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J FOB THE IE-COURT- Tennessee Judge Taft Selected f to Succeed Justice Peckham. OLD FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT ftrongly Admired by Chief Executive For tiis Great Legal Ability Fought In the Civil War and Gained Wida I Reputation as a Financier. f Jndge Horace H. Lurton of Nash ville, Tena whom President Taft haa Bedded to appoint to the supreme court f the United States as successor to the late Associate Justice Rufus W. Peckham, is an intimate friend of the president, -who has a strong admiration for the Jurist's great legal ability. Judge Lurton, who is sixty-five years Old, was born in Campbell county, Ky., Feb. 26, 1844, the son of Lycurgus B. ijand Susan Ann Harmon., Lurton, who Were natives of the Blue Grass State, fudge Lurton's father years ago was a practicing physician, but in 1870 he left medicine for clerics and -was or dained a minister in the Protestant .Episcopal church. Judge Lurton's early education was received from private instructors,, but I n 1859 he went to Chicago and en tered Douglas university! later -the University of Chicago. The civil war brought a halt to the completion of his collegiate training, for, at the first Imgle blast, young Lurton . hurried south and offered his services. He was enlisted in the Thirty-fifth Ten nessee, commanded by Colonel B. 'J. Hill, and was made sergeant mijor. . Served In the Civil War. i In February, 1862, Major Lurton was discharged on account of ill health, fbut he was not, idle long, as he re turned in time to take part -in the bat itle of Fort Donelson, where he was MtaSen prisoner and confined in Camp Chase. He managed to effect his es cape in the spring of 18G2 and prompt Jy enlisted in the Third Kentucky cav alry, with which he served until July, 3.863, when he was again captured, this time In Ohio on Morgan's famous raid. -..-r- j- if Y T, Si fAb 4. HOBAOE H. LURTON. -Judge Lurton was carefully guarded And remained in prison until the end -of the war, when he entered the law department of Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., and was graduated in February, 186T, and entered at once into practice at Clarksville, Tenn., in .partnership with tiustavus A. Henry, Ji kinsman of Patrick Henry. Later Judge Lurton was a partner of James 35. Bailey, who subsequently was elect ed to the United States senate. In January, 1875, Judge Lurton was .appointed by Governor Porter chancel lor of the Sixth chancery division of Tennessee to fill the vacancy occasion ed by the resignation of Charles G. Smith. At the expiration of the term of appointment in 1876 -he was elected to the office without opposition, but in 1878 he resigned. From 1878 to 1886 3ie practiced law at Clarksville in part nership with Charles G. Smith, having served as the first president of the farmers and Mechanics' National bank And also acquired wide reputation as a financier. ... ; In 1886 he was elected a justice of the supreme court of Tennessee and in January, 1893, by vote of his col leagues, became chief justice in place of Peter Turney, who was . governor elect of Tennessee. Two months later to was appointed by President Cleve land circuit judge of the Sixth United states circuit to succeed Howell E. Jackson, who had. tfeen elevated to the (United States supreme bench. Doctor of Civil Law. - Jndge Lurton la an Episcopalian, was tor many years a vestryman in Trinity church, Clarksville, Tenn., and since 1882 has been a trustee of the Univer sity of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., ifrom which university he received the degree of doctor of civil laws. He (married in September, 1867, Miss Mary "Frances, daughter of Dr. Benjamin iFranklin Owen of Wilson county, Tenn. They have two children living. Judge Lurton's appointment gives he supreme court three justices nam--ed from the same judicial circuit, the Sixth. The other two are Justices Har lan and Day.- r s , - LURTOf SIIFR r : , . t, dJ 3" ASTOR'S NOURMAHAL Palatial Yacht For Which the Govern- , ment Started a Search. ' .Colonel John Jacob Astor's yacht, the Nourmahal, whose prolonged ab sence from all West Indian norts from which she could establish communica tion with the United States increased the alarm felt for her safety to such an extent that the United States gov ernment Instituted a Bearch for her in the wake of the recent destructive hur rlcane In the Caribbean sea, is -one of the largest steam yachts in the New York Yacht club fleet. She measures 250 feet over all, 227 feet on the load water line, 29 feet beam and 14.4 feet draft. Her gross tonnage Is 768 She was built for William Astor by the Harlan & Hollingsworth company, in Wilmington. Del., In 1884, and is of cement and steel construction. At first she was bark rigged, but was cnanged afterward