HILLS’ SUGGESTION
FOR (OAST DIFFUSE
the force that is needed for
THIS PROTECTION.
Separation of Coast and Field Artil
lery and Provision for Submarine
^ Mine Defenses.
WASHINGTON—General Samuel M.
Mills, chief of artillery, says that for
manning the coast defenses of the
United States a force consisting of 1,
754 officers and 41.833 enlistetl men is
needed, while? the corps has at pres
ent only 525 ofiicehs and 13,744 men.
He also estimated that the cost of in
stallation cf fire control equipment for
coast artillery will be $7,000,000. Fol
lowing the advice contained in a let
ter of President Roosevelt to the sec
retary of war, dated March 13. 1905. in
which the president designated nine
specific subjects relative to the organ
ization and training of the artillery
arm of the service, the annual report
of General Mills makes the following
recommendations:
The separation of the coast and field
artillery; provision for submarine mine
defense; an increase of the coast ar
tillery for gun defense; the proper or
ganization of the coast artillery; ade
quate pay for technically skilled en
listed men of the artillery; an in
crease of the field artillery; the proper
organization for promotion of artillery
officers of all grades: increased ap
propriations for target practice by both
branches of the artillery.
General Mills says that of the 126
companies of coast artillery, forty
seven are without captains and thirty
one without the prescribed lieutenants.
These officers are absent on various
duties. He says that it is important
that the coast artillery companies
should be commanded by captains.
General Mills refers to the joint ex
ercises of the army and navy which
were held in Chesapeake bay last
summer and says that the value and
interest was greatly increased by rea
son of the fact that they gave an op
portunity to test the methods of fire
control ana other systems adopted ny
the coast artillery. He recommends
that joint exercises be recommended
for the year 1007. because such ex
ercises afford the only opportunity that
the artillery has for drilling and prac
ticing “with complete units” higher
than a battery. The joint exercises,
he says, emphasized the inappropriate
ness of the present company organiza
tion of the coast artillery, and he rec
ommends that the present company
organization of the coast artillery, and
he recommends that the present com
pany organization be abolished and
that the present coast artillery be
made to consist of specified officers
and enlisted men. He also recom
mends the separation of the field ar
tillery be organized in regiments of
six batteries each, with an increase
of eighteen in the present number of
field batteries.
INSIST ON A SQUARE DEAL.
Words of President Worked Vigor
ously by Claimants.
WASHINGTON—The words of the
president, “square deal,” are being
worked vigorously by many persons
who have old claims or requests upon
the government. Many of the cases
which are known in the departments
as “old slugs,” because of the many
times they have been considered and
rejected, have again been presented
with a demand for a “square deal.”
An officer of the navy, to whom all
such cases in the war department are
referred for report, says that all these
claims for reinstatment in the service
or for advanced retrial rank, or claims
for property taken, all of which have
heretofore been passed upon and de
cided adversely to the claimant, set
out that what they ask now i= a
"square deal,” and many of them in
sist that their requests be presented to
the president.
KNOW NOTHING OF A CAhjAL.
Project of Great Britain and Japan in
Doubt.
WASHINGTON—There is a com
plete absence of knowledge at the
state department, the British embassy
and the Japanese legation of the exist
ence of the agreement reported from
Mexico between Great Britain and
Japan to build a ship canal by the
Nicaragua route in opposition to the
projected Panama canal.
Grangers to Back President.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—A move
ment to throw the entire organized
/arming interests of the country to the
support of President Roosevelt in his
efforts for an adjustment of railroad
tariffs began at today’s session of the
National Grange Patrons of Husban
dry. Three resolutions, all of them in
troduced with the idea of unifying the
agricultural strength, were introduced,
and after spirited discussions were re
ferred to committees for revision and
amendment.
Not a Trace of Two Men.
PHILADELPHIA — During the in
quest held in the cases of John For
kin and Joseph Garieia, laborers, who
were killed at the Midvale Steel
Works, it was testified that the two
men had entered a pit and that 80,000
pounds of hot metal poured from a
leak and completely absorbed them.
Not a trace of the bodies was discov
ered. The steel company has decided
to take about 8,000 pounds from the
place where the men were last seen
and have it buried out of respect for
the dead men.
