MALIIEUIl ENTETIPRISE.
150,000,000 TRUST
i
I P. Morgan, T. F. Ryan and Levi
P. Morion form Combine.
BIGGEST MERGER IN AMERICA
COLONIST TRAVEL HEAVY.
Tear of 1909 Waa Record-Breaker.
More Expected In 1910.
Chicago, Jan. 3. The colonizing
work done by the railroads in the
went and Pacific northwest during the
spring and fall of 1909 broke all reo
ordi in railway history. Figure! pre
pared by the management of the Har
riman lines show that the number of
colonists who were taken into the Pa
cific coast territory far exceeded the
number in any other year.
The increase over the colonist move
ment of 1908 was fully 70 per cent,
and may have been in excess of this.
Figures for the movement over the
Hill lines are not -available, the man
agement refusing to give any detailed
information regarding the number of
new home makers they transported
into the northwest during the last year.
It is understood, however, that the
Hill lines did not make as determined
an effort to secure colonists as they
have niado in former years. This fact
is said to be due to trouble in the
colonist department of the Northern
nue Trust company, all of this city. I Pacific which led late in the year to
under one head with the title of the ' the resignation of C. W. Mott, general
Guaranty Trust company. I migration agent. On the Great
. l I Northern road, the illness of Max Bass,
uo iiicigi-r pi-ruups iue largest ui general immigration agent, which re
its kind in the United States. Directors ' suited in his death, somewhat retarded
of all three companies met today and,tQe work of taking homeseekers to the
informally proposed the terms of
TO BOYCOTT TRUSTS
SATS KNOX IS TO BLAME.
Zelaya Says Secretary Has Been Sys
tematically Misinformed.
Mexico City, Dec. 31. "Mr. Knox
;CIIICAG0 HIT AGAIN J
BIRD PARADISE IN FACIFIO.
an lulniMl Nfitlng Place of AU
tint roan, Frlunlrs and Petrels.
To the northwest of the Hawaiian
Islands, about an equal distance from
FACTS IN TABLOID FOItM.
Represents Three Banking and Trust
,'. Companies, With Deposits of
Over SI33.000.000.
New York, Jan. 4. J. Pierpont Mor
gan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levi P. Mor
ton linked hands in New York today
in a trust company merger which
unites resources of $150,000,000.
It is a triple combination, bringing
the Guaranty Trust company, the Mor
ton TruBt company and the Fifth Ave-
rnamon Tit or. In T D ri., U not mv iniW I am answprnhln nn1 l J DII....J fl... Ill T..III. ISianus, aOOllt an equal C
UtJIllldll nail Id 1U DC UIIBU! ,, '.OCtUm. DlliUuTU 01UU5 All 1 full lb the shores of Asia and America, there
I iu HIT jeyj 1 ci uuitraa I - ,
Jose Santos Zelaya, who arrived this
Trial la America.
TWO CONGRESSMEN INTERESTED
'merger which will be put in more
northwest
It is understood that in 1910 the
management of both the Great North-
' definite form Wednesday, when another ; orn and the Northern Pacific, aided by
directors' meeting will be held and the the management of the Burlington, are
plan ratified by stockholders. The for- j to make a special effort toward popu
mal vote will not be taken until later. ! lating the vacant lands along their
Levi P. Morton, president of the ' lines in the fertile states of the north
Morton Trust company and of the Fifth west.
Avenue Trust company both known In each year the railroads have two
as Morton-Ryan concerns has con- short periods which they call colonist
senteu to act as chairman or the board periods. The spring colonist period is
of the merged companies. No presi- from March 1 to April 30, while the
Sent has been selected. Alexander J. fall poriod is from September 15 to
Hemphill, vice-president and acting October 15. In the fall period of 1909,
president or the uuaranty Trust coin- tho Harriman lines sold a total or
pany, has been mentioned for the position.
541 tickets to California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
me new move in finance follows the' Utah, Colorado and Wyoming points.
recent absorption of tho Guaranty! In the corresponding period of 1908,
Trust company' by the so-called Mor- the same linos sold a total of 6,227.
gan interests, but upon just what terms The increase for 1909 was 5,314 tickets,
the merger was mado is not disclosed. This is an increase for the fall period
The Guaranty Trust company was or- j f 85 per cent. In the fall of 190S col
ganized in 1891 and has total deposits onist tickets were sold between Sep
of more than $S8,000,0U0. I tomber 1 and October 31, during which
The Morton Trust company, formerly I time the Harriman line sold a total of
the banking house of Bliss, Morton & '35,816 tickets. Accordingly, in just
Co., was organized in 1S99. Thomas F. I half the time in the fall of 1909 the
Ryan is vice-president. Its deposits
aggregate more than $45,000,000. Liko
the Guaranty Trust company, its capi
tal and surplus are $2,000,000 each.
