb on the enthusiasts thus insuring the rights of others and preventing- the abuse of an enjoyable sport Sending kisses by telephone has never appealed to us either as sender or re ceiver but we never considered them extra hazardous We now learn from tho Hoxie case in New Hampshire that they sometimes lead to 0000 suits Hereafter no goods of this kind will be accepted over the wire except at sen- ders risk We will assume the risk only when delivered in person Maybe Our good friend Jake be lieves there ought to be some punish acnt meted out to exPrefttdents they a ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ In that land where the Adamses vote for Douglass and the Lodges walk where they should a gentleman of seventyfour wants to marry a lady of sweet sixteen He urges that few men can claim experience as a husband as he has buried four There Is one advantage in New York employing police cannot graft Chicago papers are printing long stories about hotel walters in Denver striking just at meal time Still sore because Denver got the Democraticcon vention The Boston Journal offers a prize for the best answer to the question What la the most wonderful thing in the world A woman has answered that man Is and if she doesnt get the prize- it will be because just plain truth cant win You can always depend upon a woman to give the right answer to questions when she knows anything about the subject and what she doesnt know about man would find the point of a needle a roomy abode According to the antiBryan papers the distinguished citizen of Nebraska wont even be a candidate by the 1st of March That the Philadelphia school girls have been forbidden to laugh on the street cars is not so surprising as is the fact that they did laugh To laugh in Philadelphia is like cutting up at a funeral Of course strangers just must laugh while there Spain is still unable to understand dogsthey I more ¬ the recent of our navy She Is Inclined to think somebody la play- ing a joke on her Just as it Is comfortably established that womans poor cooking Is to blame for mans drinking Eugene Christian of New York declares that Its the cooked foods that create the appetite for liquor Just where are we at now anyway Ve have the word of Leslie M Shaw for It that he Is still in the race Much concern over the liquor scan dale of South Carolina is expressed by the Atlanta Georgian It wont be long maybe till the Georgian will nOd liquor scandals of Its own to occupy Its atten- tion They dont care how much they waste In New York when It comes to putting out a fire A policeman used ten gal- lons of beer on a small blaze the other day Well any way the Government is getting its exhibits back from James town I SHALL NOT LOSE THEE Dear friend far off my lost desire So tar so near 11 woe and weal 0 loved the most when most I fell There Is a lower and a higher Known and unknown human divine Sweet human hand and and eyes Dear heavenly friend that canst not die Mine mlno forever ever mine Strange friend past present and to be- Loved deopller darklier understood Behold I dream a dream of good And mingle all world with thee Far off thou art but ever nigh I have thee still and I rejoice- I prosper circled with thy voice I not lose thee tho j de jJLfrea Tennjson c ¬ ¬ ¬ < < > Snow Workers Fall in Street From Weakness NEW YORK Jan 25 Scones of suf- fering eclipsing anything in tne history of this giant metropolis are following- the removal of yesterdays fifteen inches of the blocked downtown sections The army of snow shovelers has been recruited from the ranks of the unemployed and these men present- a pitiable appearance as they staggering ly attack the giant drifts per cent of the men are Insufficiently clothed and many are act roc the want of bread Dressed in thin summer clothing with out overcoats or gloves their in Instances tot together with strings to keep them from falling apart and with no underclothing the men are struggling for tho few dollars that will enable them to live as human beings for little while at least Men Welcome Work They welcome the work but their task is a terrible one Of the SOO men who marched from the bureau df street cleaning at midnight- to clear crossings fire hydrants and larger public squares more than half had to quit by 9 oclock today Their strength was not equal to the work In the cold northwest wind with the mercury only fifteen degrees above zero All seemed eager to work but a few of the weaker ones with the thin nest clothes and the emptiest stomachs began to falter A few fell others stag gered like drunken men and dropped out Those who continued were blue with cold The exhausted ones were taken to hospitals and cared for while charitably inclined persons saw