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HOW TO MAKE WARMING PAN
Arrangement Has Proven to Be of
Much Assistance In Many Kinds of
Stomach Troubles.
When Dickons, in one of Mr. Pick
ulck's celebrated speeches, laid em
phasis on warming pnns, ho little
dreamt that even these might somo
Any bo classed among electrical de
vices, yet such Is tho caso. Any me
chanic can make a slmplo typo such
Electric Warming Pan
as we are picturing, which consists of
a flat nud preferably curved tin case
with an opening at ono end through
which an ordinary Incandescent lamp
can bo Intioduccd, says tho Popular
Eloctrlclty. The opening Is closed by
a flange bolted to the end, which llango
supports both tho lamp sockot nnd tho
receptacle for an attachment plug
through which tho patient can discon
nect tho dovlco from the circuit with
out reaching for a switch.
Of courso this arrangement IE
neither as convenient nor ns adaptablo
na the moro rccont heating pads mnde
of resistance material linbeddod In a
flexible mat or webbing, but It Is easi
ly made by any mechanic and lias
proven helpful In many forms of stom
ach troubles. Indeed It Is ono of tho
electrical appliances for which the
suminor with Its sovero strains on our
dlgestlvo apparatus brings no less a
demand than does the winter.
TELEPHONE IN NOVEL TEST
Successful experiments Mr.de With
New Device In England Com
munication Under Wntor.
Albert llalfitead, United Stntca con
sul at Birmingham, England, In a re
cent report says.
Tho following paragraph In regard
to tosta of an Instrument to telephone
through wnter without wires nppearcd
In a recen Issuo of a prominent tech
nical publication:
Exhaustive tests have recently been
mado by .Mr. A V Sharman with In
struments Invented by him for tele
phoning through water without wires.
The iiiluruphuuu used In speaking Is
connected In series with a battery of
four or flvo dry cells and an Impulse
coll, tho coll being of Bpcclal construc
tion and giving very short, Induced
currents of high potential, which axe
communicated io water by two wlrca
connected to the terminals of the coll
and terminating In plates burled In tho
sand or submerged In tho water. Two
similar plates, connected dlroct with a
very low-reslstanco telephone receiver
enable tho speech to bo "picked up" at
distances of n mile and more.
The speech transmitted through the
water hHB been very distinct, and tho
system tins shown good possibilities
for uso as a means of verbal com
munication between two shlpb, audi ns
a battleship and n submarine, Tho of
foct Is very directional, and another
ndvantnge Is Hint with a ymall tuned
buzzer telegrnphlc signals can be
transmitted through the earth or wa
ter for a dlstanco of several miles.
Tho primary energy required Is ex
treme! small, four watts sufficing to
tolcphone over a distance of two
miles
77)
NEW NEWS of STERDayT
l;
By E. J. EDva1CDS
M
Tale of Broken Appointments
EXTRACTING A SAFETY PIN
TELEPHONES ON PARTY LINE
One or More Subscriber May be Called
to Exclusion of All Others by
Means of Switches.
m uvouiutun part ttuu iUiupuout
system, Invented by Edward Stout and
Joseph S. Kupkn of Stockfort, la., tho
Sclontlflc American says:
In this caso tho moro particular
ipurposo is to produco a rollablo sys
tem In which tho number of telo-
Accompanying Illustration Shows Op
eration by Meanr of Instrument
Called "Endoscope."
Tho accompanying lllustrntlor shows
thfe operation of romovlng a safety
pin from tho throat by moans of an
Instrument called the "endobcopo."
Its construction Is au simple that an
explanation Is hardly necessary, ex
cept that 'It should bo mentioned that
tho pin-extracting dovlco, which slides
In tho tubo of tho Instrument, Is only
(JK till
i rail
Removing odfely Fin.
one of tho ninny accessories that mny
bo used In connection with It, says tho
Popular Mochanlcn. Among thoso nc
coBRorlos ti; an oloctromngnot for ro
movlng partlclos of Iron, plncorB for
extracting bones, etc. by means of a
sultnblo optical arrangoment the sur
geon has thu object to bo lemoved tu
full view during tho operation.
8trnge Way In Which Public Came
to Learn of Operation on Presi
dent Cleveland's Jaw While
Aboard Benedict's Yacht.
In August, 1893, there was printed
a nowspaper report that told In de
toll of a .urloutt operation performed
upon tho upper left Jaw of President
Grover Cleveland whllo ho waB at sea
on tho yacht of his friend, E. G. Bene
dict of Now York. Tho report was In
tho best sense of tho word sensation
al; tho operation was tho solo topic
of national discussion.
