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INDIANS KILL AND PLUNDER Revolt of Maya Tribe in Yu catan Grows Serious. Pleading Women Slain Capturod Men Hacked to -Pieces Operators Killed and Wires Cut, Mexico City, Juno 0. With telo graph wires cut and opcrntora murdor cd or forced to flee, definite Informs tion is lacking as to tho present sltun tion at Valladolid, Yucatan, tho Bccno of a bloody massacro by Indian Insur gents several days ago. The govern mcnt authorities hero today, estimated the number of killed at 40. Moro than 2,000 Indians arc said to have been engaged in the attack upon tho town. At last accounts the insur gents held Valladolid, having fortified themselves in tho jail and, other build ings. About 2,000 Federal and state troops and volunteers nro concentrating at JJsltos, a short distanca from Vallado lid, to march upon the rebels, General Ignacio Bravo, commander of tho Tenth military zone, has been ordered to tho scene and will Uko com tnand. Reports as to tho causo of tho out break conflict. Homo say it began with a protest against orders issued by tho civil authorities known as "Jefo Politico, 'r whllo others say It was tho result of a drunken spree. It appears to have had some resemblance of or ganization and is tald to havo been led by political malcontents. Colonel Bo- nllla Montenegro, formerly at tho head of tho civil government, at Valladolid, is said to have been in command of tho raiders. Tho first attack was mado upon tho buildings where all public offices aro located. After sacking Ithls building, tho rioters turned their attention to tho Jofo Politico, named Rcgll. The battle began in tho night and it was 2 a. m. when tho attack was mado on tho building where Rcgll nnd many other citizens had taken refuge. A bloody butchery followed. Rcgll's wife loft her four children and went to tho assistance) of her husband, aeoking by tears and prayers to reach tho" hearts of tho Infuriated raiders. Rcgll was cut down before her eyes and his body was hacked to pieces. Tho wifo also Is said to havo been murdered, as were all tho men In tho building, numbering about 20, Later tho five or six genu armca In tho town mot a similar fate. Tho pcoplo of tho town wero torrl fled. iMany fled in tho direction of Mcrida. Tho mob surged through tho town, crying for blood and pillage. Victor OJcd, Jddgo of tho First In stance, was assassinated. Among tho victims wero Florentine Echaratta, commander of tho police; Joso Maria Hernandez, second in com mand; Pedro Hernandez, tho mayor and tho treasurer. KAIZER HAS PAYING JOB. Wages Estimated at S22.60 Minute With Income Betide. Berlin, Juno 9. Kaiser Wilhelm's Income is computed to a nicety as the result of tho discussion aroused bv tho proposal to incrcaso tho royal civil list. It is estimated that tho Incomo ha de rives from government sources amounts to C,340 marks ($1,035) an hour, or 89 marks llz'i.bO) a minute. Thcsa figures camo ,out in tho course of furious attacks mado by Socialists upon tho bill In tho Prussian chamber of deputies. That tho kalsor is really a man of great wculth is supported by a number of other facts unearthed by opponents of tho bill. He Is owner of about 90 landed estates and 60 royal residences, including hunting boxes. Also, under an old law, he receives free, 40 riding horses each year, valued at about 120, 00 marks ($30,000.) The crown prince has a special income from sep arate sources. Spite Work In Balllnger Case. Washington, June 9. Friends of Horace Til lard Jones hero assert that he was badly treated by being dis missed from his position as special agent by the Interior department. It Is stated that ho had placed his resig nation in tho hands of II. W. Schwartz, chief of special agents, but that it was ignored and placed on the "Indefinite ly supended" list, in spite of tho un derstandlng with Schwartz, It being known that "Indefinlto suspension in this Instance Is the same as dismissal, on account of Jones' upholding Glavis. Wisconsin Republicans Convene. Milwaukee, June 9. A platform dealing entirely with national Issues, indorsing President William Howard Taft, and criticising Republican office holders not In sympathy with his poi icies will be the sole result of tho con servative Republican, convention, as jar as an official record Is concerned. There will be no indorsements of a late of candidates to be voted on in the Republican primary election. State candidates and state issues will not figure extensively in this convention. Sugar Trial Evidence All In, New York, June 9. The taking of testimony in the sugar- underweighing conspiracy trial ended today and ar rangements were made for addresses to the Jury, Separate addresses were allowed counsel for each of the three defendants, Charles