xfit
PROMPT ACTION
Barbarities in Philippines to Be
Investigated.
ROOSEVCLyf S GRAVITY OF THE CASE
flanural Mnltli d Up Court inurlliiled -Mn
Kmpnrinlliln fur Untrr Cure
Ainu MiihI .Suffer, If fliurgn l
StiHtuliiffl -Knot Cnlili,
Ah n ipfliill of Uip ronsiilrratiim by
tlm cabinet hist Tuesday of tho elmrgcs
of cruel treatment of Filipino by
Unltril States soldiers. Secretary Hoot
ha cabled General Chaffee at Mnnllu
iih follows-
"Press dispatcher slate Unit upon
tbo trlnl of Major Wnllcr ot Hip mu
rine corps tcilimony was given by
Waller, cnrrohointrd by other wit
nesses, Unit Gen. Jacob II. Smith in
MSnirtort him to Kill mid burn; tlmt
tliB more bo kllk'il untl burned the
better pleased General Smith would
bo; lliul It was no time to take pris
oners, and that when .Major Waller
asked General Smith to define the ago
limit for killing ho replied: 'Kvcry
thlng over ten.'
"If such testimony was given and
I ho Tacts can be established, you will
plnco General Smith on trial by court
martial.
"Yestenlay. before- the senate com
mittor on Pbilli tine affairs, Sergeant
rjiiarles Riley and Private Lewis Smith
rf the Twenty-sixth volunteer Infan
try testified that (he form of torture
known as tho water euro was admin
istered to the presidunte of the town
of Igbarras, Hollo province, Island of
fanny, by a detachment of the Hght
eentb United States infantry under
command or Lieut. Arthur L. Conger,
under orders of Maj. Kdwin F. Glenn,
then captain of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry, and that Captain and Assistant
Surgeon Palmer Lyon, at that time a
contract surgeon, were present to as
sist them. The officers named, or such
, them as aro found to he responsible
for the. net, will ho tried, therefor, by
court-martial. Conger and Lyon aro
in this country. Both tho Twenty
sixth volunteer infantry and Hghteenth
Infantry having returned to tho United
SUites nnd inoht of tho witness be
ing presumptively here, tho secretary
of war directs that Maj. K. F. Glenn,
Twenty-fifth Infantry, bo directed to
proceed to San Francisco and report
to the general commanding the depait
rncnt of California witn a view to his
trial by court-martial under i barges
alleging tho cruellies prattle ed by him
upon a native of the Philippine Islands
jnt Igbarras on the 27th of June. MOO.
r "If you can discover any witness
still In tho service in the Philippines
who can testify in support of tho
charges, or if Major Glenn desires the
attendance of any persons now serv
ing In the Islands as witnesses for the
defoiiBe, you will dliect them to pro
ceed to San Francisco for that pur
pose. "As the two years nllowrd for the
prosecution by the statute of limita
tions Is nearly at an end, no time Is to
bo lost. You will tako such (ourse in
advancing or postponing the Investiga
tions previously otdercd Into the con
duct of General Smith and Major
(llonn as shall be required to enable
you to execute these instructions.
"It is believed Hint the violations of
law and humanity, of which these
cases, If true, aro examples, will prove
to be few and occasional and not to
characterize tho conduct of the army
generally In the Philippines, but the
fact that nny such acts of cruelty nnd
barbarity appear to have been done
Indicates tho necessity of a most thor
ough, searching and exhaustive Inves
tigation in tho general charges pre
ferred by Genornl Gardener, and you
wlll sparo no effort. In the Invcstlgn
tion already ordered under these
charges, to uncover every such ease
which may havo occurred and bring
tho offenders to Justice.
"Tho president desires to know In
tho fullest and most circumstantial
mannor all the facts, nothing being
concealed, and no man being for nny
reason favored or shielded. For the
very reason that tho president Intends
to back up tho army in the heartiest
fashion in every lawful and legitimate
method of doing its work, he also in
tends to seo that the most rigorous
care Is exercised to deti-i t and prevent
.- nny cruelty or brutality and that men
4 who aro guilty thereof aro punished.
Great as tho provocation has been In
dealing with foes who habitually re
uort to treachery, murder and torture
against our men, nothing can Justify
or will bo held to Justify tho uso of
tortnro or inhuman conduct of any
Kind on tho part of tho American
army. (Signed.)
"RLIHU HOOT.
"Secretary of War."
April ifi, 1002.
itcclilriit nt I'unerul.
f J. A. Chitwood was burled at Frank
lin, Neb., tho 0. A. It. and I. O.
