!t I ' - '
1055 Cromwell dissolved Parliament.
16G6 Franc declared war agalnit Enf
land.
1677 Arrival of royal commissioners to
investigate the cauaea of the rebel
lion in Virginia.
J712--Conference for peace opened at
Utrecht.
3766 Benjamin Franklin examined in
tbe House of Commons respecting
tbe stamp act.
1775 Second provincial Congress met at
Cambridge, Mass.
1778 Fiance acknowledged independence
of tbe United States. .. .Burgoync'a
army denied embarkation at Boa
ton. 1781 Gen. Greene took command of
Morgan'a army.
1807-nPall Mall, London, lighted with
gas tb first street of any city so
Illuminated.
1810 Guadeloupe surrendered x to the
British.
3831 The famous Botl Book lighthouse,
off tbe coast of Scotland, first light
ad. 1813 Spanish Ortea abolished the In
quiaitioa. 1830 Independence of Greece declared
by tbe alUed powers.
1834 BJchatfd Lawrence attempted to
assamiaate President Andrew Jack-
eon.
1830 Alpaca wool first Introduced Into
Erland.
1847 Lord Elgin reached Montreal and
took the oath of office as governor of
Canada.
1852 State house at Columbus, Ohio, de
stroyed by fire. '
1856 Chilean war steamer Cudox Caza
den wrecked, with loss of 318 lives.
1850 James Francis Smith, governor
general of the Philippine Islands,
born at San Francisco.
1801 Kansas admitted to tbe Union.
J8C2 The ironclad "Monitor" launched.
1863 Confederate gunboats attacked
blockading squadron at entrance to
Charleston harbor.
1805 Gen. Sherman left Savannah on
his northward march. '
ISQH United States Congress exempted I
cotton from the internal revenue tax. I
170 8teamer City of Boston sailed
from Halifax for Glasgow with 191
souls on board and was never beard
of again.
871 Paris surrendered to the Germans
' after a siege of 131 days.
78 The Russians occupied Kazan.
g89 Three million dollar fire la Buffalo,
N. Y.
1802 Supreme Court decided Nebraska
. governorship contest in favor of
' James E. Boyd, Democrat.
U3 Japanese captured Wel-IIal-Wcl
from the Chinese.
DS Great strike of engineera in Eng
land came to an end.
1902 Anglo-Japanese treaty' signed.
1900 Frederick VIII. proclaimed King
of Denmark.
Hajadtrrafla for Farmers.
The editor of the Craftsman In the cur-.
taut number proposes that the federal
gWernm'Ot aid in bringing about a much
feeded reform in the industrial system of
the United States by extending the work
if the Department of Commerce so as
to assist aiuajl farmers in developing
home arts and crafts and assist them In
finding a market for the products of such
craftsmanship. The editor takes pains to
sa that in this appeal for government
recognition of handicrafts allied with ag
riculture be is not considering the so-called
"arts and crafts" movement as it ap
' peals to the leisure class. What he has
in mind is practically to encourage me
chanical industries as a means ot correct
ing! the evils of the factory system, doing
away with the menace of the unemployed
and relieving the congestion in our cities.
He refers to the official encouragement of
such crafts in Hungary, and to the re
markable success resulting therefrom. Us
believes that President Roosevelt has tak
en an important step in this direction by
bis recommendation that both State and
national governments should encourage
tbe growth. of Institutional nad social
movements among fanners. It Is not con
templated that this development of hand
works In -the home would ever take tbe
place ot the machine, but that it would
open tbe door of opportunity to many in
dividuals starving for self-expression
apart from the routine of either farm
,r factory. The princlial field for home
rafts would seem to be iu producing
sensible rugs, furniture, pottery and any
of the things that euter into the life of
the-homo.
McCurdy Laa-ha at Baits.
Richard A. McCurdy, former president
of tbe Mutual Life Insurance Company,
who bas spent two years in Europe, re
cently returned to his home in Morris
town, N. J. When asked about tbe suits
for restitution of several million dol
lars which the management of his old
company has brought against him, be
laughed and said: "I bav lawyers and
they will take care of the suits. They are
not worth talking about. 1 am 73 years
old. The real question is which will last
the longest, the suits or myself."
Kallwar AecMeale tb Increase.
