Tllli NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUHNAL ; FRIDAY. JANUARY 4 , 1907 , TRIO OF SKATERS IN OMAHA DROWN IN LAKE. FIND ONE DODV AND TWO HATS ICE BROKE UNDER CROWD OF MERRY MAKERS AT NIGHT. THOUGHT ALL HAD ESCAPED The Body of Frank TlnkleiV Union Pa cific Clerk , Toflcthor With Two Oth er Hats , Revealed Triple Horror In Omaha Saturday. Omiiltn , Nob. , Hoc. 2 ! ) . The body of 1'Yunk Tlnklor , a clerk In tlio Union I'nclllo railroad olllces bore , was found In Out Off lulus thlH morning. Two inoro InilH wuro found , which Imllcnto that three men were drowned. The Ice broke InHt night under a cn > wd of skaters and It wan believed nt that time that all had escaped with their lives. Not until this morning was It real ized that Utreo llveH were lOHt. SATURDAY 8IFTING8. Brol McCullough returned from Onmlia laHt night. Clyde Hayes 1ms been at homo fern n few days' vacation. Mrs. Frank HoiiBor of IloakliiH waa a Norfolk vlHltor yoHtordny. Adam Pilfer of Stanton waa in the city on biiHlnoHH yesterday. Hon. A. A. Welch was over from " \Vayno yesterday on luminous. A. U , Olson , a lawyer of Winner , was in the city on business yesterday. Mrs. U A. Sims loft for Plalnvlow Saturday morning for a , few days' vis it. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hall leave for Columbus tomorrow where they go to spend Now Years. Hon. H. 10. Teachout of Dos Molnes Is a guest at the Waldo and Dillon- beck homes. Miss Edna Loucks returned yester day from Inmun where she spout Christmas with relatives. Frank Ahlmnn baa resigned bis po sition In the Hayes Jewelry store and will work bis father's farm the coming year. George Scott of Kansas City Is vis iting bin friend Will Hall. lie leaves tomorrow for Columbus to visit rel atives. Clyde llondor returned yesterday from Albion where he spent bis vaca tion and has resumed his dutlos In the Johnson Dry Goods store. C. O. McOnnlel , who has been visit ing friends In Crelgbton , returned Sat urday morning and left for ( Slltncr , whore ho will visit relatives. Miss Nora .lounge of Osmond Is In the city visiting friends , having come over to attend the wedding of Miss Margaret llarnos to Julius Bostrom. Mrs. Alex Peters , Miss Elizabeth Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Krod Bonier returned yesterday from Stanton where they spent Christmas with Mrs. Peters' daughter , Mrs. U. F. Klttor- man , Martin Conway of flonesteol was In the city yesterday. 1' . L. Host of Battle Creek spent yes terday in the city. Carl Bush of Crelghton was a Nor folk visitor yesterday. Miss May Willis of Battle Creek was in the city yesterday. A. Conley of Humphrey wns in the city on business yesterday. Mrs. E. W. Briggs of St. Edwards was a city visitor yesterday. P. D. .Ludwlg . of Cedar Rapids was a Norfolk visitor yesterday. Jack Prlcbard of Meadow Grove came down to attend a dancing party * Miss Helen Tanner of Battle Creek came down last night to attend the guild dance. Miss Margaret Potras is among the sick this week. Frank Hacket left for Omaha 01 train No. 40 last night , to visit rola lives. Mr. Potras returned homo from O'Neill today where ho has been visit Ing. Ing.Mrs. Mrs. O. E. Schrlder is In Omaha vis itlng with relatives for the holidays. Miss Mao Shlvely and sisters , Rutl nnil Louise , wont to O'Neill today to visit with relatives. Lester Kertz of Long Pine Is hero visiting her brother-in-law , Alva Plum lier , a few days. Mrs. Potras returned yesterday fron a week's visit with relatives In Clear water. James Rowland came back fron Omaha last night where ho has beci working. He Intends to remain bore all winter. Mrs. White of Fremont is visiting with Mrs. Moso Homer for a few days Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ryan left on the noon train yesterday for a few days visit in Crelghton with Mrs. Ryan's parents. They were accompanied b > Mrs. Ryan's sister , Miss Marty , whc came down to attend the trainmen' dance and has been visiting here since Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Shlppee re turned home from their visit with re' atlvos in Beaver City last night. A merry crowd of skaters walket out to Mr. Wagner's pond east of th Stanton road last night and had a fin time skating. Mr. and Mrs. Will Beck received message last night that Nlc Lund o Battle Creek Is quite ill. They lefto the evening train for there , F. Berry of Omaha has arrived I the city to take a position with th uidy factory of Fnucott-Carnoy-Ilngor oiupauy. Mrs. Dun Illue , who spent Christmas 'lib her parents at Wahoo , returned t noon. MHH | Lucy Carborry left Saturday or Sioux City to visit her sister , Mrs lenry Kennedy. llert Woslon and lin ! ulsters have ( turned from a vlitlt to Mr. and Mrs. 