Chauffeur to be Reinstated.
WASHINGTON — Walker Eidridge,
the chauffeur who was dismissed from
the government service for miscon
duct which came under the personal
observation of President Roosevelt,
will be reinstated in his old position at
the end of two months from the date
of his dismissal. The exercise of len
iency by President Roosevelt is due to
Eldridge’s excellent record in the
Philippines, to the fact that his father
was a veteran of the civil war and to
the additional fact that his wife is an
invalid.
SEA LEVEL CANAL FAVORED.
! No Positive Decision Reached as to
Type of Waterway.
{ WASHINGTON—The full board of
} consulting engineers of the Panama
i ranal had an all-day session and con
! tinued work on the different types of
; canal. There seems to be a general
: impression that a large number of en
gineers at present favor a sea level
canal, but an intimation has been
made that there might be a compro
‘mise upon a low level lock canal,
i which would be very satisfactory to
! the canal commission and the admin
| istration.
The officers who accompanied Sec
retary Taft to Panama to investigate
the matter of fortifications for the
canal have not yet made a report and
will not until a type of canal is deter
mined. Upon the type of canal will
depend the location of the mouths of
(he canal, and no definite plans for
fortifications will be feasible until the
places where the protection will be
needed can be definitely known.
BANDITS ARE FARMER BOYS
Sheriffs of Three Missouri Counties
Have Them in Corner.
PATTONSBURG, Mo.—The sheriff
of Davies, Harrison and Gentry coun
ties. attended by posses from each of
there counties, are guarding the woods
around the little village of Bridgeport,
in the northern part of this county,
where it is supposed the four men who
held up the passengers and night
agent at the Gallatin station Monday
are in hiding. It is not believed that
i the fugutives will make a fight and
J the officers do not consider them pro
fessionals. It is believed that the rob
bers are farmer boys whose minds
have been poisoned by trashy novels.
CONDEMN KILLING OF JEWS. .
Merchants’ Exchange of St. Louis
Adopts Res^utions.
ST. LOUIS—Several hundred mem
bers of the Merchants' Exchange and
representative business and profes
sional men of St. Louis assembled on
the floor of the exchange and adopted
resolutions condemning the massa
cres of the Jews in Russia. It was
the sense of the meeting that the in
dignation of the financial men of the
country should be expressed, so that
! Russia, looking for markets for her
i loans, may know the feeling she will
encounter. Brief addresses were made
by Former Governor D. R. Francis,
Rabbi Harrison and others. No at
tempt was made to start subscriptions,
but two contributions amounting to
$1,250 were received for the suffering
Russian Jews.
CIVIL PLACE FOR GILLETTE.
City of Philadelphia Wants Services
of Army Engineer.
PHILADELPHIA—Major Cassius E.
Gillette of the engineer corns. U. S.
A„ was appointed chief engineer of
the bureau of filtration by Mayor
i Weaver, subject to the approval of the
president of the United States and
legislation by the United States con
gress authorizing Major Gillette to ac
cept the place. Major Gillette suc
ceeded John W. Hill, who is awaiing
trial on charges of fraud and falsify
ing the records of his office in connec
tion with the letting of contracts.
The position pays $17,000 a year.
Much Less Public Printing.
WASHINGTON — Acting Public
Printer Ricketts in an interview says:
‘ Judging from the volume of work
i now being turned out at the govern
I ment printing office economy has
struck the government departments
hard. We are now printing about as
much stuff as we did five or six years
ago. The amount has fallen off
greatly within the last three months,
and during my connection with the of
fice has never been at so low a point
as now.”
CLOSE OF THE EXPOSITION
Many Americans Receive Awards
From the International.
LIEGE, Belgium—Many Americans
have secured high awards at the inter
national exposition which has Just
been brought to a successful close.
John S. Sargent, the artist receives a
gold medal of honor; W. Macewan,
Carl Marr and Eugene Vail first medals
for paintings, and P. W. Bartlett, a
first medal for sculpture. American
manufacturers receive 200 gold, silver
and bronze medals as well as diplo.
mas.
PERKINS AND BUFFALO BILL.
