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i t V THE' MOUSING .OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, ,ATJGTJST 26,. 1905. HOLMES 1S1HD1CTED Charge of Conspiracy Against Cotton Statistician. ACCOMPLICE OF PECKHAM Washington" Grand Jury Makes Charge "Involving Severe Pen alty Evidence of Van Riper Is Strong. tc A KHINGTOX. Auc. 25. Edwin Holmes. Jr., of Washington, D. C until recently Associate Statistician of the De partment of Agriculture, who was dis missed as an outcome of the investigation of the leakage in the cotton crop reports, has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Gov1 ernment- This announcement was made by United States District Attorney Morgan H. Beach, Jr.. after he had returned from New York City, where he had been in strumental in causing the arrest of Fred erick A. Peckham, the New York broker, at Saratoga, and Moses Haas, of New York. There are two Indictments cover ing toe charges against the three men. Mr. Beach said tonight that Holmes, who has been away from Washington for some time, and whose whereabouts have not been known, will be here tomorrow morning to answer to the indictment. Section 5440 of the revised statutes pro vides that, if two or more persons con spire either to commit any offense against the United States or to defraud the united States -in any manner, and one r more of such parties dp any act to effect the object-of the conspiracy, all the parties shall be liable to a penalty of not less than. $1000, and not more than $10,C00, and to Imprisonment for ntt more than two years. The report of the Secret Service agents who inquired into the charges that ad varice . information regarding the cotton crop reports had been given to cotton brokers In New York, asserted that Holmes had. communicated advance in formation to L. C. Van Riper, a New York . broker, and Moses Haas, of New Yortc. who; Mr. Van "Riper said, acted as a go-botweon . in conveying information from Holmes to other New York brokers. -I RICE MEN. WANT PROTECTION Appeal to President for Change In ' Cuban Reciprocity Treaty. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 25. (Special.) C-j -.Duson, of Crowley, La., a repre sentative of the Texas &. Louisiana Mil lers Association, arrived here today to present a statement from his association regarding the rice interests of the South The association controls 50 rice mills in various parts of the South. Their busi ness has been seriously affected by the operation of the present reciprocity treaty between the united States and Cuba. Mr. Duson says that since the treaty wont Into force. Great Britain's trade with Cuba has been Increased 30 per cent, Germany's 28 per cent and Spain's 22 per cent, American trade, he said, had suf fered almost correspondingly, notwith standing the fact that this country afford ed a market for 80 per cent of. Cuba's ex ports. The statement which Mr. Duson presented to the President urges that. when the reciprocity treaty should come ud for consideration two years hence, it be amonded. so . as. to protect the rice in terest of this country. - Mr. Duson also expressed to the Prcsl dent the thanks of the rlcegrowers of th South for his assistance rondered through Minister Squiers. at Havana in effecting certain changes in the Cuban tariff law affecting rice. Government Delays Timber Sale. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 23. A special to the Tribune from Washington says the big sale of timber on the stump advertised to take place on "White Earth reservation September 5 next, when 53.000.000 -worth of white and. Norway pine. Jack pine and oak was to have 'been offered, has been recalled. Judge Thomas Ryan, Acting Secretary of the interior, after consultation with Com mlssioner of Indian Affairs Leupp, de cided to postpone the sale and give lb. matter further publicity. President's Test of Submarine. OYSTER BAY. L. I.; Aug. 25. Arrange ments have been completed for the lest of the submarine boat Plunger in the presence of President Roosevelt. The maneuvers of- the little vessel. It has bee"n decided tentatively, will take place Saturday morning in Long Island Sound off ihe entrance to Oyster Bay. They will be witnessed from the yacht Sylph by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt and a par ty of friends. SHUT .OUT THE JAPANESE Foresters Would Extend Exclusion to Them and Coreans. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Aug. 23. The Forest ers p'f "America, in biennial convention here today, unanimously passed a resolu tion favoring exciuslon of Japanese from thV United States on the same lines as Chinese. The resolution was Introduced by E. I. "Wolfe, of California, president pro tcjn. of the California Japanese Ex clusion Society. He explained that the resolution was directed against only the Japanese and Corean coolie element, which. 'hesald.ls'-as detrlmentl as Chinese coolie immigration. They have even goneV Int'rt th rnnf rnctlnr hiislrf! In 'Hallfor-l hia, he said, and he cited an instance where a Japanese contractor built a house for 54500,-' where an American could not- do 'it for lesB than 56500. $i!EAN RAIDS ROOKiRIES Pirate of Seal Islands Loads Ship With Skins. - His SAN FRANCISCO; Aug. 25. The steam er William H. Kruger, which arrived here today wiin this season's catch of sealskins from the Prlbyloff Islands, brings word of a descent on the rookeries on St. Paul's Island, one of the- group, by Alex McLean, captain of the schooner Carmenclta, and Jils crew, on August C, Just as tho Kruger was leaving. The natives who brought In the story said that the men came ashore in boats from "the Carmenclta and killed as many of the seals as they had room for. They warned the natives they saw not to In 'teffero with them. KANSAS SUfS BONDSMEN Claims $850,000 From Surety Com- ' ' panics on Kclley's Bond. : TOPEKA. Kan., Aug. 25. Three suits. segregating $850,000. were commenced in A District Court.ihere today by Attor ney-General C. C Coleman, representing the State of Kansas, against the bonds men of State Treasurer T. T. Kelley, to recover state funds, which were In the hands of the FirsUNational Bank of To- peka at the time jf its failure. The first suit is for KjOO.wo, ana is brought " against the Title Guaranty a Trust Company, of - Scranton. Pa., and T, Kelley; the second is for ?250.ax). again8ts the Fidelity & Guaranty Com pany, of Baltimore. Md.. and T. T. Kelley: and the third -is for $100,000, against the First National Bank. William Sims, C. E. Noel, W. H. Rosslngton jnd C J. Devlin.- This action is brought to collect the amount of the bond given by the bank officials to secure state'-deposits. The amount of state money in 'the First National at the time of the failure was $547,575. In speaking about the suits .today, Gov ernor Hoch said: "We tried to- collect the bond, in every way before we decided to bring suit. The state has to recover- the lost funds, and the only way In -which we can make the bonding companies pay is to sue them." The First "National Bank, in which the state funds -were lost; is the institution which, was carried down by the failure of C J. Devlin, the millionaire coai op erator. HEAT CAUSES INCREASE INCREASE IN NUMBER OF NEW YELTiOW FEVER CASES. New-Orleans Will Stop Travel From Infected Towns May Kill In fection by October "VEEXOW FEVER EN NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, Aug.. 25. Report on yellow fever to 6 P. M.: New cases 65 Total cases to date 1,665 Deaths 1 Total deaths 232 Niw foci 16 Total foci S76 Remaining under treatment:.... 2S0 NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 25. The report on yellow fever shows an increase in the number of new cases over yesterday's report, and, if there is any particular cause to assign for It, It is the excessively warm weather of the past few days. The increase is so slight however, that it does not In any way affect the hopeful feeling of those engaged In the campaign. New Orleans has received one case of fever which appears to have come from Memphis. The case was a woman who came here on August 16 and was taken ill two days later. The case was mani festly not contracted here owing to the early development of the disease after her arrival. Following is a summary of the reports of new cases from the coun try: Hanson City 5. Patterson 9. Morgan City 1. Oak Providence 2, Mississippi City 1. Gulf Port "3. Stop Spread of Infection. Action was taken today at a meeting of the State Board of Health to enable the federal authorities to put a stop to Indiscriminate travel between infected points and New Orleans. The resolution adopted is general In character and au thorizes any local health officers of in fected localities to "Sprohiblt the Intro duction into their communities of persons acclimated, unaccllmated or said to be immune, when in their judgment such Introduction would add to or Increase the prevalence of the