President Directs Attorney
to Start Preparationc at
Ones ,
00 ? EAE TECHNICAL ESCAPE.
.He Declares There Is ITo Question of
Guilt or of Exceptional Gravity
of the Ofcense.
President Jioosevelt from Oyster Bay
lias i'.niounccd in unmistakable terms
1he ( Irtonnination of the administration
lo proceed with the prosecution of the
Standard Oil cast1 , despite the decision
sidveire to ( ho government handed down
by lh < - United Suites Circuit Court of
Appeals. The decision , the I'resident
111inlcs. in no way affects the merits of
the case , and he makes known his decision -
cision to cause the aclion to le brought
Again before the courts in such shape ,
if possible , as to prevent technicalities
interfering with a decision based upon
ihc actual Issues involved.
The .statement in the matter , made
public by Secretary Loeb. follows :
The President lias directed the Attor-
'iiey ' General immediately to take stops for
Ihe retrial of die Standard Oil case. The
reversal of the decision of t'-ie lower court
-does not in any shape or vay touch the
merits of the case , except in PO far as
Ihe size of the fine is concerned. There
Sis absolutely no question of rhe guilt of
of the defendants or of the exceptionally
grave clianicier of the offense.
The President would regard it as a
gross miscarriage of ju > tiee if through
any technicalities of any kind the defend
ant escaped the punishment which would
have unquestionably been meted out to
any weaker defendant who had been guil
ty of such offense. The President will
do everything in his power to avert or
prevent such miscarriage of justice. With
this purpose in view the President has
directed the Attorney General to bring
Snto consultation Frank P. . Kellogg in the
matter and to do everything po.-sible to
"bring the offenders to justice.
nrov.sonsiATi.svrer to I'resldciit.
Judge Peter S. Grossctip of Chica.ro
is one of the three judges constituting
ihe United Stak-s Circuit Court of Ap
peals , sitting in Chicago , which deliv-
2red the judgment in the Standard Oil
case. When shown the statement from
Oyster Bay relative to the decision , be
\
svrote the following :
There is no more reason why [ should '
take notice of the commpnt of Mr. Koose-
velt than I would of any private citizen , i
for the office that he fills and the oflice
j
that the jud-'t's of the Court of Appeals i
fill r.r < > entiiel.-r independent , though co-
ordir.ate , branches of thn government. j
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The Santa Fe road is locating large
numbers of German fruit growers along
Jts Hue in Oklahoma.
Itailroads can accept nothing but money
in payment for transportation , according
to a decision by Federal Judge Kohlscat.
Ilailroads centering in Chicago are rapIdly -
Idly installing telephones to take the place
of telegraph service in the operation of
trains.
Charlemagne Tower , the retiring Amer
ican ambassador to Germany , presented
fiis letters of recall to the emperor at
Potsdam , and David J. Hill arrived next
day with credentials as the new ambassa
dor.
dor.The
The Canadian , government has decided
to confine the coastwise trade on the Pa j
cific coa.st of ( Jnnada to I'ritish vessels j
hereafter , thu excluding a large number I
of American .ships which have engaged in j
that trade. i
Four Indians were killed and three cap !
tured in a battle between Mexican troops i
Iind Yaijui Indians in the Kacatate moun |
tains. The troops in that vicinity are
pursuing three separate bands of the In
dians.
At Parma the Agrarian Labor League
has proclaimed a general strike. On the
UOfh tihc attempt was made to close the
{ hops and the troops \vere called out to
nrive the strikers back. The leaders of
the ! ! ague \\ere arrested.
WiH nr Wright , tin- American aeronaut ,
has announced that his new machine will
be ready within a month or six weeks for
Ihe trial in France. He will make one or
two private trials before admitting the
public lo witness the tests. i
A number of delegates from French 1
rliantta in of commerce are at Warsaw.
