I THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA,
NEBRASKA REPRESENTATIVES
Re-elected Members May Not Share in
Promotion.
Washington, dispatch: qtai the
re-organisation oI the committees of
the near bouse of representatives it
la believed that the re-elected mem
bers from Nebraska wilt not particu
lar! ysha re in promotions 'this winter.
In the first place, the present assign
ments ara considered good commmlt
tee positions, considering the fact
that all of them are junior members
in point of service. Another reason
to be advanced is the report that
Speaker Cannon does not intend to
.make many changes.
* Representative Hinshaw is a mem
ber of two committees, those of India
affairs and patents.
Representative Norris is serving the
committee on public buildings and
grounds, as well as that on election
of president, vice president and rep
resentatives of congress.
Representative Kinkaid is on insular
affairs and Pacific railroads.
Representative McCarthy is a mem
ber of the committee on public build
ings and grounds, and expenditures
in department of justice.
Mr. Burkett vacated two commit
tees when promoted from the house
to the senate—those of appropriations
mid education. The former commit
tee is the second most important com
mittee in congress. It is considered
extremely doubtful that Nebraska
will be able to retain membership on
this committee, since its personnel is
comprised of members of senior ser
vice in the house.
Representative Hitchcock, who has
been succeeded by John I... Kennedy
in the second district, held but one
committee assignment, that of irriga
tion. This committee is becoming one
of the great committees of congress
since the government has entered
upon an era of spending millions of
dollars annually in the construction of
great irrigation projects for the west
ern country. It is not known whether
Mr. Kennedy will succeed to Mr.
Hitchock’s vacancy to this committee.
FIGURES ON THE CORN CROP.
State Bureau of Statistics Places the
Total at 243,713,244 Bushels.
[ LINCOLN—The bureau of labor
and statistics has completed its esti
mate of the corn crop of 1905 and of
the compilation Chief Clerk Despain
.said:
« “With the aid of 1,700 assessors
I with whom this office labored indus
triously for four months to the end
.that every acre of com in the stale
would be enumerated, and with the
^further co-operation of 900 crop cor
respondents (ten in each county), who
!have reported crop yields in their
‘communities according to their best,
conservative judgment, the bureau
finds the corn crop of Nebraska to be
243,71:1.244 bushels, at a value of 197.
485,297.60. This production is an in
crease of 1C.754.050 bushels over 1904.
“Many estimates have been made
by various interests on this year's
corn crop, some of them being as high
as 300,000,000 bushels. Such a pro
duction would mean an average yield
for the state of about forty-eight
bushels per acre. This is impossible.
When considering an enormous yield
like this it is well to remember that
in 1904 only six states in the union
exceeded thirty-five bushels in their
average yield. Only one. Maine, had
thirty-nine bushels; Connecticut had
38.9. New Jersey 38. Illinois, 36.5.
Massachusetts 36 and Vermont. 35.9.
All these are old slates where soil
culture and fertilization is an import
ant. factor in their agricultural pro
duction.
“The bureau's enumeration this
year has been made with the most
thorough and complete organization’
of crop correspondents in this or any
other state, and the figures are issued
with the greatest confidence as to
their accuracy. It is the largest corn
crop in the state's history and Ne
braska will retain its rank of third
place in the corn calendar.
Land Office Inspectors Busy.
VALENTINE!—Twenty-seven special
agents of the United States land office
have been here, making plats, etc.,
from the.records of the local office
here and getting detailed information
touching the homestead entries under
the Kinkaid homestead law, and gain
ing such information as is available
regarding illegal fencing.
Child Killed by Grindstone.
LINCOLN—A report has reached
the citv that the 2-year-old child of
George Stieber. a farmer living near
Walton, was fatally injured by a
grindstone ith which he and other
chidren were playing Saturday. Scv
erval of the children pushed the
stone over and it fell across the body
of the child.
Scarcity of Corn Shuckers.
YORK —Corn-shuckers are Scarce
and hard to get. Farmers have an im
mense corn crop, and are despairing
how to get the corn gathered before
winter. Corn is a greater height
than in years past, and tall men can
work to best advantage.
Grain Price* Tending Upward.
BEATRICE—The price of grain at
this point has an upward tendency.
