9
RATION BF,I0 ROtiiED.
rr $100,003,003 Worth of JhiMio
Land Frauducntly Acquired.
Information if alleged wholesale and
stourdin;: lav-', frnvds has corns Into
the possession of Secretary f r field
iino.ii.il ii perl nl
agents In the field.
The churge 1b made
thnt approximately
10,000,000 worth
of lands in States
principally wet of
Ibo Mississippi
hnve been fraudu
lently acquired
within the last two
ii yours ty corpora-
1 Hons and Indivld-
bkc Y ii AutriKi.D. uft9
With a view of recovering these
lnnds Secretary (inrfleld has naked
Congress for nn additional appropria
tion of $500,000. which, If granted,
With that b I ready asked for, will give
the department fl.ooo.ooo for that pur
pose. The BMvlflV purposo of the ap
propriation requested Is for preventing
"depredations on public tlnilsT, fro
tecllng public lands, examining swamp
lands, etc." It Is snld that there Is
reasonable prospect of recovering much
of this alleged fraudulently acquired
land If the appropriation Is promptly
mad It Is also said that while $1.
00,000 may seem large, It Is not one
per cent of the commercial value of tfca
land which the government may hope
to recover.
The additional appropriation Is also
required on account of the Increased
demands on the field service of the
land oftlce, due to the transferring to
that division of much work which for
merly was done by the secret service
and the special service of the Depart
ment of Justice.
According to n statement of II. M.
Schwartz, chief of the field service,
there are more than 82,000 cases of al
leged land frauds demanding Investi
gation. Oregon has 1,402 of these;
California and Nevada. 1,400; Wash
ington and northern Idaho, 1,325; Mon
tana, 3,005; Colorado. 8,(121 ; Arizona,
dftfl; Wyoming, 21,155; Minnesota,
Michigan. Wisconsin, North and South
Dakota, 5,894 ; Missouri, Louisiana, and
AAansas, 1,593; Utah, 1,482; Oklaho
ma and Kansas, 1,012; New Mexico,
1,205, and Florida. Alabama and Mis
sissippi, ' 1,000.
Sea Water aa m Care.
Dr. Robert Simon, a distinguished
French physician, wba with Prof. Quin
tan, the well-known biologist, holds triat
the original condition ( life persists la
fish more than la any other form of life,
has come to this country to teach the
curative properties of sea water when In
jected into the blood. lis said, la a lec
ture at Columbia university, that the use
of sea water as a curative agency was
quite common in France, and cited numer
ous cases in which remarkable cures hid
been made. It is especially recommended
for all kinds of skia disease, for Intestinal
troubles, especially of Infant, and for
relief in cases of tubercular affection. He
aid Che'' ancient Greek understood the
theory when thay sent their tubercular
patient on long sea voyage, knowing
that the salt sea spray would benefit them.
Operative plasterers st Ottawa, Cana
da, organised recently.
A printing trade council was recently
formed at Houston, Texas.
About 8 per ceat of the members of
the International Fur Workers are unem
ployed at this time.
As a result of their first attempt, trade
unionists at Davenport, Iowa, elected a
aoember of the State Legislature.
Fall River (Mass.) union men expect
to re-elected the present mayor, who is a
member of the street railway union.
Birmingham (England) tram commit
tee has decided to reduce tramway men's
weekly hours from sixty to fifty-four.
Qeraua steel works are beginning to
as electric furnaces on aa extensive
scale for handling Urge quantities of
metal.
St Fanl, Minn., will be a candidate
for the 1010 eon von lion of the Railway
Clerks and Freight Handler' Interna
tional Union.
It is estimated tliat the cost of super
anauation benefit alone to the Associated
Iron Molders of Scotland will amount to
82,750 for the current year.
A strong organization baa bewn form
ed at Waco, Texas, to work for the Ini
tiative and referendum In the next Legis
lature. This organisation ha the sup
port of the farmer' unious, a well a
the trade unions.
It is alleged Chat the railroads of New
Torfc State will tight the semi-monthly
pay bill which wa passed last session of
the Legislature. Their Intention is said
to be to carry tt to the courts and have
the law declare unconstitutional.
On the charges filed with blin by the
American Federation of Musicians, ac
cusing amusement managers of violating
die rllcn lubor law, President Roosevelt
ha requested that Secretary Straus, et
the Department of Commerce and Labor,
Investigate and make a full report there
; on.
A branch of - the Natloual Women's
Trade Union League has been organised
at St. Louis, Mo., aud promise to b of
valuable assistance to the movement la
that city.
The movement to establish a retreat
for aged, sick and infirm members of the
painter, din-orators and paper hangers of
America is receiving the hearty Indorse
ment of the craft.