Kussi.n Poland , to enter into direct re
lation * with a syndicate of Polishmer -
rhnnis iviUi the view of supplying French
: roe ls for t-h linssian goods now under
hoycott in Po'aml. ' The French visitors
were rer-eivi-d with cutlmsiasm.
'AH i-.jj-0-r * has been laiuhiug at the
outrm v of the I'-.jig-eontroverted claim
loadAL Lf-moire of Paris that he had
a fo-v.ala for making diamonds. When
lh * line crrn ? for Lemoine to make good
his ri * : : : s > to produce a diamond , as de-
namil by the court on behalf of the
mail V"'Thad ailvontvd money on the all -
l sil w r. Lomoinn did not appear. He
had r ; i T.VV-- : . Thereupon Ihe judge made
pabli" . * ! ' < fni'in ; ; ] ! . which had been placed
in , * ' * which proved to be
' . ' ; " than already was 'known
l- * < eu tp of the electric furnacr
of carbon. ]
BISHOP HENHY C. POTTER DEAD.
Episcopal Prelate of Xew York Suc
cumbs to Lingering1 Illness.
Henry Codman Potter , seventh Prot
estant Episcopal -bishop of the diocese
of Xew York , died Tuesday night at
n is .summer nonie ,
Cooperstown. after
an illness of sev
eral weeks.
I'ishop Bolter
was born in Sche-
iifcfady. X. Y. .
May 2T. . iRj-i. ; His
father was Alon-
7.0 Potter , bishop
of Pennsylvania ,
and his grandfa-
' . li n v vn T ) r
< pl.esident of
Union Coilig , ' , and his uncle. Horatio
Pott v , was bishop of Xcw York. lu
] 8r 7 he was graduated from the Theo
logical Seminary of Virginia , and a
year later was ordained in Trinity
Church. Pittsburg.
The young rector's first charge was
in Greensburg , Pa. , where he served a
year. Then he'went to Troy , X. Y. ,
where he was for seven years at the
head of St. John's Church. In 1SG ( !
he became assistant rector of Trinity
Church , Uoston , and two years later
was elected rector of Grace Church ,
New York City.
- In 1SST P.ishop Horatio Potter died
and his nephew succeeded him as bish
op of Xew York.
Bishop Potter was twice married.
His first wife was Eliza K. Jacob , of
Philadelphia. Five children were born
of the marriage. In June , 1001 , Mrs.
Potter died and a year later the bishop
married Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark , a
widow possessed of a fortune estimated
at $1oOCH.UOO. )
NEW POLITICAL PASTY.
"Western Farmers Are Taking Steps
to Organize One.
The organization of a new political
party throughout the south and west
is predicted by some of the active lead
ers of the Farmers' Educational and
Co-operative Union. whifh boasts
700.000 members in the United States
at the present .time , and 2UO.OOO in
Oklahoma alone. It is expected' in
terest the labor unions in the pro
posed new party.
The initiative steps in the organiz
ing of the new party are now being
taken. Consideration .and discussion
by the brainiest leaders in this move
ment are being had at the gatherings
of farmer union members and their
friends at picnics throughout Oklahcf- "
ma. in particular. Politics in all its
phases is being discussed , especially
the issues of the two old ioliUcal par
ties being outlined and criticised. ,
The old-time Gr..gers , irJ Populist : : '
are among the leaders , iu all these
farmer movements , so far as the west
is concerned , and many of the most
prominent Populist leaders of 1 or 12
years ago may now be found organ-
izing a iid advocating the uuion of
farmers.
TESAS SAUCE PASSING.
Great Tracts Bapidly Being- Cut Into
Small Farms. ,
The land of west Texas is rapidly being
cut into small farms , and a few years
will see khc end of the big ranch in this
section. Two years ago one could travel
for mile after mile in Luhbock , lloekley
and Cochran counties , without 'meeting
a person or seeing a habitation. Those
old frontier scenes are passing away with
astonishing rapidity.
