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wvs I WIRELESS GRAFT UP IN MILLIONS Leaders of United Concern Ar rested by Federal Officers. PoiUI Inspector Says Officials of Company Sold Stock for Thous and Times. Its Value. Now York, N. Y. United States postofilco inspectors raided the hand some Broadway offices of tho United Wireless Telegraph company today and caused tho arrest of Christopher C Wilson, president of tho company; Samuol S. Bugart, first vice-president, and William W. Tompkins, president of the New York selling agency, which, officers of the wireless company say, was formerly their fiscal agent, but has ceased to represent. them. Chief Inspector Mayer subsequently gave out a statement, in which ho charges that, although the company has been running at a loss, tho price of its shares have advanced by manipula tion to fictitious values and that indi vidual officers of the company have sold out their stock to the general public at a profit estimated in ono Instance at between 16,000,000 and $10,000,000. Wilson was released on $26,000 bait and Bogart on $10,000 ball for appear ance on July 12, when a further hear ing will be held before a Federal com missioner. Tompkins was arrested at his farm near Mahop Falls, Pa., and brought "here. He could not find $10,000 and pent the night in the Tombs. The specified instance of "alleged fraudulent use of tho malls is given aa the mailing of a letter on March 8, 1010, to Michael O'Brien, of Water burg, Conn. "There are 28,000 shareholders of tho company throughout tho country," said Inspector Mayer, in his statcmont, "many of whom have placed their sav ings in tho stock of tho company through fatso representations mado by its officers. "Tho real assets of tho company, consisting of land stations, patents, manufacturing plants and real cstato of all kinds, nppoar to bo worth, at a conservative estimate, $400,000, or an actual worth of 2 cents a share." Two million shares have been issued at a par value of $10, but tho stock has recently boon put up to $60 a aharo. "Thus," argues tho Inspector In his statement, "by taking tho last amount quoted ($400,000 of actual assets) at $60 a share, the stock is really worth aa $4000,000 is to $1,000,000,000, or $0.0004 a sharo." The Inspector says the company was originally Incorporated as the Amalga mated Wireless Sureties company in 1004. In 1006 it took over tho assets and business of the defunct Ameri can Do Forest Wireless Telegraph company, which was then running at a loss, exchanging therefor Its own se curities on a ten for one basis. "At, this timo," says the inspector's statement, "when officers of tho Do Forest company were secretly conniv ing to abandon it and leave the stock holders a mnss of worthless securities, Its stock had been forced to an alleged valuo of $12.60 a sharo, or $2.60 above par. "Another Item in tho statement sent cut to stockholders was patents and patent rights, $6,620,233. Tho affairs of tho company were recontly audited by a firm of licensed accountants, who placed tho book value of all patents at $220,233. ( "The officers of tho company have sold to tho nubile thousands of shares, claiming all the while that they were holding their own shares and putting the money received from the public into the plants of tho company. One of the officers Is believed to have cleaned up $6,000,000 and possibly $10,000,000 at prices ranging from $10 to $60. Water Route to Bo Ued, North Yakima, Wash. Two of the large department stores of Kennewlck will order their fall stocks of goods shipped from New York by water to the isthmus of Panama, via railroad to the Pacific, and up the Col umbia river. This is nearly an "all water route." A considerable saving in freight rates can be mado in this way. The first large shipment over this route was made this spring, when the entire shearings of the Coffin Bros. sheep were consigned to Boston by water. Rough Riders Gathering. New York. From all points of the compass the Rough Ri ders are assembling to act aa escort of honor to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt on Saturday, and from the moment the ex-president puts his feet on his native soil at the Battery until he takes Jthe train for Oyster Bay he w"l b- ur rounded by the men who helped in the charge up San Juan Hill. At least 400 of the hard-riding cavalrymen are ex pected to be on battd to greet their old commander, and their presence is to be one of the many fea tares. Hayf i-awnd Bride's Girt. Chicago, A municipal play ground, passed as a wedding pres ent, Is the unique "keepsake" that has been given by Miss Allee A. Christo pher, of Evanetoa, who this evening became the bride at Gerry Edward Browne, an apple grower of Spokane, Washington. Dr. Walter g. Christo pher, father ot the Bridge, was for sev eral years a