State niS.
uAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 190
NUMBER 18
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
KIN IN GUTTER FIGHT
CASTELLANE WITH BnOTHKR'8
AID WHIPS HIS COUSIN.
fount and Family Convinced De Sagan
U Seeking to Marry Former's I1
vorcetl Wife, Desplto Opposttion of
Gould Family.
Count Bonl de Castellane, from
hom his wife, who was Miss Anna
Gould, of New York, was recently di
vorced, and Prince Helle de Sagan,
who on several occasions was reported
to be engaged to Madame Gould, had
a personal encounter Thursday at the
church of St. Pierre de Chalot in
Parts, while a service to;the memory
of the Lady Stanley Errlngton, a rela
tive of both men, who died lately In
England, was in progress. Beginning
inside the church, where Count Bonl
rays the prince Insulted both him ana
the sacred edifice, the encounter waa
resumed at the doorway where Count
Bonl, folloWed by his brother Count
Jean de Castellane, overtook the
prince. Count Bonl spat In his cous
in's face.
Then came the clash of canes and a
rough and tumble fight on the pave
ment, which ended in the gutter,
where the men were Anally separated
by a big butcher. Count Bonl at the
moment of intervention wa. holding
down the well night Insensible prince,
while Jean, according to eye witnesses,
was administering to him a severe
kicking. When the police arrived the
butcher was holding the two princi
pals In the fight, who were covered
with mud. The police invited the two
men to go to the station house, and
this, after some disputing, they agreed
to do. All three of them, bespattered
with mud, accompanied the police,
and followed "by several thousand per
sons, marched off to the station.
where they made "explanations."
BIG ROAD IS EMBARRASSED.
Seaboard Air Line is In Receivers'
Hands.
R. Lancaster Williams, . of , Rich
mond, Va., and S. Davies Warfleld, of
Baltimore, Md., were Thursday ap
pointed by the United States circuit
court receivers of the Seaboard Air
line. X
The effect of the receivership for the
Seaboard Air line will have a far
reaching effect In Baltimore, where
the securities of the company are
more largely dealt In and held than
any other trading center, not even ex
cepting New York. The bond issues
placed on the property since it has
been merged Into one system aggre
gate $33,785,000, of which. amount It
is estimated nearly $25,000,000 Is held
there. Persons on the "Inside" are out
spoken In the opinion that tho security
holders of both stocks and bonds will
benefit. These say no holders of any
underlying bonds need feel the least
alarm over the safety of the security,
nor have any fear of default any time
of interest. One of the assets of the
Seaboard is the Baltimore Steam
. . 1 . . tvnn.H na . V.
raCKei company, uener m"u
Old Bay line. The operations of this
line, it is said, will not be affected by
the receivership.
FOR POWDER FOR JAPS.
iV.g Purchases of Salt Peter Reins
Made in Chill.
Passengers and officers who arrived
In San Francisco by the Kosmos liner
Neko brought news of great Japanese
. activity at the Port of Iqulque, in
Chill. They say that the Japanese
government is buying up all the salt
peter available In Chill, and that greut
stocks of yyucca," which grows in
great profusion in the Sahara district,
near Iqulque, are being sent by every
steamer to Japan. A line of fast
steamers of about 6.000 tons register
have been put on between Japan and
, Iqulque, and according to reports
heard at ports along the coast, these
steamers are taking full cargoes of
salt peter and yucca on every trip.
The yucca Is a sty n ted form of palm,
with a resinous grass growing In the
head, the product of which contains
a large percentage of picric acid, .and
its sole use is for the manufacture of
shimose powder, the high explosive
which was used with deadly effect in
the recent war with Russia.
Glass Work Resume.
After being shut down for repairs
the works of the Pittsburg Plate Glass
company at Ford City, Pa., have re
sumed operations. The department
employs from 1,200 to 1,500 men.
Sioux City Live Stock Market,
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Toy
beeves, $4.55. Top hogs, $4.50.