O. V. lodges both marching to the
graveyard. An accident happened just
as they reached the grave thnt mny
prove serious. Miles Godsey, who was
driving a team for I no mourners, In
jumping out of tho buggy frightened
one of the horses and it commenced
kicking, knocking him down and in
sensible. It took threo men to hold
tho tenm. Godsey was taken to a
doctor.
J
Hliot Acclili'iitiillj.
Chr.rloy Sprnguo, aged about sixteen,
was accidentally shot while he and a
companion wero out hunting near
Kimball. 'Seb. Tho bnll. a 22-cnIIbre.
entered his hip and lodged In the flesh
four Inches below, making an ugly and
painful wound.
l'.lk to lluviiit Home.
Tho Bonevolent Protective Order of
. Klkn has purchased tho Motel Bedford
at Bedford City, Va and will convert
tho building into a national hlko
home.
PALMA MAKES HIS ADIEUS
CiiIiii'h timt rrrllrnt lllil I'rleiul ami
Nrlglitior tlmitl-hjp.
General Thomas Fstrndn Palma. fo
eighteen years an esteemed citizen o
Central Valley. N. Y.. hade farewell
to his friends and neighbors Tuesday
and started on the flint stage of lilt
Journey to Havana where, on Maj
20th ho will become pusldent of tin
new Cuban icpubtU Townspeople
turned out In a body to shake the gen
eial's hand and ottered words ot en
couragement and of congratulation
Irving Washburn, a local lawyer
made a formal uildro-s of farewell
General Palma responded briefly.
In an Interview the presldent-elrel
expressed sorrow at leaving Ameri
ca, but said he would be delighted tc
again see bis native laud.
"1 return feeling Uio grenttwt hope
for Cuba's future. The American con
gress will do what Is right by us auC
we iiepd have no fear 1 will sail to
morrow and expei t to ui rive at Glbara
Sunday. Thence 1 go to llayamo, mj
native town, where I shall remain
several- days Later I will visit th
southern seaports of (he island and
meet my friend, General Maceo. 1
expect to arrive at Havana May Hth '
Until 'I'll roc Coiitenllon.
The Knights and Ladle of Seeuritj
of Nebraska will hold three conven
tions on April 30lh. as follows: Flisl
district, Fall City; Fourth dlsliet, Bea
trice; dihtrlit at large, Omaha, at
which four delegates will be selected
to represent the state nt tho national
convention held In Louisville, Ky., In
June. Hon. H. 11. Windham of Piatts
mouth and Mr. L. M. Thomas of Lin
coln, district deputy of the order, arc
spoken of as prospective candidates
from the First district, and Mr. J. A.
Miller of Fnlrbury, mall clerk on tlu
Hock Island, lias been mentioned from
from the Fourth. No nsplinnt linn yet
appeared from the Omaha, or district
at large. N
I'tiot Mitujcli'tl liy 'I' nil n.
I'M. O'Connell. an old man sustained
an injury in the Burlington yards at
Lincoln that may cost him his left
foot. He was coming to the city on
a Burlington freight train. He under
took to get oil' the train In the yard!
near the round house. Swinging down
toward the ground his left foot caught
In the frog of a switch before ho let gc
of the car The car was moving at a
rapid pace and the jerk was tuifllcicnt
to nearly pull his left foot off at tin
ankle. It was fear! ally torn and man
gled. PI Uo for Nrlinmku Strriims.
Fish Commissioner O'Brien brought
10.000,000 pike eggs fiom Bay City,
Mich. They will be placed In tlu
South Bend hatcheries and tho fry
which develops will be placed In the
streams of the state the latter part
of May or eaily in June. Deputy Game
Warden Rlmpkins says the fish will be
put in Cut Off lake. Crystal lake, tlu
Blue river, the Veuilgris and slmlla
bodies of water.
Mm MeKlnli-y (;! I'i-iihIiiii.
The house passed the bill grnntlns
a pension to the widow of President
McKinley at $.",00t per year.
It had previously passed the sennto
and now goes to the president for hie
signature. Although favorable action
on the mensuro was unanimous, nn In
quiry by Mr. Bell (Colorado) as to the
precedents for such action led to nn
animated discussion.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Tho strike of tho brewers at Hart
ford, Conn., has ended.
The Countess Castellaue, neo Anna
Gould, gave birth TucBday to a boy.
All grades of refined sugar were
reduced five point last Monday, sayi
a New York dispatch.