The Fifth Avenue Trust company,
founded ten years ago, is one of the
better known up-town financial insti
tutions. With a capital and surplus
of. $1,000,000 each it has paid large
dividends. The capital stock of the
new company probably witl bo fixed at
o,uuo,uuu, with perhaps a like amount
Harriman linos sold within 4,275 tick
ets of the number sold during the 60
day period of 1908.
DYNAMITERS IN TOILS.
Striking Railroad Machinists Attempt
Violence, Is Belief.
Baltimore, Jan. 3. Following an at
tempt last evening to blow up the Gay
street bridge of the Baltimore & Ohio
for surplus It is believed that the railroad, three men were arrested on a
merger will involve the laree stock ' e j..
and cash dividends to the shareholders namite the bridg(, n1 , thn Mot
or the three companies. clah. ulHchiM 8n0p8 of tha company.
The present premises of the Fifth The bridge was not seriously damaged.
Avenue Trust company will be retained w;n:. t? qi,;i tt.'si tit
v 1 . , , . , .1 """"in ii k'uiuic? , xrauijiiuii nr.
as a branch of the combined companies Lighter and William H. Zimmerman, all
unices win uu in ine . niach n sta. worn tutor faVon int .a.
wane the main
. financial district.
It is rumored that the Morgan in
- terests had acquired the holdings of
Thomas F. Ryan in the Morton Trust
company, but no statement on this
point was obtainable.
CALIFORNIA HAS NEW PEST.
Insect Like Ladybug Lays Waste Many
Grain Fields.
Jackson, Cal., Jan. 4. A bug, some-
tody. Detective Captain Humphrey
claims to have evidence directly impli
cating the men.
Both Zimmerman and Shipley, who
went out with the striking machinists
of the Baltimore & Ohio here last May
in formal statements today confessed
they had engaged in a plot to blow up
the Mount Clair shops last night.
In the shops at the time the bomb
was to be exploded were more than
3,000 workmen, and the alleged plot
ters admitted that they did not know
NationalZAnti-Trust League Will Make
War on Combinations that In
crease Cost of Living.
Washington, Jan. 1. Plans for a na
tional boycott of those combinations
that increase the cost of living were
laid hero tonight, when the National
Anti-trust League was launched
Members of congress are interested
in the new movement and immediate
steps will be taken toward perfecting
state organizations,
Then, when prices soar, league mem
bers, by stopping the use of such arti
cles or commodities as have gone above
a certain level, will try to put them
back by refusing to furnish a market,
The plan was tried in Germany a few
years ago, and, according to a report
broke up a combine that had raised tho
price of coffee to an almost prohibi
tive point.
The meeting was informal, and no
final organizations was effected. It was
understood, however, that the crusade
just begun should go on in the name
of the Anti-trust League, and that the
organization should be non-political.
As soon as congress reconvenes
permanent organization will be effected,
Among the speakers tonight were
minority leader Clark and Congressman
Mckinlay, of California,
The women of the United States will
be taken into membership on equal
terms with men, and will have equal
voice in the campaign.
A nominal foe will be charged mem
bers to cover the cost of mailing proc
tarnations against articles of food that
have been pushed too high in the mar
ket.
DAUGHTER'S PLOT ENRICHES
Girl
Witnesses
That
uu line luo common laayDug, nas how many persons might have been
made its appearance near here. In killed by the explosion. Dotectives are
" l" Jduu iu giauj, a 1111111
ber of sacks were left over night in
the .field. An 'examination the next
day led to the discovery that each sack
was swarming with .small bugs with a
dark yellowish back.
; Other parts of this county were af
. feeted by the same kind of insects, it
is believed, last year. The lands so
visited were denuded of all vegetation,
ana me son produced nothing for that
looking for three other men, whom they
say tuey can connect with the plot.
Prison Cruelty Alleged.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 3. General Dodd,
formerly overseer of the city prison,
testifying before the investigating
committee, in addition to corroborat
Confirm Story
Stole $97,820.
Chicago, Jan. 1. Angelina Schia
vone 's dramatic story, in which she
told how she robbed her father's bank
of $97,820 and gave it to her uncle,
Francisco Schiavone, to gain a hus
band, received strong confirmation
from other witnesses today in the trial
of Francisco Schiavone and his fam
ily before Judge Tuthill.
The original packages of money
taken from Pasqualo Schiavone 's bank
were traced to one of the defendants,
Molho Schiavone, daughter of Fran
cisco, and said to have inspired her
cousin with the idea that she could
buy a husband.
D. Costcllo; formerly receiving teller
from the West Sido Trust & Savings
bank, testified that Mollie Schiavone
had made frequent deposits of $500 for
her father, Francisco Schiavone.
