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THM'NOitFOLK WEEKLY NKWa-JOOUNAL fc'MuAY MAUOII 12 WOO Tal s on II. The Mastery of tbe Tongue. By LUISA TETRAZZ1N1 COPYRIGHT. 1909. UY AMIIRICAN PflHSS ASSOCIATION tongue IH a veritable mum- CllK block In the path of the Hlnger. The tongue IH an enor- moiiH mtiKcle compared with the other pnrtH of thu throat anil mouth , and UH roots particularly can by n slight movement block the pas- mtgo of ( lie throat pressing ugulimt the larynx. This accounts for much of the plncheel Hinging we hear. When the tongue forum n mountain lu the back part of the mouth the singer produces what you call In Hug- Huh Hlung "a hot potato tone" that Is to Hay , a tone that Hounds us If it were having much dlllleulty to get through the mouth. In very fact , It Is Laving this illlllctilty , for It lias to pass over the back of the tongue. The would be Hlnger has to learn to control the tongue muscles anil , above nil things , to learn to relax the tongue nml to govern It at will , so that It nev er Htlffcns and forniH that hard lump which can be plainly felt Immediately beneath the chin under the Jaw. U requires a great deal of practice to gain control of the tongue , ami there are many different exercises which purport to be ben-tldal In gainIng - Ing complete mastery of It. One , for Instance , Is to throw the tongue out as far forward as possible without stiffen ing It and then draw It back slowly. This Is done In front of a mirror by trying to throw the tongue not only from the tip , but from the root , keep ing the sides of the tongue broad. An other way Is to catch hold of the two sides of the tongue with the lingers and pull It out gently For uiy part , I scarcely approve of these mcc'hanic'nl ways of gaining con trol of ( ho tongue except in cases where the tduuer Is phlegmatic of tem perament and cannot be made to feel | the various sensations of stiff tongue or tongue drawn far back In other ways. Ordinarily I think they make the singer conscious , nervous and more likely to stiffen the tongue In a wild desire to relax It and keep It Hat. These exercises , however , combined with exercises In diction , help to make the tongue elastic , and Ihe more elas tic and quick this muscle becomes the clearer will be the singer's diction and the more ilexlble will be her voice. The correct position of the tongue Is raised from the back , lying fiat in the mouth , the llattened tip beneath the front teelh , with the sides slightly raised so as to form a slight furrow in It. When the tongue Is lying too low a lump under the chin beneath the Jaw will form In .singing and the tight muscles can be easily felt. When lhe Jaw Is perfectly relaxed and the tongue lies fiat In the mouth there will be a slight hollow under the chin and no stiffness In the muscles. The tip of the tongue of course Is employed In the pronunciation of the consonants and must be so agile that the minute It has finished Us work It nt once resumes the correct position. In ascending the scale the- furrow In the tongue increases as we come to the higher notes. It Is here that the back of the palate begins to draw up in order to add to the resonance of the head notes , giving the cavities of the head free play. You can easily see your back palate working by opening the mouth wide and glIng yourself the sensation of one about to sneeze. You will see far bad ; lu the throat , way behind the nose , a soft spot that will draw up of Itself us the sneeze becomes more Im minent That little point is the soft palate It must be drawn up for the high iintes In order to get the head resonance. As a singer advances in her art she can do this at will. The adjustment of throat , tongue and palate , nil working together , will dally resj uiid more easily to her de mands However , she should be able consciously to control each part by It self The'conscious direction of the voice and conrniiid : of the throat are nceos- Bary Frequently In opera the singer sitting or l > li > g in some uticomfnrtnbh' position whli h Is not naturally con venient for pn din-In ; ; the voice , will consciously dlrci I her notes Into the head lavitles by opening up the throat and lifting the soft palate. For In stance. In Ihe role of Vloletta the mu sic of the List MI i Is sung lying down In order to et proper resonance to some of I'M' ' hi : h noics I have to start thrill