For some time thereafter tho truth
of tho report was disputed by sovoral
newspapers, and It was thought ad
vlsablo by thoso who were near Presi
dent Cleveland at his summor homo at
Buzzard's Bay to glvo out a qualified
denial of Its accuracy. But later, tho
lato Daniel S. Lament, then Cleve
land's prlvato socrotary, who wan with
Cleveland at tho time tho oporatlon
was performed, confessed to mo fhnt
my account of tho oporatlon on tho
president was so amazingly accurate
that It was Impossible not to bollovo
that It had been described to mo by
somo ono who was In the presidential
party at tho tlmo of tho operation.
Tho president had been taken to sea
upon Mr. Benedict's yacht chiefly for
tho purpose of surrounding tho opora
tlon with secrecy.
I havo been nskod many tlmrs how
I obtained my Information of tho
operation. This Is tho story, which
I nm now at liberty to tell:
Upon my return to my homo from a
brief vacation In August, 1893, I found
my family physician, the late Dr. Lo
nndor P. Jones of Greenwich, Conn.,
waiting to sco mo. Dr. .Tones was tho
physician or E. C. Benodlct, of Henry
O..Havomoyer, presldont of the Sugnr
trust; of Androw Carnoglo, when he
lived In Greenwich, and of tho Rocke
fellers when their home was In that
town. He said to mo as wo met: "In
tho moBt extraordinary way I have
learned that a very difficult oporatlon
has just been performed upon Presi
dent Cloveland. I can toll you tho
story In detail without any violation
of professional confidence.
"It so happened that I had a pa
tient on whom an important, almost
heroic, surgical operation wns to bo
performed. I engaged tho services of
one of the ablest surgeons In New
Turk and tho day, and hour vero fixed
for tho operation. 1 was greatly
alarmed whon thlB surgeon did not
appear at tho tlmo sot, nor did he ap
pear until two days later, when the
condition of my patient was desperato
Indeed. I nskod him for an explana
tion of his delay and ho gave It to me
In these words:
" 'I went by appointment to Now
London, Conn., five dnya ago to per
form a laBt resort operation. I had
engaged Dr. Hasbrouck of Now York
city to moot me at Now London and
administer nitrous oxide gas to tho
patient. Dr. Hasbrouck assured me
that ho would bo In Now London on
a certain train, but ho did not come. I
telegraphed to his ofllco In Now York
and In reply was Informed that his
assistants did not know where he was.
" 'The next day Dr. Hasbrouck ap
peared In Now London Ho found me
In a very angry framo of mind; but
ho asked me not to criticise him until
ho had told his story. Ho then said
he had been engaged to go upon Mr.
Benedict's yatcb to administer laugh
ing gas to a patient who was to be
opornted upon there for some trouble.
When tho yacht was out at sea, ho
found that tho patlont was President
Cloveland himself. Ho administered
the gas and kept the president undor
tho Influence of It for several hours.
Then he wished to go ashoro, but no
pleading of his that they land him was
listened to. since it was thouxht pos
sible that another operation on the
president might be necessary.'
"Dr. Hasbrouck then described tho
operation In detail, and why It was
made, to tho surgeon Who had em
ployed him and whom I had employ
ed," continued Dr. Jones, "and this
surgeon, in turn, doscribed the opera
tion to mo. Now, I will tell you exact
ly what I have been told, and you are
at liberty to use It publicly or not as
you see fit I would advise you, how
ever, to see Dr. Hasbrouck, at his
ofllco in Now York, before you write
your story."
Tho next day 1 called upon Dr. Has
brouck and told him tho story of the
operation as I had heard ltfrom Dr.
Jones. He listened to mo an amaze
ment nnd tho ho snld: "Somo of tho
phyGlciano who were aboard tho yacht
must have told you that story. You
could not havo obtained it In any oth
er way."
(Copyright. 19U, by E. J. Edwards. All
nights Ileserved.)
NEBRASKA'S NEW APPORTIONMENT
Senatorial and Gong, .j-onal Districts as Arranged by Acf
of the State Legislature
McKinley in Misfortune
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William 8. Hawk's Story of the Forti
tude With Which the Ohioan Met
Financial Disaster That Seem
ingly Ended His Career.