that great cans of steaming hot coffee were sent to relieve those who continued Price of Coal Up Th cold is working great hardships- In tenement sections where coal Is at a premium The usual price of 12 cents- a pail has been raised to 80 cents with but a scant supply on hand The big wagons of coal dealers cannot pene- trate the narrow streets blocked with snow and aa usual those who cannot keep reserve fuel are the real sufferem Men children left their at the mULlclpal lodging house and at the temporary shelters erected on the recreation piers EIght deaths directly traceable to the storm have been reported to the police while more than a score of persons have suffered broken limbs and other Injuries from falls on icy sidewalks Passengers On Big Liner Rage As Ship Is Anchored- To Await Passing of Storm NEW YORK Jan 26 With the tall buildings of their destination almost in view the passengers on the big White Star liner Adriatic fumed and raged as she lay at her anchorage off Sandy Hook yesterday all through the storm Arriving at the bar early yesterday- the howling gale and northeasterly- snow storm made it Impossible to take- a pilot on board and four big anchors were dropped to hold the liner off shore- It was not this morning that the big liner could come up to Quarantine- On board was Dr Qaujaa a French physician who attended Harry Thaw In Paris and two companions who will be witnesses in the trial Monday Repre senatlves of counsel for the defense boarded the steamer at quarantine and sealed the mouths ot their witnesses The from London that Richard- A McCurdy was sv passenger on the Adriatic proved untrue His name was not on the passenger list and the stew- ard who is with the former head of the Mutual Life Insur- ance Company stated that he had not been a passenger under another name PRAISE UPPER GLASS 8nO1a1l from homes last and applied for lodg- Ing BERATES WORKINGMAN a night ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ CHICAGO Jan 25 Tho upper classes are absolutely the superiors of the peo- ple they have surpassed and one Is dis- posed to say that God made the rea son This was one of many startling state- ments made by Barrett Wendell of English at Harvard Univers- ity to the members of the Twentieth Century Club last night in a lecture on The Privileged Classes The had had his toes trod on both figuratively and literally by those he called the lower classes and ha vented his bruised feelings before an audience which gaspea with amazement- at his satirical flagellation of the la- boring classes and his unstinted praise belonged- He declared that the tyrant privi- leged classes of this country are not the upper classes as they were under the old regime but tho despotic la boring classes pro- fessor for the rlect whom his auditors td ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ SOREST MAN IN COUNTY WHEN JURY DISAGREES- NEW YORK Jan 25 The sorest man in Westchester county today is John Newman Bohr a former inmate of Sing Sing prison who sued State chief of Stag Sing for 10000 damages in the supreme court because he was to work more than eight hours a day as prescribed law Rohrs novel suit was tried before Justice Keogh and a Jury at White Plains this week and after the Jury had for three hours without coming to they were dis- charged The Times Record- of 1907 ADVERTISING The Times GAIN 685 Cols 150 The Star LOSS 1063 Cols 247 Lines The Post LOSS 1092 Cols 31 Lines Superintendent C Collins and the Lines 4 ¬ + CIRCULATION Dally Circulation for tho Tear The Times 41198 Gals 3739 The Star 35486 Loss 91 The Post No Figures Given i 4 I Net i Attractions of Washington Will Be Set Forth in Publication Chamber of Commerce Plans Campaign to Boost Capital- The subcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce booklet OOmmIttee com- posed of Charles W Clagett chairman and Albert Schultaie vice chairman to whom was delegated the task of plan- ning and Issuing MCOO copies of e book- let setting forth the Capital City from industrial commercial and civic stand points today commissioned George H Gall or The Washington Times to write the material and compile tho booklet- A contract has also been entered into with a Washington printing company- to do the printing Exposition of Washington- The booklet has for several months been the subject of discussion by the chamber As planned by Mr Clagott and Mr Schulteis it wilt contain fifty pages devoted to an exposition of the many attractions of Washington and especially calling attention to the facili- ties hero offered for the establishment of manufacturing and wholesale houses fend to the stores It is designed not only to be argument to capitalists to Invest here in industrial enterprises