Cuban Customs Iti-cclpts.
The Cuban customs receipts for tho
year 1907 were the largest In the his
tory of the Island. They amounted to
$20,005,548, as against $18,511,296 In
1906.
Divine Was Poisoned.
Examination of the stomach of Rev.
Gilbert Glsh, pastor of the Christian
church at Chambersburg, III., reveals
that the sudden death recently was
due to poison.
ENDS SAFE AND SANE.
Review of a Remarkable Year in
Finance.
The year 1807 has been one In
which there hs been much making of
financial history. It will so down
with 1867 and 187$ and 1893 as one
of the panic years In American finance,
but despite the remarkable stress and
strain to which the financial structure
has been subjected the year closes
with conditions stronger and safer
than they were when it began.
The year opened with the feeling in
conservative quarters that speculation
had already been carried to an un
warranted height and that prudencft
was Imposed by conditions upon bank
ers and capitalists. That this feellnir
operated to some extent throughout
the year and that,there was a scarcity
of capital for absorbing new securi
ties was Indicated by the diminished
transactions In stocks and bonds on
the New York stock exchange. While
tlie number of shares of stock dealt In
up to Ghristmas of 1907 did not fall
below that of normal years prior to
1906, It was very much less than for
that year and for 1906. The banner
year prior to 1902 was 1901, when
the number of shares dealt In was
265,577,354. There was was a decline
to 160,748.368 shares In the depres
sion of 1903 and a recovery to 263.
040.993 in 1905 and to 288,424.-234 In
1906. The number of shares dealt In
In 1907 fell to 195,169,192.
BODY FOl'ND IN COFFIN.
Grave of Thomas Charles Druco
Opened Monday.
The body of Thomas Charles Druce,
In High Gate cemetery, London was
exhumed Monday morning, just forty
three years to a day after Its burial.
The coffin was found to contain the
remains of an aged, bearded man, thus
exploding the romantic tale told by
Robert C. Caldwell and others, who
swore at the recent trial of the per
jury case that It contained a roll of
lead. The plate on the coffin bore
the name, Thomas Charles Druce.
According to nn official statement
given out , by representatives of the
home offloe and others who were offi
cially present the exhumation not
only definitely disposes of. the lead
myth, but seems effectively to prove
the body burled in 1864 was actually
that' of T. C. Druce. ,
The scene at High Gate cemetery
Monday morning when the vault whs
opened was remarkable. Constable
seemed to spring from everywhere.
All the. entrances to the cemetery
were surrounded by cordons of police
Only those persons who had passes
from the home office were admicted to
the grounds. George Hollanby Druco,
who claims to be rightful heir to the
Portland dukedom and to its vast es
tate, tried twice to get Into the ceme
tery. but was met with a stern re
fusal.
WOMEN WILL RE BARRED.
Not to Be Allowed to Attend Thuw
Trial.
All women, except the members of
Thaw's family and women reporters,
will be excluded from the court room
during the second trial of Harry K.
Thaw under an rder Issued by Jus
tice Dowling Monday. Thaw's trial
will begin next Monday.
The reason given for the order Is
that the seating capacity of the court
room has been reduced greatly since
the first trial and will now accommo
date only about 150 spectators.
Justice Dowling Is said also to be
determined to prevent a recurrence of
the annoyance caused at the last trial
by women moved by morbid curiosity.
who made use of every means at their
command to secure admission to the
court room already overcrowded.
IS ROBBED AND BURNED ALIVE.
Horrible Murder Committed In Ohio
Town.
Edward Hutchinson, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad station agent at Clarlng
ton, O., was robbed and murdered U
an early hour Monday and the station
burned over his head.
While the railroad officials will not
talk about his case. It is said that the
murderers got away with a large sum
of money.
The burglars bound and gagged
Hutchinson, taking his watch and
money and then ransacked the station
The theory advanced to possibly ex
plain the cold blooded murder of the
agent Is that the burglars recognized
him and were recognized in turn. The
burglars evidently decided to burn
Hutchinson as he lay bound In order
to conceal their Identity.
