inn r wk muww nrtinirl
If rWN llr Itlr Wrrli 'Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
lilt I? Irflrfil h,ch continuca lntormlttontly fori
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Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
i..m.in it-. nh.A cr
Interesting I 6ms Qa hered From all
-arts ui ins wnu wumucmoeu
into small bpace for tne uen-
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eflt of Our Readers.
Congressional.
President Roosevelt has notified
congress that he will veto the naval
appropriation bill unless money Is ap
propriated to pay for tho two battle
ships authorized by the measure,
By a vote of 215 to 8 the houso
passod tho Tillman Joint resolution
authorizing tho bringing of a suit to
tnousanu ami an wore put inrougu in
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an nour. 1
Representative Hepburn of Iowa, L,el
1 ii.iii.tl. I
who has been conlincd to his home
for threo weeks by Illness, is now con
valescent.
Miscellaneous
The operation of extracting the
porformed In New York on a specimen
brought from the head waters of tho
Atunzon river. no repine yiomeu
ono-miru oi a teaspoomui ot serum
wnicn is so strong mat it is saiu to e
Bumcient to last tne worm lor ou years
in the treatment of mallgnent diseases
such as typhoid and scarlet fever and
diphtheria.
iiie tinusn cruisur umuiuiui a .
mi n.tii-v I . . i l .1 1 - 1 u -. I
reacquire the lands of the Oregon & ary IaHt wa9 iniirrcd t0 MlB8 Theodora . e - " ncaa - .m 3we o "torm an Important
California railroad n Oregon shontB , Ncw York waa found dead "clent jrlTl A 1. proportion of tho population In some
Tho largest batch of pension bills , bed ,n Par,8 recontIy. After an ln. ma be made u 'on 1 d,BtPrlct8 of tho cent of Frac0. This
o receive favorable consideration h t the ttUthorltlM decided death J"' typo of habitation Is found hewn out
the house at this session was passed rosuUod from tho obstruction of an ar- J"" of the chalk on tho French coast of
recently. Tho bills aggregated over a tnr.. foi tho construction of two battle-
atrucK Dy tne American nuer oi. i-aiui.y dajy
. . . t m l n I I
off the Isle or Wlglit and so uauiy aam-
aged that It Bank In a few minutes
carrying down 28 of the crew.
A remarkable storm has swept over
the south of England accompanied by
violent northerly gale and low temper-
aturo and In many places the snow
drifts were eight feet deep.
uie vuimuuMi suvuiiiuiuiii uuo ociu
an invitation to the United States gov-
ornment to have the battleship fleet
visit Victoria and Vancouver while in
tho Pacific.
James Lally, charged with murder,
was burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the jail at Seneca, Kan. He
o o,0Ho. trial n tho nhnriro nf
having killed Herbert Jordan and is
thought to havo set fire to his bed
with suicidal Intent.
Rev. Dr. F. Knluht Sanders has
been elected president of Washburn
collego at Topeka, Kan., to succeed
Dr. Norman Plass.
Before tho special grand jury at New
York investigating the Metropolitan
traction officials Thomas F. Ryan de-
clared that 95 per cent of the stock of
an tno rauroaoB oi tne country is wa-
tor. I
The 25U nine automoone race at
Briarcllff, N. Y., was won by Louis
Btrang in a GO horse-power Italian
car. Tno time was 5 nours, 14 nun
utes, 13 1-5 seconds.
The gunboat Dubuque has been or
dered to Caracas, Venezuela, to act as
dispatch boat for Minister Russell
In the United States court at Chi-
cago juuge xvomsmu iius maueu iiu in-
. i tr t. i i I t I
ju.iutiuu Mbw.ot .a
nminuniuK mum irom laamiiK
IliVUKS I
at Poughkeepslo on May 9, has beon
granted to Harry K. Thaw. Tho ac
tlon is a move to obtain Thaw's ro
loaso from the insane asylum
The American Newspapor Publish
era' association in session at New
York, adopted resolutions thanking
President Roosevelt and severely cen
surlng Speaker Cannon and Repre-
Bentatlvos Payne nnd Dalzoll for their
actions in connection with bills aimed
at the print paper trust.
The Kansas btate i-eaeration or
Democratic clubs Is to hold a conven-
tlon at baiina, Kan., on May is.
Tho first tornado of tho season In
Nobraska recently swept through Cum-
ming county, and into Thurston county,
Kiimm u.iuu iiuupm ,m i..j. u
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were ucuiruycu.
In the recent Louisiana state elec-
tlon tno uepumicans poueu less man
10 per cent of tho total vote cast.