but to attract residents tourists and stu- dents to the city A special section will be devoted to showing why Washington is the best city in the country in which- to hold conventions HalfTone Engravings A large number of halftone engrav- ings have been arranged for so that the text may be fully illustrated Thirty pages havw been reserved for advertisers who may desire to take advantage of the space When the work is complete it is the purpose of the subcommittee to distri- bute copies throughout the country In such a way that the best results may be obtained The book promises to prove the most complete and attractive publication of the kind ever attempted in this city PATHETIC STORY FAILS TO SAVE THOMAS S STUTZ- A pathetic tale failed to save Thomas- S Stutz a telegraph operator charged with stealing a typewriter when he appeared in the Criminal Court today With tears in his eyes he related the pitiful circumstances of the theft to the court declaring that had it not been for the sake of his sick wife he would not have committed the crime Five years ago he said I went against wishes of my people by mar- rying a girl who was the idol of my heart My family told sue to leave home and to take my wife with me and never darken then doers of the house again Since that time my wife and myself have endured poverty and bardsnip Several times I wrote letters to my mother asking if we could not come- back home To all or my supplications she turned a deaf ear About a year ago my wife was taken sick and wont home to htr people In BUSINESS BOOKLET j the 1 TUBEPREPARED ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Pomery Ohio and I came to Washing- ton and lived with my family At my mothers house my life was miser- able My father and mother dogged my footsteps and constantly twitted me about leaving my wife I decided to leave home forever and sought work at the Pennsylvania railroad station It was necessary for me to have a type writer and I obtained one 1 have bees receiving appeals from my wife in Ohio for money and until I left my position was able to send her scene every week But when number of operators were laid off at the railroad station I was among that number and It was necessary for me to find a new job Stutz then told the court that ho had pawned the machine sent the money to wife and left town because he had received offer of position in Pitts burg He went from one part qf the country to the other and was finally located in Guthrie Oklahoma where he was arrested He admitted hIs guilt and threw him- self on the mercy of the court Assistant District Attorney aker said that he had seen the mans lather who made a a ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ e manager or a grocery store at 1601 H street northwest and who stated that his son had been a bad boy He said he had covered up two or throe of lute shortcomings and could not help him any more The court without commenting upon the appeal made upon It by the prisoner sentenced him to servo one oar and one day in the penitentiary Girls Climb Chimney At Thread Factory- As Result of Dare DERBY Conn Jan 25 Miss May Everest and Miss Amelia 3a Jones clerks In the office of the American Thread Company of Willimantic made an ascent of the new brick chimney at the factory yesterday noon aa the re- sult of a dare The chimney Is 175 feet In height More than a thousand persons cheered the young women The ascent was made In buckets used for carrying brick and mortar They were obliged to ride stand ing and although they seemed to have great difficulty balancing themselves they accomplished feat in ¬ ¬ DAVID B HILL SHUNS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NEW YORK Jan Sena- tor David B Hill will not go to the Democratic National Convention at Denver this year When seen at the Hoffman House Mr Hill said that if he could arrange it he would go to Europe Mr Hill has never been In Europe- nor has he missed a national conven- tion of his party for many 25Former yea f I ¬ VERY SLOW IN VALPARAISO Consul Winslow Says Insurance Companies Pay Only Per Cent of Directing Reconstruction LossSeismologist 1RECOYERYFROM EAu dUAKE That but llttlo progress made In the reconstruction of Valparaiso Is the statement made Dy Consul Alfred A Winslow In a report to the State relative to the Chilean earth quake or August 190 The property loss caused by the great earthquake writes Consul Winslow haa been variously estimated at from 100000 to 140000 but the former seems nearer right Of this sum fully 25 per cent was caused by the fires during the six days following the earthquake- The property destroyed by fire says the report was covrred by an insur- ance of 10S86600of which J6M7000 was written by foreign