THX COUISION ON LOKO ISLAN3 SOUND.
KEEPING TP WITH THE WEAIHEB
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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BRITAIN'S NEW AMBASSA!
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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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