COAST STEAMER
CALLS FOR HELP
Santa Clara Helpless With 61
Persons on Board.
Strikes Bar When Leaving Euroka,
California tor San Francisco,
and Wator Puts Out Fires.
Eureka, April 13. Looking badly
and with tho Arcs under boilers appar
ently extinguished by tho Inrush of
wator, but not until sho had sont wire
less messages for assistance, tho steam
or Santa Clara, of the North Paella
lino, bound from Portland to San Fran
cIsco with .01 pasacngors and a crow of
i!5, is lying holploss a mllo off Tablo
Bluff, about four miles south of Hum
boldt bar. Tho boat Is on hor 13th
round trip botweon tho two points.
Tho tug Rangor, sont in response to
tho wireless call, is standing closo by
tonight and has a lino to tho crippled
atoamor.
A tremendous oa was running and
whon .last scon tho small boats which
lind loft tho Santa Clara, had not boen
ablo to got alongaldo tho Hanger.
Tho Euroka llfeaaving crow attempt
d to go to tho aid of tho steamer, but
was unablo to eroas tho bar. Another
attompt will bo made at 4 o'clock to
morrow morning, whon it Is hoped the
sea will hare subsided somewhat.
Among those on board tho SanU
jClara is 0. A. Doe, ono of the principal
owners of the steamer, and father of
0. 1'. Doe, general manager of the'
North Pacific Steamship Company.
Captain Ned Parsons, who was form
erly in command of the atoamor Po
mona and he Cdrona, both of which
woro lost, was ono of tho passengers.
This was tho thirteenth round trip of
tho Santa Clara alnco the steamor be
came one of tho vessels of tho North
Pacific Steamship Company's fleet, and
tho fact that today is tho 13th day of
tho month is rogardod as a bod omon
by seafaring men.
Tho Santa Clara left Eureka at SiOS
this aftornoon and proceodod sduth.
Whon about four miles south of Table
Bluff, thoao in tho llghthouao and wiro
loss station at the point saw tho steam
or turn around and start back. It was
at this tlmo that a wlrolcss mossago
camo from tho steamer to tho local
agent of the company, John Simpson,
roquoatlng that a tug bo sent to her
assistance
Simpson roplled by asking what the
troublo was, and a wirolois answor
was rccclvod, stating that the Santa
Clara struck heavily in crossing tho
bar and was leaking badly. Following
that no further communication could
bo had with her. It is supposod that
her scams opened, lotting la enough
wator to put out the flros.
Whon about ono mile south of Table
Dluff, and a milo off shore, tho steamer
droppod anchor. To thoso in tho wire
leas station and llghthouao it was ap
paront that the vesaol was badly crip
pled and could get- no further.
Tbo tug Hanger left Eureka at 4
o'clock and ran cloao enough to the
Santa Clara to got a line on board.
Shortly after 0 o'clock two small
boats from the Santa Clara with pas
sougers could bo seen trying to get
alongsido tho tug. Observers at Table
Dluff also saw through their glasses a
man fall ovorboard from tho steamer,
cling for a tlmo to the anchor chain
and then disappear.
POPE CUTS OFF AMERICANS,
Archbishops Struck From List of
Cardlnalate Candidates.
Home, April 13. -It Is announeod
that tho Pone has struck off from tho
Hat of candidates for tin cardlnalato
all Americans, including tho Arch
bishops of Now York, St, Paul, Chica
go and New Orleans.
Tho chancellory of tho Vatican con
firms this without volunteering an ex
planation. Tho well-known, American prelates
affected by this action of Popo Pius
are Archbishops John M. Farley, of
New York; John Ireland, of St. Paul
James E. Qulgley, Chicago and James
Blenk, of New Orleans, each or all of
whom have several times been spoken
of as candidates to tho Pope's advisory
council.
James Gibbons, Archbishop of Bal
timore, Is tho only American Catholic
prelate now a cardinal.
Floods; Cattle Parish.
Salt Lake, April 14. Scattered milo
after mile over the ranges along the
Humboldt River in Northern Nevada
are the carcasses of dead cattle that
have perlahed from starvation in con
sequence of tho destruction of grazing
pastures by tbo flood waters of months
past.
This report was brought here today
by John Gelger, a mining man who
has returned from Mlunemueca and
Battle Mountain, 8ome of the esti
mates made by stockmen at those
places, Gelger says, place the losses of
livestock at 75 per cont,
Cody Resents Pennies.
Cody, Wyo., April 14. Codynaii
grievance and ita against your Uncle
Sam, The Government has forced pen
ales on Codya place which has ' no
more use for pennies than Nome has
for fans in January.
It has lastrueted its postmaster here
to make change in pennies and the ar
rangement embarrasses business men.
Nobody wants the penny and invari
ably its drifts to the bask and there
it sticks.
Not until comparatively recently
were dimes and alskels reeogalxed as
real money la Cody,
Airship May Be Seized.
. New York, April 14, Aa oattt of
French aeroplanes may become Gov
ernment property by seisare if litiga
tion over theaa, is not settled soon.