companies and 4- W8500 by Chilean companies Both the foreign and Chilean companies have settled the losses caused by the fires of August SO and 21 on a basis of from 30 to 75 per cent The government has employed de Bellorl a noted French mologiet to study earthquake condi- tions and to advise In reconstruc- tion of and private works so as to best withstand the earth tremors that are so numerous in this part of the world The government of Chile continue the report has made no provision for haS been De- partment Mon- te us the sam public ¬ Clement K Shorter is at work on a popular life of George Borrow Borrow had a devoted biographer in Prof Knapp whose twovolume work is in- valuable In himself he had a still more sympathetic biographer and Lauren gro Romany Rye and The Bible In Spain tell incomparably the early story of Honest Six Foot Three But in the fall of his life up to his death in ISO was t more or leas clouded spelt about which Mr Shorter may have something enlightening to say To pro- voke investigation there is also of course the veiled period several years In duration during which Borrow Is rupposed to have been a literary hack in London but which he succeeded all his life In wrapping in mystery Unusual Cowboy Story Most boys long at son time to be owboys on the Wild plains and most girls have a mad period when they think that to a cowboys bride would be the Intensest form of happiness The heroine of the story of Herman Wbitaker The Settler Harper Brothers New York 160 does not to have possessed in her school days by this dream Neverthe- less or perhaps for that reason brojght to Manitoba to nurse a con sumptive brother and living on the ranch she falls In love with the ranch er who has been chumming it with that brother She marries him And then begins the struggle to conform herself to a man fine and manly and honorable but lacking in culture or the habit of good society a struggle in finitely more dtfflcult than any one would Imagine It to before the at tempt Jebbs Essays and Addresses The late Sir Richard Jebb left behind him a mass of material minor literary works which occupied the spare of his busy life Of these papers Lady Jebb has made a selection pub- lishing them under the title Essays and Addresses Some of these have already appeared In various magazines others were written IH response to de- mands from schools and Finds Best Inspiration at Home Miss Sara Dean the author of Tray ers a Novel of the San Fr aclsoo Fire returned to that city from a five years sojourn abroad only a few months before the disaster The shock of the calamity to her home city per haps drove her foreign Impressions from her mind for there is no sign of an attempt to them as literary ma- terial in Travers More likely this is because Miss Dean is truly indigenous- to the West and finds her best inspira- tions there Opportunity for Clever Writers The success of Duffield Osbornos story Tho Angels of Messer Ercole which was issued in such a charming dress in the autumn has strengthened be seem been be mo- ments use ¬ < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ REGIME ffllLLSALES PLAN OF 01- I With tho recommendation that the Commissioners endeavor to secure its adoption by Congress the Milk Com- mission yesterday approved a bill to regulate the sale of milk and milk products In the District of Columbia The bill provides that all dairy must be produced and sold un der absolutely sanitary conditions In accordance with a license issued by the Health Department that no milk or dairy product shall be sold in a manner calculated to deceive the pur- chaser as to its sanitary condition and that tho health officer and his assis- tants bo impowered to make inspection of all places whore milk is kept and also of all wagons and vehicles used in the sale and conveyance of dairy pro- duct The penalty provided for non compli- ance With the provisions of the act Is a fine of not more than 5200 or impris- onment for not more than thirty days or both at the discretion of the court The commission of which Gen George M Steinberg is chairman met In the District Building LIEUT GREER TRANSFERRED First Lieutenant Allen J Greer Twen tyeighth Infantry on duty at the re- cruit depot Columbus barracks Ohio has been reUeved of that duty and or dered to the Philippines for detail as acting Judge advocate of the depart ISSION pro- ducts Q tr rntnt ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < aiding Individuals to rebuild providing only for widening and straightening some of the streets and rebuilding the public buildings the appropriations amounting to J7476000 With regard to the rebuilding of the city the report says But little haa been done as yet In that portion