mesaber of the board of education, and he left the isspression el his sterling personality upsm it Great Gotd Strike Mads. VaneMver, B. C. Arrivals at Stewart, B. O., in the Qaeen Char lotte islands, today seat dlspstshsa to this city eonfraing the news of Mis phanesaenal strike al Iras asiUt-g feed in the Bitter Creak district, 4$ miles iabvad, that is easing a stniapss'e of everyone frees, 'aha entire Northern A sBsttlal BBisf BmsBsl IssanBM ahssatstsl fjslfj) t Jfc gjaSH snassa, smbsp sbssi avsmvew aad trsasd far tf aailss, wHh -tat in eight, amsles of the eraser g-eJeleB CBsssMfflssI Jb) A 4bBBs) FLOUR BOTTLE BLOWS UP. Chemist Tells of In'urlous Effect of Doctored Article on Stomach. Kansas City, Mo. Tho contents of a bottle, said by attorneys for the government to have contained bleached flour, exploded during the "bleached flour" trial hero today. It was whllo Professor S. F. Aero, of the chemistry department of Johns Hop kins university, was on tho stand that the explosion occurred. "What caused It?" asked an attor ney. "Tho formation of peroxide gas in tho flour," answered tho professor. "Decomposition as well as blenching would cnuso gas to form in flour," he explained. On cross-examination tho professor admitted that there were nitrites in air, rainwater and melted snow. Alfred Stelgol, professor of cllnlcnl medicine in tho University of Pennsyl vania, testified that nitrites, when in troduced into a human body, lowered tho grado of tho blood, depressed tho circulation, hod an Injurious effect on tho muscular tissues and excited in juries to tho stomach and intestinal tracts by Impairing indigestion. Ho added that In 60 years of practice ho had novcr seen a case of nitrite poison ing. Miss Hanna L. Wcsslyng, of the government food laboratory, Chicago, brought into court biscuits of her own baking. The biscuits had been made by Miss Wcsslyng from some of tho flour seized by the government. Those whjch had been subjected to the Grciss re-agent test were pink. Biscuits msdo from unbleached flour subjected .to the same test retained their normal color. Miss Wesslyng said tho pink color indicated tho presence of nitrites. OPEN SHOP COUP IN VltfW. 400,000 Men Will Be Taken to Los Angelas If Unions War. Los Angeles, Cal. Owing to throats by San Francisco labor union leaders to spend a fortune If neces sary, to make this a union city, tho Merchants' & Manufacturers' associa tion, which stands for tho open shop, has arranged with 400,000 working men in the East to como to Los Anir oles toMlvo If a general strike is called horo. Thcso includo trained men in nil branches of tho metal and building trades. Secretary Zechandelaar stated today that if all tho union workers in tho city were to strlko their places could be filled In ten days. Ho added: "Wnhavo a list of over 400,000 names of non-union mechanics of every character registered in Eastern cities, who can and will bo brought hero if ever an attempt bo mado to force an industrial war. When they reach here they will find employment and will be protected In their rights ss Americsn cltitens to earn an honest living. Whatever may come, wo are pre pared." SWOLLEN FORTUNES BLED. Minnesota Gets Fat Sum From Es tate of John S. Kennedy. St. Paul, Minn. Through a settlement effected with tho estate of John S. Kennedy, New York multl millionaire, Minnesota has been en riched to the extent of $346,826. ono of the greatest sums ever paid in this country as an inheritance tax. Tho tax is the first paid on property In Minnesota by a non-rcatdent. It consists of 100,000 shares of stock In tho Great Northorn Railway company Tho stato will also endeavor to col lect an Inheritance tax from tho estate of tho lato . H. Horrimun, who Is supposed to havo owned stock in tho Minneapolis & St. Louis and tho Groat Northern railroads. This will prob ably far exceed that of tho Kennedy estate. "Open Shop" la Endorsed. Tacoma, Wash. Trustees of tho Tacoma chamber of commorce today adopted resolutions declaring for the "open shop," and it is announced the Commercial club will do likewise at its next meeting. The resolutions declare that "organized labor has no right, either by force or otherwise, to Interfere with taerlghts or any indl vldual to work for whomsoever he may see fit, and on whatever terms may be arranged between the employer and employe," and assert the "open shop" is for the best Interests or all. Brazil Next Sees Revolution, Berlin, Germany. Advices received by the German Cablegram company from Klo de Janeiro stato that insurg cnts-in the prefecture of Jurua, in the Acre district of'Wostern Brazil, have driven out the government officials and declared their independence. The Acre territory, where an Insurrection is reported to have occurred, has an area of about 74,000 square miles and a populalon oi about iu.uuu. ino ir ritory was acquired by Brazil from Bolivia in 1902. The liberal element predominates. 