The Teamsters and Lumber Handlers'
I'n'.oo. of Sacramento, Cel., has appointed
a committee to endeavor to have the Ice
men aud the truck drivers combine with
them aud form on unioo.
TV carters' strike In Dublin. IreUae,
!:- no signs of termination, negotla
i'oum for a settlement having fallen
Ih-fijtfi. A partial settlement of the Bask
mVa strike is announced.
TH Mtiuiclpa! Ownership League,
e-V'cli wis organised by the New York
Vtra4 tabor Union, and which has been
v-M'ted to slumber since the election
tt fi" errs eyo. Is to be revived,
vw 'ier ibe Washington (D. C.)
i f'W Cnton baa declared for
i-T'sr In the District of Columbia, it
. -wu bv certain leaders among the
' ' Tn-en ttat a suffrage lea gut ho
fo.usd there.
' ' " mim mil ill nl
GLAZIER IS I'OITHD GUILTY.
former Treasurer of Michigan Liable
to 14 Years' Imprisonment.
Frank 1. Glazier or Chelsea, formei
Michigan .Slate Treasurer, was found
guilty In Lansing of converting State
funds to the ue ,(' the Chelsea Savings
Rank, of whleh lie was president and
the largest stock holder, making him
liable to fourteen years' Imprisonment.
When the bank failed It had on deposit
$;sr,000 of Stale funds.
The Jurors deliberate.! four hours
Bnd twenty minutes. They reached a
verdict afler taking three ballots. On
the first they slood 'J to 3 for convic
tion. As soon n the verdict was an
nounced .Iiide Wlcst gave the defend
ant's counsel mil II March 8 to file a
motion for n new trial and n hill of
exceptions, so that the case may 1)0
reviewed by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Glazier, until his failure In De
cember, 1!M)7, was regarded as a man
of large weallh. lie was connected with
a number of enterprises In Chelsea and
elsewhere In Washtenaw County, and
was sonkig his second term as Stato
Treasurer. Hanking Commissioner Zim
merman Immediately closed the Chelsea
Savings Hank, and It was mad? public
that the Institution had heavily over
lonned to Mr. (! lazier and to enter
prises of which he was the head. An
investigation of his aciloti In depositing
State funds In the hank of which he
was the head and which lias suspended
through excessive loans to himself re
sulted in Indictments being found
against Glazier by the grand Jury In
Lansing, charging misappropriation of
Stato funds.
INDIANA COUNTIES GO "DRY."
Four Practically Swept by militant
Anti-Liquor Forces.
Complete returns from four ludlana
counties holding local option elections
Tuesday show thut four have been
added to three that entered tbo dry
column Borne three weeks ago. In every
county the victory wns more declslvs
than the advocates of option had ex
pected and rout of the liquor force
comes with crushing force because,
overwhelming results were not nutlet
pared. In Decatur County the majori
ty Is close to 1.500, with only 1 pe
cent wet: In Putnntn, 1,784, with only
two precincts- out of thirty four wet;
lu Tipton. 1,527, with nil twenty-four
precincts dry. and In Hamilton the ma
Jorlty will reach 2,000, with possibly
only one or two precincts wet. Elect
tlono In nil the counties were quiet
and orderly. The nntl-saloon elements,
were busy all day. Women in cities
and towns took leading pnrts in get
ting voters to the polls. In some cities
church bells were rung at regular In
tervals. In others, teachers marched
at the heads of their classes to tin
polls, wearing budges. In country dis
tricts and In cities and towns school
were given a holiday and the children
went out with the teachers election
eering. WARNS OF U. S. WHEAT PERIL
Government Expert Ilt-pnrta Indus
try at Home Mar lie Outdone.
If the United States is to hold its ow
as a wheat-raising and ' whent-produc
manufacturing nation, every uvailable in
fluence must be Invoked, according to
report made to the Department of Com
merce and Labor in Washington by on(
of Its special agents, who has been study
ing conditions in relation to flour and
grain shipments In Kurope. The agenl
declares that unless Americans mak
what development they can In this mnttei
within the next ten years th-y will fln
themselves behind In the race. Tin
American milling industry, he adds, need(
legislation to help In extending market
possibilities. It also needs wisely di
rected care In the production of Its rax
material.
14,285,451 CATHOLICS IN U. S.
Island I'oaaesalona Blake the Tota,
Under the Kin 22,474,440.
