Til 1C NORFOLK WKKKLY NUWS-JOfKNAU FHIHAY. DKCKMHHn S. 11)11. )
TOWARD A 5-YEAR SCHOOL FOR
STUDY OF PUBLIC DU8INESS.
THE SCOPE WILL BE NATIONAL
J. P. Morgan , John D. Rockefeller , An *
drew Cnrnegle and Many Others
Contribute to the Maintenance of
the Project.
Largely through the efforts of Mrs.
1C. II. llnrriiimn n fund of $ IOOOi > n
year for live years has been provided
to nmlnlitln 1111 ( xM | < rlin ( > iilnI school for
tlii > slmly anil iiilinlnlstnitlnn of public
business. Tie | school will bo started
nt New York , hut Its scope Is Intended
to be nntloniil.
Some years MHO K. II. Harrlmaii bo-
cninc interested In inunlrlpal research
IIH a method of Increasing govern-
inentnl ctllelcney. Ills widow has
been following the work done In this
connection. KeiiucstH for the extension
of It to other cities and the inability
to get a sulliclont nuinher of men who
are ( inalllled to take It up suggested
to Mrs. Hnrrlinan the need of provid
ing 11 training school for public serv
ice.
Wishing to learn how men familiar
with governmental problems would
go ahout It to Insure such training.
Mrs. Harrlman consulted personally
and hy correspondence business men.
journalists , educiitors and public of-
llclals as to the need of a now kind
of training for the study and adminis
tration of puhllc business.
In order to niaUe posslhlo a live
years' test for a training school for
puhllc service Mrs. Harrlman made
the offer of a contribution of $10.000
for the tlrst year and $10,000 a year
for the succeeding four years , condi
tioned on other contributions of $ ! ! 0-
( KK ) n year for the second , third , fourth
and tlfth year being obtained. These
contributions have been received from
the followlug persons , thus creating a
fund of over $ -10.000 n year for five
years :
Others Who Gave to Fund.
Mrs. 10. II. Ilarrinmn. John n. Hock-
efcller. Andrew Carnegie. Jacob 11.
He hi IT. Olto II. Kahu. Henry I'hlpps ,
George F. llaker. Cornelius Vander-
iillt. U. A. Collin. .1. P. Morgan. Com
modore ( .Jerry. George Hlitmenthal , M.
Uartley Dodge. Adolph I.ewisohn. ICil-
win llawley. Hobert Goelet. J. W. Har
rlman , .1. < ; . Schmidlapp , Mortimer L.
Schlff , George W. Perkins , Cleveland
II. Dodge , Frank A. Munsey , Stephen
S. Palmer , Clarence II. Mackay , Pro
fessor James Dougla's. Felix M. War
burg , William P. llonbrlght & Co. . II.
M. llyllexby. Samuel Instill. Myron T.
Ilerrlek , Samuel A. Lewlsohn , August
lielinont and W. M. V. Hoffman.
George W. Perkins. O. A. Collin and
Mortimer I. , SchllT have been asked to
nerve as an executive committee and
trustees for this fund and to assist
Mrs. Harrlman In the practical workIng -
Ing out of her plan. The first step
taken has been an arrangement with
the New York bureau of municipal re-
Hearch to afford practical training to a
certain number of men who are quail-
tied and desirous of lilting themselves
for public service.
The bureau will afford these men an
opportunity for the study of municipal
administration on Its practical and
business side , such as the administra
tion of departments and the analysis of
public expenditures , and from this Ini
tial beginning the establishment of a
training school for public sen-Ice will
be developed along such practical lines
ns experience may Indicate.
For the bureau of municipal research -
search It. Fulton Cutting , Its treas
urer and founder , said that the train
ing Itself will be in doing governmen
tal work thrt needs to be done and In
seeking facts about methods and re-
milts of government work such as
nnalysls of budget estimates ; charter
studying , drafting nnd explaining :
tests of mill ; Inspection and physical
examination of school children ; study
of school and health problems and
management ; standardization of sal
aries , contracts , specifications ; meth
ods of assessing and collecting taxes ;
preparing handbooks on administra
tive practice ; watching and reporting
the proceedings of the board of esti
mate and the board of aldermen , and
preparing public statements.
Directors of the Work.
The work will bo directed by the
bureau's directors , William II. Allen ,
Henry Hruere and Dr. F. A. Cleveland.
It will take practically all of Mr. Al
len's time. The Held work will also
be supervised by experienced workers
In the bureau of municipal researcher
or in some of the city departments
which have tendered co-operation.
