HORNETS NESTED IN THE BELL.
XHiic Came from Sounder anil
Rooted W ell il I n namU,
How a colony of hornets Interrupted
l wedding ceremony ond postponed It
wersrat hours Is told ly Nell Watson, o
Tulde, who had been looking over tlio
slecr grounds between Molnnkus Lake
iind ratten. Watson was present and
Vouches for the facts, says the New
York World correspondent at Mncwa
fcoc. Me.
When he w some miles out of Pat
ten Watson came upon the cabin of
6am Black, another guide, and during
tIo evening smoke Sinn Imparted the
Information that he had been nooopte
hy a winsome law named Nellie Turn
hull and wan expecting to he married
nhortly. In fact, ho wan simply waiting
to provide himself with a best man.
and now that Watson had turned up so
npportunely he could nee no reason why
1be ceremony should not be erformed
next day, provided Nell would agree -to
ctand up with lilni.
Naturally, Wataon offered no nbjee
lion. No bright and early tho follow
ing morning Sam put on a milt of
clothes lie had bought for tho occnalon,
"slicked up" hia cabin and departed
for the home of bin sweetheart, accom
panied by Ilia fellow guide. Miss Nel
lie objected at first to hurrying the pro
ceeding, but as there were few neigh
bors to Invite and her wedding finery
liad been ready for several days she
Anally agreed to be married If Ram
could get the keya to tho district school
fcouse and fish up a parson. The school
. bouse had uot been used alnco spring
and wan not near so suitable ft place
for tho ceremony as her own home, but
Miss Nellie had read of grand church
weddings and set her heart upon get
ling as close to the real thing as she
could.
Ham had no difficulty hi gettlngs keys
and parson and at 4 o'clock In tho af
ternoon bride, bridegroom, clergyman'
and neighbors were on hand. One of
the neighbors had been Instructed to
ring the school bell as the couple ap
proached the teacher's desk, now dra
ped with golden-rod for an altar, and
at the appointed time ho laid hold of
the dusty rope and pulled with might
and main.
Instead of clarion notes there Issued
from the bell a swarm of yellow jacket
hornets, which sought out their dis
turbers and descended uion tho wed
ding party. The parson had Just be
gan the ceremony when the bride-to-be
uttered a yell of pain and ran down the
aisle. The bridegroom followed and the
parson legged It a good third. By this
time the audlenco was leaving by doors
and windows with the hornets in pur
suit Half a mile down tho road the party
gathered, smarting and hot, and bathed
their swollen faces In a brook while
they applied soothing mud to the af
flicted parts. Then they all adjourned
to the Turnbull cabin, whore Miss Nel
lie decided to put off tho wedding untl2
evening. Iti the meanttmes the guest
bathed themselves with ointment and
lotions and enjoyed an Impromptu
spread provided by Mr. Turnbull. The
ceremony was finally performed at a
'clock.
JOKES OF THAD 8TEVEN8.
A n.,h .- A a- ni.i
f New Now.
Many a joke Is credited to Thaddeua
Elevens, who led tho Republicans In ,
Congress during tho Civil War and re
construction periods.
One of the very keeuest of his Jests,
which is undoubtedly authentic, Is so
commonplace In sound that one might
easily bo forgiven for falling to take In
its meaning. In bis last days David
Beese nnd John Chauneey, two employ- I
s of the House of Representatives, used
to carry him In a large arm chair from
his lodgings across the public grouuds,
up the broad stairs of the capltol.
"Who," he said to them one day,
"will be so good to me,' and bear me In
their strong arms, when you two
ailghty men are gone?"
Such a question Implied nothing
lallty.
When he had taken to his bed for
the last time a visitor told him he was
looking well.
-uu, John," was the quick reply, "It
is not my apicarunce, but my dlsup
yearance that troubles me!"
One day a member of tho House of
Representatives who was noted for his
ncertulu courso on all questions, and
' who confessed that he never Investi
gated a point under discussion without
finding himself a neutral, asked for
leave of absence.
"Mr. Kiwaker," said Stevens, "I do
not rise to object, but to suggest that
the honorable member need uot ask this
favor, for he can easily pair oft with
himself r
One anecdote always remembered In
connection with Stevens Illustrates his
unostentatious charity. A beggar wom
an met lil m one morning us he was
limping to the house. ,
"Ob, sir." she wild, "I have Just lost
all the money I had In the world 1"
"And how much was that?"
"Oh, sir, It was 75 cents."
"You don't say so!" he replied, put
ting a bill In her bund. "And how
wonderful It is that I should hnvs
found what you lost !"
X Substantial Matlsfaetloa.
"You enn't really he very angry with
young Hpeadlt, for when you scold him
about his extravagance be pays ucb
close ntlcntlou."
"Humph! Then that's all he ever
floes pay," Baltimore American.
Mrvure.