Startling figures appear in an acci
dent bulletin issued by the Inter-State
commerce commission covering July,
August and September, 1!)07. The num
ber cf ea.sualtioe on railroads during
that quarterly leriod were 23,003, in
rludiug 1,339 killed and 21,724 .Injurled,
an increuwt of 157 killed and 3,050 in
Juried over the corresM)Uuding period of
1900. Tbera were 2,215 collisions and
ia.034 derailments, of which 320 colli
lions and 222 derailments affected pass
enger trains. This shows an iucrease of
tJJ over tbe corresponding period of
4 XJQVOB TOPES BAIT.
. In Eighty Cities of the United States
Prohibition Now Rules.
Under the strong tide of prohibition,
Which has so Impressively demonstrat
ed Its power In Southern States, the
dry" sreaf In America has been dou
bled In the last twelve months. Eighty
cities In seventeen States are now en
forcing prohibition laws on their 2,-
200,000 Inhabitants, and of these eighty
municipalities, thirty-three "went dry
In 1907. Somo come under general pro
hibition statutes, as tbe Georgia cities,
but many of tliem bare voted dry un
ner tbe provisions of a local option
law.
Additions to the list of dry cities
during 1007 include: Alabama Annls
ton, Birmingham, Huntsvllle, Mobllo,
Montgomery and Selma. California-
Berkley. Georgia Athens, Atlanta,
Augusta, Brunswick, Columbia, Macon
and Savannah. Illinois Champaign,
Jacksonville, Urbona.. Indian Territory
Durant, Muskogee, Tulso, Wagoner.
Massachusetts Ilaverhlll, Lynn, Wor
cester. North Carolina Asheville,
Raleigh. Ohio East Liverpool. Okla
homa Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Shaw
nee, Enid. Tennessee Clarksvllle,
Jackson, EnoxvIIle. Vermont Burling
ton. Particular watch has been kept on
Atlanta to discover Just how the much-
dlscnssed Georgia law operates there.
This watch was kept by tbe Atlanta
Constitution, which did not favor pro
hibition, and that paper's testimony is
believed to be unbiased.
In a special story the Constitution
admits that the elimination of whisky
has "worked a revolution In the city's
worst quarter, and as Is almost Invari
ably the case, the police records show
that the public Is actually saving mou
sy by the operation of the "dry" stat
ute. In Atlanta, on January 4, 1007
when tbe high license law waa In ef
fect, there were stxty-tbree police cases,
thirty-two of which were connected
with drunkenness. On January 4, 1008,
Just eight days after the dry law went
Into effect, there were Just seventeen
police casea In Atlanta,' not one being
for drunkenness.
These facts will be used In argu
ments being brought to bear on Con
gress for legislation to make the Dis
trict of Columbia dry and to forbid
such interstate commerce which will
dump "original package" liquor into
prohibition territory.
Harlan Praparcles Itace War.
That there will eventually be a conflict
between the- yellow and the white races
that will shake the earth is the opinion of
Justice Harlan of the United States Su
preme Court, as expressed in an address
before the Navy League at Washington.
lie said: "If I bad the opportunity I
would vote for an appropriation of $riO,-
000,000 a year for a period of ten years
for a lorger navy. There is no such thing
as friendship between nations as between
men. Nations make no sacri&ce to pre
serve friendships, and do not forbear to
do certain things because they do not
meet with the approval of other nations.
We refer to the people of Asia as the yel-
low race. There are 400,000,000 Chinese
as strong mentally and physically as wa
are. We have no hostility toward them.
but there will be a conslict between the
yellow race and the white race that will
shake the earth. When it comes I want
to see this country with a navy on both
oceans that will be strong enough."
In the agricultural districts of Italy
wages are only 30 cents a day for a man.
ana less lor women and boys.
Tbe threatened strike of marine engi
neers at Honolulu has been averted by the
acceptance ol a proposition to arbitrate
grievances.
Toe International Brotherhood of
Steam Shovel and Dredgemen has In
structed a representative to visit the isth
mus in the interests of the organization.
The California State labor convention
has passed resolutions strongly condemn
ing President Roosevelt and Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Metcalt for their
attitude in relation to Japanese,
At the Scottish miners' conference at
Qlasgow It was stated that wages bad In
creased by Is 9d a day, in some Instances
by 2s. The average wage now is 37s Od
a week, and it was determined that that
should be the minimum.