Biieli as the department of nuance , bor
ough of Manhattan. The same tests
will be applied to men as are applied
to regular paid workers In the bureau
and as we feel should be applied to
workers in public employ.
Four classes of applicants are ex
peeted tlrst. college graduates wish
Ing to go Into public service or social
work : second , accountants wishing to
qualify for analysis of public business
third , superintendents of schools , sec
notaries of beards of trade , heads of
civic organizations wishing to take up
public business ; fourth , postgraduate
students of politics , economics , sociology
elegy , law nud Journalism wishing
practical field worlt to supplement
academic training.
BATTLE WITH BANDITS.
Two Highwaymen Stand Off Posse for
Hours One Shot Seven Times.
Ilelllngham , Wash. , Dec. 2. Two
bandits , Walter Footo and Fred James
fortified behind a breastworks of logs
on the banks of the Skaglt river near
Sedro'Wooloy for three liount stood
off a POSHO of L'OO citizens. More
than u thousand hots wore filed and
forty dynamite bombs thrown against
the logs before the highwaymen sur
rendered.
Foolo was found to have seven bul
lets In his body and died soon after
having been taken to u hospital.
James was uninjured and was lodged
In the Skaglt county Jail.
Four members of the posse were
wounded.
Was Luck In the Accident ?
hattt evening at 70 : ! ! BOIIIO of Mio
buckets went out of the big rotor In
the Htoam turbine at the electric light
power house. Thin rotor runs 9,000
revolutions per minute and the buck
ets are on the periphery of the rotor.
If the engine had run another min
ute after the accident It would have
been hopelessly smashed and ruined ,
but Hay Kusk , the engineer In charge
at the time , stopped the turbine Im
mediately as soon as ho heard the
terrific noise occasioned by the buck-
etH going out.
The electric light company has a
complete duplicate Block of purls for
this turbine , and a largo force of men
Immediately got busy repairing the In
jured machine. It was necesHitry to
completely dismantle' one end of the
machine and replace the buckota. It
was done entirely under the direction ,
of O. V. I'tter , ( superintendent , and is
considered by engineers to bo the
cpilckest repair of the kind on record.
The mime accident happening to- the
Lincoln Gas & Ulectric Co. shut their
turbines down for one month , and the
Lincoln Street Railway Co. , sustain
ing a similar accident , was without
the use of its big turbine for prac
tically the same length of time.
People compelent to know claim
that the electric light company is en-
tilled to a great deal of credit for hav
ing these parts in stock , although this
IB the first accident of the kind to the
machine since they have had 11 , and
that the company Is to be congratulaled
upon having a force of men compelent
to make Bticli a quick recovery.
STCPS C.CD FLOW TO BRAIN
Surgeon Dcfects : It In Injured Head by
Ligation cf Internal Carotid.
Demonstrations in advanced surgery
were made in many Philadelphia hos
pitals by famous surgeons for the bene
fit of delegates assembled to attend the
clinical congress of surgeons of North
America.
An operation considered fatal until
modern surgery lent Its aid was per
formed at the University hospital to
dellect the flow of blood from one part
of ( he injured head of n patient. Its
purpose was accomplished by Dr. John
D. Denver by the ligatlon of Ihe inter
nal carotid , the principal artery of the
neck supplying blood to the greater
part of the brain , the orbit. Internal ear
and the forehead and nose.
The operation stopped the supply of
blood to the brain through this channel ,
relieving the congestion , A sufficient
amount , however , to maintain life Is
still conveyed by the external carotid
and Its branches , and as the Injured
portion of the skull heals nature will
adapt il elf to the changed condition ,
and the arteries which have been
forced to do added duty will gradually
dilate until the normal supply of blood
is distribuii'd in all parts of the Mead.
ANNUAL REPORT OF
TREASURER M'CLUNG.
Government's Receipts Last Year Were
the Greatest In History.
Increased salaries for his snbordi-
nate officers , better facilities for ex
changing worn paper and the Issue of
live dollar gold certificates are some
of the recommendations made by Lee
McC'lunp , treasurer of the United
States , in Ills annual report for the
last fiscal year. I'ersonal bonds for of
ficials and employees handling money ,
restriction on amount of five dollar
banknotes and the Increase of the 5 per
cent banknote redemption fund also
are advocated.