"Jnwklns says that lie never gets the
"Wont of an argument."
"Certainly. Any one with no more
sense than to argue with a boor like
Jdwkins isn't competent to put up a
good argument." Washington Star.
Kqul vtx'ul.
"! heard. Jorklus, Unit tho girl you
re engaged to lead you urouud by
the none."
"That story," returned Jorklns, eva
lvely, 'Ms entirely mlN-louding."--Baltimore
American.
Owners of flritlsh Land.
Fuil one third of the land 111 Great
Kritaln is owned by members ef the
Z-ue of Lords.
GUN DECLARED USELESS.
lwelT-lneh Weapon Kc Longer Fit
- for Count Defense.
That the 12-inch gun In mm at-most
of the const fortifications of the United
States wonld not last through an engage
ment of two hours, tho period that would
elapse from the time the leading vessel
of a fleet would come within th range
until the In nt vessel would pass beyond
the range of the gnns, Is the statement
made by Brig. G,n. William Crozier,
chief of ordnance, whose annual report
bas been made public.
Gen. Crozier thinks that it Is of the ut
most importance that some method be
devised whereby the necessary gnnpow
ft can be secured with less expense than
that involved in using the high velocities
of projectiles now employed; with the
accompanying rapid wearing away of the
rifling. In such a manner ns to destroy
the accuracy of the gun after a few
hours. The 12-inch gnn will last for
about sixty rounds, and as the gun is ca
pable ef firing for a considerable inter
val at tl je rate of forty-five rounds per
hour, It can be seen that the limit of the
life of this gun could be reached In less
than an hour and a half.
Similar statements can be made with
regard to gnns of smaller caliber, says
the report, although t tho caiilier dimin
hhes the admissible velocity increases. By
lowering the velocity of the 12-inch pro
jectile from 2,"O0 feet to 2.2.7) feet per
econd the life of the gun Is increased
to 200 rounds. The penetration of armor
Is reduced by tho process, that of the 12
Inch gun at 10,000 yards coming down
from about ten and one-half Inches to
ibotit nine Inches and the range at which
its projectile would penetrate twelve
Inches of armor plate being reduced from
sbont 8,000 yards to about 0,000 yards.
The chief of ordnance states that it
appears, by using in the situations re
quiring the greatest power a 14-Inch gnn,
with 2,irri) feet per second velocity of pro
Jeotlle, Instead of the 12-Inch gun with
8,500 feet per second initial velocity, tbs
array would secure a better gun and a
run which would Inst four times as long.
Oen. Crozier states that the Taft board
for the revision of the report of the Endl
eott board on coast defenses, recommended
this gun and that the department has de
cided to use it In place of the 12-inch gun
m situations where the highest power is
required, and the 12-Inch gun as a max
linum caliber has been abandoned.
Among the change made in the equip
ment Issued to cavalry, Infantry and ar
tillery during the year was that of the
pup, which formerly was mado of steel,
heavily tinned, and which is now made of
llumlnum, adopted after an extensive ser
rice trial.
Oen. Crozier states that a number of
militia batteries have been supplied with
the new three-Inch field artillery material
md others are being rapidly furnished
srith It.
MOODY TO THE 6UPREME COURT
President Names Attorney General
to Maeceeil Henry B. Drown,
The President has announced the ap
pointment of Attorney General William
flenry Moody of Massachusetts as justice
of the Supreme
Court of the United ,
States, to succeed j
Justice Henry Bit- j
lings Brown, who
retired some time
ago. Mr. Moody has
filled the office of ,
Attorney General I
since Jaly 1, 1904. j
Previous to that
time he had served
for more than two
years as Secretary I
of the Navy. n
s-as In Congress eight years.
TALLEST BUILDING WINDPROOF.
(Tow York's Hlg-h Structure An
chored by Ingenious Method.
The Singer tyiildlng, now building on
Broadway, near Liberty street, New
York, which will be 025 feet high, the
tallest skyscraper In the city, Is to have
wind anchors so that It may bs firmly
braced against every gale.
The wind pressure, on account of the
structure's great altitude, will be tremen
dous, and for that reason tho building Is
to be llteratty tied to Iti foundations by
an ingenious arrangement of steel rods.
They will be three and a half inches In
diameter and descend tor nearly fifty
feet into the concrete which forms the
caissons resting on solid rock eighty-live
feet below the curb. The lowest rod has
on the end of it a great anchor plats to
Which it is secured.
SeNeNe'STNeeJSoW
The St. Louis Nationals tried 16 pitch
ers during the past campaign.
Willie Fitzgerald 1 to get another
crack at Harry Lewis, the clever young
lightweight who recently knocked him
cold In jig time. The boys have signed
artlclds for a six-round scrap in Phila
delphia soon.