Attorneys for Loais FaulhaB, the
French aviator, said today that they
had beea Milled that the foar aero
planes .whisk Faalhaa seed ia kk
lights aa the Facias. Coast aa ia tks
t West weald be asiae by tks United
States if they were not taksa back to
Fraasa bjr April if. '
, S.tOO Trabtmafl Gat Rata In Pay,
geraate, Fa-, April 14. The Dala
Laekawaaas m Westsra Bathwad
Cesspaay today ssaessssd a per seat
iaeroass la wages U all saaplojss ep
rating tetweea Hebeke sad BaaWla,
siwWriag about m. TU assttaa
asea an fivsa aa lasrease af seats
aa hear, Tim hala aJeetad.
FARMER FLEECED OF $10,000
Washington Man Plays "Suro Thing
Races In San Francisco.
Los Angolcs, Cal., April 13. Louis
Gullbcrt, agod GO, a ranchor, of Ellons
burg, Wash., appealed to the polico of
Los Angeles today for asslstnnco in re
covering (10,000 which ho declared be
had lost yesterday on a fako wire-tap-ping
schonio in a poolroom in San Fran
cisco. Not until Gullbort reached this
city, In flight to oacape arrest, as he
supposod, did ho learn that he had bben
bunkood,
Gullbort arrlvod in San Francisco on
April 4, according to his tory, with
aouia cash and a bank book suuwing tho
posit of $10,000 in an Ellonsuurg bank
tho proceoda of tho salo of his ranch,
which ho had just consummated, lie
in a do tho acqualntanco of two mon,
who gavo tholr namos as Lnno and Mc
Gulro. Tho latter took him to a place
on Market street, which he doacrlboa
as a poolroom.
Thoro thoy mado sovoral wagors on
tho Emoryvillo racos on dlfforent days,
Lano and MoQulro drawing down $1600
aa the wlnnlgs on a single bot. Gull
bort was informed that his companions
had won so persistently because thoy
had "tapped' the wires to Emory villa
and loarnod tho result of races in ad
vanco of the poolrooms, lie was lot
in on what was to bo tho Anal big
cloan-up.
Tho Ellensburg man drow upon his
homo bank for tho entire $10,000,
whllo Lano and MeGulro pretended in
tho moantims to placo that sum for him
in a single wagor. Soon after' he waa
told that hs had won $18,000, but that
boforo drawing his winnings he would
have to, deposit tho amount of tho
original bet.
Gullbort surrendered the $10,000 to
his companions. The latter engagod in
a quarrol over the dlviaion of their own
winnings, and while this disputo was at
its height tho place was ralaod by sup
posod deteetives. Gullbort and the two
confldonco men escaped by a side door
and the ranchor was hurried to the
forry, whero ho waa supplied with a
ticket to Los Angelos on last night's
Owl trains. It was hurriedly arranged
that ho, Lano and MoGuiro should moet
in Tucson, Ariz., and dlvldo tholr
profits.
Tbo ranchor becamo unoasy on the
way down aad confided in tho train
conductor. Tho lattor advlsod him to
roturn to San Franclaco at onco and In
form tho polico. Ho was glvon tho
aamo advico at tho local station and ro
turnod north tonight. In tho mean
tlmo the San Francisco polico were no
tified of the affair by wiro.
A0ATE8 TRUST WAR.
Action of Supreme Court Temporari
ly Limits Prosecutions,
Washington, April 13. Ono effect of
tho postponement of a declalon by tho
Sunroino Court in tho Standard Oil and
Tobacco Trust caaoa will bo to defer
action by tho Department of Juatice
against thoso combinations or trusts
bolleved to bo operating in violstion
of tho 8herman anti-trust law. This
holds good where, tho vital points of
attack on such corporations are similar
to those In tho suits awaiting settle
ment. In tho broad area of the law not cov
ered by tho Standard Oil and the To
bacco Trust eases, there is considerable
room for operation and where there la
sufficient evidence of tho existence of
combinations in restraint of trade and
an agreemont to fix prices, prosecutions
will contlnuo. This attitudo of tho
Government was mado plain In Admin
istration circles todsy.
On tho judicial interpretation of tho
word "monopoly" by the Supreme
Court' in the big cases hinges the
method of procedure by the Depart
ment of Justico in its futuro action in
important trust prosecutions. That
word Is said never to have boon do
flood adequately in English jurispru
dence. An important matter in which tbo
Attorney-General has doferrod action
pending a declalon in tho Standard. Oil
and Tobacco Trust cases, is the, inves
tigation into tbo complaints of tho
American Federation of Labor against
the United States Steel Corporation.
