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'il ' Hf W 1 '' DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, Motto: Ail The News When 1 1 Is New H VOL. U. D AKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 86, 1S14. NO. iswy ' ' .pj?1 fc t rr it- . RECORD IN CA8E OF BENTON LAYS EXECUTION TO HIS DE FIANCE OF MEXICAN. ACTION IN U. S. SENATE Statesman Hear That Englishman's Death Wat Like Dog's Bryan Starts Quiz Great Britain Re quests Information on Murder. Juarez, Fob. 24. William S. Ben ton's resistance to General Villa's bar ring him from Mexico brought 6n the execution of the British subject and .awner" of a 100,000-acre ranch In Chi huahua, according to the rocord of the 20urt-martlal that condemned Benton to death. It was charged that ho tried io murder Villa while resisting the onoral's decree. The official record was revealed on Saturday. It opens with the statement that an .extraordinary council of war was convened at 4:15 o'clock last Tuesday by Col. Fidel Avlla. The council convened a court-martial, of which MaJ. JesuB Rodrlquez was presi dent There were four other iudges. "Villa" continues the report, "states that because Benton was a foreigner his property hae not been confiscated, 6ut he must remain out of' the coun try because he was an element de structive of the peace and prosperity af the countiy. "The accused answered in harsh and violent terms and asserted that no hu man power could keep blm out of Mexico or cause him to desert his property to further depredations. "Then ho (said he was as good a man as Villa and at the same moment bo drew a pistol from his hip pocket. 3ut the general was ready and jumped for him and struck, at the same lime the persons present leaped on aim that he might not make an. at tempt on the life of General Villa." The record gives Benton's testimony indirectly as follows: "He "Bald he came at 10 or 11 o'clock n the morning to see General Villa ind inform him that revolutionists or it times parties of bandits had done much damage to his ranch, destroying property and stealing cattle. He had :ome to tell Villa of these things, but the general accused htm of being friendly to the federals, and suggested that the rebels buy the ranch, as the witness was not wanted In Mexico. ''The,.ti)flga-JtoVi General .VJlla hat ho was unjust and several other things that annoyed the goneral, but witness had no intention of harming the general or anyone else. He said he had nothing to do with Huerta or the red flaggers and was indifferent to the politics of the country. This was all he had to say." Washington, Feb. 24. Secretary Bryan has ordered a far-reaching in vestigation of tho killing of WllllamS. Benton. He announced that until all the facts bad been gathered from all available sources no opinion would be expressed by tho state department All Information received will be trans mitted to the British government A telegram from R. N. Dudley of El Paso, Tex., to Senator Fall, declaring Benton ''was murdered like a dog," was reod in the senate on Saturday at the request of Senator Fall. He also had read a telegram from the El Paso mass meeting which had denounced the administration's handling of the Mexican situation. London, Feb. 24. The British gov ernment has 'not taken any action in regard to the execution of William S. Benton beyond Instructing Sir Ce cil Sprlng-Itlce, ambassador at Wash ington, to obtain from Secretary Bry an all possible information on the af fair. MOTHER AND BABIES DIE Bodies of Three Are Found on Bed In Gas-Filled Room In Chicago. Chicago, Fob. 23. Three persons mother, daughter and son wore found asphyxjatcd In a dwelling at 1511 West Ohio street. The dead: Mrs. Sophie Arendt, thirty-two years old, mother; Genevieve Arendt, four years old, daughter; William Arendt nineteen months old, a son. Bodies of the victims wore on a bed In the same room. A gas pipe was apen. The fumes are believed to have been escaping for hours, as all of the rooms were filled. It Is not known whether the gas