Opponents of Cuban reciprocity, la
tho house, aro making a stubborn
fight against tho bill
Bandits tried to wreck the bank ol
Mllllgan. Neb., hut worn compelled to
tleo at the approach of dawn.
It Is rumored Senator Thurston ol
Nebraska will ho tho successor of Sec
retary of tho Interior Hitchcock.
The Illness of Queen Wllhelmlna
took a serious turn Tuesday, and all
court functions have been recalled.
Senator Fornker of Ohio Is opposed
to the Chinese excluulon act, contend
ing that Its provisions aro too drastic.
The Russian minister of tho inte
rior, Zipyagln. wns shot and killed
April 15 by an unknown. The onsas
sin escaped
President Roosevelt recently took
out a $50,(101) llfo insurance policy in
a New York company. He now car
lies J80.000.
Tho union plumbers, to tho number
of 1,000, aro ou a strike for nn Incrcaso
of wages, an eight -hour day and a
half holiday on Saturday,
The Amorlcan gunboat Machlas has
gono to Bocas del Toro to protoct
American Interests there, It having
been learned that Hocus was threat
ened. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia
lias been appointed a member of the
board of Indian commissioners, suc
ceeding tho late Bishop Whipple. Ry
an Is a Catholic.
James S. Clarksou, of Iowa, former
ly first assistant postmaster general,
will be appointed by President Roose
velt as surveyor of customs at tho
poit of Now York.
Tho steamer Cheilhon, with 2-1,00(1
bags of coffee on board, was wrecked
near Point Romedfos, Guatemala.
Passengers npd crew were saved, but
tho cargo Is a total loss.
Emll Colon and Jules Kuntes, Chi
cago butchers, had a duel with butcher
knives. The tight lasted till both
dropped from loss of blood. They wore
pretty much disfigured.
The British warship .Alius arrived at
Queenstovvn April lf, reporting that one
of her twelve-Inch bnrbctto guns ex
ploded during practice ou tho 14th.
Two lieutenants nnd eight men wort
THE PEACE TERMS
Price by Which Groat Britain Can
Secure Peace.
ASK FOR MEASURE Of INDEPENDENCE
liner linlst on limine; ii lliintl In tin-
(liiTi-rnini'iil , Ililtif Snmiutirj nf
tlir Term l'iun IVIili-li Ilocm
VV III l.uv llimii Amu.
From thobP close In touch with tlm
Boer leaders in The Hague. It appears
that the latest seeiet dispatches from
South Africa outline the peace pro
posals now under discussion at Pre
toria The Boers accept a British lord com
missioner, with a Boer executive, both
to be lesldent nt Pretoria.
The country to be divided Into dis
tricts, vvth British district officers mid
a Boer committee, chosen by polling,
by the burghers. The veto right to be
reserved to the British government.
The majority of the British ofllceis
must be eonvetsnnl with tho Dutch
language.
Johannesburg to be lelroccdcd to the
British, with complete British civil or
ganization. A war indemnity of nt least j; 10.000,
000, to be distributed by mixed com
mittees. Disarmament to occur when tho first
hatch of Boer prb'onerti is sent back to
South Allien.
No war tax to be levied.
Both lnngunges to he icrognlzed in
tho schools and courts and In official
documents.
The expense of the garrisons In South
Africa to he homo by Great Britain.
The present Boer leaders to be re
tained In ofllco so far as possible.
The comparatively brief duration of
tho conferences at Klerkdorp Is regnid
ed as an Indication that the Boer lead
ers found little difficulty in agreeing
upon some basis of negotiation. The
transfer of the negotiations to Pretoria,
where both Lord Kitchener and Lord
Mlluer, tho British high commissioner
In South Africa, aro at present, Is In
terpreted by tho London papers as
meaning that tho Boers ate prepared to
make formal peace negotiations. The
latest reports from Boer headquarters
at Brussels nnd The Hague deelare that
the delegates will raise no opposition If
honorable terms are granted ami the
Boers leaders In South Africa have
agreed to accept the maximum obtain
able. STRUCK DEAD BY A TRAIN
Wi-ll-Di-fHui-il Striingpr Instantly Killed
nt I'mnUlln.
