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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1907)
1 trt t3 Three companies of grizzled "John tie Rcbs,n armed with muskets and sa ham which they one day used ngnlnst the national government, marched up Pennsylvania avenue under a special permit from the district commissioners, , stacked their Antiquated arms outside the President' ofllce In the White house grounds, deposited their furled battle flags, planted the Stars and Stripes, Which bad beaded their picturesque column, and marched In to be received by the President of the United States with a handshake and a smile ns hearty as any he ever has given to veterans who wore the blue. The mission of these Southern veterans was to Invite the President to Nashville. " It was said to be the first time that confederate veterans In their old gray uniforms, bearing arms and carrying the furled flags of the Confederacy, preceded by the Star Spangled Ilnnner, aver marched up Pennsylvania avenue. Be that as It may, the sight waa a pic turesque one, and it could bardly have been witnessed In the capital of any ther country on earth. Nothing could tetter have illustrated the obliteration Of the passions of the war time than this advent of white haired confederate Idlers lu the capital of the nation received by the President nlthough they were In the uniforms which tamped them as having resisted ttie authority of the national government With arms. They were enthusiastical ly welcomed by the Southerners Is Washington, and particularly the la lies, but even these friendly greetings were as nothing to that of scores of Union soldiers who are still to be found everywhere about the capital, ,'nd whd welcomed their old antagonists with a perfect fusillade of Yankee cheers, the thouts being answered with somewhat husky reminiscences of the famous "rebel yell." ' -: t The first co-operative experiment erer tried In the nation's capital Is an attempt by the 33,000 government em ployee of Washington to reduce the ex cessive cost of living by organizing a to-operative department store. A pre liminary organisation has been formed and plans are now being perfected. The to-operative societies of England and Australia are to be models. The army tnd navy and the civil service co-operative societies of London have attained world-wide reputation for their suc cess, and a special committee Is now In communication with their managers to get details. During the past ten fears the cost of living in Washington has Increased from 17 to 25 per cent while the salaries of government em ployes have remained stationary. The onseo.ueace Is that government em ployes are praying for panic times. They say If this terrible prosperity con tinues tbey will be ground Into tho earth. The plan for the new store Is to sell the goods at current market rates, and then to return the profit to members. Ten per cent will be set I side as a sinking fund to Improve the store, An experienced man will be chosen for manager and will be paid Increase In the price of meat, alleged to be due to the action of the big pack ing establishments In refusing to pay commission men and stock raisers for animals which fall to pass the govern ment Inspection required by the new tteat inspection law, will, in all prob ability, cause debate and may bring about legislation In tho next Congress. The action of the packers Is expected to arouse particularly those members of Congress who have insisted that the packers should pay the cost of the neat inspection, for which Congress now appropriates (3,000,000 annually. One of the arguments used against this proposal has been the allegation that the packers would at once shift the cost ot the Inspection to the cattle raisers. Now that the packers propose to shift the loss from condemned carcasses untie ut the same time they profit by tlte advertisement of the government guaranty of the wholesoineuess of their products the proponents of the jilnn to make them pay for the government In spection Insist they have an argument. Senators Deverldge of Indiana and Gal llnger of New Hampshire have alreudy promised to renew the tight In toe next Congress. I The government's definition of wins ! Ity was settled finally by President Roosevelt, when be approved a decis ion of the Attorney General uphold ing the opinion of. Dr. II. W. Wiley, chemist of the Agricultural Depart ment. That Is, that all no-called whis kies Khali be lulsiod Just what they are, while the straight or unmodified product is the only one to be lalielel whisky. The decision is made under the pure food law and will affect 00 per cent of commercial whisky. After the first of July no special de livery stamp will be required to exjm dite a letter through the postotlice. Ten cents' worth of jsjstage stamps of any denomination