disease. Persons known to reside regularly In an Infected locality in Louisiana are to be admitted Into their homes when they furnish satisfactory proof of residence. End Epidemic in Month. The yellow fever situation today was regarded as having undergone no change. Dr. "White announced that, if the people will faithfully screen and disinfect and obey the regulations which have been made and if . all efforts continue as at present to remove cases promptly, it is possible that there will be an entire ces sation of the infection within the next 30 days. Dr. J. N. Thomas, in charge of the quarantine station at the mouth of the Mississippi River, made a report to the State Board of Health today. Dr. Thomas said: ''Fruit trade with Colon should be pro hibited. If It is stopped, yellow fever can be more easily prevented from land ing on southern coasts. Colon has always been a dangerous point. Keeps Trains Moving. Governor Blanchard contlhuefi his efr forts to .keep trains moving In Louisiana. He fias put himself into communication with railroad officials wherever there is an Interruption to service, and has 'ascer tained that the roads are anxious to main tain service If permitted to. do so by the various communities. President Souchon of the state board. will go to Patterson. La., on Saturday to investigate the conditions there. The peo pie of that town would like the "state board to take entire charge and It may do so. Considerable trouble is had with the Italian community at Good Hope. La., near the Mississippi Valley Road, a short distance above New Orleans. An emer gency hospital has been erected, but the Italians are in rebellion against It, and there is not sufficient police force to com pel them to submit to the regulations. Dr. jShler left here today and was joined by. Health Officer Aucoln, -of As sumption, at Shrlever, Tbey will 'go to Bayou Reouf to Investigate conditions there. Dr. Chassangac yesterday discov ered a large number of cases at Bayou Reouf. The focus was established through communicating between Bayou Reouf and Patterson. Memphis Denies It Has Fever. MEMPHIS- Tenn.. Aug:, 25. The Mem phis Board of Health Issued a statement today denying emphatically the presence of yellow fever in this city. IaAvyers Who Broke tho Iiaw. Butte Reveille. An authority on criminology has as tounded' New Tork and mortified the legal profession by the announcement that in proportion to their numbers there are more lawyers In New York jails than there are members of any other profes sion. He says that In "the County of New York there are 16 lawyers under Indict ment, and shows from the report of the Prison Commissioners for the current year that there are nearly 200' lawyers resident in Jails. Most of these-'iaro of the pettifogging class, but some of- them had attained leadershin in their profes sion. During the past 20 years Sing Sing Prison has harbored . about 400 men who gave .their profession as -lawyers,. Out of these only a dozen pleaded guilty the rest employed their legal weapons until the last, and were convicted on the ver dicts of juries. And this list does not in clude the hundreds of corporation law yers whose business it is to hatch per jury and chicanery. Next to the un scrupulous trust magnate in infamy is the man who prostitutes his honor And the dignity of his profession to defeat the ends of Justice. IXV ASTORIA REGATTA RATES. Account the Astoria Regatta, August 23, SO and 31, the O. R. & N. sells on August 2fi, 29 and SO, low round-trip tickets, Port land to Astoria, g4od to return September 1. Particulars by asking at Third and "Washington streets, Portland E Pardon of New York Convict Is Modern Instance. SUFFERED TO SAVE WOMAN Confessed Crjme or Which He Wa$ Innocent to Save Her Reputa tion Now She Secures. His Liberty. NEW YORK, Aug. 25. As strange a story as that constituting the plot of any novel wjli be told to Governor Hlg gins. of New York by a lawyer whon ha endeavors to secure the pardon of a man who chose to serve a sentence of three years In Sing SIrtg prison for a crime of which he was innocent, to shield the name of a woman from, scandal. Carl Fisher-Hansen said today that he would at once appeal for the pardon of .the prisoner, whose name he would, not reveal, at the request of the woman wnose reputation the prisoner had saved at the expense of his own liberty. The woman, Mr. Fisher-Hansen says, had visited his office within a few days and said that her husband had