1084 Rome taken by Henry IV.
1277 Pope John XXI. killed by fall of
a building.
1420 Treaty o Troyes betwien Eng
land , France and Burgundy.
1498 Vasco de Gama landed at Calicut ,
first Indian port visited by European
vessel.
1036 George Boleyn , English states
man , beheaded.
1542 Paul III. summoned Council of
Trent , but was compelled to prorogue
it.
1505 Siege of Malta commenced by the
Turks.
1050 Marquis of Montrose hanged at
Edinburgh.
1090 Fort at Casco , Me. , destroyed by
the Indians.
175G Great Britain declared war
against France.
1700 Siege of Quebec raised by the
French.
1702 Peace declared between Prussia
and Sweden.
1774 Meeting in Providence , R. I. , first
to discuss subject of a general con
gress.
17S2 Gen. Wayne defeated near Savan
nah. . . .Washington refused to be
King of the American monarchy. . . .
Concessions to Ireland introduced in
British Parliament by Fox.
1794 British defeated by the French at
battle of Tournay.
1795 Mungo Park sailed from England
on his first expedition to explore Af
rica.
1S04 Napoleon I. proclaimed Emperor.
1809 Papal states annexed to France.
1811 U. S. frigate President captured
British sloop Little Belt.
1813 British attacked Sacketts Harbor.
1S14 Norway declared her independ
ence.
1819 Steamship Savannah , first to
cross Atlantic by steam , left Savan
nah for London.
1822 Iturbide declared Emperor of
Mexico.
1830 Prince Leopold declined the crown
of Greece Great eruption of Mt.
Aetna ; 8 villages destroyed.
1839 Treaty concluded with the Semi-
noles.
1841 Yucatan declared a republic.
1843 Secession of Free Church , Scot
land.
1848 Revolutionists forced Emperor of
Austria to flee from Vienna.
1850 Charles Stunner assaulted in the
Senate chamber , Washington.
1859 First stage coach of the Ovecland
Mail arrived in Denver.
" 1SG3 Whole Federal line repulsed from
Vicksburg.
1SG4 First express train between New
York and Buffalo.
1SG7 Napoleon and King William of
Prussia signed the Luxemburg treaty.
1871 Column of Place Yendome , Paris ,
pulled down by Communists.
1872 The Amnesty bill passed Con
gress.
1874 Prince Mettornich and Count of
Montebello fought a duel near Ver
sailles Miss Nellie Grant and A. C.
F. Sartoris married in the White
House. . . .Bursting of dam of Ash-
field * reservoir , Williamsburg , Mass. ;
100 lives lost.
1877 Roumania made proclamation of
independence. *
1879 Capital punishment revived by
vote of the people of Switzerland.
vSSl Revised New Testament published
by Oxford and Cambridge universi
ties Conklyig and Platt of New
York resigned their seats in the Sen
ate ,
1882 Eddystone lighthouse opened by
Duke of Edinburg.
1SS3 Daniel Curley , Phoenix Park mur
derer , hanged at Dublin.
1SS4 The Alert sailed from St. John ,
N. B. , in search of the Greely party.
. . . . Suspension bridge across Ohio
river at Portsmouth fell.
1880 Destruction of Managua , -Central
America , by earthquake.
1SS7 Five prominent nihilists executed
in St. Petersburg.
1SS9 Dr. Cronin's body found in Chicago
cage sewer , eighteen days after his
murder.
1.890 McKinley tariff bill passed the
House , 1G2 to 142.
1891 Twenty-two blocks burned in
Muskegon , Mich.
1893 Infanta Eulalia and party ar
rived at New York.
1894 Emilie Henry , anarchist , guillo
tined in Paris.
1895 Ten thousand in line waiting for
opening of Kickapoo reservation.
1898 Cruiser Charleston sailed from
San Francisco to re-enforce Dewey.
American Lumber In 19O5.
The national forest service ha gath
ered and compiled statistics of the lum
ber cut during 1905. based upon the re-
jports of 11,049 lumber firms. From this
, it appears that the State of Washington
stands first , with over 3,000,000,000 feet ,
and the largest production was in yellow
pine , it being nearly 30 per cent of die
total.
HEMRIK IBSEN DEAD.
Great Xorwcarinn DrainatlHt and
Poet 1'nise.i Away.
Hcnrik Ibsen , the great Norwegian
dramatist and poet , died in Christiania ,
Wednesday afternoon after a lingering
illness of many months. lie was 78
years old , and his death had long been
threatened. Ilejjiad not left his house
since the beginning of winter.