escaped accidentally -or otherwise. William Arendt, tho hus band and father, returned home from work shortly after the tragedy was re vealed. He collapsed when ho learned that his family had been wiped out by the fumes. Sir Edward Carson to Wed. London, Feb. 23. Tho News of the world reports the engagement of Sir Edward Carson, tho Unionist leader, io Miss Frowen, tho nlqco of More ion Frewen, formerly member of par liament for tho northeast district of Dork. Katy's" Rates Held Unreasonable. Washington, Feb. 23. Rates over ilia Atohlson, Topoka & Santa Fo on ildos and polts from Oklahoma points St. Louis, East St Louis and Chi jago, 111., wero held unreasonable by io lnterstnto commorce commission. Bomb Blast Hurst Children. Chicago, Feb. 23. Eight Italian ihildron were slightly hurt and a coro of families were thrown from heir beds Just hoforo dawn by the ex iloslon of a Black Hand bomb in tho ioorway of a threo-story building. FRIED TO EinS Society ' ' "" I M SBS. 40jk BBBBYBBBBBBBBBBBBwYBBBBIrv"- xSJBBBBJBBBBBBBBjBBBBBBVwXBBBkBSHBj Hft 1 B fl AKttoMm "jiF-- i'" vMbbbIbbbV ;-r LbMBbw Jby BSaYBSuPriw ISBSBWViXBbIBBbBBSbIbBBBSBBSBBsIBl'?'. JBSBBSBBff BBSBBSBBBSBr'SB BBBrTxBgBS! . SSB VBHFlnl BBBBV slBfBMBBlBBflBBBBBBBBBB-iKBBHlBBSjBBBBBBBBBT dBBLBBBL STBjBmi'l '" flBt BBBBBBBBBBBBSBSBk . .- .' 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The resolution demands that tho committee Inquire whether these three bodies "exercise any unlawful re straint or control over tho buying or selling of grain coming to said termi nal marketB from Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas or any other Btates, or over the prices thereof." It requires In formation also on the use of public warehouses, terminal elevators, mix ing and blending elevators, and grad ing facilities, and all other means of artificially affecting tho price of wheat ' ' The committee shall, also specifical ly Inquire, says the resolution, "Into the ownership and control of each of the separate memberships of the abovo organizations, the Chicago' board of trade, tho Minneapolis cham ber of commerce and the Duluth board of trade, with a view to pre venting the practices of members of tho organizations of selling grains con signed to them to subsidiary concerns or to dummy." Facts discovered at any time during the Investigation which In tho Judg ment of the committee would warrant criminal prosecution are to be Imme diately turned over to tho attorney general for such action as he may deem proper. WILL REPEAL FREE TOLLS Congress to Act If Wilson Will Take Blame Senate Defeats Amendment. Washington, Feb. 23. That Presi dent Wilson will bo able to get con gresa Into line for the repeal of the freo Panama canal tolls act provid ing he be willing to assume primary responsibility for not obeying tho Democratic promise, and will not at tempt to force the issue immediately was the opinion expressed on Friday by members of tho senate and house. The senato In executive session on Friday defeated the Chamberlain amendment to the pending arbitration treaties to exclude from arbitration in terpretation of tho Monroe doctrine. Panama canal tolls, admission of Japanese children to schdtris in this country and tho goneral question of Asiatic immigration. The vote was 40 noes and 15 ayes. CHICAGO BANK IN TROUBLE Receiver Asked for American Banking Association by Joseph Stout, a Stockholder. Chicago, Feb. 21. A receiver is ask ed for tho American Banking Asso ciation, and charges of fraud are made in a bill filed here by Joseph Stout, a stockholder In the association. Stout charges that ho was Induced to pur chase fifty shares of stock, under the Incorrect representations that the bank was Incorporated for 1500,000 and that $300,000 of tho stock had been paid for In cash John W. Worth lngton, president of the bank, Is named as the chief defendant In tho charges nf frniwl Illinois Banks All Enter. Washington, Fob. 24. All of tho 462 national banks In the stato of Illinois havo entered tho federal reserve sys