Wheat is selling for 73 cents, corn at
4ll cents and oats at from 21 to 23
cents per bushel.
A Place for Someone.
For' reasons not given. Dr. Emma
E. Robbins, third assistant physician
at the Hastings asylum for the
chronic insane, has tendered her res
ignation to Governor Mickey and it
has been accepted. The resignation
-.takes effect November 1.
Huskers Have Hard Work.
i GREELEY — The cornhuskers are
.finding no snap this fall. Most of the
‘stalks were blown over, so that while
ithe corn itself is good, the picking is
•a terror.
OVER THE STATE.
Cooper ft linn of Humboldt have
purchased the Rowenfeldt elevator at
Cambridge.
Two boys, named Morrison and
Gardner, were injured at Beatrice by a
runaway team.
Mousel Bros., of Cambridge sold
their-boll. Princess 4U>p£o a la Crosse,
Wis., man for |1,750.
A strong branch of the Catholic
mutual benefit association, a fraternal
society was organized in West Point.
Principal J. W. Crabtree of the
state normal school has announced
that the new chapel will be ready for
use in abont two weeks.
A dserter from the 109th Coast Ar
tillery regiment, located at Baltimore,
was arrested and jailed at Norfolk.
He gave his name as C. R. Car
ter because, as he admitted, that was
-!Ot his name.
H. H. White, cashier of the Bea
trice National bank, was quite badly
injured by being throw-n against a
tree by his horse, which he was rid
ing. He was severely cut and bruised
about the head.
The college of medicine at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, has been rated
in the highest class of American
schools by the New York state board
of regents, the most exacting body,
of examiners in the United States.
Despite the fact there were over
10,000 people in Nebraska City at the
unveiling of the Morton monument,
not a single accident occurred. The
crowd was handled in a most excel
lent manner by the local committees.
At Gothenburg, Walter Hunnell,
aged 19, ran away with the 14-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Noice. Mr. Noice tracked them
south of the Platte river and he thinks
they left for Kansas. He is still after
them.
The board of directors of the Bea
trice Chautauqua association met and
organized for the year by the election
of these officers: M. V. Nichols, presi
dent; Samuel Rinaker, vice president;
G. L. Reed, secretary; F. B. Sheldon,
treasurer.
A few mornings since when Mrs.
Charles Larrabee, wife of a farmer liv
ing south of Humboldt, went to move
her 6 months old infant into its crib
she found the little one dead, it hav
ing died some time in the night with
out a struggle.
Simeon Patton, a farmer residing
west of Nebraska City, who has been
having considerable trouble with
thieves stealing corn from his field and
chickens from their roost, took a shot
at two which he saw In the trees tak
ing all ot the chickens that were
roosting there. The thrieves got away,
but he is confident he winged one of
them.
The home of J. D. Homan, seven
miles southwest of Gretna, was en
tirely consumed by fire. There were
only two children at home when the
fire was discovered. Everything was
destroyed including valuable papers
to the extent of about $1,000. The
house and farm belonged to H. G.
Sanday. Mr. Sanday carried $500 in
surance.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Cowles,
who died at the home of her son at
Breman, Okla.. arrived in Nebraska
City, and were taken to Wyoming.
Otoe county, where the funeral will
be held. Mrs. Cowles came to this
state in 1853. with her husband, and i
were largely instrumental in getting \
the government to open this state for :
settlement.
Section Foreman Melvard was i
struck by Northwestern train No. 7
and instantly killed near Arlington.
He was working on the track, where
the Omaha and Missouri valley lines
run parallel. A train passed going east
on the Omaha line. It attracted his
attention and he did not realize the
approach of the train from the oppo
site direction, on the track on which
he was workine.
At Ainsworth about 4 o'clock in the
evening. John Gustafson, who lives
in the south pan of town, drove home
with a fiery team which became un
manageable and ran away with him.
He was crushed so badly that he can
not live. H. E. Oillett, on the west
part of town was driving a four-horse
team which became unmanageable
.and threw him out of the wagon.
| mashipg his left hip so badly that he
j will be land up for a time.
Mrs. Bertha Lumpkin, of Albion,
widow of J. C. Lumpkin, who recently
idied from the effects of an electrical
i shock received from coming in con
tact with a switch of the electric
light company, began action as admin
| istratix of her late husband's estate.