At times one still reads of a tract of
13,000 to oO.OOO acres being sold , lock ,
stock and barrel , as the saying goes , with
no more flourish than a rancher would
sell a Hereford steer. But these big
deals are growing less and less , and the
end of the 50,000-acre tract is near at
hand.
; _ The Hereilify of Ifiir.
Gertrude and Charles Davenpout , con-
netted with the Carnegie Institution's
station at Cold Spring Harbor , X. Y. ,
writing in the American Xaturalist o'l the
results of their observations on the "lie-
redity of Hair Form in Man. ' ' say it is
now possible to predict from the imir of
parents the form of their children's hair ,
whether straight , wavy , curly or frizzy ,
They find that the follo---ing rules are ai-
most invariable : "Two wavy-haired par-
ents may have straight , wavy or eurly
haired children , but the chances of curly
hair are slight. Two curly-haired parents
may have children with either straight ,
wavy or curly hair , and the proportion of
curly-haired offspring will prooably ba
large.1 *
Service Before Dividends.
In commenting on the recent court de
cisions in Xew York City , canceling street ]
railway leases , which proved unprofitable
and allowing new plan of operation with
out regard to the payment of former rate
of dividends , the Wall Strr-et Summary
says : "It must be understood that a fran
chise to a public service corporation is
given under conditions which make an
adequate service to rhe public obliga- c
tory. The costs of providing tfnis adequate - c
quate service come before dividends or
any return on the capital invested ; and a
corporation which , from poverty , owing \
to mismanagement or any other reason ,
is unable to fulfill its obligations to the
public , is unworthy to have a franchise. ' '
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. t
Both the Senate and the deputies of c
Franc" have passed the electoral reform
law , tih object of which is to provide
complete secrecy of voting.
t
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As the large force of Mexican regulars
began to surround the northern territory
in which a revolt against the government
was in progress , the so-called army of
tine rebels divided into small bands and f
escaped through the lines of the regulars.
But it was expected that the raiders
g
would be soon rounded up.
UIUCJI TD8
Kmfrc mH
uuiiLIu ISais
Mother , Father and Three Qiris
Are Among Those Dashed
to Death.
FAIL TO SEE LOCOMOTIVE.
C. S. King , Fort Wayne Politician ,
and Family and Guest in
Fatal Accident.
Six lives were crushed out in an in-
6tant near Columbia City , I ml. , when a
Pennsylvania Itailroad train smashed
an automobile in which were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sherman King , their two
daughters. Miss Fayina Uradshaw and
Carl Timmins. the chauffeur , all of Fort
Wayne. The machine was stopped
about a half-mile west of Columbia City
at a railroad crossing by a freight
train and the chauffeur drove onto the
second track , waiting for the freight to
pass. He failed to see the Manhattan
Limited passenger train which came at
a high rate of speed. The automobile
was destroyed and the bodies of its six
occupants were tlung along the track
for a distance of a hundred feet and
terribly mangled. Skulls were frac
tured , arms and legs broken , chests
crushed and clothing stripped off. So
great was the force of the collision that
the huge locomotive of thp passenger
train was derailed.
The parly was in Mr. King's automo
bile and was going from Fort Wayne to
Lake Wewasee to spend Sunday. It is
said that when the party started on thej
trip Mr. King ordered the chauffeur to1
make the run in two hours and a half ,
which is about half an hour less than
the usual time.
Mr. King formerly was a member of
the Indiana Legislature from Wabash
County , being chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee. lie was a mem
ber of the Columbia Club at Indianap
olis and well known throughout the
r HAS THEEE MHUOH
Oklahoma Puzzled as to Whether to
Hold Land or Sell Immediately.
Under the initiative and referendum
law of Oklahoma there is to be sub
mitted to the voters of that State in
the November election a proposal to
sell the 3,000,000 acres of public lands
which the State holds in its school and
public buildings funds. The bill for
this purpose has been carefully drawn
and contains mii.ute details of the
terms , conditions and methods of sell
ing the land. If a majority of the voters
ers in November give adirmative bal
lots for it. it will become effective as a
niw without action of any sort by the
Legislature.