will make the letter "spe cial." It is to be hoped that when the ruling goes into effect the department will take wmie pains to redeem its im plied promise. As managed at present, the payment of ten cents scarcely se cures us rapid delivery as the ordinary letter enjoys In many foreign countries. Secretary of War Taft has made pub lie a letter from the President ordering him to cause physical tests of field of ficers of the Hue to determine their ability In horsemanship. The presi dent hiiys he has personally observed some of these officers who were unable to ride eveu a few miles at an Increased gait lie suggests that the tests should be thorough and ahould consist of a ride of not less than fifteen utiles, at least ten miles of which should be at (he trot and gallop. RATS A COSTLY TEST. CAUSE LOSS OF MILLIONS FARMERS. To Fast Iprnil of ItodriU Had Featare of Situation, According; to State meal of Department of Aft-leal-tare Four llarn to Death. Theorem destruction wrought by ro dents is pointed out lu a statement is sued by the department of Agriculture on "Methods of IVstroylng Hats." It declares tint "an Infallible method of ex termination of these rodents would be worth more to the people of the United States In a single decade than the De 'partnvnt of Agriculture bas cost since its establishment." It Is asserted that the brown rat is the worst mammalian pest In existence, and adds: "If for each cow, horse, shwp and hog on the farms of the United States the farmers sup port one rat on grain, the toll levied on the cereals by these rodents reaches the enormous total of $100,000,000 a year. Their proliflcness is the chief obstacle to their extermination. Three litters of ten each ars produced every year, and one pair, breeding without check and without losses by death, in three years will be represented by ten generations, number ing 20.133,30'i individuals. The eleventh generation due at the beginning of the fourth year, would number over 100,000, 000." DEAD SO I BlSSKCTItfG-ItOOM. Search of Kansas Farmer End la Morgue of I'nlversltr. The search of John O. Farr, a fanner of Milan. Kan., for his son, Jay G., "ho wandered away from his home three months ago, ended In the morgue of the University of Kansas the other night, where he found the body embalmed and In cold storage in the dissecting class room. The young man was killed by a Rock Island train at Perth, Sumner County, March 8. The body was uniden tified, and, after the usual formalities. It was sent, under the State lsw, to the University Medical College, where it was embalmed and put in cold storage to await the needs of the classroom. Young Fair's parents, not hearing from him, be gan a search. Finding a man had been killed at Perth, twelve miles away, early in March, they Inquired at Wellington, the county seat and were shown their son's watch, which they identified. They were told where the body had been sent and the father recovered the corpse. FOl II HIE IN LOXO BRANCH FIRE. Children and Servants of Clarar Man ofarturer Perish. The bodies of four persons were found In the ruins of the house occupied by Walter Schiffer, secretary of the United Cigar Manufacturers' Company, which was byned in Long Branch, N. J. They were Kuth Schiffer, aged 14, and Marion Schiffer, aged 10, daughters of Mr. Schif fer, and Tilly Monthon and Mary Dllter, domestics. In attempting to rescue her children Mrs. Schiffer was so severely burned as ' to be in a critical condition and Mr. Schiffer suffered severe burns In fighting the fire. Two guests of Mr. and Mrs. Schiffer,. 11. Citroen and M. Breicer, were also seriously burned. Two Forts Are Abandoned. An order received from tlie War De partment announces the abandonment of two of the most Important forts In the department of Dakota. They are Forts Assinlboina and Keogh, Montana. As slnlbolne Is by far the largest fort in the United States in point of area, compris ing 220,000 acres. Fort Keogh is next to Fort Asainlbolne In size, comprising 57. 000 acres. Thread I'rlce Goes Vp. Interests controlling the thread indus try have advanced the price of thread 11 cents a dozen spools and dealers through out the couutry have received formal no tice ot the increase. The Clark O. N. T. ot Newark and the Coats and Brooks companies of New York, the largest mak ers, are In the combination. Retailers say the price will be put up 1 cent a spool. Youn Ilor Kills Mother. Ernest Doll, 5 years old, shot and kill ed his mother, Mrs. Frank Doll, at their 'home in Airville, Pa. 1 A shotgun was left standing In the room and the boy, who had seen his father load the weapon, did the same during bis mother's absence. As bis mother returned the boy turned the weapon upon her and pulled the trig ger, killing her Instantly. Chicago Chronicle Suspends. The Chicago Chronicle, property of John R. Walsh, went out of existence with Friduy morning's Issue. A brief editorial announcement explained that the paper "with this Issue" would sus pend publication. The reason given for suspension was that the publics Hon of the paper "has not been profitable of late." Dandlt Kills Condoctor, While a street car, outward bound on .lis new Hise City cars line, wss cross ing the Oregon Railway and Navigation tracks In Portland, Ore., a masked rob ber shot Conductor C. L. Nevhia In the ttotnach, killing him. The murderer, jumping from the car, disappeared In the darkness. Mushes Vetoes 11111. (Jov. Hughes of New York vetoed the bill to compel the payment of the same salaries to women school teachers of New York City as are paid men, on the grouud tht it Involves a great principle of the economic policy of the State, which has not received sufficient consid eration. Hoosevelt on Itallroada. President Roosevelt, In his Indianapo lis speech Memorial day, clinched his policy toward railroads, paying stock Job bers must fee punished, overcapitalization checked and puhliuity enforced, while at tho same time honest operators must be encouragedy y Flood Destroys 21IO Homes. The bursting of the dams on the Dan ube have caused disastrous floods In the neighborhood ot Uudolsgnad, Hungary. In Torontal county 210 houses have col lapsed. Troops are succoring the dis tressed inhabitants. Bill Asalaat Homo Hale. Mayor McClcllan of New Y'ork vetoed the public utilities bill on the ground that it hi against home rule, and that it would give the party in power a handle by means of which to levy tribute coutrlbu tlous on the corporations. Aaed Woman Flahts Robbers. In a feeble effort to save her borne and aged and imralytic husband from two masked burglars, Mrs. I homes Hull, aged 75. gave battle to the men and waa faulty stabled In Alliance, Ohio. NO HAGUE PLANS FIXED. Peace Delegates Will Arrnnace Their Una I'rnuramine, The general plan of the proceedings It the second Hague jsmiv coiifereiicf probably will follow closely the proce dure of the first Cnlign'ss held in s:ix l'he Dutch government, realizing that the representatives of the forty-six powers must be complete masters of the situation, has refrained from In my way attempting to control or ar range a program of procedure. It sim ply offers Its hospitality. The same Is true of Russia. The first thing lu order will be the appointment of committees to consider the various ulJects Inscribed woii the Russian program. These will hard ly number more than five. Unless the question of tljr reduction or limitation of armaments is Injected Into the pro ceedings at the outset, in which event Hie main struggle may he t once pre cipitated, the plenary body probably will not meet again for ten days or n fortnight In order that the committees have iin opportunity to prepare rcMrts. In general It Is nor expected that the full conference will meet more than on a week until the work of the com mittees Justifies more frequent ses sions. "Sessions of the conference and of the Committees will 1k? secret, but it Is probable that a public statement of the progress will be Issued dally If jmkhI- ble. The French language, as In 1S!K, will lie the official language of the conference, although the advent of the South Americans and the growing In fluence of English may result In a compromise whereby the protocol or minutes will be InscrllsKl in both French and English. The government's official entertain ment of the delegates will not be lav ish, but rather will lie In the same good taste as Is Its attitude with reference to the program. Nothing will be nr ranged which will In aiey way Inter fere with the work of tlie conference, The parliament has appropriated $40, 000. but this covers the expenses in connection with the sittings of the "hall of the knights," where the con ference meets. In addition the gov ernment will give an entertainment, which probably will take the form of a day trip or excursion to some Inter esting historical spot. The municipal Ity will give a formal reception. Queen HALL OF-KNIGHTS, WllIOUK TH Wllhelniina, out of her private purse, will also entertain the delegates ns a body. Beyond these official functions there will be much prlvute entertain ing by the Dutch aristocracy and among the diplomats themselves. Minister Hill Is extremely anxious tbnt the ceremony of the laying of the corner stone of the palace of peace, to which Andrew Carnegie has subscribed $l,n0,0)0, shall take place lsfore tlie conference adjourns. Submarine Safety Device,' One of the features of the recent sub marine tests at Newport was an appa ratus for the escape of occupants of a disabled craft under water. It is like a diving dress in appearance, with bend piece and Jacket. In the jacket is a opper flask filled With oxylite, which generates