'nxuborry at Albion. Miss Ruth Mount has gone to Don or to Hp"iil the rest of the holidays vlth her undo , Dr. Watson. Mrs. 1C , P. Hummcll and mm re- urncd lo Slonx City at noon , ater a Iwlt with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. lUgnsl. Dnimmund. The engagement of Miss May Dur- mil of Norfolk and 0. I. Ilernard of jlncoln Is announced. Mlstt Dnrland s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. n. F. ) urland of Plalnvlow and has scores if Intlmato friends In Norfolk , where ho has made her homo for several on I-H. Mr. Bernard Is a commercial ravoler representing a Kansas City Word ha boon received from MHM ! esslo Sturgeon that the condensed nilk company at Buena Park , Cal. , by vbom she has been employed , have lought a now factory at Tempo , near hoonlx , Arizona , and she has gone here as their bookkeeper. Miss Roxlo uid Myron Sturgeon wll follow her eon to the new location , to accept po- Itlons. A daughter was born last night at bo homo of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Blake- nan. nan.V V literary society has boon formed n the Pleasant Valley school district uid the llrst meeting was bold In the chool house Friday night. It was argoly attended and a good time was enjoyed. Yesterday was one of the warmest lays of the present mild season , the norcury rising to til above zero. The owest point reached up till 8 a. m. vas ill , or one degree above freezing. falling barometer Indicated atmos- ) herlc disturbance. George Carson , the young man who confessed to having robbed a slot ma chine In Ihe Junction railway station , vas given a county jail sentence and aken to Madison yesterday afternoon. le did not break the lock lo the slot nachlne. hut removed the screws and , hus secured the $1.89 In pennies. As a result of the generosity of farm ers living around Norfolk , the live rn- al mall carriers out of this city re ceived large quantities of Christmas onu'inbrancos. Many received sacks > f oats , wheat , corn , etc. , and handkor- hlefs , money , chickens , raspberry am , and the like. The carriers say .hat the farmers around Norfolk are .ho most generous lot In the state. Norfolk people are getting ready to ; > ay a higher box rent for poslolllcc ; ioxes after January 1. On that date in Increase over the United States goes Into effect. Boxes that were for- neriy fifty cents will now ho sixty , ) or quarter ; those that were sixty will jo seventy-live ; those that were sev enty-five will bo $1. The box routs lereafter will have to be paid In ad vance Instead of at the end of a quar ter. and notice will bo given ton days n advance of the quarter's beginning so that boxes upon which the rent haslet lot been paid by the beginning of the imirter will he closed. The order fet ncroaso came from Washington. A Washington dispatch says : ' "In specter .lames McLaughlln , who Is OUL of the most successful agents of the ntorlor department , arrived In Wash- ngton today to make report to the secretary - rotary of the Interior as to the prog ress of his negotiations with the In- Hans of the Rosebud reservation In South Dakota for the opening of Tripp county In that state to homestead set tlement. Major McLaughlln , who has written into the statutes more treaties nado with the Indians than any living man , said today that ho believed the Indians of the Rosebud band would ac cept the conditions presented by the government. Ho had a four days council with the Indians and with pri vate talks thought the conditions very favorable to the opening of the entire county of Trlpp in South Dakota to white settlement. " CUBANS WANTJ , S , RULE Petitions Being Signed Insisting on American Protectorate Over Island. Havana , Jan. 2. A petition for an American protectorate Is ready to be sent to Washington from Remedies the richest district In Cuba , signed by 200 native" Cubans , the poorest o whom Is worth $40,000. Another pe titlon will soon follow with the slgna tures of more than 500 