The federal grand jury at Topeka,
Kan., has returned another Indictment
against H. H. Tucker, Jr., secretary of
tho Uncle Sam Oil company, charging
him with using the malls with Intent
to defraud.
Catholics of the arch-dlocese of New
Yoru aro celebrating the progress
Catholicism has made since it was
jornuuiy established there 100 years
ago.
Worcester, Mass., a city of 130,000
population has voted to Issue no moro
saloon licenses nnd claims to bo tho
largest city In tho United States, If
not the world, to banish tho saloon.
Admiral Evans has notified tho of-
flcors of tho Hoot that ho will rejoin
tho ships at Monterey, Cal,
mo recent wind Btorm in uouisianai
threo days, killed 350 pcrsonB and erl
ously Injurod 1,200 others. Forty-slxj
towns ropot serious loss and 2,500
dwellings were destroyed.
John Douglns, a driller who was In
the habit of Inhaling nntural gas as a
stimulant, was found dead lying on tho
,ntform of a (lerrlck at iJartlcsvllle,
,,,1,1, l,L ,nl,tt, noI, t n vnii n imi
uni 11 ihi io uiuuiu 1.1V0U iu i o"" 1
London iinstal authorities assert that
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two nags 01 man containing vanmuiua
worth $500,000 from that city woro
stolen in iNew lorn recumi).
A tornado swept over portions of
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
recently leaving a trail of dead and
Injured. The number of killed was es
timated at 150 and the fhjurod at 400
t0 i08a n property and crops cannot
J0 estimated.
Tno Due de Chaulnos. who In Fobru
Tne 100lh aniversary of tho found
1.... 41.., r'..ti,it .n
hla was recently celebrated. All
I
tho high dignitaries of tho church iu
this country woro present.
An electrician at tho Union Pacific
shops at Omaha has succeeded in ap
plying the principles of wireless elec-
trclty to an olectrlc motor car which
runs in the local yards
Tim hfiilv nf Horn.ivd WnrknnMn of
Nmvton k,u1i wno wn9 accidentally
HMot WMj0 travollng near Damascus
by a gyrlan has beon placed aboard
Uu5 BtcalMer Koenlg Albert to bo
br0ught home
Thn rn,,,lfin. Klu, Tn,irniii will be
llirilo,i nVfir to th school of lournal-
,sm of the Univor8ity 0f Kansas for
one dav and nn effort will be made
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t .tinlonm tn n model coun
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Tho 8,)rem court of Nebraska has
h98Ued a perpetual Injunction against
tue state Lumber Dealers association
enjoining It from all operations calcu
ated to eliminate competition in tho
sales of building matorlal. The secre-
tary of the association Is alBO forbid
den to carry on any of tho business of
Uhj organization,
Four men wore killed and three otb
ers seriously Injured ln an explosion
in a coal mine In Washington County
Pa., recently.
In an argument favoring the dhv
U "B
franchlsoment
Mr. Griggs (Georgia) ln the house of
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disfranchisement was necessary to In-
8Uro white control and the peace and
nrosnority of the south.
ti, nnn..hiinnn mnvnntinn hoiii in
Arizona to select delegates to tho Na-
tlonal convention snllt on tho dues-
tlon of instruction and two sets of
deleKates were selected
prof gtnrr of the Chlcaeo unlver-
slty( wno ba8 spont three weeks in the
Biand 0f Luzon, expresses tho belief
that tho Uegrltos of that region aro of
fho snnin ranri na in nlormlnn of nun
tri Africa
In a rear-end collision between trol
jey cars ou Pennsylvania avonue ln
Washington Representatives Tawnoy
of Minnesota nnd Haney of Indiana
were painfully Injured.
In tho federal court at Topeka Judgo
Pollock has decided that tho State of
Klltljms ha3 no riEhtf, of taw tn con
-
nnf,Hnn wuh ti,o control nf Oonn is
nand in the Missouri rivor near Kansas
clty.
fni,A c.imtnmn rrxt ft T11tn-.tr. h.ia
rendered a decision declaring the new
loeal ontion law passod last year con-
stltutlonal. Every point on which the
law was attacked was pronounced
valid by tho court.
Personal
Prof. Ephrlam Miller, who for 31
years has been at tho head of the
mathematics department of tho Unl-
verslty of Kansas, has boon teaching
Gl years and has Just celebrated hla
soventy-flfth birthday
Secretary Taft Is to mako another
trlp to Panama this spring. A number
of questions between tho United States
and Panama and botweon Panama and
Colombia will bo negotiated during
the secretary's stay on tho Isthmus.