Battling Nelson will now have to find
an antagonist other than Joe Gans. The
Battler's manager, Billy Nolan, tried to
arrange a match between the two men,
but Gan Imposed conditions as to weight
and splitting the purse that Nolan would
not consider,
John Horgan of St. Louis, Mo., cham
pion continuous pool player of the world,
bus formally surrendered bis title and re
turned the diamond championship emblem
to the donor. Morgan's Interest in bil
liards, he suys, causes him to give up the
pool title-
Ed Walsh, whose great twirling was
ono of the main causes of tho Cubs' de
feat, ia the youngest member of the Whita
Box. He Is 24.
No member of the Detroit club will
have a two-year contract for 1007 and
1008. Only one-year instruments have
been handed out.
The American athletes who covered
themselves with glory la Greece hart
shown the ill effects of the journey since
their return. Nearly all of them dis
played poor form In the contests in which
they competed after returning from tbs
Olympic games.
With the outdoor track meetings over
for the season enthusiusu of the cinder
path are busy getting together an "all
American" team.
Richard Sampson, a trainer and jockey,
from Australia, has arrived In New York
in charge of a shipment of ft) thorough
breds from Belgium and France, and
which will be sent to a breeder of horses
in Iowa.
Baseball fellows the flag. It has late
ly invaded Panama. A game was played
thers recently that was attended by the
society people of Panama. Tbs players
were mads up of distinguished American
and Panamas officials and others.
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W. II. MOODY.
AM
GENERAL SHAFTER DEAD.
Soldier of SpnnUh War F'sme Dies
of I'nrnmonln.
Oen. William IS. Shatter, retired,
who hid liecn 111 for more than a
Week with pneumonia, died Monday
nftcrnoon nt the much of his son-in-law,
t'npt. W. II. McKlttrlck. twenty
miles from ltiikcrsflelil, Cnl. At his
bedside when the end came were Cap
tain nnd Mrs. McKlttrh-k. Miss Carrie
Redmond, Mrs. Conrtrlght nnd Cupt.
Jnmea W. Shatter.
William Unfits Shnfter was Imrn nt
GnlcHbnrg, Mich., ou Oct. 10, 18.". Ills
father wns a fanner. Slmftnr taught
school thtr-e years liefore the outbreak
of the Clrll War. Then lie entered the
Seventh Michigan Volunteers ns first
lleulcniint. lie win ennscrutivoly ma
jor of the Nlpetccntli Michigan Infan
try, lieutenant colonel of the Seven
teenth ITnltcd Stall's negro regiment
nnd brevet brigadier general, lie en
tered the regular army' ns lieutenant
colonel in .In iimm it, l.HiiO. In March,
ft &
SIIAr'TKB.
1M07, lie received n congressional medal
of honor for bravery nt tin- battle of
Fair Ouks. He was usuignod, to the
Twenty-fourl h Infantry ns Its colonel
In 1800.
He liecnnic brigadier general In 1807
and was assigned to command the De
pnrtnicnt of California. When war
with Hirnln cnino Gen. Slmfter wns
made mnjor general of volunteers nnd
sent to Cuba to contmniid tho American
forces. He wns retired June .to, loot.
MEETS THE REPORTERS.
Mrs. Kdily litres a Formal, Preur
raiiKcd Interview.
A formal, prearranged interview wns
given to eleven reporters from Boston
and New York by Mnry Baker G. Eddy,
the venerable founder and hader of the
Christian Science church at Pleasant
View, her Concord (N. II.) home, for the
purpose of disproving recent statements
to tho effect that she was totally inoapieM
tated by age or disease, or both. The
statement had been made thnt a Miss Pa
melia Leonard, a Brooklyn healer, had
been impersonating the Christian Sci
ence lender on her drives. Several ques
tions had been agreed upon to bo put to
Mrs. Eddy, but the reports conflicted ns
to her hearing when these questions had
been put to her by tho appointed spokes
woman. To the first question, "Aro you
in perfect health?" Mrs. Eddy replied,
with a bow, "Indeed I am," speaking
In a deep, level tone of voice, but with a
slight quiver. To tho next question,
"Have you any other physician than
God?" she replied: "No physician bnt
God. Ilia everlasting arms aro about
me; that Is enough." As she said this
she turned toward the door, in front of
which her carriage was waiting. In re
ply to the question, "Do you drive daily?"
she said simply, "Yes." Tho fourth ques
tion, "Have you mnuageineut of your own
affairs?" wns unanswered. She wclked
along the width of the piazza, but her
hands shook as with a slight palsy when
she was helped Into the carriage. Ed
ward M. Plerson, secretary of state of
New Hampshire, was present with tho
reporters to positively identify .Mrs.
Eddy, whom he had known for many
years, ne issued a statement that It
was Mrs. Eddy, and that she appeared
to keep her faculties. An ollicial of tho
household said that the gates of Pleasant
View henceforth would lie closed to the
world forever. All agreed tho aged wom
an showed her 80 years lu marked de
gree, and that she was extremely weak.