Mollie always made a deposit for her
father, Francisco, the witness said, and
he did not recall an instance when
Francisco had deposited such money
himself.
DAMAGE SUITS THREATENED.
ing the stories of cruelty to prisoners,
and of filthy and unsanitary conditions.
season, it was as if a fire had sweDt cleclarod that the food served the oris-
over the surface. One large ranch had ' oners was unfit even for the lowest
fully 100 acres so affected last year. I kind of animals. Prisoners frequently
While there is no creneral nnnoarnnco
j; of the bug in the county, it has ap
peared in localities wide apart.
Message in Sections.
Washington, Jan. 4. Following a
forenoon conference with presidents of
six of tho great railroad systems,
President Taft late this afternoon an
nounced a change of program in the
sending of his message dealing with
interstate commerce and anti-trust law
amendments to congress.
The message will be split into two
parts. The section dealing with trusts
will be sent to congress Thursday noon.
The section dealing with the interstate
commerce law, in which railroads are
directly interested, will be deferred un
til Friday. The president's special
message on conservation of natural re
sources is expected to be ready for con
gress Monday.
Manila Has Cancer Cure.
Manila, Jan. 4. A conditional and
preliminary report of what is hoped
(will prove to bo a successful treatment
for cancer was presented before the
Manila Medical society today. The
treatment consists in making the pa
tient immune from the further prog
ress of the disease by the use of vac
cine prepared from his own cancer.
Experiments have been made during
the last eight months, both in cases
where operation was possible and where
It was not. A number of patients, ap
parently cured, were exhibited before
the society.
Negro Refused Entrance.
' London, Jan. 4. A negro who claims
American citizenship is an unwelcome
guest of the Union Castle Steamship
line at Southampton pending the out
come of diplomatic negotiations to de
termine the man's nationality. The
egro was deported from South Africa
after he had been convicted of a crime
ml served a sentence in a British
prison. He was returned to New York,
but was refused permission to land
there as be was unable to satisfy the
authorities of hi American citizenship.
March Cause of Mutiny.
Fisher Island, N. Y., Jan. 4. Many
of the non-commissioned officer and
ir.-a of the Oue Hundred and Thirty
First company, U. 8. Coast Artillery,
are routined in the guardhouse, at Fort
H. O. Wright, a a result of a mutiny
naturjay. 1 tit company was order!
out fur a march of 1 tinlas and all
but bib in en drrliaed to dj the duty.
It d.'-Urd authoritatively ttay
(list a majority tf the maa la the com
pany i.a4 lttt erJc'4 Lafure sourt-martial.
showed bread containing flies, he said,
and one man brought him a piece of
Dreaa containing a spider, lie declared
the place was overrun with vermin.
Pearl Bryan, one of three white women
who was hung up by rings whilo at
the stockade, said she was strung up
nearly 10 minutes and was only taken
down when they saw blood running
uown ncr arms.
Mount Pelee Is Active.
St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. 3. Cable
advices received here report a violent
earthquake in the French island of
Martinique and the British island of
St. Vincent early today. Mount Pelee,
a volcano on the island of Martinique,
and La Souffriere, in St. Vincent, are
reported active. A message from Fort
do France, Martinique, says an earth
quake shock was felt, but no damage
was done. Nothing has been heard
from St. Vincent since early today.
Considerable anxiety is felt here about
Kingston, Jamaica.
Trolleys Crash; Five Hurt.
Greenfield, Ind., Jan. 3. Five per
sons were seriously injured, two proba
bly fatally, in a head on collision be
tween two cars on the Terre Haute. In
dianapolis and Eastern line at Phila
delphia, four miles west of here, late
today. The can were the Newcastle
limited eastbound, and the Dayton lim
ited, westbound. They met at a sid
ing as the westbound car was prepar
ing to enter a switch. The Dayton lim
ited was running at full speed when
it crashed into the eastbound car. Both
cars were telescoped for 10 or 12 feet.
Both motormen stuck to their posts.
Paroled Convict Is Shot.
Chicago, Jan. 3. Harry Feather
stone, a paroled eonvict, who ha a long
police record, was shot and seriously
injured here today in a chase which
followed a robbery of a South Si la sa
loon. Feathertitoue and two compan
ions were pursued after thc-y ha rilled
the till and a policeman who jo'ned in
the chase aeut a bullet into Feather
stone's tack. Search was begun for
his companions. According to the po
lice, Featberstone has participated ia
many daring robberies.
Independent Oil Men to Sue Standard
Oil by Thousands.
Springfield, Mass., Jan. 1. Several
thousand ' damage suits against the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
will be instituted by the independent
oil refiners if the United States su
preme court upholds the decision of
the circuit court for the Missouri dis
trict ordering the corporation dissolved.