Catliolic Priest Becomes Baptist.
Father F. J. O'Callaghan, for many
years priest of St. Mary's parish, Sen
Antonio, Tex., renounced the Roman
.Catholic church and was baptized into
'membership In the First liaptlt t
church In El Paso, Tex., Sunday.
Thousand ;i to Work.
More than' 1,000 men were mad
happy Monday when work was resum
ed at the pi nit of the Eastern Steal
cimpany at Potlsville, Pa. The mhn
agers say the plant will run five duya
a week.
Circus I'rcak Dies ns Hermit.
Charles II. Perry, a "skeleton man,"
who traveled with circuses for sixteen
years, wus found dead In a hut in the
outskirts of Providence, It. I. He !at
ly had led a hermit's life. Death waa
due to natural causes.
J. A. hawnii Itccow'i-iiix.
John A. Kasson, of Iowa, the well
known reciprocity expert who has
been seriously ill In Washington for
several days, Is on tho roud to recov.
ei jr.
JAPS IN WILD RIOT.
Foreign Horde Attacks Fireman at
( Vancouver, R. C.
Allen Anderson, a fireman, is dyln?.
and two other young men, also mem
bers of the city fire department, are
badly wounded as the result of a light
Wednesday In the Japanese quarter of
Vancouver, B. C, with an overwhelm
ing number of subjects of the mikado.
The fight was the worst In the city
since the September riots.
Anderson, accompanied by J. Frost
and T. McDonald, were passing a Jap
anese store, when Frost stumbled and
fell hard against the plate glass win
dow front. The glass was smashed
and the fragments were still rolling
or. the sidewalk when a score of Jap
anese appeared from ttik Inside 'and
rushed at the trio or whllfs. me ure
men were In uniform, with brass but
tons and official caps, but the Japanese
knifed them furiously. Within three
minutes there were dozens of Japanese
in the fight, all trying to get at the
white men. The latter were borne to
the ground and cut and slashed until
the sidewalk and the front of the store
were covered with blood.
Only four arrests were made, ' as
nearly all the Japanese scattered at
the sight of the policemen.
Anderson's two companions thought
Anderson dead and had been fighting
over his prostrate body when the po
lice came. Anderson's face was mark
ed with many slashes up and down
and from one side to the other. From
the back of his ear to his shoulder
was a slit two Inches deep that had
only missed the jugular vein by a frac
tion of an Inch. His body also was
subbed In half a dozen places. The
other two men were cut and bleeding
from wounds on their faces and arms.
All were taken to the hospital. Three
doctors worked over them for hourl
sewing up their wounds.
PUZZLES GOTlLM POLICE.
All Clows Fail In Case of Woman
Found Dead In Pond.
The mystery Involving; the murder
Of the "woman In red" Is seemingly
as lmpenetrabletoday aa when the
nude body was first discovered on
Christmas day, partially concealed in
the water and slime of a lonely pond
near Harrison, N. J. Thus far the
detectives have failed to find a Blugle
reliable' clew to the Identity of the
woman or her slayer.
v The Identifications of the dead
woman by Mrs. Hattle Hull and De
tective Drabell, of Orange, N. J., have
completely collapsed and left the case
more puzzling than ever.
Actlng'Mayor Daly, of Harrison, N.
J., has announced that the city council
would offer a reward of $1,000 for the
arrest and conviction of the slayer of
the woman. With a hope of finding
a new clew In the way of clothing or
effects the pond In which the body
was found Is to be drained.
KILLED BY BURGLAR.
Newark Man Shouts Warning and Is
. Answered with Shot.
Geo. A. Fisher, of Newark, N. J., a
ilty building Inspector, aroused from
Bleep by the movements of a burglar
who was entering into a store adjoin
lng his house raised his window and
called out: "What are you doing
there?"