There are 14,205,451 Roman Catholic
in the United States, according to tht
advance sheets of the 1909 Wiltxius Offl.
cial Catholic Directory, published in Mil
waukee. The statistics are furnished bj
the archbishops and bishops of the Uni
ted Mates after the taking of a census
In all dioceses. Adding the number o
Roman Catholics In the Philippines, Por
to Rico and Hawaiian Islands brings tli(
total of Catholics under the United Stntet
flag to 22,474,440. as compared wlrJi
12,053.000 Catholic subjects under thi
British flag.
Promoter Kleran Bnrrendera.
P. J. Kleran, the much-wanted head o.
the Fidelity Funding Compnny, who hat
been sought a If- over the world for two
months past on account of the big dis
crepancy between the company's nssett
and liabilities, has voluntarily siu-renderec.
to the authorities lit Pittsburg and given
bonds for bis appearance in court at Xew
York, asserting that he was prepared to
make good every obligation of his com
pany. Many Catholic Institutions wers
believed to be Involved lu Kicrnn'a af
fairs. A Derlalon Favoring Labor,
In the Maryland Court of Appeals tht
United Garment Workers of America,
have won a notable victory in the a limn
ing of the illegality of blacklisting by em
ployers. The case arose from the act of
a Italtlinore employer who, not content
with discharging a man who urged an
other to ask higher wium-h, had written to
other clothing mniiufacliirers of the city
asking them to bur the dismissed one from
employment.
Child Thrown to Swine,
F. M. Clark was arrested and placec,
In jail at Mclxunsboro, ill., on a charge
that evoked wruth. He was living with
a wouutu u ained (Mile Ijuie at Dale, and
it is charged he took the woman's iufant
and threw it to a drova of hogs, which
devoured it.
Girl Killed br l-ra at fire.
A fire which destroyed the home o
Philip II. Rankin, a lawyar. in .Newark,
ft. J resulted in the diMth of a maid
servant, Amiastasla Hurns. aud serious
injury to her sister, .Nellie lttn-iis, both
of wtioiu leaped from a third story win
dow.
Tot Men PorUa la Hotel.
The Audit ' Hotel sod saloon at Pit
Fulls, Minn., hui'ii.'d the other HUM, J
J. Curley. a hoiiii-ste.ifl r of Wn i'.o-m's.
aud Joe Lablnnche were burtr-l to l -r-1
and Mrs. Paul I-nwietK-o was ji-,
probably fatally.
DAVIS ATTACKS FUTTntK SALES.
Senator Seea War Unless Congress
Hears "Outraged Public" f
The evils ntfcnd'ng gambling In the
products of f!n soil by the sale of fu
tures on rvh-iMgc was fhe subject of
a passionate speech i!'-rd by Sen
ator .Teff Davis (Ark.) In the Sennte.
Mr. Davis advocated the passage of a
bill Introduced by blin to penalize the
use of the malls, the telegraph or the
(deplume for the purpose of convey
ing gambling propositions between buy
er and seller. After advocating the
passage of this measure, Mr. Dnvls
denounced what ho declared to be evils
of the "money power" and Incident
ally touched upon the jsillcy of main
taining a protective tarifT as n part
of n syslein which, lie declared, was
for the suppression of the rights of
the people. "Ah, the money power of
ll.s government Is treading upon dan-pe'-oiis
ground." In." said. "They do pot
I; new. or else they do not care, that
Hie peopi arc already around down
with taxatlin no! (lie weight of gov
fimiint until tiu-lr hacks are nlnioM
!nd;en beneath their load. I woi.M not
!.( an alarmist, but I prod fit here and
no'v that unless the i:gres.i of tli'i
j 'idled States turns n listen! ig ear to
the laii'M tatlons of an outraged pub
lic within ten years t Ii - - may he a:i-
c!hcr Shenandoah valley, there may
bo rinther tJeftvshurc til' red broom
of war may sweep this government ce
lt has never leen swept before."
Charging that William Xe'son Crom
well. Roger L. I'arnhaai. Charles P.
Taft and others are parties to the
"most Infamous raliroad proposition
ever submitted to any government."
and that they "are being permitted not
only to rob the republic of Panama,
but Indirectly the treasury of the Unit
ed States." Representative Ralncy of
Illinois directed the searchlight of pub
licity upon affairs In the canal 7-one
In n startling speech In support of his
resolution providing for an investiga
tion by Congress of the Panama cannl
purchase. "In their efforts In this di
rection," he snld. "they hnve had so
far the complete co-opcratlon and nc-
tlve nsslstnnce of the present adminis
tration and of the next President of
he United States."
SHOT BY MAYOR'S BROTHER.
Tragio Accident at Homo of Chief
Municipal Officer of Chicago.