U. 8. FARM VALUES.
Prediction tbaf ftrent Increase of
Past B Years Will He Maintained.
A very large addition to the wealth of
the nation has been made during the past
five year from tho rise in farm values.
According to a circular issued by the
Department of Agriculture, ba.sed on 43,
000 answers to its inquirers, It is esti
mated that throughout the whole country
farm land has Increased more than 38 per
cent in value since WOO. The last census
placed the total value of all farms In the
United States at f 20, l.TO.OOO.OOO, so that
the Increase since then, if the estimate of
the Agricultural Depart ment is correct, is
nearly eight billions of dollars.
Among the reasons given for the rise In
farm values are rural free delivery, elec
tric railways, good roads, tlie movement
of townspeople to the country, better and
cheaper trnimiMirtatioii and market facili
ties, and better method of farming. Most
or all of these condition nre likely to per
sist, so that a continued increase In farm
lands from these lutlmnices may be safely
counted upon. Good crops, better prices
for farm products and investment In farm
lands by persons who are not farmers are
other cairns for Increase in the valuo of
the lands, but these an mow or less fic
titious and temporary. The pant decade
has been a most bountiful period for the
'aimers of the United States.
A Wireless Telephone.
A lieutenaut of the Swedish army. is
credited with having evolwd a practical
wireless telephone, and the Swedish pa
pers announce that a public demonstra
tion will be given next month at Coiien
Hagen. Ntundaril till a Peddler.
The State of Louisiana, through Its
tax ollector, bas segno nrrMn against the
I'Undurd Oil Company to comiiet It to
take out license as iHvMler for the past
three years and pay fees to the amount
of $.roo.
Marnr Johnson In t'outenipt.
The Ch'reliind Electric Hallway Com
pany has petitioned the Supreme Court
nf Washington to restrain Mayor John
son and other Cleveland officials from
interfering wirh the operation of one of
its liix-s pending the decision of the Su
preme Court of an appeal now before it.
Johnson had contended that the com
pony'o franrhlwe 011 cortalu streets expir
ed In 100.1, while the company held thst
they ran until 1914. Subsequently it
wns that the Mayor had ordered the po
lice to prevent the company running cars
I on these streets.
NEW CORN CROP MARK.
Last Year's neeord-Rresklna; Yield
Is Passed.
Last year's record-breaking corn crop
Is shown by the November report to have
been distaneed by 173,000,XM) bushels.
The hay crop Is shown to be 8,000,000
tons short of last year's nnd 0,000,000
tons short of the average of the preceding
ten years. The oofs crop wns previously
shown to lie IMMIOO.000 bushels short of
that of ltMir,. It will thus be seen that
the gain in the corn crop ban a little
mora than overbalanced the shortage both
in hay and oats, these making good nil
shortage In feed crops.
The following tablo shov the corn
crops of the last six yenrs and the propor
tion of eacft carried over from each of
the five years preceding 1000;
Carrleit over IV t.
Nov. 1, tin. of crop. Tot rrnp. Im.
IWlrt 2, hJ 1.(100, noo
iiio.'i .... 1 1 ii.ooo.ooo 4.4 a.7ns.ow.on
1004 .... Sl.ioil.fMMl S3 a,4llT.IOO.O(iO
iiio.a .... si.niMi.ooo ;i.n ,44,000.000
l!o: .... l.ai.onn.ooo B.2 2,.'i2:i,noo.ooo
1!K1 .... ail,IS),IMM l.U 1,52,000,001)
Yie lds of corn in the States of surplus
produetlon were :
I!W0. ho.
J '..'8,000.000
1H4.0UU.INHt
347.000.0110
1 !4. 01 H !,()( I
204.000.000
:i.7,ooo,osi
277,000.000
mo:;, im.
) 12,1)00.0011
1S7.000.0OO
:ikm. iiiMVNiii
2o:,oiio,ooo
1!lH,O00.000
.'lOfi.OOO.IHMI
204,000,000
Ohio
Indians .,
Illlni. In . ,
Missouri .,
Kansas . ,
Iowa . . . .
Nehrasnka.
Total 1,(101,0011,000 1,047,000,000
The hay crop of the Inst three years
and tho average yield per acre Is given
below. An average of the ten years pre
ceding lot Hi Was rN.(ir,.ooo tons:
Yield per
nrre. tuns. Tm.
if on i.:tr, r.s.tir.o.ooo
ii"1" i.r,4 (io,r.:2,ooii
if" i.r.2 co.uim.om)
The following table shows for the twenty-five
principal corn States the prelimi
nary estimate of average, yield )sr am
in 1SHMI, with the final estimates for
100.") and tho mean of tho averages for
the last ten years, in bushels:
Nov., Flnat.lO-yr.
moil. ItMin. av.