Ten years hence these lands ' " "M
doubtless be worth several tiuies more
than they are now. P ut supposing all
these 3.000,0f:0 : Oklahoma acres to be ,
good for agriculture , they would cut
up into 7. > .0 < X10acre farms , each oc
cupied and tilled by a thrifty farm- .
contributing to the wealth of the Si.ne
and paying taxes to the State's reve
nue fund and to local and State school
funds.
If the lands are held they will be
leased by a Stafe P.oard and are likely
to become t > - subject of political fa
voritism. The lessees will not take
the same interest in cultivating and ,
improving them that they would in
lands secured by ownership to them
selves and their children. It is proba
ble , therefore , that in the end the lands
will prove to be worth' more to the
State if sold now than if held for the
higher price which they undoubtedly
would bring later.
NATION LEADS IN AIRSHIPS.
United States Is First in Heavier-
than-Air Machines.
Although th" United States govern
ment is just giving recognition to prac
tical aeronautics , with the trials to be
held at Fort Myer , this country may
claim the distinction of being the first
to make progress in the heavier-than-
air type of Hying machines. Captain
Ferber. one or' the pioneers in the de
velopment of the aeroplane in France ,
gives Octave. Chanute and Lilienthal ,
the American inventors , credit for the
ideas carried out by Harry Farman
and De la ( "range in France. Other
successful foreign air ships are said
DEATH OP SIX AUTOISTS" AT
State. He was one of the best-known
Republicans of Indiana and had taken
a prominent part in public affairs. His
daughters were Katherine. aged HI. and
Josephine , aged 12. Miss P radshaw was
10 years of age and was a neighbor"
the King family , whose guest she waste
to have been over Sunday at the iving
cottage at Lake Wawasee : She was a
daughter of Robert F. Bradshaw , efFort
Fort Wayne.
"Woman Bead : MOIIT Hurt.
Miss Elizabeth Dupree. aged 40 , is
dead and her mother. Mary Dupree. a
widow , aged G3 , is critically injured as
a result of runaway at Columbus ,
Ind. , which was caused by an automo
bile owned by Tom Taggart , of Indian
apolis , chairman of the Xational Dem
ocratic Committee. Taggart's chauffeur.
Harry Stodler , was driving the big tour
ing car from Indianapolis to French
Lick , when he met the two women in
a buggy at Garden City , one mile south
of Columbus. The horse became fright
ened at the car and ran away. The two
women were thrown from the buggy
against an iron fence.
Eugene W. Ghafits , Prohibition nominee
t'or President , propose : * to speak in every
State before election.
Frank II. Hitchcock , general manager
of Taft's pre-convention campaign , has
been 1 made chairman , of the national Re
publican committee.
President Roosevelt has refused an offer
to make speeches into the receiver of a
talking machine for the purpose of mak
ing records for public sale.
William II. Taft has completed at Hot
Springs , Ya. . . the first draft of his speech
of acceptance , but he hopes to trim it
down by revision to 3,500 words.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton , in
a statement issued at Cleveland , said ,
while he desires to be elected United
States Senator , he considers the election
of Taft more important and will ask no
pledges for his own candidacy.
W. J. Tiryan speaks lightly and sarcas
tically of W. II. Taft's reported declara
tion that no campaign contributions from
corporations will bo accepted.
W. J. Bryan , in an address at his
home , declared that society has not given
the producer his share of the reward and
that the government must correct this
condition.
The Republican State convention at
Bangor , Me. , nominated E. M. Fernald
For Governor and reaffirmed the party's
belief in the prohibitory law. Resubmission -
sion of the law to the people was the
main , issue before the convention , |
AX JXDIAXA GRADE CROSSIXG.
to show the practical development oi
theories advanced by Professor Lang-
ley.