Thomas L. Hisgen, presidential can
didate of the Independence parly in
1908, who is now president of the In
dependent Petroleum Marketers' asso
ciation, today announced that the In
dependents would base their proceed
ings under the section of the Sherman
law providing that any person or com
pany injured by a corporation may
L : ; t. m
uriug ucuou against 11 lur iounoiu
damages.
Davenport Trifle Worse.
San Diego Homer Davenport, the
noted cartoonist, who is seriously ill
at the home of A. G. Spalding, Point
Loma, fighting to recover from a ner
vous breakdown, was not as well this
afternoon. Mr. Davenport slept well
last night, but today a new complica
tion threatened. A sharp pain has de
veloped in the back of his head, and,
while there is no fever, the attending
physician has not yet decided the na'
ture of this latest development. The
doctors refuse to say whether be will
ultimately recover.
Third Death ia Tong War.
New York. Jan. 1. Renewal of the
tong warfare in New York's China
town claimed another victim early this
morning, when a Chinese actor was
shot and killed in tho hallway of a ten
ement bouse, just before daybreak. Ah
Hung, who was a prominent member
of one of the Chinese secret organi
zations, was in bis room when a voice
demanded admission. Ah Hung opened
the door an inch or two aad peeped
out. There was a shot and then a
scamper of feet down the stairs. Neigh
bors found Ab Hung lying dead. A
bullet had penetrated the body.
Zelaya Regarded as Martyr.
Mexico City, Jan. 1. Dr. Oroesbeck
Walsh, formerly acting United States
consul at C'orinto. passed through here
today. He said Zelaya was looked upon
as a martyr by the people of Central
morning from Salina Cruz, thus replied
to a question tonight as to what atti
tude he would assume should Secretary
Knox seek to extradite him from this
country. Zelaya refused to discuss such
a probability, but strongly intimated
that the secretary of state would not
have the right to request his presence
in the United States.
The former dictator's baggage in
eluded two valises bulging with Ameri
can gold, and a third filled with paper
money.
"I have no feeling against the Ameri
can people at large, nor the govern
ment," he Baid. "Secretary Knox has
been systematically misinformed, and
public opinion in the United States has
been prepared against mo, but the real
facts must become known in time, am
it is to time I trust for my vindication
"My relations with the preceding
American government were exceedingly
friendly. The situation contains many
unfortunate conditions. Secretary Roo
had the complete confidence of Central
America, and bis policies were drawing
the people closer together politically
and commercially. 1 am atraul the at
titudo of Secretary Knox is undoing all
that work throughout Latin America.'
Zelaya said American marines er
gaged in so -eral recent battles in Nic
aragua, and that or them were
killed. He said:
"Do you know that there were 400
Antericans fighting with the insurgents
at Kamaf Do you know at the battle
of Colorado Junction, on November 1
the bodies of 20 American marines were
picked up by our forces, all dead, and
all from American gunboats anchored
in the river to protect American inter
csts? The official explanation given mo
wus that these men were deserters."
and Communication.
WIRELESS PLANS STOLEN.
Great Britain Mourns Loss of Tears of
Work and Secrecy.
London, Dec. 30. The wholesale
theft ot wireless plans, models and
sketches which, in the hands of an ex
pert would reveal all the workings and
nncrmost secrets of the wireless scrv
ice of the British navy, is charged
against Richard Knowldon, who was
placed on trial at Portsmouth today
lv no widen is a draughtsman attached
to the torpedo schoolship Vernon. In
ins room were found no less than 80
plans for wireless improvements and
coding books of the most confidential
character.
The authorities attach the greatest
importance to the arreBt, for they con
lend if the documents abstracted from
the Vernon had roachod foreign govern
uieuts ail the labor ot recent years
given to the perlecting ot a wireless
system for the British navy would have
been rendered practically iruitlcss.
!a
merica. Dr. Walsh said that be knew
Labor right Blf Trust
Wathiogton, Jan. S. Olflr of the
American federation of Labor tonight
: . I . - i, t in , ,, .. 1 k .
1 iuvi a rail v. lie l'iv.v iiiriuiswrv
10 auiarriia to a iudi wiia wiiica 10
aye a Hg-bi 00 tha Heel trust. 1 be , (Julianas, of "murder farm" fame, and
call arraius tie corporation as Iniuii-1 !,r tkiMrea, d ad tont-U of tuUrcu
ral liutb to labor and to lha country j,,,;, a taa iiirkira City peuitabUary,
arj as a violator of Its laws. Tle , where te aemaf an' UCo'.iiaiaete
uia) Of f l&lHHJ UWtl 'S'eod St SBSe. J l,w ful OauS,
that when Zelaya waa ia power be had
caused consular reports to be Inter
cepted and bad muzzled the press. Pa
pers of Costa Idea are bristling with
paragraphs such as "Down with the
Yankees," "We must stand together,"
and "Zelaya i a martyr."