200 Lives Lost In Flood. Cologne, Germany. It Is estimated that 200 persons lost their lives in the flood that swept the valley of the. river Ahr, In the Eiffel region. Eighty- seven bodies have been recovered. These were found along the river bank. A report received here yesterday says that 60 lives were lost at the village of Schult when a bridge crowded with persons watching the turbulent waters f J fTl 1 . . . 1 was carried away. iuuuguvui. uh valley only one bridge is left standing. Father and Son Burned. Corning, N. Y. Clarence Back aad his son Bernard were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their factory operated by the Buek Manu faeUrins- company at Coadersport, Pa., yesterday afternoon. The elder Buck was the inventor of a so-called "safety" powder, which was manafac tared by a aeeret process. , Princeton Graduates SOB. Priaeetea. N. J. The 163d com' anesesaasnt of Princetos) university today was attended by one ox ute larg oat arewes in yean. President Wood sew WiUea eeaferred degrees oa 396 isssshsw ef the sea lor' class, sad Dean a s yw -Cj-.j tfc. Liur WW W , " WV WWW, MM pBaPw as waN as tlx BRIEF REPORT OF WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Washington, Juno 20. On condition that tho senato would separata the $30,000,000 irrigation bill from tho bill authorizing tho withdrawal of pub lic lands, President Taft today gave assurance to four Western senators that ho would not sign tho withdrawal bill until both houses had agreed upon and passed a bill making available at least $20,000,000 for Irrigatoin. When this assuranco was received from tho Whito House. tho senato re called tho conservation bill, took off tho $30,000,000 amendment and let tho withdrawal bill go back to tho houso for conferencs. The houso .today passed tho Jones bill authorizing tho Northern Pacific to build a brldgo across tho Columbia river between Grant and Kittitas coun ties. Instead of reaching a vote on tho ac ceptance of the houso postal savings bank bill, the senate was apparently further from that consummation when It adjourned today than when it con vened. Lato in tho day. and following speeches, in opposition to tho houso measure, Scnotor uacon oiicrea an amendment strikintr out tho provision regulating the investment of deposits In government bonds, and the motion was pending when the senate ad journed. Tho principal speech in opposition to the house bill was made by Senator Cummins, who contended the measure was a radical reversal of the senate bill. Tho conforces on tho navat appropri ation bill complotcd their work today and tholr report was submitted to the houso by Chairman Foes, of the houso naval affairs committee. This bill makes provision for two battleship to cost, excluslvo of armamont, not ex ceeding $0,000,000 each. Washlnirton. Juno 18. The rules of tho house were defended and critics of tho sneaker wero sovercly scored by Speaker Cannon in a brief address in tho session of tho houso today. Mr. Cannon contended that tho rules as amended by tho Fifty-first congress and as enforced by him had novcr In terfered with tho will of tho majority of tho houso whon an actual majority had objected on any proposition. Ho scored newspaper and magazlno writers who had criticized him, and declared thoy had prococded from a lack or knowlcdgo and upon laiso premises. Tho veneroblo Bpeaker was greeted by cheers from his Republican colleagues when ho had conciuuca. Tho speaker asked unanimous con sent to address tho house lor iu min utes. There was no volco of protest Nesrlv every member of tho house was in his place and every eye was centered on him. Proceeding In measured tones, Mr. Cannon declared that who ever would be speaker of tho house, whether for two or eight years, could not escape criticism. He spoke of tho 60.000 bills introduced In esch con- gross, all with their advocates demand ing consideration. "Many members introduced bills thst they don't wsnt passed," said Mr. Cannon explaining tho troubles thst fsco tho speaker. President Taft signed tho railroad bill at 10:16 o'clock tonight, shortly after his roturn from' Pennsylvania. Tho measure, as woll as the statehood bill, had been passed by the houso to day and sont Immediately to tho Whlto Houso. Tho president did not sign tho statehood bill. Washington, Juno 10. Tho houso of representatives today furnished tho ro markable spectacle of passing, with only ono mombcr voting In opposition, a strongly-worded "reform" rulo de signed to corroct an acknowledged leg islative abuse tho "smothering or legislation in commit too. Democrats, Republicans and "insur gents" Joined hands In adopting tho rule. Representative Rucker, Democrat, of Missouri, was the member who