According to the report , a new rec
ord was made In the ordinary receipts
of the government for the fiscal year
1011 , which attained a maximum at
$701,372t7-1.ri : ! > , notwithstanding n de
crease of $ lU,18Gi73.7D : In receipts from
customs , as compared with those of
1910 , which. It Is fair to presume , was
caused by the discussion of tariff sched
ules in congress and the action prob
able in the near future In reduction of
rates of duties. However , this decrease
was more than offset by increased re
celpts from Internal revenue ( ordl
nary ) , corporation tax and miscella
neous source" , so that the net Increase
from all ordinary sources for the year
wa s $ ' . ' , " . , Sr,0.tMf)7. ) ! )
The total ordinary disbursements
were $ ( hl.l 7.0fl7.SO. which , by class !
fled comparison with 1010 , shows a net
de.Toaso in the total of civil and miscellaneous -
cellaneous accounts , the' navy depart
meiit. pensions and Interest on the pub
He debt , while increased disbursements
are recorded In the war department
anil on account of Indians. The net re
suit on ordinary disbursements was a
decrease of Sr..rill7.it5.1 . : ) ! ) . The surplus
on ordinary transactions for the year
was $ -l7.2ai.t77.10. :
The notes and certificates of United
State * paper currency issued during
the year numbered ' . ' (57.207,021 ( pieces of
the total value of $013,5-10,000. The re
demptions were 251.180,702 pieces , of
the total value of $807,050,200 , while
the pieces outstanding number 300,04 < i.-
MO , of the total value of S1.800.200.KS.
The general stock of money In the
United States at the close of the tiscal
year 1011 was $3,555,058,077. tin in
crease of $131:107.-101 ! : during the year
of which $117.153,24-1 was In gold coin
nnd bullion. National banknotes re
ceived an increment of S1-t.703.77r >
Married at Stanton.
Stanton , Neb. , Nov. 29. Special to
The News : Joseph Doleah and Mary
'rank , prominent young people from
ho south part of the county , were
narrlod at the offlco of the county
udgo hero yesterday morning by
lutlgoV. . P. Cowan.
INTERESTING STORY OF
M'KINLEY ' AND HANNA.
La Follette Tells of the Turning Down
of Payne For a Cabinet Place.
Senator Ln Follette of Wisconsin ,
who is writing hhi autobiography In
the American Magazine , shows In the
December number that he held a high
opinion of MeKluley. He tells the fol
lowing story. Illustrating how McKln-
ley stood up for his own convictions In
the face of powerful influence brought
to bear by ilnnna :
" 1 know of my own knowledge that
MeKinley stood against many of the
corrupt Influences within his own par
ty ; that he even stood firmly against
the demands of his best friend. Ilantia.
"MeKinley had no sooner been elect
ed than the Wisconsin machine , back
ed strongly by llaniia. demanded the
appointment of Henry C. 1'ayno as
postmaster general. And I with oth
ers brought forward the name of Gov
ernor Hoard of Wisconsin as candi
date for secretary of agriculture. A
few weeks before McKlnley's innaugu-
ration , upon his Invitation. 1 went to
Canton to see him. When I called
about 10 o'clock he told his secretary
that he would not see anybody else
before fi that afternoon. We drove
about town and visited his mother , a
beautiful old lady. We had luncheon
at his house. We discussed at length
the appointment of Payne and Hoard
to the cabinet. I explained to him
what forces Payne represented In Wis
consin , and Indeed he had already
known Payne's work as n lobbyist In
Washington In connection especially
with beef trust matters , and I knew he
abominated that sort of thing. But lie
told me that he believed no other man
had ever been so strongly indorsed by
prominent influential politicians in ev
ery part of the country as was Payne
for that appointment. When It was
nearly time for me to go MeKinley
said :
" 'Hob. I may not be nble to appoint
Hoard , but I will say to you that Hen
ry Payne shall not lie a member of my
cabinet. ' ,
"When I saw .MeKinley at the White
House in the following winter he told
me how the effort to secure Payne's
appointment hail culminated. He said
that Hanna hail come to him just be
fore Ills final der-Mon was made and
said : 'Yon may wipe out every obliga
tion that yon feel toward me and I'll
ask no further favors of you If you'll
only put Henry Payne in the cabinet. '
" .McKlnley's answer was. ' .Mark. I
would do anything In the world I could
for you. but I cannot put a man In my
cabinet who Is known as a lobbyist. '
"And he kept his word. "
LIVE BIRDS AT PARTY.
To Fly at Cotillion at Miss Draper's
Debut at Washington.