Lampher Pies la Prison.
I. a Ports, lad. Jaa. 1. Kay J-am-iihere,
soiirirtsd slayer of Mrs. Bella
Valuable Ore Find Made.
Denver, Dec. 31. According to an
assay made today by Herman Fleck,
protessor of chemistry ot the Colorado
school of mines, the largest known body
of pitchblende in tho world has been
discovered iu a mine at Central City,
LOIO.
The discovery was made December 21,
and the assay mado by Professor Fleck
shows, it is asserted, that the ore runs
almost treble tho highest percentage of
ull uranium ores ever discovered.
It is said the strike was mado by the
regular force of men engaged in taking
out gold ore, and the assay, it is
claimed, ran 85 per cent pure, whereas
the previous best record was 30 per
cent pure, .
the nunt is owned by Bishop Matr.,
of Denver, and is leased to Philadel
phia capitalists.
Offer Taken Back Again.
St. Paul, Dec. 31. The railroads to
day withdrew their offer to abide by
the Chicago conference and re-employ
striking switchmen as soon as they have
places. The embargo on wheat ship
ments in some small towns of the state
by the Grest Northern road was re
moved. Railroad officials say that the
strike is over so fur as they are con
cerned. It was reported tonight that
the old switchmen will go "back to work
on the Great Northern at Butte tomor
row. The .Northern Pueiflu says that
conditions on that road are satisfactory
at Butte.
Dickinson at San Juan.
San Juan, P. R., Dec. 1 ? . J. M. Dick
inson, American secretary of war, ar
rived today on the converted yacht
Aiaynower.
Many persons gathered at the wharf.
The visit of the secretary has been the
occasion of elaborate decorations. Sec
retary Dickinson bus been on an in
spection of Santo Domiio, giving es
pecinl attention to revolutionary con
ditions. He will also make an inspeC'
tion of Porto Rico.
FUEL SUPPLY ALMOST GONE
The dog has forty-two teeth.
The movement of the drifting Ice of
1- - 11 . . 1 . y t m I . ... ...
is a Binaii group 01 lsiauus mm inns inn iar north is about two miles a
upon which hundreds of thousands ot day.
Thousands of Cars of Coal on Tracks
But Cannot Bo Delivered
to Consumers.
Chicago, Dec. 30. Slowly and pain
fully emerging from two previous
heavy snow storms, followed by ex
tremely cold weather and intermittent
snow lor two weeks, Chicago and con
tiguous territory tonight was swept by
another fierce blizzard, which nullifies
all the work of cloaring away the de
bris of the earlier storms and leaves
tho transportation companies aghast at
the task lacing tbem.
With 9000 cars of coal at its doors, on
sidings and terminal tracks, Chicago is
on the verge of a fuel famine. Rail
roads and dealers admit tonight the
condition is alarming.
The city already has consumed 60 per
cent of its reserve fuel, and by the
most rigid economy will bo cold within
five days unless the situation is relieved.
The railroads had hoped, with good
weather, to get in some of the coal, but
tonight's storm means that they will be
niiable to move a pound for two or
three days at the best. The snow to
night is driven by a high wind, which
means heavy drifting and increased
trouble for the railroads.
Tho storm blockado is felt seriously
in tho grain and provision trade. This
was made, apparent today when wheat
that was good enough for Docember do
livery sold on track here at three cents
undo i4 tho Dccoiuber price. Tho buyers
were unwilling to take chances on get
ting the wheat into elevators and avail
able for delivery before the close of
business next Friday. This was for
grain actually within the city limits.
Jt was asserted on tho Board of
Trade that one of tho western roads
leadinir out of Chicago has more, than
8000 loaded cars of grain on its various
sidetracks, which it is totally unable to
move in cither direction. The condition
applies to other roads, perhaps, in a
lesser degree.
ENUMERATORS' TEST EASY.
Aeronaut to Scale Mount.
ew York, Dec. 31. With the aid
of a large balloon minus a basket and
designed to assist in climbing, Colonel
H. P. Shirley, of Nashville, Tenn., 1
experienced aeronaut, is planning to
acme Alount ilcKinley.
1 he balloon, 20 feet in diameter end
holding just enough gas to lift a man
off his feet, is ready for shipment,
Shirley says he will attach himself to
the balloon by a harness and belt. This
will leave him free to climb and vet
give him the buoyancy of the gas filled
nag.
Submarine Baves Lives.