Cuban proper ty holders at Clenfuegos. Similar petitions are preparing le other parts of the Island and monej is coming In so fast to further the campaign for a protectorate that e weekly newspaper Is to bo establishoc advocating the settlement of the Cu ban muddle In this way. It Is considered by all serious mci that It is time to take some actlot to relieve the tension under whlcl the country Is suffering. The shadov of a prospective new republic Is par alyzlng business and destroying confl dcnce In the country's future. Hope to Secure Lighter Sentence. Kansas City , Jan. 2. The attorney for William C. Anderson , former as slstant teller In the First Natlona bank , who pleaded guilty to embe ? zllng $9,000 and received a sentonc of four years In the penitentiary , file a motion asking that 'the ' verdict b Ret aside and the case reopened. It I alleged that at thr > time he plcade guilty. Anderson was sick and that hi mind had boromo weakened by year of Illness The motion will be arcue later Anderson's attorneys hope t secure a reduction of his sentence. TRAVELING MEN SHOULD BELONG TO COMMERCIAL CLUB. tfOULD BE BENEFIT TO CITY t Is Also Suggested That Commercial Travelers Living In Norfolk Would Appreciate Local Orders Want Street Lights All Night. It has been suggested by a Norfolk iHlnoKH man that thn commercial nivolcrs who have their headquarters n this city , ought to ho mndo lion- rary members of the Norfolk Com- uorclal club , exempt from duos. hero are several reasons with which o back up this suggestion. There are about 100 commercial ravelers now living In Norfolk. They ire one of the most important factors n the city's life. They spend their In- wines largely In Norfolk. They live lore because It Is a convenient point , nit Norfolk's growth would have little o do with their sales out on the road. On the other hand , however , their vork out on the road could be of much lonellt In Norfolk's upbuilding. If hey were made honorary members of ho Commercial club they would feel nero Interest In the city , because they vould know that their efforts in behalf > f Norfolk wore more fully approclat- (1. ( It would bo a tribute to the com- nerclal travelers which they would ap- iroclate and something that Norfolk vould no doubt ho glad to do. Aside from helping to advertise the oily , * the commercial travelers would irlug In many new ami excellent Ideas or adoption In Norfolk. They travel > ver a good bit of this continent in ho course of a year and they see prot- y nearly everything that Is going on. I'hoy have their eyes open and they mow a good thing when they see It. I'hoy could give Norfolk's Commercial ilub many a worthy suggestion. And hey would bo glad to do It If their suggestions should bo courted by the organization. Would Like Orders. H has also boon suggested that Nor- 'olk merchants and business men , tvborovor possible , ought to give or- lors to the commercial travelers who esldo in this city and who help to mild It up. The commercial travelers lollovo In homo Industry and they would appreciate It , It Is said , If It were worked both ways. Street Lights AM Night. There Is one more suggestion that ms been made In this regard. The commercial travelers in many instanc es leave homo early in the morning for early trains. The streets are dark and hey often go stumbling along strange streets , fooling their way. They would Ike , It Is said , to have street lights all light. They claim that they are an niportant part of the city and that they are entitled to this consideration The request for night street lights Is ilso made In behalf of the rallwa > trainmen. Many of them are called > ut during the dark hours of night many others of thorn got Into Norfolk before the dawn and In both cases thoj uro compelled to Walk along dark streets , In some cases for a mile 01 more. It Is claimed for thorn that tho.v represent the two largest factors ol people who bring money Into Norfolk and that the city could easily afford to light the streets all night for their benefit. Automobile Fatality at Oakland. Oakland , Cal. , Jan 2. In a collision between an electric cor and an auto mobile in East Oakland , George G Young , one of the leading citizens of Alameda , was Instantly killed and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Swain of East Oakland and Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mar tin of Alameda were painfully In- lured. Western Stock Show at Denver , . Denver , Jan. 2. The second annual exhibition of the Western Stock Show association will open In Denver , Jan 9. It Is said the exhibition of live stock will be the greatest ever held In the west. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson , Glfford Plnchot of the forest ( Service p.nd Dr. A. D. Melvln , chief of the bureau of auimal industry , will Utetd. Found Dead In Hallway. ! Now York , Jan. 2. William R , Cobb , for many years a well known character along Park Row and who was said to have boon at ono time a man of high position In educational and social circles In the west , waa found dead In a hallway Just off the Bowery. It Is believed he sat down tc rest , when his heart gave up. Cobb was more than seventy years of age Of late ho made a precarious living b > doing odd jobs In a big business build ing. Cobb often told of having beer at one tlmo a professor in a western university and ho also claimed thai ho was the author of forty books ant ! miscellaneous publications , ono ol which , a treatise on morphine , "Dr Judas. " Is still known to the medical fraternity. Successful Balloon Trip at St. Louli St. Louts , Jan. 2. In the presenc < of a distinguished gathering of Nev York and St. Louis men the ballooi Orient sailed away on a prolimlnarj flight , bearing Alan R. Hawley and J C. McCoy , both members of the Aen club. Word was received from Pearl 111. , eighty-six miles northeast of St Louis , that the balloon bad landed li safety eight miles from there. Botl the aeronauts reported a fine trip , un attended by any accident They wen out of sight of the earth most of tin tlmo , the highest altitude rogiitorei belnu 2,100 feet above the cloudi. NO AMERICA CARDINAL Any Appointment at This Time Sccmi Unlikely. Homo , -Jan. 2. The Qlornale d'ltnlln publishes an Interview with a promi nent English prelate concerning the appointment of an American cardinal , The prelate in question reviews re- coiit events , particularly the encyclical of Pope Leo against Americanism , which ho declares was written by Cardinal Mazzella. This encyclical displeased Cardinal Gibbons , who , thinking It was Inspired by Cardinal Rampolla , joined the Austrian and German cardinals In defeating Ram polla at the last conclave. Continuing , the prelate says It was thought that Archbishop Ireland would be made a cardinal when Pope Leo called him from Paris , where ho was represent ing the United States at the.unveiling of the Lafayette statue. This , how ever , Is now unlikely In spite of the fact that President Roosevelt has urged another American prelate to approach preach the Vatican privately to this end. The situation has been aggra vated by the Storer Incident , and If Archbishop Ireland should ho given the red hat the appointment must bo ascribed to his personal merit. HEARST ACCEPTS OFFER Hearing on New York Mayoralty Con test Set for Jan. 7. Albany , N. Y. , Jan. 1. William Ran dolph Hearst was prompt In accepting the offer of the new attorney general , William B. Jaokson , to consider an application for a rehearing of argu ments on Mr. Hearst's petition for leave to begin quo warranto proceed ings to test the title of George B. Me Clellan to the office of mayor of Now York city on the basis of the mayoral ty election of 190G. Attorney General Jackson had just assumed oilico when a representative of Mr , Hearst's coim sel served on him an application for re-argument. The attorney general gave Instructions that copies of the papers bo served on the attorneys of Mayor McClcllan and Informed both parties that ho would give them a hearing Jan. 7. LION ATTACKS TRAINER _ Harry Ray Fatally Lacerated In Caged Arena at Toledo. Toledo , O. , Jan. 2. While perform Ing an act called "The Lion Hunt" here , Trainer Harry Ray of the Bos tock animal circus was attacked by oce of the animals and while be lay on the floor had both his sides , his shoulder and breast lacerated. With great presence of mind Ray fired his pistol just as the attendants opened the safety doors of the caged arena Two other lions which were In the cage Immediately made for the openIng - Ing , followed by the attacking animal * * which turned at the sound of tha heavy catches on the doors. A physi cian uas summoned and the injured trainee was