in the hivd uivlty by menus , of course. < 'f the npngglo. or breath prop , vjturuttt'Mr ! ! the ncte would be thin nnd w 'Hid 'i.iu' ' no Im-ly to It Tu ! > I'v iMun Unit I have Is of n slinb" : ires-n : of breath strllcin1 : nl most Into a ( ' 're ' t Hue Into the < --i\lt\ , behind the f < r hcid : over the eye. * wlt'icui ' any i-l trtu'tiun or feeling In the thro..t in all This Is the i om" t attack for the head tone , i r n lent' taken In the uppoi register I' " * re I explain the register * to y U 1 r..u I i ell yi u one of the fit ! ' nk'st I'li'i'Mmruts I ever received A very flntterlmi person was comparing my voice to that of another high s prano whom I very much admire. "Her voice Is beautiful , partleuliirh In the upper resistor. " I Insisted when the other l"'y ' was being criticised "Ah , mndaiue. " re'sponded the flut \ tering ciUt" . "but your registers give / out so ctty'li mure warmth. " I think this joke Is too good to lose ; also the criticism , while unjust to the other slujrer. Is Interesting to the stu dent , because In the high register , which Includes In some voices nil the notes above middle C , the notes are thin and cold unless supported by the iiliiiKfeiii , i mmiinn | 'iujr , in w mi u i have told you HO much. People ask whether there are such things us vocal registers Certainly there are. There are three always and HomctlniCH four In very I.Mirlces. . The ordinary reg isters are the low , the middle , the hl h voice , or head voice , and sometimes the second lilh ; voice , which linn been called ( he llagellant voice. A vocal register IH n series of tones which are produced by n certain posi tion of the larynx , tongue' and palate. In the woman's voice the middle regis ter takes In the notes from 13 on the first line of the staff about to middle 0. The head voice begins at middle C and runs up Hometlmeu to the end of the voice. HO met lines to II Hat or C , where It joins the second head regis ter , which 1 have heard ascend Into n whistle In phenomenal voices cultivat ed only In this register and useless for vocal work. Thi'iigh the registers exist and the tones in middle , below and above are not produced In the name manner , the voice should be HO equalized that the change In registers cannot be heard And a tone snug with a head voice and in Hie low voice .should have the mime degree of quality , resonance and [ lower. As the voice ascends In the scale each note Is different , and as one goes on up the positions of the organ of the throat c.innot remain the same for several different tones. But there should never be an abrupt change , ei ther audible to the audience or felt In the singer's throat. 13very tone must be Imperceptibly prepared , and upon the elasticity of the vocal organs de pends the smoothness of the tone pro duction. Adjusting the vocal appara tus to the high register should be both imperceptible and mechanical when ever a high note has to be sung. In the high register the head voice , or voice which vibrates In the head cavities , should be used chieHy' . The middle register requires palatal reso nance , and the first notes of the head register and the Inst ones of the mid dle require a judicious blending of both. The middle register can be dragged up to the high notes , but al ways at the cost first of the beauty of the voice and then of the voice Itself , for no oiiin can stand being used wrongly for a long time. This is only one of the reasons that so many line big voices go to pieces long before they should. In an excess of enthusiasm the young singer attempts to develop the high notes and make them sound In her own ears , at all events as big as the middle voice. The pure head tone sounds small and feeble to the singer herself , mid she would rather use the chest quality , but the head tone has the piercing , penetrating quality which makes It tell In a big hall , while the middle register , unless used In Its right place , makes the voice mufllcd , heavy and lacking In vibrancy. Though to the singer the tone may seem Im mense. In reality It lacks resonance. A singer must never cease listening to herself intelligently and never neg lect cultivating the head tone or over tone of the voice , which Is Its salva tion , for It means vibrancy , carrying power and youth to a voice. Without It the finest voice soon becomes worn and off pitch Used judiciously It will preserve