: agafnst Hiram Rice, owner of the
electriet ight plant, for $5,000 dam
i ages. In her petition she claims the
cause of her husband's death was the
careless and negligent manner of con
st ructing and maintaining the wires.
; so as to allow ground connections.
| While at Nebraska City attending
j the unveiling of the Morton monu
ment members of the State Board of
' Public Lands and Buildings visited
the Institute for the Blind and re
, port its condition excellent.
The second grading outfit with
seventy-five teams, belonging to the
Burlington railroad has arrived at
Ogallala and is breaking land for the
North Platte railroad six miles north
and east of the town. The first out.
I fit is now at work at Otter Creek.
Two hundred to five hundred dollars
has been paid for rights of way on
the south side
| Hon. W. A. Sanders of Ashland, re
ceived by express from his brother.
Harry at Monte Vfsta. Colo., a po
tato which measures 11% inches in
; length, is 12% inches in circurafer
■ ence the smallest way and weighs
j four pounds.
Oakland citizens have been consid
erably elated of late over a survey
that is being made by the Great
Northern, branching off from their
main line there and running down the
Bell Creek valley direct to Omaha,
which would give them a direct line
to Omaha and practically give Oak
. land another read.
VICTIMS OF MOBS
AT ODES8A THEY WILL RUN INTO
THOU8AN08.
VIOLENCE OF LAST TWO DAYS
Police and Soldier* Said to Hava Lead
the Unruly and Lawleea—Horrible
Barbarities Practiced Upon the
Helpless Victims.
ODESSA—A tour of the city and
part of tne suburbs Sunday found all
quiet Whole rows of shops that were
pillaged have- been boarded up. The
poorer Jewish quarters suffered worst
and the principal streets, with few ex
ceptions, were untouched. Russian.
shops are marked with crosses painted
on the shutters and the private houses
with irons so as to protect them from
the mobs. Peasants armed with knives
and scythes tried to enter the city
Saturday to loot the place, but were
driven back by the soldiers.
The casualties in Saturday’s disturb
ances exceed ltd and those of the pre
ceding three days which have been
verified number 5.600. The plunder
ing continued early Sunday morning
in the outlying districts but later the
city was relatively calm, though the
population is still anxious.
The latest accounts of the devasta
tion in the Jewish quarter add horror
to the situation. Besides numerous
mills, the bakeries, shops and nearly
600 homes have been destroyed. The
Jews in evesry instance were treated
with revolting barbarity. Heads were
battered with hammers, nails were
driven into the bodies, eyes gouged out
and ears severed. Many bodies were
disembowled and in some cases petrol
eum was poured over the sick, found
hiding in cellars, and they ware
burned to death.
It is alleged that the police and the
soldiers everywhere marched at the
head of mobs inciting them to destroy
the Jews by crying: “The Jews have
killed our emperor,” and similar ex
pressions.
wlme the mobs were engaged in the
slaughter the soldiers busied them
selves pillaging the cash and jewels,
leaving the household goods to the
mobs. The owners of many houses got
rid of the bandits by payment of a
ransom to the police. The police pre
vented anyone from arresting the loot
sers and prevented also the Red Cross
workers from aiding the wounded,
actually firing upon those engaged in
this work. A band of students re
moved much of the stolen property to
the university, while they also took
twelve dead bodies of anti-Jewish de
monstrators, whose relatives today be
sieged the university claiming the
corpses and demanding the release of
those demonstrators who were confined
in the university. They threatened
otherwise to burn the university and
kill the professors. Measures were
thereupon taken to transfer these pris
oners to the regular prison.
FAREWELL TO WIFE
BEFORE FATAL STROKE
CHICAGO—Charles J. Devlin, the
coal operator and banker who failed
for $4,000,000 at Topeka, Kan., recent
ly. and who died in Chicago, foretold
his own death in a conversation with
his wife at St. Elizabeth's hospital.
"This is the last time, dear,” he re
marked. as his wife kissed him at the
hospital.
A short time later he was seized
with the fatal stroke of paralysis and
became unconscious.
AMNESTY FOR ALL.
Ukase Announcing Pardon for Politi
cal Prisoners Signed by Czar.
ST PETERSBURG—The- amnesty
manifesto was signed this afternoon.
