THX COUISION ON LOKO ISLAN3 SOUND. KEEPING TP WITH THE WEAIHEB ? WORK OF j I CONGRESS I Gov. Ma goon in carrying out Presi dent Roosevelt's isillcy In Cuba, but he lit credited by a New York newspaper with the opinion that ultimately the United States will Iw compelled to re store and ninintiiln order In Culm or to suspend the Monroe doetrlne while Kiimjiean jmwern undertake the Jolt. In accordance with this view a Ijr ro:iH movement Is already under way f"r the establishment of nn American protec torate for the Island, patterned alter that maintained by Fngland In LVypt. Outlines of the plan have been drawn and nt least one prominent pa pi r In Havana nd vocal on Its adoption. Th"re Is apparently little hi'!e that the new n public will be liable, but any effort to entangle the I'nited States more than the ,ivscnt position does will be opposed by lb" many who beileve tliit financial Fpecuhition by American and Cuban capitalists Is responsible f ir much of tlie agitation and apprehen sion. Senator Daniel has Introduced a bill establishing a fund, the income from which Is to be used for promoting a better understanding between employ ers and employes, and thus nocuring In dustrial tteace. The trustees an; to be the chief Justice of the t'nited States, the Secretary of Agriculture, t.'ie Secre tary of Commerce and Lnlior, n repre sentative of capital, a representative of labor and two others to be nominated by the President. The Nobel prize re cently awarded to President Uoosevelt vlll form the nucleus of the fund. Commissioner I-ctlpp advocates less government supervision und more hide IKMidence for the various tribes as a change calculated, to Improve the condi tion of the Indians. To this cud he suggests the organization of thtc tribes having money and lands Into Joint stock: companies fur the administration of their cominoii estate. He suggests that the Secretary of the Interior be mimed as the jM-rpetual treasurer and transfer agent for the several corporations. Tullo Lurrlnaga, commissioner from Porto Hlco to Washington, declared In recent statement that whatever the Island Is to-day In not due to any help ing hand on the part of the American Congress; what It is It owes to the In dustry of the people. He nays that Porto Rico cannot he made an Amorl , can community of the Anglo-Saxon type for centuries to come, and the sooner that Is realized the better for nil con cerned. A statement Issued by Secretary of the Navy Metealf, dealing with the con at ruction of the battleships Connecti cut and Louisiana, the former by the government navy yard at Brooklyn, and the latter by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, shows that th government-built ship cost $:159,425 more than the prlvute-bullt one. Th" cut of the Connecticut was $(1,310,217, . mid of the Louisiana $.),0SO,822. After noiiie debate In tho United States Somite a few days ago It was decided by unanimous vote that tho term "Civil AVnr" nnd not "War of the Rebellion" should lie used In Semite documents. Senator Carinack offered the motion to change tho name of the service pension bill to agree with the term, afterward accepted, and after Kcveral Democratic Senators had spok en, the motion was adopted. i : : s 1 11 a letter, the president has ap proved the policy ,of Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock relative to the with drawal of coal, oil nnd gas lands In tho Indian Territory to prevent their fall ing into the hands of certain monopo listic corporations. This conies In re ponse to the recent talk of certain Senators, who promised to Impeach .Secretary Hitchcock. t ' In 11 letter to Secretary Metealf, the President, referring to tho report of Admiral Evans In commendation of the cour of Admiral Davis at Kingston, expresses hearty approval of all that Davis did during the earthquake panic at the Jamaican capital, saying that he "upheld the best traditions of our navy in thus rendering distinguished wry Ice to humanity." The House Judiciary Committee re liortcd unanimously that Congress has no jurisdiction over woman and child labor. It Is found that tho subject Is governed by either tho commerce or po lice clauses of the Constitution or the jHillec power of tho State, each or which acts as u lludtatlou to the other. By agreement between the House PoHtolllce Committee and the attorneys for the railroads, the inistal appropria tions for transmuting the malls on the railroads will be bused on a coinpcti HUtlon of $19 per ton jier mile. Instead of f21."7, as last year. This will result ' a toial reduction of iilsmt $4,XH),000. 