Insurance Man and 8howman Sail for
Home.
PARIS—George W. Perkins of New
York sailed for borne on the North
German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, from Cherbourg,
after conferring with officials here rel
ative to the enforcement of the new
insurance law. He declined to dis
cuss the insurance situation. Colonel
Cody is also a passenger on the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse.
Marshal Oyama to Report.
TOKIO—Replying to an imperial
message ordering him to speedily re
turn to Tokio and render a personal
report of the recent war. Field Mar
shal Oyama has named November 25
as the date for his departure from
Manchuria.
Bryan a Grandfather.
DENVER, Colo.—Mrs. Ruth Leavitt,
daughter of W. J. Bryan, gave birth to
a son. Mrs. Leavitt and her husband
have for some time been residents of
this city.
Standard Declares Dividends
NEW YORK—The Standard Oil
company has declared a quarterly divi
dend of $10 a share. The previous
dividend was $6 a share, and the divi
dend at this time last year was $7 a
share.
Repairs Must Be Hurried.
WASHINGTON—According to or
ders issued by the navy department
all repairs on vessels of the North
Atlantic station must be completed by
January 3.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES
ARE REPORTED LOST
CHANNEL STEAMER WRECKED
OFF ST. MALO.
Details Are Meager, but It is Thought
That at Least One Hundred
Were Drowned.
LONDON—The Southwestern rail
way's cross channel steamer Hilda
was wrecked Sunday morning off St.
Malo. on the north coast of France,
and it is believed that one hundred or
more of its passengers and crew were
drowned. The Hilda left Southamp
ton Friday night for St. Malo with
considerable more than one hundred
souls on board. Its passage was
greatly delayed by a fog in the chan
nel, and when nearing St. Malo it
ran into a severe snow storm, appar
ently missed its course and founder
ed on the rocks off Jardin lighthouse,
three miles from St. Malo.
The company's steamer Ada. out
ward from St. Malo. rescued five of
the passengers and one of the crew.
There are now on the way to South
ampton. _ There is an unconfirmed re
jwrt that seventy had been saved.
The crew numbered twenty-six, and
there were about one hundred passen
gers, all Frenchmen, the majority be
ing onion dealers from St. Briae and
neighborhood.
A telegram from St. Servan, ad
joining the town of St. Malo, gives
the few particulars yet available. The
Hilda was near St. Malo Saturday
morning. It struck the rocks at 4
o'clock Sunday morning in the road
stead off the island of Cezambre, hav
ing missed the tide, owing to bad
weather and fog.
The majority of the crew and pas
sengers were asleep at the time. Two
boats were lowered, one of which,
containing five men, arrived at St.
Servan. The second boat was picked
up empty at St. Cast, where thirteen
bodies were washed ashore. The top
of the Hilda’s funnel and its mast are
visible at lowe tide, according to the
telegram from St. Servan.
The Southwestern Railway com
pany is yet unable to give a list of
the Hilda's passengers, but they say
that a score booked passage at sta
tions between London and Southamp
ton, and that to the best of their
knowledge ninety-nine were drowned
and only six saved.
RUSH FOR PAYMASTER'S PLACE
More Than Ten Times as Man/ Men
Apply for Twelve Jobs.
WASHINGTON—Within two days
after the announcement, was made
from the Navy department that a
competitive examination will be held
for applicants to vacancies in the pay
corps. 138 applications came to the de
partment from young men in twenty
one different states in the union. Penn
sylvania and Illinois furnished the
longest lists of young men who- are
ambitious to secure a paymaster's
commission. Judging by the number
already received, the department ex
pects to be deluged with letters from
those seeking to enter the corps. As
there are but twelve vacancies, the de
partment will have ample material to
draw from.
MANY PERISH IN FIRE.
Thirty-Nine Lives Lost in a Cheap
Lodging House at Glasgow.
GLASGOW—The most terrible fire
that has occurred in Great Britain
Cor many years broke out today in a
cheap lodging house for men, in Wat
son street, and resulted in the loss of
thirty-nine lives and the severe in
jury of many others. The flames
were first noticed at 6 o'clock this
morning on the fourth floor of the
building, which was occupied by 330
men. An alarm was raised and the
firemen responded quickly, but flames
and smoke were then issuing from
most of the windows on the fourth
floor.
An extraordinary scene was created
by a procession of almost naked men
rushing out of the entrance to the
building, and against their frantic ef
forts to escape the firemen had ac
tually to fight for admission. Reach
ing the upper floors the firemen found
that the narrow passages were be
coming congested with men who had
dropped to the floors overcome by
smoke. The Are, however, was con
fined to the fourth floor, and as soon
as the firemen were able to get to
work it was speedily extinguished.
SIX HUNDRED WERE KILEED
Half of the City of Vladivostok Was
Destroyed.
TOKIO—An eyewitness of the rec
ent riot at Vladivostok, who has ar
rived at Nagasaki, reports that nearly
half of the city was burned, and that
600 of the garrison were killed, that
the jail was thrown open and that
General Kapek is missing. The dam
age is estimated at $25,000,000. Sol
diers from Harbin are reported to
have joined the rioters.
AN ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
Return of Japanese Troops Cause for
Uneasiness.
TOKIO—The number of unemploy
ed, following the return of the troops
from the field, estimated at 700,000
men, is causing uneasiness, in view
of' the industrial depression now pre
vailing, and the unlikelihood of a re
vival in business in the near future.
It is authoritatively stated that it
had not yet been decided whether Vice
Admiral Togo will visit England or
not.
Palma Thanks Roosevelt.
HAVANA—In reply to a message of
sympathy from the United States Pres
ident Palma cabled as follows: “A
thousands thanks for the sentiments
expressed in your cablegram. The
Cuban people have not confounded
the noble moral, trustworthy people of
tue United States with the speculators
who, under the claim of American cit
izenship, consider themselves author
ized to carry into effect regarding
Cuba whatever comes to their minds,
when Impelled by motives of selfish
ness and personal interest.”
[TRIES TO BLACKMAIL ARMOUR
Former Employe of Packer Steals Let
ters from Files.
CHICAGO—William S. McSwain and
W. S. Cole, his, brotlier-in-law. were ar
rested here today, charged with at
temptingto blackmail J. Ogden Armour
and other members of Armour & Co.,
for $40,000 in connection with the
Beef fmst examination, with letters
they are alleged to have stolen from
the files of the company. McSwain
was employed by Armour & Co., for
four years as a stenographer and in
that way had access to part of the
mail of the packing company. Since
the recent beef investigation was be
gun it is charged he has taken lettei'3
lrom the files of the concern. Three
weeks ago. it is alleged, he approached
Mr. Armour and threatened to turn
the letters over to the federal author
ities unless he was paid $40,000. Mr.
Armour refused to listen to the man,
and McSwain, it is said, made sim
ilar demands on other members of the
company Both men are now under
arrest.
CUTS IT in TWO.
President of Mutual Reduces His Own
Salary.
NEW YORK—At a special meeting
of the board of trustees of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company in this city,
at which a preliminary report of the
recently appointed special investigat
ing committee was submitted, Presi
dent Richard A. McCurdy caused a stir
by announcing that, at his own re
quest, his salary had been cut in half,
from $150,000 to $75,000 a year. This
action was taken at a meeting of the
finance committee, and Mr. McCurdy
said it was the first step in reducing
the expenses of the company.
Salaries of the other executive offi
cers of the company also have been re
duced, the saving amouting in all to
between $145,000 and $150,000 per an
num.
TREATY REACHES WASHINGTON
Snt From Tokio for Final Exchange of
Ratifications.
WASHINGTON—The peace treaty
engrossed at Tokio. which is to be for
mally exchanged for the elaborately
inscribed vellum copy of the Ports
mouth convention has been received
at the Japanese legation here. It is
intended that the state department
will be the scene of the final exchange
of the ratifications, which probably
will occur within a few days.
NEBRASKA’S YIELD OF CORN.
Crop of 1905 Above the Record Estab
lished for Ten-Year.