What, if any. other' eases are being
held back pending tho court's decision
is not stated. In issues likes the al
leged window glass combine against
which indictments were recently ob
tained in Pittsburg and those similar
to tho Northern Securities case, the de
partment expects to continue prosecu
tion. Embargo Will Go on Pulp,
Quebec, April 13. That the Province
of Quobeo soon will prohibit the ex
portation of wood pulp cut on tbo
crown lands of the province to the
United States was announced in the
legislature this afternoon by Premier
Gouln. The Premier said: Wo have
not spoken of this question during the
early part of the session, because when
tho session opened a tariff war was
threatened between Canada aud the
Unitod States. We have the right to
prohibit the exportation of pulp w6ods,
Within a few days an order will there
fore be pawed by the council to this
effect."
Switchmen's Strike Off.
St. Paul, April 13. The strike of the
switchmen on thirteen railroads in the
Northwest, which began November 30
last, was officially declared off tonight
after the votes of the men on tho ques
tion of continuing the strike had been
counted. There were 2043 votes east,
1623 voting to end the. strike and 390
.voting to continue it. The men who
can secure work will go back uncondi
tionally. SInca the strike began the
railroads have raised the wages of the
switchmen 3 cents aa hour.
Actress Recalls Murder.
Washington, April 13. Having stood
as a young actress on the stage only a
few feet from the spot where Lincoln
was assassinated ia Ford's Theater on
the sight of April 14,. 1865, Miss Jen
nle Gourlay, bow a gray-haired woman,
has returned to Washington for the
first time since that eventful night and
visited the spot where the tragedy oc
curred. Oa the aight of Lin cola's
dsath, Miss Gourlay played the part of
Mary Trenehard, fa the drama, "Our
America Cowls."
RaassvaH to Hunt in England.
Lea das, April 13. What te Mr;
Seesevelt probably will be eaa at the
most interesting feature of his tear of
Vag4aaaia taa plana visit to taa
NertkBaaherlaad lease af Mr Edward
Grey. Ths Tot in Searatar who,
while Mtaiaiag ' hie grasp apaa 'the
world oi pel i ties has gained aaaia fast
aa a sjwiawas, has layitsd taa fersssr
Frsaldaat to apaad a lew days w4ia
BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS
Washington, April 18. Swept nlong
on a flood of sharp questions rb to his
authority for charging members of
congress nnd nowspapcrs with being
corruptly influenced, John M. Maxwell,
former editor of tho American Flag,
tho organ of tho Merchant Marino
league, today refused point blank to
answor questions on his sourco of in
formation. Tho interrogatories again wilt bo
put to him nt a special session of theJ
house special committco tomorrow, ana
unlets ho changes his mind tho atti
tude of the witness will bo reported
to tho house.
Prodded by counsel for n member of
congress accused by tho league, Max
well, without counsel and on the ground
of editorial privileges, justified his re
plies, parried or declined to answer tho
queries.
Speaker Cannon tod ay -waa sustained
by tho house by a voto of 120 to 1C2 on
tho question as to whothor a resolution
declaring that tho refusal of tho speak
er to ascertain tho prcsonco of a quor
um at tho .beginning of each day's ses
sion was In violation of tho rules, was
privileged.
Tho Warren irrigation bill, which
passed tho senate last week, was to
day referred to the sub-committee of
the house committee on irrigation,
with instructions to report noxt Fri
day. Senator Aldrich authorized tho an
nouncement tonight that ho would not
be a candidate for ro-clection to tho
senate and that ho would positively re
tire at tho expiration of his present
term on March 3, 1011.
Washington, April 16. President
Taft today informed Senator Jonea
that ho believed tho house of represent
atives, before adjournment, would
pass tho 130,000,000 irrigation bill
that is now before tho ways and means
committee.
Tho president further said that, in
asmuch as congress has begun to tako
an interest in his other conservation
bills, ho was now doing everything
within his power to bring about tho
final passage of tho $30,000,000 bill,
which ho regards as ono of tho most
essential features of his conservation
programme
Senator Jones conferred with tho
president' on behalf of tho Western
senators to learn tho viows of tho
president with regard to tho proposal
recently mado to attach tho $30,000,
000 bill to tho rivers and harbors bill
as a rider.
The president concurred in Jones'
opinion that this move would be inad
visable, as there are men in congress
opposed to both measures, and by com
bining farces thoy might defeat them.
Moreover, the president said, he be
lieved it will not be necessary to make
the Irrigation bill a rider on any other
measure, for assurances he has receiv
ed convince him the bill will pass upon
ita merits. If through any hitch the
irrigation bill does not pass the house
before the sundry civil bill is reported
to the senate, which will be well to
wards the close of the session, the
president said he would then feel the
senate would be justified in attaching
the $30,000,000 bill to tho sundry civil
bill, and In that way make suro of ita
enactment.
gt Washington, April IS. Senator Bur
ton, who yesterday submitted a minor
ity report opposing tho present system
of improving rivers nnd harbors, spoko
at length today In support of his con
tentions. Ho dclnrod that although It
whs not noccossary but desirable that
transportation should contlnuo to bo
by both rail and water, yet the records
would show that railroads wero carry
ing the freight of the country and that
the chief value of improved Inland
waterways lay In their ability to exer
cise a control of rates.