1'uraea.le'a I nlvrrillr Aral. Kilm r.tlouul iuM-r credit the report that Audrew Cnruegio and his colossal fort urn are behind the, announced incor poration of the Auilrew Curiicgie uuivcr ulty at Chicago, which Is to be tho site of the nw Institution. The articles state the object to be to f-vtablish a university for tli teaching of medicine, dentistry, pliancacy, science nnd arts, law, theology and till kindred branches of learning, uuj tliar it shall not is- conducted for profit. Tin- report of the Carnegie fund for the advancement of teaching shows that al ready .'ISO institutions have applied for a thniv of the proceeds, and that of these lifly-lwo have been placed an thu ai'cpt rd lint, having met the conditions in re gard lo uudcuouiimttioimlUiu aud academ-h- standards. In the accepted iustitutlous forty-five professors have received more thnn $ii!),(HiO, and the widows of wime professors have beeu assisted. One half I lie ucccpted college are In New Eng laioil. New York ami Pennsylvania, and, with one exception, the entire list lie lo the northern belt of States. f ' M fMter'1 m'SR.f.y s PLAN OF THAW DEFENSE. Ctntrnd that Defendant Win Tem porarily Irresponsible. Harry K. Thaw Is fighting ngninst the pica of Insanity his attorneys are trying to establish with the aid of such carefully prepnred expert testimony. Thaw fears that District Attorney Jerome Is planning to Ken hl:n to the madhouse In the event of hid ncqtilttnl, nd this fact makes him fear the plea bla lawyers have set up. They are at tempting to prove that he was Insane at the time of the murder of Stanford White, June 25, 1900, but thnt he has been constantly Improving since then, and Is now entirely sane. Thnw fears that his attorneys are putting too much emphnsts on this fenturo of the case and believes thnt a stronger attempt should be made to Impress the Jury with the self-defense plcn, nnd to win tta Rympatby by unspoken nppeals to the unwritten law. Tho trial was brought to a sudden halt Thursday by the death of Mrs. Joseph It. Holton, wife of Juror No. 11. Sirs. Holton had been suffering from double pneumonia, nnd lis fatal ter mination cnttsctl alarm nniong thos directly Interested In the Thaw case. The testimony of Dr. Kvans In the Thaw case rerealed the nature of the defense. The doctor, who Is not an Im provised expert, but tho head of n large Insane asylum and a physician of ninny years' exiwrlonce in mental diseases. testified that on the occasion of his flnrt three visits to Thaw In jail. Thaw was undoubtedly Insnne. lie was suf fering the after effects of n "mental ex plosion." During the period mverliig the later visits of the physician Thnw showed a steady Improvement. w that It would appear that nt present he Is nearly, If not quite, sane. In other words, ho defendant was not responsi- Die for his deed at the time It was ctvn mltted, and, therefore, should not he punished. On tho other hand, he Is tmf HARRY THAW GREETS HIS MOTHER. tow Insane, and, therefore, should not b committed to an asylum. Tb rest of the testimony since the first day has been nn attempt to cor roborate tho opinion of the expert that Tbaw was Insane nnd to show the ex istence of a condition of nffalra acute notigh to drive to tetniwrary Insanity man who had a predisposition to It. When Insanity Is duo to tho effect of bone pressure on the brain an operation upon the skull ofteu causes the recov ery of the patient. In this case It Is alleged that the Irritant was not n piece of bone but the man White. With the removal of White, In this case not by the band of a surgeon but by the patient himself, It Is assumed that Thaw's brain censed to be Irritated aud returned to Its normal condition. It remains to be seen whether the district attorney can discredit this med ical witness as thoroughly as he did the first one, or can show In other ways the responsibility of the slayer. It remains also to be seen whether the Jury will approve this return to the plea of tem porary Insanity, which has been In dis credit for some years because badly overworked. Unless something spectacular has been reserved the nature of the de fense Is now clear. Tho character of the counter testimony for the prosecu tion and the cross