R. Heike, secre tary of the American Sugar Refining company; Ernest W. Gerbracht, the former superintendent of the Williams burg refinery of the trust, and James W. Henderoagel, the former cashier. Suspect Faces Fraud Charge. Let Angeles. Jane 9. The police of (his city say that James A. Woodbury, recently arrested in Chicago and re turned to Los Angeles on a charge that be had cashed a worthless check, is J, E. Mar cell, wanted in Kansas City far having borrowed 110,000 on ftetle tiaua eel lateral. Marcell had previeus ly served time far leetiag the State Baa of Mlgalias, Us., U HM.M0. BAD QUAKE INITALY. Largo Area Badly Shaken Dead Num ber About 60. Rome, Juno 8. Great apprehension has been caused again by seismic dls turbanccs showing that tho zono affect ed by tho carthauake shocks today is a vast one, embracing practically the wholo of Southern Italy, as well as a portion of Tuscany and Vcnltia to the north. Somo reports estimate tho number of dead at 60, and of injured at scvoral hundred. It Is feared that many aro buried in tho ruins of buildings thrown down nt Calitrl. It is said that In this town half tho buildings havo been wrecked and tho number44pfjlendla above 30. From many other towns and vlllsgcs como stories of fallen homes, death and suffering. At San Sole, in the pro vince of Potcnsca, six persons wero killed and fivo injured. Tho convicts in tho prison at ""..invento became pantc-strlckcn and tried to forco their way past tho guards, but wero over powered by troops. Tho district In which tho most seri ous damago occurred extends for only about 60 miles about Mount Vulture, in tho province of Avcllino. This region has suffered much in tho past from carthquako shocks and in 1851 800 persons were killed. The government has taken hold of tho situation with promptitude, and al though tho carthquako occurred during tho night military and civil authorities wero soon hard at work giving aid to tho injured, preparing shelter for tho hnmoless and bending their energies to tho ro-cstabllshmcnt of order. WORK IS ORDERED RESUMED New York Central Presldont Much Pleated With Settlement. Washington, Juno 8. President Brown, of tho New York Central, was so pleased at tho way In which Presi dent Taft treated tho railroads In tho present controversy over rates that ho said tonight ho would order tha ro sumption of nil work on tho Centrnl which ho ordorcd suspended last Fri day. This work, it was said nt that time, would rcqulro nn oxpondlturo of about ID.000,000. It had to do with tho im proving of stations, building now ones, laying additional tracks, making yard and roadbed Improvements. Tho Con trn nlso will permit tho Pressed Steel Car company, Standard Steel Car com pany and American Steel Cor compapy, all of Pittsburg, to go ahood with or dors glVbri them somo timo ago for 3,000 new freight cars which ho ostl mated would cost about $1,000 oach. Tho orders for theso cars wero can celled Friday also, Commenting on tho agreement roach oJ with tho administration today, Pres Ident Brown said: "It was lust as good an arrangement i could have been mado." JAPAN AFTER SOUTH POLE. Expodltlon Hurries o Goal of Ant arctic Exploration, Vlctorla,-Juno 8. Japan Is hurrying an expedition under Lieutenant Shlri aso to leavo this month In tho ho no of anticipating tho British expedition to tho bouth l'olo, according to news brought by tho Wolr stonmer River Clyde, which reached port today. bomo Jnpnncso professors aro to nc company tho oxpedltlon, which will bo restricted to Japanese. Tho diet has voted money for tho enterprise and when tho River Clydo left, Lieutenant Shlrlaso was at Scndal preparing for tho voyage to. thu Antnrtlc. Ho said ho would plant Uio Rising Sun flag nt tho South Polo beforo other explorers could reach there. Settlers Coming Back. Washington, June 8. An unusually heavy movement or homescekers this Spring Into various parts of the arid West is indicated by reports that havo come to the reclamation service. Train loads of settlers have been pouring into Montana, Oregon and Washington and large numbers have been seeking the milder climate of tho Southwest. A cheering feature in connection with tho' movement is said to bo the return of thousands of American citizens from Canada, offsetting in a measure the exodus of others to the Dominion. Van Cleave Can't Produce. Rock Island, 111.. Juno 8. James B. van Cleave, ex-state insurance com mlssloner, failed today to get before the-Rock Island county grand jury as a voluntary witness in tho fraternity In surance investigation. Van Cleave, who was here last week, claimed to have documentary authority, for with drawing $57,000 reserve funds of the r ratornal Tribunes from the Chicago Title ac Trust company and depositing it in tha Lincoln National