George Itusse. In-other of Mayor Fred
A. Russe of Chicago, accidentally dis
charged n revolver In a room of his
flat lit the Walton apartments In that
city the other evening. i. d the bullet,
speeding with tragic finality through
n window, across an arenway, and Into
another window, killed Mrs. Lucius C.
Tuckermnn ns she stood at n dressing
table In the flat opposite.
The victim of the wandering bullet
wna known in army circles ns "one of
the beautiful Clrard sisters." She lived
In Milton, X. Y nnd less than n week
before came to Chicago with one of
her children to visit her parents. Her
father, Rrlg. Gen. A C. Glrnrd, Is on
the retired list. He has lived In the
Wnlton apartments for several years.
Mr. Russe, In bis own apartment,
was explaining to Rertha Imke, a
ma Id, the use of the revolver when the
weapon wns discharged. Mr. Russe wns
absolved from bhinie by the relatives
of Mrs. Tuckennnn ns they stood about
her body.
VENEZUELA AND U. 8. DISAGREE
Gomes Olijt-rts to Arbitration of
Anphull I'omimnf'i (Inlms.
The negotiations between W. I. Rn
chanan, the special envoy of the United
States, and the Venezuelan government
looking to a settlement of the outstanding
dilliculties between the two countries
have come to a complete deadlock on
certain point, and it is believed in Cara
cas that the negotiations will be com
pletely discontinued unless the United
States modifies Its contention thnt the
claims of the Xew York and P.ermudes
Asphalt Company and the Orinoco Cor
poration be submitted to arbitration.
This contention President Uomrs consid
ers unjust and out of place tx-cause Mr.
Ruchnnan will not agree to submit to ar
bitration, as preliminary points, the ques
tions of the validity of the judgments of
the Venezuelan courts, the awards of the
mixed commissions or the complicity of
the New York and Rermudez Asphalt
Company in the Matus revolution.
W0ME1T TOOLS IN LAND FRAUD.
Tenchera' Teatltnonjr t'onvlela Man
Who tlral.br. I III Itanch.
D. II. Hallock, a Woodward County
f:rm.'r r.nd Harvard graduate, was con
victed In the United States District Court
In Guthrie, Okla., on two counts out of
five, chariting him will suborning school
teachers to tent if y falsely In homestead
lug government land. Twenty witnesses,
pincically all young women teachers from
Kansas, were granted immunity. The ti
tle to twenty-four sections of land in
Woodward County is involved. Mullock
used the school-teachers as dummies to
get the land, thus erecting fr himself a
mammoth cattle ranch. His principal at
torney wns former Governor Stanley of
Kansas, lietore coming to Oklahoma
llullock was prominent at Hloomin:u:i
Xeb.
MOVES TO BURN CONSTITUTION.
Pronoaltloa Offered by Oklahoma
Senator t'auaea a Kenaalloa.
Senator Rlair in the Oklahoma S-nnte
moved that that body burn the constitu
tion adopted by the State of Oklahoma.
His words created a decided sensation
and were followed by an Immediate ad
journment. Senator ltlnir's remarks came
at the close of one of the most vigorous
debates in the present session of the up
per House, and after favorable balloting
on the Thomas bill, which makes It Im
possible to form new counties.
20,000 GARFIELD MONUMENT.
Memorial Aaaoelalloa Plana to Kroet
haft at Loan? Branch.
As a memorial to President J sines A
flanfleld, It is proposed by the Gartield
Memorial Association to erect a inouu
ment In Ocean Park, tang Rrum-b N. J.,
where his death occurred Sept, 19, 18S1
The association was orptnlxed and hicor-
por sited uuder the laws of Xew Jersey,
Keuator Rrlggs of Xew Jersey has intro
duced a bill authorizing the payment of
$10,000 to the association when that or
ganisation raises an additional $10,000
for a monument.
WORK Of
CONGRESS
The - omnibus bill was before the
Penate during almost, all of the ses
sion Thursday. Various amendments
were offered and acted uhui. Almost
the entire session of the House of Rep
resentatives wns taken up with n dis
cussion of the conference report on tho
bill providing for the taking of the
next census. ......
The omnibus claims bill, carrying as
ipproprlatlon of fl.ooo.iioo, which bus
Ih'cii favora-bly noted upon by tua
House, was passed by the Semite Fri
day, with an niiiemliuent repealing the
law allowing the references of South
ern wnr claims to .the Court of Claims
by the Senate or House. A substitute
for nil is-iidiiig measures relating to
the ro-cnllntnient of the soldiers of the
Twciity flfth Regiment who were dis
charged without honor following the
P.rownsvllle (Tex.) "shooting up" was
Introduced by Senator Aldrlch nnd ac
cepted by Senator Fornker nnd other
Republican Senators who had proposed
legislation for the same purpose. It
provides for ii court of Inquiry to pass
upon the qtmlitlcntlona of the dis
charged men for re-eiillstnieiit. Vig
orous denials lxth by C. P. Tnft and
William Nelson Cromwell of the
charges mnde in the recent speech of
Mr. Ralncy i f Illinois on Panama canal
affairs were rend In the House. The
army appropriation bill ngnln wns Inld
before the House, but wns not consid
ered, the time being taken up In gen-
trnl debate.