Illinois :m.i :m..-
iwn :i.r. :i4..s :;2.4
Nnliraska ::4.i :i2.S 2S.0
Kansas fi tt 27 7 0
T"s 22.5 2l'.!l 17.7
MIkboiiiI ;t:t.S 27.4
"dlarm ;j..o 40.7 :t4.0
tieorifla 12.0 11.0 10..",
Kentucky ;i:j.o 20.7 2".."i
Tennessee , 2S.1 24 ft 2,"i 5
V'1" 42.1 378 Xi.S
Alabama 1 HO 14. 8 12.(1
North Carolina ir..: l:i.U 13.4
Arkansas ".'t.ft 17.3 17.8
Mississippi is.r. 14.3 14.7
Indian Territory 33.U 32.7 2!.!
Oklahoma 32. t) 25.8 22.1
South C'arollnu 12 2 10 11 0 5
Virginia 4 3 23.4 2U)
8outu Dakota :i;j.r. ::i.s 2.vs
Mlnnesot.il b.-j.h 32.5 20.1
Wisconsin 41.2 3".i 33.2
Pennsylvania 4K2 HS.U StiiS
loulslana 17.2 137 10 3
Michigan (t -Mn ,12.2
I'nltetl States 00.2 28.8 25.2
SEPARATE FOR CHILD'S SAKE.
Novel Reason of Rich Coaple for
Breaking t Home.
.The welfare of their aon Is the novel
renson naiigued by William .1. I.emp,
niulH-milliormire head of a b.'g St. Louis
brewing company,
for 1 permitting his
wife to obtain a di
vorce from him. in
c o nsi deration
of which he will set
tle $300,000 upon
her ami maintain
the family in the
uttlmifli,! ct-pla tt .
ju, I which 't has been
iV""! accustomed. No
6JLj;JLlrii4Hl scundal Is involved,
lias. wm. j. LKMP.Itut for years the
couple have had bitter quarrels and they
have decided that the future happiness of
both and more especially of their G-year-old
boy requires that they live apart Sev
eral times they have beeu on thb vergo of
separation, but the wife's family has in
tervened. Now her brother says :
"It Is a matter of temper and it is
hard to tell which is most to blame. Mr.
Lemp is too much of a gentleman not to
permit my sister to sue for divorce now
that their differences have reached a point
where the breach cannot be healed. Mr.
Ii'inp has Jed an exemplary life and is one
of the straigluest men I know. There
are no sensational charges on either side.
When peoplo can no longer live hnppily
together It is best that they uhould part."
Mrs. Lemp has had much trouble with
her servants. She is known as the Lav
ender Lady, from her stunning costumes
of that color. She has been conspicuous
because of her gowns, her lavish enter
tainments and her unusual beauty. Her
'jome is a veritable palace.
Three-Cent 1'arcs a Fact.-
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland act
ed as motorman 011 the first trolley car
run over the S cent fare line ot the Mu
nicipal Traction Company. On the same
car with him wore officials of the coin
, pauy, city oifieiula and newspaper men,
each of whom had paid 3 cents for one
of the aluminum coinn with tho hole in
the middle which are to be used In place .
of tickets. Crowds of men and women
along the lino cheered tho Mayor, who
thus came out victor ufter five years of
lighting In tho courts against the trac
tion combine. Tho company has thirteen
and a half miles of track, but lujunctiomi
have closed up all but three miles, whieh
was tho length of Mayor Johnson's trip.
In tho course of a speech the mayor said
it was the happiest day of his life.
Slnst I'ar San teranclsco Loss.
The decision of the Superior Court of
Sau Francisco as to tho payment of fire
losses on account of tho great earthquake
is against contestant, the Traus-Atlantic
Insurauce Compauy, which had no earth
quake clause. The Judge held that even
if the earthquake caused the fire the com
pany would be liable, but that there was
no evidence to prove that the earthquake
did eauso the tire. The case will lie car
ried to a higher court.
All Aronuit the Globe.
The main building of the Oakwood
Manual Training school near llunlsvillu,
Ala., wns destroyed by fire. One student
. was burned to death.
The boycott against American goods
haviug boon called off st Canton, the
viceroy has released tho three ringleaders
,ot the movement under arrest there.
J. P. Engel of Sau Francisco has in
formed the city officials that h has data
showing the city owns twenty-seven acres
of land in the middle of the Fair estate
property.
The Lehaudy airship has been scut to
'where tt will be employed as a school bal
i loon Chalaia, department of Charente,
1 France, to train crews for France's
; aerial war flotilla.
1 According to nn order Just isaued by
!the War lepartmnnt State fish and game
laws are uot operative on a military
reservation over which the I'nited States
,bas exclusive Jurisdiction.
An entire block facing on Main street
lu the business section of . Columbia,
Toon., wst burned. Tbs loss Is about
fSO.OOO, with Insurance of f.W.OOO. This
Is the second serious fire In Columbia In
three diys.