The censorship throughout Russia was
abolished, not only the newspapers,
but also in the case of private tele
grams. The minister of the interior
has notified the editors that the regu
lations for the control of the press are
no longer in force.
Count Witte is having trouble in
forming a cabinet on account of the
lack of liberal support. Senator Koni
has refused the portfolio of justice and
Prince Eugene Troubetskoy, brother of
the late rector of the Moscow univer
sity, is said to have not even renlied
to the tender of the ministry of educa
tion.
MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS
STANDBY ROOSEVELT
PEROIT. Mich. — The Michigan
members of the national manueatur
ers' association at a meeting at which
about two-thirds of the members of
the Michigan branch were represent
ed in person or by proxy, unanimously
adopted resolutions emphatically en
dorsing President Roosevelt's position
on the freight rate regulation ques
tion. and criticizing the action of the
delegates of the interstate commerce
law convention in Chicago last week
for splitting their forces.
Soldiers With the People.
WARSAW. Russian Poland—A re
markable feature of the demonstra
tions here was the fraternizing of the
people with the soldiers.
The latter were rarried about on the
shoulders of the erowd and were fur
nished with champagne and cigarettes.
All classes of the population partici
pated in the dmonstrations. The or
chestra of the court theater led a
crowd singning the "Marseillaise.” All
the stores were closed.
The Damage Suit is Good.
CHICAGO, 111—Judge T.andis in the
United States circuit court upheld five
of the seven counts in the declaration
of Enda S. Hunter, who is plantlff in
the first damage suit brought against
the proprietors of the Iroquois theater.
Two counts he declared to be had.
The court took exception to tho
building and fire ordinances in many
instances. One of the counts ruled
against by the court provides for open
space on three sides of a theater.
STICKNEY ON RATE QUESTION
Says Congress Will Pass the Esch
Townsend Bill.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A B, Stickney.
president of the Chicago Great West
ern railway, who was in Kansas City
on- Bis way top Galveston is quoted as
saying that President Roosevelt's pro
posed rate hill will pass congress.
"I believe that the Ksch-Townsend
bill will be adopted by congress,” said
Mr. Stickney. “But I do not believe it
will make any immediate appreciable
difference to shippers. Yet,
asVa national declaration of princifcfe,.
it means everything. The president's
recommendation means, in effect, that
when the shipper disputes the fair
ness of a railroad rate the two parties
shall go before an arbitration tribunal
whose decision shall become a common
rule for the kind of freight in ques
tion. The other method, that of going
to law, is hopeless.
“The real objection of railroad men
to the appointment of any tribunal is
a wholesome distrust of the sort of
men who may be appointed. The pos
ition should be one of dignity with a
life appointment similar in its terms
to that of the United States supreme
court. If appointments of that sort
could be guaranteed, I believe that
the manager of every important rail
road in the country would endorse the
measure.
MEN WHO CARRY LETTERS
ASK FOR MORE PAY
WASHINGTON—A committee rep
resenting the letter carriers of the
United States waited on Postmaster
General Cortelyou and presented a me
morial urging pay for carriers. The
memorial calls attention to the fact
that there has been no change in the
payment of salaries for more than
forty years.
The postmaster general told the
committee that he would give the me
morial his fullest consideration.
The committee was composed of
members of the executive body of the
National Association of letter Car
riers.
THE CROP IS LARCE
BUT PRICES HIGHER
VENTURA, Cal.—The citrus fruit
crop promises to be from 10 to 15 per
cent, greater than last year in this
country, and the price also promises to
be better, especially on oranges. The
growers in several parts of the coun
try have made extensive additions to
their packing houses, notably in Santa
Paula and Limona. This year the
orange crop in the Ojai will reach
75.000 boxes. Santa Paula will grow
125 carloads. The Fillmore section
will have 200 cars and Pieru and Cum
ulus 25 cars. Of the lemons there will
be 350 cars from Santa Paula and Lim
onera, and 60 cars from Fillmore.
FINANCES A NEW RAILROAD.
It Will Be Built From Idaho to Ne
vada.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. — William
Peyton Mason, president of the San
Francisco. Idaho & Montana Raiiroad
company, announces the financing in
New York of the first division of the
first 210 miles of the road. The work
will be done by the San Francisco.