William S. Hawk, president of the
Ohio Society of New York city, ono
of the largest of the state organiza
tions of tho metropolis, was for many
years as Intimate a personal friend
as William McKinley had. Tho Inti
macy began in Canton, Ohio,
"I always know that McKinley had
strength enough of character to meet
courageously, without flinching, any
Death Merciful to A, T. Rice
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Party Line Telephone Syttem.
phones any bo considerable nnd In
which tho selectivity of tho particular
station or stations to be called Is ren
dered comparatively cortaln. Pro
vision 1b made for calling ono or any
largor number of subscribers, to the
exclusion of all other subscribers upon
the line. The Bystem further com
prehends means whereby a Blnglo sta
tion may call up simultaneously all
other stations on tho lino. It also re
lates to lock-out moehnnlsm, whereby
when any two or moro stations aro
connected up for talking, nil other sta
tions are excluded and aro unable to
Interfere with business being trans
acted over tho lino. The engraving
jhows tho olectrlcally-operatc con
met mechnnlBm forming part of tho
switch and controlling various circuits
Lighthouses Without Light.
Lighthouses without light aro nbom.
to bo established by tho Fronck gov
ernment. Instead of lights hertzlan
waves wll bo mnde uso of, nnd In this
manner vosscls properly equipped will
bo enabled to rccelvo wnrnlngn In time
of fogs whon tho ordinary HghthousoB
aro useless, so far as shedding their
warning rays nbroad. OHlcors ol thoso
vessols will bo enabled to dotormlno
aooiirntnly tho direction from which
tho hortzlan warnings aro being re
ceived, and bo got their bearings.
Threo of thcBo stations nro to bo os
tabllshci ami tho sltos selected aro In
the vicinity of established lights
which aro known to mnrlnors
TrackicbB Trollot In England.
At present Ilium uro no trncklcsi
-.'.olleya In England, but a groat ac
tivity has bcuit manifest in that coun
try recently In behalf of this form of
kacoraotlon. As a result of this thoro
fcro at present awaiting consideration
y parliament no less than It) appli
cations for frnnchlsns of this charac
ter. A'numbor of thobu requoBts aro
Crom railroad companies desiring to
operate tho trolleys ns feedors to tho
mllroad. Othors aro mado on bohalf
of private corporations, nnd a few by
tho companies which equip these lines,
And are designed to servo as demonstrations.
Ramie Fiber for Lamps.
Ramie fiber for incandescent lamp
mantles has proved superior to cot-
urn, becauBO tho Individual fibers aro
much less closely entangled producing
&. much larger glowing surface In
lte experiment with artificial silk
the separation was even greater.
After much Investigation a Berlin
company has prepared a now mantle,
wing artificial silk, nnd this Is claim
! not only to yield a moro brilliant
Ujht but to bo moro elastic, supple,
and durable. It 1b expected to bo spe
cially adapted to ntreet Hghtlng-wnd
all purposes whore high pressure gas
la employed.
Basis Metal for Electroplating.
In a discussion at tho annual meet
ing of tho Institute of metals the pro
perties considered In deciding upon
tho grade of Gorman silver to be used
as a basis motal for electroplating
wore strength, color nnd malleability.
However, whero thick coatlngn of sil
ver nro concerned ,whItonos8 should
not bo considered as a mnttor of such
prlmo necessity nB tho perfect adher
ence of tho silver under conditions of
wonr, since strength Is of moro Im
portance than color.
Trolleys In China,
Poking, China, the only world cap
ital without a atrcct car system, is
about to bo Invaded by tho trolley, ar
rangements for tho construction of nn
electric lino having been dually cum
plutod nfter months of negotiation.
lECMOl
NOUS H
Appointed Minister to Russia, He
Could Not Have Maintained That
Position, for His Once Large
Fortune Was Dissipated.
Very few persons probably now re
member the lato Allen Tuormliko
Rice, and to tho younger generation
the namo means absolutely nothing.
Yot twenty-five years ago Allen Thorn
dlko Itlce was thought to have tho
most promising futuro of any young
Republican of Now York state and
was doomed a more interesting and
piquant chnractor than oven Theo
doro Roosevelt, with whom Rice was
Intimately associated in politics ol
tho Into eighties.
Ho was Boston born, but lived for
many years In Europe and was a
graduato of ono of the English uni
versities. Ho returned to the United
Stntos about 1876 when ho was only
23 yenrs of ago. Ho was reported to
bo tho possessor of n very largo for
tune, nnd of a scholarly as well as a
practical turn of mind, a reputation
thnt ho Justified by buying tho North
American Review, tho oldest and
staldest of American periodicals, and
by cntorlng upon a career of prac
tical politics. Ho was a candidate for
congress In 188C, in a Now York city
district, but was dofeatcd, nnd ho
gnlnod nntlonal notorioty by his ad
vocacy of tho Australian ballot. Ho
was, In faot, tho first to bring thnt
form of ballot to tho attention of tho
American people.