A man about thlry-llvo yearn old
was killed at Franklin. Neb., by the
Burlington east bound flyer. Papcrn
found In his pockets would Indicate
thnt his homo wns at Denver, and his
name Dick Dctemple. Others papers
gavo tho name and address of n sister
or wife. Barbara Dctemple. Altoona,
Pa. He had two grips with him which
were filled with new and clean cloth
ing. He was well dressed. Ho hnd a
K. of P. pin. also a uniform rank
charm. A gold watch and chain were
found on him. SovernI photographs
wero found In his grip of himself, one
where ho 1b dressed in a uniform of
tho K. of P. Not a cent of money was
found In his possession. Tho coroner's
Jury returned a verdict of accidental
death.
THROWN INTO RIVER
fifty IVi-iotm Hnre. Narrow Kric From
Drowning In North Itlver.
Fifty persons hnd a narrow escape
from drowning at New York city when
a gang plauk leading to a float at the
foot of West Forty-second street
broke In two, throwing fifteen fashion
ably dressed men and women Into the
North river, twenty Into launches and
rowboata beneath the gang plank and
fifteen upon tho float.
With several hundred others they
hnd gone to the river to bo taken out
to tho Austrian crulsor Szlgetvar, now
anenorea in the stream. Great confu
slon followed tho nccldent. Fortu
nately there wero launches and row-
noata in the Immediate vicinity nnd
tho work of rescue was at once begun.
WONT DRAW COLOR LINE
I'eorlii VVoiiHm'x Club Kuvnr Their Ail
iiiIhmIoiin, Tho Peoria, 111., women's club has
gono on record as being opposed to
any furthor agitation on tho color ques
tion and furthermore nn linlne- nnnn.n.i
to excluding colored clubs from the na
tional federaton. Tho delegates from
tho club to go to lAa Angeles aro un
Instructed, but go with a distinct un
derstanding thnt the Kenan of th. or
ganization 1b against any limitation
whatever ns to membership In tho na
tional federation.
Kn-Hriitliig for Xnw Court Home,.
Tho work of excavating for tho now
court house and Jail at Grand Islnnd Is
about completed, nnd masons will
start to work on tho foundation of tho
Jail and tho concrete foundation for
tho court house structure nt. once. Tho
contractors Bay they havo already
100,000 brick on tlm ground.
Ninnllii ut llrinltiKforil.
Smallpox has broken out In tho vi
cinity of Hemlngford, Neb. Tho coun
ty board of health mndo a trip to that
placo and Instituted tho proper quar
antine regulations and It is thought
that tho epidemic will bo kept under
control.
To t'tirn for Milieu.
Wight Sikhs arrived nt Now York
tlty from Southampton, Saturday. They
aro to enro for tho mules purchased
In this country for the British army.
WELL ACTS QUFERLY
Ono mi n Cum I'oimlj. Nub.. 1'iirin l'r
mmiIm ti I'l-cnllur Problem.
On the farm or Henry Clapp, in the
southwestern part of Cas county. Ne
braska. Is u well which has some very
tieeullni- actions. It Is an ordinary
bored well seventy feet deep, and It ,
was only lately that lis strange ac
tions were noticed. Just before a
storm, a cold current of air rushes1
from Its depths with force sufficient
to lift the hat from one's head. l)ur-
lug this period of activity If a bucket
of water Is poured down the current
of air Is strong enough to rorco it out
again. In pleasant weather strange
sounds, much llKo sous ami moans,
emunate from tho well it s lilted
with nn ordinary pump and windmill
Ordinarily wells with pumps in cold
weather will free.o with the pipes full I
of lee ut the surface, but this one will
be oiien nt tho top In the cold weather
and In ordinary cold weather will not
freeze solid fifty feet below the sur
face. Where tho current of air tomes
from Is a mystery.
WOMAN KILLS HERSELF
ttrlnf Owr AellniiFi of Wnjwuril Sim
rrnuiit Action.
Grler over tho difficulties in which
her son had become Involved Is be
lieved to havo mused Mrs. Fannie
Goldman of Toronto, Canada, to end
her life In a room nt n Madison .street
hotel In Chicago.
Jvlrs. Goldman hail been dead several
hours when found. She had ended
lier llfo by first drinking carbolic add,
then turning on tho gas from three
Jets that were In tho room. Mra. Gold
man reached Chicago in response to a
letter from her son Jiicob, who Is In
tho county Jail awaiting removal to
tho Pontine leformatory for violating
his parole.
UNION MINERS FIRM-
'lln-y .Me. i n to Nti llio If O pern tor I In Not
Count to Term.