Idaho & Montana Railroad Construc
tion company, formed for the purpose.
Construction will be begun at once,
and will be finished by January 1.
19u7. Estimate of the cost is $2,500.
000.
The nrst section of the new line to
be built will extend from the Snake
river valley in Idaho, southwest to
Winnemueca. Nev.. where connection
will be made with the Southern Pa
cific. thus bringing the valley <j'»0 miles
nearer than San Francisco.
The route is laid out through a dis
trict on which about $15,000,000 is be
ing spent, by the government an I cor
porations on irrigation.
WHY A MILLIONAIRE
DESIRES A PENSION
WASHINGTON—Pensions for mil
lionaires is one of the new develop
ments under the executive order of
last year, making age the only disa
bility necessary for the granting of
a service pension. According to Com
missioner Warner, the application of a
millionaire for a pension has been re
cently favorably passed upon. He did
not want the pension, according to the
commissioner on account of the money
it carried, but simply to perfect his
record of honorable service in the civil
war. This view of the age disability
is being taken by many well-to-do vet
erans. who would not otherwise apply
for pensions. The fact that they are
eligible and performed the service
stipulated in behalf of the government
and that, the government is willing to
recognize this service by a pension
and the accomanying records of the
same will make the service pension
a desirable addition to family records.
New Battleship Record.
ROCKLAND, Me.—A new speed rec
ord for American battleships was es
tablished by the Rhode Island on its
official standardization trial trip over
the measured mile course off Owl's
Head, during which it steamed one
mile at a rate of 19.33 Knots an hour.
Next Meeting in Hartford.
LOS ANGELES—The national ex
ecutive committee of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union voted to
hold the next convention in 190t> at
Hartford. Conn.
Gas Kills Postmaster.
EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill— M. M. Don
aldson, postmaster of Hanson, 111. who
was found unconscious in a room in
a hotel four days ago with his son
who had been asphyxiated, died at St.
Mary’s hospital.
Mikado Speaks at Banquet.
TOKIO—At a banquet given in
honor of hi3 birthday, the emperor ex
pressed his satisfaction at the restor
ation of peace and toasted the sov
ereigns and rulers of the countries
represented at his court.
NAVY INJjAD WAY
LACK OF ENGINEERS SERIOUS
HANDICAP TO SHIPS.
IT IS IN NO CONDITION TO FICHT
Sudden Declaration of War Would
Find Ua Weak—Rear Admiral Rae ]
Emphaoizea Need of Prompt Action
In His Report
' WASHINGTON. — Rear ' Admiral ’
Charles W. Rae, engineer-in-chief of
the United States navy, in his annua),
report, calls attention "to the critical
condition of engineering in the navy,”
and points to the explosion of the gun
boat Bennington in San Diego harbor
which he says most forcibly emphasiz
ed the necessity of serious and immedi
ate attention. Speaking of the opera
tions of the personnel drill, which
merged the corps of engineers into
the line of the navy, he says a whole
corps of specialists was virtually abol
ished and their duties transferred tc
the line. As all midshipmen at the
academy had been given excellent
practical instruction in engineering,
he adds, no examination other that
that required for promotion was do
manded of them for qualifying for the
performance of the joint duties im
posed by the personnel act. The in
tent, however, he continues, was that
they should be ordered at once to the
performance of engineer duty in sub
ordinate capacities, as assistants of the
older engineer officers.
“Owing to the absence of specific In
structions in the personnel bill, com
bined with powerful adverse Influ
ences within the department," he con
tines, "for three years absolutely noth
ing was done by the younger line of
ficers in acquiring engineer experi
ence. and later, owing to the large
number of ships kept in commission
and the scarcity of officers, but little in
that direction was accomplished.”
But for the availability of certain
retired naval officers, the bureau, the
report says, would experience great
difficulty in finding officers for the va
rious responsible positions, both on
shore and at sea.
“So few officers of the line are tak
ing up engineering seriously that the
situation is becoming alarming,” says
the engineer-in-chief, and he adds:
"Were the country suddenly plunged
into war the navy would find itself in
no condition to win battles. As neces
sary as good marksmanship is the abil
ity to carry our guns to the firing line
and to keep them there amidst the
havoc created by modern ordinance,
and this will never be done with ama
teurs in charge of the machinery.