of the city that suffered most further than to clear away some of the rubbish and ereot temporary Quarters time as provision can be made for rebuilding A large proportion of buildings that were not beyond repair have been put In shape which has greatly relieved the strain Most of the temporary shanties have been removed from the streets boule- vards and parks and the people are comfortably housed Warehouses for storage of merchandise are most needed for these suffered being located near the waters foundations were laid on made ground No labor troubles have interfered with the rebuilding of the city other than a great increase of wages which are now double what they were before the earthquake and the work In gen- eral has progressed quite satisfactorily considering the situation No additional building regulations have been made either by the general government or by the city authorities other than to change the building line on some of the streets etc until such th mot ¬ ¬ the desire of the publishers Frederick A to bring out add the series Little Novels of Famous Cities There would seem to be a enable here for good writ- ers who have either not yet attempted- the long novel or who have manuscripts- that do not conform to ordinary fiction requirements MetchnikofPs Essays The argument which Prof Metehnl- koff unfolds in a story more fascinating than the Arabian Nights is that hu man misery and suffering are largely due to disturbances in our organic equilibrium which strike discords within our mortal frame and rack our flesh with the of Procustes The conducted by Dr Chalmers Mitchell with the utmost skill and with much literary finesse Ljf of Goethe Completed- The third and last volume of the English translation of AJbert Bid scJiowskys Life of Goethe will shortly appear under the Putnam According to the both European and American Blel schowskys is the greatest of all the of Goethe Play Frcsi The Shuttle- It was to be expected that The Shut- tle by Mrs Frances Hodgson Bur nett would soon be announced in drama form Even before the book was published Mrs Burnett was besieged- by requests for the play Several prom- inent actresses have made strenuous efforts to seoure the play but as tar as it is decision has not yet been Optimism Horace new book Optim- ism A to be published- by A C McClurg Co Is a small vol- ume but precious In coming a magnetic personality and In work of an American who has put his fellowmen in the way of better health finer happiness longer life and greater efficiency Tramp and Princess A book on the tramp and a book on a princess contributions to the literature month promised by G P Putnams Sons The Elimination of the Tramp is the title of the first of these which is by Edmond Kelly a wellknown of the bar attorney for the Countess of Castellane- In her suit for divorce who is a social- ist and who has recently come to this country to study conditions here The other book is entitled A of Intrigue Madame do Longue and Her Times by H Noel Wil llama author of Five Fair The historical period described the last years of tho reign of XIII and the early part of Louis XIV The work is In two vol- umes containing twentyfour illustrations and a photograph frontis- piece Stoke Compo tot Imprint ave know Fetchers tom for write U Pri- nce Sister Luis ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ BUT NOT IN SPEECH Representative Nathan W Hale of Tennessee who handles Federal patron- age in his State and of his de- scent from Oliver has con- tracted a new and fearful habit He chowB gun with a slow and cud motion that beholder visitors In have seen with admiration the ceaseless indoml table motion of his jaws His fellow members have noticed the recklessness with which he has abandoned himself to tho horrible Chewing gum Is his mental stimulus and his constant recreation NEW MEMBERS RECEPTION- AT MT PLEASANT CHURCH- Rev Mr RQss Pishburn pastor Mrs Flshburn and the officers of the Mt Pleasant Congregational Church save a reception to the new members of the congregation last night A statement of the affairs of church showed the total membership to be 811 in addition to which eighteen new will be received the first It wss announced that William J Bryan will address the at the service tomorrow night SENT TO PHILIPPINES First Lieut Joseph A Marmon Twen tyfifth Infantry has been selected and detailed by the President as a captain In the Philippine Scouts Ho is as- signed to the Twentyfourth Company T HALE WURKS JAWS bat lie fascinate member runt ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ G JL a OFFICERS WT PAY- Old to Push Bill in Precedent Is Found in Record of Revo- lution A bill may be passed at this seesten trod list for the surviving