The reply was a pistol shot. The
bullet passed through Fisher's eye In
to his head. Mrs. Fisher found her
husband unconscious and hanging
partly out of the window. He died
several hours later without having re
gained consciousness.
Coke Company to Cut Wagea.
Announcement was made Wednes
day by the H. C. Frlck company, of
Unlontown, Pa., of a decrease In
wages affecting all of Its coke plants
In that region. The decrease Is about
74 per cent and places the wages
slightly above what they were prior to
the Increase made In March, 1906.
Death of Rev. W. N. Pae.
Rev. William N. Page, the oldest
Presbyterian minister In Leavenworth,
Kan., died at his home here Wednes
day, aged 72 years. At the recent
Los Angeles general assembly of his
church Rev. Mr. Page was elected
vice moderator.
Trolley Cars Collide.
Seventeen persons were injured.
none fatally, In a collision between two
trolley cars on the Denver, Colo.,
Tramway company's line about mid
night Thursday. One of the cars
should have taken a siding, but failed
to do so.
Bay State Solons Meet.
The One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
legislature of Massachusetts con
vened Wednesday. Oov. Guild and
Lieut. Gov. Draper were Inaugurated
Thursday.
Mall Carrier Frozen to Death.
While crossing the, mountains with
government mall for Kocky Bar, a
mining camp In Elmore county, Idaho,
George McKenna was frozen to death.
He left Atlanta Christmas day and
broke one of hlH snow shoes, making
progress on the mountain trail lmpoii.
slble.
Teamster's Strike..
Because the hay, grain, ice and ccal
dealers of Brockton, Muss., refused to
advance wages from f2.31 to $2.60
a day, 125 teamsters struck. The
drivers say that they will not submit
their demand to arbitration.
Summer Hotel Burns.
The Colonial Arms ut tlloucester,
Mass., the largest summer hotel on
tho north shore, was burned Wednes
day night. Los $100,000.
Wens of
ATTEMPT TO ROB MAIL WAGON.
Unsuccessful Holdup ReHrted by
Driver of Wagon In Omalia.
Postofllce authorities have just re
vealed what purports to be another
attempt at United States mall robbery
In Omaha. L. F. Carllle. driver of a
mall wagon, rays two men attempted
to hold up his wagon on Kleventh
street between Harney and Howard
Tuesday evening. He reported the
case that night to his superiors and
also lit once to the police. Both had
Investigations made, the police send
ing men at once t the scene, but no
trace of the houdup men could be
found. Captain Mostyn, of the police
department, does not now treat the
matter with profound seriousness, .
Carllle was on his way from the
postoffice to Union station with a load
of mall. It, was about 8 p. m. and a
dark night, especially, he says, at the
point where the attempted robbery oc
curred. He gives this version of the
affair:
"Both sides of the street were piled
up with chicken crates and there was
barely room for the mail wagon to get
through. About tbe middle , of the
block a man came out from one side
of the street and called on me to stop.
My first Impulse was to do so, as I
thought something might he the mat
ter with the wagon or that the street
was blocked. A moment later another
man came out from the opposite side
of the street and seized the horses,
while the first man continued his com.
mand for me to stop. The team was a
spirited one and the man who had
seized the horses tried to pull the
team around, but suspecting some
thing was wrong I struck the horses
with the whip and they Jumped loose,
throwing the man at their head down
and one of the horses made a vicious
kick at the other man. I whipped up
the team and got away from the hold
up men and reached the depot safely. '
ASSAILANT COVERS HIS TRACKS;
Corner's Jury Unable to Pine Blame
(for Death of Mrs. Smith.