Senators gavo respectful attention to
Burton as he talked, but ho seemed to
have made few converts. As he pro
ceeded he aroused considerable opposi
tion and engsged In controversies with
Page, Lorlmcr, Bailey and others.
Burton declared that the country had
gone wild over the construction of
locks and dams. He Instanced im
provements of this character on tho
Green and the Sandy rivers of Ken
tucky, contending that despite the mil
lions that'had been expended on them
there had been a falling off In tonnage.
All this meant, .he said, that that sort
of transportation is going out of exist
ence.
"The miners of Alaska had no trou
ble over their mining claims until the
lawyers got there. They had not de
veloped tho great American hog in
stinct, but settled everything amicably
through their miners' associations."
This, was the declaration today of
Delegate Wlckcrsham, of Alaska, be
fore tho house committee on terri
tories, which had under consideration
the Alaska legislative bill. The sec
tion of the bill regulating the granting
of powers of attorney in staking claims
was immediate subject of discussion.
Washington, April 14 If not in
compatible with the public Interest,
President Taft will tell the house what
facta, if any, existed that would make
it expedient for that body to enter up-
Oregon Cities Must Walt.
Washington, April 13. Albany peo
ple have been trying to get Senator
Bourne to induce the Treasury depart
ment to put their public building for
ward on the list to hasten prepara
tions for construction before the
time heretofore set. Bourne baa
wired Albany refusing to do so, on the
ground that it would necessitate the
displacing of La Grande from Its posi
tion on the list, which, he said, would
be unjust to La Grande. The La
Grande building will be ready to begin
in 11 months, Albany in 14 months,
Settlers Warned of Suit.
Washington, April 14. Secretary of
the Interior Ballings has notified the
Local Land Oatee at Spokane io want
all settlers oa tho Spokane Indian
reservation that the Northern Feeite
Railway intends to bring suit to seeu.ro
titls to the' odd-aumbered settle as en
that reservation. Warning la te be
given settlers locating on the .add sec
tieas and they are to be Bade fully
aware they are likely to be Involved w
a lawsuit with the railroad teaspasy,
or. any investigation of frauds in tho
customs service, cspccinlly in con
nection with the disclosures of sugar
frauds. .
Tho resolution Introduced by Rep
rcscntative Fitzgcrnld, of Now York,
calling for his information was passed
by the house today after an extended
debate.
The question whether tho passage of
such a resolution would embarrass tho
administration in continuing its prose
cution of the so-called sugar trust was
considered. In view of tho reccnt!con
forence between tho president ond.Rop
rcsentativo Hill, of Connecticut, on
this subject, it is believed that tho in
formation called for will not bo given
and that tho declination will bo based
on tho discretion reposed in tho presi
dent by tho resolution which finally
was adopted.
The debate was political largely and
tho names of Henry W. Taft, brother
of tho president, and John E. Parsons,
father of Representative Parsons, fig
ured as counsel for tho Sugar trust.
Hill of Connecticut Introduced a sub
stitute resolution calling on tho presi
dent to state "what reasons," Instead
of "what facts" mado a congressional
Invsotlgation inexpedient.
A pension bill of swooping provis
ions under which all surviving volun
teer officers of the United States army
who served six months or more would
receive retired.pay according to length
of service, and all honorably discharged
enlisted men over 70 years old and
suffering a certain degree of disabil
ity, would receive a straight pension
of $30 a month, was reported to tho
house yesterday by Representative
Prince, of Illinois, from tho commltteo
on military affairs.
Washington, April 13. Satiafled from
testimony recently aubmlttod that tho
Lnfcan apple-box and grading bill la
both vicious and unwarranted, tho
Ifouao commltteo on agriculture, on
motion of lleprcscntatlvo Hawloy, to
day tabled that measure, thus render
ing impoaslblo Its further consideration
during this or tho noxt sosalon.
Tho llouao of Representatives today
passod tho llainor bill authorizing vari
ous Western statoa to relinquish titlo
to school sections included within for
est rosorvotlons nnd to tako in ex
chnngo therefor an equal nroa of for
est rcsorvo lands lying In compact
bodies, provided lands so takon nro of
tho anmo valuo as thoso relinquished.
Thcao exchanges, boforo becoming
effective, nro to bo approved by tho
Sccrotary of Agriculture This bill, if
It passes tho Bonnto. will pormlt all
Western statoa to adjust tholr achool
land contests that havo long bcon
pending before tho Intorlor Depart
ment, for oxehangea may bo mado
whether tho foreat roservos aro sur
veyed or not.
Tho House of Representatives today
passed tho 8enato bill .extending the
provisions of the 320-acro dry farm
homestead law to Idaho. Tho commlt
teo struck out the provision which
would havo permitted non-resident
homeatosds on not to eieood 1,000,000
acres. This wss similar to tbo Bourne
bill thst has been nlireon-holed.