examination of the witnesses for the defense will try se verely the professional skill of Mr. Je rome. The public Is Interested In the battle of able lawyers over a human lira auch as Is being waged. muster? $Q sow: '4 MAP SHOWINd 8CKNB CAPTAIN WENT FIRST. Master of lll-Ktrl Stennirr Larch mont Arrntrd of (iiwnritlff, A new clement was Injected luto the horror attending the loss of the steam er Lnrchmont lu Illock Island sound through u collision with the schooner Harry Knowleton, when Captain Mc Vcy of the steamer ndmitted that his lifeboat was one of the first, if not the first, to leave the sinking ship. This statement wus made In reply to charges by Fred Hlergscll, an lS-year-old lad of Itrooklyn, one of the sur vivors, that the passengers were left to shift for themselves; that the ship's crew crowded the boats without at tempting to provide for the passengers, and that Captain McVcy was the first to desert the ship. The statement of young Hlergscll caused a sensation, lu view of the fact that ten of the nine teen survivors were employes on the ship, or, In other words, that while tt proxlmatcly 20 per cent of the vessel's crew was saved, only 8 per cent of tha pascngers survived. Captain McVcy explained that while his boat may have been the first In the water It was because he had n good crew and thnt he remained by his ship until she went down. At least 157 per sons were known to be on the steamer, nnd there Is every Indication that the uiinilHT was lienrer 200. Until tile hull of the lnrchmont U blown up It will not be known how many of the passen gers and crew perished below decks. Telegrupaic Hravltiea. The Paris Pasteur Instituto is made . 000,000 richer by a bequest of Daniel Osiris, the philanthropist. All grades of fine writing paper are to tie increased 10 per cent hi price, accord Ing to advices from Holyoke, Mass. A newspaper tight which has been wag ed between the Daily Herald aud Daily Courier at ltrlsUil, Tenn., waa ended with the purchase vf the Courier by the Herald. A diuner was given in honor of Daniel II. Iturnhatu of Chicago by the Civic League of St. Louis. Mr. Hurubnm niuile a brief speech on art aud designing for a great city. (Jov. Ma goon of Cuba surprised the na fives of Havana by lighting a sin ill lire ou the roof of the palace, caused by cron td electric wires. Sixteen States wet of the Miswiuri river were represented In the tiana-Mi isaippl dry farming congress which con vened at Ileuver. The national board for the promotion of rifle practice has decided to hold its annual shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio, be ginning Aug. 2tl. - The Toledo Ice and Coal Company filed demurrers to tha Indictments charging it with accepting rebates oa shipments of lea from Michigan. The li story brick building owned by the Troy Wast Manufacturing Cnniiwuiv at Troy, N. Y.. was destroyed hy (Ire. Plie losa la about $150,000. The building tood J In tba collar district. : -.ji M m ft v " tw c;i 1 OK THK DISASTER. RAISE FREIGHT RATES. Hoaria All Over i'onntrr Preparing it Make Increases. Railroads of the entire country nr preparing to make general Increases lu freight rates which will bring them several hundred millions added revo ntio annually. In Chicago conferences have U'on held between the highest traffic men of both Eastern and West crn roads, with n view to eliminating hundreds of rates which are known as 'commodity rates" and to compel ship pers to submit to tho classification rates, which are substantially higher. The preliminary work Is being done by committees representing both sec tion of the country, and the exact magnitude of the Increases nnd of the general move for more revenue will not be known until these committees make their report, which may not come be fore June. The excuse put forward for n gen eral Increase in rate Is tho alleged alarm felt In Wall street nnd among the stockholders and directors of all railroads over tho Increasing difficulty In obtaining money with which to make needed Improvements, built ex tensions aud provide equipment and facilities for carrying the tralUc of the country. It was stated that moro than $l.R00,C00,(i0O had been appropriated by the railroad! for these purposes, but that It was Impossible to float the se curitles In any of the money markets of the world. Accordingly the railway presidents and the men who control the transioi- tat ion facilities have