Toulon, Dee. 31. The submarine
Cigogne performed a remarkable life
saving feat in a rocont storm. The
bout was practicing diving in the open
s-a when the commander saf a fishing
boat suddenly sink. The aiilmiariue im
mediately dived under the fishing craft.
of which the masthead alone was above
water, lie valves were oocrated nuifk
ly, and the Cigogne rose to the surface,
lifting the boat and holding it above
water long enough to take off the crew.
Seattle Discovers Leper.
Heat tie, Den. 31. For the aeeonl
tuna within Z' years a rasa of leprosy
waa dieoverr l iu Hostile today, and Its'
v.rtiiu tiHnred liorle. to ),e govern
meiit leprosy solony Iu the Hawaiian
islands. Kris Govern, a M an tuievlau.
bo La spent the Ut 11 ya Is
Alaska, U Ue flicts4 mas.
Census Director Durand Sets February
a as the Date.
Washington, Dec. 30. Any perspn of
good judgment, who has received an
ordinary common school education, enn
readily and easily pass the test to be
given applicants for census enumerat
ors' places on Saturday, .February 0,
the date set by United States Census
Director Diirnnd, according to an an
nouncement from the census bureau to
day. This will bo a comforting assur
ance to the several hundred thousand
persons who are believed to bo con
templating application for the places.
it was emphatically Btated at the
bureau that the test will bo an eminent
ly reasonable and practical one, similar
to that applied to applicants at the
twelfth census. It will consist of fill
ing out a sample, schedule of population
from a description in narrative form of
typical families; and, in the case of
enumerators whoso work will be in the
rural districts, they will bo called on
to fill out an additional sninnlo schodulo
of agriculture, from information fur
nished by tho census burcnu.
Ml persons, whether women or men,
who desire to become census enumerat
ors, must bo citizens of tho United
Statos, residents of the supervisor's dis
trict for which they wish to be appoint
ed; must be not less than 13 nor more
linn O years of age; must bo physically
able to do the work; must bo trust
worthy, honest, and of good habits;
must have at lenst an ordinary educa
tion, and must be nblo to write plainly
and with reasonable rapidity.
those who can comply with these re
quirements are invited to put in their
applications, as there will be at least
6H,000 enumerators' places to be filled
y the middle of March in preparation
for tho enumeration beginning April 15.
Application forms, with full lnstruc
ions as to filling in, and complete in
formation concerning the test and the
method of appointment can bo secured
by writing to tho supervisor of census
for tho supervisor's district in which I
the applicant lives. All applications,
properly filled in, must be filed with the
uporvisors not later than January 25,
as any received after that date cannot
bo considered.
Davenport Is Sick Man,
Snn Diego, Dec. 30. Homer Daven
port, noted cartoonist, is suffering from
a serious nervous collapse. He came
here last week in the hopes of building
up his shattered nervous system. He
has not been feeling well for some time,
and felt the pressing need of change of
sceno and climate. He accepted the
invitation to visit the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. G, Spalding, at Point Loma,
where he is now under the care of a
physician, by whose advice no visitors
are received, and all correspondence Is
left untouched.
birds live. Every year they lay their
eggs and raise their young. Among
small strips of land and rock there
Is what might be called a veritable
bird paradise. This Is the Island of
Laysan.
Laysan measures about five and a
half kilos by four kilos and possesses
no vegetation save a few thickets and
occasional seaweed, and now and then
a sickly little palm tree. Upon the
banks are to be found large quantities
of driftwood, brought from the shores
of America by the currents.
But the number of birds that come
there at the season of nesting exceeds
the wildest imagination. There are
places on the Island where It would be
impossible to put the foot without
crushing a bird, a nest or an egg. Ap
parently, to the eye, there are hun
dreds of thousands of birds. There
are albatross, white and brown, petrels
and frigates In innumerable colonies,
but distinct.
The albatross of Laysan are of two
kinds, the white and the brown, the
Los Angeles Times says. The latter
live chiefly In the southern part of
the Island. They are, moreover, fewer
In number than their white cousins.
The two kinds unite In colonies, which
are always distinctly separate, how
ever. Their nests are almost identical,
simple little mounds ot earth with a
hole In the middle. The female here
lays a solitary egg. The parents pro
vide for the nourishment of the young
until the latter is able to go to the
sea and hunt for himself.
The albatross are good neighbors
among' themselves, but they show a
decided repugnance to living In the
vicinity of the frigates. These big
birds, so remarkable for their swift
ness In flight, are grant gluttons. All
those who travel In the South Bens
know with what obstinacy they keep
up with the speed of the vessel In
hope of getting food.
The frlgntes are also to be found In
prodigious numbers at Laysan and
about the neighboring: Inlets. The
males, with their brilliantly colored
plumage, are beautiful birds, and there
Is nothing more curious than to ob
serve the haughty air which they as
sume on account of their beauty. The
frigate ia neither a born swimmer nor
a diver. This, however, Is compensat
ed for by his extraordinary power in
flight.