That line officers can become good en
gineers has already been proved, but
they must have experience to become
so, and that experience must be ac
quired in subordinate positions.”
MONARCHAL GOVERNMENT
WANTED BY ONE CLASS
CHRISTIANIA, Norway—The gov
ernment issued a proclamation recom
mending the people to vote at the
forthcoming referendum for a monar
chist form of government based on the
British and Italian constitutions. The
proclamation further points out that
the best friends of Norway in Europe
declare that the country’s relations
with the foreign powers can be better
secured by the retention of the mon
archy. The radicals and socialists also
issued a proclamation recommending
a republic.
READY TO TAKE UP SMOOT CASE.
Burrows Expects to Have It Acted on
During Coming Set-sion.
WASHINGTON — Senator Burrows
of Michigan, the chairman of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, who
has arrived in Washington for the com
ing session of congress, said tonight
that he expected to have the case of
Senator Rood Smoot of Utah disposed
of before the term ends. Senator
Smoot’s seat is being contested on the
ground tmu he is a member of the
Mormon hierarchy. A great mass of
testimony was taken at the last ses
sion of congress and it was generally
understood that each side had com
pleted its case. Senator Burrows said
that if it is desired to present fur
ther testimony the committee is will
ing to hear it. He stated that the com
mittee will consider the case lmmed
hvtely after the reorganization of the
senate committees incident to the
meeting of a new congress and the
filling of a vacancy caused by the re
tirement of Senator McComas of
Maryland.
Epidemic of Pneumonia.
NEW YORK—When the Kaiser Wil
helm II arrived here H. A. Isenberg,
imperial German consul in the Ha
waiian islands, was in his room strick
en with pneumonia. There were
two other eases of the same disease
while two deaths from pneumonic oc
curred during the voyage both in the
first cabin.
CHARLES A. STALLINCS IS
APPOINTED PUBLIC PRINTER
WASHINGTON—The president has
appointed Charles A. Stillings of Bos
ton, Mass., as public printer, to take
elect November 1. Mr. Stillings was
rot forecasted by any discussion of
his candidacy for the place. The large
I rinttng firms of New York and Bo6-;
t m indorsed him as a practical print
er and executive. He was also
s.rongly indorsed by Senator Crane.
Church Bells are Ringing.
ODESSA—The promulgation here
of the emperor's manifesto was fol
lowed by the wildest excitement, vast
crowds exultantly parading the .Streets
a notable feature being the ntiftbers
of troops marching and cheering with
the people bells are ringing,
thanksgiving services are being held
and a public holiday has been pro
claimed. About 20,000 assembled be
fore the palace of Governor General
Kaulbars, who made a speech, during
which he congratulated the assem
blage on the happy day.
GERMAN TREATY TO COME.
Baron Von Sternberg May Soon Pre
sent Germany’s Proposals on Subject.
WASHINGTON—Baron Speck von
Sternberg, the German ambassador, is
expected to present in a few days
to the State department, the xbasis
upon which his government is willing
to enter upon negotiations with the
United States government for a new
trade treaty or some kind of an agree
ment that shall stave ofT the dread'd
•t'aritr war,” which otherwise the de
partment officials fear must almosbcer
tainly begin within four months. The’
State department has so far failed to
admit the German contention regard
ing the '‘arrangement” under Section
3 of the Dingley act, by the terms of
which the United States secures fa
vored nation treatment in the matter
of trade with Germany. This German
view, is based on the fact that new
treaties, exclusive in terms, had just
been made with a number of European
countries and that America was de
barred from claiming the benefits of
the special low customs rates named
unless it entered into a special conven
tion with Germany; but attention has
been called to the fact that this Dingley
act arrangement” is, by its own
terms, terminable upon one month's
notice from either party and it is not
doubted that without prolonging the
controversy over the effect of the Din
gley act “arrangement” of the new
European treaties. Germany will give
the requisite notice before March 1,
next, and thus terminate the life of
the arrangement beyond question.
NORWAY’S RECOGNITION
JW UNCLE SAM
WASHINGTON—It is learned at the
slate department that this government
has practically recognized the new
government of Norway, though all the
formalities have not been carried out.