Live humming birds brought from
Florida and hutterllies carried across
the continent from California will flit
around the miniature garden of daisies
and rare o.xoli'-s that N to lie the piece
do resistance of the ? i"i.OOO : Marguerite
cotillion to be given for Miss Mar
guerite Draper. Washington's wealthi
est debutante. Dec -7
By reason of . r..iii . ) ! > ,000 inherited
from her father. Ceneral William F.
Draper. Mis- < Draper is the wealthiest
voting unmarried woman In Washing
ton , and. it is said , the debutante co-
tllllon in Christmas week will surpass
In splendor any ever held In Washing
ton.
Free Public Library For Kobe.
Kobe , Japan. Is soon to have a free
public library , supported by the mu
nicipality. It whl be housed In the
old building of the Kobe city office.
South Norfolk.
Miss Madeline Welch returned
home from Arthur , la. , where she had
spent Thanksgiving with friends.
M. Moollck went to Niobrara this
morning to altcnd an old setllers' din
ner.
POUND FOR BENCH.
Lancaster County Bar Endorses Him
for Federal Place.
Lincoln , Dec. 4. Roscoe Pound , for
merly dean of the university law
school , is to be pushed for a seat on
the bench of the United States supreme
premo court Action looking to that
was taken by the Lancaster County
Bar association , which enthusiastically
endorsed him for the place nnd np <
pointed a committee of three , F. M.
Hall , II. H. Wilson and J. B. Strode
to submit Denn Pound's name to President -
ident Taft.
Dean Pound Is one of Iho best
known legal lights In the stale and
after leaving the faculty of the Unl
versity of Nebraska law school he
went to Northwestern university at
Chicago nnd then to Harvard univer
sity.
AN AVIATOR IS KILLED.
Tex Schrlver Crushed In an Exhibition
Flight In Porto Rico.
San Juan , Porto Rico , Dec. 4. Tex
Schrlver , a well-known aviator , was
killed in an exhibition flight which he
was making at Ponce. Schrlver fell
from a height of 200 feet into a cano
field and died within half nn hour
while on the way to the hospital
Thousands of spectators witnessed the
accident.
Schrlver ascended over Pence in an
aeroplane nnd went through a number
of evolutions. Apparently Jio lost con
trol of the machine In making a turn ,
j The aeroplane swooped to the earth
and landed with a crash , Schrlver be
ing half buried in the wreckage.
QUARRELS WITH ENGLAND THAT
LED TO WAR OF 1856.
HISTORY FOR PAST 300 YEARS
Present Reigning Dynasty Was Estab
lished After the Country Had Been
Conquered In a Struggle That Lasted -
ed From 1616 to 1643.
In view of die probability of the fall
of Ihe Mini' ' liu dynasty that has ruled
China for nearly DUO years , the follow
ing chronological table Is of Interest :
Thu country Is conquered by the
eastern or Mnnrhu Tartars , who
estnullHlteil thu present running
TsliiK dyimnty 1616-43
Ten brought to KtiKhiml 1000
An cuttluiimku throughout China
burk'H 3WX. J persons tit I'ckhiB
nlonu 1CG2
Gnlilnn , u prlticn of JmtKurln , con-
iliiers KnfliRnrljx and becomes supreme
premo In central Asia 1678
Checked by Knnghl 1CS3
Totally detailed IC'Ji
Commerce' with Kast Indlii company
licKlns 1CSO
Jesuit inlssinnariea punich 1CK
Commeri'lul irtatlons with I5ussli..l719-7 :
The .le.Milts cjipi-lli-d 17:4-t. :
Another Ketic'inl < arth < | imko destioyw
100,000 peisoiu , at f'tkhiB ntul kO.OOO
In u Hiiliurli 1731
Successful war In ventral Asln , D.i-
vntsl and his opponent. Amursaim ,
subdued by Kt-en I.UIIH. 17fM , ct
fo ( | . ; Ka.slu.'nr. KhoUaml , the Ulilt-
sez. etc. . annexed 17CO
In u salute by one of the Mrltls-li
ships In China : i nun was hmdwri-
cntly tired , which hilled a native.
The government demanded the KUII-
ner. lie was KOOII Htranglud 17S5
Earl Mavartnej's embassy arrives at
I'ekliiR. Ills reception by the em
peror 1793
( This embassy throw HKht on the
empire. It appeared to bo divided
Into fifteen provinces containlne
U02 walled cities ; . The population
of the whole was given at 333,000-
000 , Its annual revenues at 66,000-
000 nnd the army. Including the
Tnrtnrs , 1,000,000 of Infantry nnd
800,000 cavalry. The Rovernment
was absolute. I.earnlnu and the
arts nnd sciences were encouraged
nnd ethics studied. )
Macartney Is ordered to depart..Oct. 7,1793
And nrrlvcs in Kngland Sept. t,1791 !