The national executive hoard of the
united mine workers, In session at ln
dlann)ollB, Intl., recently adjourned,
without making public the policy re
garding the anthracite coal field
trouble, further than to .announce that
the matter had been left in the bauds
of President Mitchell pending tho re
sult of tho negotiations by the civic i
federation committee. It Is Intiinuted,
however, that preparations have been
made for a general strike Immediately
after the expiration of the thirty days'
truce between the miners and opera
tors on April 27th If the operators re
fuse to make terms.
REMAINS AS GOVERNOR
rreslilent Coni-luilf n CIiiiiiki- U Not
.Merited In II una 1 1.
Tho following official statement ha:
been made at'tho White house:
"The president, after most can-In
Investigation and hearing us man;
men as possible, and hearing fron
others, has come to the conclusion tun
Governor Dole's course has been sucl
as to warrant his contlnuauce as gov
ernor of Hawaii, and entitles him Ul
the respect and hcaity support of the
administration.
The governor wns a caller at tin-
White houso and said that ho would go
to Boston for a short visit and In about
two weeks would sail for homt.
ASK FOR WATER RIGHTS
tlriiuil JhIiiiiiI Cnnul Coinpuiiy l)elre to
lrrlct.
The Farmers' Irrigating company of
western Nebraska, through William
Frank of Grand Islnnd, has made ap
plication to the secretary of tho Btato
Irrigating bonrd for permission to ap--proprlato
water from tho Platto for a
ditch to extend one hundred and fifty
miles through tho scml-arld district
north of Plntto. Tho head gnte. Is to
be near the Colorado line and tho ditch
will extend through Scotts Bluff coun
ty and Chcycnno and end in Deuel.
The estimated cost of the undertak
ing is placed conservatively at ?ri80,000.
GIVES BIRTH TO FIVE GIRLS
lll-nnln; C'onion ly WIioIi-hiiIh to Nuiv
York l'n in I ly.
Islah Rhodes of Bailey's Gap, Ulster
county, Now York, announced to
friends In Poughkeepslo that bin
daughter, Mrs. James McGowan, nged
twenty-eight, of Tucker's Corners, a
hamlet In Ulster county, gave birth to
llvo children, all girls and that nil wero
doing well. Mrs. McGovvan's othor chil
dren are u son and a pair of twins.
CAN COPE WITH FAMINE
tlovcrncir Siiyren Siijm Tcxiii Vrmln No
OlltKliln Help.
Governor Say res of Toxas says that
there Is no necessity for contributions
from outside the stato for tho drouth
sufferers In .upnta county; that the
people of Toxas are entirely able and
willing to reliove them. Supplies and
money aro now being forwarded as fast
as they can be handled.
riii-ni;ern Am Suwil,
A London dispatch says: The British
steamer Klnfauns Castle, from Capo
town, Is nshoro at Brighton, Islo of
Wight. Tho vessel's 330 passengers
and tho mall have been safely landed
Her position Is not dangerous.
Filmier ,iljmli;iiil lim-.ini.
Frank Smith, living six miles south
east of Red Cloud, Nob., was adjudged
Insane by tho board of Insanity and
taken to the asylum at Lincoln. Mr.
Smith wns a well-to-do nnd highly re
spected farmer, having lived In that
vicinity for a number of years. Ho Is
about flfty-llvc yenrs of ago and the
father of nlno children, and Is well
known throughout this section of tho
country.
Look out for broken windows. Tho
baseball season Is ou.
sometimes lie
years old, though they do not get their
growth until 1 years of age. Tho
males are full gtown u year later. A
good hen will lay three nests of eggs
a year from thirty to sixty eggs all
told.
An ostrich ten years old Is In Its
prime, but when It Is fifteen years old
It Is much leas valuable as a feather
producer. At twenty-two It produces
only small plumes. Tho average llfo
of an ostrich Is forty years, ami ono
lomctlmoB reaches tho age of 100 years.
A full-grown ostrich weighs nbout
A Full-drown Mule.
S00 pounds, and when stretching Its
neck stands over eight feet from tho
ground. The legs nro always bare, and
the neck is covered only with a light
"fuzz." The mnlo birds aro tho black
ones, with white weathers In tho wings
and tall. Tho female bird Is drab;
the feathers aro equally valuable, as
they aro almost all dyed before being
put on tho market. The only feathers
sold with their natuuil colors aro tho
white and black found on the male.
Tho ostrich Is first plucked when
seven menths old, and every seven
months after that. All tho valuable
feathers aro found on the wings ami
tall. Flno ostrich plumes at tho farm
cost ?8 or $10 each, and oven more for
some fancy grades. All the ostrich
Illumes of commoner) aro really double
plumes, mndo by uniting two of tho
natural feathers. Tho stems aro pared
down and tho two are sewed together,
hack to back.