taken to St. Vincent's hos pital. It Is feared , his Injuries wll' prove fatal. The large audience which was present realized what had hap pened , but remained orderly while the show continued. ASK IMVER FOR ROCK ISLAND Oklahoma Shippers Allege Inability of tteJIway to Handle Traffic. Gutl rla. Okla. , Jan. 2. A large nura her of will men and grain , lumber , cot ton a id coal dealers in Oklahoma sent tj > President Roosevelt a petition asking that a receiver be appointee for the Rock Island railroad , alleging inability on the part of the corporation to properly handle the freight and pas senger business offered to it for trans portation. The petition .Is the direct outcoma of the car shortage , from which the interests represented by the signers of the petitions are still suffering The petition cites that the Rock Isl and Is able to handle but a small part of the public traffic. STARRlACKJROM CONGO Chicago Professor Returns Silent About Alleged Outrages. Now York , Jan. 2. Professor Fred erick Starr of the University of Chicago cage , whose specialty Is anthropology returned on the liner Vanderland from a visit to the land of the pygmies in the Congo Free State. His study of the dwarfs along the two rivers of Congo , where the pyg mies are smaller than elsewhere , showed that the average height was only three feet , ten Inches , and the extreme height four feet , three inches Professor Starr refused to say uny thing about the report that King Leo pold was murdering Congo natives Ho said ho had his opinions , but that ho preferred to put them only over hi own signature. Two Records Broken. Lincoln , .Ian. 2 Two North Amer ican Indoor Y M. C. A. records were broken bore by the following mar gins : Snap for height , George Schnurr. 8 feet 9 Inches , former record 8 feet 4 Inches ; high dive , Frank Win ters , G fent 5 Inches , former record , f feet 1 % Inches Michigan Republicans Caucus. Lansing , Mich. , Jan. 2. Republican members of both houses of the legislature laturo held caucuses and agreed upon the officers , the nominations being equivalent to elections , as there are only a handful of members of both houscc who are not Republicans. The house Republicans chose for speaker Nicholas J. Whelan of Holland. The senate Republicans nominated fo president pro tern. , Michael Morlarlty of Crystal Falls. MURDER MYSTERY IS CLEARED UP League of Russian People Hired As sassins to Kill Hertzensteln , St. Petersburg , Jan. 2. The mystery surrounding the murder of former Deputy Hertzensteln has after months of Investigation finally been unrav elled. Hertzensteln , who was a mem ber of the lower house of parliament rom Moscow , was murdered at his country house , near Terlokl , Finland , on July 31 , 1900. A secret committee of the constitutional democratic party ins traced the entire conspiracy and ins obtained definite proof that the Iced was the work of the League of Russian People. A man named Yusko- vltch Is a prominent leader of this cogue and It Is said ho hired the as sassins to kill Hertzensteln. The proofs of this assertion have been placed In the hands of the public irosccutor and an effort Is being made o bring the case to trial before the next elections. KILLED BY FIST BLOW. Angry Husband Lands Fatal Swing on Masher's Jaw. East St. Louis , Jan. 2. With n single blow of bis fist Charles Smith tilled D F. Myers on the street near the viaduct , and then realizing what ic had done , Smith made hU escape. Mrs. Smith told her husband that Myers had attempted to flirt with her on the street. This so angered Smith that he accosted Myers and struck him a swinging blow on the jaw. Myers Cropped like a log and never moved , hU1 neck having been broken Boiler Companies Merge. Altron. O. , Jan. 2. The Sterling Bollor company of Barberton has been taken over by the Babcock & VVIlcox company , thus merging the two largest holler rom panics of the world. The merger brings under the control of one organization the manufacture of 75 per cent of the water tube boil ers made In the world. Boys Shoot President of Eocotel , Mex. El Paso , Tex. . Jan. 2. Three boys who were out hunting shot and seri ously wounded the president of Esco- tc ) , Mex. , and his two sons when they forbade the boys shooting In the town limits and undertook to disarm them. 1'lniitn That Tnke I'lllH. A very largo and sturdy orange tree