a voice Into old age. The True Artist. "It Is living ihe role that makes the artist , " declares Tetra/.zlnl "to lese oneself , to forget one's Identity. "The first night I sang at Covenl Garden I did not know what kind of a place It was. I did not take any thought of the appearance of the audi ence. The next day 1 was asked If I did not think It very gloomy. I could not have told "I try to phrase my part according to thu meaning of the words , not with the Idea of musical display , the run ex pressive , the high note a natural dra matic climax. My range ? It Is said to be extraordinarily elastic , going from B below the staff to 13 In alt. "Is It possible to become a singer un less one Is born so ? I do not think so. I believe that this Is one of the neces sary ri-qulroments for n great artist , but there Is something else that Is of equal Importance , and that Is heart , the possession of heart and soul. "And remember this : You can train the voice. You can take the raw mate rial and make of It a finished product : not so the heart. It Is there or It Is not there. If It ! not there , you will never move an aiiilliMico to tears. You will never Hud sympathy responding to your lack of sympathy. "Mind. 1 am not saying In all this that If you have a natural gift and arc very , vorv sympathetic you can suc ceed without the usual hard work. I have simply not emphasized that point , for It seems to me that every thinking person must know that nothing In the world , uo matter what the profession or trade , can be accomplished without that aid " figs' Blood For Tuberculosis. Pigs' blood medically prepared rs of Uie highest value In the cure of In cipient tuberculosis , according to an announcement recently made by Dr. Daniel 13. Klcardo , lecturer on gynecology - cology and surgery In the Postgrad uate Medical college at Chicago. Ox blood or cow blood is also good , ac cording to the physician , but lie places the highest value on pigs' blood , be cause the latter contains n much high er percentage of hemoglobin the red part of the blood corpuscles. DUCK HUNTER DROWNED Two Companions Narrowly Escape Like Fate When Ice Crushes Boat. Peru , Nub. , March 8. Joseph Shaip aged twenty-one , was drosvned and his two companions , John Sheet and Rich ard Aglmer , narrowly escaped a like fate when their boat was crushed In the Ice In the Missouri river , three miles below Peru , while they \ver duck hunting. When the boat col lapsed Sharp disappeared beneath the Ice and was not seen again. Sheet and Aglmer clung to the broken boat for the time , and Aglmer , who Is an expoi t swimmer , reached the shore , where he secured assistance and res cued Sheet. The latter took a cork screw 11OIH his pocket and fastened It to the boat , clinging to It with one linger until rescued. Doth men were nearly frozen to death. Hastings Preparing for Bund. Hastings , Neb. , March 8. Work has already been begun by the committee In charge of arrangements for the an mial saengerfest of the Mannercholr dor Cemethllchkelt , which Is to be held here next fall. The bund con elsts of twenty-two societies and each society has from twenty to thirty voices. Aside fiom the extensive pro gram of Individual society , there will be a numLie : of renditions by the grand chorus. Police Make Raid on Gamblers. Beatrice'Neb. , March S. AH the re sult ot a raid by the police , six lie- utrice citizens , some of them well. . known , were arrested on a charge of' ' gambling. There has been evidence ! of gauuling In the city lor some time and the police waited for an opportu nity to get the crowd redhanded. Con siderable gambling paraphernalia was among the evidence seemed by the I police. Auto Party Comes to Grief. Omaha , March 8. Fred Hartman la \ under arrest for having taken the big red auto of his employer , Peter Mel- choir , out for a little pleasure with his friends , He ran It into a fence at the end of the Douglas street bridge , where ho was arrested. The car is badly damaged. Two of the occupants were slightly hurt. Farmers In the Fields. Falrbury , Neb. , March 8. Farmers , generally , throughout Jeffeyson county have commenced plowing for oats and the report is that the ground was never - ' er before in better shape for this work. There has not been much moisture this winter , but the earth was so thor oughly soaked that It had not dried out more than an inch or two