to three masted schooner rig. While not a recently built yacht, the jNourmanai is thoroughly up to date In equipment. Within the last few years her .owner spent $50,000 on rugs and COliONBI, ASTOB ON HIS YACHT, THB NOTTE MAHAZj. draperies alone. . One of the features of the yacht, a large open fireplace In the dining saloon, attracted' the atten tion of the Grand Duke Boris of Rus sia when he, with forty other guests, was entertained at a banquet by Mrs. Astor in 1902. ? v. The Nourmahal is driven by com pound inverted two cylinder engines and carries four small cannons and a veritable arsenal of rifles, revolvers and cutlasses. Her crew numbers forty-six officers 'and men. - She is a roomy, comfortable craft and for lux ury of equipment and for beauty of design, both hull and interior, "is the equal of any pleasure craft in the United States. V Yachting friends of Colonel Astor are hoping that "Nourmahal luck" has pulled him and his craft through. Al though she has figured In quite a few accidents and several times was seri-, ously threatened, the yacht always managed to escape with trifling in juries. . "DRY FARMING" A MISNOMER Spokane Man Offers Reward For Better . Name Suggested For the Congress. One hundred dollars in gold Is of fered by F. Lewis Clarke of Spokane, Wash., a retired capitalist and railroad builder, for a substitute title to be adopted by the national dry farming congress, which will have its fifth ses sion in Spokane early next fall. His object is to secure a name which will be more appropriate than the present one, Many officers and mem bers of the organization believe that It gives -the . wrong impression of the aims and purposes of the congress in that the title dry farming is a mis nomer. V- y An attempt to change the name of the organization at Billings. Mont, last month resulted in a clash, and the title remained as formerly. . : ;. - - , New Wireless System In Russia. The military department at St. Pe tersburg is taking considerable Inter est In a new system of wireless teleg raphy which has. been Invented by a Russian student. It Is claimed that messages have been sent from; St. Pe tersburg to Sebastopol and received ac curately. One of the principal features of the new system is that messages cannot be tapped by outside stations, and it is intended to build a station in the Ural mountains to connect with a similar station to be built in Vladivostok.;.';- . .. World's Largest Leather Belt. What Is declared to be the largest and most expensive leather belt ever made for power drive . was recently shipped to the south from New York city. The belt Is 240 feet long, six feet wide, three ply thick and was con structed at a cost Of $5,800 by a com pany In New York city. : Into the belt went the hides of 540 Texas steers.' The belt was built for a great lumber company .of Bogalusa, La. ; Young America on Thanksgiving Day. Of course Thanksgiving doesn't mean Just sports for every one. . Our parson has to preach that day, " - And that can't be much fun.- . And mother has to sup'rlntend . The roasting of the turk, ' While father sharpens carving' knives .; . This all means lots of work. But, then, for me 'tis a dandy time. I simply take my seat : . , At table when the dinner's on ' ' j 'N' eat, 'n' eat, 'N' EAT! " ' -v i . v? .. . Lipplncott'a. lliliiil PLAN TO PREVENT VINE DISASTERS Coal Operator Would Imprison Violators ot Mining Laws. LAXITY IS TOO PREVALENT. Solonel W. P. Rend Believes More Drastio Laws Are the Only Remedy. Favors Courts Imposing Severe Pun ishment For Least Violation.of Rules. Colonel W. P. Rend, president of the Rend Coal company and one of-the largest coal operators in Illinois, re- :ently declared In speaking of the :atastrophe in the St Paul coal mine it Cherry, 111, that in order to pre sent future disasters the courts should te called, upon to send to prison for 1 long term of years any one who in the slightest way neglects or violates the coal mining laws. . , - v "It makes no difference . whether it Is the ODerator. the mine boss- nr a miner," said Colonel Rend, "if he vio lates the law . in the least" respect, thereby' endanserinar the lives of othpr men, he should be sent to prison. As things are now conducted, if a mine boss or anvbodv eke violates the ln-w tie is taken before a justice of the peace and given a small fine. This must be done awav with if an in spector finds the law being violated, ae snouid be able to have the violator brought before the criminal court and sent to prison for a long period. Pennsylvania has stringent laws of this .character, which were brought uto being after the last big mine hor ror, and one man was sent to prison." In addition to advocating- nrison son. :ences for violators of the mining laws. loionel Kend declared that everv mine ihould be compelled to equip Its