Tho House Public Lands commltteo
today ordered a favorable roport on
Ilawloy'a bill directing lasuanco patent
io ou or iv seiners on iao uuetx reser
vation. The, bill was amended to re
cjulro tho payment of $2.60 per acre
for land, which would havo boon nccos-
sary had tho lands been opened under
tho timbor and atono net. It is under
stood the aettiera have no objection to
this provision. Several other minor
cnanges wero mauo in tno bill.
Washington. April 13. With about
200 members In tholr soata, tho Admin
istration railroad bill waa taken up
for consideration by the Homo today,
Mann of Illinois, chairman of tho com
mltteo on interstate and forolgn com
merce, oddresacd tho Homo on the
raeasuro reported from his committee.
"With a full realization," be said,
"of tho bonoflts and tbo necessity of
wise and auceeasful management, oper
ation and progressive construction of
our railways, we slso realize that in tho
benefits that they confer upon the peo-
flo they are servants and not matters,
t la their duty to treat all persons
equally."
Mann declared thst the Elkins and
Hepburn laws wero mainly effective and
had not been followed by the "disas
ters" that bad been so freely predicted.
Mann said the bill would give great
er expedition to justice, greater ad
vantage on even terms to alt shippers;
creator security to those who care to
invest their money In railway stocks,
aim oonus, anu greater protection to
thoao railroada whoao managements de
sire to operate them efficiently in the
Intorcat of the people.
Ho aummarized the propositions un
der three general beads. Thoso were,
first, speedy determination of diaputca
by tho creation of a commerce court,
with expert judges naving no greater
jurisdiction than tho Circuit Courts now
have; recond, enlarging tbo statutory
duties of the railways and the rights
of shippers and increasing the powers
of tho Interstate Commerce Commission
so that classifications, regulations and
practices shall be just and enforceable
aa such j third, regulating the consoli
dation of railroada and their lasuea of
stocks and bonds so that competition
may be kept open as far u possible and
rates shall not be maintained unreason
ably high in order to pay returns upon
oxeesaive capitalization.
Sealing Treaty Proposed.
Washington, April 14, Secretary Na
gel appeared before the IIouso ways
and means committee today in regard
to tho Alaskan seal .flshorlcs. A bill If
before tho committee providing tbo re
newal of existing contract with a pri
vate company permitting fishing in
Alaskan waters and reatricting it to
such persona aa the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor may license. Secre
tary Nagel told tbo committee that thla
government waa hopoful of arranging
a treaty with Japan mutually to pro
hibit sealing In Aleutian waters now
carried on by Japanese poaehcrs.
Heyburn Opposes Commission,
Washington, April 13. Tho senate
conservation committee today consid
ered Newlands' bill authorizing the
creation of a conservation commission.
Practically the entire session was con
sumed by Heyburn in opposing the bill.
Ne other member of the committee ap
peared hostile and Monday the commit
tee will meet to report favorably. The
hill will limit the life of the commls
a Ion to three years and stipulates none
of ita sasssbers be paid a salary.
rOB, WOMAN'S HOSPITAL IN 1085.
Iternnrknbla Will of Acted I'htUn
throiiUt Contains All Uelnll.
Tho beautiful mansion on Main
itrcet, between tho Old South and Pied
mont Congregational churches, for half
n century tho homo of the famous In
ventor nnd philanthropist, Thomns H.
Dodge, is to bo a part of the "Eliza D.
and Cora J, D. Dodgo hospital" In
1085. This is mado obligatory, the
Worcester correspondent of tho Bos
ton Herald Bays, under tho will of tho
aged philanthropist, made when ho
was 84 years old, aud which has just
been filed for probate
Mr. Dodgo, who died at tbo ago of
80, had always taken a great interest
In movements for tbo betterment of
tho social conditions of women. His
idea for many years was to found a
woman's hospital to perpetuate his
namo. He had plans made and his will
even goes to the length of directing tho
kind of building matorial to be used,
the dimensions of the various air
spaces In -tho building, tho ornamonta
tlon, tho stylo of tho building nnd its
oiact location, his mansion houao to
bo a part of tho general scheme.
A trust fund for tho maintenance of
the hospital, which is to bo for wo
mon nnd children and not for conta
gious or Incurablo dlsoases, amounting
to about $60,000, is to bo set aside, to
bo placed on Interest, and It is fig
ured that at tho expiration it will
amount to $1,600,000, Invested at 4Vi
per cent, which would double Itself
overy flftoen years.
A provision of the will and the be
quest Is that there shall stand in th
corridor of tho now building, to bo
seen plainly from tho ontranco, throe
Ufa-sized standing portraits of hlmsolf,
flanked on either side by pictures of
his two wives, Eliza Danlols and Cora
Dodgo, the maiden names of tho In
ventor's wives. Tho will specifics tho
exact stylo of frame in which tho paint
ings are to be placed, evon to the style
of gilt to be used, tho width and dopth.
In this remarkablo will Mr. Dodge
Went Into tho most mlnuto detail, evon
to providing for tho extension of the
plank walk on tho north stdo of the
present mansion house and tho rati of
the stops leading to tho back door of
the mansion being extended to tho en
trance to tho proposed hospital.