bank of Springfield, from which it was paid out on alleged bogus death claims. Marooned Miner Rescued. Seward, Alaska, June 8. John bchmltt, of Los Angeles, had a narro escape from death late in May while coming down the Susltna river from Talkeetna station. His boat was eap sised by floating ice, but Sebmitt man aged to reach a log and made his way to a ledge of rock, where he was ma rooned without food until rescued by the river steamer Alice. He was nearly dead of starvation and exposure when found. Summer Practice Cruise Begins. Annapolis, Md.. June 8. Bound on the annual summer practice cruise for the instruction of midshipmen, the battleships, Iowa, flagship;' Indiana uni Massachusetts, with Captain George S. Clark as squadron command er, sailed this morning. The cruises this year will include stops at many foreign porta. Pittsten Strike to Be Settled. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 8. An early settlement of the strike of 12,000 mlaewerkers in the Pittsten district is looked for tedsy. It is possible there may be as adjustment ot grievances wfftjk fcilkSi tMsMlan 9 m Mwallla VB?MV BjBBSB StBrB VBBBBsraSn w SB) BBSBBSBBJf1 SB" Ueabeatd. BRIEF REPORT OF WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Washington, Juno 13. Senator Do! liver nnswered the critics of tho "in niircrnnta" tnrlnv In n nrwvrh delivered in tho senate during tho discussion of tho provision of the sundry civil appro priation bill providing $250,000 to en able the President to gather Inform tion bearing upon tho operation of tho new tariff law. Clay's motion to striko out tho pro vision was lost by n party voto of 13 to 44. Dollivcr and his fellow pro gressives voted with tho regular Re publicans. Tho sundry bill, carrying uppropr into Ins aggregating $118,000,' 000, then wus passed. Dolllver's soccch awakened great in' tcrcst and was listened to attentively by senators on both sides of tho cham ber. It was tho reply to tho insurgents to tho charges of party disloyalty and was n direct challcngo to their oppon cnts. Tho first named was Governor Hanlcy and his speeches wero rofcrrcd to without reserve. Tho reading of tho houso amend monta to tho postal savings bank bill was completed in tho scnato today and tho measure thin went over until to morrow, when It is expected tho scnato will concur in tho amendments. Tho bill was amended in conference no as to allow entries on land immedi ately after they nro withdrawn and without watting their classification, as required by tho bill as it passed tho senate. As a result of information sent to tho houso last Satruday by tho War do partmcnt, disclosing tho alleged fact that Frank W. Carpenter, exccutlvo secretary of tho Philippine govern ment, and E. C. Worcester had bought and leased "Friar lands", in tho Phil ippincs, Representative Martin, Demo crat, Colorado, today introduced a reso lution demanding nn Investigation and charging malfeasanco In office. Washington, Juno 11. Largo amounts of politics wero mixed up with tho debate on tho sundry civil bill today, and it was all over tho tariff. In tha sundry civil bill wnt n pro vision for $260,000 with which to on ablo tho president to Investigate tho operation or tho present tarilf law. Many senators took part In tho dls cusslon precipitated, and Senator Clay, of Georgia, started tho fireworks by charging that tho. measure was Intend ed to dcludo tho Insurgent Republicans into tho boliof that thoro was to bo an othor rovislon of tho tariff, which ho tried to provo by Republican senators with somo measure of success. By approving tho latest step In tho re-classification of tha national forests and public lands today, President Taft Increased tho public domain avaiiabio to homostoad entry to 1,182,810 acres and Increased tho national forests 381, 094 acres. The proclamation which tho president signed eliminated 11,164 arces from the Gunnison forest; 6,040 acres from tho Cochotopa forest and 46,489 acres from the Uncompahgro forest, nil in Colorado. All theso lands will Iks available to settlers. Tho ro-classificatlon Is tho govern mont's hope of stemming tho tldo of emigration from tho United States to tho Cunadlan Northwest. With moro than a million acres now avail- nblo for homestead entry, it Is do dared thoro will bo no need of settlors going over tho bordor to gain tho ad vantages of a virgin homestead. Secretary Bullingor also mado somo ddltlons to tho lands uvallublo for homesteaders to day, whon ho dcslg nated 876,000 acres In Wyoming and nearly 4,000 ncros In Colorado as nvnll able. Washington, Juno 10. Tho bill nu thorlzlng tho assignment of homestead entries on government Irrigation pro jects, which passed tho senuto today, was reconsidered by the houso Irrlga tion committee today and after