Ibsen's last drainn , "When We Dead
Awaken , " was published in 1899. Ibsen
Is survived by his widow and an only
son , Dr. Sigurd Ibsen , who recently
married the eldest daughter of the Norwegian >
wogian novelist , Bjornstjernc Bjornsen.
With the death of Ilenrik Ibsen
closes a career incomparable with any
in modern literature. Although writing
in a little known language , confining
himself in recent years to the narrow
life of the Norwegian community , Ib
sen's dramas have had a world-wide
significance. Some of them have been
translated into as many as eleven lan
guages.
Acted for the last thirty-five years in
Norway , Denmark and Germany and
later in England , America and France ,
each new play has aroused a storm of
1IENIUK IBSEN.
praise and protest. From his quiet , se
cluded home this man has suggested to
the world in poignant and unforgettable
form profound moral and social prob
lems. Whether derisive or admiring ,
Europe and America have at least been
compelled to give the dramatist com
plete attention.
GOODS FREE TO FRISCO.
Nation's GciierotiH Aid Hauled by
tbe Southern Pacific.
The Southern Pacific , according to its
statistician , handled free , up to and in
cluding May 19 , 1,035 cars of supplies for
the relief of the San Francisco earth
quake and fire sufferers. The entire coun
try responded to the appeals for help.
California rose mightily to the occasion.
Sixty-seven cities and towns of the Gold
en State each gave a carload or more of
provisions to the Southern Pacific to
transport to San Francisco within ten
days after the disaster. Down over the
Shasta route twenty-two Oregon cities
sent a carload or more of supplies to
San Francisco before the end of April.
Of the other States sending generous
contributions in carload lots , the Nebras
ka towns along the lines of the llarriman
system , availing themselves of the offer
of free transportation , secured for Ne
braska the first place among middle west-
i ern States in the number of cities con-
i tributing a carload or more. Up to the
! end of April twenty-three cities and towns
in Nebraska had collected and forwarded -
! ed a carload or more each of provisions
for San Francisco.
[ The largest single item carried was
' flour , of which more than 0,000 tons were
I brought to San Francisco between April
I 19 and May 10. In the three weeks suc-
i cecdiug the fire the potatoes delivered ag-
i gregated 127 cars , or fifteen pounds for
, every inhabitant of the city. Canned
[ goods amounted to about ten pounds each.
The provisions and supplies that had no
other designation totaled more than 14-
000 tons before May 10 , or sixty pounds
for every resident of the city.
PRESBYTERIAN UNION WINS.
Bes Moine.s Assembly Votes for Mer
ger iritli Cumberland Body.
The Presbyterian general assembly at
Des Moines voted for union with the
j Cumberland Presbyterian church , thus
, consummating the merger of the two
bodies.
The assembly by a large majority re
fused to give its official sanction to the
book of forms and services , popularly
known as the prayer book. The action
was taken after a long and spirited de
bate.
bate.The book of forms will continue to be
.published , but nowhere on its pages will
be found anything to indicate that it bears
any authority from the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly , all such words and phrases
having been stricken out. It will be pub
lished merely "for the purpose contemplat
ed by the general assembly of 1905" and
"for voluntary use. "
An effort was made by the opposition
to have the names of the committee who
have prepared it stricken from the book ,
but this was defeated. By its action the
assembly virtually rescinded the action df
three preceding assemblies of 1903 , 1904
and 1905 , in which progressive steps were
taken for an authorized book of forms.
From Far and Near.
Lewis William Washington , ex-vice
president of the Sheet Steel Company of
Pittsburg , died in Nice , France.
Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago presided
at a joint session of the National Asso
ciation for the Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis and the Association of Amer
ican Physicians held in Washington.
Having first seen Miss Concetta Rocco ,
daughter of a wealthy Kansas City Ital
ian , in St. Louis two years ago , but be
ing unable again to find her until a few
months ago , Francesco Ferrullo , leader
of Ellery's band , won her love and mai >
ried her the other night.
Reports from Salt Lake City that the
Mormon church was to withdraw from
business were learned to be without foun
dation. Beresford Hope of London , Eng
land , who claimed to be at the head of a
$25,000,000 corporation formed to take
over the interests of the church , admitted
he had misrepresented the facts
If that divorce decision holds it will
be a wise wife that knows her real
husband. New York Herald.
Count Witte is to be congratulated
lie leaves office without the assistance
of the nihilists. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The bookmaker contends that his
business is not gambling. Right. As
a rale it is robbery. New York Her
ald.