During the present American occn
patlon of Cuba tlie government Is to
be conducted as If It were Independent
of tho United States, although In point
of fact It will lie directed by the Bu
renu of Insular Affairs of the War De
partment When Governor Magoon
wishes to communicate with Urn bureau
he will send his fuessnge to the Cubnn
Secretary of State, who In turn will
forward It to the Cuban minister in
Washington. The Cuban minister will
hand It over to the American Secretary
of State, nnd he In turn will deliver
It to the Secretary of War. Finally,
the chief of the Bureau of Insular
Affairs will receive the document, reply
to It nnd place It on flic, properly mark
ed. This roundaliout process Is adopt
ed to keep tho rei'ord straight, but
there Is a more direct metliod of com
munication In use, so thnt the Burenn
knows what the message contains, nnd
has nn answer prcpnred before the
formal document reaches It by way
of "Robin Hood's barn."
Flans for the proposed giant battle
ship have been submitted, to the secre
tary of the navy by constructors who.
have availed themselves of the oppor
tunity to compete for the floating for
tress. Very little Is known of nny
plans for the gigantic ship, which, It
Is assumed, will have a dinplnccnicnt c.f
at least 120,000 tons. All plans nre to
bo submitted to Congress, which Is to
pass on the navy department's nction.
Indeflnitcncss marked every part of the
appropriation bill relating to the new
warship, which is described by the bill
as "a first-class battle ship, carrying
as heavy armor nnd ns powerful nruia
ment ns nny known vessel cf Its clus-i.
to have the highest practicable f-peed
nnd greatest practicable rndins of nc
tion and to cost, exclusive of armament
nnd armor, not exceeding $0,000,000."
It seems strange, and not altogether
pleasing, that the United States govern
ment, ns represented in the Navy De
partment, should be obliged to go Into
the show busines to encourage enlist
ments. The latest nnd most suci-essful
scheme Is the movlng-plcture machine
which shows the life of the bluejacket
on shipboard, nnd some of it on land.
The advertising value of tho plan lies
In the readiness nnd completeness by
whlch It enables the recruiting officers
to give applicants or possible applicants
nn accurate Idea of their duties and
pleasures. It Is especially efficacious
In the West, where less Is known about
life nt sea. A recruiting party In Ne
braska lately displayed the moving pic
tures to a crowd of fifteen thousand
people.
Plans have now been submitted by
the bureau of construction of the navy
department, which, if approved, will
give the United States the most tiowcr
ful battle ship in the world. One plan
contemplates a 20,000-ton ship, and the
other a 25,000-ton vessel. If either
plan Is adopted, a battery of 10 or 12
inch guns will be so arranged on cen
ter line ns to give a broadside of nil
tho guus.
Attorney General Moody has in
structed District Attorney Devlin to
assist counsel for the Japanese resi
dents of San Francisco In bringing In
junction proceedings in the Circuit
Court to compel the board of education
to allow Japanese subjects to attend
any school In the city. President All
man Insists that he will obey the State
laws, which require separate schools
for the orientals.
Proposals have beeu submitted to the
Postmaster General by the American
Bank Note Company of New York for
furnishing stamps and stamp books for
the next four years at 5-1000ths dollars
per thousand, whereas tho Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, operated by
the Government, bid 57-100(tbs dollars
per thousand. For special delivery
stamps the company asked 10 eents and
the burcal 15.6 cents.
For the year liKKl, according to the
report of Auditor Layton of the State
Department, receipts from tho consular
servlca have exccded expenditures
$10,722. This Is the first tune lu six
teen years thnt this service has been od
a self-supporting basis. Under the new
law consuls receive more pay, but are
required to turn all fees Into the treas
ury. In the postolllce department building
at Washington the largest American
flag in the world has just been unfurl
ed. When It was suspended from n ca
ble at the seventh floor across the In
ner courts 2,500 employes Joined in
singing, "The Stnr Spangled Banner."
The flag Is 50 feet long by SO feet
wide.
The State IVjmrtment announced
that James L. Gerry, chief of the cus
toms division of tin Treasury Depart
ment, and N. J. Stone, tariff experts
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, will accompany Census Direc
tor North to Berlin to confer with Ger
man tariff exMrts regarding dwnjees
in our customs .administration. The
object Is o ascertain what it Is th.it
the German manufacturers expect f
us In the way of concessions under
their uew tariff system.
The President has detailed Mrs. J.
Kllea Foster, the noted woninn lawyer
and reformer In the Department cf
Justice, to Investigate the condition of
women and children workers through
out the country, on which subject leg
islation Is now iH'iiding for Congress.
Last year Mrs. Foster made a special
report on the condition of women and
children In the Philippines and only
recently she returned from a trip
around the world, during which she
studied the woman and child rrblem
of China and India.