tun lels and shafts with asbestus cur- rains, so that in event of a fire thev jould be quickly placed in a corridor md the fire held back until all of the nen had escaped. "Not only should thev be rranncllcd have asbestos curtains," he said, "but the mines;, should h onnfnrwwi i t- with sandbags and cement, with which walls could be thrown ud in the work- ngs to stop the flames. . ; v " Prison For Lighting Pipe. ' "Another thine which shonld h in- listed upon is that all powder and hay should be lowered to the workings at light and not to the daytime. - Then svery miner should be compelled to ise sarety lamps in place of the naked nes now prevalent in Illinois. TKpsp amps should be carefully locked by i xoreman betore the miner enters the jit, and any man seen trying to ex pose his lamp or light a pipe or cigar srhile in the mine should be at once irrested and sent to prison." Colonel Rend also was emnhntta'ln laying that, smokeless explosives only should be used, in the mines, and he iras more than emphatic in .declaring -.hat the miners must be forced to use :oe explosives in such a way that no oiowout" shots can occur. "Nine out of, ten exnloslona nra ;aused by blowout shots," he said. 'Very few are caused bv Eras or nnv. ler, and blowout shots are simply the esuit oi snirtlessness and laziness. .' "How Explosions Occur. "In a vein of coal eight feet high ":he miner should undercut it before jutting in the explosive and then put n three or four -small shots to bring iown the coal. Well, he won't do it. 3e simply bores a hole In the solid :oaL puts in big charge of powder, amps it with coal dust Instead of day, which is, usually just under his feet, and lets it go. The result is Jiat the charge is unable to break the xal, and it blows out of the hole. - And ivhen it comes out it comes as flame. The flame coming into contact with :oal dust in suspension causes a ter rific explosion, and there you are."- - . Fatal Mistake Is Made. . . In speaking of the recent disaster at Sherry, 111., Colonel Rend said that It teemed to him the fatal mistake was nade in reversing the fans after the sxplosion had occurred. ' . "Now, it is evident," he said, "that 3ie fire was caused by some- one , In some way igniting a - bale of hay vhich was being sent down into the it. At the time the fans were forcing ilr down Into the mine, and when they vere reversed they began to draw the lir out of the mine, and naturally Irew the flames with the air down the ilevating shaft, through the main cor Idors and up the air shaft. Why the !ans were reversed is a mystery to me. "And speaking of the fans brings me ' " another much " mooted question, vbich is simply this: Haven't we gone too far in the matter of putting in ans? We have always thought that toe more fans the better ventilation, tat It Is a question whether all this air e are sending Into the mine doesn't reep the coal dust suspended too much, :hus very highly increasing the dan r of explosions. In all my mines I nave installed sprinkling systems In rder to keep the dust settled, and that ! should be required by law in every dry ' nine. I don't mean these automatic i iprinkling systems; just a hose and a I jouple of carts are all that is necessary, j Che keeping of the dust on .the ground , ind not in the air is necessary in order 1 o minimize the danger of explosions." . In conclusion Mr. r Rend said that' n all of his mines the shot flrers had! txplicit instructions , not to fire any11 mots which were, not properly laiL:i; CHOOSING CITY LEADERS. C. J. Bonaparte Proposes Voters Name Their Choice at Regular Elections. Before several hundred men and wo men" representing practically every or ?anization. in the United States which sxists for the purpose of improving municipal government and conditions, dharies J. Bonaparte, president of the National Municipal league, was one of the principal speakers at the joint con rention of the National Municipal league and the American Civic associa tion which recently opened at Cincin nati, jvir. Bonaparte advanced a plan in the course of his address for the so- iection of municipal leaders who would Senuinely represent the majority of -the voters in either party, in which he said: ' ' . 