. After being in session a week and
examining and re-txanl,ir" twenty
six witnesses, the coroner's Jury found
that Mrs. Frank Smith, who was mur
dered In a farm house near Millard
on Dec. 16, came to her death from
blow on the head dealth by an un
known person. Excitement Is high In
Seward over the brutal murder and
the county commissioners and the gov
ernor will be urged, to offer rewards
for the apprehension of the murder
er. A Bohemian was murdered in
the same vicinity a year ago In a sim
ilar manner and the murderer was
never apprehended. Nothing was tuk
en from the Smith home, so that rob
bery was not the motive. Witnesses
declared she had no enemies and re
venge was not the object. Mrs. Smith
was found lute In the afternoon of
Dec. 16 with her skull crushed by a
blow dealt with o singletree.
SUTTON HAS HAD A GOOD YEAR.
Most Substantial Improvements In
History of City.
Sutton made a larger growth lust
year In both business blocks and resi
dences than for many years past. The
public buildings are tho new Catholic
church, $30,000: George Honey, furni
ture. 66x140 feet, two stories, $15,000;
J. B. Dlnsmore. modern postoffice
building, fire and burglar proof, fur
nished complete, $8,000; Henry
Brehm, meat market, $7,000. All the
foregoing were brick structures. Fif
teen expensive and artistic homes
have been built, ranging In cost from
$2,500 to $7,000 each, besides a large
number of cottages. This ' was no
boom, but a healthy growth, demand
ed by an Increasing business and pop
ulation, and represents a permanent
investment of over $100,000.
DEATH WINS THE RACE.
Young Man Dies on Burlington Train
at Lincoln.
Maxwell Spencer, aged 26. of New
York, a young man of evident wealth,
died on an easlbound Burlington
train as It entered Lincoln Saturday
night. The remains were taken from
the train there and will be prepared
for shipment to New York. Spencer,
accompanied by a physician, had been
to California In search of health, and
was trying to reach ' home before he
died.
Guard C(iniiaiiy Is to Disband.
Capt. Penrod, of Company C, Ne
braska National Guard, located at Be
atrice, has announced that the com
pany, comprising 4 4 men, would be
mustered out In a few duys. The rea
son given for the company disbanding
is that the appropriations from the
state are not sufficient topay the run
ning expenses of the company.
Trying to Break Will.
The will of Miss Margaret Hager,
who died in Blue Springs last summer,
bequeathing $500 to the Evangelical
church of Beatrice, Is being contested
in the county court by her only survlV.
lng heirs, Mrs. Pearl Wilson fend Miss
Grace Hager, both of Blue Spring.
Beatrice Man Commits Suicide.
Dewltt C. Goodwin, representative
for the Sawyer lilscult company, com
mitted suicide In the bath room ut his
homejil Beatrice, by cutting his throat
hnnHvJtl Heat
with a razor.
Test of Vctcrlnury l.uw.
Attorney At. I. t'uny of Seward
filed a complaint In Justice Archer's
court charging lr. A. I. Humes, of
Plattsmouth. with hu'vliif; violated the
statute by practicing ns veterinarian
without a certificate from the state
board of examiner.
AvIiIiiihI'h New Depot Opened.
Tho formal dc-;'l aliiui of the Jlur
lnttton's new puFsenger station at Asli
land was held recently under
the direction of tho Lib mi ens Men's
association. ,
Nebraska
lll-Mit MEN NEATLY WORKED.
Old Army Comrade Story Bring Re
ward to One Man.
A $30,000 real estate deal was to
have been closed up at Blair on last
Frlduy evening. M. J. St. Clair, pur
porting to be from Bloomlngton, Ind.,
dropped Into Blair the first of the
week and renewed his acquaintance
ship of over forty years ago with Abe
Sutherland, who was an army com
rade of the same regiment with St.
Clair. Mr. SutherUnd Is a substantial
retired farmer or Blair and Imme
diately began negotiations Jfor a large
t-act of hind, known as ttre Kline and
Herb Noble farms, for his old friend,
who wanted to put his two sons on
the furm and himself and wife live
In town. Heal estate men fell over
cuch other In their endeavors to share
the commission which Sutherland v
to make oir the deal. St. Clair was
entertained for several days at the
Sutherland home, wined and dined by
the real estate men, driven In a car--riage
over the land and royally enter
tained at the club rooms, where his
old friend Is a member, who advanced
him some monef to pay freight on
some apples and maple syrup to be
sent from his old Indiana home as a
gift.