stood out against It. lie assailed tho new rule in vigorous language and was Joined in his denunciation by Represen tative Sims, Democrat, or Tennessee. The latter, however, did not vote against the rule. Representative Champ Clark, the minority leader, supported the rule "as a forward step in reforming the rules of the house" and asserted that he himself was tho author. Representative Dalzell, chairman of the committee on .rules, laid the ruie before the house. The measure pro vided for tho discharge of committees from' tho consideration of any bill and the placing of tho bill upon tho calen dar upon a majority voto of tho house membership. Denouncing the rule, Sims of Tennessee, shouted to the in surgents across the isle : "Where aro the fruits of your victory? Indians, show me your scalps. I want to see what vou will orcL Nothinsr." The rule, ho declared, was defective in that it permitted the recall of a bill from a committee almost immediately after it was referred, without giving time for its consideration. Senator Jones today Introduced bills appropriating $16,000 each for public building sites at wenatcnee ana cnens burg, Washington. Cannon and Sherman Lose, Waahigton. June 16, Vice Presi dent Sherman and Speaker Cannon must pay the salaries of their chaur feera and bay their own gasoline. The senate on Saturday gave up its fight for the two. appropriations or 12,600 each for the maintenance of the auto mobiles of the presiding officers of the two houses of congress, which sre fur nished by the government. The house refused to agree to the appropriation and three times the legislative and Ju diciary bill containing the provision was sent back to conference. Statehood Must Be Passed. Washington, June 16. Because next week may witness the end of the pres ent congressional session. President Taft has.decided not to start for New Haven Sunday night, The White House information today was to the effect that congress might adjourn on Saturday of next week. There is, of course, a ohanee that this program may be asset, aspselally ss the president is Insisting that the statehood law shall L. mm m sif s-rl Bs-t-Es-Ss-i sa-l iatumXmmmlt fwBf fJsBJsaWwBJVs) mmSmWW mmm mmmmrmnm THE DAILY Washlnirton. June 16. After re maining on tho Benato calendar for al most three months, tho bill providing for thb admission of Arizona and New Mexico to separate statehood was tak- cn'up by tho senato today and passed after a debate lasting a littio mora than two hours. A favorable report was mado to the senate today on the house bill appro priating $25,000 for erecting and equipping detention hospital for tho Alaska insane at Fairbanks and Nome. Representative Polndexter today in troduced a resolution calling for a con gressional investigation Into tho al leged timber-land frauds in the Marblo creek district of Northern Idaho, under which a subsidiary of tho Weyerhaeu ser company is alleged to havo ac quired tltlo to vory valuable whlto plno lands. There is no iiKcnnoou that the resolution will pass. A favorable report was mado today to tho senato on Plies' bill establish ing a subtreasury at Seattle and fixing the salary of tho assistant treasurer at 14.600. Tho !btll provides for a full corps of officials. There is no likeli hood whatever that the bill will become a law. Tho omnibus public building bill will soon bo reported to tho houso will carry $100,000 for public building at Pocatcllo, Idaho, and $10,000 for a site at Idaho Falls. Tho senate today passed tho Borah bill appropriating $10,000 for a site at Twin Falls. The president today nominated Guy K. Calhoun, of Seattle, as professor of mathematics at tho Annapolis nsval academy. This Is In accordance with the provisions of a special bill passed at this session. Tho senato today passed tho bill ap propriating $40,000 for tho construction of a residence for tho governor of Alaska at Juneau. Washlncton. Juno 16. With $30. 000,000 provided for tho completion of Irrigation projects and various other amendments, tho houso bill authorizing tho withdrawal of public lands by tho prcsldont passed tho sennto today. Several othor amendments wero pro scntcd. but nono of Importance was adopted. Among tho mora Important provisions rejected wero an amend ment by Bovcrideo specifically with drawing from entry tho coal lands of Alaska and ono by Goro bringing tho friar lands of tho Philippines within tho operation of tho goneral land laws of thoso islands. Thero was no roll call on tho final passsgo of tho bill. Tho bill wss taken up soon after tho senato convened, and a voto was or dered on tho Carter amendment author Izlng tho Issuance of $30,000,000 worth of certificates of Indebtedness, for Irri gation. There was no dobste, and tho amondment was accepted with practi cal unanimity, Senators Burton, Gal linger and Kean casting