Arthur W. Clark of Roxbury. Mass..
former president aud organizer of tbe
grocery aud provision clerks, bas been
named aa the New England organizer of
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen's Union.
Oa Jan. 1, 107, there were 25.714 co
operative aocieties In existence In Ger
many, with a total membership of 3,800,
143, the corresponding totals for a year
being 24.052 and 3,058,637. The large
majority ot tnese were credit associations
with aa aggregate membership of over
z.uou.uuu.
One of the first fruits of the railwav
settlement in England is the action of
the Midland Railway Company's order
relating to Sunday duty. In a certain
limited sense a six-day week is estab
lished; tbe grades required to work seven
days a week are to receive extra pay for
ounaay duty.
James Lyon, a steamship fireman, bas
sued bis employers In Boston for $10,000
damages, alleging that when he was burn
ed by the breaking of a pipe tbe steam
caused part of bis hair to turn red. He
says everybody believes he tried to dye
his balr.
An effort ia being made to bring all the
teamsters' unions lu Boston, Mass., Into
one big Joint council. Home of the big
gest and strongest of the teamsters'
unions have not been memlers of tbe
local council, owing to certain conten
tions, and their demand for enforcement
of a law adopted at tbe last convention.
The Metal Workers' Union at Minne
apolis ia making preparations to institute
a new union composed of factory and as
sortment workers and can workers. The
workmen of these crafts are tinners, aud
there are a large number employed in the
local factories.
lite Vancouver (B. C.) Trades and
Labor Council has decided to try and
cure a supply of cheap fuel along the lines
followed in Seattle, and bas appointed a
committee to inquire into tbe question,
In Seattle the unions have bought a coal
mine, and hoi to build a railway line
to It Tbe saving already amounts U $3
a too
? W0RK OF
I CONGRESS I
The Senate Tuesday passed the urgent
deficiency bill, carrying on appropriation
of over $21,000,000. The large deficiency
appropriation for tiie navy brought out
considerable discussion on the subject of
executive departments making expendi
tures not provided for in appropriations.
Ieficiency appropriations for 'the Panama
canal gave rise to Democratic criticism
ot the publication of a paper by the
Canal Commission at Panama, and inci
dentally Senatcr Teller declared that he
believed the lock canal at Panama would
some day be declared a failure, and that
a sea level canal would take its place.
The Senate devoted two hours to consid
eration of the criminal code bill.
President Roosevelt's recent message
to Congress on the, relations of capital
and labor and of corporations and the
public again was the theme of discussion
in the House of Representatives. So
great was the demand for time that gen
eral debate on the Indian appropriation
bill, which Is the pending business, was
extended for four hours. Interest In the
proceedings centered In a speech by John
Sharp Williams, the minority leader, who,
while lauding the President for some of
his sentiments, expressed the belief that
others were dnngerous. Mr. Williams
spoke for nearly two hours. His re
marks on the financial question prompted
a lengthy discussion ot mat sunjeci oy
McIIill, of Connecticut In which be op
posed the Aldrich financial bill.
Senator Beveridge of Indinna delivered
an appeal to the Senate Wednesday to
adopt his bill providing for a nonpartisan
tariff commission, a plan which he de
clared conformed to modern and business
Ideas on this subject. Several Demo
cratic Senators spoke briefly on tbe gen
eral subject of the tariff. Tariff revis
ion and the President s recent special
message to Congress again were the main
topics of discussion in the House. As
has been the case for nearly a week, the
Indian appropriation bill ostensibly was
before the House, but no, word was spo
ken In regard to it. A long speech by
Sereno Payne of New Yovk, the major
ity leader, wos considered Importunt be
cause of his assurances that a tariff re
vision plank would be incorporated in the
Republican national platform of this
year. He credited .Mr. liryan witn going
about the country accusing President
Roosevelt of grand or petit larceny in
purloining his idens. Other speokers wert
Messrs. Thomas of North Carolina, Cox
of Indiana, Hardy of Texas and Nelson
of Wisconsin.