The affair of the company's ship
Neptune , when a Chinaman was
killed 1S07
Edict against Christianity 1812
Chinese- rule In central Asia weak
ened 1812
Lord Amhcrst's embassy ; ho leaves
KnRland Feb. 8. 1816
( Amherst failed In the objects of his
mission , having refused to make
the prostration of the "kotow" lest
he should thereby compromise th
majesty of Kngland. )
Temporary Insurrection in Kash
ira r 1826 , et seq.
Exclusive- rights of the East India
company eea. o 1831
Lord Nnplfr arrives at Macao to su
perintend Itritlsh commerce..July 15 , 1834
Affair between the natives und two
British Mdps of war ; several Chi
nese killed Sept. G , 1831
Opium dispute begins ; the trade pro
hibited by the emperor..November , 1S34
Chinese sel/o thu Argyle and crew. .
Jan. 31 , 1S3G
Opium burned at Canton by Chinese
Feb. 23 , 1835
A Itritlsh commissioner settled at
Canton March , 1837
Admiral Maltland arrives at Macao
July 12 , 1833
Commissioner Lin orders seizure of
opium March IS , 1S39
British nnd other residents forbid
den to leave Canton March 19 , 1839
The factories sunounded and out
rages committed March 24 , 1839
Captain Elliot requires British sub
jects to surrender to him all opium ,
promising tkum full value of it. . . .
March 27. 1839
Half of It is given up as contraband
to the Chinese April 20.1839
The remainder ( WjS3 ! chests ) surren
dered May 21. 1839
Captain Elliot and the British mer
chants lenvo Canton May.24. 1839
The opium destroyed by the Chl-
nef-'u June 3. 1839
Affair between the. llrltish nnd .
American seamen and the Chinese ;
n native Killed July 7 , 1839
Hongkong luld-n Aug. 23 , 1839
The Hrltis'li boat Black Joke attack
ed and the cruw muidcred..Aug. 24 , 1839
Tlio KrltlMi merchants letnc from
Macao Aug. IT . ISO
Affair at Kowliin between Itiltlsh
boats and Chin-PI- Junks Sept , 4. 1839
Attack by t\\entv-"Uht tirrtml Junks
on the UritMt fvlgatiM Ynlngo and
} Iyacln > ! i ; st'venil ju.i.is blown up. .
Nov. 3 , 1839
The British Irp.diwith China ceases
by an edict of the emperor..Dec. 6 , 1839
Edict of the emperor Interdicting nil
trade and intctvinirse with Eng
land forever Jan. 6,1840
Treaty < pf peart Mied before Nnn-
kln on board the Cortiwalllst by Sir
Henry I'nttlriKt'r fur England and
Keying Kli'poo and Neil Klen on
the part of the Chinese eiipcror.
[ Conditions : l.a = dns peace nnd
friendship betwern th two em
pires ; China to pay SJl.OOO.OOJ ; Can
ton , Atnoy. Kiirhau. NlnKpo and
Shanghai to be thunVn open to the
llrltish , unil consuls to reside at
these cities ; Honxkong to be coded
In perpetuity to Emil'ind , etc. ]
Aug. 29. 1841
The nonfulfillment of this treaty led
gradually to the war of 1KJ6-7
The more recent history of the Chi
nese empire the war with Japan , the
Koxer outbreak , the death of the Em
peror Kwangsti and the Downger Km
press Tslan , etc. is too familiar to
need recapitulation.
SEATTLE SIXTY YEARS OLD.
Celebration Ends With Banquet In
Chamber of Commerce.
Seattle has just celebrated us six
tieth birthday.
The city was founded by a pnrty
from Portland , headed by the families
of Arthur A. Danny and David Denny.
Tennesseenns. They named the set
tlement after a friendly Indian chief.
ARREST NEGROES FOR MURDER
One Confesses to Robbery and Murder
of Kansas City Freight Agent.
Kansas City , Mo. , Dec. 4. Five negroes
groes are under arrest here charged
with being Implicated In the murder
of Albert Underwood , assistant cash
ier of the local Missouri Pacific freight
house , who was fatally wounded when
the freight house was robbed last
night. Underwood lived only a short
tlmo after bolng shot by the robbers ,
l-'ealherstono Powell , janitor of the
freight house , who was arrested first
on suspicion , made a confession Impli
cating four other negroes Ilolcoy
Powell , Arthur Drown , George Homier
and Falconer Cilbbs. The robbers se
cured $1,000 , which has not yet been
recovered.