Chicago has been rebuilt twice since
Its fire in 1871. Cannot San Francisco
build rightly at first ? New York
American.
The conscientious school teacher-
gfves dally to pupil and State far
mose than Is paid for by the taxpay
ers. New York Sun.
Maybe the Supreme Court handed
down that divorce opinion just so the
Gorkys wouldn't feel lonesome. Phil
adelphia North American.
The New Yorker who was arrested
for kicking an American flag must
have Imagined he was in England
Louisville Evening Post.
The fact that a number of rich men
hove committed suicide lately does not
especially change the aspect of pover
ty. Philadelphia Ledger.
A tidal wave was predicted to follow
the San Francisco earthquake. It did
a tidal wave of American dollars.
Philadelphia North American.
Now the question will be up for grad
ual settlement whether the autocracy
rules the Douma or the Douma the au
tocracy. Pittsburg Dispatch.
It might be just as well to wait a
few days longer before hailing Mr. Garfield -
field as the conqueror of the Standard
Oil octopus. Washington Post
Sentiment In this country does not
favor Gorky , but it would be far from
favoring a scheme of surrendering him
to Russia. Philadelphia Ledger.
The insurance company which fights
Its losses at San Francisco may ex
pect a still harder fight to gain new
business. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The President has appointed a num
ber of Consuls "at large. " Apparent
ly , the country has had a few unfit to
be at large. Philadelphia Ledger.
Apparently the only thing left for
Dowie to do Is to have his beard trim
med French fashion and make an en
tirely new start in life. Chicago Trib
une.
une.The
The Coal Trust might at leasttake ,
that 10 cents off the dollar that has
been added to the price of coal In the
last year. Philadelphia North Ameri
can.
"The Man With the Hoe , " San Fran
cisco's prize painting , was saved from
the flames. So was "The man with the
hope , " it would seem. Philadelphia
Press.
The spirit of ' 49 lives , and the de
scendants of the Argonauts will build a
greater San Francisco , to rise phoenix-
like from the ashes of the old. New
York Herald.
The ending of the coal mining trou
bles pleases everybody but the calam
ity politicians , who had expected to
.make use of a strike in their business.
Philadelphia Press.
We refuse to credit the tale that
Wall street is behind a scheme to fur
nish New York City with water. Wall
street can use all the water it can get
hold of. Chicago Journal.
Senatorial courtesy has caused the
country a good deal of trouble , but the
country can cheer up. Senatorial dis
courtesy is gradually getting the upper
hand of it New YorK Mail.
A Baltimore chauffeur who was of
fered $2 by a passenger who wanted
to catch a train exceeded the speed
limit and was fined 825. That was
$2 for his fare and $23 for him.
Washington Post
The San Jose scale refuses to yield
to the efforts of the Department of Ag
riculture. Other insects persist in in
festing the department There's the
free-seed humbug , for instance. Phila
delphia North American.
The Bureau of Labor at Washington
issues a bulletin to explain that the
cost of living is the highest in sixteen
years. Any housewife could have told
them that after doing her daily shop
ping. New York World.
The cornfield seismologist will be
glad to learn , on the authority of Urof.
Angelo Heilprln , fhat ? the man of
science is hardly in a position to be
"more authoritative regarding the San
Francisco earthquake than is the lay
man. " New York Sun.
"Violence has no place among us , and
will not be tolerated , " says Governor
Pennypacker. That is a principle back
of which stands not only the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania , but the senti
ment and purpose of the American pee
ple. New York Tribune.
If the Russian government tries to
have Gorky extradited for a political
crime , it may win him more s\-mna-
thizers in the United States than he
could ever lose by his domestic ar
rangements. New York World.
Secretary Taft thinks three members
enough for the Canal Commission.
However , nothing less than reduction
to a single individual would banish
friction and estop the annoyance occa
sioned by a minority. Philadelphia
Ledger.
AS EMBLV OF PRESBYTERIANS
Many Important Questions Consid
ered lit the 13e Moiiie.s Meeting.
Desperate assaults on the Westmin
ster confession of faith , efforts' to pre
vent a merger of two branches of the
church , attacks on the new prayer book
and a campaign to forbid ministers
marrying divorced persons threatened
to make Des Moines a battleground for
Presbyterianism. The one hundred and
seventeenth general assembly of the
church opened in that city with momen
tous questions up for settlement Two
hundred and forty-one presbyteries
were represented in the session. Their
communicants number 1,115,002.