tem. There still aro 40 national banks which havo not entered the systom. The 60-day period expired on Monday. Two Dying; 8even Overcome. Milwaukee, Feb. 24. Two fireman are dying, and seven othors who wtre overcome by amoke in a flro at a mil linery store hore, are In a critical con dition, Tho dying men aro Captain Hanrahan and Michael Koogh AMERICANS FLEEING FROM MANZANILLO MURPHY FORCED GUT GOVERNOR TENER AND C. P. TAFT PUT CUBS OWNER OUT OF BASEBALL. EVERS IS CAUSE OF SALE Discord In Big League Stirred by Chi cagoan In Attacks on Others Is Suddenly Ended by His Resigna tion. Chicago. Feb. 24. Charles Webb Murphy has sold his stock In tho Chi cago National league club (the Cubs) and has resigned as president and di rector of that organization. His Hold ings In tho Chicago club havo been purchased by Charles P. Taft An announcement carrying the news that Mr. Murphy had sold out and quit tho game was made in Cincinnati Sat urday following a meeting between Gov. John K. Tenor of Pennsylvania, president of tho National league, Mr. Taft, Harry Ackorland of Pittsburgh, a stockholder in the Chicago club, and John Conway Toole, a director of tho Boston National league club and legal adviser to the National league. There have been various reports as tothe amount of money that would be roquirfid to buy out Murptiy's control of tho club. Some have set tho figure at $500,000; others at $750,000. Frank Chance's ten per cent, of this stock In the Cubs was bought by Ackerman when Chance quit for $40,000. The crisis which forced Mr. Murphy out of the control of tho CubB devel oped 12 days ago, when Murphy sud denly deposed John Evers as manager of the club and named In his place Hank O'Day, the .National league um pire. The manner In which Evers was "bounced" stirred up an unprecedented flood of criticism, which recalled Mur phy's earlier action In getting rid of Frank Chance, and there aroso a gen oral demand thut Murphy get out of tho game. The withdrawal of Murphy came after a four-hour conference In Cin cinnati, solving a situation that had grown decidedly delicate In National league circles. While tho conference was In session the presidents of soven National league clubs were also meet ing and discussing the possibility of an amicable adjustment or the Efers case. Charles W. Murphy's career as a baseball magnate extended over a period of a little moro than eight years. During that time ho gained more noto riety than any club owner ever had In tho history of the game. Chicago, Feb, 20. Charles M. Turn er, aged sixty-four, vlco-presldent of tho Federal Life Insurance company, is dead here, Washington, Feb. 23. Secretary Redfleld of tho department of com morce left here for Wheeling, W. Va.,' to address tho board of trado there today. Ho will speak Tuesday at Day ton, O., and Wednesdny at Hamil ton, O. Portland, dre., Fob. 23. Portland's municipal rock crusher started for the benefit of tho unemployed was de stroyed by a dlschargo or dynamite. The pollco say a disgruntled labor ele ment Is responsible. Rome, Feb. 23. Three passengers wero killed and six seriously Injured in a railway collision near Grossete. There wore 11 Americans on one of the trains. San Francisco, Fob, 23. Lord and Lady Decles returned to this city aft er an Ineffectual attempt to reach Los Angeles In storms. To Compile American Laws. Now York, Fob. 24. Loaders of the Amorlcan bur organized the American Academy of Jurisprudence. Its pur poso is the production of "a complete and comprehensive statement of tho cntlro body of American law," Three Die In Dynamite Blast. Alpena, Mich., Feb. 24. Throe men wore killed and two others seriously hurt by a premature explosion o? dy nnmlto at tho quarry of tho Michigan Alkali company noar hero, Tho vic tims wero foreigners TELEGRAPHIC NOTES GORE IS ACQUITTED COURTROOM CROWD CHEER VER. 1 DICT FOR 20 MINUTES. Wife, Eyes Filled With Tears, Hugs Senator as He Is Set Free Ac cuser 8woona and Then Flees. Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 20. Thomas Pryor Gore, United States sonator from Oklahoma, won tho $50, 000 damage suit on Wednesday brought against him by Mrs. Mlnnlo E. Bond. Tho jury was out loss than Ave minutes when thoy returned a verdict or not guilty. When Judge Clark, In reading tho verdict, reached tho words "find for tho defendant," pandemonium hroko loose In the courtroom. Tho hun dreds awaiting tho decision climbed on chairs and choered tho blind sena tor. Hats wero thrown In the air and camo down to be thrown up again. The demonstration lasted 20 minutes and bailiffs wero powerless to stop It When tho noise had quiotod down, Judge Clark finished reading the ver dict. Senator Gore was standing when tho judge began to read. At tho mo montous words he stepped back as If dased and his wife seized him in her arms and hugged him sotuulstretf. Tears sprang ffoni"horveye8 and sobB shook her frame. "The only statoment I havo to make is my strengthened belief in tho fact that truth always triumphs." Mrs. Bond fell backward In hor chair and was attended by hor husband. Sho and some of her attornoys left the courtroom Immediately. CAR CRUSHED; FOUR KILLED Indianapolis Coach Is Caught Between Two Trolleys Five Are Ex pected to Die. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb, 20. Four persons wore killed, five probably fa tally injured and 25 others hurt bore on Wednesday when an out-bound English avonue street car was crushed between two heavy traction cars. The accident occurred at Virginia avenue and South street "and was caused by slippery rails. Tho English avenue car, loaded with persons homeward bound from tho business section, stopped at tho foot of a bleep grade, Just behind a Columbus & Southern traction car, and a large Indianapolis & Cincinnati traction freight car, on tho grado be hind the city car, crashed Into tho smaller car. Throe of tho persons killed and a majority or tho Injured wero standing on the rear platform of the English avenue car, which was telescoped. WILL OPEN CANAL BY JULY 1 Goethals, In Making Announcement, Upholds Repeal of United 8tates Ship Tolls. Washington, Feb. 23. Col. Geo. W. Goethals said on Friday that, barring unforeseen accidents, tho Panama canal will be open for merchant ships July 1. Tho colonel added that he had always been opposed to the ex emption of Amorlcan coastwlso ship ping from the payment or tolls, be cause that would decrease the reve nues or tho canal and, In his opinion, would not accrue to tho benefit or con sumers, but meroly Increase profits or tho ship owners. The colonel declined to discuss Its legal aspect or its bear ing on treaty relations. "Tho canal fortifications are entirely adoquato," said tho canal builder, "and I do not think there is tho slightest danger of the canal being captured by any enemy, for it would not bo pos slblo for such a forco to got near enough." Thaw Arguments Ended. Concord, N. II,, Feb. 24. Hoarings In tho United States court ror tho dis trict of Now Hampshire, In tho mattor of Harry K. Thaw, wero concluded. Judge Aldrich will render his de cision In ten days, Harass King and Queen In Theater. London, Feb. 24MHItant suffra gettes took advantage of tho presence of tho king and queen at a theater to draw their attention to tho Buffragetto causo by shouting "Votes iw womonl" They wero ousted. STATE NEWSPAPERS INCREASE IN APPRAISEMENTS OF SCHOOL LANDS. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re 's liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. WJestern Newspaper Union News Service. Many Newspapers In Nebraska. Nebraska has 532 newspapers out side of Lincoln and Omnha. A can vass of thoso publications Is now be ing made, nnd probably will show al most 600 publications. During tho year or IMS tho Btato board of agri culture pald tho country presa $1,344 for advertising. To tho dallies In Lin coln nnd Omaha and other cltlc3 In Nebraska tho stato" board paid "$1,0G4. Accounts aro opened with each news paper and a contract Is made. The nowspapor Industry In tho stato shows a steady