The petrels are very numerous In
Laysan. They show a preference for
the crevices of the rocks during the
day. They are In fact birds of night
habits and avoid the bright lights.
But when the tempest breaks forth
and the wind rages they mingle their
cries with the noise of the elements.
The fish and other marine animals
which at such times come to the sur
face are chased by the petrels and
seized from the crest of the waves.
The frigates, who are watching the
petrels In the chnse, seize this moment
for capturing their abandoned young.
The clton Is among the remarkable
kinds of seagulls. Cltons are noisy,
squalling, quarrelsome birds whose 1
Victoria, Australia, spends M7o,000i
year In trying to exterminate rab
bits. It was only a few days ago that
arsenic ore was discovered In Vir
ginia. The mines of Belgium yielded IV
669,746 tons of coal the first six
months this year.
Women are now allowed admission
to full matriculation In all German
universities, except Rostock.
A New England' railroad Is expert
menting with ball bearings for car
axles to economize on lubricants.
Tantalum is a "rare metal" of slight
Importance, the only practical use to
which It Is now known to be put
being in making filaments for incan
descent electric lamps.
"Why is It." asks a writer In Flle-
gende Blaetter, "that when a man dis
covers that he Is a 'genius' he allows
his hair to grow long, and that when
a woman becomes similarly conscious"
she has her hair cut short?'
There are 600,000 men engaged In
the production of oil In the United
States, on whose labor 2,600,000 people-
depend, and the dally wages paid are
about $1,000,000, or approximately
$300,000,000 a year. This includes the
production, refining and shipping of
petroleum, as also the manufacturing;
of petroleum products.
Philippine Imports from the United
States In the first nine months of
1909 calendar year amounted to $8,
792,000 (bureau of statistics), an in
crease of $1,340,000 over the corre
sponding period of 1908. Exports to
the United States totaled $7,248,000.
an Increase of $120,000. The low price
of hemp kept down the export In
crease. Arsenic ia mined In Japan, Italy.'
Portugal, Spain, Germany, England)
and within a limited area In the Uni
ted States, Its uses are many. As
a poison it has been known fronv
very early times. The peasant women
of Austria consume large quantities'
of It, having faith In its virtues as a.
beautlfler, and the men of the same
region are addicted to Its use In the
mistaken belief that It Increases their
bodily strength and endurance.
The system of slavery was abolished:
throughout the British colonies by
act of parliament In 1833, when a.
bill was passed which gave freedom
to all classes, and Indemnified thelr
owners with an award of $100,000,000.
According to this act slavery was tO'
cease on August 1, 1834, but the slaves
were to continue with their former
owner as apprentices for a certaln
period. This apprenticeship, however,
did not work satisfactorily to either
side, and complete emancipation took,
place In 1838.
The earliest effort to construct a ma-'
chine which, according to modem
Ideas, Is entitled to be called an aero
plane, was undoubtedly that of Wil
liam Hensqn, in 1842. Henson, who
was a practicing engineer, with offices
principal occupation Is keeping up In-1 In New City Chambers. BUhopsgate..
cessant cries to disturb the repose of
the other occupants of the Island
SORORITIES AT ANN ARBOR.
Tea Sorlvtlea llnve llomaa That
Take I'lnce of Itealdence Halls.
At the University of Michigan,
where there are no halls of residence
for the women of the institution, ten
different sororities succeed In solving
London, devised a machine which re
sembled very closely the type which
hns since been termed the monoplane
that is. having Its supporting planes
practically forming a single deck, as
distinguished from the box form of
the biplane and multiplane devices C?
later Inventors. Cassler's Magazine.
The Erie Railroad has Instituted a
twelve-mile experimental section of an
electrical automatic railroad safety
the problem of how to house satis.
factorlly and chaperon properly about signal system that promises much for
200 young women students, fully one- the safety of railroad travel. Ths.
fourth of the total number of coeds at engine has a bruan arrangement mat
Soul for Music Lacking.
Chicago, Dee. 30. "Tho American
Michigan, a Detroit Free Press Ann
Arbor correspondent says.
There Is something lndnae.rlbably
satisfactory to the average college
I woman In wearing one of those little
Greek letter pins that mean so little
to the great outside world the busy,
bustling, Jostling, everyday world
but which mean so very, very much
to the few entitled to wear
them. At Michigan the sororities fill
the place, to a great extent, of the
traditions of the eastern schools for
girls, schools established before the
birth of the grandmother of the coed
of to-day.