Benjamin Harrison was ono of Mr.
Rico's Intimate friends and after Har
rison entered the presidency ho nomi
nated Mr. Rice minister to Russia
and tho nomination wns promptly con
Armed. Rice, however, nover went to
Russia, Ho was tnken 111 threo days
boforo tho date flxod for his sailing
and died from somo acute Intestinal
troublo. Mr. Rlou was a personal
friend of tho lato William R. Grace,
who was twice mayor of Now York,
and It was from Mr. Grace thnt I
learned tho following Incident of Mr.
Rico's last hours
"Lato one afternoon I was In nn
olovatcd rallrond train on my way
hnmn whon I saw, ncrosa thft -nlsle,
but somo dlsanco from me, somoono
beckon to mo," said Mr. Grnco. "In
nn Instant I realized that It wns Alton
Thorndlko Rice and that ho scorned
to bo In distress. I hurried to him
Light of Ordinary Firefly.
Prof. Mcintosh says that a torapera
tjre approaching 2,000 degreos Fahr
euhelt would be necessary to make a
ll.ht equivalent to thut emitted by an
ordinary firefly. The enormous waste
of energy in all Industrial mothoda
of vroductlng light Is a matter of com
mon knowledgo, and tho example of J.
pie (irony remains unlmltatcd by man,
Motor busses run between Jaffa and
Jerusalem.
One-third of Grent Britain's tolo
graph operators aro women
An electric crane In a Scotch ship
yard hns handled loads of 187 tons to
a holght of 143 foot.
Tho moving picture theaters of
Now York havo n combined capacity
of moro than 150,000,
Moro than 260,00 electric flntlrons
havo been sold ' within a year In tho
Unltod States and Canada.
There are moro tlfan 800,000 rallos
of pole lino In oporatlon In tho United
States and 32,000,000 polos.
It is stated that tho weekly royal
ties of Mr. Edison from moving pic
ture inventions amount to $8,000.
A sotutlon of 10 per cont borax
andG per cont resin is driven Into
wood by electricity In France to pro
borvo it
Tho English Inventor of n wireless
telephono claims to havo mado it so
compact that a man can carry tho
entire apparatus about with him.
German railroads aro experimenting
with nn electric locomotlvo headlight.
swiveled so that tho engiucer can
throw tho rays whorevor bo wants
fhp-
jind saw that he was seriously ill. Ho
was suffering intense pain. Ho told
mo that he had been stricken after
ho entered tho car and that he was
afraid ho would not bo ablo to reach
his hotel.
"Ho seemed grnteful when I ottered
to accompany him to tho Fifth Ave
nue hotel, where ho lived. I had to
support him upon my arm down the
elevated station stairs and lift him
Into tho carriage which I summoned.
I feared that ho would lapso into un
consciousness before he reached the
hotel. After wo got him to his room
and put him on his bed ho seemed a
llttlo easier, and when tho physician
come Rico brightened up a little, so
that I folt Justified in saying to him
that I hoped ho would recover from
tho attack by tho next day so that he
would bo In good shape to sail for
Russia.
"After I left him I thought there
waB something unusually significant
In his remark that It would probably
bo Just as well if ho did not go to Rus
sia. I did not, however, fathom the
moaning until two or three weeks aft
er Rico's death. Then every ono of
his friends was surprised at tho reve
lations which were mnde whon the
examination of his estate was finish
ed. Wo had all supposed that Rice
was a very rich man; wo found that
there wan little or nothing left of his
ostato. Ho had soma personal belong
ings books and brlca-brac and he
owned tho North Americnn Review,
which 1 think cost him moro to run
than ho received from It in the way
of Income. He must havo realized,
therefore, that as minister to nussla
he would not bo ablo to maintain him
self in the stylo to which ho was ac
customed and which was necessary
at tho Russian court, for ho was not
tho kind of man who could llvo upon
his salary. So I have always believed
thut when ho realized that h wro
stricken with a mortal Illness ho also
folt that bo would by It be spared
tho humiliation of being unablo to
maintain tho luxury nnd entertain
ment nt tho Russian court which his
manner of life nnd his reputation as a
man of wenlth would havo oxactod
from him
"Wo were nover ablo to toll how
groat a fortuno ho brought to the
United Stntos or how ho bad used
whatover wealth ho had obtained."
(Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. AH
ntghti nwerved.)
emergency, however, serious; 1 wns
perfectly prepared for tho fortitude
and tho beautiful resignation which
he displayed after ho was laid low
by tho assassin's bullet. His conduct
at that time was exactly what I would
have predicted," said Mr. Hawk re
cently. "But I think, after looking back
over my years of close intimacy with
him, that possibly the finest example
of his courage, of his ability to stand
up against most grievous emergency
and embarrassment, occurred at a
tlmo when he was a guest at my home
in Now York city.
"McKinley was then governor of
Ohio. Ho looked forward to tho fu
ture with confidence; he felt assured
that tho setback he had received
through his defeat for congress was
only temporary. He was in tho best of
health nnd pplrltn H was novr
moro buoyant And then, suddenly,
thero came a dispatch from Ohio in
forming him of tho disastrous failure
of a business associate.
"I was -with him when the message
came. He did not flinch when he read
it. Yet 1 knew from his attitude the
thought that was dominating his
mind: this failure would make it nec
essary for him to glvo up his cher
ished public career he would have to
begin llfo all over again ho would
have to mako determined effortB to
meet the obligations which his asso
ciate had assumed, for, whatever tho
law might say about somo of them,
nevertheless there was a moral re
sponsibility attached to all of them.
"It was at this moment that Mrs.
McKinley, to whom McKlnloy had
shown tho dispatch, declared that ho
must take all of her personal for
tune, or so much of It as was neces
sary, in order to meet theso obliga
tions immediately. McKinley's only
reply was that It was incumbent on
them to pack up their things immedi
ately and take tho first train for
Ohio. And he snld it smilingly nnd as
calmly, outwardly, as though no great
shadow had settled down upon him,
as though his cherished political am
bitions had been realized instead of
shattered.
"An hour or two later he bade me
goodpy. I know that he was going
back to Ohio confident that his public
career was ended and with the full
knowledge that he must begin all
over ngaln that ho had aotually to go
to work to earn an Income sufficient
to support Mrs. McKinley and him
self. Yet in his countenance I could
not detect the slightest hint of resent
ment, the slightest trace of sorrow, or
any Indication whatsoovor of the
crushing sonso of disappointment that
he must inwardly havo felt In his be
lief that all his high hopes of a pub
lic career had been shattered.
"Fortunately, as Is well known,
thero wero friends who were able to
finance McKinley out of his difficul
ty; nnd how great was McKinley's
happiness when ho found thnt It was
not necessary for him to give up hlB
public career no on need to bo told."
(Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
RlghtB Reserved.)
Tho man who wnlks a mile for his
health 1b wlso, but the ono who does
it to save a nickel cheats himself.
Moving Pictures In Schools.
A school suporlntondeirt-ln a llttlo
Louisiana lumber town has hit upon a
Boliomo for making tho now unlvorenl
movlng-plcturo show of real uso, as
well as nmusomont, to her flock. Not
ing tho groat interest of the pupils In
tho weekly offerings nt the town's ono
"theater," she arranged with thn man
agement to give tho youngsters some
thing worth Beelng and nt tho same
tlmo an aid to thom in their studios
Thus tho boys and girls In advanced
classes havo Boon tholr "Vicar of
Wakefield" prosontcd plctorlally nnd
tholr 8hnkeBponro mado vivid on tho
shimmering screen. Scones based on
hlstorlo hnppenings hnvo also had
tholr place and havo served to nwnken
interest In study that had long beon
lookd upon as drudgery. Of course
tho ptcturo peoplo aro glad to present
whatever tho teacher asks, as thoy
aro assured of full houses of appre
ciative spectators. Now York Trib-line.
Wanted a Heavier Sentence
Peter tho Groat I would glvo halt
my kingdom to know how to govern
tho other halt
Mike Murphy almost had a serlouB
argument In Judge Wilson A, Taylor's
court because tho prosecution wanted
to send htm to tho workhouse for one
month Instead of two. Murphy, whon
arraigned on a charge of sending In
false alarms of fire, said ho desired to
plead guilty, and blamed his predica
ment to drink. Ho urged Judge Tay
lor to send him to tho workhouso so
ho might "got tho boozo out o' mo
Belt." "All right," said tho court, "but how
long do you think that will take?"
"Sixty daye, sor," Bald Mlko, and a
corresponding ordor was entered by
tho court.