come to the con clusion that the only way to raise the necessary money is to Join the proces slon and Increase the price of what they have to sell, which Is transporta tion. SAVE PUBLIC DOMAIN. I'rraldciit In Mmmkc" Makes Plea for Wmtrrn Fuel. President Roosevelt Wednesday sent to Congress a long message calling at tention to the "urgent need of legisla tion affecting the different phases of the public land situation In the United States." The President advocates the conservation of coal and other fuel re sources on lands still belonging to tho government, saying that henceforth the nation should retain its title to Its fuel resources; urges government control of the Western public land pastures, with a system of small grazing fees, etc., nnd asks for an appropriation of $."00,000, Immediately available, In addition to present estimates, to be used in detect Ing ami preventing land frauds. He contends for a system of government leasing of mineral lands and for treat ing these fuel lands as public utilities. President Roosevelt points out that it would have been better If some eastern coal hinds had been left under govern ment control, and suggests prevision In tho West "against recurrence of the conditions we deplore In the East." Citing '.2,300 enses of public land entries lu four districts mentioned, the Presi dent says iinti-cnmpllani'c with the law was found In more than half of them, aud deliberate fraud In many casos. The President first refers to his pre vious messages to Congress on the sub ject, and again calls attention to the IniiMirtanee of legislation which would provide for title to and development of the surface land distinct from tho right t underlying mineral fuels under a leasing system ou conditions which would Inure to the benefit of the public. Tha llellou Filament Lamp. Prof. H. C. Parker of the physics de !artnieiit of Colunibiu and Waller U. Clark, an electrical engineer, hare an nounced tho success of their experiments to find a better medium than carbon for electrical lamps. They say they have a Kitbstauce which they have named halloo, rouifiosed largely of silicon, hut contain ing some other ingredients not mentioned. Tho mixture is depoiited from gas on a thread of carbon. To prove its superior ity they turned an electric currri into two bulbs nt Inched to the same wire. Ono was tha ordiusry Id caudle-power earbou filament and the other of the sains sire, but supplied with the beliou fila meul. A slight flow of electricity that made the carbon lamp appear as a dull red wire produced in the Lew bulb a wtalta light that'you could read ty. As tha cur rent was Increased the old light changed from red to yellow and Increused in bril liancy until It reached 10 candle-power, while the b.lion light went to 40 raud'e power. The latter Mould stand mtcn more overloading than tha former, and is exiertel to lant twice as long, bealdaa oiieratlug with much less curreut. Ma lum Is uot a metal, and can be manufac tured lu unlimited quantities, but is mora extensive to make than carbon fllamen .at prevent. The Senate Wednesday passed the bill giving the government the right to appeal to the Supreme Court for n construction of the constitutionality of any law in volved In a criminal suit. The District of Columbiti appropriation bill, carrying nearly $11,000,000. was passed. The bill establishing nn agricultural i-nnk in the "hilippines was taken up. and the Philip pine tariff bill, which passed the House at the Inst session, was interposed as nn amendment by Senator McCrenry. No action resulted on either the bill or the nmem'inent. The conference report on the immigration bill was received nmlJ rend, lint action was deferred. A inessnae from President Itoosevelt urgin? consid eration of legislation affecting the public lands was received nnd rend. Tho first nicht Ression of the Senate during the present session was held to consider pri vate pension bii's. An ntf,n,it in t tin Sti.nntn Til orsil.'l V tt fn,.n Antinn nil lllrt Plin f l I'Ptiee rCOOTt On i hi, I, m,i iirr.it inn hilt rorrvlmr nn amend ment designed to settle the Japanese con troversy, resulted in n liliimsterini; move ment beaded by Senators P.acon nnd Till man. A truce was tinniiy oeciareci unui I' rillny. IIIO ngriCUlUH.ll ihpii: mimu I Kill Tnt-n rwn tn rnnsidernlile discussion on the proposed Increase in the salary of the chief of the forestry bureau. No action