Mra w E staniey of Kansas and
Mrs. D. w. Busiinoll or Iowa woro
among the vlco presidents elected at
tho recent convention of tho Daugh-
ter8 of tho American Revolution in
Washington
Frank Mooro, superintendent of tho
composing room on tho St. Paul
Pioneer Press, has celebrated tho
fiftieth anniversary of his connection
with that papor.
Lieut. Gen. Lmovitch, aide do camp,
to tho Russian emperor, is doad at
St. Petersburg of pneumonia.
sir Henry Campbell Bannerman.
who recently resigned tho ofllco of
prlmo minister of England, Is dead ln
London nfter a lingering Illness. IIo
was 22 years of ago and had been
prominent ln British politics for near-
ly half a century.
a division of far oaBtorn affairs of
the state department has been created
I by Secretary of State Root.
I I f 4 A llt..i .! i,i mtt. I (SU tUllliail V.IIIII1IIUI IlllW UIHV IIS - kMUt
ONLY TWO 1ATTLE8HIPS.
Senate
Turns Down the President
Same at Did House.
By nn overwhelming vote I'rosldcnt
Roosevelt's four battleships program
felled In the senate Just as It did In
the house. The amendment for four
battleships was Introduced by Senator
pnos and tho flgnt for Its adoption
kaB jed by Sonfttor Beverldgo. Twon-
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iv.inrfln vnim wnri cui 1111 uiu 111
UIWUOCU JJlUfclUIll, IHVT uuiuuui IllltjVij
be,ng adc p of rOCOntly-elected sen
aU)rs pfty Bonators voted to sup
.tnrt tht. ,.. nni, i,n recommenda
tkm of thQ sonato nuvai coinmltteo In
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favor of building only two battleships,
It was developed by Si'iiator AUI
son during the debate that there Is
n well-aCIineu UUuerauiuillllg among
Uie senate leaders for tho authoriza- conditions which ennblo thorn to pro
tlon of two battleships each year u vide comfortablo homos for tholr fam
i .. . . . . i 1 .i .. i uina nr n minimum nnur
Bhlps nnd two colliers and tho pur-
chaao of three additional colliers, the
construction of submarines and other
iinnn.lu r tl fill 111 fl'nU (lt 111
nocessary vessels and an Increase in
the pay of officers and enlisted men
as well as Increasing both the pay
and strength of the marine corps.
That the president, on tho whole, Is
pleased with tho result of his efforts
with congress on this subject Is
manifost. Ho firmly believes In tho
ability of the United tatcs to dlctato
tn? naval policy of the world In the
futuro
FLEET ITINERARY APPROVED.
Battleships Leave 8an Francisco for
the Orient In July.
President Roosevelt approved an
itinerary for tho Atlantic battleship
fleet on Its wav around tho world,
nr.vorin- th irin tn tho ih lllnnlnes.
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up to China and Japan and then
bnck to Manila. According to this
IHnp.rnrv the flnnt will leave Sail Fran
caco Juiy 7 arriVo at Honolulu July
1f; rPn,ain 'SOvpn davs- arrive at
Auckland August 9, remain six days;
arrjvo at gyndey August '20, remain
D Anv. va -nt Afxlhntirnn All.
-..o On .nnln .laVO- nrrlVfl nf
. "T" .! " , a "w "
C ,V
ber 11, remain six days; arrive In
J " 'P L f vnlL 7
1" ""lV ll tlun2 . ,.:
emain,.?n 7, ..L.L. "i
"Gel Will 01 U1VIUCU, UIU Hist allium
fleet will be divided, the first squad-
ron 6olnB to Manila and scheduled to
TVr there October 31. me second
Blu"u,uu w,u 10
there October 2, and attor a stay or
alx day8 win g0 to Man,laF reaching
there November 7.
.
8HOOT8 HALF-BREED INDIAN.
Youth at Valentine Protecfjs Home
Against Prowler.
A little shooting affair took placo
at Valentine. Neb., Saturday night
when Ed. Cohota, a 17-year-old boy,
shot Samuel Bordeaux in the hip. it
happened nt the Cohota restaurant.
The Cohota family lives In the restau-
rant building. At ten o'clock some
one rapped at one of the rear win-
dows. The son Edward, asked who
was thore but got no answer. In a
short time the rap was again heard They lived by preference In capa
and the boy asked again but still no clous rooms hewn out of tho rock.
reply. He then went and told his
father who told him if the party did
I nnf nnrjittflH Un nnvl tlmn In lof
the revolver nnd ahoot. When ho
heard the rapping the boy asked again
and getting no reply shot through the
window, hitting tho fellow, who was
outside. In the hln. Tho wound was
not dangerous and tho follow skipped
out the next mornlnir after Retting
hl hln rtrossed. No motive is known
for tho fellow's actions. He was a
half-breed Indian from the Rosebud
agency. No arrests weie made.