SL Clair has gone. Blair men are
bui-y trying to figure up the profits and
losses ond commissions on the land
deal that did not deal.
RESCUE HOME GETS PROPERTY.
Judge Kellinnr Construes the Will of
Sarah Brandon.
Recently the Sarah B. Brandon will
case was tried In the Johnson county
district court and It excited some lit
tle notice. Judge W. H. Kelllgar
heard the evidence and has now given
his decision. He finds the personal
property left by Mrs. Brandon, of Te
cumseh, to be the property of the Tin
ley Rescue Home, of Omaha, which
Institution came In for two good farms
In Johnson county. Judge Kelllgar sets
aside a sum of $2,000 from the estate
which Is to be used in paying the ex
ecutors their fees and expenses In the
future. Miss Helen Marble, a sister
of the deceased, who lives In Michigan,
is to get the earnings of the lands
which go to the home during her life.
In case the $2,000 Is not a sufficient
sum to pay the executors during the
life of Miss Marble, the Tlnley Home
Is to add $500 to this fund. The ex.
eoutors are to receive $75 each (and
there are two of therfrt per annum.
This amount must pay their fees and
expenses connected with the care of
the property Involved.
TOM WORRALL TIRES OF LIFE.
Leading Nebraska Politician Found
Dead In - Office.
Thomas D. Worrall, one of the bent
known men of Lincoln and eastern
Nebraska, committed suicide In his of
flco by swallowing carbolic acid. He
had been dead several hours when
found. Letters left to members of his
family consisting of a wife and two
sons und to Thomas S. Allen, chair
man of the Democratic state central
committee, showed that the act was
premeditated, the result, according to
the letters, of a fear of a return of an
aggravated attuck of sciatica, from
which he suffered greatly, combined
with nervous troubles. He was In
comfortable financial, circumstances,
but brooded some over what he claim,
ed was the wrecking of a once profit
able business by the alleged Nebraska
grain trust.
Mr. Worrall gained prominence by
a book he published some years ago
entitled, "The Grain Trust Exposed."
FALSE CLUE IN THE OLSON CASE
t'lilld Dlwwercd Near 'Adams Not the
Ml-sing Rosalie Girl. (
Monday a traveling band, com
posed of one man, two women and
three children, was detained at Ad
ams because one of the children seem,
ed to resemble the published pictures
of Lillle Olson. The party proved to
be of French and Indian blood and
It wus shown to the satisfaction of peo
ple there that the girl was not the
Olrtn child.
The story was scattered .over the
ci uiity and In neighboring counties
and many Inquiries were made aa to
whether the girl was the Olson child.
Sheriff Trude made a personal Investi
gation. GIRL IS SERIOUSLY BURNED.
Merna Nelson, of Beaver CrosHlng, In
jured, but Will Recover.
Mernu Nelson, daughter of George
Nelson, a furmer living near Beaver
('retting, wus painfully burned when
her dress suddenly cuught fire and
hurst Into a Hume, enveloping her. She
was sitting close to a hot stove at
the time. Her parents were away.1
The child ran into the yard and rush
ed, a human torch, to the cattle cor
ral, jumped Into a tank of water.
About the shoulders the flesh was
cooked. She will recover.
I'ulrhnry Gets u Library.
Notlllciitlon hus been received from
Andrew Carnegie that he hud donated
$10,000 for n public library for Fair
buiy under the usual conditions tho
donation of a site and appropriation
of $1,(100 a year for maintenance.
Villi mine Votes School Bonds.
By a vote of 101 to 16 at a school
election held lt the court bouse In
Valentine it was decided to Issue $5,
'iHO bonds for enlarging the Valentine
.liiniil limine k.i us to udd a twelfth
;rudc to the high school course.