A financial speech by Senator Culber
son of Texas and the passage of a bill
providing for a government exhibit at the
Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exjiositlon were the
chief features of interest In the proceed
ings of the Senate Thursday. - Mr. Cul
berson gave the results of his analysis of
the recent report of the Secretary of the
Treasury on the Pnnainn canal bond is
sue, in order to substantiate his conten
tion that national banks of New York
were unduly tovoreii in me disposirion oi
public funds, and that tho Secretary had
violated the law by issuing these bonds,
The Senate adjourned until Monday. Con
sideration of the Indian appropriation bill
was resumed in the House. A bitter fight
was waged on the proposition to abolish
non-reservation schools. Mr. Clayton of
Alnbaiim spoke on the President's mes
sage and held tip the Republicans as be
ing, divided into two factions "the reac
tionaries and the White House cuckoos.
The message, he charged, was an indict
ment against the Republican party for
Its dereliction and Incompetency.
: :-
The Sennte was not in session Friday
The session of the House was devoted al
most entirely to consideration of the om
nibus war claims bill, which was passed
after considerable discussion. It carries
a total appropriation of $315,000. Mr,
Macon of Arkansas in the course ot the
debate defended the Senate against what
he said were aspersions cast upon that
body by Mr. Payne of New York, when
he predicted that the Senate would load
the bill down with a number of unmcrito
rious claims. A number of private claims
bills also were passed, and the House ad
journed until Monday.
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the com
mittee on finance, ojiencd the debate in
the Senate on his bill to provide an emer
gency currency. In the galleries was i
large audience, among others J. Picrpon
Morgan. Senator I ornker made reply to
the President's statement concerning th
use of the appointing power for political
purposes aud had letters rend showing the
President's attitude in one cos Sena
tor Depew defended the course of the
Secretary of the Treasury in depositing
public funds in New York banks. Tim
criminal code bill was again considered.
A fierv mieei h bv Mr. Leake of New Jer
sey, in which he outlined bis opiiositlou
to William J. Itrynu as a candidate for
the presidency, relieved somewhat the
monotony of debate In the House, His
remarks were greeted with hisses from
the I temocrittic side of the House. The
Indian appropriation bill was amended
so that the commissioner ol imlitin af
fair, before be curries out the policy of
abandoning nonreservation schools, shall
Investigate the question fully and report
to the House. Another amendment re
stored the appropriations for the Indian
schools nt Fort Lewis, Colo.; Carson
City, New, aud Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Consideration of the Indian bill was not
concluded when the House adjourned.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Dr. Henry (iilihous, Jr., denu of the
Cooper Medical College, was badly Injur
ed in a street car accident lu Sun Fran
cisco. I -u tent iuforniatlnu indicates that more
thuil a score of persons were killed in the
cyclone that swept the regiou tbout Ha-
tel hurst. Miss., Friday.
Five persons were burned to death and
others seriously iujiued by the burning of
a three-story rooming house ot 11 111 Wy
tndottc street, Knurls City.
Thousands of people in Columbus, O.,
sullen d froui the cold on account of a
shortage In tbe supply of natural gas,
which wits said to be duo to the breaking
of a pump.
Gov. Hughes of New York, speaking at
a mass meeting nt the .Majestic theater.
Brooklyn, utadu a strong plea fur the
abolition of racetrack tumbling in th
State.
President Roosevelt will touch a button
which will open the tuum-1 under t ho
Hudtou river between New York aud New
Jersey Feb. 25. (iova. Hughes and Fort
will shake hands at the Suti lice 100
feet below the surface of tho river.
UNITED STATES 117
tVEALTHIEST NATION.
treasury Figures Show that the
Per Capita Is In Excess
of $1,310.
VAST GROWTH OF FINANCES.
Money in Circulation on Jan. 30
Last Was Nearly $3,000,
000,000. Major Alfred R. Quiilffe, vault clerk
of the United States treasury, who has
t barge of Uncle Sam's money, called
my attention flu other day to the al
most Incredible growth of the business
of the Treasury Department since he
came Into the service, forty-two years
1130, and h-J furnished me with some
very Interesting and rather startling
comparisons, writes William E. Curtis,
the Washington correspondent. For
example, tlie weultli of the country,
which, of course, litis kept pace with
tbe transactions of the treasury, is
three and one-hulf times greater to-day
than It was In 1870. The total then
whs $30,008,518,000. The estimated total
lo-lay, based upon the census reports
and Information received by the Agri
cultural Department, the Secretary of
the Treasury aud the Comptroller of
the Currency, Is $107,104,211,017.