Mrs. Corn Dodge, tho widow of tho
philanthropist, is pleased with tho will.
Sho entlroly approves of the hospital
Idea, although tho will was not made
subject to hor approval, and rcgrots
that she will not sco tho carrying out
of the plan of hor husband, Sho will
remain in tho mansion, living with hor
sister, who Is a teacher In tho classical
high school, and has confided to frlonds
that sho will novor marry again. She
Is but a Ilttlo more than 40 years old,
and her llfo work has been dovotod to
tho Y. M. C. A. In connoctlon with
which work she met Mr. and Mrs.
Dodgo nearly twenty-five years ago.
During tho lattor years of Mr. Dodge's
life sho acted as bis confidential clork.
When Pastour's treatment of hydro
phobia by Inoculation with a virus was
first practiced at Paris, thero was
much suspicion and dread In the
minds of patients. In "The Captains
nnd the Kings," by Henry Haynle, who
waa than living In Paris, a chapter is
devoted to Pasteur and his method of
treatment. Four Ilttlo boys had bon
taken over from New Jersey for treat
ment, and Mr. Haynlo accompanied
the doctor who had them In chargi
to tho offlco of Pasteur.
Tho last arrivals, npprehenslvo as to
the results of tholr Injuries, and not
ovorsure of this method of treatment,
exprossod surprise at tho calm confi
dence shown by those who had preced
ed them. It was easy to see that thoy
were asking themselves tho question,
"How is it that they are able to take
things so easily, and laugh and talk
ao merrily over It nllt" Then thoy
would brighten up with hope, and
when tholr turn came thoy enterod
the private office with confidence, seat
ed themselves on tho operating stool,
nnd stood tho ordeal well.
When our turns come, Doctor mil
Ins nnd myself took tho boys In, on
at a time, to whero the illustrious
Frenchman awaited them. He did not
understand English, and so I whisper
ed to Dllllngs to notice closely this
apparently unemotional being, and hs
would And him possessed of a tender
ness and sympathy far beyond that of
ordinary women.
One of the victims, Eddy Ryan, was
but a little more than three years
old, nnd he showed fear at tho first
Inoculation. Mrs. Ryan, who was of
tho party, took the boy In hor arms
and trlod to reassure him, but could
npt. Tears of sympathy gathered in
the master's eyes, and as ho wiped
them away he said to mo, in French:
"Tell her to stand over there whore
tho little one can see us care first for
the others it will encourage tho dear
little fellow."
Ono of tho other lads, Patsy Rey
nolds, also grew frightened, and re
bellion was Imminent, I took him to
ouo side, and put it to him that, as
a young American, he ought not to be
outdone In pluck by n French boy who
had Just come out or Pastour's room
looking perfectly happy.
"Well, sor. will yer glvo me a quar
ter If I bate hlmT?" whispered Patsy,
and when I shoved a silver piece Into
the hand of the young rascal, he went
In without the slightest show of fear
or suffering.
Am to Thcriuouieler,
Neither the mercury or tho nlcohc
thermometer Is good for measuring
extreme temperatures because of tholr
freezing and boiling points. Mercury
freezes nt 39 degrees centigrade, bolow
zero. Alcohol freezes nt 130 degreos
centigrade, below zero. They cannot
be used In measuring high tempera
tures because of tholr low boiling
oolnts.
ItcUatlutf tb End of Sport.
Pollcomaa Stop thief f Arrest hltnl
Stop him!
Athletic Crank StoD him! I guess
not! Why, he's breaking the hundred-
yard record Into bltsl Puck
i
A compliment that lan't exaggerated
seldom makes a hit.
Anyone in a hurry U always aa
UUsrf to pity,
ORYTJfQ FOR QUARTER.
ntOBLEMS PUZZLE HARVARD.
LlKhtnlnar Cnlrtilnlor fllrpn l'rofr
aora llnril Xut to Cntck.
Theso problems woro put up to forty
Harvard professors by Mr. QrifTlth, a
lightning calculator, at a privato quiz,
says a Doston dispatch to tho Now
York World:
"My lllrthday Is April 23. If tho
noxt tlmo my birthday comes on Ens
tor Sunday I shall bo 20 per cent oldor
than next April, how old am I now!"
And yot ngaln: "It on that Easter
birthday tho population of Doston was
CO per cont nioro thnn tho sum of all
tho numbers from 14,107 to tho next
prlmo number abovo, and they should
all celebrato my birthday by giving me
as many Easter oggs at 41 cents a doz
en, what would bo tho compound in
terest on tho monoy at 3 per cent from
that day until tho noxt tlmo my birth
day falls on Easter Sunday?"
QrifTlth said ho could solve them
without putting pen to paper. Ho was
not chnllongcd.
Tho professors havo been at work
on tho problems over slnco.