OMAHA—Last week the Associated
Press dispatches brought from Wash
ington the report of the Department of
Agriculture on the corn crop for the
current year. In this Nebraska was
credited with a yield per acre of 32.8
bushels and a ten-year average of 36.4
bushels. This last figure is patently
wrong and an effort was made, with
out success, to get it corrected at the
time. The printed report of the De
partment of Agriculture for Novem
ber is now at hand and brings the cor
rected figures. The Nebraska corn
yield for 1905 is estimated at 32.8
bushels against a ten-year average of
26.4, which places a much different
complexion on the condition. This
shows the yield of corn to l;e 6.4 bush
els an acre for 1905 above, instead of
3.6 bushels below the ten-year aver
age.
SHATTERS HIS HIGH IDEALS.
Running Grocery According to Divine
Teachings Fails.
SIOUX CITY, la.—Running a gro
cery as Christ would run it has not
proved a success in the case of Rev.
W. M. Hoare. for his grocery closed
Its doors. Two years ago Rev. Mr.
Hoare left the ministry to engage in
the grocery business. He firmly be
lieved the principles of Christ could
be applied to the grocery to the satis
faction even of Rev. Charles M. Shel
don. However, after two years, he
found he could not compete with the
more worldly men who were running
the other groceries, and he decided
to give up the attempt.
Army Laundries Restricted.
WASHINGTON—By a general order,
Acting Secretary Oliver has prohibit
ed army canteens and laundries from
entering into competition with civilian
concerns in supplying goods and ser
vices to hospitals, organization and
supply departments at army posts,
which are to be paid for from public,
funds. Only in cases where such sup
plies and services cannot be as con
veniently or reasonably obtained as
elsewhere, and where a direct advan
tage will accrue to the government,
may this rule be departed from.
Mormon* Flock to Mexico.
MEXICO—Almost daily large num
bers of Mormons from Salt I-ake City,
Utah, are coming to this country and
forming colonies in many states
throughout the republic. Some of
these colonists are contemplating lo
cating in the state of Tamaulipas..
Interested in Wei Hai Wei.
WASHINGTON — In diplomatic
circles keen interest is felt in the ul
timate disposition of Wei Hai Wei,
the English naval station in China.
When China, ceded Port Arthur to
Russia for a term of years it made an
agreement with England ceding Wei
Hai Wei for the same length of time
that Port Arthur should remain in Rus
sian hands. Since the Russo-Japanese
was Port Arthur is no longer a Rus
sian possession and the question now
is whether the agreement made with
England holds good any longer.
Count of Flanders is Dead.
BRUSSELS—The count of Fian
ders. brother of King Leopold and
heir to the throne is dead. Death was
due to inflammation of the respiratory
organs. The count was born in 1837.
Contributions to Relief.
NEW YORK—Contributions today
from all parts of the country received
by the national committee for the re
lief of sufferers by Russian massacres
amounted to $67,191, making a grand
total of $396,870.
AMERICAS RELATIONS
WlIJIVENfZIIELA
THE WHOLE GENERAL QUESTION
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
The Critchfield Claim First to Come
Up—Owners and Promoters of
Mines Meard.
WASHINGTON—In his considera
tion the whole general question of
the relations between America and
Venezuela with special reference to
the presentation of claims of Ameri
j can citizens against the government
of Venezuela which were not adjusted
by the Venezuela arbitration tribunals,
Secretary Root has reached the Critch
field claim and Friday he devoted sev
eral hours to the subject.
George Washington Critchfield, the
original promoter; R. S. Rockey, pres
ident of the United States and Vene
zuela company, and R. Floyd Clarke,
attorney for the corporation, appear
ed at the state department and ex
plained to Secretary Root at great
length the details of the case. From
their narrative it appeared that sev
eral years ago, when Castro was dic
tator of Venzuela, Critchfield pur
chased an asphalt mine in the interior.
It was necessary in order to market
the asphalt that a tramway be con
structed to the coast. Critchfield se
cured from Castro formal permission
for the construction of this tramway
and also the right to export the as
phalt free of any export duty. About
a year and a half ago. the company
asserts, the Venezuelan government,
in violation of this contract, began
to impose export duties on the asphalt
and increased the tax to a point that
made it impossible to operate the
mine profitably. Consequently, after
vainly appealing to President Castro
to adhere to his original agreement,
the United States and Venezuela com
pany. which operated the mine and
the railroad, went out of business,
closed up the works and aupealed to
the state department for redress.