down. Unknown Man Drowned at Omaha. Omaha , March 8. An unknown man , who was floating down the Missouri river in a small boat , was seen to dis appear beneath the Ice near the Doug las street bridge. His cries for as sistance attracted persons oii the ( bridge , but he was drowned before aid could reach him. TRADE REVIEW FORJnE WEEK I Rather Quiet Tone Prevails In Business and Industry. New York , March G. Bradstreet's says : Weather irregularities and tar iff and price revision uncertainties combine in making a rather quiet tone in trade and Industry , pending clearer views of these and winter wheat crop i possibilities. The irade reports come from the central west and southwest , and in those sections jobbing trade shows moderate improvement , 'as do collections. The urgent need of rain in Texas is accentualed Ihis week , while in the rest of the south business Is still rather dull. At large eastern markets trade with first hands is in a belwcen-seasons' condition and a slight decrease in. retail demand has been Interfered with by a severe storm along the eastern seaboard. Most ac tivity , with some complaint of delayed deliveries , Is noted In the finer lines of dress goods , and women's wear goods are in a more favorable position than men's wear fabrics. In millinery there Is a good business doing. Agri cultural implements and supplies arc displaying continued good movement. Cuts lu iron and steel have ae yet brought out only a moderate amount of business. Some low prices are be ing made In competitive territory. Stiuctural malorlnl Is moro active , but new buying is confined largely to rails , which have not been cut. Iron production is very large. Some wage reductions are already announced. Southern hard cotton yarn manufact urers have decided on a one-third cur tailment of output. The shoe leathtr trades arc quieter , though manufact urers are busy on orders for the form er. Prices of desirable leather are firm and large imports with good sales of foreign wool are noted. Col lections are irregular and not better than fair as a whole. Failures lor the week number 219. Wheat exports lor the week aggregate - gate 2,950,1)77 ) bushels Corn exports are 7C0.050 bushels. Kills Twenty-Seven. I Viemuv March 8. An avalanche has destroyed a workman's shelter at Sankt Johan , In the Pongau district of Babebeth , killing twenty-seven per sons. Fifteen bodies have been recov ered. Norwegian Vessel and Crew Lost , Luderltz Bay , G-ern\in Southwest Africa , March 8. The Norwegian bark Auckland. Captain Glthmell , has been wrecked In a gale off Plszlon Island. All the members of the crew were lost HOISc WORKING ATFAST CLIP Third Reading of Bills Is Dis pensed With , ANTI-TREAT BILL IS KILLED House Defeats Groves' Measure by Vote of 44 to 49 Committee to In spect Wayne Normal School , Offered to State Talk of Sifting Committee. Lincoln , March C. Although there are 200 bills on the house calendar , with only thirteen days left of this session , It Is easy to sou that every one of them will be disposed of at the clip which that body Is working The clerks were keut busy early In the session reading bills the third time. Finally , the house got tired ol listening and the reading was dis pcnsed with unless objection was made. The clerk simply said : "Any body want this bill read ? " after the tltlo , and If all acquiesced the bill was quickly disposed of. It has often been the habit to read bills the first anil second time by title only , but seldom If ever , has the third reading , which conies just before the roll call , been dispensed with. In the committee of the whole the salary appropriation bill was agreed upon , and to It was tacked on an amendment causing the offices In thu capital to remain open continuously from 9 n. m. to 5 p. m. Heretofore of fices were closed from 12 to 2. Com plaliu has been made by many persons from out lu the state that they were unable to transact any business during these two hours , and this caused the house to take action. In the future It will be necessary to keep some per son at the offices in the state house with authority to transact business during the middle of the day. The committee waded' through the salary bill without ceremony nor mer cy. The salary of the secretary of the state board of charities and correc lions was cut from $1,200 to ? 