CHARGED THROUGH A WINDOW,
A Dream of Future Greatness Dis
astrous to a New York Recruit.
Tho dream of becoming a general
in the army, in which Edmund Hynes
had been indulging, ended sadly ln a
nightmare. Preparatory to undergoing
a physical examination for tho pur
pose of enlistment, Hynes was sleep
Ing with Corporal Robert Phillips and
Private Samuel Payno in tho army
recruiting office, says a New York
dispatch. Ho sprang out of bed,
stood at attention for a minute, still
sleeping, called out, excitedly: "To
tho front, boys, to the front, with mo!"
and charged through a closed window,
fulling Into n basement IB feet bo-
low. Ho sustained a badly lacerated
head, body contusions and internal
Injuries. His recovery Is doubtful.
Boycott is Effective.
Tho boycott by China on the Japa
nese has become so effective in tho
southern part of China that tho Toyo
Kisen (Orlontnl Steamship Company)
has temporarily suspended its South
Amorlcan service, as tho steamers of
tho line aro unable to obtain passen
gers and freight.
LIVE IN GAVE HOMES
FRANCE THE LAND OF MODERN
TROGLODYTES.
Cons
s
Iderable Portion of Population In
Some Districts .Inhabit Homes
Hewn Centuries Ago Some
Extremely Comfortable.
New York. Most persons will bo
nnrnrlnnrf In lonrn Hint Vrnnnn In rn.
gardod as a land of troglodytes. Hut
they nro not barbarians or savages.
On the contrary, most of thorn aro In-
duatrlous and thrifty folk who havo
uuiiibu niuat iiiiuuiKuntiy uiu niiuuiui
ilies at a minimum cost.
districts of northern France. But
A House at Bourre.
these cave dwelling, are not to be
compared in numbers with thoso ln
central France, and especially ln tho
middle basin of the Loire, where tho
groups of troglodytes are most donse.
They are found wherever cllffa of
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wane limestone, a marKeu reature in
mo geoiogy or mis region, use aoovc
tne general level, rnis umestono, ai
,n0Bt inexhaustible ln quantity, Is vory
compact, but Is easily worked and
vast quantities nro quarried for build
,UB purposes,
",UUS w,u ouu unj..tM
tl. l. ,I,IJ1. f l.. .....I n.nn.lnl
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tween tho Loire and Its tributary, the
Cher, it rises in escarpments on the
, nmn r n,nrnni.
wllh ortl"0,al ,nl",bll,!,1 roUo9- Th0'
'""-.oraMo atong .!, I.,.,r, from
Q'en to Saumur.
Af m . j Amhnlnn Ann In fhfl
BuburbB of Tour8 manjr of the atablca
am, outhouaea of the dwoiUnga are in
the ground
In tho Vallev of the Cher the cliffs
for over jg mies fr0ni Chenonceaux
to Saint-Algnau, are honeycombed
with subterranean dwellings, most of
the people living in these caves, not
only tho poor but also the more pros
perous peasants, and even many of
tho bourgeois. The chateaux also use
these caverns as kltchons, chambers
and lunch rooms, and house some of
the llvo stock In them.
Tbo town of Bourro Is a typical vll
jag0 0f cavo dwellers. All along tho
cliffH tho visitor aces tho doors and
windows of the cave houses, and their
chimneys rising above the rocks. Un-
til recently none of tho peoplo hero
built houses.
Many of tho rlchor among thorn now
llvo ln houses on the surface, but tho
DTAflf tYinlnrltv fim fltHI fit H tl f 111 to Ihfl
cave dwellings which tholr fathers
dug,
There are good reasons for their
choice. Tho summer sun pours its
scorching intensity upon theBo valleys,
but the cave dwellings are always
cool
T"cy havo tho samo equable torn
poraiuro Hummur unu wnuur. wuny ui
I .i i a. -ar..
them havo been utilized for conturlos
and nobody Is nshamod of them. Pco
plo do not speak of their houses, but
of their caves.
The rooms ln the caves aro usually
WILL NOMINATE MR. BRYAN.
choice of Nebraska Delegation Has
Fallen on I. J. Dunn.