the enly neg ative votes out of a total of 60. Senator Borah, who has done more than any ono man in congress to pro mote the $30,000,000 Irrigation bill, is delighted that the bill, by a vote of 67 to 3, was today made an amendment to the conservation bill. In that form it goes to tho house for spprovsi. "My opinion Is that this action makes reasonably certain the final adoption of tho $30,000,000 bill," said Senator Borah "tonight "Friends of the withdrawal bill In tho houso are thoso who would naturally opposo the $30,000,000 bill, and friends of the $30,000,000 bill nro thoso who would naturally opposo tho withdrawal bill. "I feel very certain that both meas ures will bo adopted by the houso, for in viow of tho overwhelming voto of tho senato, ono proposition cannot bo accepted without tho other. Further more, President Taft has tho assurnaco of houso leaders that tho $30,000,000 amendment will bo accepted by tho house." Washington, Juno 14. Senator Car ter, chairman of tho irrigation com mittee, this evening in accordance with an agreement between President Taft and Western senators, offered the $30, 000,000 Irrigation bill as an amend ment to the conservation bill now pend ing before the senate. It was presumed it would bo prompt ly adopted, as it was supposed all Western senators favored this proceed ure, In view of the fact that the ways and means committee of the houso had rofused to report the senato bill which passed three months ago. To the surprise of everyone, Senator Heyburn objected to tho adoption of this bill as an amendment to tho with drawal bill, without stating his rea sons. When appealed to he told tho senato it had hotter adjourn or with draw tho amendment, for If It re mained before the senate and action was demanded, it would be necessary to remain all the evening. This threatened filibuster had the effect of inducing tho senate to ad journ, leaving the Carter amendment to be acted upon later. There are votes enough to pass It, unless Hey burn defeats it by filibuster. The only possible chance of passing the $30,000,000 bill this session Is as an amendment to the conservation bill, and that chance Heyburn threatens to destroy. Portland Cut Off List. Washington, June 16. Quartermas ter General Aleshlre has Issued an or der discontinuing on July 1 six offices at which transportation accounts are now settled, one being Portland. The quartermaster says the transportation accounts now settled at Portland are those of tho Astoria & Columbia River railroad, tho Oregon Railroad & Navi gation company, and the Columbia River steamship lines. Accounts for these railroads will be settled at San Francisco, and for steamship compan ies at Seattle. Organize Anti-Graft Society. Washington, June 16. An anti-graft organisation, aa yet not offlcally nam ed, will establish offices here this week. The offices will be in charge of Harry W. Walker. Among those ssld to be interested in the new. organization are Rudolph Spreckek, Norman Hapgood, Perry Belmont, Augustas Thomas and Joseph G. Willett. Sprocket and Bel seat will hold a eonfareeee within a few days and will fix the date ef the last aatieaal oeaveatlea. JTECJLECTED WEALTH. Han? Source of Profit Not Utilise In the Unllcil Statca. Modern sclenco is showing how to atlllzo almost everything and take ad vantage of naturo'B prodigality. Yet to-day In the United States thero Is almost incalculable wasto In certain directions. Though wo aro the great est coal producors In the world, yot we make only an Infinitesimal amount ot the coal tar derivatives used In medl- clno; antlpyrlne, and phenacetlno, to mention only two, aro imported, mostly from Oermany, but they nro mado from American crude wasto materials sent from America, writes Madison Peters. Our artificial nllzarlno, aniline, and similar dyes, tho Importation of which amounts annually to inoro than $2, 000,000, nro prepared from anthracooe paste, tho annual production ot which amounts to upward ot 4,000 tons, yot not ono ton Is manufactured hero. In many coses tho crude products of coal tar aro sent abroad to be manufac tured Into colors and returned to us it a high cost Tho United States grows annually 8,000,000 tons of flax Btraw, which should produco 2,000,000 tons ot fin ished flax fiber, which, It manufac tured Into linens, would add millions of dollars every year to tho commer cial valuo of tho United States. This fiber Is burned; wo havo not ono dol lar Invested In linen manufacturing from American flax, and import up ward ot $118,000,000 ot linen fabrics per annum. Tho amount of wasto In our forests Is Incalculable in tho wood, bark and sawdust that wo usolcssly burn. A specialist In Industrial chemistry has told us that sawdust can bo mixed with coal slag, spent dyo wood, turf, and peat, and compressed Into bricks of artificial