was growing In n small pot. "If that tree , " said the florist , "didn't take pills It would 'require a pot as big as a bathtub to grow In. But It takes pills like a hypochondriac. Chemists , agri cultural experts , make plant pills- pills no bigger than chestnuts that con tain sustenance for six months , a kind of tabloid food. Those chemists an alyze n plant's ash and make pills of the constituent salts. The pills , In- closed In a metal cover , are burled In the earth at the plant's roots , and the Fait5 ! gradually dissolve and diffuse through the metal , giving the plants day by day the sustenance that they require. Pills are also applied to weal ; sickly plants , which they help wonder fnllir Insurance Reforms In Effect. New York. Jan. 2. The Insurance reform ? secured by the Armstrong committee of the legislature went into effect yesterday. For the year 1907 and thereafter no company will be al lowed to write more than 1150.000,000 worth of business a year ; agents' com- minions will be reducer ] at least one- fourth ; every now poMry must contain the full contract under which the holder and InF'irer alike are bound , and no more deferred dividend pol icies may be Issued. llorxttmck Cnnvnnn In MlsnlHulppt. One of the representative cotton planters of the south Is now engaged a canvass of his state In the inter est of his candidacy for governor of Mississippi , says the Memphis Com mercial Appeal. Ho has gone back to the old time Democratic custom In vogue In the days of Thomas Jefferson and is making a horseback canvass of a considerable part of Mississippi , dur ing which ho will ride his horse , Elec tioneer , from the Tennessee line to the gulf of Mexico , passing through parts of twenty-six counties. The Journey will bo made alone and Is outlined seas as to enable him to meet the people , and especially the farmers , who live some distance from the railroads. Where Women Will Vote. In Cof-rndo , Idaho , Utah and Wyo ming women will vote on equal terms with men on Nov. 0. In Kansas wo men may vote for municipal officers , and In twenty-flvo other states they have a limited suffrage. ROOSEVELT WILL BE NOMINEE. Democrats In Washington Believe He Alone Can Beat Bryan. Washington , Jan. 2. The belief that President Roosevelt will yield to the Importunities of his friends and admir ers and accept the nomination for the next presidential election seems to have spread to the democratic ranks Representative John Wesley Gnlnes one of the staunchcst democrats In the land , and an uncompromising opponent of the third term idea , has expressed himself as being convinced that the republicans will renomlnato Mr. .Roose velt in 1908. Mr. Galnes says ho bas cs his prognostication on the talk that ho hears In his contact with his repub Hcan colleagues in congress , and is sure that the Roosevelt star Is yet In the ascendancy. Congressman Guinea says that republicans , especially those from the western states , are practlc ally unanimous In their private am semi-confidential conversations thai unless Roosevelt Is renomlnatod , their party will stand no show whatever against William J. Bryan , whom they are euro will bo the next democratic candidate. While-Mr. Gnlnes as n strenuous statesman , is a warm ad- IMV' ! nlror of President Roosevelt , ho feels MV' that with the renomlnatlon of the pres ent president the democratic party will have n much harder fight than would otherwise bo the case , for bo fears that even the third term Issue might not bo strong enough to bend the people off from the president. Li Senator Tlllmnn Is again in hot wa ter In bis homo state. The pitchfork senator , It Is claimed by his political 'ucinles nt home , has been dodging the income tax Imposed by his state gov- 3rnment. It seems that they point to ils popularity throughout the country is n lecturer ns proof positive that ho lins a much larger Income than the loughty fire-eater will admit. Some months ago , It will bo remembered , a newspaper paragrnpher mndo an estimate s , , mate of the amounts pulled down by various public men from the chautau- sH1 turn lecture course each year. Senator H1 rillman was credited with the fat sum H of $25,000. As to this "charge , " how iver , the South Carolinian has brand- k id his critics as "liars and scoundrels. " He declares that his lectures do not not him anything like this