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1022 Surrender of Mnnheim to Tilly.
1(5-10 Long Parliament began.
1700 Foundation stone laid for Black-
friars bridge across the lliver
Thames.
1709 La Salle arrived at mouth of the
Miami.
1795 French Directory chosen.
1S0C French occupied Hesse. . . . Battle
of Strclitz.
1812 French defeated ltussians near
Winzma.
1814 Americans abandoned and de
stroyed Fort Eric.
1837 Constitution of Hanover abrogat
ed by rdyal ordinnnce.
18t"4 Buttle of Inkerman.
185G ViBit of Victor Emmanuel of Italy
to Queen Victoria.
1801 The Confederate schooner Bermu
da, ran the blockade at Savannah. . .
(Jen. McClellan succeeded Gen. Scott
as commander of armies of the Unit
ed States.
1802 Gen. Burnside succeeded Gen. Mc
Clellan in command of army of the
Potomac,
1S6-1 Confederate ram Albemarle de
stroyed by Lieut. Cnshing. . . .Nevada
admitted to tho Union.
ISC" Gen. Sherman nnnounced the In
dian war at an end.
1871 Eleven women and children killed
in panic In negro church in Louis
ville. 1872 Monument to Sir Walter Scott un
veiled in Central Tark, New York.
18SS) Presidential proclamation declar
ing North and Sonth Dnkota States
of the Union.
1800 Grand hotel, San Francisco, de
stroyed by fire. . . .The first Japanese
parliament opened.
1S91 Maverick National Bank, Boston,
failed. .. .President Foneeca pro
claimed himself dictator of Brazil.
1892 Celebrations in honor of Luther
at Wittenberg.
1894 Nicholas II. proclaimed Emperor
of Kussia. . . .The new "serum cure"
for diphtheria announced by Dr.
Iloux of Paris.
1S90 Two earthquake shocks felt in
many of the Western States.
1808 American peace commissioners
demanded whole of Philippines from
Spain. ,. .American naval reserva
tion established at Honolulu....'
Kussia mobilized a strong naval
fleet at Port Arthur.
'.900 Cuban constitutional conven'.'on
opened at Havana.
1902 British cable completed around the
. . world. .. .Fifteen killed nnd seventy
lujured by explosion of election fire
works in Madison Square, New York.
1903 New Irish land act went into op
eration Panama proclaimed Its
independence. .
1904 Liberals victorious in Canadian
elections, i .. .Russian warships left
Vigo, Spain, for the East.... Eva
Booth appointed commander of the
Salvation Army in tho United States.
190T Five thousand Jews reported killed
in Odessa during the riots.
Taft, on his western sneeebmaking
tour, pointed out thnt If Hearst wore
elected Governor he wonld Immeasurably
overshadow Bryan in the contest for the
Democratic nomination.
Attorney General Moody and United
States Senator Knox made sieeches for
the regular Republican ticket in Pennsyl
vania, and both took occasion to declare
thnt local and municipal abuses within
the party should be remedied.
Taking up the gauutlct ' thrown down
by the regular Kejmbliean leaders. State
Treasurer Berry of Pennsylvania filed
with Attorney General Carson a detailed
statement of the overcharge and irregu
larities In connection with the comple
tion of the $13,000,000 Stato capitol. He
said there was a system of bidding, by
which the price paid for work exceeded
the bid many fold. Attorney General
Carson replied thnt tho proofs were In
sufficient to substantiate Ber.7'8 conclu
sions and refused to act.
Postmaster General Cortclyou has an
nounced his intention of retiring from
tho chairmanship of the Republican na
tional committee before bo becomes Sec
retary of the Treasury, and it is expected
that Harry S. New of Indiana will tuke
tho vacant place.
Philadelphia pnpere have made publie
affidavits whieh declare that Ir. Swallow,
the preacher prohibitionist leader, had
negotiated with Senator Penrose and h'
received $,",000 for his attack on Emery.
The deal Is alleged to have been made
through a third parly. Dr. SwaHow im
mediately brought action for libel.
Frank H. Waskey. who is the first del
egate from Alaska to the national Con
gress, has reached Washington. His home
is at Nome, near the arctic eirck?. lit
was elected on a non-partisan ticket rep
resenting the interests of the miners,
reent with the assurances of the admin
istration's desire to oWrve all treaty
obligations. Should the San Francisco
authoritiea fail to Teilix the effect of
theh- pel icy upon the obligations, it is
understood the President will consider tha
power of tha government to enforce treaty
guarantees. It is also reported that soma
of tha Japanese restaurant keepers of
San Francisco have been boycotted.
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50 DIE IN WRECK,
Disastrous Head-on Collision on
Baltimore & Ohio Road.
! TWO SCORE ARE HURT
Immigrants, Caught While Asleep
Perish in Burning Cars.