nn ar gument by Representative' Hamer, tho amendment, previously adopted by tho committee, providing that assignments could only bo made to qualified home stead cntrymcn, was stricken out. llamcr objected to this amendment, de claring It restricted opportunities for disposing of tho lands, and on his mo tion the committee, reported the bill exactly as it passed tho senate. Assignments may now be mado to any one. The Oregon senators havo lost an other opportunity to get a government headquarters established at Portland. The civil service commission on July 1 will creato a now district, comprising Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, all but Wyoming being carved out of tho old ban I rancisco district. Through the efforts of the Washington senators tho headquarters of this new district is to bo located at Seattle, notwithstanding that Portland Is more centrally located. Insurgent senators practically reach ed an agreement today to support the house provision in the sundry civil bill. making an appropriation for the ex penses of the tariff board. Speeches will be mado in tho senate expressing preference for a tariff commission but announcing acceptance of the houso provision. Charles II. Merrick, at present reg ister of the Portland land office, was this afternoon nominated for postmas ter at Portland. Coal Land Bill Patted. Washington. June 8. The house bill authorizing the disposal of tho surface coal lands for agricultural purposes was passed by the senate today, The measure, which is considered very im portant, now requires only tho signa ture of the president to make It a law. The bill will permit the settlement and cultivation of vast areas of public lands which, while they havo been with drawn on account of their coal depos its, are still valuable for agriculture. The government does not part with its control of the land. Medical Trust Alleged. Washington, June 8. An attack on the Medical Journal, the official jour nal of the American Medical associa tion, as being part of a m,edical trust building scheme of that organization, was made before tho bouse committee on interstate commerces today by Frederick A. Bangs, of Chicago. ' Mr. Bangs represented the National Lea gue for American Freedom, which is ofrpeetng the pending bills for the ma aMT A iiyrs fxf tssllf . PBJBneSBBB WS SBJ wrvBU WBlBSvSVV SWMf VSBS9 THE DAILY Washington, June 9. By tho over whelming majority of 196 to 101, the house tonight passed tho postal snv ings bank bill as recently agreed upon by the Republican caucus of tho houso. Not a singlo Republican voted against thu measure on the final roll call. Prior to this action tho house, by 113 to 196, rejected tho Democratic substitute for tho bill. Tha vota on tho'BCVcral motions in volved in tho measuro followed six houro of debate, in which many Repub licans and Democrats recorded their views upon tho bill of tho majority and tho substitute, supported by n large portion of tho minority. Congress was asked todoy by mem bers of tho houso and by prominent representatives of Jewish organlza tlons to pass tho resolution proposed by Representative Harrison, Democrat of Now York, condemning tho perse cutlon of Jews in Russia and request Ing tho President to uso his friendly offices with tho Russian government to obtain action to provent a rocurrenco of tho recent massacre. Pulp and printing paper manufnet urcd from wood cut on crown lands in tho Province of Quebec prior to May 1 last is subject to tho countervailing duty of 26 cents a cord, or Its cqulva lent of 36 cents a ton in tho manufact ured stato as print' papor, as provided by tho new tariff law, accordidng to a decision tho Treasury department to day. Charging that Russian immigrants wero being held virtually in a state of pconago on sugar plantations of Ha waii, President Gompcrs, of tho Amer ican Federation of Labor, has protested to Secretary Nagel, of tho department of commerce and labor, and tho latter has demanded tho prosecution of tho planters who, ho says, havo violated the niton contract labor law. Tho protest was mado two days ago and becamo known today. Tho do partmcnt of commcrco and labor somo timo ago started investigation on its own account. Washington, Juno 8. President Taft today appointed Secretary of Agricul ture Wilson and Socrctary of tho Nnvy Meyer to mcot Colonel Roosovoltnt Now York on his return to America. Captain Archibald Butt, formerly Roosevelt's military aide, will nccom pany them. Tho secretaries will carry n lcttor from Presldont Taft welcoming Rooso vclt, Tho secretaries were selected because thoy wero members of Rooso veil's cabinet whon ho was prcoldcnt. Tho houso inlurgcnts, In splto of yesterday's do f oat, which resulted In tho railroad bill being sont to confer ence, bollavo