Increase. Somo papers have reported to the deputy labor commis sioner under tho factory law, whtlo a groat many do not caro to bo classed as manufacturers as far as their job plants are concerned. The puro food commission has Just Issued Bulletin No. 113, regarding the pure seed law, which covers tho sale of agricultural seeds, among which are alfalfa, barley, blue grass, brome grass, clovers, corn (sweet and field), flax, mlllot, oats, rye, sorghum, timo thy and wheat Every jnrocl, packujre or lot of agricul tural nerds containing ono pound or moro, ottered or exposed for sale in the state ot Nebraska for ubo within thin Kluto, shall have amxed thereto In u conspicu ous place on the outside thereof, dis tinctly printed In tho Enellah lancuai;a In leglblo typw, not smaller tlinn eight point Heavy Gothic caps, or plainly written, a statement as follows: Tho namo of the need. The name and address of tho seeds man. Statement of purity If below standard fixed by law. Marked standard If so or nbove. Place where crown. All agricultural seeds must bq true to tho name under which thoy aro sold. Seeds containing noxious weed seeds such us dodder, quack gnwa, wild mun tard. Canadian thistle, wild oats, corn cockle, cannot be sold or offered for Bale In this state. Certain other weed seeds shall be considered as Impurities In agri cultural Reeds If present to the extent of moro than 2 per cent, but sunn seeds can be sold If labeled to show the pcrcentOKO of nuch seeds present. Sand, dirt, chaff, broken needs and seeds not capable of germination are also considered Impuri ties. Heeds bolow standard, except In the case of noxious weed seeds, can bo iold If id.lioled'ttv'nliP.w- the pe-rcenjfgoof Impurities and gorml nation. The law llxes a foo of B0 conts for making- the analysis of needs submitted to this department. The penalty for the violation of the fmro gped law of Nebraska Ih llxod In tho aw. Tho enforcement of this law is in tho hands of the food commission and tho department Is now fully equipped to handle such seeds as are submitted for analysis. Address all samples of seed for analysis and requests for copies of tho law to Clarence B. Harmnn, Deputy Commissioner, Nebraska Food, Drug, Dairy and Oil Commission, Lincoln, Nobr. Boy Shipped as Live Stock. , A boy crated and shipped as live stock was tho discovery made by a veterinary surgeon at Lincoln when ho was called upon to Inspect a car load of goods billed from Bertrand, Neb., to Burko, S. D. Tho way bill on tho shipment Included household goods and "ono hog," value, released, at $10. Being an Interstate shipment, Inspec tion was required. The veterinarian found the household goods ,but no sign of a bog. A careful search, however, revealed a boy curled up In a corner of the car, nono tho worse for his trip. By billing tho car as partly live stock tho shipper is allowed a low rate on the household goods, and in tho ab sences of a hog the boy was sent by tho shipper as a substitute. Five Towns Make Specific Offers. Only flvo of tho eighteen towns that havo becomo candidates for tho loca tion of the now stato reformatory havo thus far mado tholr offers specific and certain, according to the board of control. Tho qulutot comprises Tablo Rock, Holdrege, Superior, Crete and Kearnoy. Tho other towns have failed to make clear the nature of their bids for tho place and will be asked to do do beforo tho mattor of Bolectlon Is taken up by tho board. The total strength of the Nebraska national guard Is 1,388 men at the present time the highest It has mounted during peace organization. Leases Much School Land. School land leases covering several thousand acres In jCustor, Sherman, Dawson, Lincoln and Howard coun ties havo been authorized by the board of educational lauds and funds, nt valuations exceeding tho original ap praisements in tho aggregate by $3,000. Tho Custer county lauds wero re viewed by State Treasurer George, and thoso In tho othor four counties by Land Commissioner Beckmnn. In How ard county, one tract was