Omaha, Neb. Ignatius J. Dunn has
been selected by tho Nobraska dele
gation to the national Democratic con
vention ln Denver to nomlnato Wil
liam J. Bryan for president. Mr. Dunn
is one of the four delegatesat
large selected by tho Nebraska con
vention. Ho Is city attorney of
Omaha and has been Identified with
Democratic politics In his home state
for 12 years. Ho Is a strong supporter
of Mr. Bryan, a brilliant orator and
an attorney of high standing In
Omaha. During tho Internal dissen
sions which havo rout tho Demo
cratic prty from tlmo to time he has
managed to strike a happy medium,
and now represents a united part)
in Nobraska. Unassumine and or a
qulot disposition, Dunn Is novertho
loss considered equal to tho occasion
for which ho ha.a boen selected. IIo
has a well rounded, clear voice and
on the same level, but if the rock roof
s high enough there in oftea a second)
atory supported by posts and reacho
by stone steps carved out of the nld
wall.
What a fortunate follow is the troe
odyto! If mo io elbow room is neoded
as his family grows he has only to
tako his pickax and ndd length or
width to the domicile. If ho wants a
Ittlo more light or nlr ho knocks an
other holo or two In tho front wall.
If tho little folks disturb tholr grand
parents ho can dig out a new room
for the old people. Ills stable Is prob
ably next door to tho living room, and
the cow, chickens nnd goats llvo under
tho common rock roof. Sometimes tho
dwelling Is reached by stops from tliq
outside, but frequently a passage cut
through tho rock leads to tho room.
Usually thore are sufficient windows
for light and ventilation, and tho liv
ing room lacks no nppcaranco of com
fort. It Is light and large.
The cupboard, the oak table, the
kneading trough, n looking glass, a
chest of drawers and a few prlntB or
colored pictures nro arranged along
the stone walls, and behind curtains
are a bed or two In recesses dug out
of tho rock. On one sldo Is tho old-
fashioned llreplnce and oven where
tho cooking Is do no, and tho chlmnoy
affords a most vigorous draught.
One of the moHt striking character
istics of theBo subterranean dwellings
Is the complete lack of humidity on the
walls, in which respect they differ
from most, nntural limestone caverns.
No doubt thero aro many thousands
of pcoplo In crowded cities wIioho hab
itations cannot comparo in comfort
and hcnlthfulness with the cavo dwell
lngs of central Franco.
NEW HOME FOR SEAMEN.
Imposing Twelve-Story Structure to
Be Erected In New York City.
New York. Final plans propared
for tho now building of tho Seamen's
Church institute are made public in
the annual report of the institution
How 8eamen's Home Will Look When
Completed.
which ha Just come from the press.
Tho structure Ib to stand at South
street and Coentlcs slip, and on ac
count of its location near the shipping
It will be csneclallv available as a
haven for tho sons of tho Beven seas.
The entire cost will be in tho neigh
borhood of $000,000.
Plans drawn by tho architects show
a quaint lanternllko tower, to be used
for the display of llghtB which will be
the code of signals of the institute.
Tho structure will be of brick and
Umestono, 12 stories in height, and
will occupy a plot 100x100 feet. On
the main floor will be the shipping
bureau and offices. It will be used as
an oxchango where seafaring men
may obtain employment. Tho restau
rants and kitchens will bo In tho base
ment. Tho first lloor will bo dovotod
to billiard and recreation rooms. The
largo assombly rooms will occupy the
second and third floors.
Upper floorB of the Btructuro will be
given up to sleeping quarters for 400
Bailors and 100 officers.
Perhaps hard cash was so named
becauso It has always been so hard to
get.
will bo able to mako himself hoard
In all parts of the big auditorium.
Just Retribution.
A hostlor has just been admitted
Into tho hospital at Cloveland, O., suf
fering from severe injuries, the result
of a horse's kicks. Tho horso be
longs to a circus, and tho man states
that ho waa trying to teach tho animal
to "spell phonetically," whon It at
tacked him. Illustrated Sunday Maga
zine. A Novel Barometer.
It hns taken a clover Frenchman to
discover a kind of barometer which
may bo safely called unlquo. An Eng
lish Journal says it Is nothing moro
nor loss than tho figure of a gonoral,
mado of gingerbread. Ho buys ono
evory year, takes It homo, nnd hangs
It by a string on a nail.
Uncle Eben on Talk.
"A mau llkeB to hear hisso'f talk bo
well," said Undo Ebon, "dat mos con
vocation looks Jes' llko two peoplo Im
patiently waltln' delr turns to Bay sum
pin' !" Washington Star.
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