stone, It will yield gas, wood alcohol, and acotlo acid, this lat ter Industry being now a flourishing ono In tho western part of Now York Stato. High explosives and various ktnds of gunpowder can bo made from saw dutt. Crcosoto Is also obtained from becchwood, and many sawdust com' blnatlons havo been used In making Imitation marbles, sidewalks, and, among other things, dlnnor plates. And thcso nro Just a fow of tho source: of profit now neglected In tho United Statos. Upon the Pun. Tho best pun In tho English lan guage Is Tom Hood's: "Ho went and told the sexton, And the sexton tolltfd tho bell." Tho worst pun Is that ot tho man who fell Into n ditch and rose with tho remark: "How vory dltch-trcss-lug!" Dr. Johnson said that tho pun was tho lowest order ot wit, but to this Ooldsmlth replied: "Tho pun, In other words, Is tho foundation of wit, eh?" Every Latin master likes to tell hts boys two puns. The first is a punning derivation of restaurant "lies, a thing; taurus, a bull; a bully thing." Tho othor Is a derivation ot virgin: "Vlr, a man; gin, a trap; a man trap." Among nowspapor humorists tho pun Is dying out. In tho old days, the good old days, the Burlington Hawk eyo man and the Norrlstown IleralJ man and tho Arkansaw Traveler man would pun at each othor llko this. "Wo don't enro a straw what Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would not smell as wheat. Ar kansaw Traveler. "Wo havo mado an oat of tho abovo. Burlington llnwkoyo." "Such puns nro barley tolerable; thoy nmnlzo us, they arouso our right eous corn, and they turn tho publlo taste a-ryo. Norrlstown Herald." Wllla Slimny fur Pel Cats. About $100 u year for tho malntcn nncn of a cat Is a largo amount, and there nro many otliors In our crowded cities who would be happy if such an amount ot monoy wero alloted them on every baby. Despite the need ot the poor, howover, an old mnld who recently died in London has bequeath ed the greater part of a fortune ot 190,000 for tho caro of hor pot cats and her horses. Sho was Kvelyn Frances Van Wart, granddaughter ot Marshall O. Roberts, of New York. Concerning her cats and horses, she said in her will: "I direct my oxecutors to mako pro vision for the care of my pet rata and I authorize them to pay $100 a year for the care and keep of each cat 'lur ing its lifetime, and I beg of them to sea that they are cared for properly I direct my executors to see that my horses shall bo provided for or merci fully destroyed aa they may think fit, but I do not wish them sold for any harder work than that to which they havo been accustomed whllo In my possession." A Nci'rvt. "The venerable Countess ot Cardi gan, the author, you know, of that wicked book ot memoirs, thinks Uie modern girl Is too athletic and hoy denlsh," said an English visitor to New York. "The Countess of Cardigan otter, tells of a young man who was drink ing tea with a beautiful girl when her little brother slipped Into the room. "'Mr, Mannorlng,' tho boy asked, 'can you stand on your head?' "'No,' said tho visitor, laughing; 'I don't believe I can,' "Well, I can,' said the boy. 'Look here,' "And he stood on his bead very neat ly In tho corner. "'Ha, ha!' laughed Mr. Mannerlng. 'ind who taught you that?' "Tho urchin frowned. "'Sister,' he said, 'told mo I must never tell.'" . To Mlaa It. Teacher Can any little boy tell me what a pessimist is? Tommy I kin, teacher. It's a boy what thinks that when anyone Is cart ed away in an ambulance on bis block It'll sure happen while he's In school , More Flttlaa. He It looks to me as If McCrabbs intends to discbarge the butler. She How much nicer it would bs K the butlsr could discharge McCrabbs. U' TOPICS OF THB TIMES A CHOICE SELECTION 01 X1TTXH KSTLNQ ITEMS. Oomaaeata aad Crltlelaaae Baa Vpom tke Happenlaea of the Der Historical aad Xnm Nolea. There Is no such thing as colored race suicide. Ere long we'll rlsa at break of day to let the big fish get away. A man died while beating a carpet. He Is better off than the man who died beating the public. The mollycoddle tenderness of tho age are apparent' in the appearanco ot near-women's hnts worn by men. Pickled horse meat masquerading as human food Is oven worse thnn some of tho things oloomargarlne has been doing. Qeorco V. has lone been a natnstnk- Ing and expert stamp collector, per haps owing to the fact thai he hadn't much else to do. Some recent estimates place tho pop ulation of the Chtneso emptre at only about 250,000,000, but thai ought to serve in a pinch. Ono cannot at present secure a di vorce at Reno, Nov., by telephone, but possibly Reno's facilities will be en larged and broadened. Whether a collego education Is or isn't a good thing, wn wouldn't have so many sides to every question it It weren't for college professors. A clubwoman wants college girls protected. Bho