increased in its appraiRoment from $20 to $40 an aero, nnd another from $27.50 to $45. A pleco of thirty-six ncroa In extent, In Dawson county, was boosted from $17 to $26. Theso wero tho only radi cal Increases. Ono trnct in Lincoln county was reduced from $15, tho val uation found by tho county appraisers, to $13, The .remainder wero lUted at from $7, tho minimum allowed by law, up to $21. . In most cases thoro was a raise of $1 to $2 per aero ovor the values found by tho county appraisers. Vancll K. Greer has been appointed to the offlco of registrar of the state university, to illl the vacancy caused by tho resignation of K. M. RuUi'dge. BTH BBsT bI I BBsi BBBBBb! BBSsKK' BBBsU MAGNETS FOR EYE HOSPITAL Special Apparatus for Extracting Small Iron and Steel Fragments From Eye Is Provided. Many hospitals In England are pro vided with a special apparatus for ex tracting Iron and stool fragments from tho oyo by. means ot powerful oloctro magnets. Thb rungnot employed has a coro threo feot long and six Inches In diameter of tho best Swedish soft Iron. Two hundred pounds of Insulated wlro aro wound In two colls about tho coro. Tho end of tho mngnot Is threaded to receive terminals of different -shapes to suit various conditions. Tho magnet Is mounted on ball bearings, and can bo niovod in any direction, Tho Btro.igth of (hn mngnot Hsld rony b varied at will bo means of a rheostat Whon used at Its maximum power, tho magnet exerts a pull of 30 pounds per square Inch at a dtstanco of an Inch. A special typo of apparatus Is provided for reclining patients. In this caso the magnet la mounted on trun slons, and Is tilted by means of suit able gearing operated by a hand crank. HEATS WATER FOR THE BATH Tub la First Filled and Thnnan Elec trical Apparatus Is Inserted--No Fires Are Needed. v Now comes a now way to heat water for tho bath. It will bo especially handy In hot weather, whon thoro Is not tho usual supply of hot water on tap. To U60 this apparatus, which Is electrical, first draw your bath, no mattor what may bo tho tomporaturo of the water In tho pipes. Then stand tho heater In tho ttlb, and, according Speedy Bath Heater. to tho inventor, an Ohio man, you can heat 15 gallons of water in 15 minutes. Tho heater Is a small nickol-plated Vie vlco with six tuboa radiating hori zontally from it In each tube is a unit and, thoro aro 18 perforations in tho casing. Tho wntor circulates through tho heater and comes out boiling, and It does not tako long for tho boiling liquid to heat tho rest KEEP WARM BY ELECTRICITY Garments of Astronomers, Working In Open Air In Winter, Heated by an Electrical Current It is proposed to v.ao electrically heated garments at tho observatories. Practically all astronomical jobserv lng work must bo dono in rooms or observatories at the tomporaturo of tho outsldo air to avoid optical and Instrumental dlfllcultler. The discomforts of a long winter night's vigil at tho oyo pleco of a largo telescope aro readily appreci able, and many special constructions of instrument mountings havo been dovlsed to allow tho observer to re main In a heated compartment. Tho garmonts will bo mado similar to the electric heating bag, that is, the cloth with eloctrlo heating wires run ning through It HANDY WARMER FOR DENTIST Neat Case incloses Electric Lamps Which Furnish Heat for Bottles Room for Water Qlaas. An example of ono ot tho services that electricity performs for tho don- Spray Bottle Warmer for Dentists. a list Is Illustrated in tho accompanying picture of tho Sboenberg spray bottle warmer, says tho Popular Elecrlclty. Tho neat caso Incloses electric lamps which furnlBh tho heat Besides the two spray bottlea thoro is room for a water glass. f "vl JaJiW5 Z- )'Jf; TESTER FOR ELECTRIC UMT rke-lluritedtirnInstsT"D&ir. Vantages of Threaded Socket m4i ', Save Mtieti Time, tr :s-sr. Where a large number ot Incased. 