Properly It was Mr. Griffith who was
b;lng quizzed, and not tho professors,
and it was only at the closo of tho
hearing that ho so unkindly1 turnod
tho tables on thorn. Ho had been In
vltod by Prof. Julian O. Coolldgo of
tho Harvard mathematics dspartment
to demonstrato his abilities. Profess
ors and Instructors all oxpressed their
amazement at what they snw. Tho
questions came In rapid fire, to bo an
swored offhand no loss rapidly, whllo
at a far slower rate tho questioners
sought with blackboard and chalk,
eight of thorn at a tlmo, to verify their
correctness.
A safo mothod of firing shots in
mines by eloctriclty lms been devised.
Japan has now moro than 200 tele
phone oxchnngos, moro than twlco tho
number it bad two years ago.
Railway onglneers in Bohemia begin
with a salary of $182.70 a year, which
is Incroasod $40.00 every second year
until tho mnxlmum, $527.80, Is reached.
Rico stands first In tho list of
Slam's agricultural produots. The av
orago yearly oxport of rlco for the last
flvo years has amounted to 048,780
tons.
Rocontly published flguros of tho
1007 census show that tho population
of tho Oorman empire thon amountod
to 01,720,620, of whom 36,837,445 woro
living In tho towns, whllo 25,883,084
were living In tho country. In 1887
the population of tho roglon now em
braced within the Oorman emplro
amounted only to 31,680,647.
In London a company has bean form
ed to Introduce and encourage the use
of electricity In tho poorer districts
of the city. The company agroea to
wire and supply any apartment of
three rooms and ovor with tantalum
lampa, charging 6 cents a week for
each lamp from April to September
and 7 cents a week tor the rest of the
year. The lampa, however, must be
ronnwed by the consumor.
South Africa has a brand new na
tional anthem. Tin country endeav
ored for somo time to securo a compo
sition sultablo for that purpose, and
out of 160 compositions the work of
Itortliold Kapolowltz was choson, and
tho oitlzons of Johannesburg had the
first opportunity of hearing tt perform
ed after it had boen formally accepted.
Tho composer Is not n professional mu
sician. Ho Is n civil mutineer.
Hundreds of Hindoos nro pouring
Into San Joaquin County, California,
and probably in tho hope of semiring
work at onco most of them havo dis
carded the turban for American hats,
much to the surprlso of the more de
vout of tho raco. Their rollglon has
heretofore kept them from discarding
their turbans, but the lato arrivals ap
pear to havo been coached In tho art of
becoming, to a certain extent, Ameri
canized. Miss Deseie A. Dwyer, who Is at
present employed In the library at
Manila, was ono of tbo first women ap
pointed to a place In the congressional
library In Washington, It Is said that
becauso of Miss Dwyer's efficiency oth
er women wero appointed to responsi
ble posts in the congressional library
and later she wob sent by the govern
ment to assist In establishing libraries
In the Philippine Islands, She Is a
graduate of the Woman's Law School
of Washington,
Miss Mabel E. Sturterant, of Ilrook
field, Mo., winner of tho Ilraun around
the world scholarship, completed tho
four-year course at tho high school in
thrco years, graduating as vnlodlcto
rlan. She was also tho winner of four
scholarships, one in Haker University,
at Utwrence, Kan.: ono In Knnsas City
University and tho curator's scholar
ship at tbo University of Missouri.
Misa Sturtovant taught for two years,
spent two moro years as cashier In a
business house and then entered tho
University of Missouri,
Stuck In MuIiIku Sixteen,
Of the many members of Parliament
ho havo broken down In their maiden
speeches tho re Is no more dUtrosalng
instance than that of Gibson Craig in
1837, thus graphically described by
Disraeli: "Ulbson Craig, of whom tho
Whigs bad hopes, rose, stared like a
stuck pig and said nothing. His frlonds
cheered, bo stammered, all cheered;
thon there was a dead and awful
pause, and then he sat down, and '.hat
was bis performance."
Another breakdown In a maiden
speech was by a happy thought turned
Into a success, says tho London Chron
icle. This was by Lord Ashley, who
was a stanch supporter of a bill to
grant tho services of counsel to pris
oners Indicted for high treason, but
when ho rose to make his maiden
speech ho found himself devoid of
language. The house cheered encour
agement. At lost ho managed to blurt
out: "If, Mr. Speaker, sir, I, who
now rise only to glvo my opinion on
the bill, am so confounded that I am
unablo to express what I proposed to
say, what must be the condition of that
roan who without any assistance In
pleading for his llfo and is apprehen
sive of being deprived of UT" The
elaborate speech he had prepared
weula kave hesa loss sfscttva.
I LEGAL INFORMATION
Ono who was engaged In blasting
was killed by an abortive explosion
of a cbargo of dynamlto caused by a
flash of lightning during a thunder
storm. In llnccolll vs. North Rlvor
Stono Co., 118 Now York Supplement
Reporter, 20, the administrator of de
ceased sued to recover damngos for
his death. Tho Now York Suproma
Court held tho master not llablo In
falling to anticipate that tho uso of
electric oxplodcrs would bo dangerous
In a thunder storm, in tho nbsenco of
somo proof that such an accident was)
likely to happen.