fears they think too deeply. Well, if they didn't think deeply at tlmts how should we know the correct way to make fudge New that mere man has secured a footing In Chicago thrpugh the hatpin ordinance, why not limit the height of the heols, the depth of color on the ch?eks and a few othor Idiosyncrasies? A largo majority ot the schoolboys' of this country aro earnestly hoping something dreadful may happen to William Bldls of Boston becauio ot hts unsportsmanlike proponstty to ao uulro knowledge Tho most popular term In the Kng llih language Is robbed of Its signifi cance by roason ot the treasury re ducing tho stzo ot the "long green." Worso yet, a fistful of $1 bills loses much of Its bluffing valuo. A suspender bucklo turned a bullet and saved the Ufa ot a St. Paul man. Heretofore it has been supposed that only Dlblss end cigarette cases car ried In the broaat pockei could be de pended upon as llfo savers. One publishing house In New York alone has published 10,000,000 copies ot the Bible and Is still at It. Leav Ing out the sacred character ot tho book, these sales provo that old Bam uel and the others are still regarded Prince Victor Napoloon win, It Is announced, renounro his pretension to the throne of Franco. Prince Victor Is about to marry a daughter ot the lata King Leopold ot Helxlum and she has a lot of money, so that It will not b noccssary for him to go on pre tending for tho sake of having some thing to do. A physician says n man Is Just ns old as his blood vessels, no matter when he was horn. Still, It will be difficult to convince tho publlo that n man whose blood vessels nro only 85 I no older than that If ho has lost hts. teeth and hts hair and can no longer run for a car without gottlng out of breath. It you should happon to boo a beau tiful violet-blue rambler roa climbing gracefully up Its trellis, do not con clude that you have been suddenly seized with color-bllndnesB. The blue rose has been developed at last, and was lately on exhibition at the Penn sylvania Horticultural Society's show. The buds are still bright red; when tho blossoms open the bluo color ap pears, i Virginia and Ohio divides honors as thn "Mother of Presidents," but at tin present time Mississippi has no rival for first placo In tho matter of United States Senators In active service. No fewer than seven members of Uie up per brnnch of Congirjs are sons of Mississippi Money and Percy of Mis sissippi, Clarke of Arkansas, Newlands ot Nevada, Ooro of Oklahoma, Cham berlain of Oregon and Ilalley of Texas. The nearest rival of Mississippi Is Ohio, which furnishes six Senators the two from Its own bordtrs, the two from West Virginia, Carter of Mon tana and Deverldge of Indiana. Mas sachusetts ranks third, with five na tives In the Senate, In the cases of no fewer than eighteen states both Senators were born elsewhere. The most curious Instance of this kind Is Iowa, which furnishes both of the Sen ators from Nebraska and one of thos from South Dakota, while Its own Sen ators wero born respectively In Penn' sylvanla and West Virginia. It sim ply Illustrates how prone young Amer icans are to seek new fields to conquer, and bow promptly they do conquer in the new fields. Women st)U are savages, declaims a sociologist of on Eastern Institution ot learning, and adduces as evidence that women still are addicted to per sonal decoration, such as stuffed birds and lively colors, which make of them walking mausoleums and rainbows In flesh and blood. Because fashions aro In part arbitrary and often barbaric no more proves (hat women remain savages than tho same qualities In men's attire provo that men aro sav ages. If women must cut their hair short and eschow ornament In order to lift themselves out ot the category ot savage, lot them continue to Invite this misogynist's condemnation. It tho scientific creature supposes that men have abandoned personal decoration because they no longer tattoo their skins, or stick feathers in their locks, he la ulstakea. Ho about the high hat, the "plug," as (reverently it has boen termed? Although tho silk hat Is the ugliest expression ot tho decora tlvo passion that over was devised, It must be regarded as decoratlvo, Inas much as no atretch of Ingenuity can construe It to be useful. In fact, the human male Is as much subjected to tho passion for ornament as the fe male He doosn't exploit It as artis tically as she docs, that is all. Dut profound students of human psychol ogy have affirmed that the vanity of the sterner sex Is quite as virulent as that ot the fairer box, and oven mora so. It Indulgence In tho Innocent and uplifting passion for decoration be proof of savagery, then men aro aa sav age ns women. We aro nil savages. Except perhaps tho Puritans of the Sixteenth century, from wlastn this Massachusetts sociologist, Is probably