The Sennte was not In session Sat
urday. Ry voting nn appropriation of
J.ViO,000 the House made liberal pro
vision for further experiments by the
ormy with balloons and nlrshlps for
use In warfare. At 4:40 p. in. the
House adjourned until Sunday, when It
met In special session to hear eulogies
on the life and iiiarnctcr of Represen-
'atlvo Powers of Maine.
Seventy-five hi I J on the calendar of
:1m Senate were passed Monday. The
consideration of these measures, most
of which were of local character, con
sumed nearly the entire session.
Senator Foraker Attempted to get
consideration for the Aldricli substi
tute hill providing for u court of In
quiry to pass ukiu the qualifications
of the discharged negro soldiers of the
Tweiity-ht'ru Regiment, charged wilji'
having shot up P.rownsville An;:. 1.1-1-1,
1SKI0, but postponed making it motion
for thnt purpose lu order th.'it Senator
McLaurln of Mississippi might speak
on the Rrownsvllle affair Tuesday. Tho
Benute passed without amendment n
House bill declaring Feb. 12, the cen
tenary, of the birth of Abraham Lin
coln, to Iks a legal holiday. Unless the
Senate comes to their rescue the West
Point endets will not Is? able to attend
the inauguration on the 4th of March
at the excuse of the government, The
cndi-ts have been one of the big attrac
tions of the Inaugural ceremonies for
many years. Ry a point of order an
Item provldlug funds for the trip was
stricken from the military approprla
tlon bill. Under suspension of the
rules the House pnssetl the Payne bill
prohibiting the importation of opium.
but refused to pass the Senate bill to
pension Federal judges. The Rennet
bill for the exportation of aliens coll
ided of a felony was also denied pass-
An iigroement was reached in the
Ketiate Tuesday to vote on Feb. 23 ou
the Aldricli substitute bill for the np-
poliitinout of a court of Inquiry to de
termine the qualiticatious for re-eulist-
incut of the discharged soldiers of the
Twenty-filth Infantry, us the result of
the Rrownsvllle Incident. The Senate
passed u House hill to prevent the
Importation of opium into the l-nlied
States except for medicinal purposes.
The House locked bonis with tho Scu
te ou the question of automobiles for
the White House, and refused i in-
icpt nn ninendment to the urgent defl-
ieney bill striking out the appropria
tion of $12,000 for thut purpose. The
bill wns sent to conference, after a hu
morous debute in which several uietn-liei-s
took cmvukIoii to refer to the bodl-
propoitions of the President-elect.
1'he hoiies of the army for sutliclent
luoncy to continue Its experiments in
aeronautics were blasted when . the
House reconsidered its action of the
previous week and by a vote of almost
g to 1 withdrew the increase of $."ti0,-
000 then mnde. After undergoing this
and other amendments the army appro
priation bill was passed, and consider
nt Ion of the agricultural bill Immedi
ately begun. Under license of debate
ou the later measure, Mr. Ansberry
of Ohio spoke In advocacy of a ship
canal from Chicago to Toledo. The ag
ricultural bill was lH-ndiug wlH'n the
Uouse adjourned.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
Heavy lossei of heep in the Red des
art country of Wyoming are probable be
cause of severe cold.
Several prominent Xew York women
were swiudled oflt of $10,000 by a mys
terious "woman Iroin Paris," who sold
them "rare old lace." The woman hat
disappeared.
Levi P. Morton has made an offer to
give to the State of WeJrt Virginia hit
summer resort property at Red Sulphui
Ppringf, W. Va., valued at $100,000, foi
a sanitarium lor consumptives.
The Antt-Saloou League of America
wal Incorporated at Columbus, Ohio, by
T?yne B. Wheeler. P. L. Dustman, J. G
Jackson, J. A. Wright aud L. II. Cher-
Icfton.
A purpla rat has been presented to tht
Bronx soo in New York by a Japanese,
who says it is the ouly definite result ht
eat secured nam cross-breedinc whlt
pink, black, yellow and gray rata in aa
Sort to get tn tortolsa-shell effect.