that thoy can forco tho conferees to make a satisfactory ro port. Tho Insurgents claim that many of tho regulars would reject an unset Isfactory conference report, and there fore thoy think a good bill will bo de cided upon by the conferees. The Oregon delegation has joined in a request to the Stato department to instruct Henry B. Miller, consul at Belfast. Ireland, to Investigate do clduous fruits in European countries. Mlllor Is from Eugono, Oregon, and Is well vorsed In fruit lore. Washington, Juno 7. Formal charg cs against Senator William Lorimcr. of Illinois, woro laid beforo tho scnato this afternoon by his colleague Sena tor Cullom, Tho proceeding was tho presentation of n memorial by Clifford W. Barnes, of Chicago, president of tho Illinois Lcglslntlvo Votors league. embodying tho charges of bribery of membord of tho Illinois legislature. '1 ho memorial was road only In part. and was referred without comment to Uio committee on privileges and dec tlons. Senator Jones Introduced a bill today authorizing tho secretary of the troaa ury to pay attorneys who performed sorvlccs for tha Colvllla Indians not to exceed $90,000 out of tho Indian fund. Tho services woro rendered in promot ing the claim of $1,600,000, which ul timately was paid for tho north half of the Colville reservation. ' Senator Piles introduced a bill today permitting the Vancouver, Columbia & Camas Railroad company to build its road across the Vancouver military res crvatlon. With tho Democrats attacking tho Republicans, denouncing tho insur gents for alleged insincerity, and as sailing the "regulars" for bringing in "gag rulo" to further a party measuro. and tho Republican leaders retaliating by charging tho Democrats with simi lar performances whon thoy wero In power, a special rule was adopted in tho houso today which placed the pos tal savings bank bill on its way to final passage with tho debate limited to eight hours and a1 possibility of amend ment cut off. Tho rulo was brought In by Repre sentative Dalzell, chairman of tho rules committee, immediately after tho railroad bill had been sent to confer ence. The debate on the question was limited to one hour and each side oc cupied its full share by heuvlng verbal brickbats at tha other. Tho voto was 160 to 139, all but 10 insurgents hav ing voted with their party for the adoption of the rule. Small Investors Have Wall. Washington, Juno 9. Tho depart ment of justice has begun to hear from "small investors," whoses securities have been affected by tho stock market fluctuations following tho Injunction suit against tha Western Traffic asso ciation. Several letters of this char acter came to Attorney General Wick ersham in -today's mail, complaining of tho depreciation In value as the result of tho department's activities in tho Western railroad litigtaion. They were anonymous, however, and no at tention was given them. Paper Relief Planned. Washington, June 9. To enablo tho secretary of agriculture to conduct ex periments in papermaking, the houso today adopted an amendment to tho sundry civil bill, carrying $30,000. Af ter Mann had said tho price of paper had recently risen from $2 to $4 a ton, Representative Swazey, of Maine, made an impassioned speech in which he charged that newspspers bad "muckraked" public men who did ne(. aeeept their views. I Old Favorites When tho Crncl War la Orcr. Dearest love, do you remember, When we last did moot. How you told me that you loved me, Knotting at my feet? Ohl how proud you stood before me, In your suit of blue, Whon you vowed to mo and country Ever to bo truo. Chorus Weeping, tad and lonely, Hopes and tears how valnl Yet praying whon this cruol war Is over, Praying, that we moot ngnlnl When the summer broozo Is sighing Mournfully along; Or whon autumn leaves aro falling, Sadly breathes tho song. Oft In dreams I soo theo lying On tho battlo plain, Lonely, wounded, oven dying, Calling, but In vain. If amid tho din of battlo Nobly you should fait, Far away from those who love you, None to hear you call Who would whisper words of comfort Who would soothe your paint KM the many cruel fancies Ever In my brain. But our country called you, darling, Angels cheer your way, Whllo our nation's sont aro lighting. Wo can only pray. Nobly striko for Clod and freedom, Let alt nations too How we lova our starry bannor, Emblem of tho froo. Old Don Tray. The morn of llfo It past, And evening comet at lif, It brlngt me a dream of tho onco hap, py day, Of merry formt I'vo seen Upon tha vlllngo greon, Sporting with my Old Dog Tray. Chorus Old Dog Tray It ever faithful, Orlef cannot drive him nwny; Ho It gontlo, ho It kind, I'll nover, nover And A better friend than Old Dog Tray. The formt I've called my own Have vnnlihed on by one, Tho loved