offeree ot the United States volunteer navy and marines of the civil war 9neh bill is pending in the House and Sen- ate on Military Affairs proposed legIslation say with confidence that if the Mil gets out of committee in either home It will be immediately passed having strong support among Senators and Representatives The proposition is to place on pay surviving officers of the it being urged that the offleers who served through this great conflict are as much entitled to be placed on the retired list as are the officers oC tho regular army The bill affects M7 of- ficers aged seventy years and over It is not intended to apply to those under that age Of the number two are major twenty ight brigadier gen colonels and a larger propor- tion of lower officers Captains are the most numerous being 2 are nearly as in the navy that would be affected of various ranks total 164 The estimated oat of the bill for those eligible to Its provisions is tfttl7S0i When the subject of putting the erf fibers who commanded In the volunteer forces of the in the civil war oa the broughtup the In the ranks were la dined to oppose This opposition has largely meUedvaway Grand Army all over the country are mow Congress to pass the proposed legis lation for the officers The surviving officers have organized and have ar executive committee of which Green B Baum of Chicago former Commfeefoner of Pensions la chairman Gen S L Glasgow of Bur- lington General Glasgow la In and has been for some weeks looking after the bill He is hopeful it will be passed this He points out that in con- sideration of the value of the services of the volunteer officers in the civil war arid of the fact that they were paid in legal tender notes were worth finally but 40 per cent of their face it is remarkable that not a line of general legislation has been enacted in their by Congress- As a precedent there is cited among the action of IftC saul pay the sur- viving officers and enlisted of the revolution and the words of b- In advocating retired pay of the quot to the present tion said It is a mixed of gratitude of justice and honorable bounty of merit and be- nevolence Business Men to Gather and Discuss Financial Conditions BALTIMORE Jan 26 Realizing that there still exists throughout he coun- try some mistrust as to the business future as a result of the financial flurry and believing no ex- ists cause uch apprehension the business men of Baltimore have in- augurated a movement the design of which is to restore completely the equili- brium of upset confidence A call Is being sent for a business mens to be held March 2 to 7 at which it is proposed to present a clear practical and convincing view of the exact con- ditions existing today and the inter outlook- It is believed the deliberation of this body will prove a weighty factor la re- storing business confidence and in mend- ing trade all over the country At the business aesaioas of con- vention there vlll be open discussion of aft matters tuning to trade and I RETIED Congress ot to a CommIt ret generals Frt Nor ret it Its other Conge Di- e r ers Btu Weber MEET PLAN IN BALTIMORE ret boat th 4 Congress create veInet ma ass a the lieu- tenants 0 Washington men PROSPERITY t for pet ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ transportation end In addition will be addressee on practical topics by a number of prominent men experienced In wholesale and retail beet ness transportation and those branches of the Federal Governments work that are more closely associated business notably the Interstate Commission The Travelers and Merchants Asso- ciation has undertaken the preparations- for the convention and is looking to th details of the work preliminary to this affair Its transportation committee Is now In communication with the rail road and steamboat companies repre- sentatives with the view of securing special rates for the business men who will attend the convention from all parts- of the country MRS DIES EN BOUTETO LOUISIANA NATHCEZ Miss Jan 2S Mrs Bwlly Yznaga mother of the Dowager Dna QBS of Manchester died here yesterday morning of pneumonia Mrs Yxnaja was on her way to her plantation in Louisana when she caught a cold which developed Into She was about seventyfive Mrs Yznaga was the widow of Senor Antonio Yznaga de Valle a member of an old and distinguished family in The Yznagas settled in they owned a tion Mrs Tznaga was noted for her beauty and her three daughters were considered very beautiful girls Con suelo married the Viscount Mandebllle who afterward became the Duke of Manchester and another daughter mar vied Sir John lister Kayo tee wit EMILY YlNAGA emi Cub Loa I severe I ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬
