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A Pennsylvania school teacher III ! '
vfers lovers to quarrel , on the ground
that nn oCC'I\ilollal ! : scrap sharpens the
IlItol1cct. But It will he well \ not to
put too line a Ilolnt upon It.
"Wo Ilu not know the process ' or
tmAdng : banana flour , " says the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch. how refreshing
It III to see an editor confessing that
there Is anything ho doesn't know !
Pau\lno \ ( Astor got $1,000,000 worth
of Im.JscntH'Ien : she was married to
Captain Spender CIIlY. Under such
circumstances a girl coulll hardly be
blamed for wanting a chance to try It
agnln.
There IH an Ingenious story now
that it waR one of Hurl 'arll Kipling's
strenuous tnle that inspired / the Run-
IIla\l warships 10 lire on the English
fishing hoats. Why not blame It on
homer ?
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The runaway air ship / was found In
n Mltwourl corn fold. Another good
thIng about a runaway nh' ship if that
when It COIIIl\ down III Il cOI'nfleld It
I/OISII'1. / proceed to overeat until It Is
fOIllJllureli.
011 account of court etiquette , prec
IOIlt ( and that HOlt of thing , KIng AI.
tauten of Spain cart choose ! hilt one certain - I
tilin girl for his wlfl' What n fix the I
poor ! I hay would ( bo In If she were 'to I
turn him down ! '
Some English philosophers think
thro will never ! ho another big l war
after the Russians and .laps get
Ihrough. Evidently they don't expect
the Haltle fleet to return home by
troy of the North Sel1.
A health writer says women 110 not
have to many colds ( UH men because
thl y are not addicted to heavy covering -
ing : for the hondo The gentleman
should get nlal'J'lml IUlll watch wife
take the rat out of her hl1h'
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A good ( many Boston stenographers ,
rOllllln that ; Mss Pretty , a 'po\\'rit.
G ) : ' In the patent office at Washington ,
has cOlllell r.OOO words of patent recc
(1I'Ils In one day of seven hours , wonhl
like to know how much she gets a
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At tnreudlo Beam's funeral at Oku
I IJo , lu Japan ) an address presented by
his former students ; spoke of the pen
J (11' the deceased having been more
powerful I than .1 a p l1I ' ! ; victorians
award , which Is n strong way or putting .
ting It just Ilt lu'esent.
" 1 have . .tht ht c.lf that , " says Geo.
Meredith ( , whenever I1n objection Is
i ll'omcd ) ; ; to his scheme cf marriages
Hn. , t ell to a ten-year \tWill. \ 1\11' Mcre-
dl'\ ! seems to have thought oC even'-
Ihillg : but , Rico other reformers , ho 1s
having vast dllllcult In persuading
nverybody else to thin ) as ho docs.
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,1s the result of cut accident that
ecu cd fomo years ago a Santa Rosa
i lIIan is i able to observe the pulsations
of ills henrt. It taunt he interesting
for hIm to watch when It ! Is being
"torn by conflicting omotlons. "
A dlsJlllt from Wall street says
most of the operators ! here at the
present time are trying to work the
market for theIr own gains. This
will como as a keen disappointment
to those who have supposed ) the operators -
-ntors In Wall street \\'el'o operating
merely for exorcise or for the PUl
I POliO or nrlching the lambs.
KIng Edward now wears 11. bracelet ,
but let it bo said In hIs behalf that he
does not , as yet , go about carryIng his
pocketbook in hIs hand or bans his
watch on a little tOQk upon bll braaat
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EXTRA CONGRESS ! I
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PRESIDENT SAID TO BE FAVORABLE .
ABLE TO THE SAME. I
tHE NEED OF MORE LEGISLATIOU
Leaders In Both Houses Opposed to
An Extra Session-Speaker Cannon
AgaInst Any Revision of the Tar-
Iff. I
ASIIINGTON-An extra session
of congress seems to he assured for
the early sprIng. The president desires .
Hires to have legislation on time star
ute books covering 11. number of 1m.
portant matters and ho Is not mealy-
mouthed In telling \ his desIres to hl3
friends. The leaders , however In both
senate and house are opposed to an
extra McsHlolI. They argue that there
will he ample time In which to pass
necessary legislation not only affecting .
Ing the Panama canal , but tariff revi-
sion , which now seems certaIn to come
about durIng the long session of the
'lrty.nlnth congress whIch ordinarily
would begin on the first Monday of
December . l10ii. The presIdent , however .
ever , believing that legIslatIon Iq demanded -
UlIlIHled for the control of the Panama .
ma canal , particularly having relation .
lion to the establishment of n system
or courts and laws for the government
of the strip Is emphatic In his l1e"ara.
Lion that nn extraordinary session of
the Fifty-ninth congress should be
convened very shortly after the termination -
mlnntlon of time Flftr-elghth congress
RealizIng the responsibilities which
have been placed / upon ) him hy the
vote of he t country P.'oRldent . Roosevelt .
velt In keeping with his whole life Is
detormlnecl thnt. hIs adminIstration
shall bo notable for the accomplish-
meat of results affecting the 1\1\/1/11. / /
miens of time countl'y It IR contended
that It will he 11I1IIosslblo ( to enact any
portion of the 1ll1lslalion now abso
lutely necessary at the regular session
by reason of the large problems which
confront the AmerIcan peoplo. Tariff
revision In the Philippines Is demanded .
ed and the president , It. Is understood.
will \ Insist that the republicans shall
not shirk their responsibllltios. Then
again ! reciprocity / ! wIth Canada Is
bound to occupy consIderable attention -
tlon , but just to what extent the republicans -
publicans will go toward bringing
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about closer trade relations wIth our I
neighbor , on the north Is prohlenaat ! ,
ca1. One thing , however , Is absolutely -
Iy assured and that Is that the tariff
revisionists will \ have 11. large following -
Ing In the FlfI ' -nlnth congress and
that the slogan that was heard durIng
the recent campaign , "Let the friends
of the tariff revise the tariff , " gives
promise of being insisted Ullon.
Speaker Cannon , who Is now at
Danville \ III" , resting from his labors
on the stump , Is expected to arrive in
WashIngton the latter part of next
week for a consultation wIth the presi
loft The spon lwr'g closest associates
believe that he will \ set his face firmly .
Iy against an extra sessIon or present
'evlslon or the tariff.
Suspense at St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG-The suspense
engendered hy the Japanese attack on
Poutlloff hill \ cOlltlnllos. This movement .
ment has proved 11IISllcccssfu1. It
moved only to capture n Russian position .
tlon , but whether It was Intended to
mask activIty at some other poInt
along the front has not yet developed
Some correspondents give consldera-
tlon to what they consIder sIgnificant
Japanese movements on the Russian
right , and others that a Japanese
column Is moving fifty or sIxty miles
eastward.
Governor Thompson Dies.
NEW YORK-Hugh S. Thompson ,
former governor Ol South Carolina ,
died at hiS residence here. He was
born in Charleston S. C. , In 1836. In
recant yearn ho was comptroller or U1fi
Nt' York : l.ttc h1t1U 'tf.I1C" tntn\"n 1
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i THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS
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Officers Elected and :1 Number of Re' \
solutions Arc Adopted.
I . E1. PASO , Tex-Tho national irrigation - \
gallon congress adopted the report or
the committee on permanent organiza-
tlon. The new president , Governor Par-
dee of California , tool the chair and .
made nn nddress. All of time officers I
recommend hy the committee were
elected.
I . The convention adopted a resolution
thanltlng President Hoogevc : for hIs
letters and for hits Interest In irrigation .
. tlon and approving hIs policy on this
suhje't.
Important resolutions were passed
. durIng the closing hours. The preamble .
amble of one favoring 11. repeal of the
stone and timber act read :
"It Is the sense or this congress
that the malnlnJ public domaIn
should he sacredly preserved to all
the people of the United States and !
rlgdh' reserved for actual homoseel :
ers. The congress of the United States I
Is commended for wIthdrawIng 10"
, 000,000 acres of arId lands and 80.-
000.000 acres of forest lands from entry .
try and the repeal of the desert land
law Is urged , together with that of the
timber and stone act commutation
tax of the homestead act and a suh-
stltuto Is offered In the sale of stump-
a ge. "
As substitute of the desert land
law It Is desIred to permit individuals
ns actual seWers to enter on only 1GO
acres.
Other resolutions adopted were
those opposIng all Issues of land
scrIps ; urging the government purchase -
chase of all lands : III the limit of for.
cst reserves ; favoring a ! nonlnterest
hearing loan hy the government to an
Irrigation fund to he used hy the sec-
retarr of the Interior and repaId un-
der the provisons of the IrrIgation law.
Urging 11. law permitting states to
organize In districts for the sale of irrigation - I
rlgatlon lands and upon approval by
the secretary of the Interior , to be
allowed to employ the engineers of
i the reclamation service and favoring
. . legislation to aid beet sugar culture.
Declaring that "the presence of the
delegates from the sister republic of
Mexico has strengthened the bond between .
tween the two countries and In appre-
ciation of the cordial treatment accorded .
corded thIs congress while on Mexican -
can soil wo cordIally InvIte the reptmb-
lie of Mexico to send a. delegation to
the Portland congress. "
JAP LOAN OVER-SUBSCRIBED.
Toklo Uneasy About the Russian
Second Squadron.
l..O DON-The subscription list for
the new Japanese loan wll ! be cloned
at noon today , beIng already covered
several times , though It Is understood
that applications / have not been so
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great as for the \II'\OU8 \ : issues
Judging from 'foklo dispatches and
statements by Japanese ] here the
Question of the second Pacific squadron .
ron is gIving rIse to some uneasIness
In .lapan. This Is probably duo to the
lack of news from Port Arthur. A
dIspatch In a morning paper this
morning from Japan comments strongly .
Iy on alleged reaches of neutrality on
the part of France and Germany In
g'vlng the squadron coaling facllllleji
and also contends that It ! will \ be ut-
terly at varIance with Suez canal
regulations for the ships oC the
squadron to be permitted to take
sufficient coal and provisions nt Port
Said to car ' them to the nearest port.
The article suggests that Great BrIt.
ain will interfere to prevent the
granting ! of such facilities
The Russian winter has begun
with some sevority. The river Neva
Is beginnIng to freeze and the port
of Cronstndt Is frozen over. The last
RussIan steamer from Archangel arrived
rived at Dundee on Monday , sIx days
overdue owing to the terrible weather
that 11'1 ' rating In the h1gltur latit.utlQ
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Japanese Are Widening TheIr Saps "i '
and Moving TheIr Guns Forward-
Czar Receives an Encouraging Report .
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ports the destruction of a other Russian .
sian arsenal and magazln at Port
Arth\ll'
The Japanese discovered , it is saId ,
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the location of the arsenal an cen
tered their artillery fire upon It. f.
tel' dropping 200 shells In the 10caUty ,
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Ii i they succeeded In blowing It up.
' I The Japanese are widening theIr
saps und are using them to move theIr , '
guns forward. .
The RussIans continue their spirited .
ed sorties , using hand grenades In u
\their attacks upon the saps
ST. PETI : RSBURG-Gnernl ) Stoes t '
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set has telegraphed to Emperor Nich- 't4 '
olas that Port.- Arthur can hold out "
several I mon I.hs. , '
Newspapers devote long articles to I. a {
praise of LIeutenant General Stoessel " \
and ! the heroic garrison nt Port Arthur [ I
and to a general endorsement of the .
movement" started . at Kleff for a national .
lIonal suhscrlllUon in behalf of the
families of the killed and survIvIng
defenders. '
A dIspatch from Lieutenant General
Sal < hurorr , dated Friday , says that
during the night the Japanese attacked .
cd the Russian position In ! front of
Poutlloff hill \ , hut were repulsed. ,
America Is ! likely to profit , both directly .
recllY and IndIrectly , from the exe t "
Clition of the large naval program \
which RussIa Is ! now elaborating. The
vital importance of the sea power has
been Russla's bitterest lesson of the " Y' - . ,
war , and the gO\ rnment Is fully determined . ; : J
termlncd that the maIntenance of tht3 I , ,
emplro's position will he impossible \
without adequate sea power. ,
Should there be disaster to Vice Admiral . \
mlral Rojesl\'ensl squadron It
would not only necessitate the entire t\ .
rebuilding of the navy , but to increase I
Its slrength.
While \ some of the contracts will l I
be placed abroad , owing to time limIted
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facilities of Russian yards ( and It Is t
expected that at least one big ship " '
will be constructed In America ) the \ I
admiralty's plans will \ he directed towards - ,
wards ultimate divorce from dependence . ' ,
once upon foreign shIp builders by the '
organization at home of vast shipbuilding . ,
building , armor plate , ordnance and . '
kindred Industries For this '
: . . purpose I' .
It Is realized , however , that foreign '
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builders and specialists must be attracted .
tracted , and some alluring prospects
are likely to present themselves. Vlck. '
ers' Sons ' & : Maxim ! and Armstrong , \
Whitworth & Co" , limited , of 'England , lid
have already made advances , but ow- :
lug to the anll-Hmsl\11 sentiment the
British firms are not meeting wIth avery
VOlT cordIal rCcclltlon. The disposition . - ,
tlon Is to turn towards France , Germany .
many and the Unltell States , and a '
great plant at Llhau or on the banks
of the Nem , directed by AmerIcan
brains. '
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Slain In Fight at Laramie. \
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CHEYENNf.1 , ,
Wyo-A party of ,
Swedes , negroes and others engaged !
In a freefor-all fight at Laramlo. Guns . '
clubs and knives " . I'
were used treel ) ' .
Charles Busflard was killed and others . . ,
were Injured. Eight of the rioters
were arrested , but subsequently were
all \ released except ! Gust Johnson , a.
Swede bartender whom the
negroes
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say fired the shot that killed Bussard. .a
Johnson and his Swede companions
deny the charge. Wllllnm Cleve WaR
arrested at Cheyenne charred , with the
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