700. The utenographer to the state veterinarian will in the future receive $840 instead of $420 a year. This change was inaue at the instance of the finance committee. i inficiiale passed nine bills , none o particular importance. Altei a similar measure had gone , through the senate , thu house killed the anil-treat bill by Gloves of Lan caster by a vote of 44 lor the bill and 49 against it. Fifty-one was necessary tor its passage. The house passed the bill providing for six deputy oil Inspectors and lor the gravlly lest lor oil. In order to separate the importan measures Irom the unimportant the majority leaders are talking of a silt Ing committee. The Democrats wll meet Monday night In caucus to decide cide the matter and probably to des Ignate members of the committee. A commiltee from the house lef for Wayne to Inspect the norma Bfhool there , which has been offered for sale to the state. VICTORY FOR Bl BONACUN Father Murphy Gets Final Knockou Blow From Supreme Court. Lincoln , March G. By a decision renuered by the Nebraska supreme court Bishop Bonacum of the Catholic dlocebc of Lincoln triumphs in his tei yeais' light with Father William Mur phy , a priest btalioiied al Seward , Neb The supreme count sustains the find ings ol the district court of Sewan county , ousiing Falher Murphy frou St Vincent s parish church properly sustaining , .so lar as a civil court has juiisuiclicm , the church contenlioi thai in ihe case of Falher Murphy "the gates of heaven are closed to . him" by the decree of excommunica , lion , pronounced by Ihe bishop. | The slmgglc between Ihe bishop i and priest lias been Ihe most slubborn in the church annals of Nebraska. I began when Father Murphy was pas tor of the church at Tecumseh. Dif lerences with the bishop arose and' ' h was transferred to the Seward parish The trouble did not cease , and finally In 1901 , Bishop Bonacum excommuni cated him , supplanting him with i new priest. The parishioners wer loyal to Father Murphy , the trustee refusing to surrender the church prop erty tc his successor. Six limes th case has been In the district court and three times remanded by the su prcme court Twice it has boon be fore the church authorities at Rome Father Murphy has a state-wide repu tallon as an orator and temperanc advocate. Bishop Bonac.um Is at pre ? ent abroad and was recently in uudl ence with the pope. Jury Fails to Agree in Farrens Cace ToKamah , Neb. , March G. The jury In thu ease of Nicholas Farrons , who was charged with the death of Leste Ball at Decatur last December , cam in without arriving at any conclusion except that they could not agree Th court discharged the defendant Far rons gave bond In sum of $5,000 to ai pear at the Septembei term of court Flodman Named for Police Board. Lincoln , March C. Governor Sha lenberger announced the appointing of Fred W Flodman as member of th board of fire and police commissioner of Omaha to succeed Carl Braudels who recently died Root w7ll Be New York Leader. New York , March 8. Ellhu Hoot wll be the Republican leader of New York according to a published Interview credited to ex-Senator T. C. Platt , who has Just returned from EXCITING ELECTION IN ITALY Present Ministry Given Large Major ity In New Chamber. Homo , March 8. General elections vcro held throughout Italy for thuj lew chamber of deputies. The cum- , talgn resulted lit many cuulllcts and nnch excitement In a number or piov- nces. In the province of CntuM'tn one nan was Ullled and reports from other onstltuoneles state that many PCISOIIB vere Injured In street brawls. The government , In ant ipatlun of tiouhle , UK ! taken preventive measure * * anil he troops eventually succeeded In ( 'storing order. The present ministry Is given a arge majority In the new chamber. Cuban Liberals Reunite. Havana , March 8. At the end of it irotracted session the joint committee of Mlguellstas and Xnylstas agreed to preliminary terms for the fusion of .he two factions under the title of Iberal party. The committee decided o submit to the national assemblies of both factions a proposition for the emit km of a national reorganization commission , charged with the arrange ment of the details. After adjournment - ment the committee received the con pmtulatlons of President Gomez on [ he success of their efforts to reunite the Liberal party. Falling Off In Exports. Washington , March 8. In .January last there was a falling off of about $50,000.00 ' In the total value of the country's exports , as compared with those of January , 1908 , while for the seven months ending with January last Hie total exports amounted to $1- 031,710,0-14. against $1,189,090,051 In the corresponding seven months of the previous fiscal year , a fall of $157,000. . 