just died and that she IN NOT SHOP-TALK BY ROBERT FITZSIMMONS The ex-Heavyweight Champion Will Tell in The Sunday Oregonian How He Won His Ring Battles r At last "Bob" Fitzsimmons has reversed his attitude toward the newspaper world. While he consistently declines to be interviewed, he has written for-The Sunday Oregonian a series of articles on "How I "Won My Ring Battles." The first will be published tomorrow. Theman who fights the fight knows a lot more about it than the expert reporter at the edge of the ropes. In this series, the Australian blacksmith- is entirely candid and surprisingly modest. His list of topics is, in part, as follows: 1 How I won the ohampionship from Corbett at Carson City. 2 Robbed of $20,000-by a fake decision in San Francisco and how the trimming was accomplished. 3 The truth about that lay-down to Jim Hall. The first time it has ever been told. 4 What whipped Dempsey, and how it was done. 5 How it feels to fight for a $40,000 purse and lose, it all. 6 How Jeffries came to be champion and some of the 'reasons for his continuance in the role. , 7 The color line in pugilism. Why it is drawn, and how it affects a record. 8 Nearly all fighters die poor. How and why they spend the money they make. 9 Why pugilists naturally gravitate to the stage and the result. PUBLICATION BEGINS TOMORROW now wanted to do Justice to the prisoner. They had beon'frlends more than a year ago. when her husDana reiurnea unex pectedly and he caught the man run ning away To save, her from scandal, the man confessed that he had broken into her "home to steal, -whereupon he was arrested and is now In Sing Slngr. The prisoner was a young, college stu f riinnMroi frohi one of the colleges when he was arrested. ly got the idea we were coming away "I will not say whether it was Harvard. ( with a good-sized stake, and he intended nr Princeton' said the lawyer. "No : to share In It. But Tom refused to giva one has ever known what became of him. up, and what do you suppose the brake as he was tried and sentenced under an 1 man did then? He hauled out a club. .o...w T,r.TA Th woman in tho case and. standing above Tom. said he'd have has also paid a penalty for her indlscre- j . .,A vr of thp. sf- . .niia.t bsom in blackmail . fmm-i,.r within a few years. She Is a ! member of one of the best families of i New York and her late husband owned ' several factories in New Jersey. HORSES WEARING BONNETS CtiRiom Said to Have Been Started In Iiouisvllle, Ky. Louisville Courier-Journal. Ths custom of placing 8iraw nn horses hea'ds to protect them from tno intense rays of the bummer sun first Introduced in Louisville about 12 yars ago. The man wno the custom -was not a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, nor -was he a Sunday school teacher. Thomas Gannon was a former fa mous, or if you please, a notorious hack driver in Louisville. All th Vounders" knew him, for he was a nlsht hawk and his hack made many more trips to the tenderloin district than it did to the cemetery. Although Thomas was Mr. Gannon's Christian name, he was better known as "Bruis er." He was a chubby little Irishman, good-natured when not drinking and cenerous with his money. He secured th patronaRe. of those who went out "for a time" alter me nour 01 mid- nto-ht and on account of the many nghts he was accustomed to have with his drunken patrons apoui coiiecwu cab fares he came to be Known as "Bruiser" Gannon. Police Judge Thompson, then on tho bench, would look over his docket In the morning' and say to the Marshal: "Call Thomas Gannon, .charged with drunk and disorderly." Marshal Nace Vetter would cry out: "Bruiser Gannon" and Tom would emerge from the cage, and thi3 hap pened many times during the course of a year, and Tom Gannon paid many a fine, but more frequently was let oft with a lecture. One hot Summer day in August Gan non's hack appeared at its customary ntnnri t Fifth and Jefferson streets. The heads of the horses attached to the vehicle were decked with two immense straw hats fashioned by Gannon's own hand. He had cut holes In the hats for the ears and had placed a wet sponge on top of the hats. "It's me own. Invention," said Tom to a reporter, who came along. "Straw hats are good for man to wear in Sum mer, and why not for horses?" The reporter wrote up the incident and Tom was so. well pleased.that he went out that night with the boys, and landed In the Police Court next morninc "Call Thomas Gannon," said Judge