Tho Toxas law provides that an ac
tion for Injuries to a husband bo
brought by him. In Fort Worth A R.
0. Ry. Co. vs. Robertson, 121 South
western Reporter, 202, decoasod had
Instituted tbo suit which had been in
terrupted by his death, not caused by
tho injuries In question. At tho time
of bis marrlago with plaintiff doceased
had anothor wifo surviving, but be
had lived with plaintiff, who was Ig
norant of tho spouse oxtant, for tho
ton years preceding his donth. Tho
statutory period of limitation having
olnpsed slnco tho accident, it was
claimed that plaintiff could not re
cover, first, becauso sho was not the
lawful widow, and, second, because the
action was barred. Tho Toxas Court
of Civic Appeals hold that under the
circumstances plaintiff was entitled to
the' rights of a lawful wife In the com
munity property, which Included the
cause of action, and that, the law hav
ing precludod hor maintenance of the
actios boforo hor husband's death, ths)
statute had not run against it.
The president of a hotol company,
was seriously scalded by tho explosloa
of a dofectlvo coffee urn, which the
company had purchased through a Job
bar. In tho action brought against the
manufacturer to rocover for Injuries
to his mind, body and norvous system,
the prosldont testified that naturally
ho was much Interested In the condi
tion of things during his forced ab
sence, becauso ovory dollar ho had on
oarth was Invested in the enterprise,
and bo had bocomo personally llabU
to a bank in a largo sum Invested la
it, and that ho had expendod $1,500 ob
a trip to the south to regain control
of his shattered nerves and his scald
ed person. In Statlcr vs. Oeorge A.
Ray Mfg. Co., -88 Northeastern Roport
or, 1083, thovNow York Court of Ap
peal a, whllo holding tho manufactures
llablo to the prosldont for the dam
ages causod by tho negligently con
structed urn, was unable to grasp the
theory on which the anxiety caused by
the financial concern and worry could
bo attributed to the accident The tes
timony sorved to show either the lav
terest which the plaintiff had in the
business, and which was liable to suf
fer as tho result of his Injury, an ele
ment of damages not pleaded, or else
It tended to show that business anx
iety, rathsr than accident, affected hta
nerves and mind. If recovery for m
trio to the south were allowed, recov
ery might be had for a voyage to Kit
rope, and perhaps the hire of a palace
which, of course, would be prspostsK
ius.
COST Oi YOUR EYEOLASSM.
Thla Ia Not Truit-llow Col4 tk
Staluto Crenla a Hououolrf
Fixed prices to bo charged tbefpub
11c for Its, eyeglasses and spectacles,
aro the subject of a controversy among
tho wholesalo oMclans, The offlcors
of tho Optical Society of tho Stato ot
New York distributed rocontly a mini
mum price list. Thcao prices are high
er than thoso cbargod by many of the
opticians,
Tho action ot tho Now York society
is llkaly to be followed In other states,
as soon as they get optometry laws
like New York's, which restrict the
number of men who mojr legally fit
oyes with glasses, the New York Sun
says. This city is tho headquarters
of a campaign for optometry laws which
are ponding at tbo present sessions ot
the legislatures ot Now Jersey, Massa
chusetts, Ohio and several other states.
P. A. Dllworth, the secretary of the
Optical Society of the State ot New
York, Is ono of the officers who pre
pared the price list. He said yesterday
that the new list Is not binding on the
members and has boen aunt to thorn
for their Information with tho expla
nation that It is the average minimum
ot tho prevailing prices,
Mr. Dllworth said that there Is no
Intention to forco up the prices or form
an oycglnss trust. Slnco the optometry
law was passed in this state two years
ago, he said, 2,100 mon havo received
certificates and It would bo Impossible
to have them till agree as to prices.
Resides publishing the nilnmum
lists for tho Information ot members
most of the societies nro urging the
members to glvo up tho old practlco of
announcing frco examinations of the
eyes and to charge for tho sorvtce as
doctors do. The examinations have
never been really free, It Is said, be
cause the practice has boen to add to
tho cost of tho glasses an extra sum
to pay tho oxamlncr for his time, bu
the customers havo not known this.
Til Crank.
The complete crank Is a kind of col
lector ot causes, and it Is dlmcult to
discover the principle upon which hs
collects thorn. A new religion and
under-clothing and somo Insipid kind
of diet Are all the samo to him, and
bo advocates thorn all with oquul earn
estness. Ho wants men to change
their lives in every particular and pro
tests against all tho ordinary usages
ot the world both In great and la
small things. Ho docs not believe that
thoro is any Instinctive wisdom In
manklud or any valuo In past tradi
tion and experlenco. For him wisdom
has only just appeared among men, and,
sho has revealed herself to very few
London Times.
. lis Uot It.
Eva As wo strolled along he wager
ed a box of chocolates that I couldn't
say tho word "kiss."
Belinda And did you tryT
Eva Yes, but ho took the word frost
my very lips.
A good many people who speak re
spectfully of the dead forget It by tfc
time the will goes to probate,