The Wright brothers and A. H. Her
ring , who Avill submit the.ii * aeroplanes
to the government for acceptance trials
at Fort Myer next month , have fol
lowed the theories advanced by the
earlier American aeronauts. Herring
is a contemporary of Lilicnthal and
WJT.P.UR WHIGIIT. OKVILI.E WniCHT.
Octave Chanute. His machine is about
half the size of that of the Wright
brothers , and its principal feature U
automatic device for maintaining
its equilibrium .
Until recently it was feared that th
Y\'right brothers would forfeit the
bond which they" had placed irith the
government when their bid was accepted -
ed rather than disclose the secret oi
their machine , which they guardeu
successfully for several years. This
fear has been dispelled by the Wright
brothers themselves , who say they
have their machine fully patented
and are willing to make public demon *
strations of its success.
A Great Army of Pythinnst.
The twenty-fifth session of the Supreme
. .Lodge of the Knights of Pythias , whiel }
convenes in Boston , will result in Bring *
ing together the greatest gathering oi
members of the order ever known. Thg
number of Pythians who will visit tha
city on this occasion is estimated at
300.000. The session will be marked by
two great parades , one of the uniformed
rank and one of the other ranks on tha
following day. Reports of the organiza
tion show that it has at present S00 ,
000 men in its membership , while tha
ladies' auxiliary , the Pythian Sisters ,
numbers 200,000 , making a toSal oj
1 ,000.000.
Failures of a. Half Year.
Commercial failures in the United
States during the first half of 1903 , sayg
Dun' : * Review , were 8,700 in number and
$12-ioT4.S'Jo in amount , as compared
with 5,007 failures in the first half of
last year , for $ K..oGS ) > GG2. Still , the report -
port calls attention to the hopeful fact
that in the later mouths of the period §
the showing was better , making it "evi
dent that the commercial death rate I ?
diminishing/ '
Upholsterers in Cueph. ] Out. , are fight
ing a10 per tvnt cut.
The stationary firemen in Denver ,
Colo. , have formed a union.
The San Francisco Barbers' Union has
a membership of more than 700.
Revere. Ma > s. . town laborers have re
ceived a wage increase of 25 cents a day.
The Boston Cigurmukers' Union hoa
levied an assessment of > . " > on each mem
ber to advertise the blue label.
The Tackmakers' Protective Union of
the United States and Canada is the second
end oldest organization in America.
The hodcarrir-rs of San Juan , Porto
Rico , have formed a union and the rail
road workers and street car employes ara
about to organize. t
Two hundred pupils of Chester , Pa. .
public schools recently went on a striks
because two of their teachers rode on
boycotted trolley cars when it rained.
The threshers of western Australia
have formed a union , with its headquar
ters at Casterton. and have been so for
successful in raising the rate of wages
from Od an hour to Ud.
J3rev ery employes in Toronto , Ont. , re
cently had their wages advanced to the
average of ? 1 per week and hours re
duced two and one-half. Engineers and
firemen in the breweries received an in
crease of 10 to 2u per cent.
Plans are being made by the Structural
Building Trades Alliance and the Central
Labor Union of Spokane , Wash. , to erect
a labor temple in that city , to cost $75-
000. There are 7,000 union men in Spo
kane.
The'United States government , within
the next few weeks , will begin a series of
scientific investigations into the causes of
disasters in American coal mines , in the
hope of reducing the present frightful
mortality to a minimum.
The international convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers , at
Columbus. Ohio , voted to admit to mem
bership the engineers of all electrically
drawn trains on steam railroads. Ad
mission of engineers in Cuba to tha
brotherhood was also voted.
It is reported from-the headquarters of
the United Mine Workers of America that
the two years' wage contract entered into
at Toledo last month by the miners and
operators of western Pennsylvania , Ohio
and Indiana has been ratified by a refer
endum vote of the loer/s ! by 77,000 to
7 , < UK ) .