ones, tin dear onct, have V patsid away; Their happy tmllot nro Mown, Their gentle volcoi gone, I'vo nothing left but Old Dog Tray. When thoughts recall tho pntt, lilt eyet on mo aro cast, I know he feolt what my breaklnt heart would tay; Althouxh ho cannot in oak, I'll vainly, vainly took A better friend than Old Dog Tray. Stephen C. Footer. PDZZLK OF CAR LIOUTS. la Explained lr Amount af Cnrren. Hoqulrad fur Starling I'nntr, Who has not noticed when riding on tho ttreet cars at night that toino tlmct the lamps which light tho cars burn very dim a mlnuto and thou seem to burn vory bright! Somo times they go almost entirely out, then suddenly como on again. To the ordinary traveler all this is very mys tlfylng, but to tho electrical engineer It Is simplicity Itself, according to thu Electric Nows. If a small holo wero drilled In a water plpo nbovo a faucet the water, under pressure, would rush out at n terrific speed, but If you should open tho faucet tho pressure would linino dltely drop down so low ttho wntor would all but cease to flow out of tho tiny holo. This Is oxnetly what happens to tho Incandescent lamps In n street car when they suddenly grow dim, only St Is electricity wo are deal Ing with Instead of water. To start a loaded street car requires an chop mous amount of electricity. Tho mo tors fairly eat up tho current In or der to got the necessary starting power or torque, as It is called. Using such a quantity of electricity dimin ishes the pressure or voltage 'of the system and of course the lights dim until the car Is under way. Nearly all street car systems oper ate at 550-volt pressure. The lamps In the car consume current at 110 volts pressure and thoy nro connected In groups of five In series across the 650-volt circuit. When tho voltage for these lamps drops below 110, because of the largo amount of current going to the motors under the car, not enough electricity Is being forced through the lamp filament to heat It to Incandescence and of courts the light It dim. Opening wldo the cur rent conductors to the motors sud denly lowers the line pressure, which In turn reduces tho prosturo to the lamps. Once the car Is under way the motors do not require to much current and the pressure returns to the lamps and they continue to give their rated candle p'owor until the next time tho car It started. $ Wit of the Youngsters $ 'Tommy," queried the teacher, "can you toll me what an old settler ia sometimes called?" "Yes, ma'am; a pioneer," was the reply. "Now, John ny," said the teacher to anotlior small pupil, "what Is a pioneer?" "An old man who pays his debts," The family next door had n new dog, and email Kthcl was admiring it. De careful," snld tho lady, "or ho may blto you." "Why should he blto me?" asked Ethel. "Ilecauso he doesn't know you." "Well," queried tho llttlo ml 63, "why don't you Introduce us?" Walter, tho 5-year-old son of a min ister, had frequently been told by his father to say, "Oct boblnd me, Satan," when tempted to do wrong. One day tho father suddenly asked: "Walter, what do you do whon tempted to do wrong?" "Why," ho replied. "I Just think of you and say, 'Satan, go away back and sit down.' " When a gfrl goes out of town on a visit, and her hostess cries when she departs for home, she tMaas bar visit was MosessfiU. Neptune takes more than 160 years to make the comptete rorolutlon round tho sun. More than 400,000 persons emigrated from this country during the year 1907. This Is a much smaller number than shown by tits previous year. Tho Union Pacific Railroad Company Is conducting oxtenilvo experiments with tho hopo of making wireless teleg raphy available for tha operation of trains. From estlmntos and actual figures it Is computed that In the history of this country the total number of foreign ers arriving on onr shores amounts to 17,111,850. Wine production In Chile la Increas ing. The acreage In vlnoyards Is 145, S94, of which 47,103 acres are Irrigated. Thore is great demand for American oak staves. Tho Siamese language Is a great mixture of nearly nil tho dialects and languages of the far east, namely, Chi nese, Malay, Mon, Cambodian, Sanskrit, Pall, and others. It is announced In the French pross that tho historic houso occupied by Napoleon on the Isle of Elba, known as the Villa San Martlno a Porto For rajo, Is to be sold at auction. With the house aro to go tho furntturo and oth or souvenirs of tho Emperor. Tho newspapers urgo that the friends and admirers of Napoleon tako steps to provent the dlsporsal of the historic objects. A subway amusement pier, constat ing of an under-wator chamber, with collapsible entrance nnd exit tubes, is proposed for one of the Atlantto coast resorts. Tho amusement soekors will entor tho chamber through the tube leading from the shoro, and leave It through th tube rising to the pier abovo the chamber. Portholes around tho sides of the chamber will glvo a view of tho bottom of tho sen. Mrs. Margaret Btlmson has just com pleted her forty-fifth year of sorvlco nt tho Inttltuto of Technology, Iloston. 