Secretary Root listened with much
interest to the presentation of this
case, which he will make the basis of
fresh and strong instructions to Min
ister Russell.
.
Wilson Talks to Chemists.
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture Friday emphasized the
necessity of a national pure food law
in an address before the annual con
vention of the official chemists in ses
sion here. He complimented the
chemists on their accomplishment in
abolishing food adulteration. While
there are a few people, he said, who
do not want to know what they eat
is pure, and who may be importuning
congress not to pass a pure food law,
the secretary told the chemists he
was sure the great majority of the
American people were heartily in fa
vor of the purity of the market basket.
FAVORS FEDERAL SUPERVISION.
Senator Dryden Will Introduce an
Insurance Bill.
j WASHINGTON—Senator Dryden of
New Jersey, who is president of one
of the largest life insurance compa
nies in the country, had a talk with
the president on the subject of insur
anee, which the president will discuss
freely in his forthcoming message tc
congress. Senator Dryden will intro
duce at the approaching session a bill
providing for federal supervision ol
life insurance. It will differ in some
respects from the measure Mr. Dry
den introduced in the last congress,
but the principle will be the same.
He indicated, in response to inquiries,
that the supreme court had nevei
passed on the constitutionality of a
federal law regulating insurance, al
though it had held, in the considera
tion of cases involving purely state
laws, that interstate insurance was
not interstate commerce.
GRANGERS ROAST GRAFTING.
Patrons of Husbandry Say Men of In
fluence Should Be Punished.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.—Illegiti
mate profits formed the leading theme
of the report of the executive commit
tee of the National Grange, Patrons
of Husbandry which was presented
at Friday’s session of the convention.
"This evil,” the report states, “has
invaded even the homes in the form
of adulterated foods and has become
so formidable that government action
must be taken to curb its growth.”
The report also scores dishonesty in
politics saying:
Do not imagine the graft evil
curbed or .the public appeased by
sending a few postoffice looters to
prison while grafters of millions oc
cupy positions of trust, or hold down
seats in the United States senate,
making grafting the surest road to
prosperity and fame. No man, because
he is stronger than auother in body
and mind, has any right to take from
another.
Henderson’s New Treatment.
DUBUQUE. Ia.—With his aged
brother as a nurse, heroic measures
are being taken to prolong the life of
ex-speaker David Henderson. A. C.
Henderson, a trained nurse of many
years’ experience, is wrapping his
brother in scorching blankets in order
to draw the blood from the head and
produce better circulation. Ordinarily
medical treatment has been aban
doned and under the new treatment,
which the speaker’s brother had tried
before with success, no opiates are
needed.
Pensioners Living Abroad.
WASHINGTON—Pension Commis
sioner Warner has issued a statement
denying the report that pensioners re
siding in foreign countries are to be
paid through consuls abroad. Under
the law pensions can only be paid by
agents stationed in tile United States
It is proposed, however, to divide the
foreign list, aggregating about 4,50C
pensioners, and give to each repre
sentative of the United States the
names and addresses of pensioners in
the country where such consul is sta
tioned.
FEAR LOWER WAGES.
Railroad Employes Protest to the
President.
WASHINGTON—An earnest protest
was made to the president against
proposed freight rate legislation. The
protest was filed by representatives of
the five great labor organizations con
nected with railroading—the engi
neers. firemen, conductors, switchmen
and trainmen. The members of the
delegation which called on the presi
dent represented the several organiza
tions. They ]>ointed out to him that
railroad rate legislation logically
meant the lowering of rates. This,
they contended, will be followed by
a lessening of the earning power of
railroads and consequently by reduc
tion eventually of the wages of rail
road employes.
The delegation which called on the
president came from twelve different
states and represented all the larger
systems of railroads.
TAKES ON SERIOUS ASPECT.
Anti - American Boycott Reaches
Straits Settlements.
WASHINGTON—Cable advices to
the state department from Singapore
Straits settlements bring the news
that the anti-American boycott in that,
quarter, which was thought to be prac
tically suppressed, has. on the con
trary. taken on a decidedly serious
aspect.