After the most exciting election in the
history of the Presbyterian general as
sembly , for a quarter of a century a * "
least , Rev. Dr. Hunter Corbett , a mis
sionary from China , was unanimously
elected moderator. There were five
candidates.
The assembly was opened with a
sermon by Dr. Moffat , upon the mis
sion of the Presbyterian church. This
he declared to be the evangelization of
the whole world , and the development
in the members of the Presbyterian
church of the highest type of Christian
character , and to maintain and im
prove the agencies or that church.
'The hottest fight centered on the ,
Westminster confession. By one of its
opponents the Scotch creed as accepted
by the Presbyterian church is declared
to be the "worst lie of all the big , bad
lies of the world. "
Animated debate occupying much of
the time 'of the ten days' session was
had on the question of the admission
of the Cumberland branch , for many of
the foremost Presbyterians at the South
were opposed to the union , while those
In favor of the merger advised modera
tion in the treatment of the minority.
Talk even could be heard of legal in
junctions In the federal court to pre
vent the union.
The Cumberland branch is the out
growth of the presbyteries of Kentucky
and Tennessee , which , 100 years ago ,
objected to the doctrinal statement of
the Westminster confession concerning
divine sovereignty and human freedom.
A heated contest has been under way
over the proposed adoption of "the new
prayer book , which Rev. Henry Van
Dyke prepared. There is violent oppo
sition to any change of this sort on the
ground that it is an attempt to fix a
ritual and liturgy on a church which
always has contended for freedom of
worship.
A plan proposed to the assembly was
the "ministerial sustentation" idea , for
'
the relief of superannuated ministers.
Rev. J. H. Sutherland of Burlington ,
Iowa , is the author of the plan , which
provides for the psnsioning of aged
ministers after they have "outlived
their usefulness in the pulpit"
To Create a Village of Farms.
To possess a beautiful home in tbe
country without the isolation of ordinary
farm life and without the expensive
equipment and hired service that are nec
essary to make a country estate either
practicable or profitable , is the aim of a
group of New York business and profes
sional men of liberal proclivities. From
a statement published by one of their
number in the Englewood. N. J. , Northern
Valley Bulletin , it appears that they have
conceived the idea of organizing a club
o country home seeker. ; before determin
ing upon the precise location of their
homes. The new feature of this move
ment is that these people want to insure
a certain kind and degree of social and
intellectual intercourse through free in
terchange and personal acquaintance be
fore becoming neighbors. By limited co
operation they expect to reduce the cost
of a number of small far in homes within
commuting distance of the city. A. large
tract of land will be so divided as to en-
oble the owners of the small pieces to lo
cate desirable building sites in a cluster
with their lands outlying and with a parker
or green held for common use as a sort
of village center. A general storehouse
will be established for the sake of co
operative buying of necensary utensils ,
furnishings , provisions , etc. They will
employ an expert agriculturist at a good
salary and one set of implements , wagons ,
horses , etc. Thus it is expected that
the building , plowing , harvesting and
marketing of surplus prodacts may be
attended to in the best imtnner at the
lowest cost. This man will operate regu
lar carriage or automobile sarvice to and
from all trains on a cost'basis. One of
the chief hopes is that such a neighbor
hood will provide an ideal environment
for the rearing of healthy and riglit-
imnded children.
Jei n Paul Jones is good and buried
new.
new.Lord
Lord help the clerk of the Russian
douma who has to read the roll !
How fast time flies ! liere is the sweet
girl graduate again "in our midst. "
The word of the day in the anthracite
regions in Pennsylvania is "Back to the
mines ! "
That Russian official who caught a
bomb thrown at him would make a valua
ble man for the Czar to have behind the
bat.
bat.The
The crater of Vesuvius lias enlarged
from ICO to 5,000 feet. .Getting a regu
lar p-ie mouth.
Remarkable the number of papas com
pelled to go to the circus just to please
the children.
Plan on foot to pump the hot air out
of N-ew York during the summer. Make
it permanent.
In addition to its woes. San Francisco
must now listen to tbe man who pre
dicted it afterward.
There is no amendment yet in the rail
road bill touching the swinish pass ngei
takes two seats.
L ,
The conditions general
ly liave been favorable to
seasonable progress in the
leading lines of activity , new commit
ments being exceptionally large in fin
ished steel for next year's delivery ,
while consumption of necessaries re
mains unprecedented and money works
easier. Labor difficulties have disap
peared , except as to foundry work ,
which is delayed owing to the molcl-
ers' strike. Movements of commodi
ties again are increasing , heavier mar
keting of crops and lake carrying con
tributing to the current gain in too-
nage.