Thompson as he looked over his docket. "Bruiser Gannon," cried out the Mar shal, and Tom came forth from the cage looking much worse for a night out. "Judge," pleaded Gannon, 'T.was out celebratln me invention for preventln' sunstroke among horses, ap account of which appeared in the paper yesterday. Maybe ye seen it?" - The Judge looked down over his glasses anda smile came to his face instead of a 'frown, as he said: "Ton, doh't let me see. you here again. I will be merciful "to you as you "have bee'h merciful to ySur hcTrsea during this hot weather,. Dismissed." All the hack drivers followed the lead of "Bruiser" Gannon during the balance of that hot Summer, but Gan non got all the advertising out of it. People came from all over the,-clty to Fifth street to see Bruiser Gannon's horse bonnets as he called them. Thomas Gannon, after operating a hack for 20 years, has joined the silent majority. He was a unique character. He set the style now so universal among- expressmen of horses wearing straw hats. In the "Winter time, if he had not one blanket he would take off his overcoat and put -it on one of his horses while he went into a saloon to "warm up." After all. there was something- good about "Bruiser" Gannon, for "a merciful man is merciful to his beast." TRAGEDY 0Fv A TRAMP AVhere Hold-Up Brakemcn Strike With Clubs. C. S. Thompson in Public Opinion. At the Salvation Army lodging-house in Omaha, I once chanced to meet a feljow who had Just come out of an extreme care of clubbing at the hands of a brakeman. The vagabond was a young Swede of good understanding who had been working in the Kansas harvest fields'. His clothes and his manner lifted him out of the ordl narv run of "stakemen." In fact, he showed me letters and papers that save, Mm a oiflim tft same respectamiuy in Chicago, where he was going at the time of our meeting. He had been traveling east with a companion, but they had lost one another, and It was in relating this experience that he mentioned the subject of the clubbing. "We got on a train in Western Kan sas." said the Swede, "where all the brakemen carried clubs. They were hoM- ing up every one that-had been working in tho fields, demanding a dollar a divis ion from each man. We paid our man a dollar, and when he went away I clImDfd Into an empty boxcar, and my chum re mained on the bumpers. Pretty soon the brakeman came running back, and lock ing the little end door through which I had crawled, he began demanding anoth- er dollar from Tom. The fellow evident- the money xr know the reason why. At that he hit Tom a cllD over the head. I tried to break open the little end door. but that was Impossible without any bar to work with, and thore was none within reach. There was nothing, either, to permit my climbing to the top of the car out of the open side door, and so I Just Y,nA tn.nnA nnA lAok Ml throusrh a Milt In the nr1 door. Tom crabbed at the fel . besides, every time he put up hl3 hands. the brakeman clubbed his fingers, and knuckles. Then the brute aimed for Tom's head, and cursing him for resist ance, struck a savage blow. Tom made 1 another break to get on top of the car. but the club cashed hia fingers, and n2Xym j guess, from the blow on his hcaJ he junjpedf for au that I could see. tQ Wb owndeath j looking or hIm at tho next stop, a distance of some 20 miles, but I couldn't get any trace of him, and Blnce then I've been waiting for him here; but he hasn't shown up. and I haven't heard any word from him, either." j FARMERS AND TROLLEYS Latter Tend Toward Betterment of Social Life. Public Opinion. If a farmer lives on an electric railway. the car may stop at his door, he has op- nortunltv to keen In touch with the out j g,do worid through his newspapers that , d.,ivered his door each day. and in case of sickness or some other urgent necessity, aid can be secured in far less time than was the case before the intro duction of trolley lines into the rural districts. The Importance of the service of tho electric railway to such of the rural population as come within Its reach can scarcely be over-estimated. The farmer and the members of his family can go to the neighboring village at the time most convenient to them, and far more ! quickly, cheaply and comfortably than by team, In many cases they, even becomo accustomed to make frequent trips to larger cities at a greater distance. Tho ! contact with town and city life which is thus .made possible contributes greatly to the