The state department finds it very
difficult to deal with the phase of the
boycott for the reason that it exists,
not in China proper, but in a British
dependency, which can scarcely be
called to account, as was the Chinese
government by Minister Roskhiil.
WILL SUPPORT ADAMS BILL.
Agricultural Colleges Favor Larger
Federal Appropriations.
WASHINGTON — The Association
of Agricultural Colleges and Experi
ment Stations today pledged its sup
port of what is known as the Adams
bill in congress, making larger federal
appropriations for agricultural educa
tion at the experiment stations in the
several states; also to the Mondell
bill, creating a government school of
mines and mining. A resolution was
adopted authorizing a conference be
tween the association and the Na
tional Education association, with a
view to the establishment of a section
of agriculture in the educational as
sociation.
GOOD PLACE FOR HINSHAW.
Congressman from Fourth Wants on
Appropriation Committee.
WASHINGTON—The Nebraska del
egation will support Representative
Hinshaw for a place on the approp
riations committee of the house. In
addition to the united support of his
associates from Nebraska Mr. Hinshaw
will have considerable outside back
ing, including members from Pennsyl
vtania. Indiana, Ohio and Iowa.
Speaker Cannon, while noneommital,
it is believed looks upon Nebraska
as having a right to the place made
vacant on the appropriations commit
tee by the transfer of E. J. Burkett
to the senate, and appreciates the ef
forts that are being made to retain
it for the-state.
Representative Kinkaid. it is under
stood, would like to hat <» a place on
military affairs. Judge Norris will be
satisfied with his present assignment
on public buildings and grounds. Rep
resentative Pollard would like to go
on ways and means, interstate and for
eign commerce and judiciary, but it
is believed he will be satisfied with
any one of these assignments.
Report of Animal Industry.
WASHINGTON—The principal re
port of the Department of Agriculture
on farm animals will he made for
January 1. In this department the
report will estimate the number of
horses, mu.es. milch cows, other cat
tle, sheep and swine, and also give
the local prices received by farmers
for these animals.
NO RACE FEELING IN CHINA.
Recent Mast-acre Not the Result of
Boycott.
WASHINGTON — No boycott, no
race feeling, but a mere personal quar
rel was the cause of the death of the
five American Presbyterian mission
aries recenly at Lienchow, in China,
according to the report made to Secre
tary Root by Sir Chentung Liang
Cheng, the Chinese minister here.
The minister bad with him when be
came to the state department a copy
of a long cablegram from the viceroy
of Kwang Tung and Kwangsi bearing
on this subject. The viceroy reported
that Dr. Machle and Miss Patterson,
two of the missionaries who escaped
massacre by reason of their tempor
ary absence from Lienchow. had just
reached Canton under a strong Chi
nese guard. According to Dr. Machle,
and his investigations were shared in
by the American consul’s agent, the
anti-American boycott had nothing to
do with the tragedy.
Ordered for “Shake Down Cruise.”
WASHINGTON—The navy depart
ment has ordered the cruiser Charles
ton, recently commissioned, to pro
ceed to sea from Norfolk for a “shake
down cruise" outside the Virginia
capes.
White Beaver is Mending.
LA CROSSE, Wis.—The family of
Frank D. Powell (White Beaver) was
notified from Cody, Wyo., where Pow
ell’s death, has been hourly expected,
that he is improving and that his re
covery is expected.
Counterfeited American Money.
BERLIN—A dispatch to the Vos
siche Zeitung from Cologne announces
the arrest at Schlebusch, Prussia, of
a band of counterfeiters who made a
specialty of counterfeiting American
paper money.
Relief for the Unemployed.
LONDON—King Edward has given
$10,500 and the prince of Wales $5,2<>c
to the fund fcr the aid of the unem
ployed, which was started by Queen
Alexandra.
EASTERN SAGE VISITS A.' .RICA.
Honorable P. Ramanatha-: lo Lecture
in This Country.
There is now in Washington one of
the most eminent and interesting fo
eigners who ever arrived in this coun
try, the invited guest of Mr. Albert S.
Dulin. regent of the Vedanta unite
sitv. This distinguished personage Is
none other than the Honorable P Ra
manathan. K. C.. C. M. G.. solicitor
general of Ceylon. India—a grt;.