was taken. Senator Knox made nn address in defense of the rilit of Senntor Sinoot to Ins seat. 1 lie naval appropria tion liill neeuoied the tntiro time of the House, nnd it was nlmost completed. The single remaining section is mat uicrcasius j the naval establishment. An agreement to vote the next nay on the conference report on the immigration bill, which includes the provision intend-I ed to settle the Cnlifornin-Japanese ques- tion, was reached in the Senate nfter an entire day of discussion Friday. - The naval appropriation bill, enrrying $!M, 000,000, was passed by the House. An nmendment to strike out the provision for nil additional battleship was defeated by a vote of 114 to 140. Tho postofliee ap propriation bill wns taken up and an agreement ninde . that general le:nre should cease nt 12 o clock noon the tol lowing Tuesday. The conference report on tho diplomatic and consular bill was adopted. j The administration plan to settle the California Japanese situation was ap proved by the Senate in the adoption of the conference report ou the immigration bill Saturday. This report contains a ptovision which authorizes the President to exclude Japanese laborers from the Unitnd States at his discretion. The postofliee appropriation bill was taken mi by the House, but gemral debate was not concluded. Duiinu the morning hour a number of bills were passed, among tliem being measures permitting the special de livery of letters carrying ordinary stamps and limiting t Jan. 1. l!'it:i. tne opera tion .of nets to reimburse the governors of states and territories for expenses in curred in aiding the I'nited States to raise troops in the war with Spain. v. tfcn result of inose than five hours' consideration of the agricultural appro priation bill Monday, tne roniwe in- .o.i from srvr.00 to S.'.OOO the salary of Gilford Pincliot. chief of the Imrenil of forestry. Practically no progress was made on the bill. I'nder a suspension of the rules the House adopted the confer ence report on the immigration bill by a vote of 1ST to Ull. The House refused to suspend the rules nnd pass the bill rec ommended by the interstate and foreign commerce committee as a substitute for the so-called Ij Eollclte bill limiting em ployment on railroads to sixten hours, the Democrats voting solidly against the sub stitute. Mr. Ovorstreet of Indiana asked that general debate terminate on the iost oflice appropriation bill at 4 o'clock Tues day afternoon. A resolution was adopted authorizing the clerk to insert a provis ion in the bill looking to the reduction of the comjiensation to railroads for carrying mails to take effect July 1. Senator Heed Sinoot s address in de fense of bis position as Setiotor was the feature of the Senate session Tuesday. He was supported by Senator Dillingham of Vermont in a speech analytical of the evidence submitted. The Senate spent several hours in further consideration of the forestry provisions in the agricultural appropriation bill, with tho result thnt several amendments were agreed to which restrict the operations of the bureau in several respects. The section of the bill had uot beeu completed when a recess was taken for the evening session. At the ;..i,f ww-;. ,n several bills which were not of general Importance were passed. After Miiuwim. fl 11 iiiiiImt of bills under unani mous consent the House resumed consider ation of the jsistoflice appropriation mil. Speeches were made by Messrs. Gillespie of Texas, Mnrph.v of Missouri,, Kobinson of Arkansas, Padgett of Tennessee, Lloyd of Missouri, Stocnersou of Minwsotu. Einley of South Carol nui ami Muliora ot Wisconsin. Mr. Mncon of Arkansas made a point of order against the paragraplis ra,,oir ihe liav of clerks in lirst ntul second class postoflices nnd carriers in the city delivery service. A spirited pass age of words ensued between Mr. Macon and Mr. Fitzgerald of .New iork. wherein ti... latter -Mive notice that he would sis that a point of order was made against the section providing for tlie increase ior rural carriers. Mr. Macon refused to abandon his position and the chair sus tained the points of order. National C'nnltul ote. The House committee ou labor has made a favorable report on the ltartholdt bill creating a board of trusties to accept and administer the No!h I prize of nearly $ 10,000. Representative Rattholdt introduced an omnibus public building bill which pro vides