I'or Heavier Track,
The Missouri I'uiiltc has been un
Vading the new heavy steel for Its
track between Nebraska (ily and Lin
coln und Omnhu. It will be placed
In position us R ioii as the frost Is out
of the ground.
SAYS ERRORS IN NAVY
UNFIT IT FOR BATTLE
Expert Declares the Boasted Fight'
lng Ships Are Merely Death
Traps.
ARMOR BELT IS TOO LOW.
Defects In Construction Pointed
Out and Promotion System .
Is Beared.
Henry Reuterdahl, associate of the
United States Naval Institute and
American editor of "Fighting Ships,"
Is tbe author of a startling article on
"The Needs of Our Navy" In the Jan
uary McClure's. Mr. Reuterdakl's ei
pertnees on naval matters Is not dis
puted and neither Is his patriotism.
He agrees with President Roosevelt
that a navy must be built "and all its
training given In time of peace" and
with this In view be exposes defects
In our first-class battle ships and ar
mored cruisers which all but make
them useless as a efficient units In a
fleet on heavy sea and In real action.
Mr. Reuterdahl'e criticisms appear
te be the more am axing on account of
the contention that most, If not all of
the weak points be emphasises, will be
acknowledged by sea-going officers, "or,
If the reader is sufficiently Interested,
by the testimony of bis own eyes."
His principal points are the follow
ing: (That the shell-proof armor Hf the
American battle ships Is virtually be
low the water line where It will do no
good, leaving tbe broad side of the Tea
sel exposed to the shells of tbe enemy.
That this defect has been pointed
ut time and again ; that other nations
yean ago recognised It as fatal and
now bare armor wrapped around the
sides of their war vessels from five to
seven feet above the water line.
That, despite repeated accidents on
A BLOT ON THE
board our ships, the Nary Department
year after year has approved of plans
by wblcb the greatest guns on tbe
ships are directly above an open shaft
leading to tbe powder magaslne.
That other nations long since recog
nized the criminal stupidity of thus en
dangering the lives of officers and men
and have remedied tbe defect by use
of common sense and ordinary precau
tionary measures.
That, without regard te the protests
of experts, our battle ships bare been
built so low that If tbe sen Is heavy
and ships are In action, the sea would
waah over tbe vessels, render seme of
their most effective guns useless and
practically leave the ship to tbe mercy
of tbe enemy.
Tbe officers in tbe American navy
who command the battle ships and
squadrons are too old; that under ex
isting conditions young men cannot at
tain command, and that the service Is
badly crippled aa a result
That there Is too much "bureau man
agement" In Washington; too much
red tape In the Navy Department;
that American genius Is stifled because
of tbe bureau's Immersion In details,
and that with the Secretary of tbe
Navy a civilian, he should have a
board of expert advisers.
Other matters are dwelt on, but the
foregoing are by far the most Impor
tant. An afternoon's fight on water
seuled ItuRsla's fate in the recent war
with Japan, suys Mr. Reuterdahl, aud
the sauie may well be true of tbe next
ivur Into which tills nation Is plunged.
The Issue Is so Important aud tbe stako
so tremendous that tbe sea power
which is prcpured lu every respect to
meet the crisis will be tho victor.
Accidents l.riirued 1y Publicity.
Accordiiyj to the report of the New
York public service commission, the num
her of street railway uccidents in that
lily for November shows a steady docronse
since the roiiiiiusslon beun to keep a rec
ord four mouths apo. 1 hiring November
45 persons were killed, as compared with
47 in October, ti:i in September and 42
in August. An even greater decrease is
iioliciublf iu the number injured.
Mrs. Juliu H. McMahon, known in lit
srury work as Murituerita Arllna Ilaram,
it -;ud el pueuuiouia In New York.
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Lives
1804 Albion colliery, South Wales.
1902 Fraterville, Tenn
1602 Rolling Mill mine, 1'ennsyl-
vania
1903 Hanna, Wyoming
1904 Lackawanna mine, Pennsyl
lost.