The wealth per capita of citizens of
the United States based upon similar
estimates, ' has Increased from $770.S3
In 1870 to $1,310.11 In 1907, which
makes the United States, w ith Its enor
mous imputation, the richest country in
tbe world.
The money In circulation has Increas
ed four-fold since Major Qualffe came
Into the treasury. The total In 1870
was $075,212,704, while on Jan. 30,
1007, it was $2,914,342,250. The circu
lation per capita has almost doubled,
notwithstanding the present money
famine, and has increased from $17.50
fo $33.80 during tbe last forty-two
rears.
When Major yuaiffe came into the
cash room we had only $25,000,000 In
gold; to-day. we have $750,005,809 In
gold coin ' In the treasury alone; not
counting that In circulation and hoard
ed awny.
Uncle Sum's working capital on Dec.
f. 1907, amounted to $1,750,491,40 1.31
-oil of which Is hard cash. Of fhls
amount $1,253,703,800, in coin is held
on deposit to secure the payment of
$750,005,809 gold certificates, $471,525,
000 silver certificates, and $5,515,000
treasury notes outstanding. The treas
ury reserve, which is kept by Jaw,
amounts to $150,000,000. The cash bal
ance' available to pay the current ex
penses of the government on Dpc. 14
was $259,702,309.03.
Uncle Sam does not keep nil of his
money In Washington, although there
Is a good deal of It here. The remain
der Is scattered among the different
subtreasurles, mints and national bank
deiiosltories as follows:
Treosury, Washington ...$175,971,840.79
Subtreasury, New York.. 270,G23,'.)7.S7
Subtressury, Baltimore ..
Suhtreasury, Philadelphia.
SubtrenHury, Boston
Suhtreasury, Cincinnati..
Snbtreasury, Chicago
Subtreasury, St. Louis...
Rnbtreasury, New Orleans
10.027,023.41
18,008,820.00
19,928,27 1.90
13,417,882.59
55,083,802.72
18,000,802.40
23,059,020.89
Subtreasury. San Francisco 33,430,093.79
Mint, Philadelphia 354.178,511.72
Mint, Denver 58.370,!H)7.19
Mint, New Orleans 33,392,871.34
Mint, San Francisco 322.483,714 10
Away office, New York... 79.858,323.27
National banks 240,284,455.0!)
Treasury Philippine Islands 3,795,390.59
Ir. transit between offices. 400,788.43
In addition to the working balance
and tlie reserve, there is a total of
$811,730,128 In bonds in the vatilts nt
Washington, of which $033,533,070 is to
secure circulation of national bank" and
$178,200,158 to secure deposits in na
tional banks. An additional ram of
$103,751,389 Is deposited for similar
purposes in the subtreasurles of New
York and San Francisco, making a to
tal of $915,487,518 of other people's
money In Uncle Sam's charge.
Firman TV! as Airship Prise.
Henry Farman, the French aeronaut.
bsa won the Deutsche-Archdeacon prize
of $10,000 promised to the first person
who should make a circular kilometer in
an airship heavier than air. Mr. Far-
man did even better than the condition)
of the test required. His outer mark
vat 512 meters from the start and his
cartes were such that he actually covered
1,300 meters. Aeronauts consider this
erploit the greatest since M. Santos-Du-moiit
circumnavigated the Eiffel Tower In
a dirigible balloon, and aa being of far
more prosective value than Santos-Du-mint's
performance. The aeroplane
weighs iM) pounds. A framework of ash
and piano wires supports two horizontal
parallel planes of light sail cloth 30 feet
loug. A fifty horse-power motor is placed
just behind and above the level of the
lower plane of the forward set of sails.
With a preliminary run of a hundred
yards over the ground, the aeroplane had
risen to a height of 12 or la feet before
it reached the starting pole. Then,' with
outstretched wings, it sailed out across
tbe field at a height of from 25 to 30
feet and at a speed of twenty-five miles
an hour. Tbe test took place about five
miles from Purls.
S Trait's Bt Earalaa;.