This wa% done by the recognition by
Secretary Root of Mr. Hauge as charge
d'affaires for Norway and the way is
now open for diplomatic exchanges be
tween the two countries whenever
there is any necessity for them.
GENERAL WESTON IN COMMAND
New Head of Northern Division Ar
rives in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.—Major General
John A. Weston, former commissary
general of the United States army,
who was promoted from a brigadier
on October 8 and assigned to succeed
General Randall as commander of the
Northern division of the army, with
headquarters in St. Jxtuis, arrived here
unexpectedly and formally took over
his command. General Weston is a
veteran of the civil war and a native
of Kentucky. He will be retired No
vember 13 1908.
NATIONS WELCOME NORWAY
Readiness to Enter Into Official Rela
tions With New Nation.
CHRISTIANA—The United States.
Russia. Great Britain. Italy, Brazil
and Switzerland have already de
clared their readiness to enter into
official relations with Norway in reply
to Foreign Minister Loveland's notifi
cation sent out to all the powers after
King Oscar's abdiction that the Nor
wegian government desired to open
the usual diplomatic relations with
them.
The replies are couched in the most
courteous terms and some of them are
accompanied by a cordial welcome of
Norway into the ranks of fully inde
pendent nations.
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARIES
KILLED BY CHINESE
HONG KONG—Five American mis
sionaries have, it is believed, been
murdered at Lienchow. Derails have
not yet been received. Lienchow is
a town of 12.000 people, situated in the
western portion of the province of
Kwaug Tung, at the head of the gud
of 'Jong King, not far from the treaty
port of Pakhoi.
Dr. ELanor Chestnut. Mrs. E. C.
Machle an child and Mr. and Mrs.
Peale are the victims of the disturb
ances of the Lienchow mission.
ARCANUM WINS ANOTHER CASE.
Federal Judge Refuses to Grant In
junction.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The tajunctioh
sought to prevent the supreme coun
cil of the Royal Arcanum from putting
into efTect the rates adopted at the
Atlantic City meeting and later rati
fied at Put-in-Bay, O.. was denied by
Federal Judge Clark today and the
bill of complainants dismissed. The
court held that it was not sufficiently
clear under the law of Massachusetts,
in which state the order was incorpo
rated. that this plan of assessment
and the effect on members impairs the !
obligation of the contract, and until
it do so appear, obviously this court
should not interfere.
Breeders Go to Lincoln.
WASHINGTON — The American
Breeders’ association will hold its sec
ond annual meeting at. Lincoln. Neb.,
on January 17, 18 and 19. Several of
the sessions will be held jointly with
one or more of the state societies in
animal and plant breeding.
Heavy Deal in Coal Land.
UNIONTOWN, Pa—The sale o,
25.000 acres of coal land, one of the
lsft-gest coal deals ever consummated
by loqal men, was closed here.
Powers to Coerce Turkey.
PARIS—The exchange of communi
cation agreed on by the powers have
reached a stage where a joint naval
demonstration against Turkey is prac
tically assured unless the sultan
promptly accepts the plan of the pow
ers for financial refoms in Macedonia.
Poetic Editor.
• The rain stays not with us long; I
sunlight soon makes bright apologies
for it, and holds a torch to the old
world as she plunges through space.—
Atlanta Constitution.
BARBARITY CF FEUDAL TIMES.
Beggary Apparently Only Refuge of
the Aged Poor.
Concerning the life of poor people
luring the middle ages a writer says:
“In those bygone days of feudal rule
the-dwellers in the country were al
most invariably serfs, bound to the
estate on which they were born, and
under the absolute rule of the owner.
They were possibly better fed than at
the present day, for butter, cheese
and eggs were plentiful; and the fertile
sq.il of Italy supplied them with abund
ance of fraftr and vegetables, in a
poor man's garden we find strawber
ries. raspberries, cherries; and he
grows leeks, onions, peas, beans, spin
ach, beetroot, turnips, carrots, rhubarb
and fennel; while he esteems the use
of nettles, and boils violet leaves like
spinach. He holds his plot of ground
bv the tenure of so many days in rite
of service to his lord. But in sickness
or old age his case is pitiable indeed
and we have a curious proof of this in
a letter written in 1465 by the mother
of Filippo Strozzi, at Florence. She
is speaking of some old people on her
estate in the country: ‘Piero and
Monna Cilia are both ali-.e and infirm.