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1004 Tercio, California ...
11-O.WVirglnla City, Ala....
UKft Ziegler, 111
1005 Welsh coal mine
1005 Diatnondville, Wyoming ....
11)05 Knrtslsk, Ilusaia
1005 M., K. & T. Cal Company..
1005 Princeton, Ind
1005 Coal mine In Prussia
1905 Wilcox, W. Va.
1006 BlueEelds, W. Va
1906 Johnstown, Pa.
1006 Century, W. Va
1906 Durham, England
1006 Dutchman mine, Dlossburg,
N. M
1000 Courriere mine, near Calais,
France 1
1906 Jafian
1906 Oakkill, W. Va
1906 West Fork, Va
1906 Quarto, Colo
1907 Saarius, Prussia
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190T Fayetteville, W. Va
1007 Ssarbruck, Prussia
1007 Las Esperantos, Mexico
1907 Forbach, Germany ...
1907 Monongahela, Pa.
1007 Toyoka, Japan
1007 Tslng Tau, China
1007 Negaunee, Mich
1007 Monongah, W. Va
1007 Xolande, Ala.
4,000,000 CtrtitMi Tim av Tr.4
In discussing the effect on the forest
o( tbe country by. the use of Christma,
trees, of which it is estimated that 4,01)0,
000 are need each year, Gilford Plncbot
United 8tates forester, says that the ef
fect Is infinitesimal compared with tbe de,
ttruction caused by forest fires and waste
ful lumbering. If planted four feet apart,
these trees would be grown on less than
1,400 acres. He says that trees suitable
for Christmas trees do not grow in the.
old forests, where reproduction is most ,
important, but In tbe open, and there i
no more reason for sn ontcry sgainst ,"
using land to grow Christmas trees than
to grow flowers. According to Mr. 1 in-
chot, the center of the Christmas tree in
dustry lies In the big clues of the Boat
New Tork City end the New England
States consume 1,500,000 trees, or nearly
one-half of all the output. Maine, New .
Hampshire, the Berkshire Hills, in Mas-
LAST CHAPTER,
sschusetts, and the Adirondacks and Cats
kills, in New Tork, are ,tbe sources of
supply for New York, Boston and Phila
delphia, and even for Baltimore and
Washington. The swamps of Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota furnish tbe
markets of Chicago, St Paul, Minneapo
lis and Detroit while the local demand
throughout the central West is mainly
supplied - by nursery-grown Norway
spruce.
Raiprylng to this declaration, Mrs. Jeha
8. Crasby, president of the Women's Dem
era tie Club of New York, poiata out that
there m Kttle in the training of children
that the man, as well as the woman,' eght
net to learn, and that If womankind were
restricted to the rearing and leaching ec
obildren she would be deprived of many of
the beat opportunities for learning how to
do that very work.
President Wilson of Princeton, In a
bold address before the convention of the ,
Association of Colleges and Preparatory
Schools at New York, got after the pre
vailing school and college methods with a
harp stick. He declared that educator
had missed tbe "true Inner meaning of ed
ncatlon, that we have forgotten' to asaem- '
bio its elements, and that we have forgot
ten to simplify our methods." Education,
as distinguished from technical training,
should be based on three principles : En
lightenment, orientation and discipline."
By orieatation he meant the power to or
ganize oof's knowledge and see thing
with perspective. What our age needed
most was tbe dreamers and creators. Mere
information did not educate, and it might
impede the miud.
The faculty of the Cornell university
medical college at New York announced '
that hereafter the usual high school
course generully accepted as suflicient
preparation for the study of medicine
would not enable students to enter there.
Candidates for admission would have to
lie graduates of approved colleges er scien
tific, schools, seniors in good standing st
Cornell or any other like university which
would permit the substitution of the first .
yr f tkm ntedieal course fur the senior
yeac. Alb ttevs noVpo easing a degree
kuiey V satarifled ty padfing a special ex-itmJnSutlh.