WOULD PENSION MEN
IN LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
Congress Will Do Asked to Provide For
Surfmen Who Do Noble Work.
Simultaneous with the movement for
government clerks' pensions another
pension matter will be presented to
congress soon after the session opeiiH ,
that for the retirement and pensioning
of employees of the life saving serv
ice. This has been agitated for some
sessions and came near passing at the
lust session.
The annual appropriation for the
service amounts to about $2,000,000.
During the past year the total number
of wrecks assisted by the life sa"lng
crews was 1.-H53. Out of this large
number there were but seventy-four
thai were a lotal loss , while had It not
been for the services of the crews the
large majority would have been total
wrecks.
Looking at It from n purely commer
cial viewpoint , there wan property , in
cluding vessels and cargoes. Involved
amounting to $11.8SO.r.i5. . : Of this
amount $10.057.100 was saved , making
a saving of about five times the total
amount of the appropriation.
From a sentimental standpoint there
is no way of calculating the value of
the lives saved , but there were 0,001
people involved in the wrecks , and the
total loss of life was fifty-three.
There was another line of service on
which there are not and never will be
any details available. That was in the
vessels warned off the coast , thus pre
venting any wrecks at all. There were
warned off last year 2-I.T vessels , more
than half of them steamers. What
liners there were among them and
how many passengers were saved will
never be known.
It Is for the benefit of the men who
render tills sort of service continually
that an effort is being made to get a
retirement provision in the law. It Is
pointed out that the United States lifesaving -
saving service Is not only the largest ,
but one of the most elllclent In the
world. Like the firemen , they are on
duty all the time. They risk death
every time they go to a wreck , and if
they did nothing but keep up the night
patrol of the beaches they would be
doing enough hard work to earn all
the wages paid them.
The stirfmen of the service pet $ < ! 0 a
month while they are working. The
crews are laid off without pay in the
summer , from Jutit to August , this not
being the season for storms and
wrecks.
MONKEYS FOR LINEMEN.
Owner of Light Plant Says He's Sure
They Could Be Taught the Work.
James A. Walker , owner of the elec
tric light plant at Owensville. Ind. . Is
planning to use monkeys for assistant
linesmen , lie feels confident he can
train monkeys to saw off small
branches of trees that rest on electric
light wires and wear through the in
sulation and to he * errand boys , carryIng -
Ing tools from the ground to the men.
A friend of Walker asked him If he
intended to have his trained nuniUeys
read meters. He answered :
" 1 would rather have the monkey
read meters than waste Its time trying
to prove that Darwin libeled the mon
key family when he set his pet theory
going about the origin of the species.
I really want to buy a gray monkey
and tench It to become a lineman and
am confident that this can be accom
plished with patience. "
PROSELYTING BY MAIL
Mormons to Start n Correspondence
Coi rse In Their Religion.
A correspondence course In proselyt
ing for missionaries and prospective
missionaries has been arranged by of
ficials of the Mormon church.
The course , which will be conducted
along regular correspondence school
lines , will consist of Scriptural and
gospel lessons , church history , church
statistics dealing with marriage , moral
purposes and social and financial ac
tivities. Instruction also will be given
In deportment and In the best manner
of presenting church doctrines and lit
erature.
Hntnches will be established In all
parts of the Culled Slates and tnnny
foreign lands
OLDEST HARVARD GRADUATE.
Rev , James I , T. Coolidge , Clati of
1B38 , Has Ninety-fourth Birthday.
Itev. .lames lvir Tivcothrick CoolIdge -
Idge , a member of the < lass of 1K1S and
the oldest living graduate of Harvard ,
observed his nlnetv-fourth birthday re
cently at Cainbtldge. Mass.
Pr. Coolidge a born In Ho ton Nov
1 , 1817. Ihe sun uf Charles Dawes and
Jane ( An ti-ni < 'oolidgc. After being
graduated frmn die I'.o loii Latin
school he enieied Harvard In the fall
of 181(1 ( , unuluaiing tour years later as
class orator and also taUIng a promi
nent part In the commencement exer
cises. After a course at the divinity
Bchool he WPS ordained as a Unitarian
minister in 1841.
DAN STEPHENS IS ON HAND.
New Nebraska Congressman Learning
Ropes from Leaders.