"I wns about to rocommond a sen
tence of thirty days," snld Assistant
Circuit Attorney Charles B. Davis. "In
vlow of tho ploa of guilty."
Mlko was still inclined to think a
60-day sentenco would servo him bet
tor. "I'll sentence you to thirty days,"
said Judge Taylor, "and if, at the end
of that period, you still think all tin
whisky is not out of your" system, send
mo word nnd I'll sontenco you to thir
ty additional days."
Murphy accepted the arrangement
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Big "Catch" of Whales.
The people of Balallan, a village on
Loch Erisort, Isle of Lewis, In tho
Outor Hebrides, havo had an exciting
nnd profitnblo exporlenco. Fishermen
sighted a school of 54 whales and
drove them up the loch until tho
whales reached the rapids. Then the
entire mnlo population of Balallan
formed a bridge of boats across tho
loch to provont the whales from escap
ing and drove tho big fellows Into shal
low wnter, whore they wore killed.
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May Open Lands to Entry.
Washington. The senate on Thurs
day passed the Gamble bill opening
to agricultural entry 1,200,000 acres of
land on tho Cheyonno Indian reserva
tion in South Dakota.
Forelan Wheat Acreage.
Washington. Tho International In
ntituto of Agriculture at Homo, Italy,
has cabled tho United States Dopart
monit of Agriculture tho following
foreign crop information: Tho area
sown to winter wheat in Belgium this
season is 101 per cont of last season's
area; In Spain 95 por cont; in Franco
112 per cent; in Great Britain 10G per
cont; lu Canada 97 per cent; In Brit
ish India 99 per cont Weathor condi
tions are favorable for wlntor cereal
crops and their germination is regular.
Ben Craven Found Guilty.
Guthrie, Okla. Charles J. Maust,
under trial under tho namo of Ben
Craven for murder, was found guilty
by a jury in tho federal court. Punish-'
mont Is life imprisonment.
Pleasant Words.
"Was thoro anything complimen
tary written about your show?" "Yes,"
replied Mr. Stormington Barno
"most of tho tlckoU,"
Want Lower Rates.
Excessive freight rates and unfair
competition in the state were tho
chief objects of discussion taken up
by tho Stato Association of Monument
Dealers which mot In Lincoln. Many
of those present argued that tho trade
Is discriminated against In this state
by tho railroads, in that marblo for
buildings nnd construction work 1b
differently classified in tho freight
schedule An effort will bo mado to
take this matter up with tho Inter
state commorcij commission for ad
justment. Defends Child Labor.
Louisvlllo, Ky. "Children havo la
bored since Adam delved and Evo
BDun. and the labor generally has
hoon cood for tholr bodies and for
their souls," said Dr. Carroll G,
Pearco, superintendent of tho MUwau
koe schools and president of the Na
tlonal Education association, In an
address to tho olghth annual confer
ence of tho national child labor com
mittee which convonod hoi o Thursday.
Child labor, In his opinion, is not on
unmixed ovll when conditions and
turroundlngs nro wholesome.
Discussion of Rates.
Kansas City. Railroad rate ex
perts from six middle western states,
composing a special committee of ths
National Industrial Traffic league,
met hero on Thursday to discuss the
rate ruling known as western classifi
cation No. 51, which is to go into ef
fect Fobruary 15. Tho ruling affecta
all railroads between the Mississippi
river and the Pacific onboard. It sub
mitted moro than 1,700 subjects rec
ommending changes in ratings on
about 5,000 articles in tho now ordor
of things.
Scoffs at Universal Peace.
In a stirring address in which ho
scoffed at the Idea of universal peaco
advocated by Prosldept Taft and a
multitudinous array of peaco socie
ties, Pastor B. T. Russell of tho cen
tral conference of Seventh Day Ad
vontist churches declared before the
delegates of tho contral and northern
conferences, in session at Lincoln re
cently, that tho last messago to a
doomed world is now going to the ut
most corners of tho earth and that
Christ 1b soon to return. Meantime wo
aro being glorified by his coming.
Is Made Vicar General,
Dubuque, la. Archbishop John
Koane, retired, wns appointed vlaar
general of tho Catholic archdloceso of
Dubuque by his successor? Archbishop
James J. Keane.
Brown Inaugurated Governor.
Atlanta, Ga. Joseph M. Brown was
inaugurated governor of Georgia
Thursday. Thl3 Is Brown's second
term, tilie brief tenure of Hoke Smith,
who resigned to becorao United
States senator, Intervening between
the two Brown administrations