8ho was appointed In 1805 by Presl dont Rogers to tako charge of tho chomlcal apparatus used by studontt, Is still In active tervlco nnd Is said to remember tho names nnd personality of moro mon who havo attended class es In the Institute of Technology than any othor porson, connected with the Institution. In 1903 India rubber sold for 88 cents a pound. Recent special cnblo dispatches told how I-ondon Is going mad In gambling In stocks of rubber companies, tho stuff Itself having rlson In price to $3.08 a pound. This In crease gives additional Intrrost to the processes of regeneration of wasto rub ber nnd of the manufacture of substi tutes. The regeneration of vutcnnlzod India rubber consists In removing tho sulphur, which was addod In tho proc hss of vulcanization. CLOTHES OF ODD MATERIALS. I'llier of Kllaiueniuua Stone, I nm Cloth ami Llmvaton Woul, Thu Russians manufacture a fabrlo from tho fibre of a filamentous ttona froui tho Siberian mines, which Is said to be of so durablo a naturo that It is practically lndlttructlblo, Harpers Weekly says, Tho materia! Is soft to the touch und pllablo In tho extreme, and when sollod has only to bo placed In n flro to bo mado absolutely clean, Iron cloth Is luruely usrd to-day by lauurs everywhere for thu purpouo of malting tho collars of coirtM tut prop- criy. This cloth Is manufactured from steel wool nnd hat tho nppeaiauco of having been woven from horsehair. Wool not tho product of sheep It be ing utilized nbroud for tho making of men's clothing. This Is known as "limestone wool" and Is mado In an olectrla furnace. Powdered limestone, mixed with cortaln chemicals, 's thrown Into tho furnace and after pass ing through a furious air blast It is tossed out as fluffy wlilto wool, When It comes from Uio furnaco the wool It dyed and made Into lengths like cloth. A pair of trousers or a coat madu of this material cannot, It Is claimed, be burned or damaged by grease, and l ns ftoxlble as cloth madu of sheep's wool. An English manufacturer has suc ceeded In making a fabrlo from old ropes. He obtained a qunntlty of old rope and cordage, unraveled It nnd wove it by n secret process Into a kind of rough cloth. Tho resultant mate rial ho dyod u dark brown. A suit of clothes made from this queer stuff was worn by tho manufacturer him. self, and It la tald that he has a large trade lu this Una in tho Ilrltlah col onies. A novelty In drees material for wom en Is spun glass cloth, which, It Is said, cun be had In white, green, lilac, pink and yellow shades. Tho Inventor of this fabrlo was an Austrian, and his Invention Is tuld to havo resulted In tho production of a material as bright and flexible as silk. The first lady to wear a gown of this material was of royal rank. It was of a very dellrate tha do of pale lavender shot with pink, and its peculiar sheen rv mlndod her admirers of the sparkle of diamond dust. Paper clothes were worn by the Jap anese troops, who found thorn very serviceable nnd much warmer than those of cloth. Paper dressing gowns, bath robot and similar articles of at tire are now being turned out by luo carload In England, Franco, CJennany and othor European countries, Tho paper whereof thoy aro made Is of tho "blotting" variety, and after being treated by a now proress It dyed In va rious colors or printed with a pretty floral design. Even gloves are made of paper theso days, tho principal claim of advantage being that they are tuscoptlble of bo 'ng cleaned many times. THE COMETS. OoaIB About TlitM Koontrl Wan derer la Spao. Matter's comet Is only one of many, So far astronomers have loeated 100 of these In our solar system and they setae and go at imgular Intervals. At sartr as Oumt i death, 44 B. O, a cosset was seen that camo nearer the sun than any other tare one and which was the most brilliant of any ever discovered. It reappeared In the reign of Justinian, C53 A. D and again In 1105. It was again located by Newton in 1680. The comot of 1813 was the only one which got closer to tho sun than the one Newton tracked. Comets differ from planets in travel ing through tpaco. The planots re volve In a sono of no great breadth on either side of the oellptlo; but tho paths of the comets cut ths eollptle la every direction. Tho orbits of ths former aro nearly circular; those of the comets are of varying degrees of eccontrlclty. Hstley's, In 1682, affirmed thnt the striking comot which appeared that year was Identical with thoso wTilon had been soen in 1607, 1531 and 1460, and