amount , al though ho docs not place any figure on his income from this source. Ho declares that his enemies are raising the question for the solo purpose of "gagging" him , just ns the negroes of Chicago recently tried to do. Washington likes a good joke ! So does every other city and town for that matter. .But Washington Just at this time thinks It has the best Joke of the season and consequently almost everywhere you will find groups of ofllclals and clerks chuckying over the latest. For , be It known , that'Saman- tha , the venerable and revered seven- toed white house cat , on Christmas day ushered twin kittens into the world , much to the delight of the youngest of the piesldont's children , who looked upon their advent as a Christmas gift. Nothing would do but that their father , to whom they Immediately took the little creatures , should give them ap propriate names. He at first tried to shift this responsibility to the children , but finally gave In to their Insistence. With one of his Inscrutable grins , ho declared that the male kitten should be known as "Bellamy" and Its sister as "Maria. " The little felines are thriving and give every evidence of living to ripe old age , despite their names. * Hunting and hunting parties seem to be all the fad at this time here in Washington. Following the presi dent's lead , great numbers of govern ment officials have slipped awayjrom " their desks for a week end in" the mountains of Virginia , that state beIng - Ing the nearest with anything like vir gin forests. Those whose duties have prevented their absenting themselves at this time road the telegraphic re ports of the hunting excursions of the various parties with avidity , and curse the luck that keeps thorn hero. With the majority of the hunters , President Roosevelt's favorite sport seems to have taken firm hold. Nearly all are after a brace or so of wild turkey to show when they get back to town , but they all are keen after the fat quail and pheasants which abound , ln the Virginia bills. The hunting lodges owned or rented by various enthusi asts are crowded with guests , while others have put up at farm houses or at the Inns and hotels scattered over the state. The Virginia hot springs , a resort much affected by official Wash ington of late , Is in the heart of the wildest portion of the state , and con sequently the big homestead hotel there Is the headquarters for not a few nlmrods. While the presldent'was at Pine Knot he also kept open house for his friends , but owing to the largo party which he took with him the lodge was too crowded to permit of 4 his entertaining any outsiders over one day. It looks as though the fad will keep up throughout the hunting season , but if they all have as bad luck as the president It is not likely that there will be a dearth of game next year. Meanwhile the Virginia authorities are finding no fault with this latest craze , for every addition to the force of hunters means the issue of another hunting license. Still another Joke which has tickled the risibilities of 'Washlngtonlans IB the one perpetrated by Secretary Shaw the other day on a delegation of Pitts- burghers who were here In an effort to Influence his department in the lo cation of the now postofllce building which congress authorized for the smoky city at the last session. Some weeks ago Secretary Shaw decided upon a site for the now building , but his decision created such a storm of disapproval from advocates of other locations that ho decided to reopen the case. He spent one entire day , from 10:30 : a. m. to 4:35 : p. m. listen ing to the arguments of the three or four different factions represented by some fifty delegates , and when they thought that one faction had one , they were surprised to have him say : "Well , gentlemen , como 'round again tomorrow morning at 7:30. : " . They one and all stood aghast , and questioned him as to the reason for such a request. "Well , " ho said , "you haven't given mo a chance to have my way today , so I will have to put It off till tomorrow , but bo sure to como 'round early as I don't want the interview to break Into my regular working day , which begins nt 9 o'clock. " Most of them showed up between 7:30 : and S the next morning , though It Is rumored that several had to sit at poker oil night In order to bo awake at that uaearthly hour. B