000 In the seven months In question March S.Vhen con gress meets on the 16th Inst. , upon the call ot the president to consider a revision ot the tarilt , there will be 110 constitutional restrictions upon the nature ol the business that may bo transacted. It is generally conceded that at least two months will be re quired for the representatives to con clude consideration of all the sched ules involved in this legislation. The house Itself will not receive the bill for some weeks , as the committee on ways and moans will require consider able time to report the measure. Dur ing this long period the senate will have nothing to uo in respect to the turiit' and even alter the bill leaves the house it will be In the hands 01 the committee on finance for some time belore the senate actually gets possession of it and the debate be gins. Thou will beg.n a long wait by the house ot iepijh ( r..atives uni.l the senate amendments can be Known and conleieeb appointed to bring about an agreement upon them. In view of the extended period of inactivity that would lace each house should nothing be considered except the tariff , many senators are consider ing the advisability of entering upon other legislation which they believe ought to be passed in time to send it over to the house when that body has disposed of its bill and will only have to wait for senate action on the tariff. The advocates of postal savings banks have talked of the possibility ol such a policy being adopted ever since they became aware of their Inability to se cure legislation in the last session of congress. OIL RATES OCCUPY SESSION Government Seeks to Prove Publica tion of Disputed Tariff. Chicago , March U. The government occupied the entirt * session of the re- ( rial of the Siandard Oil company of Indiana In seeking to prove the pub lication of the disputed tariff No. 24 which carried the 18-cent rate lor oil between Indiana and Illinois points Several rallioad men , formerly in the offices ot the Chicago and Alton tail road at Chicago , Summit , 111 , , and other nearby points , testified that the tariff was kept on file in their offices It is expected that the government's proof relative to the publication of the tariff will be concluded by Monday. Suffragists to Tackle Newspaper Men. New York , March G. The New York S'jifiagetles have organized a crusade 101 tle : turtherlng ol their propaganda among the newspaper men who work on the morning newspapets. The openIng - Ing meeting of what promises to be a long campaign Is to be held In Park Row oa Tuesday at 2:30 : o'clock In the moinlng. The suffragettes will gather in automobiles and a half dozen speakers will make a vigorous demand for "votes for women. " Ends Life With Dynamite. Cleveland , Tenn. , March G. David Coffman , aged sixty years , purchased a stick of dynamite , attached a fuse to it , lighted It and lay down on the dynamite The explosion tore Coff- man s head to atoms and the body almost to the waist was literally toin to shreds. Family trouble was the cause Bit ) SIOUX ON RAMPAGE High Water Threatens South Dakota Central Railroad Bridge. Sioux Kails , S. D. , March 8. The melting of the vast amount of snow which fell two weeks ago has caused the Big Sioux river to go on a lampagi and the high water is threatening the $25,000 trestle bridge of the South Da kotu Central Railroad company jusl above the falls of the Sioux. Crews of men are doing their utmosi to save the bridge by the liberal use of dynamite in amoving the masse ; of Ice and driftwood when they be come dangerous. The water has risen within a fool of the heavy timbers upon which the track Is laid. The river is out of iti banks In the north portion of Siotu valley. PATRICK MAKES PLEAJOR LIBERTY Asks Court to Free Him or Send llra ! IQ Electric Chair , New York , March G. In a dramatic nppual belore the appellate division of the supu-me court In Brooklyn , Albert T. Patrick , who was sentenced to denth for the murder of William Marsh Kite In 1'jno , argued for nearly four hourfc for his llbetty. The pi In clpal points of his contention were