Itauldly Moving- Freight Irasliek
Into Second Section ot Paasenaer
Train Sleeping; ranmngrri Ilnrled
I mlrr Ilehrls and Manr ot Then
Are Cremated When Conches
Burst Into frlnmes Blunder Takes
Hltt Toll of Mte,
Fifty persons' wore killed uud forty
more Injured, some fatally, In a head
on collision between n Baltimore & Ohio
MiBsengor train nnd a freight train
nonr Woodvillc, Ind early Monday
morning. Six passenger conches and a
number of freight cars were burned,
ud nmuy of tho victims were cremated
oerore tho rescuers could drag them
from the wreckage. Tho disaster was
caused by some one's blunder.
The crush, when the two trains came
together, was hoard a long distance,
and tho lnlmbltauts of Woodville
and tho neighboring towns hurried b
the scene and began the work of res
cue. The darkness added to the horror
of the scone. The fitful flaring of the
flames as tbo Inflammable purts of the
shattered .trains begun to burn soou
lighted up tho wreck. The cold made
the work of the first rescuers more diffi
cult. Doctors wore hurriedly sent for
nnd a score of thorn from near at baud
respoudod. The rescuers worked fran
tically with axes and whatever other
tools were ready nt hand to free the
Imprisoned Injured before the flames
should reach them.
As fast as the Injured could be at
tended by tho physicians they were
made comfortable 011 tho train that
bore the hospital cots. This trniu was
loaded with ns many of the hurt as
could be accommodated and started t
Chicago.
The trains Unit came together were
the fast freight, known technically a
"first 98," driven by Engineer Burke
nnd in charge of Conductor Moste, and
the second section of express and pas
senged train No. 47, driven by En
gineer Renemau and in charge of Con
ductor Brooks. The passenger train.,
was from Locust Point, Baltimore, Md.
and carried 107 passenger, nearly all
Immigrants, made up of Russians, Ser
vians and Poles, according to an Asso
ciated Press dispatch.
At 3 :10 a. m. the freight train backed
into a siding at Babeock, Ind., to allow
the first section of tho express to pass.
For some reason the freight pulled out
again and continued on its way cast.
It met the six-conch express train at
Woodville, a station four miles from
Laporte. Both trains were running at
high speed. They crashed together on
a curve. The engineer of the freight
train had only time to reverse his lev
ers, shout to his fireman and leap from
the cab. The engineer and fireman of"
the express train did not know or
their danger soon enough to make any
effort to save their lives.
The two engines were shattered and:
the heavy freight train plowed part
way through the lighter passenger and
express. The cars of tho latter train
crashed together and piled up In a mass;
of splintered wood, twisted steel and
shrieking humanity. Throe of the fore
most cars of the freight, train were
added to the pile and the engines and
tenders were In the center of It Fire
from the fireboxes of tho engines soon
communicated Itself to the shattered,
cars.
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Prosperity of Steel Trmt.
The directors of tho United States Steer
corporation, nt their regular quarterly
meeting, continued the dividends on the
common Btoek at the annual rate of 2
per cent. They reported net earnings
greater than for any similar quarter in
the history of the company, and more
unfilled orders on hand than ever before
The net earnings for the quarter were
$38,114,624. and the unfilled orders were
for 7,030,884 ton. Chairman Gary said
that the company would begin steel man
ufacturing at the new town of Gary in
the spring of IIM18. He said that the
plant at that point would cost $75,000,
000, or so much more as may be neces
sary.
Child Labor Keforni Union.
The national child labor committee, of
which President Roosevelt is an honorary
member,' announces union of forces
with the Anti-Child Slavery League, an
organization founded for the express pur
pose of supplementing existing reform
work with the widespread publicity ab
solutely essential to every successful re
form movement.
j Real llHtate Trust Keoneued.
t The Real Estate Trust Company of
Philadelphia, which was wrecked last
August through misuse of funds by its
president. Frank K. Hippie, who after
ward committed suicide, was opened
Thursday with George II. Earl, Jr., at
its head, he having served as receiver. In--stead
of an exjiected run, the books on
the first days allowed s largo balance of
deposits. Tiie reopening was made pos
sible by the depositors agreeing to let
two-thirds of their $0,000,000 remain as
preferred Hock. , a nd by. the directors
making good $2,500,000.
Three Thousaud Mile fto-Htop Han.
The two-cylinder Maxwell automobile
owned by F, II. Tyler, completed a 3000
mile non-stop run at New York, the feat
1 being cci iitied by an official of the Amer
iean Automobile Associativa racing board.
The ear traveled (his distance since the
preceding Wednesday, or a week's rn.
The average speed was 1!.2: miles aa
hour and lln- cost slightly under $50.
Trout Hurls Cotton Crop.
It is estimated that the recent frost in
the cotton district caused the loss of 50
tN bales of cotton in Georgia alone, and
the total loss was placed at 73,000 bales.