oxygen. Before closing the glass face visor, the wearer places a tube in his mouth connected with the flask and the moisture from his breath ing acts on the oxylite so as to pro duce fresh air to sustain life. Oxylite was discovered by a Frenchman, but its application to this purpose was made by the makers of the Octopus. The test was made In a hogshead of water, but was not entirely successful. The Octo pus and Lake made, new records recent ly, when their crews stayed under the waves for twenty-four hours. CousilluClou llennea the Courts. In uu opinion rendered by Associate Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court in the ease of Kansas vs. Colorado, the con tention is made that Congress has no power, after creating a court, to limit its judicial power. This is the position taken by former Senator Spooiier in his debate oo the rate bill in the Senate. Justice IJrewer says that the Judicial power of a nation extends to all controversies jus tifiable iu their nature, and when this power was vested in the courts of this nation it must he held to embrace all con troversies arising within the territorial limits of the nation, no matter who may be the parties thereto. Horses Scare lu the West. The scarcity of horses and men in the West is one of the most noticeable feature's in the progress of industry, says a St. Paul dispatch to the Itostou Tran script, liood draft horses, which eight years a no were worth only $lil, are now selling at e-0 to f.MNl each; a good team Is worth $."SHt. These horses are needed in the lumber woods and on rail way construction, but not enough cau be had. Men to work in the woods are beiug paid 70 a mouth nud board. A uau with a good temu commands wages of (0 a day hauling lumber and logs. Never before have the wages been so high or the prices of horses so great as vw. . tiolnar After Fertiliser Trust. The Ilepartment of Justice has decided to begin uctioii against all the fertiliser companies iu tlie various States uu the charge of belonging to a t-oiubluatiou lu restraint of trade-, and the suits will be brought in tlie several States where the different companies are doing business. This is to overcome tlie couteution of the Virginia concern which demanded a pre liminary hearing before being ordered out t the Siai. J I ill Ji I "i ll J' - w j. 1 k f$m lw fl . lip 'f4i m m ' Mm CHINESE DIE 3Y EARTHQUAKE. Trembler In tlie flowery Kingdom "ureiulx II u in. The ste.iuier SIiu winnt. on arriving at Victoria. 11. ('.. brought news of a :ttrous loss of life following nn enrthqiMke nt Ilsin Kian. A telegram received from IVk'.n by the Nislil Shim- bun nt Tokyo shortly before the Shaw- wilt sailed reiKii t -d that 4. persons were crushed to death, a vast inmiler of houses destroyed and many rvcrsons left starving. The empress dowager lias telegraphed urgent Instructions to the local governors to take measures to relieve the distress. Hsin Kiang or hiuklaug Is a province In western China. Including eastern ur Chinese Turkestan. It Is lsirdcred on the north by Sungnrln, on the east by Mongolia, on the south by Tibet nnd on the west by Russian Turkestan. It Is an Isolated and rather sparsely set tled country, the most numerous: of the Inhabitants being Kirghizes. Sarts, Kalmucks, Ushers and Tajiks. The seat of administration Is nt Uruinchl. The country Is mountainous to a large extent and, like western Turkes tan, Is subject to earthquakes. Andi Jan. which is In the Russian Krtlon of Turkestan, was ruined by an earth quake In 1!K"2. The climate Is severe and extremely dry. The fieople are en gaged principally In agriculture nnd stock-raising and In the manufacture of silk and cotton. Wall street was surprised Thursday to learn that the directors of the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific ronds had an thnrized new issues of $7."i.0O0.KI0 bonds for the former and $;iti.000,0U0 of pre ferred stock for the latter. The Partington Railroad Company has Issued from the general hendquarters an order requiring all conductors employed on its 0,000 miles of road to remove their whiskers by a certain day or explain their failure to do so. It has also ordered that white vests and ties shall he worn. The K PKACK CONFERENCE MEETS. reason given for the order Is a desire to secure uniformity, and the more business like appearance of tlie smooth-shaven face. It was reported from Omaha that the unorganized clerks nnd stenographers of the 1 1 ii r ii id n i) railroads had received a 10 to lid pre cent increase in wages, -Juking effect immediately. This action, it was stated at the I'liion Pacific lvadpiaretrs, was Iu recognition of tlie heavy advance in the cost of living. Charles M. Schwab of Pittsburg is credited with being of the opinion that the steel rail now in use is not of the right material or shape to support the fast