breadth of view, culture, and happi ness of the farm family. The accessibility to markets and shops improves the table and dress and Increases the comforts of the home. The social life, the amuse ments. and the varied interests of the town Are made accessible to the country dweller as never before. The children are enabled readily to avail themselves of the superior school facilities of the town. In fact, the electric railway has doubtless contributed materially toward the ad vancement of the modern movement for the consolidation of the rural schools. The convenience of the electric service has greatly Increased the amount of travel for purposes purely of pleasure and of social Intercourse. From the so cial standpoint it Is probably afe to say that 'the railways have proved a greater benefit to the women of the communities they serve than to the men. The trolley widens the circle of acquaintanceship. Not Infrequent special cars are chartered by parties for picnics or for some other spe cial object. And these special cars are veritable palaces on a small scale, af fording every possible luxury and con venience that can be found on some of the private cars of the steam railroads. PUSHEDTD0NES1DE Oregon Judgeship Gives Place . to Peace Affairs. PRESIDENT SAYS NO WORD Others May Be Trying to Snatch the Plnm Away From Bean Roose velt Probably Waits Talk With Moody. to OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington, Aug. 25. In bis anxiety to bring about peace between Russia and Japan. President Roosevelt -has evidently over looked the appointment of a Federal Judge in Oregon. Notwithstanding that tne Attorney-General two weeks ago Tec- ommended the appointment of Judee Bean, no word has been received at the Department of Justice indicating that tho President has even given the matter con sideration. Attorney-General Moody Is still In New England, and the theory is held here that the President wishes to talk further with him before making the appointment. This delay seems to-lend color to the report that pressure Is being- brought to bear direct on the President for the 'appoint ment of some one other than Bean, but nothing is known In Washington to posi tively confirm such a supposition. The Department of Justice states that there need be no particular hurry about the appointment. Judge Hunt, of Mon tana, will conduct the land cases when court reassembles next month. Several admiralty and other cases, however, are awaiting trial, but they must go over un til a District Judge is regularly appoint ed and qualifies. 3IAJOR . LANGFITT ON DUTY On River and Harbor Board at tho "War College. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 2S. Major W. C.-'Langfltt, recently in charge of river and harbor work in Oregon, reported to General Mac- Kenzle. Chief, of Engineers, today. He will act as assistant to General Mac Kenzle on rivor and harbor work, hav ing an office In the War Department build ing. As heretbfore stated, his services are needed on the engineer board which passes upon all new river and harbor proj ects, there being no present member of the board familiar with work on the pa cific Coast. Later, when the War Collego opens at Washington Barracks, it Is probable that Major Langfltt, In addition to his other duties, will be assigned as Instructor In engincerinKr. This college Is conducted by the War Department for tho Instruc tion of Army officers desiring or needing training' in certain lines. It is a new de parture and calls for the services of f competent corps of men and instructors, Two New .Reserve Agents. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton. Aug. 25. The - Controller of tho Currency today approved the United States National Bank, of Portland, Or., as reserve agent for the First National Bank of Beilingham, Wash., and the Wells Fargo-Nevada National Bank of San Francisco for the First National Bank of Port Townsend, Wash. Xeiv Postmaster at Irby. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash I lngton, Au. 25. Albert H. Chase J DCn appointed postmaster of Irby, has Lin . County Wash., to succeed Gustav V LLAlih LIFE COMFORTS Growing Movement of People to tho Small Towns. "World's "Work. "We are returning to village life, though a generation ago It was thought by city peoplo a form of Intellectual and social stagnation. From 1SS0 to 1SS0 cities of 25.COO Inhabitants or more grew al most twice as fast as the United States as a whole. From 1SS0 to 1SCO the growth of the cities was slower. For example. towns of At least SO0O Inhabitants from 18S0 to 1SS0 grew a little more than four times as fast as rural communities; whereas from 1SS0 to 1SCO the growth was only two and a half times as fast. The next census in 1310 will probably show a decided increase In the relative rate of rural growth. It must bo remembered. too, that a large -majority of the immi grants have remained in the cities. It is plain that the villages are more than holding their own as dwelling places for Americans. "What has acted upon the inhabitants of villages to keep them at home? Since there has been an amazing material Improvement In cities, and a constantly Increasing business activity to attract able and energetic men. let a return to na ture is going on. and It Is because vil lage life is not only becoming more at tractive to those who have known no other, but Is also drawing people who have long lived In cities. Men return af ter years of turmoil In great towns to pass their last days in the peace of their native villages. Meanwhile, the condi tions that make the returned wanderers content are keeping the village youths at home. There are villages of 1500 Inhabitants or fewer, fully 125 miles from New York, a distance by raft of scarcely three hours. A generation ago the villagers, to reach the nearest large cities, had to go by tedious way trains at 30 miles an hour for 20 to EO miles to take an express train. Railway service Is greatly Improved, and with tho Improved service have come cheaper postal facilities prompt and fre quent malls, and more rural niaii service supplementary to the work of the rallway postofflce. Metropolitan newspapers now appear at the breakfast table in villages more than 200 miles from tne points or publication. One great railway line has a special system for rural delivery by which packages aro carried V) or 50 miles for 5 cents, and thus the shops of a great city are brought to the doors of many thousands of villagers. The trolley car has knit together hun dreds of villages, giving them cheaper and more rapid communication with one another and with the next market town. Telephone service Is cheaper and more satisfactory than In most large cities. Scores of villages have within 20 years provided cheap electric lighting systems, conducted as an adjunct to the public wa ter supply system. Comfort, health and safety have Increased through purer and more abundant water. In Southern Penn sylvania and on tho northern edge of Delaware, where many - rapid streams from hill countries provide plenty of wa- tcr power, deserted millsltes have been bought up and the water Is now used to generate electricity which supplies both light and power, not only o neighboring villages, but to many farms, within a few years the country roads in the neigh borhood will probably be as well lighted as village streets. LITERATURE AND CIGARS Pursuit of Paid Render in Havana Cigar Factories. Bookman. In the sunlit patio of a Havana cigar factory there pours all day long an echo ing tide of talk and laughter soft Span ish talk and the tenor laughter that goes with gesture. It begins at dawn and ends onl with dusk, for true Havana lnvencl bles and espesiales .flnos cannot be fash ioned by artificial light. The tabaguero utilizes every moment of the tropical day. Only in the afternoon does this babel cease. Then a hush, and there rises m the galera a single voice, pitched above the ordinary tone, animated and frequent ly dramatic in Its lighter Latin timbre punctuated now and then by a burst of general merriment. This is the voice of the tabaqueros' paid reader, translating war news from, a New York jjaper or de claiming the latest Spanish Socialistic novel. He is a singular figure, this paid reader, found In virtually every one of the large Havana cigar factories and many of the smaller galeras. When an American cor- j poratlon acquired one of the famous Ho- I vana brands some time ago and housed it ' In a great new building at 10 Zulueta, It was decided that no reader would be per mitted to practice his calling In the ) galeras. Within a few months all the cigarmakers in this readerless factory be came mutinous and went upon a strike, and as soon as the difficulty was settled the readers were admitted. The factory at 10 Zulueta now has three of them. The reader sits aloft in a small railed box resembling a pulpit, placed at the cen ler of the workroom, so that his volco reads three hours dally, commonly In the aftemoqn. By long custom half of this time Is given up to newspapers, chieHy those of Havana, though some readers of more than average education read from American papers, translating as they go. The remaining hour and half Is given up to novels, and the character of those selected .speaks much for the taste of the , tabaqueros. Choice of reading Is not left to the reader, but Is governed by an elaborate ballot system. The tabaqueros elect among themselves a president, secretary and treasurer. Each clgarmaker pays Into tne funds kept by the latter 15 cents a week, creating a revenue of $50 to $75 weekly where. 