thai hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury shall construct public buildings under bis control in stub a manner that quarters hhnll be available in them for all branches of the government service lo cated in the sume city. Scuntor Mcl'reury has announced his purpose of offering the Philippine taritl reduction bill ns un nincndaieiit to the Philippine agricultural bank bill, which K ill be tukcu up in 'I'e Senate soon. President Roosevelt received the com mittee of the National Live Stock Asso ciation and the National Wool Growers' Association on the proposition favoriui government control of the rang'if. Representative Garrett of Tennessee iu t reduced a bill prohibiting railwl.vs fro.u requiring employes to work iJo.v than ight hours in twenty-four cptiug in emergencies, when the time tiV t J tsndod to twelve bonis V Indianapolis News. UNCLE SAM'S COMMERCE EOOMS. Ills Trade CJrowth In 'Two Venn la More thnn :t 1 ,00O,0()0. The enormous growth lu American .rade with its noncontiguous territories In the last calendar year as contrasted with the preceding one is shown in figures compiled by tho Unreal of Sta tistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor recently nuuk public. In value this commerce aggregates $i:iL COO.UiO, compared with less than $h0. IHXl.otiO in I'.RI-l. Of this trade $."jO.(Kio.ooO. in round numbers, consisted of merchandise shipped to those territories and OOO.CdO worth of merchandise received from them. In addition to this there was received from Alaska over $IS,-.-.00.000 worth of irold. being its own production, and Si;.."iUMn:o of foreign gohl. principally from the ISrilish terri tory adjacent. Of the ..": ).0(!O,i mo worth of merchan dise sent to the noncontiguous terri tories nbout $:2-M)00,u00 worth went to Porto Iiico. $17,oiHK),000 to Alaska. $ 12, 0110,1100 to Hawaii und $7,CC0,(i00 to the Philippines. The following figures show how American shipments of merchandise have Increased in 1900 as compared with l'.H)4; Porto Kico from $12,000,000 to ?22,IH 10,000, Alaska from $ 1 1 .rHWUJOO to $17,500,000, Hawaii from $11,000, 000 to $12,500,000 and to the Philip pines from $5,000,000 to a little over $7,000,000. Shipments of merchandise from non contiguous territories to the I'nited States (luring the same period have Increased as follows: Hawaii from $25,51)0,000 to nearly $::0,000.000 ; Porto Kico from $14.00o.000 to $20.75o,000, Alaska from $io.5oo,oo0 to $12.00o.ooo, while in the case of the Philippines there is shown n slight reduction. ' The gold received from Alaska, the total of domestic production, was in 1004 u little over $0,000,000 and in I'.MMi 18,500,000. Ilockefeller'N 111 or Gift. j All records for benevolent donations ; ivere surpassed with the announcement j that John D. Rockefeller lmd given $:t2. i OtK.1,000 to the general educational board, a body incorporated by Congress for the purpose of promoting education througli out the country by means of gifts nnd otherwise. While the board is not con fined to the distribution of Mr. Rocke feller's donations, nevertheless he has been the principal contributor to its funds since its organization, having given $11, 000,000 on a previous occasion. This lat est contribution is the largest ever' made by nn individual for any social or philan thropic purpose in the history of the race. The only condition attached to the gift Is that Mr. Rockefeller and his son may direct the disbursement of two-thirds of ! the amount. The younger Rockefeller is n member of t he general educational i board, and it was through him thnt the board w as advised of his fat tier's addi tion to the endowment. It is understood to bo the purpose of the board to assist colleges, as distinguished from the larger institutions known ns universities. Tho board promptly accepted the gift and ac knowledged its gratitude to the donor. llooaevelt on t'htlil Labor. A letter from President Roosevelt to the New York Consumers' League takes th ground that while lie wouui prefer to nave locul and State authorities work out re forms to overcome the evils of child labor, that if these authorities do not do us they should in matters of such vital im portance to the nation, "then there will be no choice but for the national govern ment to interfere." Jerney Industrie I'riwurruun. The New Jersey bureau of commerce and labor reports that the 2,000 inuiiiifuc turing plants