Despite the unfavorable showing of the
last Quarter of the year, the records of
the Steel Trust show thai its profits for
1907 were $liW,t84,477, which is over
$0,000,000 iu excess of tbe previous high
water mark readied in VJOO. The Octo-'
ber earnings, immediately ((receding the
financial and Industrial disturbance, were
tbe largest in the history of the corpora
tion. Tbe directors have declared divi
dends for the last quarter of the year of
lni pr cent on the preferred and one
half of 1 per cent on the common stock.
The Urst five years of the profit-sharing
plan of the trust have nearly closed, and
it is reported In Wall street that those
of its employes who have continuously
held tbe preferred stock purchased when
the plan waa first announced in 1903 will
receive an extra dividend of G5.4 per ceut.
Marine observations conducted by
the Carnegie Institute of Washington
during the last year Indicate that great
(K-enn liners may save from $1,000 to
$2,000 on each voyage by being able to
steer much straigbter courses, based
iilum the new measurements of mag
netic declination, dip and Intensity,
correcting errors of fonner charts.
This Is only one of the numerous fields
of research occupied by the Carnegie
Institute In 1907, the work of which
is contained In the year book now pub
lished. Expeditious have been sent to
every part of the world, and almost
every branch of science has been In
vaded. Among the practical results
noted are a rain meter Invented by II.
De Rossloff, which will automatically
test and register the rainfall by the
day, month or year; the evolution of
barnyard fowls, with the promise of a
breeding scheme that will furnish more
and bigger eggs; the discovery of F. Q.
Benedict, that all bodily functions
thrive best upon food that Is the clos
est approach to plain proteld ; the
grafting of 3,000 plants by Luther Bur
bank, and several magnetic expeditious
Into the Far North.
Speaker Cannon's notice to chairmen
of appropriation committees to have
their bills reaely to report by April 15,
presages an early adjournment of Con
gress. Aside from the currency bill
there Is little legislation of importance
before Congress. So far as the cur
rency measure Is concerned, the lower
bouse Is hopelessly divided, aud there
is little possibility of the members get
ting together on the Aldrich bill. The
Western members are outsoken
against It, and it Is not believed that
even Speaker Cannon can bring them
Into line. Congressional conventions
will be held early this year because of
tbe presidential campaign. For this
reason Congressmen want to get aVay
from Washington. A large per cent
have fences to repuir In their districts,
and they do not want to be cooped up
In Washington, hundreds of miles from
the "dear people." If a currency law
Is to be enacted they may be driven to
agree to some plan In order to bring
about an early adjournment. The pub
lic welfare does not require that they
should remain In Washington.
For the first time in seventy yenrt
the- figure of the American engle that
surmouuts the mace, the symbol of au
thority In the national House of Rep
resentatives, left Its perch the other
day. When news of the flight of the
bird became known to members by
niuny politicians It was interpreted as
an ill omen. The House mace is one
of the most prized possessions of the
lower branch of Congress. It has done
service for threescore years and ten.
The mace bus, with rare exception,
been effective in restoring order In the
House. A representative suspended
for violating the House authority, aft
er the mace had been displayed by tbe
sergeaut-at-arms, cannot resume his
prerogatives except by" vote of his col
leagues. Tlfe House mace is fashioned
after the Roman mace. Its bundle,
beating thirteen silver bands, emble-.
motle of the thirteen original States,
Is of ebony. Surmounting the handle
Is a globe upon which stands the eagle.
Resident Washington is divided into
three distinct sets old families, peo
ple with money and people without
money. Those without money work
hard to keep up appenrauces with
those who have money. Those with
money work hard tu secure social
recognition from the old families. The
old families are Indifferent equally to
those with money and those without.
The hardest worked class of all are
those who,' having accepted public
otjlce and removed their lares and
penntes to the national capital, find
thut the salary will not pay for the
game. You know their women folk by
the fact that they wear ready made
gowns. Your reul Wushingtoulnn con
siders the wearing of factory made
garments equivalent to sinking to the
lowest sartorial depths.
The report of the Civil Service Com
mission says tli.it partisan activity iu
the classified service has practically
ceased, und quotes Bryan as saying In
his campaigns he had more trouble
from the Influence exerted by railronds
over their employes than with those in
the service under a Republican udtulu-
istrution.