that It traveled around the sun In a porlod occupying toms 76 years. DIoIa's comet, discovered in 1826, re volved around tho sun In six years and thrco-quartors. It roturnod promptly In 1832, 1839, 1845 and 1852, since whon It has not been icon. Loxall's comet In 1770 wnt traveling In an elliptical orb round the tun, taking about flvo and a halt years for tho en circling. Again In 1876 It clrclod the sun and then wont out Into space and disappeared. This Is known as tho lost comet, though several havo dis appeared since scientific obtervatlons havo been In vogue. Donatl't comet, visible In 1858, was noted for Its brilliancy, Its distance from the tun being 15 billion miles. .Tho comet Is something of a travel er. This one which Is due this month has been rushing through space at COO miles a minute and by May 18 will bo going at 1,000 miles a minute. June 8 it will be nearest tho earth. Some astronomors believe It will touch the ground. The tall of the comot it worth con sidering. It Is of vast tlte, more than tho mind can comprohond. Some of them aro 400,000,000 mllet long and are composed of gatoout matter. Com ets are supposed to consist of vapor Ized carbon or hydro-carbon gaset. Whllo a manufacturer wns croosot Ing blocks pursuant to a contract, an Inspoctor was appotntod by tho pur chaser, whoso duty was to oxanilne nnd Inspect tho process. Tho Inspoctor and tho engineer In chnrgo were fre quently Involved In broils bordorlng on blows. Hearing of this, tho man ager forbado the bellicose persons to enter tho vat roomt unless ao compa nies by a third party. Eventually aa encounter transpired In wheh guns flg urod frooly. Tho Inspector was struck with a pistol on the head and his up ralsod arms, his assailant assuring him that his conduct waa duo to his anxie ty to got even on old scores moro than anything elto, and that It was an ex clusively personal trantactlon. In Crcesy vs. Rep. Cr. Co., 122 Northwest ern Reporter, 484, the Minnesota' Su premo Court allowed a recovory from tho manufacturer for damages arising from the chastisement, remarking that when tho master, ns In this case, has notice of tho proclivity of the servant to do harm, he is responsible, Tho Alabama Constitution provides that whon a prisoner Is taken frpm Jail nnd killed, owing to the neglect of tho shorlff, tho officer may bo Im peached. A negro confined In a Jail for murder was quietly taken out and killed by n few masked men, who ovor enmo the doputles on guard. For 20 years tho sheriff had been an officer of unusual brnvory and devotion to duty. Tho excltumont which usually preccdos n lynching was absent. In Slate vs. Caialas, 50 Southern Report er, 00, tho Alabama Supremo Court hold that tho sheriff's conduct merited, his removal from oftlco. He could not presumo that thoso who desire to In vade tho premises will Inform him of tho fact, or mako such n demonstra tion on tho streets ns to advertise their Intentions. When a crime of pe culiar enormity has been committed, exciting public Indignation, and sug gestions aro made that tho prisoner be lynched, It Is a sheriff's duty to take precautions that wl effectually thwart nn unauthorized entry of the Jail. A BluMjulnr Marring CuMoiu, The Kurds have a very curious ana somewhat dangerous marrlago cus tom, which one would think would be more honored In the breach than In the observance, Tho husband, sur rounded by a bodyguurd of twenty or thirty young mon, carrlet hit wife homo on hit back In a scarlet cloth nnd la desperately assaulted tho wholo way by a number of girls. Sticks and atones are hurled at the bridegroom, who In the coming home with his brldo can hardly be considered a very happy man, for the Irato amazons often Infllst on him markt which he carrlet to the grave. It may bo that among tho lady pursuers are some of tho bridegroom's former "flames," who turn the mock attack Into down right earnest to avenge slighted love. Ifut a Modern Cuatuiu. fn a certain church In Phldadelphla the custom has prevailed of presenting to oach scholar of thu Sunday school an egg during the exercises at tho cele bration of Easter. On an occasion of the kind the assistant clergyman arose and made this announcement, "Hymn 419, 'Ilegln, My Soul, tho Exalted Lay after which tho eggs will bo distrib uted." Llpplncott's, t'olllle. Mrs. Noensh Mure v I Ynu lot vnm. girl off every attornoonl Neighbor Yet, Indeed, It Is such a saving. Tho rnoro sho is awny tha fower dlshos she breaks, Illustrated Hits. Saved 11 U Llfo, "Don't cbldo mo for carrying a re volver. This llttlo gun saved my life onco." "How exciting! Toll me about It." "I was starving, and I pawned it."- Cleveland Leader. Talk with anr little man Ion enough, and he will remind you tha NapoMoa vas oi amau suture, ...VW.,JV 'iJAidi' '