Admiral Dewey, who haa been confined
to his home iu Washington .
f sciatica, has ho far improved as to bt
able to attend to his duties aa preside
f tut nary ooara
MONEY FOR ARMY AIRSHIPS.
Half a Million to Bo Used for Con
struction of Fighting; Ba'loons.
Airships are to form an Important
branch of the America u military ser
vice, provided the Somite agrees to an
nctlou taken by the House In Wash
ington. The Iloiice voted $7."0.(HJO for
rriny purposes, .! '.(n o of which It Is
understood can iw used for construc
tion mid maintenance of nlrshlps. The
vile was accompanied .y n number of
short spnihcs. most of the members
taking the patriotic view tli::t Inas
much ns all iIiq ofb'T first-class powers
nro going ahead with nerlnl craft as a
military ndjunct the United States
should not lag behind. Roth Democrats
j Ahd Republicans Fpoke nnd voted for
the appropriation -mid men of both
parties were against it. Rut It carried
by n handsome tnnJorPy and It Is be
lieved the Semite will urce. Thanks
to the vlglrotis educational efforts of
General Allen, head of the army signal
ollli-e, and others Interested In aero
nautic progress. Senators nnd Repre
sentatives nre fast coining to realize
that In the near future the army which
Is not equipped with aerial scouts nnd
cruisers will be nt a great disadvan
tage coinpnred with an army thnt Is
so provided.
With half a million do'.lars at Its
disposal, the nlrship bureau of the Wnr
Department should soo-.t be able to do
some Important work in the air ns an
enrnest of what may be achieved In nc-
tual war, should war ever come. It Is
easily practicable to build In six
months an airship or motor balloon
capable of carrying five tons of crew,
fuel nnd explosives, and capable of
cruising a thousand or even two thou
sand miles In case of need. Such a
ship. In case of war. might prove of In-
"stlmable value to the nntlon.
KAISER IS FIFTY YEARS OLD.
Emperor William's Anniversary Is
Celebrated with Pomp in BerUn.
The fiftieth anniversary of the birth
of Kmperor William wns celebrated
Wednesday In nn unusual ninnner. All
the crowned heads of the German
states, excepting the aged Luitpold. re
gent of Ravuria, went to Rerlln to pre
sent their congratulations. The streets
were lined by crowds and a large as
semblage cheered the Kmperor when he
nppenred at one of the castle windows.
The Kmperor first received the con
gratulations of the members of his fam
ily nnd his entourage nnd then those of
the visiting princes. After services in
the chapel the Knqioror nnd the Kin
press took up a position before the
throne, where they received congratu
lations of the members of the diplomat
ic corps, including Dr. Hill, the Ameri
can ambassador; Chancellor Von Rue
low nnd the other ministers. Ambassa
dor Hill, in congratulating his Majesty,
announced that Adolphus Rusch will in
crease his subscription for the erection
of the Germanic Museum nt Harvard
University from $50,000 to $100,000.
".'lie Emperor expressed his lively inter
est in the ruuseuin and his gratification
nt Mr. Riisch'8 generosity. The con
ferring of n number of decorations and
elevations to the nobility have been an
aouneed. KILLS HIS OWN CHILD.
Baby's Neck Js Broken by Father
to Stop Cry.
John Dnvld Stewart was tired when
he came home at night after his work
in Kunsas City. He bad heard the
clanging of tools and machinery a!l
day and quiet as what be wanted.
Rut there was no quiet at his home.
A little girl, ten months old, wns a
part of the Stewart family. She cried
frequently,- after the manner of lmbl"3
when the father comes home tired. A
child of ten months wns but a fluffy
bit of nothing In his bauds. The fin
gers nceustomed to bard work gripped
too tightly for baby's comfort. And
with those same strong hands Stewart
choked the bnby. c shook it hard
one night and then slummed it down
on the bed and told bis wife to care
for it. Raby's temper was broken. So
was its neck. The coroner and the doc
tor said Stewart killed the child and
the wife pointed the nccusing fluger.
In criminal court Stewart withdrew
his plea of not guilty and pleaded
guilty to manslaughter In the fourth
degree. Ills sentence to the peniten
tiary wns two years.
CLAIRVOYANT CLOSES A MINE.
Predicts Kxntoitlan on Jan. litt and
.Men Itrfune to Kntrr Shaft.