of the State uow represent $521,000,110 capital. These employed Inst year 2:t0,11i iersons, of w hom 2S per cent were women and children. The aver age yearly earning was $tNN, an increase of $18. A steady increase of wages since 1V.I1I has been more tliiin offset by the hi flensed cost of living. Sixty per tent of theso factories are run by corporations. This form of management is steadily glow ing iu favor. A Liberal t hurrb for f'rauaey. During his recout visit to New York, Rev. Algernon S. Crupsey of Rochester, who was forced out of the Episcopal church on charges of heresy, admitted that a movement was on foot among his Influential friends to organize a popular religious body iu New York, nnd possi bly other cities, for the pursse of carry ing out his liberal ideas. Ho said, how ever, that he had not fully made up his mind as to the proper course, thinking it possible that the f'ultarian church plight cover the advance ground. la whin ever connection, however, he would be an ad vocate of truth-telling. 'ft BRITAIN'S NEW AMBASSA! -II .': .B JAMKS liltYC't:. James ISryce, Rritish ambassador t0 the I'nited States, accompanied by Mrs. Bryce, has arrived in Washington. Mr. ISryce, who was chief secretary for Ire land when named to succeed Sir Henry Mortimer Durand at Washington, is ono of tho very few commoners appointed to that post. The majority of the British diplomats accredited to the I'nited States have been peers. He refused knighthood some time after Mr. Gladstone declined like honors. Ho urged the prompt apol ogy for Swettonliara's insult to Admiral Davis after tho Kingston earthquake. SlHrr Hack from Afrlen. Prof. Frederick Star of the university of Chicago, depurtt.ient of anthropology, has just returned from tho Congo, where he spent over n year studying the pygmy races along the Knfai and Ilatua rivers. The pygmies average 3 feet 10 inches in height. To a reporter lie said: "Their most interesting game is nothing mora nor less limn 'cat's cradle,' a game known to most American hoys. I saw tlieai playing the game just after I reached the Congo, and I spent much time inves tigating the game and its origin. I found thnt the natives played over 100 different forms of the game. The negroes of the of the tyr as id Vliciii Congo Free State are bright, intvl people. I went up the Congo ns the falls, nnd then continued around to the upper stream. The trip up the Oiku river was most interesting. I was tlie second white man to go into that country to such un extent. I kept near the stream. howeer. I had a riniinber of narrow" escapes." It is comforting to know thnt our pure food hereafter is to bo pure. Count Tolstoi refuses to corroborate? the cable reports lo the effect that ho is dying. The discovery that Limburger cheese is effective for the cure of tuberculosis ocght to prove n strong theory. It seems to be easier for railroads to got good presidents than good men to run the trains und operate signal systems. It would take 200 2-3 estates to fur- uish 'proper dowries to the SOU widows left by the lute lamented Shah of Persia. Lobsters bring only 10 rents apiece in New F.iiglaud. On the New Y'ork chorua girl circus they bring $10 suppers aud diamond necklaces. Nebogntoff's name is a discouraging on for a mil n sentenced to death for surren dering his ship to the Japs, but the sever ity of the penalty insures its uou-execu-tion. It seems that the real ruison fo4 tliefl shortage of coal in the Northwest iit not shortage of curs, but shortage of time, the locul dealers iu coal having refused to; stock up ahead of winter. i t i. '- i i..,i, rtr... f .tiurK I nillll nan nunc m f, iiwiit ihti- ii'ltdu because Shakspeore and Milton ar dead and he doesn't want literature tol sutler. lie needn't have hurried. We al ways have Mrs. Kllu Wheeler Wilcox. Gen. Funstoii suys a San Francisco bricklayer gels more pay than anyhrtnyl officer. But ho must remember thia thJ bricklayer works. The sensationalists who insist on the I'ifited States going to war with Jay'., are about lii.tHiO mile from wber shooting could begin. Chancellor Day of Syracuse uuivt finds uHn investigation that the piw.. pal reason why Moplo are poor is tka they haven't made euough money. Tho young Swede in New York win cornered cottonseed oil ami mude mor thnn $1.0-o,iioo for himself aud friendJ is no doubt a smooth manipulator. 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