Factory work is strengthened in the
effort to obtain more output , particular
ly of farm Implements , heavy hardware ,
furniture and power machinery. New
building operations never before were
of such magnitude , and the fine weath
er permits rapid advance in other out
side construction work. Real estate
dealings have expanded , a feature be
ing much investment for mercantile
purposes. Building materials are in
urgent request and some trouble is ex
perienced in getting prompt deliveries.
Distributive trade was considerably
stimulated by the warm weather. The
demand for lightweight clothing has
made a substantial increase , and this
led to the hurried placing of various re
orders for both city and country ac
count Wholesale transactions are of
steady aggregate and frequent ship
ments to Western points were made of
dry goods , footwear , furniture , clothing
and hardware. The absorption of sportIng -
Ing goods and automobiles shows bet
ter than a year ago , while the current
sales of food products are remarkably
active. Agricultural reports reflect
most encouraging conditions. Corn
planting throughout Illinois covers an
extended acreage and is almost com
pleted. These favorable factors impart
further confidence in commercial cir
cles , and it is noted that mercantile col
lections have improved.
Western railroad traffic returns ex
hibit further increase and the indica
tions suggest continued profitable earn
ings.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 23 , against 43 last week
and 33 a year ago. Dun's Review oi
Trade.
Retail trade has expand
ed with warmer weather
and the settlement of la
bor troubles ; jobbing re-order business
is in full seasonable volume. San
Francisco demand being a feature ; fall
orders are equal to and in many lines
in excess of last year at this period ;
industry except in some sections of the
soft coal field is as active as ever be
fore , and the return tide of currency
from the country is evidenced by in
creasing Western bank deposits and
perceptibly easier money. Railway
earnings show good gains. Building
activity makes for a large sale of lum
ber , hardware , paints , glass and other
material. Collections tend to improve.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending May 17 number
101 , against 102 last week , 191 in the
like week of 190r . 215 in 190-i , 159 in
1903 and 152 in 1902. In Canada fail
ures for the week number 10 , as against
2S last week and 17 in this week a year
ago. Brndstreet's Commercial Report
Chicago Cattle , common to prime.
$4.00 to $5.90 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00
to $0.40 ; sheep , fair to choice. $3.00 to
$0.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , S9c to 91c ; corn ,
No. 2 , 4Sc to 49c ; oats , standard , 32c to
33c ; rye , No. 2 , 02c to GGc ; hay , timothy
thy , $8.50 to $14.00 ; prairie , $0.00 to
$14.00 ; butter , choice creamery , IGc to
ISc ; eggs , fresh , 14c to 18c ; potatoes ,
55c to 7Sc. ,
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping. $3.00
to $5.75 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to
$0.40 ; sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to
$5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , SSc to 90c ; corn ,
No. 2 white , 49c to 51c ; oats , No. 2
white , 32c to 34c.
St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $0.00 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $0.40 ; sheep , $4.00 to
$0.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , 95c to 97c ; corn ,
No. 2 , 4Sc to 50c ; oats. No. 2 , 33c to
34c ; rye , No. 2 , G3c to C4c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.35 :
hogs , - $4.00 to $0.05 ; sheep , $2.00 to
$4.50 : wheat , No. 2 , 91c to 92c : corn.
No. 2 mixed. 51c to 53c ; oats , No. 2
mixed , 33c to 35c ; rye , No. 2. GGc to OSc.
Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 ; hogs ,
$4.00 to $0.50 ; sheep. $2.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 91c to 92c ; corn. No. 3
yellow , 52c to 54c : oats. No. 3 white ,
35c to 37c ; rye , No. 2 , G5c to OOc.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern ,
SSc to S5c ; corn. No. 3 , 4Sc to 49c ;
oats , standard , 34c to 30c : rye. No. 1 ,
G3c to G5c ; barley , standard , 53q to 54c ;
pork , mess , $15.G2.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed , S7c to
OOc ; corn. No. 2 mied. 40c to 4Sc ;
oats. No. 2 mixed. 31c to 3.5c : rye. No.
2 , GOc to G7c : clover seed , prime. $0.00.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
$4.00 to So.75 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00
to $0.75 ; sheep , romrnon to good mixed ,
$4.00 to $ .75 ; binbs , fair to choice ,
$5.00 to $7.20.