.1r.ana Yogi, or sage, and reputed t<>
he one of the "Wise Men of the Ea~'
Mr. Ramanathan is considered tt< •
the most learned jurist, pfcilosoj ! • r
and master of the English language n
India. His works on jurisprudence are
considered the best legal collation ever
compiled by a Hindu scliola: His
commentaries on religion and philos
ophy are voluminous, the most cele
brated of which is his wonderful work
entitled “An Eastern Exposition of the
Gospels of Jesus." Cnlike many Or
entals who have visited England am
America for the purpose of proselyting
Brahmanism and Buddhism, Mr. Ra
nianathan finds in our own Bible the
essence of all religion and philosophy
and expounds its marvelous spiritual
teachings as only a Jnana Yogi can.
The light he has thrown upon the
Gospels of St. Mathew and St. John
stands out in brilliant and luminous
contract with the expositions of these
gospels as presented by our Christian
theologians, either ancient or modern
He comes to this country by (he n
vitation of Myron H. Phelps, Albert S
Dulin and many other well-known edu
cators distinguished for their learniag
Hon. P. Ramanathan.
an.l spiritual Knowledge. At Wash
ington he will have the opportunity of
expounding the Vedanta and Yoga
philosophy this winter before the liter
ary, scientific and philosophical ajdi
ences which will greet him.
Interest in Mr. RamanathanV visit
to America is being greatly intensified
by the fact that he will not only de
liver many lectures while here, but
that his visit is of special significance
when it is known that he comes to
join hands with Albert S. Dulin. the
founder of the International Vedaate.
in establishing a new educational sys
tem of culture which will make fcr a
higher individual and international civ
ilization. It is believed by those who
are familiar with the purpose that t. is
called this great Hindu sage to Atact
ica at this time that an educational
system will be evolved by these gen
tlemen this winter which will con ain
the essence of all that is good in our
present methods, but reinforced and
enlarged by the learning and wisdom
of the Orient.
Reward for Many Years Service.
After continuous employment for
forty years, without losing a single
day’s work for any reason whatever
and without a vacation during all
those years. Vine Hovey, agent at
Forest City. Mo., for the Burlington
railroad, has been given a vacation
which will last two years, his full
pay going on for that length of t me.
Hovey is the oldest man in point
of service on the Burlington system.
At one time in Nevada he owned a
mining claim near the famous Vir
ginia mine for which he was offered
$450,000. He wanted $1,000,000 and fin
ally parted with it for a pair of old
horses. Subsequently It was fc-und
that this was more than the claim was
worth.—Exchange.
Large Sum for Opera Seats.
James Stillman, the New York
banker, has established a new record
as patron of opera, haTing obtained
for the coming season two parterre
boxes for a total of 101 performances,
which at the rate of $100 a perfor
mance, 'makes a total output on the
part of the banker of $10,100 for the
pleasure of witnessing grand opera
from the “diamond horseshoe." The
owners of the celebrated first row of
boxes—those upholstered in red
plush and supplied with gold cha:rs—
are, with a few exceptions, kind
enough to allow certain of their
friends to occupy their precious van
tage points—-for a consideration—and
that consideration is $100 per per
formance.
Nearest Star to Solar System.
Alpha Centaurl. a bright star of tne
southern hemisphere, not visible in
the United States, is the nearest star
to the solar system. Yet it is 275,
020 times as far from the earth as is
the sun. That is, it is 25.000,000,000.
000 miles away. The light of this
nearest star requires four and one
third years to travel to the earth. Yet
other stars are so much farther away
from the earth that the distance to
Alpha Centuari is a mere yardstick
with which to measure their greater
distances.
Official Waa “Rattled."
That it is a good deal of a strain
on the nerves to discover gold is
shown by the story of an Australian
official, who wanted to telegrapa the
news of the finding of the precious
metal in his district. A small boy,
seeking for a stone to throw at a
crow, had picked up what proved to
be a nugget of pure gold. In his ex
citement the official overlooked the
main point entirely and wrote this:
‘Boy picked up a stone to throw at a
crow,” and nothing more.