and heavy trains of the present day. lie sas the only solution be sees is a nickel steel rail, which, it is estimated, will cost three times as much ns Itesse iner. Vmie nickel rails have been used on the Pennsylvania road, and while the results were not entirely satisfactory, they they showed that a nickel rail could be produced that would surpass all others. An olliiiiil of the Carnegie Steel Com pany has declared that on a recent run of the Pennsylvania clghtccn-hour flyer from New York to Chicago twenty rails were broken by the train. In the May number of the System Magazine Edward P. Ripley, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail way Company, treats of the mutuality of interest between the people and the rail- roads, lie takes the ground that the rail road should lie conducted as a cold-blooded business proposition, and that only as It succeeds as such can it satisfy its own stockholders or efficiently serve the section through which it runs, lie points c ut that it is to the interest of the rail road to develop in every possible way the res. unci's and industries along its line, thus inducing traveling and scttlcmcrt urn! increasing the1 prosperity of the peo ple whom It serves. On tlie other hand he contends that the welfare of the peo ple depending on a particular railroad for service requires that the road lie so con ducted us to enable it to maintain its equipment and service in first-class shape and pay a lair dividend upon its stock. , The first statement from the Pennsyl vania lines west of Pittsburg coucerning the effect of the new 2-cent fare law on their business lias Just lieen issued on Vim If of the Cleveland and Marietta, which is entirely in the State of Ohio. It shows that during l'.MKi the passengers carried increased l.'t'j per cent, and that the number of miles traveled increased 7 1- ."."i I, but that in spile of this tlie pas senger earnings decreased lM.. '!!'., or about .'I per cent. The retort hints that before long the passenger service will have to be curtailed if the cut rate remains. Ity .'17 toil, the New York State Senate voted for the hill already passed by tbe Assembly to compel railroads over lo0 miles long to carry passengers at the uniform rate of - ceuts a mile. Through ijs attorney, John G. John sou, the Pennsylvania railroad filed a bill iu equity against the county ot Philadel phia to prevent it from demanding pen alties fur violations of the new U-oent fare law. which is to go into effect Oct. 1. The plaintiff urges that the lower rate will do great Injustice to the stockholders by rendering the pa.senger business uon-coiiiM-us!iory. It also declare the bill I to be uucoiixiitul.onul. mm HAYWOOD TRIAL ON. OPENING OF FAMOUS IDAHO MURDER CA3E. Harrr Orehard, Self-Con feaaed Slay er of Ea-fiovernor Steanenhera, Tells nis Stnrr on the Stand Prosecution's Startling; Charges. Boise. Idaho, carrenpnndence: Harry Orchard, the witness who was to lay the foundation for the case of the State of Idaho against William D. Haywood, charged with tlie murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, went on the stand at Hoise Wednesday. The appearance of Orch; d marked the real opening of tlie case. Orchard by his own confession is the actual mur derer of Steueiiborg. Haywood Is the first person to be tried on the charge of that murder and the self-confessed murderer Is expected, according to the statement of the prosecuting attorney, to convict Haywood. The specific charge against Haywooa Is that he wos accessory before the fact to the murder of Frank Steunenberg, former Governor of Idaho. Steunen berg waa blown up with a dynamite bomb ns he entered his front gate on the night of Dec, 30, 190r,. In every day speech, the charge Is that Haywood URC5 ftAVLtV CM 16P Cou-jJ" CJL Juiew that Steunenberg was to be killed nnd helped plan the murder. Under the law of Idaho, ns of most other states, nn accessory before the fact Is deemed equally guilty with tbe actual murderer. Chief Prosecutor Hawley presented the Introduction to the alleged trail of blood that runs through half n dozen states nnd leads finally to the doorstep of Frank Steunenberg, who was blown to eternity, according to the prosecu tion, as a part of a conspiracy within the Western Federation of Miners a conspiracy directed by Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone and executed by Harry Orchard, Steve Adams and Jack Simp- kins. In tlie remarkable statement to the Jury by J. II. Hawley for the State, a number of overt acts were charged against the "inner circle" of the West ern Federation of Miners. Mr. Haw ley, however, states! that be was bold lug other cases In reserve. These lie agreed to submit iu writing to counsel for tlie defense, but be said that it would be preferable for the develop ment of his case if for the