Washington , Dec. 4. "I have spent
the morning with Speaker Clark nnd
Congressman Underwood , " said Con
gressman-elect Dan V. Stephens , who
arrived with Mrs. Stephens nnd regis
tered at the Drlscoll. "I have boon
renewing my acquaintance with the
speaker , to whom I am under obliga
tions for assistance In my campaign
mil Incidentally conferring as to pos
sible committee appointments and the
political situation. " Mr. Stephens ex
pressed regret that his seat In the
house , No. 3111) ) , was to be In the 'over
flow section , " behind the republican
sldu of the house. '
DEVELOPS WILD SHEEP.
Cross Strain That Makes Mountain
Animals Wool Producers ,
After striving for moro than ten
years ( o wrest nature's HIV ret from
her William Prankcs of Bullion Moun
tain , C.il. , has at last discovered the
alchemy that transforms a wild moun
tain sheep Into a highly developed wool
bearing animal.
Krnnkes U an accredited collector for
( be Smithsonian Institution. Ills secret
consists in crossing the tnonnialn
sheep with does of the Leicester Hrain. !
The sheep are of large size , exceeding
ly nimble ami produce wool of line
( inallly.
CATCHES 15 INCH SMELT.
New England Angler Captures Speci
men Almost Twice Usual Size.
lliii-old Kldrldge , a fisherman of Kast
Orlcasi" , Mass. . caught a smelt tlfteeti
lnHi"s long and holds the record for
the larwt smelt ever taken from
Mas ; ichnsots ( water * .
The iNh was caught In Meeting
House Intnl. a small salt water Inlet at
tl'.e head i f Pleasant bay Salt water
smelts are usually about eight Inches
long.
Resorts Are to Be Closed.
There are well founded rumors in
Norfolk that the county authorities
will take immedlato stops to close
the lesorts of ill fame in this city
under provisions of the Alberts law.
Under that law , the places can be
abated as public nuisances and all
furniture must bo removed from the
buildings.
Already it is said a , number of loca
people have made affidavits against
the places , to be use as evidence.
SMART GLEANINGS.
The Correct Figure For the Girl , at
1911Fringe Novelties.
To have the correct figure nowadays
women must appear to be uncorseted.
and a large waist is really a demand
of Dame Fashion.
There Is a definite return of the
vogue for bordered materials In dress
making , and some delightful effects
may be obtained from the beautiful
fabrics to be found in the shops.
In a large , dashing hat of rough fin
ish whitfl felt faced with black velvet
PKIMIK Till M MED DOWN.
the edges are cut and the crown trimmed
mod wjui a big bow of the two ma
terials. also with cut edges.
Fringe as trimming makes a notable
feature of the season's styles. This
gown shows it combined with lace
banding , which gives a tunic effect.
while In reality the skirt Is made In
one. JUDIC CIIOLLET.
o May Manlnn pntterns are cut Infer
for the blouse from 34 to 40 Inches
In jut riiennuro and for tlie skirt from 22 to
32 Indiravalst measure. Send 10 cents
< -neh for tliefo patterns to this ofllce. giv
ing mitnherB. bloti.so 7101 and skirt 7120. unil
they lll bo promptly forwarded to you
by mull If In huste rend an additional
two cent stnmp for letter postage , which
Insures more prompt delivery. When or
dering use coupon.
No Sire.
Name
Address ,
HYDE TRIAL MONTH LONGER.
Enters Into Seventh Week and Will
Last Four Weeks More.
Kansas City , Mo. , Dec 4. The second
end trial of Dr. H. Clarke Hyde , on a
charge of murdering Col. Thomas H.
Swope , entered upon Its seventh week
today.
Only six weeks were required to
complete the first trial , but the second
end ono has but fairly started. Two
material witnesses for the stale have
been heard and fourteen moro are to
he called. The defense expects to
' .itroiluce at least a dozen witnesses.
Altorno.vH cHtlniato the trial will Ia8l
i mouth longer.
The Mrst wliticim called today waft
Miss Hose Churchill , a nurse who
worked In the Hwopo homo during
h < < typhoid epidemic , The proHccil-
tin announced that other unmet ) who
\\ere employed In the homo at the
HIIIIIO time would follow
Churchill.
ABOUT A MILE.
It Mnkcs a Difference In Which Lint )
One Travnii This Distance.
If you take n mil Inn to settle down
for a time and after you have been
whisked out nud hack In a motorcar
you think to ask how far thu house Is
from the station the agent carelessly
waves his haml and airily remarks.
"About u mile , " vou had best take heed
as to what country you are In at the
time.