The agreement between the miners and
operators of Kansas City , Mo. , Okla
homa and Arkansas coal fields signed in
Kansas City recently , provides a scale
for two years , and the terms are prac
tically the same as existed last year. Un
der the terms of the contract the average
wage of a miner will be $4.20 per day.
For the second time within three or
four ye.irs an attempt is being made hi
i ork to organize the stenographers
and typewriters of that city. The Book
keepers. Stenographers ami Accountants'
Union , which has been formed recently ,
has issued a circular lo all bookkeepers ,
stenographers and typewriters in Greater
Xew York , urging them to join the new
lody.
llreetliii } ; Consumption.
Aroused by disclosures of conditions
existing in many factories , mills and
workshops in 'Philadelphia , made at the
meeting of the Pennsylvania Society for
the Prevention of Tuberculosis the other j
day. the various labor organizations have I
united in a crusade against the lax factory - ! i
tory inspectors in that city. Their main i
i
object is to reduce the high death rate j
among working people from tuberculosis i
by compelling factory inspectors to en
force sanitary regulations. "The condi- ;
dons at present in factories and work
shops , " says a labor leader who has made
an examination of them , "originate and
fester the white plague. Statements from ,
it-liable ources show that 10,000 case ?
and ' 5.028 deaths from consumption in
this city cause a yearly loss of $7,000,000.
' 1 his slaughter can in part be traced to
the criminal negle-t of the factory in
spection department.
" ( it-ncraliy the inspector do safe take
the trouble to look inside the nllll. They
pay a visit to the office of the mills , and
with the assurance of the owner or man
ager that 'everything is all right , ' leave
again. Even when the inspectors see
things unlawful they do not insist that
inisances be abate * } . "
rrfS IJie Fire Horse *
The autoEfooile as a fire department
ehicle comes in for high praise and the
horse-drawn wagon for a back handed
slap in the annual report of the lioston
department , recently made public. Com
missioner Wells , who writes the report ,
is strongly Jn favor of the motor vehicles
both for carrying fire fighting apparatus
and for the use of chiefs. "From the
viewpoint of safety to riders and to tha
public on the street , " ' says the commis
sioner , "the record of accidents shows
greatly in favor of th ? automobile. To
the observer this may not appear to be
so. but the fact remains that in the thou
sands of miles covered with the automo
biles no injury to persons has occurred ,
while in the same period district chiefs
have been thrown from their wagons on
several occasions and one pedestrian has
been killed and several injured by being
knocked down by those fire wagons. Tha
automobile in skillful hands is easily and
promptly controlled I the horse is not. "
Increase ii Ilor.seflexh Eaten.
Owing , to the steady increase in the
consumption of horseflesh in Vienna , the
municipal authorities have erected new
slaughter houses for horses. They com
prise a fine block of brick buildings , cov
ering an area of 3,300 square yards. Land
and buildings together have cost over
200,000. There is stabling for 200
horses. The principal building is the
great slaughter hall , more tha a 300 feet
in length and 50 feet in width and equip
ped with the most modern machinery.
There are stalls for killing 59 onimala
SOMETHING EOS EVEHYBODY
The I lay market riot in Chicago oc
curred on May -1. 1SSI. (
Helen Hunt Jackson is buried in
Kvergreen Cemetery. Colorado Springs.
It is expected that the Australian old
age pensions project will cost 1,800,000
yearly.
Twenty-live high school principals in
Kansas are women. They are said to da
their work so well that no one has evet
suggested putting men in their placea
There is never a part of the ye.ai
AYhen Pike's Peak is entirely without
snow. In the hottest July and Angus ]
weather snow is to be found even at a
considerable distance from the top of
the mountain.
Twenty-live men interested in tha
navigation of the air , have formed the
Aero Club of California at Los Ange
les. The- purpose of the club is to ob
tain suitable grounds for experimental-
uscents and maintain repair and con
struction shops.
/
A residence of at least tive years i3
required to qualify an alien for natur
alization. Xo matter how long a mas
may have been in the United States ,
two years must elapse between the date
of his declaration of intention and his
admittance to full citizenship.