The prophecy of a Pittsburg fortune
teller that the Huzel mine of the Pitts-burg-RulTulo
Company, located near Can
nonsburg, Pa., would be wrecked by an
explosion has resulted in the mine being
closed for four days by the order of the
company. It is not superstition on the
part of the coal company that has closed
the mine, but the fnct that men cannot
be induced to go into the mine to work
it. The mine is in good shape. The min
ers are for the most part foreigners. Re
cently one of them visited a clairvoyant,
who predicted an explosion. The man
told bis friends, and not a miner would
enter the mine. j
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NEW ENGLAND ICE CROP SMALL
llarveat la Maine Only OneFlfth ol
the I anal Cot.
A falling off in tho Ice harvesting !
general throughout New England. The
weather has not been favorable to exten
sive operations or good quality of Ice.
On the Penobscot and Kennebec Riven
in Maine the estimated Ice harvest is not
expected to exceed 100,000 tons, less than
one-half of the usual harvest.
-Wanted for Iowa M orders.
R, F. Beobam, sheriff of Muscatine
County, Iowa, haa Frank Wilker, who la
believed to be Harry Reatty, in Wel-
llDi-ton, Kan. He is wanted for the mur
der of Mr. and Mrs. Van Winkle In Fair-
port, Iowa. Dec. 31, 11X17.
Crime Wave Sweeoa SI. LoaU
Cfclef of Police Creecy of St. Ixuis
railed a conference vf his othet-rs to de
vise plans to suppress the wave of crime
that is sweeping the city. Before the
i orieT bal bM " n'a(1 wo biK1'w)'n,en
beld up four fired upon tl"ve' ,n
1 muruerau a ivunu,
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THE TRIUMPH OF
Chicago Examiner.
JOHN B. BINN3 IS HERO
OF GREAT DRAMA AT SEA
JOH.t B. DINKS.
John R. BInns, wireless operator. on
fhe wrecked liner Republic, is the hero
of the greatest marine drama of the
age. Hardly a minute passed after the
Ropublic was rnmmed by the steamer
Florida Saturday before he had his
wireless mechaulsm In order and was
sending broadcast appeals for help.
His wireless waves found the Repub
lic's sister steunier, the Baltic, tht
French steamer La Lorraine and th
United States revenue cutters Gresham
aud Acushinet Within lire minutes he
bad responses from these four vessels.
Baying they were hurrying to the scene.
As a result of his work at the Repub
lic's key 1,601 pnssengers and sailors
of the sunken Republic and the dis
abled Florida came safely into Ne,v
York on the Baltic. Only six passen
gers were missing. These were killed
in the compact of the two steamers.
The Caae of Rodowlta.
The United States of America may be
ridden by monopolies, robbed by high pro
tection and ravaged by unprincipled poli
ticians, but it Is still the land of the free.
Searetary Root's verdict in the RudowiU
case is a' plain warning that Russia and
other oppressive monarchies must catch
their political offenders within their own
borders and punish them under their own
laws, and that the knout and the noose
can not reach into this free land for vic
tims whose only crime is the crime of re
bellion against their oppression. To sur
render Rudowhs would hnve been cow
ardly. Bloodthirsty bureaucrats of the
czar must understand that their butcher
trade Is distasteful to the American peo
ple, and the machinery of American law
can uot be utilised to drive victims to
RussVs political shambles. Chicago
Journal.
(ulta'a New Stnrt.
Cftba can take a considerable weight
off Uncle Sam's mind by proving wace
for all that it is equal to the Inbk of self
government. Washington Star.
With her own shoulder to the wheel,
Cuba will doubtless be caref.il thnt the
wheel doesu't make too many revolu
tions a minute. Austin Statesmau.
Uncle Sum has a bill of som -tl.iug more
limn $0,000,000 nituiust Cuba for services
well rendered. That Piatt amendment to
the Culuiu constitution wns a happy after
thought. Toledo Blade.
Those restless Cubans mustn't count
too much on the absence of the United
States troops from the island. It wouldn't
lake long to bring them all tisck ng;tiu.
Cleveland Plain Iealer.
We miss our guess iiiiI-k the fool full
of the last American soldier In Cuba is
the signal for a revival of the opera
bou (TV revolutiou spirit in that troubled
isle. Atlanta Constitution.
Caalro In Kslle.
Castro is said to he suffering from
Klomack trouble. It would lake mure than
dyspepsia lo account for his hail dis-Ktsi
tlon. Warding!"" Star.
Catro has now pin-wd suecessfnlly
through two operations, the most painful
of which was separating him from the
Miurce of his graft in Venezuela. Atlan
ta Journal.
U is paid tluit Castro weut abroad to
'my guns and ammunition for Venezuela.
Tills shows poor judgment, Whit tiie
Venezut-Iaus really soem to ne-j i trou-t-s
and shoe. Cleveland V'.aii ltfk.-.
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THE WIRELESS.
NOTABLE OCEAN DISASTERS.