If It Is In England you are all right ,
for the familiar l.TCiO yards Is Hit/
standard , but If you have taken u
fancy to some sod thatched Irish
cottage It means a tramp of 1,1M ! ( >
yards , and If you are moved to linger
In the highlandM temember that tht >
braw Scot calls 1,07(1 ( yards a mile
Considering lite size of Switzerland ,
one ml 'it ' expect n mile to be about
as far as one could throw a ball , hut
( he hardy mountaineers think D.lftt
yards the proper thing , even when , a. +
It generally Is , It Is very much uphill.
The Swiss Is the longest mlle of all.
being followed by the Vienna post
mlle of S'J1M ! yards.
The Flemish mile Is 0,800 yards , thr-
Prussian S.237 yards , and In Denmark
they walk S.'JM yards and call It u
stroll of a mile. The Arabs generally
ride good horses and call 2,1-13 yards a
mile , while ( ho Turks are satisfied
with 1,82(1 ( yards , and the Italians
shorten the distance of u mlle to l,7tii
yards , just six yards moro than the
American has In mind when the agent
waves his hand and blandly remarks.
"About a mile. " Chicago Itocord Her
ald.
ICEBERG GROUPINGS.
\
Clusters and Long Lines Formed by
Storms and Ocean Currents.
Among the perils and wonders of the
ocean there are few more Interesting
things than Icebergs , interesting not
only by reason of their gigantic size ,
their fantastic shapes , their exceeding
beauty , but also for the manner where
in they array themselves.
Icebergs exhibit a tendency to form
both clusters and long lines , and these
groupings may arise from the effect *
both of ocean currents and of Storms.
Some very singular lines of bergs ,
extending for many hundreds of miles
east of Newfoundland , have been
shown on olllcial charts Issued by the
government. Two of those cross eacli
other , each keeping on Its independent
course after the crossing. In several
instances parallel lines of bergs leave
long spaces of clear water between
them.
Curiously enough , while enormous
fields of Ice Invade the so called
"steamship lanes" of the Atlantic at the
opening of spring during certain years.
In other years at that season there 1 >
comparatively little Ice to bo seen.
The ice comes , of course , from the
edges of the arctic regions , from the
Icebound coasts of Greenland and
Labrador , where huge bergs , broken
from the front of the glaciers at the-
point where they reach the sea , start
on their long journeys toward the
south , driven by the great current
that ( lows from Ratlin bay Into the
northern Atlantic ocean. Harper's
Weekly.
Why Stars Twinkle.
The twinkling of the stara Is chiefly
an effect produced in the atmosphere
upon the waves of light It is due to
currents and strata of air of different
densities Intermingling and floatinir
past each other , through which the-
light passes to the eye. It Is seen
much more In cold than In warm
weather and nearer the horizon more
than overhead. The same effect may
be seen by looking out of n window
over a hot radiator or a candle ho'tt '
on the other side of a hot stove. M >
that you have to look through n body
of highly heated air at the candle
flame. The tlame will be seen to
waver and quiver In other words ,
the various layers of air are at differ
ent densities anil in motion , hence ! ! . '
"twinkle. " Exchange
No Making Up Just Then.
The curtain lertnn- had finished nin5
Mrs. Garrill. feeling that perhaps -lie
had overdone the mutter , began t < >
read little item- * from the newspaper
"Ha ! " she said. "That's funny , Nn't
It , George ? Mere's u man advertises for
a silent partner with a thousand i- !
lars. "
"Yes. " said Garrill. "It's terrlbl. %
funny. If he'd married you he'd havu
been'darned glad to get a silent pan-
tier even Ifhe hadn't a cent. "
Whereupon the thermometer got suol ,
a sudden tnr that It fell from the man-
tolplci e to lite Hour. Harper's Weekly.
NANKING NOW SEAT OF WAR.
Nanking , Dee. 4. Nanking was es
tablished yesterday as the rebel base
of future operations. It has already
the appearance of a huge military
camp.
Half the revolutionary fleet sailed
for Hankow , where It IB believed there
are sufficient revolutionary troops to
hold the imperials. It Is argued that
while the Imperialists might bombard
Wu Chang , forcing the rebels' with
drawal , the warships can land bat-
lories , shell Han Yang , now occupied
by the imperialists , and cover the reb
els' crossing of the river , so that the
rebels would be enabled to outflank
the government forces and secure the
railway to Pekin. All the up-river
points will ho strengthened. Trans
ports and trains are bringing In troops
and munitions to Nanking.