To meet the deficit in the budget the
French Minister of Finance suggests
the doubling of the licensing fees of
venders of absinthe. This taxing or
the "green peril' ' will , it is thought , ba
popular ; the minister anticipates that II-
ivill bring him in $2.000,000.
Adeline C.enee is a Danish girl , who
made her debut as a dancer at Copen
hagen when she was 17 years of age.
She then went to P.erlin to dance al
the Grand Opera House , and after
ward to Munich. She is considered ta
be one of the most graceful and accom
plished dancers in the world.
In manufacture of alcohol from
peat. : ; Danish company , with one ex-
porimrntal plant in Denmark and ona
in France , has found the cost to be
nlKUil one-fourth of that made from potato
tate \s. In the process of manufacture ,
the cellulose or fiber of the peat is con-
vi-ded by sulphuric acid into a soluble
carbohydrate- this is fermented by
i special yeast.
In 1HU7 Philadelphia's export and
import trade increased § 2.1.000.000 in
value over the figures for the previoua-
year. The total value of the city' ex
ternal trade for that year was over
SiriO.UOO.onO. These figures account in
part for the opening of the new steamship -
ship service between Genoa. Italy and
the City of Brotherly LOVP. The Ital
ians want some of the business.
India's government has recently au
thorized the employment of women
telegraph operators. The candidate *
must be between IS and 30 years ol
age , and they mu t be unmarried or
widows. They must undergo a training
of twelve months > f the telegraph training -
ing classes , during which time they will
receive S < ; . r a nmuth. the same allow
ance that is drawn by male learners.
In connection with the death of
G rover Cleveland , it is interesting to
oote that only twice before in the iijs-
tory of the nation has the United
States been without a living ex-Presi
dent. George Washington died in 17.09 ,
- lien John Adams , the second Presi
dent. vras in office. Andrew Johnson ,
at the time the only surviving ex-Chief
Executive , passed away in 1S73 , two
* vears before General Grant retired to
private life.
The Dutch government lias granted n
concession to the Amsterdam and North
Holland Electric Tramway Company to
build and operate an electric railway
system in Holland : The route will be
nearly fifty kiloms , running from Am
sterdam north through Zaandatn to
Kromeminie. from Zaandyk to Wylc-
aan-Zee. and Wormerveer to Purmer-
end. The Holland Development Com
pany of Amsterdam will buiUl the en
tire system. }
The ' 'Arabian Xights" is an extensive
collection of tales forming part of ttw
Arabic literature , and the exact title
of which 13 "The Rook of the Thousand
and One Xiglits. " They were first made
known to Europe by Antoine Galland ,
between 1704 and 1717. lie was a
French Orientalist , who succeeded ,
after much effort , in obtaining a manu-
scrips , which he supplemented by gath
ering" tales from professional storytellers
ers , whom he met during his travels in-
She Ea-st.
As ar ? instance of the Great Eastern
Railway's elaborate precautions for the
safety of travelers on its system , tha
Kailway Xews says that at Broxbourne
for the purpose 01" advising the station
signalman when a train has passed his.
down or up advanced starting signal , a
rail contact is placed about 300 yards
ahead of the respective advanced start
ing signals , and on the engine reaching
the rail contact a bell is rung in the
signal box. and this bell continues ring
ing until the signal is replaced to dan
ger.
According to a report in the Xeue
Freie Presse. Vienna , J. Pierpont Mor- "
gau was a busy sightseer in that city
on his recent visit. With Mrs. Douglas
and her daughter he visited all tha
great art collectfons "and on Sunday
called at Kivutzensteiu castle , where
he was received by the Countess Kin-
sky , He was deeply interested in what
he saw ill the restored castle and lis
tened with devotion when his hostesa
played on the chapel organ. " The re
port also speaks of Mr. Morgan's visit
to the Lainxer Zo < \ where he showed
the greatest interest in the boars , "aft
lie had never before seen one. "