300 to 500 cigarmakers are em ployed. "When one of the tabaqueros falls to pay his small assessment the reading is stopped until he Is in good standing, or If he delays It more than a day the factory superintendent Is asked to discharge him. This fund goes to pay the reader's sal ary, which ranges- from $30 to $60 a week, as well as to purchase books and newspa pers. , Selection of novels is a more deliberate process. Senor Munoz. chief reader In the Caba nas factory, said that only such English works as are to be had- in Spanish come up for choice. Some of the English poets are favorites. Byron in particular being read repeatedly. Shakespeare Is not unknown. Only one American book nas ever had the honor of repeated reading In Havana cigar factories, the readers say, and that fell into disuse about ten vears asro. It was "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Victor Hugo Is an unfailing favorite, while no .year passes In any Havana cigar fac tory, it is said, without a reading of "Don Quixote." Not only the novel,- but the reader him self. Is chosen by ballot. "When It becomes known that a certain galera is without a reader, all the men of that' calling seek ing a place come and occupy the reader's box for a short test peroia. usuauy an hour. The trial period lasts a week. The Institution of reading was estab lished about 1S78 toy Senor Saturnino Martinez, then a tabaquero and now a distinguished Cuban poet. It arose from two conditions the high prices of books then and the Inability of many of the cigarmakers to read. Secretary Morua, of the Cuban Senate, was formerly a reader, and Senor Ambrosio Borges, one of the orators "of the Cuban House, was sent to the Legislature from the reader's box. Senor Victor Munoz Is not oniy a reaacr In the Cabanaz factory, but one of the editors of El Mundo. a Havana daily paper. and head of the information bu reau in the Cuban 3enate. He has read in Havana IS yeanv The reader's posi tion has natural advantages for an am bitious man capable of making opinion, even though choice of reading Is so large ly In the hands of the cigarmakers. KISSES IN COURT, Brooklyn Mas Complies With MagiS' trate's Order. Kansas City Journal. Fred Lindsay has obeyed the mandate of Magistrate Hlgglnbotham, of Brooklyn. N Y. and the Judge announceu iuuaj that Lindsay had kissed his wife after their long estrangement. "Well, Judge," the husband said, when ho appeared In court, "we have come In to tell you that we have kissed and made up. We are going down on Long Island to spend our second honeymoon, and wo will not be able to appear before Lyou again." .... ,u "Well, that is spienuia, sum uic mag istrate, beaming on the pair. 'And you have really klsrcd your wife, have you, Lindsay? And was It good?" Unblushlngiy, Lindsay turned to his wife, caught her in his arms, and in the presence of the entire court gave her a resounding kiss on the hps. His response satisfied the magistrate. Llndtav was arraigned before Magis trate Hlgglnbotham a month ago, charged with nonsupport. Magistrate Hlggln botham gave the following order: "I sen tence you. Lindsay, to spend one day each week with your wife and baby, either at Prospect Park or at Coney Island. You need not speak to each other. All you have to do Is to watch the baby play. And I further sentence you to kiss your wife once each day," charged the Judge. You are also to pay her $5 a week for four weekst. You and your wife are to come back here one month from today and let me know how the sentence of the court is being carried out. 9 ers Cherry Pectoral The one great cough medicine for the whole family. Doctors recom mend it for colds in the chest, hard coughs, the grip, and night coughs of children. Ask your doctor about it. 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