descended oxcept tho Puritans, who wero so abovo savagery that thoy had no taste for art, for the drama, and belloved In witchcraft. Truth Is, tho passion tor decoration Is a noblo one. It accounts for much refinement, for personal virtues and tor manners ovon. The passion may bo savage or half- savage or highly civilized. Dut pos session ot tho passion Is not ovldenco ot savagery. The quality ot Its mani festation Is. And ludicrous or un tastoful as somo feminine ornamenta tion Is, we will match against the worst womanly decoration, the male silk hat, and vindicate- tho formort XEPT HIS SOOXS IN THE SNOW. Uananal adnata Mathoita of Mer chant la Wealarn Canada. Americans havs made Winnipeg, Re- glna, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Edmon ton and tho majority ot Americans have cleaned up fortunes in the last few years because of tho Canadians themselves. I will gtvs one Instance of fortune-making, which clearly comes under tho head of "unusual business methods," a writer In the Bookkeeper says. In a thickly settled prairie dis trict not far from Moose Taw a few Canadians had opened up s coal mine, the product of which thoy .old to the surrounding farmors. Settlors would como In wagons and sleghs and load tholr own winter's fuel, which cost them from $1 to $1 a ton, according to the run. It was early winter whon I first made the acquaintance of this mtno and its romarknbto "superintend ent," and my first roceptlon from this Individual was n florco yell on his part and the frantic brandishing ot a long slick and tho words: "What the dovll are you doing? Can't you see? Are you stone blind?" I was literally walking through his booksl Slnco morning and this was at a o'clock In the afternoon he had been keeping a record ot outgoing sleighs and wagons ot coal In the snowl About twenty farmors wore drawing thai day. With his stick he had wrltttn the Initials of each la a clean spot In the snow and with that sams stick bad registered ths number of tons they had taken away. I had spoiled one-half of his "books," and it was an hour btfors he became at all affable. I was still more astonished when I entered the "superintendent's" little board office. The walls wore black with pencil marks, figures and namsi. A firs would have burned down his "book" ot two years past. BLACK OPAL LATEST ORAZB. Hoalnu Panlara Claim That It la tm II tha Co ml ii a; Jawal. Jowel lovers of this city havo re contly become Infatuated with a new Mono, the black opal, which mado Its npponrnuce In Doaton n short while mo, tho Tiaveler of that city says. It Is a most beautiful Jewel and has the brilliancy one hundrod times over ot tho ordinary opal, Thoy cost about the sumo prlco, loo, Tho black opal was discovered only a few years ago and first brought to this country by an Englishman, who picked up a few ot tho apoclmvns In Africa. Ho exhibited his treasure to a dia mond broker, and they were pro nounced of little valuo. A shipment was ordered, howevor nnd when the tones were polished they attracted much nttentlon. A Doston dealer recently purchased fiO.OOO worth of black opals and dur ing the past three months has sold most of his stock. The large stones, cut In different shapes, about the size of a copper cent, havo been mounted Into rings, pins nnd brooches. The ntone Is darker than the ordinary opal, but full of fire. At times It seems to bo n dark blue, then ngaln deep green and again almost black, but always full of bright splashes of gold and red, Doston dealers now claim that It will bo the coming Jewel and, mount ed with diamonds nnd rubles, present more beauty thnn any other stone re cently discovered. The black opals set In court rings around diamonds aro being called for the most. For a comparatively small figure ono can secure a showing ot black opals which rivals a cluster ot pearls and diamonds, lie Saaa Double. Ills name Isn't really Ouzzler, but It will answer tho purpose, and It is descriptive. Ouzzler has a habit ot looking upon tho wine when it Is red, frequently to the extent that he can see two bottles where only one exists. Now, Ouzzler Is married, and recently the stork paid a visit to his abode. Several days aftor the event two ot his frleuds met, and the following conversation ensued: "Hollo, old man! Hear about the doings over at Guzzler's?" "No. Another birthday party?" "Yes, In a way. Ouzzler's wife has presented him with twins." "How do you know?" "How do I know? Well, I ought to know, Ouzzler told mo himself," "Woll, I wouldn't place too much dopondenco on 1L You know Ouzzler generally sees double!" New York Times. A Teat. fY" "Have you completed your gradue- tlon essay?" "No." replied Mildred. "I read It over to father and he understood every sentence. I've got to rewrite It and put in more words ot four syllables." Waahlngtoa Star