Nearly every sorority owns Its home
at Michigan. The aim of these sorori
ties Is not entirely social purposes, but
is to promote good scholarship
well. There has been a great change
In the fraternities and sororities at
Michigan in the last few years, and
both are beginning to be looked to aa
a means for promoting good scholar
ship and not as a hiding and shelter
ing place for some of the poorest stu
dents, who managed to get through
college simply because tney were
people are musical burbarians, and the j boosted and coached day In and day
function of the American musician ia to Out by the better students In that
civilize the people." This declaration fraternity.
by President A. W. Harris, of North- UntU ,UCD tlme a" the "Kenta of
western university, waa the keynote of , the university find It within tbetr
the thirty first annual convention of province and power to erect residence
the .Music ieachera' National associa- halls for the women the home offered
tion, which met hero today. "It is re
gretuble that music plays such a little
part in the education of the peoplo,"
Bliiil President Harris "ami it (m a.
shRine that colWa irraduatea krmw so! Housing, ine girls
little of the aiibliiner works of music."
to a certain number of coeds In the
ten sorority houses will have to solve
a share of the problem of suitably
Belgium Republic Due?
ItniKsels, Dec. 30. Socialists In the
chamber of deputies today opposed the
civil list of the king, which amounts to
iiiCO.O'Jfi, and reaffirmed their allegiance
to a republic. M. Koyer declared that
the royul chateaus had been turned into
sanitariums. The aiiroiriations. bow
er, were adopted by a vote of 100 to
Tho king's civil list ia the sama
as that granted to Leopold, the Dew
suvria deeliuiog ths Catholic party's
stik'goitiuD of au increase.
Guaranty Bank Tast Due.
T.liirolii, Ntli, live. 30. Govsriiof
Haskell, if Oklahoma, to.liv appealed to
fiovvrnor hhallaiilx-rgi r, of Nebraska, to
Join Oklahoma a in! Kausaa ia a legl
la! iif the " araiit sit deposit acts
tif lbs three slalrs.
Its Hut Air Kuraara.
There was a young publisher wno
made a suddon fortune by appealing
to that largely neglected class vub-.u
we call Society. Gaining riches, the
young publisher retired and was sou a
leaa and Ies In hit old haunts'
"Where's LsvrenceT" some one
asked of "Mr. Dooley."
Dooley answered: "Ob, he's up Iowa
Just now, warming hi hands at the
Social ItegUter." Huccee Magadne.
When two uiu tiy to lulk at the
sauiu time, II U a pretty good sign
thai s-h U not trying to tall lbs
other iat a tin n.au he Is
We Lave uiwi t' J that I lis luaa
iu shouts louJt.l fur fair I'Uy
ant suiuelLUifl inula Uas lltal ttt
fclWMlf.
connects with the third rail. In the
cab are instruments that will bring,
the train to a stop the moment It
enters a block on which there Is an
other train or a broken rail, or any
other obstruction. The train Is stopped!
automatically. Then the engineer
takes down his telephone and rails
up the nearest station and asks what
Is the matter.
A new rat and rabbit exterminator
Is being tested out In India and Aus
tralia. It consists ot nn outer and
Inner inetul shell, like one small eg
In a larger one. In the outer shell
Is sulphuric add, In the Inner nietal
egg Is dry cyanide of potash. The
outer shell Is filled with the acid and
placed In the rat hole or burrow and
all rat holes are tightly sealed. After
an hour or so the acid eats Into ths
cyanide and turns loose a lot of most
deadly prussic acid gas. In Australia
one man In a day killed more than a
thousand rabbits with this deadly lit
tle gus bomb.
Flower lovers may be Interested to
learn that a flower from the first
chrysanthemum ever grown In Eng
land may still be seen In the her
barium at the British iiiiweum. The
plant, one of the small yellow flowered
variety, was Introduced Into the Chel
sea botanic gardens In 1764 by ths
famous floriculturist Philip Miller,
who himself preserved the specimen
now In the museum. The new flower,
however, failed to "catch on." After
Miller's death Its culture was neglect?
ed, and It Is only within recent years
that It has attained Its present enor
mous popularity. Westminster Ga
tette.
A correspondence school for minis
terlul students I an Innovation which
ta to be aturted Iu connection with)
the Chicago theological seminary by
the Congi egiitlmiul iliunh. The expt
rUI aim will be to reach those prvucla
era already Iu the fluid who need mors
training. The ltv. nora B. Davis,
prasldsut of the seminary, has pro
pared a corresponduiice curriculum.
'The miliary la dnultsJy counnl'.tr.
to a correspondence iouia," S4s Or,
Davis. "It cuual be our task to make
It thorough and adequate It mual
Ue satlafeclory piapaiatloo M S
substitute fur a mmluaiy diploma, aa J
ll luust liawr to lbs lined ! luiaV
!( aeediti ams li slain."