When tho proper time has como to
pluck tho ostrich ho Is cajoled, by
means of an orange or n tld-blt, until
ho Is bended for a small, box-like in
closure, Just large enough to hold him;
a mnu slips In behind him and, with a
sudden rush, shoves him Into tho pon
nnd claps tho door shut. Hero tho
bird has no room to kick and Is at
the uieicy of his shearers.
ll!!nllllllll'''lllIl,,, '
uwwiMf mmuux-naur.
rich Farm
Immensely Profitable Investment.
RnttwicM
Leaning over the fence about tho
big osfileb farm at South Pasadena
the other day. Henry Jennings, who Is'
a veteran ostrlih farmer in Southern
California sold "I hnd to quit ostrich
farming because I was afraid to bo
among the birds The craziest, menn
est mule that ever existed is com-
placeut and good-natured by tho side
of a mean ostrich. Tho ostrich can
Kill; in nn.v direction, and there's uo
--2
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I'liiili of Voiiiik )tl leliri.
I dodging tlie kicks. It's wonderful, too.
I how fast they can kick.
'Nearly every man that knows hovr
to care for and to pluck an ostrich In
Southern California gets X0 to $100 n
month a ft w get S120 a mouth."
GEORGIA'S FAMOUS JOAK OUT DOWN.
ITrrn t'liiler Wlilrli Wi-nlvy l'runrtioil lit
!nft, l Iti-mnlMieil.
The ct.lehratrd "Wesley Oak," at
Savannah, G.i., has been cut down to
Linnko way for a trolley car truck. Tra-
Idltlous clustering about the old tree
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gave way befoie the march of progress
and unrelenting arms wielded axon that
laid low what was once n monarch of
tho forest. Tho great live oak was' In
Its prime in 1735, when John W'cBloy
pieaehed (o Savannah colonists and to
Indians beneath Its branches.
Protest against tho tree being cut
MHIU flll'lllflfl lit, ,.l.l'. I. in it rri.n.i.f A.l.n1l
j ...o .'.. . 1. .FJ . ILIAlll.-, Ill 1 IIIIJIIIUl IIUII.
the town four miles from Savannnh lin
which the tree stood. Tho protest,
however, was Ignored, as tho mayor of
the town held that It was public do
main nnd tho company was untitled to
havo the tree removed to make way for
its tracks.
Hnd It not been that thrre was no
time In which to tako such action, tho
courts would hnvo been aBked to Inter
vene to prevent the desecration. The
tree has long been pointed to with
pride and Methodist children through
out the country havo been taught thnti
It wns benealh its branches that Wes
ley inculcated the lessons that are fol
lowed to-day.
Tlm l'roptct of the ICurllu
According to recent calculations
there nro about 1,500 millions of hu
man beings now living ou tho face of
the earth. Of theso 800 millions are
dwellers In Asia, 320 millions innablt
Europe, more than 100 millions dwell
In North and South America, and It Is
supposed that Africa contains over 200
millions the rest belong to tho Islands
scattered all over tho globe. In regard
to color, black men and whlto men
between them dlsposo of S00 millions,
nnd 700 millions aro made up of brown,
yellow and ted men. One-third of tho
human race wear clothes, hut In splte
of the looms of Lancashire, one-sixth
wear nothing, and the rest aro only
partially clad. One-third live Id
houses, nearly one-half dwell In caves
or huts, while the rest tiro houseless.
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When Representative Otey of Vir
ginia, wiib traveling out In Missouri
with a number of orators during it
campaign the names of the principal
spcakeis got Into the papers, but Ma
jor Otey wns always lost amid tho
words "and others." At ono of tho
towns where a muss meeting was held
he mentioned this fact to tho chair
man of tho gathering. In a little
while It cuiio Mnjor Otoy's turn to
speak. Tho Rh.ilr.num led him to
tho edgo of tho platform. "Ladles and
Gentlemen," ho Enid, as he turned his
twinkling eyes upon the major, I hava
now tho honor of Introducing to you
tho distinguished Virginia statesman
and orator. Colonel Others."
Itockfoller' lluclnnluc
John D. Rockcfoller, Jr., began U
earn money when ho was six yonrn
old. His father offered him a Xco of
ono cent for every fence post In need'
of repairs that tho boy could find on
tho big country plnco near Cleveland,
O. Tho first day's work notted hlui
thirteen con
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