thnl Ins conviction was the tesult of a 'colossal conspiracy on the part of the justice at his trial and the author Itles who prosecuted him , " and that Governor Hlggins had no legal rlgh' ' to commute the sentence of the court to life Imprisonment , Inasmuch as he had not nskod for or consented to such commutation Decision was reserved by the court In the meantime Patrick will be taken back to Sing Sing prison and given all the facilities lie needs to prepare Ma brief Assistant District Attorney Taylor , who appeared In opposition to Patrlck'6 motion , will flic a brief In reply. The scene In court while the con demned' man pleaded his cause with all the mental agility ami fervor of n trained lawyer was sensational Pat rick's wife feat Just behind him. Pat rick declared that life Imprisonment was a more severe sentence than duath and asked the court to either give him his liberty or send him to the electric chair under the original sen tence. Lincoln , March 8. The DomoeratU caucus to be held tonight for the pur pose of deciding on a program for the legislature for the next twelve1 days Is the center of Interest. Theru remains much work to do and thu work of agreeing on a plan of proced ure Is no small one. The "sifting" committee will put in some hard licks the next two days , weeding out such bills as , In the opinion of Us mem bers , are unworthy of the time of the legislative body. Thus far the housa has been in session forty-eight day * and the senate forty-five days. It Is now evident that perhaps 150 bills will be passed by the two houses before the end of the session , and this will keep the governor busy. One ol the matters to be decided on by tut caucus is whether Speaker Pool shal name the sifting committee or wheth er It shall be made by the committee on committees. The speaker is of the mind that he should bo permitted to name the sifting committee , and his strength with the majority will prob ably bo sufficient to reserve to him that right. Several measures , among them tht bank deposit guaranty bill , the rail road taxation bill and other Democrat ic legislation , are expected' to occupy the two houses for the present week There has been talk of an attempt to secure the passage of a bill whicl would permit boxing contests In No liraska , but opposition to such actloi is very strong. In fact , the time llml for the introduction of new bills la past , and unless an amendment is tacked onto some bill already before the legislature making such contests legal , a special message of the gov crnor would be necessary to secure action on such legislation. This is considered out of the question. Muscntine Road Sold , Muscatlnn , la , March C The Mus catine and North and South railroad has been sold to Philadelphia capital is'.s ' It runs from Mufcatine to Klruk Junction , wher th < ? toad connects with ' ! : ' town Central Many Improve ments ar.i ] ue-w rolling slock It U Etateilvill result from the change of owneismp. Kills Self as Sweetheart Did. Benton Hi , Match G As a sequel ! o the suicide of Miss Byrl Seiners near hete two days ago , John Nichols , twentyfiveyears old , killed himself by stioo'ing. as did Miss Somers He left a note saying he had nothing more to live lot since his sweetheart's death. Ice Gorge Goes Out at Vermilioir. Vermilion , S. D. , March 8. All danger - ger of an overflow of the Missouri river here ended when a big ice gorge , which held for seven hours , went out , The gorge was fifteen feet high and extended a mile straight across the river and three miles up stream. Geronimo's Successor Named. Lawton , Okla. , March 8. At an In formal meeting of more than half ol the Apache prisoners of war at Fort Bill eligible to vote for a chief to suc ceed the late Geronimo , Asn Deklugle of the Nedni branch of the tribe was chosf-n. WILL RUN OR ; IX DAYS Great International Race Begins Ir New York Tomorrow Night. New York , March G. For a week beginning tomoriow night , the alien tlou of sporting men of the metiopolle will be fixed on the great International fclx day go-as-you-please race in Madl son Square Garden. Twogoore of thc world's best runners , assembled bj ( he piomoters of. the affair from all parts of the globe , civilized and un civilized , will circle around the big amphitheater In an attempt to capture the $5,000 hung up In prizes. Maloney Wins Marathon , New York , Maich G. Mat Malone > of Yonkers easily defeated Paddj White , the Irish champion. In the Marathon race last night Maloney fin lEhed the 2G miles 885 yards In : hours , 57 minutes and 23 seconds White was obliged to quit in tht twentieth mile. pun nnj jjotp jno . miuq'o ) pajsvoj put' St8w8flraw'tT&y ? ' ! $ w Xi ' * rralflltSi tUt'1- } ] oojji-i vi HHIM p rj no/C / jaip . . ! ' ) i | , ii | > | i j a : oti ci o.iot | | : IOM\\ \ \ | | | | f rj -op si jo ouOAOU \ : : 8 jo jouuiuojoj \ ? Xtio | si ocnojo ' . ) , \i6un aod S HARRIMAN ANDJG'JID DIAL Union Pacific and Wabash Will Ex > change Business at Kansas City. Chicago , March 8. The Record-Han- aid buys : Negotiations are la proje- ress which will , It Is thought , evonti * ally hind for Iddward 11. HnrrlmanV. Union Pacific line west of Kansas Oltr the greatest traffic coup lu his hUtory. It lu understood that beginning uarlr In May then ) will be un IntorcboiiKW traffic agreement between the WabiaU and the Union Pacllh at KaiiBiiu City , , which will be of Immense value to eaeh system The details of the tuntiv live agreement have not received Ui sanction of Hiirrlman or of Ooorgo J. ( iiiild ) , but It Is known that 1 lu the purpose to Interchange traffic wall nigh to the exclusion of all other con nections. The pending iiBreemBnt * may In a measure explain why HurrW man was so ready to throw $2,000,000 Into the Kyndlcate which loaned Oouldi $8,000,000 to save some of hla road * from bankruptcy. GOAL CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA Early Agreement In Anthracite Field Is Expected. Philadelphia , March 8. PresideiiS Lewis of the United Mines Workers ol America and the minors' commltteet on Thursday will have a conference with the presidents of the anthracite * raiiroad and coal companies here. Then ; is a distinctly better feeling In the hard coal fields regarding thw outcome of the negotiations. Business men say that they look for only u short suspension of work , If , Indeed , there is any suspension at all. It was in April , seven years ago , , when the six months' strike in thtf anthracite teal regions begun and ! brought in its wake public hardship that will not soon be forgotten. Thei last three-year agreement will oxplr upon April 1 uiid on the early renewuS ol a working agreement rests the mau ler of harmony or slrlle In the anthracite * - cite Hold WILL DINE SHERMAN TONIGHT New Vice President to Face Friends at Banquet Table. Washington , March G Although Vice Pi evident Sherman hnb haidly re- eoveic'd'yel Irom Ihe excilement ot in auguration day , he will be called upou tonight to face a large ami eiithu iav lie gathering of his fnoius The omi- sion will be the dinner given to Me. Saeiman by lte.i ; . e uiuathe- iluiuiv Ion Muote ol I'inliuielpi.ia , tortner president of the National Leagues oZ Republican Clubs. Among the men invited to meet the lew vice president are the membi-rss of the Pennsylvania-delegation in ( oiir- gress , the members of the Gridiron club of Washington , the mcmbcib of ihe Five U Clock club of Philadelphia and a numue-i ot high government olttV cials RECEPTION TOJLUEJACKETS Helen Gould Greets Three Hundred Tars of the Fleet. New York , March S. Miss Holer * Uould entertained liuo bluojaekela from the ballleMhips ot the North At' lantlc squadron , now al the Brooklyn navy yard , after their lound the world cruise. A reception and tea was heuel al the naval branch of the Youui Men's Christian association. "I wish to welcome all the hoys home , " she said. "I have waicheeS your trip around the woild with i.iter- ebt. 1 want to tell you about anotliit dear friend of yours , Mrs. Russ. IS Sage , who would also bu hero to wi 1- come you hack had she not broKe-u hei arm a few weeks ago. 1 visit her ftequently and every time 1 set- her , shu brings out the postal card t iu has received from the men of the 11 ct and shows me the pictures sliu hail and what yon have written to her. Shf sends her best wishes to you" The Jackles cheeied Miss Gould Inst il ) and eaeh man In turn shook handy with her Three cheers also \\eru given for Mrs. Sage. Oil Strlki Near Fort Washakle. Cheyenne , V/yo. , March 8.Repoita reccued from Fort Uimhakie sii ) a prnuiuuig well of blueK axplmituin oil vuo opened up in tin- Indian reserva tion by the \\ashakle Hydro-Carbon Mm.UK company This Is the first oil found in commercial ejuantllleH. Grout excitement prevails.