I have overflowed the field for next
year, and as I must put it in order
these two old people, if they do not
die. must go and beg. Heaven will
provide. This is no passing thought
of the good lady, who was pious and
highly esteemed—a friend of the Med
ici; but it is a firm resolution in her
own mind. A few months later she
writes to her son; ‘Piero is still alive,
so he must put up with.it and go away
and beg. It would be best, of coarse,
if heaven would take him.’ Apparent
ly a merciful Providence had already
provided for Monna Cilia!”
RECOVERED HEALTH IN DESERT
Iowa Professor Starts with New
Lease on Life.
In the desert of southern Arizona,
with an Indian, two centipedes and a
gila monster as his companions. Prof.
W. J. McGee of Farley, Iowa, suffer
ing from lost health, slept for four
months without bed or covers upon
the hot sands of the desert and re
! gained all his former vigor. McGee
has just returned home, a veritable
athlete, in place of the weakened and
emaciated man who struggled out of
a severe attack of typhoid fever with
only enough strength to drag himself
west. While on the desert he amused
and edified himself by studying the
habits of the insects, reptiles and
plants which exist there. He believes
that his experiment has disclosed a
cure for men suffering from mental
and physical collapse.
Rabbit as Retriever.
In a Philadelphia club a number of
voting men were arranging for a rab
bit hunt as soon as the shooting sea
son should open.
John Luther Long, the Japanese
authority, said:
“There is a Japanese rabbit hunting
story.
“One Jap meets another in the
hunting season with a gun over his
shoulder.
“ ‘Aha. been shooting?’ he says.
‘You look upset.’
“‘I am upset,' replies the hunts
man, ‘and with good reason. I start
ed a rabbit. Cherry-blossom, my dog.
ran after it. I fired, and Cherry
blossom fell.’
“Too bad. And the rabbit?”
‘‘‘The rabbit? It brought Cherry
blossom back and laid her at my
feet.’ ”
Buynt Offerings.
! Quoth the little god Love (who is great
er far
Than the wrathful and high gods her
j These hearts that ye bring for an of
fering
They are never the gifts for me.
They are young or old, they an whole
and void.
Yet seldom to my desire,
l.et the gifts ye give that my fame may
live
Be burning and burnt with fire."
Quoth the little god Love, "Shall my
altar-stone
Be moeked with a trifling thing”
Sh ill I take the sign for the right d -
j Is tinsel the gift of a king?
I Ye profane my name when ye give th«sc
tame.
Poor gauds without pulse or start
l.et the white smoke rise from your sac
rifice
Of the beating, burning heart.”
laird Love, thou has. fallen on evil days.
Men trade in a sordid mart.
Yet thy faithful still at thy altars spill
The flame of the burning heart.
—Theodosia <5arrison in Life.
Irish Vocal Culture.
Danny McCaffrey is a well known
chorus man. with a telling tenor
voice. He has been with the Bos
tonians and many other companies of
the comic opera variety. At a recent
rehearsal Danny’s voice was swinging
the chorus into line and carrying the
music along in a way quite pleasing
to th^ stage manager. Some of the
principal performers were sitting to
gether when Albert Parr, the tenor
asked:
"Danny, have you studied music
much?"
“Some."
"What method do you use?” con
tinued Parr.
"Irish method—main strength,” was
•he answer.
His Ruling Passion.
Mark Antony ha*i just offered the
imperial crown for the third time.
“That's three, isn’t it?” said Caesar
in an undertone. .
"Yes,” replied Mark, who was at
one time an itinerant photographer
“that’s three. But if you care for an
other sitting I’ll be glad to make It
six for a quarter.”
Immigrants for Cuba.
Nearly 10,000 Spanish immigrants
entered Cuba during the first three
months of the present year. The Cu
ban consuls in Spain are instructed to
act as immigration agents, and to set
forth the opportunities for independ
ence and wealth in the island republic.
Mrs. Peary Hunts Walrus.
Mrs. Peary, during the several Arc
tic expeditions whereon she accom
panied her husband, became an ex
pert and fearless walrus hunter.
Goelet to Be Lawyer.
Robert Goelet, the well-known New
port society man. has filed application
for admittance to the bar of Rhode
Island.