Some have a notion that because the
Potomac river hupiiens to divide the
eapitul from Virginia the city is warm
dmiiur the winter months. This is a
delusion. Often In the first week of
November the wind sweeiis across the
town with the lciucss of a Montreal
blizzard.
It Is estimated by Secretary of the
Interior (Jurfield in his uiinuul retwrt
that 70,ooo,iHM) acres of our public laua
In the Western Stutes have deposits
of coal, and lie advocates a system of
leases so that the government may reg
ulate their development. Nearly ull
of this land has been wltlklniwn
f"..in entrv to prevent further
fraudulent entries. During the year
29.!f.7.5ii0 acres were sold for $9,
-.17.2 IS.
Wasliliigtonlnns do not hurry home
from work. It you are anybody nt
.ill in Washington you must be leis-
utvlv. Oh'.v as a tourist do you hurry,
mid' after a conductor has held you
nt arm's Iciistlli when you are too
liastv iu boarding or leaving a car
von l.e-'in to .slow down, too. There
Is no rusli hour In Washington, and
ili-tv are carfi enough to go around.
;.;i;i'wi-c you can cross the street at
nr. lioliit along the block without
.1: 'i of beliig ruu dowu, yelled at
told "step lively."
THE FAKE FOLLOWS THE FLEET.
I C .
MORSE IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.
Former Great Financier's Property
of All Kinds Is Attached.
Charles W. Morse, organizer of the
Ice combine and of the Consolidated
Steamship Company, and a few months
ago regarded as one of tbe greatest
financiers In America, recently disup
peered from New York. His creditors
attached all his property in that city,
including his residence at 728 Fifth ave
nue. In a suit for $243,321 begun by
Charles A. Hanna, national bank exam-
Iner, as receiver of the National Bank
cf North America, which Morse con
trolled. In the papers on which the at
tachment wag granted It was stated
that Morse had left for Europe.
Morse has had a meteoric career. IIo
organized, consolidated and lloated one
enterprise after another. At one time
he controlled banks, trust companies,
insurance companies, steamship compa
nies "and other corporations of aggre
gate resources valued at more than
$300,000,000. Morse's fortune several
years ago was estimated at $20,000,000.
Three months ago he displayed quanti
ties of securities and claimed to be
worth $11,000,000.
Thut there is no possibility of a war
with Japan and that the sailing of tbe
fleet to the Pacific is not a threat to any
nation were the opinions expressed by
Secretary Taft at the banquet of the
Ohio Society nt Philadelphia. But he
added that-, it was sometimes helpful to
have it understood that you can back up
what you say. The influence of the navy
in the Orient could not but be of great
benefit.
The next day after the formal an
nouncement of (Jov. IIuRhea that he
would not object to a unnnimoui expres
sion of the Republican party in New
York favorable to his nomination for the
presidency Secretary of War Taft made
public bis letter to Cliairmnn Parsons of
the New York county committee, in which
he snid that friends of his should not
Attempt to divide in his interest tlie dele-
fnt ion from any State which has a can
diihite of Its own.
Secretary I lover of the Republican Na
iional Committee, who submitted to a
committee of three lawyers th question
of tlie legality of the proposed primaries
in Ohio for the choice of delegates to tho
national convention from congressional
districts, as advocated by the Taft follow
ers, now reports their decision as bein
unfavorable to that tilan. While the
tpinion is not himlinj on either the com
nitti-e or the convention, it is taken by
the Forakerites to be a victory for them.
In reply to the opposition of some
Democratic leaders through the Kmt and
South to the candidacy of W. J. Bryan
.Vr the prejiideutial nomination, Mr. 15ry
in is routed as lir.vinn mill word to
itomiiimt 1 Vt.iocrats at Washington that
,1' they win how him that liny "oiisid
lut'le iitiiiilier of carrest, real und reliable
i letiuit nils beiieve lin t his camli.l.u-y will
.irove detrimental to "he best interests of
lie part) he will refuse to accept the
.. -mi u:a i ii. lie has t irther said that he
..ill kUu his supiMjit lo any one of .hese
luce 1 temoci ats. Ciov. .lohnson of Min-H-.XOIU,
tS.iv. llui.0 SiniU of (t"oria or
'cn.itor Cn'is-rsou of ifVl. but liu lui
Veiled with eni)iiusis that h caunoi
j cvjie! ted lo Ktaud for u-oth-r cam
ni,:i micIi as wa.-t made u Alton 1.