'L would have every voter annenrino- )n the registration lists to be afiiliated with a political nartv eiven a hlnnt slip when he receives his official ballot it a legal election and reoulred to write in his own hand on this slip while he prepares his hniintMn kq Jooth thf name of a leader for bis oar- y in the city during the next year. These slips would be put in a separate Dailot box provided for each party and publicly counted by the regular officers f election. ;' v " "The person receiving a plurality of :he votes so cast would become the party leader" for the- ensuing year; :he three or perhaps the five persons eceiving the next largest votes after lim should make up. an "advisory com nitteejfor the same period. . "Theole duty of th -party leader would be to place names on a" "regular icket' at the party's primaries. The advisory committee'- should be consult d as to these names,, and any member it it who disapproved of "any name :ould have his dissent , published. S very facility would be given for 'in lependent candidacies, both at the primaries and: at the final election. The nominees of , the party leader would have no otber advantage in the former than to be designated as 'regu-. ar or by some equivalent title." TAXf-BALLOON SERVICE. 5t. Louis Man Expects Women to Be His Best Patrons. The first taxi-balloon service in the. world, which was recently established .n St.. Louis, will enable the local pub ic to ride 500 miles with a skilled pilot for a trifle of 6 cents a mile if :he interstate commerce commission ioes not claim jurisdiction and impose i two cent rate. Morris A. Heimann, aero club organ izer, balloon builder-and amateur avi itor, has conceived the taxi-balloon service to stimulate interest in-air Taveling and to give ail a chance to soar aloft. . . , : . He has prepared a liberal schedule f rates, based upon -the cost of gas :o the general public, with allowance tor pilot services and a slight surplus 'or wear and tear to the balloon. 1 Mr. Heimann predicts that St. Louis women will be the best patrons of the axi-balloon. . The advantages of sail ng in the upper air strata as a beanty .reatinent will be a strong lure to the fair sex, he thinks. Then, too, he says women have less hesitation about leav ng the earth the first time than their supposedly bolder brothers. The action of rarefied air on the skin it an altitude of 10,000 feet has been found to 'produce wonderful results, ind the stimulus to the circulation im parted by breathing the fresh ozone at Jiat height is like a draft at the foun ain of youth. Crow's feet disappear, espiratlon is effected through the skin pores, and fresh oxygen In the lungs wings a healthy glow to the cheek and uster to the eye. Bays Mr. Heimann. To Reclaim 600,000 Acre Tract. ' The reclamation of the Sacramento r alley is the largest of all schemes :ontemplated by the United States gov ernment, i Six hundred thousand acres if sun baked land will be made availa ble for agriculture. Long and Costly Canal. - A canal 170 miles long and costing 1120,000,000 connecting Lyons and tries, France, Is proposed. It is also suggested to build a $ 16.000,000 branch 9 Marseilles. -n Up, Up, Up. - CThe tendency Is upward. Financial leport DP goes milk, and UP goes silk; UP goes all that's at for wearing-; 1 UP go lamb and beef and ham; UP go words that sound like swearing; UP goes coal, and, on my soul, ' UP go thoughts as cruel as Nero; -UP go land, bread, sugar, sand; j DOWN goes cash In hand to zero. I New York Herald. ' I M Xmas Watches Hamilton,-Hampden, Rockford, South Bend, Ingersoll-Tr'en-ton, InerersoU, Elgin, Waltham and Howard Watches always m stock. AH sold under an absolute guar-' antee to the purchaser. From $1.50 Up . E -W. S. PRATT, a ... WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT Phone Your Orders To No. 7, THATCHER & JOHNSON'S GROCERY Where They Will be Promptly Filled. Fine Line of Crockery, Glassware, Cut Glass, Haviland and Chinaware, LAMPS ETC. COOPER 8 We do the Best Carry a full line Dealers In Hardware, Implements, Buggies, Wagons, Cream Sepa ( rators, Graniteware, Tinware and Builders' Hardware., Congo Roofing and Quick Meal Ranges Second Street, FRESH SWEET CIDER NEW DILL PICKLES SAUERKRAUT and RIPE OLIVES H0DES GROCERY Phone 3 Benton County Lumber Co. Manufacturers of all kinds of Fir Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts, Sawed and Split. Cedar Shakes Dealers in " Doors, Windows, Lime, BrjcK, Cement, Shingles, etc A MODERN SCHOOL FOR THE STUDY OF MUSIC School of Music V Oregon Agricultural College x Corvallis, Oregon FACULTY FACULTY Prof. William Frederic Gaskins', Di- Genevieve Baum-Gaskins, Voice, Or- rector Voice Culture, Conducting. . gan, Piano. Prof. William Robinson Boone, Pi- . , ., ,. ano, Organ, Theory. , UansPospischil, Viohn, Composition Jlay Babbitt-Ressler, Piano, Music Orchestration. . Pedagogics. , Harry L. Beard, Band Director. Comprehensive, progressive courses of study systematically taught by instructors of broad attainments, ample experience, recognized author ity. Beginners or advanced students may enter at any time and complete courses as rapidly as is consistent with good scholarship. Chorus, Two Glee Clubs, .Orchestra, Band, , . - Mandolin Club. ..For catalog or particular information, address (Prof.) William Frederic Gaskins, Director, Room 37. Administration Building, O. A. C. 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