1 . cent lamps are used a great deal oC:V"i tlmo Is consumed la turning the lampd Into and out of an ordinary socket. fast testing tho niaments to see that then , aro nott broken, says the Popular Me chanlcs. Tho following device ellmW , nates tho disadvantages of tie .threaded socket and effects a gressf saving In tlmo. j t , tj Tho devlco consists simply of aa owv had the Inner screw shell romoved aa4-v, the threads hammered out on a plee t i Electric Lamp Tester, j of nvo-clghth inch pipe and then re? slaccd. n.L. .-.J- J. t. 1 it a J . rao inoiuu uiiuuuwr ot u vT"rr"l shell after It Is hammered out shouKl bo largo enough to permit the thread ed base of the- lamp to slip Into lij La"mps-may bo rapidly tested by bHt lng them Into this socket and there taj no more likelihood of a short belagj produced on the line than there waaj boforo the socket was changed. A, partial cross section of such a socket, is shown In the accompanying sketok NEW USEFORTHERM'OMETERJSl Temperatures In Dams, Orcharela ansf 8torage Plants Indicated, by Long t Distance Me'chanlsnvF- ' Long Hlnfnnr.a thermometers aro. rapidly coming Into use now for aU manner of purposes where It la eC advantage to bo ablo to sit at aa .of fice desk, for instance, press a buttbaf , and learn Instantly the temperatar , at somo distant point Most strlldaaj , of all the usAn to whtch this mectee. Ism has been put is in finding out taejM temperature in the middle ot the mae slveiKensico dam on New York's awij water supply system, the Saturday,1 Evening Post states. The engineer have decided1 that it will be very vaV' uablo to know exact temperatures iav every part of the great mass,- year arm; er year, to check up the 'stresses on the dam. for one thing. ' So long 4J .t?.nceJheraomet,ersJiave,MrleslJ4 $TA in the concrete at'VaMoi,placpkZ3t:lKi nnn xnnnnntAfl hv wlrpH to A tunnel ! -' the dam. The thermometers are notht lng more than littlo colls of certain kinds of wire. A small current of electricity Is sent through these coils from tho operating station, and bj moans of Instruments that show th resistance ot the colls to the passags), of tho electricity the exact tempera ture round tho coils is obtained. Ani other place where long dtstanco theiy mometers are used is on big trust orchards in the west, so that from a) central office on a cold spring night Hj can easily be determined whether set' not frost 1b threatening ataay attl-r ot tho orchard ana protective) matsH, ,'1-ih ' urea are required. They have alV u installed also in cold storage wisWv'" houses, to save the trouble of truvmmi. ,,,. inspections in all the storage tJkiBsiri.-.aJJli: bers. From a desk In the om-b't","1 exact temperature or every room caav easily bo read. Havana's principal terminal ralbosst xrill bo clcctriiled. Wisconsin's first trackless troOsa lino has been installed at Merrill. Honolulu and Manila will be ttak4 by wireless though 6,000 miles anaxC Ono telephone company in Chicago handles more than 600.000000 eafii annually. Electrical machinery tor gathering, peat is being experimented with 1 Germany. On a test, paper insulation on ex posed electric wires had withstood service for 23 years. Electrical equipment of the aver ago home costs about Vi per cent o the total expense of construction. Applying electrical currents to the base of the brain, a Berlin physician has found a way to givo sleep to tber sleepless. Automatic telephones will be la stalled In tho New Zealand cities ot Auckland, Wellington. Christchurchi and Dunedln. Tests by French naval officers hava Indicated Uiat the waves in wlrejesa telegraphy travol at a rate of nearly 200,000 miles a second, A new Asiatic acblo will be laid from Aden to Hongkong via Colombo and Singapore, It will bo C.OOO mile '' long and will cost $5,000,000. . . , ' ( ( Whon ParlB adopted Greenwich ilsa.. XjJ, the result vraa an increase of busfneflj(y r tor electric, companies by eitec4lt,vpif(1 t, the working days a tew minute.' , -i C JZrlA ' t &t 1 . Vv' J n Ta I 8 hsfriTi w i 1"' ,. Vj-1 bV VJ1 ,!U& v$. .- ' Jm 7TW X M tw. SL2J?I ft. i$bv rjr ' '&T 1 ,-" vVj -ai. J3. i r JU 4 - i ... a v " .sr, ( ''Y'tn i ' j li i i ' -tf7 W 1 V '-, 1