Year. Steamship. ' Lives Lee.
1800 Steamer Shanghai, burned 300
1S91 Steamer I'torsia, collision . ...TC3
lSirj Steamer Nanchow, foundered. .fjOB
1893 Wart,hip Victoria, collision ..360
1904 Steamer Horn Head, sunk by
iceberg 62
18f).i Steamer Chicora, vanished in
I-ake Michigan 26
1805 Warship Reiua Regina. collis
ion 400
18!o Steamer Colima, wrecked 171
1895 Steamer Copernicus, sunk ....152
1897 Steamer Kapundn, foundered. .300
1808 Steamer La Bourgoyne. collis
ion 540
1904 Steamer (Jen. S locum, burned. 908
1904 Steamer Norge, wrecked on
reef 750
I'lav-Steamer Hilda, sunk 123
1906 Steamer Valencia, foundered. .119
1900 Steamship Sirio, foundered ...220
1906 Brazilian Cruiser Aquidaban,
sunk 212
1907 Steamer Larchmant, lost 185
1907 Steamer Hong Kong, strikes
rock 130
1907 Steamer Berlin, wrecked ....125
1907 Steamship Lakota, struck a
reef unknown
1907 Steamship Columbia 70
COMPEL USE OF WIRELESS.
Saa'B-estion Thnt Natlona Unite to
Force lla Inatnllallon on Shine.
Great expectations are entertained at
the headquarters of the Marconi company
as to the development of a wireless teleg
raphy through the saving of the Repub
lic's passengers. Hitherto wireless In
strument have been installed oa few ships
and even these paid little for their use,
as the company stood most of the ex
pense in the hope of so popularising wire
less telegraphy as eventually to compel all
steamship companies to adopt the system.
The only ships on which wireless instru
ments are now compulsory are those car
ry ing emigrants from Italy. The Marconi
company has spent enormous sums in
building shore stations throughout the
world, much of the money going for sta
tions between New York and Capo Race.
So thoroughly was the work of construct
ing the shore stations done that only in
stallations on ships will be necessary to
put every shore and every sea In wireless
communication. Ixindon newspapers pub
lish columns a lion t the wreck of the Re
public and reproduce the speech of Con
gressman Boutell in eulogy of Wireless
Operator Binns.
Meaanrea Unman Energy.
A series of experiments carried on by
Prof. Francis Gauo Benedict of the Car
negie Nutrition Laboratory at Boston,
to determine mathematicully and scien
tifically the exact amount of energy in
any human being are reported to have
produced remarkable results. The "en
ergy machine" which Prof. Benedict haa
constructed is an elaboration of the calo
rimeter whleh he helped Prof. W. O. At
water to make while at Weslcysn Unl- -versity.
The new machine- registers not
only the human pulse beats, respiration
aad temperature, but the amount of en
ergy involved in the several bodily func
tions, whether the tient be awake or
asleep. With one of Prof. Benedict's ma
chines msny inaccuracies of diagnosis
may ba eliminated, and it is declared
that by Its use it will be possible to give
in figures the amount of human energy
required to perform any kiud of work,
the amount and kind of food necessary to
sustain the subject's strength, the possi
bilities of sny person for mental or phy
sical labor and numerous other details
which have only been possible heretofore
in general terms.
The Army Soclallatlc.
('apt. W. K. P. French, United Statea
army, retired, in an address to t Ire Chris
tian Socialist Fellowship at New York,
denied a statement to the effect that the
United States army could be relied upon
to shoot down Socialism. In -his opinion
i the army was the forerunner of the co
operative commonwealth and be would
like to see the spirit which prevailed at
West Point iujected iuto the Socialist
movement. At West Point, he said, the
luilit iry drill was one of the marvels of
the world. The exptvisus of the army are
Iaid and profit is eliminated, still be did
i:o: advocate bureaucratic Socialism. Ev
ery trade, he said, was represent ed in tire
army and Uiere was a growing spirit of
all in it.ru ami brollus-ly love which would
soon develop iuto Socialism.
ttheeii -ed at the lla are.
A Sheep led the grand march at the
n n ii mi 1 hall of the Wilmiogtou, Del.,
Butchers' Association. It was a pet,
owued by II. T. Dcrry, and. decorated'
with sold and lver trimmings, it strut
ted about tbo ballroom, followed by the
lour, line of men and women in attend
KHHNUU.V Til Keet Long,
Trams)! ('. Keller, fui-bwi- near Carey,
Ohio, while butchering his hoes, made a
sausage fro-n a siugk casing that is seventy-three
feet and uh'.t laches long. It
was tiiien from a hog that weighed HHT
pounds