present the announcement were withheld from the public. It is uiulerstcHMl that the list of mur ders and other crimes charged against the Western Federation nuinls'rs at least twenty-six, but the siieciflc cases mentioned by counsel for the State in his opening address were some six or seven. These murders are not confined to the State of Idaho, but extend to nearly every mining point lu Colorado, where there have Ish'U mining troubles, and to other states. William D. Haywood, It Is declared, is not cm trial far being an official of a lalsir union. He Is not on trial In uny representative character whatever. He Is on trial, simply as a citizen, for holi lug to murder another citizen. The lawyers for Isitb tho prosecution and the defense have publicly express ed themselves as entirely satisfied that the Juror chosen will render a fair and Impartial verdict. Consequently there should lie excuse for recrimina tions whatever the verdict may be. Price of Whlakr Coca l'a. When it became known that Attorney General Itonapart would adhere to his recent ruling about what constitutes real or "straight" whfsky, wholesalers receiv ed notice that all straight whisky bottled in bond would hereafter be retailed at an increase of from 'M to 46 per cent. mir rrn Cv. 'y, Sk SWX -FROM. -SWOTS. rAXtlf AT iu.wboT V 4y Sgg- crrj time sf ,S tijTDf xrfc to tL-N VU ? aa""" 6A6W OP fv J AARAEit GOLD MINE IN WHEAT. Government F.spert Tells How Riches Mar Be Won. "A handful of wheat Is worth less than a cent; and yet a single kernel in that handful may easily be worth half a million dollars. Is it not worth a little effort to discover which Is the h.ilf mill ion dollar kernel?" The Assistant Secretary of Agricul ture In Washington was explaining one of the wonderful things of modern plant breeding science. Mr. W. M. Hays was brought up In the Minnesota experiment tation and is one of the authorities on this subject. "In fairy stories there were mazie peas and magic beans, which bad won derful powe;- concealed within them." Prof. Hays continued. "Rut nothing In those fairy stories is really more won derful than the simple facts. The magic of heredity makes a single kernel of wheat equal to a gold mine, a single kernel of corn worth a king's ransom, a small and despised apple seed equal in value to the revenues of one of our rich est commonwealths. "It is the power to transmit certain qualities that gives the value. One seed has it and another has not. That is the whole proposition. "Old Peter Gideon bousht 10.000 ap ple seeds, and grew KUKMJ apple trees. There was one in the lO.INH) that had the power to ripen good fruit in the Minne sota winter. That was the magic seed. That seed has been the parent of all the fruit in ' the great Northwest. Its lat ent power was literally worth a king's ransom. ' Cu ocsRnve JAHW "So tbe best grain in our Northwest States is all the offspring of a single stalk of wheat numbered 470 of the 1802 plot. This was the most promising plant grown from 4(10 seeds selected from the best then in existence. Hut, by setting this plant aside, and raising from it sev eral crops of seed, a new strain was de veloped, 'Minnesota 100,' which grows from one to two more bushels to tbe acre. "Io yon realize what it means to add a single bushel to the yield per acre? In ten years it would add $200,01 sj.t 100 to the wealth of the country. Put at the Minnesota experiment station selec tion and hybridizing has already pro duced a gain of 25 per cent in yield. This per cent. If generally npplied, would add to the world's supply of wheat ti2."i. 000,000 bushels. At MO ceuts a bushel this would be worth $."stO.(MH),(SrO a year. "The cost of breeding this wheat is about one-tenth of 1 per cent. And yet some business men say that the uian of science does not realize about business values? "The beauty of plant-breeding is that any fanner can do it for himself. Pa tience, rather than lea ruing, is what is recpiired. A farmer, or small gardener, has only to select his subject and go to work at It. He may originate or dis cover a new sort which will be a gold mil- to himself and to his sectiou of the country." Told la a Few Lines. Fire at Carnegie, Okla., wiped out the eutire business section of the town, eu tailing a loss of $i.i.OOO. Nathan Hawk, a veteran of the Mexi can war and tlie man who in 1S4S first brought east news of the California gold discoveries, is a bale and hearty chizeu of Folsom, Cel. One man was fatally hurt, another badly injured and six less seriously hurt by the explosion of a boiler Iu a plauiug mill at Sycamore, Ohio. Tlie ninth biennial convent iou of the General Federation of Worueu's Clubs will be held iu Host on during tbe week beginning June 22, l'.sJ.S. Irving Talley, colored, an expert bonk note raiser, was sentenced in rlie t'nit ed States Court at Halliaiore to tweuty years in the federal prison Jt Atlanta. Fire in New Orleans destroyed six frame residences aud damaged several others at Peniston aud Chestnut streets. A negro servant girl was burned to death. FILIPINO ARE IMPROVIDENT. Cornell Professor Sns They Lack Thrift and Self-Control. Tlie ediicntinmil nnd social prohlenvi of the Philippine Islands nn 1 Porto Rico, claimed tlie attention of the members of the American nc.id.'