New York Cattle , $5.GO to $5.00 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $7.00 : sheep , S3.00 to
$5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 9lc to 93c ;
corn , No. 2 , 55c to 50c ; oats , natural
white , 39c to 40c ; butter , creamer17c
to 19c ; eggs , western , ir c to I7c.
Congress has appropriated five thou
sand dollars to pre.servc the battlefield
of Ball's Bluff. There are already sev
eral national parks on the site of great
battles , and still other battlefields are
either preserved by the different States
as parks or cemeteries , or marked by
monuments. The first battlefield me
morial was Gettysburg. Since then the
government has made parks at Shilob ,
Chlckamauga and Vicksburg. The
Chlckamauga National Military Park ,
built with the aid of Georgia and Ten
nessee , is the most completely marked
of all the battlefields. Some years ago
an association was incorporated to
combine the cemeteries a d other me
morials in the vicinity of Fredericksburg -
burg and Chancellorsville , and make a
great park of the region , which in
cludes in ten thousand acres the battle
fields of Fredericksburg , Chancellors
ville , 'Spottsylvania Court-IIouse , and
the Wilderness. The few square miles
In this region are the scene of cam
paigns of three years. Of equal inter
est with the proposed and existing
parks on Civil War scenes is the park
at Valley Forge. In 1893 Pennsylvania
purchased land in the vicinity of Wash
ington's camp , and extended the pur
chase in 1903 , but the plans to beautify
the region have not been carried as far
as they should be. No battle was fought
at Valley Forge , but there the Conti
nental Army endured a harder test"
than in most battles.
w "
New men will preside over the Con
gressional campaign committees thig
year. These committees , as those in
formed concerning political matters
are aware , are selected by the Repub
lican and the Democratic members of
the House of Representatives to exer
cise a general supervision over tha
Congressional elections for the party.
For the last six campaigns Mr. J. W.
Babcock , of Wisconsin , has been tha
chairman of the Republican commit *
tee. He is succeeded this year by Mr.
J. S. Sherman , of New York. Mr.
Sherman has served in the House foe
a long time. The Democrats have elect
ed Mr. J. M. Griggs , of Georgia , to
preside over their committee. Mr.
Griggs served in that capacity in the
campaign of 1902 , so that although ho
is a new chairman this year , he is not-
wholly new to the work.
. _ J.T _
Reports say that "the navy ration Is
to be made more flexible. " This re
minds one of the restaurant waiter who
refused to change the tough steak be
cause the guest had bent it In the
case of the navy , however , the "flexi
bility" is the allowing of a greater
choice in the food and an increase in
the quantity of certain articles. The
meat allowance is increased from one
and a quarter pounds to one and three
quarters pounds , with fresh fish or
eight eggs for alternates. Fresh vege
tables are to replace canned or dried
vegetables , and soft bread will replace
hardtack. There will also be fresh
fruit in place of dried fruit. These
changes and many others looking to
the improvement of the diet of the
men are not arbitrary , but may be
made whenever the senior offioer in
command thinks it necessary and finds
it possible.
_
K * *
Every one has heard of the business
man who saved a thousand dollars a
year on his ink bill by forbidding his
clerks to dot their i's and cross their
t's. The government printing ofiice has
really been making a greater saving ;
than this by using aluminum instead
of gold-leaf on the covers of Census
Bureau publications. It was recently
announced that the aluminum used last
year- for lettering these publications
cost only $80 , whereas gold-leaf for the
same purpose would have cost $1,000.
It is said that if alumnium had been
used on all the books issued from the
public printing office the government
would have saved $150,000 in the last
Gve years.
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In a letter to the Speaker of the-
House , Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock charged W. H. Andrews ,
delegate from New Mexico , and the
Pennsylvania Development Company
with having obtained possession of
more than 8,000 acres of land granted
to the territorial schools , whereas the
law stipulated that not more than 100
acres should be sold to any one person
or corporation. Documents in the sec
retary's possession show collusion be
tween Andrews and the territorial of
ficers by means of fictitious applica
tions for land.
Secretary of the Nary Bonaparte ,
after consulting with other members
of the cabinet , lias decided that the
adoption of a national air is not with
in the executive province , but must ba
determined by Congress , if at all.
Secretary of War Taft and the Canal
Commission still refuse to limit the
purchase of canal supplies to the Amer
ican market , as they say they can not
find any such restriction in the present
law. This question was revived by ths
recent purchase of 20,000 barrels oft
English cement at 37 cents less per bar
rel than had been offered in America.
Cement manufacturers in this country
are stirring up members of Congress
and Senator's to do something aboufe
this.