':irl,er. lie will not relinipiik.'i his own
;ii!.itloii in order to- turn tie Ilemo
it;c. party over the tie conservative ele-..elit.
HARGIS SLAIN BY SOIL
Breathitt County, Kentucky, Terror
Shot Down While Busy ia
V His Store. .1
QUAERE! BEFORE TRAGEDY.
Long and Deadly Struggle of Two
Factions of Mountaineers
Recalled. '
Former County Judge James nargis,
notorious Kentucky feud leader, prac
tical dictator of Breathitt county, and
accused of complicity in many murders,
was shot mid instantly killed in his .
general store ut Jackson by his son, :
Bench Hargis. The son fired flye shots
In rapid succession, four of which took
effect in his father's body."
The exact cause of the quarrel whlcb
resulted in Judge Hargis' death Is un
known. It Is supposed, however, that
the killing was the result of an old
grudge between father and son, whlcb
had been Inflamed of late by the young
man's dissolute habits. The two men
are said to have had an altercation
several nights before, during which tho
father was compelled to resort to vio
lence to restrain his Bon.
Beach, who is reported to have been
drinking heavily of late, entered his
father's general store In the middle of
the afternoon. Judge Hargis was stand
ing behind the counter in the rear of .
the place, and several customers were
grouped in the front. Young Hargis,
who was apparently under the influence
ef liquor ut the time, walked toward)
(bis father, who Is said to have remon
strated with him. A quarrel started,'
which attracted the attention of the
customers. Young Hargis then Joined
bis fattier behind tbe counter, and af
ter a few moments' conversation drew
a revolver and fired three shots at ,
point blank range.
"Mercy ! Mercy ! You've killed jne,n
apialed the elder man as he lay oil
the floor. Young Hargis answer was
to lire two more bullets Into his par
ent's prostrate body.
A panic ensued, during which the
store was emptied and Town Marshal
Goran Smith notified. Smith, witb
Grover Blanton, placed young Hargis
under arrest after a desperate struggle,
during which be raved like a madman.
He was removed to the county jail,
fighting every Inch of the way with hit
captors.
Gas i: lee trio Car Tested.
On Wednesday at Schenectady, N.
officials of the Delaware and Hudson
Company and tho American Locomotive
Company made a test of the new gas elec
tric car which Is expected to revolution
ize railroading on short lines. It com
bines in one the power bouse, transmis
sion lines, substations and all the benefit
of electric troction without the costly
and cumbersome features of the trolley.
A powerful pas engine drives an electrio
generator. Tbe current obtained in this
way supplies power to the motors which
drive the car. The gns engine, which con
sumes giiRnline, runs very smoothly, and
the electrical equipment assures perfect
cout nil of speed and as comfortable rid
injr as is enjoyed in the modern interur
ban electric. The shape of the ends of
the car is parabolic, to reduce tbe air
resistance to a minimum when traveling
at hi'b sieed. Tbe eight-cylinder gas
euRine develops 150 horse-power, and i
coupled to 120 horse-power direct current
generator. Tbe machinery worked finely
on all kinds of grades, and a speed of
over sixty miles an hour was made at
times. The car was especially designed
and constructed by tbe General Electric;
Company for steam railroad work on the
Icl;iware and Hudson lines, and will be
used ou several of Its branch roads.
IikIIiiii Vrlernna Protest.
It is reported from Johannesburg,
Transvaal, that 111! Indian ex-soldiers
who ueted as hospital bearers and tbe
like during the Boer war have sent a
petition to the Karl of IClgin, England's,
secretary of state for the colonies, pro
tciting njraliist tlie gross insult to them,
in the identification measures adopted by
the Transvaal government, which they de
clare infringe iqwm their religion. Tbe
petition further snys that if the imperial
government is unable to protect them
they will pray the king to order that they
be nhot on one of the South African bat
tletields on which they served. The of
fensive regulation referred to was one
compelling natives of India to furnish fio
cer prints and other means of Identifica
tion us a coudition of remsiuing In the
colony. Several prominent Indian native
have been sentenced to two and three
months' imprisonment for refusing te
comly with the requirement of the law