.i.v of political and Kiciul science at the recent p.nnual meet ing of thaf body in Philadelphia. Prof. E. M. Kem merer o' Cornell university, in speaking of the Philippine savings bank, said thnt the first postnl savings bank was opened for business at Manila on Oct. 1 of last year, and by Jan. 31 of this year there were sixty-two hanks In operation In varlofls psirts of th Islands. At the end of December, thrive montba after the first bunk was established, there were V2 depositors, having on deposit $!t'J.r(iO. The principal classes of depos itors in the order of their numerical importance were clerks, artisans, profes sional men. laborers. Kolcliers and sailors and policemen. He said: "A striking fact in the figures is that of the 021 deposit ors up to Dec. 31 JVWl were Americans and ninety were Filipinos. The evidence is sufficient to prove a strong witness to the truth of the l'illpl.io's reputation for improvidence, and in so doing to show the imperative need of nn ediicutional in stitution like the postal savings bank and of carrying on n vigorous educational campaign through the schools nnd through the officers of the lank in the interest of teaching the snvini; habit to the rising generation of Filipinos. For until the Filipino has learned the lessons of provi dence, thrift and self-control which the saving habit exemplifies and inculcate he cannot expect any high degree of eith--er economic or political independence." CALLED WASHINGTON TRAITOR. Enwllah fitrl Starts a Riot In aa Omaha llltb School. In Omaha the other day a school girt started a riot by describing George Wash ington as a traitor. The girl is a pupil at the high school. She was born i England, and still sees history through Rritish eyes. In the course of the his tory class recitation the teacher unsus pectingly made laudatory remarks regard ing the "Father of his Country," which were more than this English-bred mis could brook, and she broke forth vehe mently with "George Washington Was a base traitor. He abandoned the mothet country and raised arms against her. Hi was the real IJenedict Arnold pf the revo lution." Jnstantly the class was in OB uproar, but the English girl held hot ground and it was several minutes before quiet was restored. KILL HOPELESS CONSUMPTIVES. Noted Specialist So Advises National Tuberculosis Convention. Dr. S. A. Knopff, the famous New York tuberculosis specialist, who was dec orated by Kaiperor William of Germany for his work iu fighting the white plague, and who received a prize of $r,000 for the best treatise upou that disease, star tled the national tuberculosis congress at Washington by advising that hopeless suf ferers from tuberculosis be killed quickly and painlessly by heavy doses of mor phine. Hi- said it was his practice to do that, and he regarded it as a sacred duty that the end might come quickly and pain lessly. The committee on medication had made a report condemning the use of morphine aud its compounds in these cases, and a bitter debate wns iu progress when Dr. Knopff spoke. Doctors Flick and Landis bad apiu-oved the report, but favored using creosote in advanced cases. Knopff was opposed to I he use of creosote, but said he did use herliin and codeiu, both of which contain morphine or cocaine. One of the plans indorsed by the con gress is to organize classes of consump tives among workiugmcn and school chil dren for home treatment Instead of in hospitals and sanitariums. Dr. Fulton said the secret of the success of the home treatment was that not only tlie patient, hut the entire family, learned the road to health, Vhile the imiu who returns from a sanitarium usually cautiot change his family's mode of life. Dr. Lownian urged the seclusion of consumptive school children in special classes, which, so far as possible, may he taught In the open air. in Franciscans Kear to Hide. While tlie I'nited Itailroads, which con trol the San Francisco trolley system, have succeeded in running more thaa half their usual number of cars, despite the strike of union men, these car are receiving but scant patronage, through tUe fear of the public to iucur the hos tility of the unions by ridiug. The big department and dry goods stores provide omnibuses to carry their employes home, and notices have been posted in many of these stores warning clerks aud other em ploye not to patronize the cars, on pea. alty of dismissal.