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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, MONDAY JULY 20, 1903. ROBBED BY EXPERTS The "Differ ent Store" OLDS, WORTM AN & KING Fifth and "Washington. Montana Saloonkeeper Held Up, Bound and Gagged. WIRES CUT TO STOP PURSUIT Bandits Make Away With f TOO and Leave Tkeir Victim Helpless ia Ills Dark Saloon Carefal A'ot to Steal Checks. WALLACE, Idaho, July 19. (Special.) Peter Nelson, who runs a saloon at Sellsh, Mont., was the victim of doW highway men at ms place of business last night. His losses aggregate 5700, and he was found trussed up In the saloon this morn ing. Before the thugs left Sellsh they cut the wires both ways, so that wire com munication out of Sellsh was not possible until this afternoon. Nelson was about to close his saloon Saturday night when two strangers ap peared with revolvers, which they aimed at his head, commanding him not to move. He thought they were drunk or Joking, but was soon undeceived. The highway men bound him, gagged him with a gun nysack and proceeded to rifle the till. They found $100 in gold and a collection of watches and other Jewelry which had been left there by bibulously inclined men from time to time, to the value of about $300. Among other valuables were checks and drafts on Wallace and Missoula banks for nearly 52000, but these were not taken. When they had thoroughlyransacked the place they put out the lights and slipped away, leaving Nelson In the saloon, where be stayed, unable to release himself, until morning, wben a friend broke In and re leased him. SUFFERS FROM STRANGE DISEASE. Llna Countr Boy Has Not . Moved Limb In Two Years. ALBANY. Or.. July 19. (Special.) About Ave miles from Albany, In Linn County, Is a very Interesting case of poly arthritis deformous, which has attracted the attention o the entire community. It is an extremely rare case,and has an In teresting: story connected with it. The afflicted party Is 'Ernest Miller, the 18-year-old son of Mart Miller, a pioneer resident of the county. For two years the boy has lain on his back without a visible muscular movement, except in the facial muscles. His arms are stretched out at almost angles to his body, while his feet are drawn up to his hips. These limbs have been In the same position for two years, any movement causing: such cute pain as to be unbearable. So sensi tive are the different parts to any touch whatever that the boy's finger-nails have not been roanlcured nor his hair trimmed during the entire time. Nor can his limbs or head be bathed or cleansed, the slight est touch causing excruciating pain. The limbs are warped out of shape, and have a lifeless appearance. . In striking contrast to the wasted body is the clear mind of the boy. He Is an assiduous, even voracious reader, and talks Intelligently on most any topic, tyi .enjoys company, and regular visits are made him by many Albany people. The disease came on gradually, and Ernest went about on crutches for some time before becoming bedfast. "When Anally he was confined to his bed, and his limbs began stiffening and assuming their lifeless color, the neighbors caused a sensation In the community by announc ing that the boy was ossifying. So firmly was this report rooted in the minds of the people that for months they talked of the boy whose flesh was gradually, turning to "bone. Physicians pronounce thlB one of the rarest diseases they have ever known. For two years Ernest Miller's pulse has beaten at the rate of from 130 to 100 pulsa tions per minute. He eats regularly and quite heartily. BE AS LEY BROUGHT BACK. Alaska Contractor Ready to Answer Charge of Forgery. WASHINGTON, July 19. Deputy United States Marshals Charles E. Herron and D. W. Dwyer; of Alaska, arrived here to day from New York, which place they reached today on the steamer SU PauL They had in charge James C Beasley, of Cape Nome, who is being taken back to Alaska. RpdkIav. lnepther with a Mr. Burns, had a contract to erect a telegraph line for the iTnJfpfl States in Alaska. Beasley naa charge of the business. The credit of the firm was considered good, and when the -hek! nurnortlnc to be drawn oy tne jirm were presented for payment in San Francisco at the Army Paymaster's office, the signatures on two of them were omnrt to h forceries. These checks were Indorsed, it is asserted by Beasley, for the firm of Beasley & Burns. The Govern ment has decided to hold Beasley respon sible for. the sum represented by the hivlffi. which foot ud about 5000. Mr Rp&slev was found by the marshals In South Africa, where he had been for incn vears. encaced In ODerating In mines "When arrested, he promptly expressed a desire to have tne matter ciearea up to the satisfaction of the Government. DROWNED NEAR 1VAITSBURG. John Dexter, Oregon Harvest Hand, Perishes While Bathing. SPOKANE. Wash., July 19. (Special.) While "bathing at Teal bridge, two miles above Waltsburg, this morning, John Dexter, a harvest hand in the employ of Frank Kaiser, was drowned. exter was wading in four feet of wa ter, when he stepped Into a deep hole. He could not swim, nor could any of his four companions. They tried to rescue him with poles, but the poles were a few Inches short of reaching the struggling man. He sank in a few minutes. About two hours later S. D. Stoufer and Charles James, who -had been summoned from Waltsburg, recovered the body. Dexter was unmarried. He came to Waltsburg lately from Oregon. His brother-in-law and two brothers are with the harvest crew employed by Kaiser. MOST UNGRATEFUL FOOTPAD. Getting No Money, He Kicks Victim, Who Oftered Lunch. OREGON CITY, Or., July 19. (Special.) Gallasrher Bowers, an employe, in the Crown Paper Mills, of this city, was ac costed bv a lone highwayman on tne sus' pension bridge In this city at 2 o'clock this morning, as he was returning from his shift. Being without money or jew elry. Bowers offered to share with his un welcome acquaintance the remainder of the luncheon that he carried in a basket, but the bandit became Indignant and kicked his unproductive victim. The loot pad was armed with a large revolver. NORTHWEST DEAD. Wort Bacon, Greenville. FOREST GROVE, Or., July 19. (Spe cial.) Wort Bacon, aged 45 years, died suddenly at his home near Greenville last night. He leaves a wife and child. He had been in Forest Grove yesterday after noon arranging with John Beal, a real estate agent here, to take charge of his office, and departed for his home about 6 o'clock, and at 11 o'clock he was .dead. He had resided In Portland and In Wash ington County the past 15 years. Intel inent will be in the Wilkes cemetery. Tuesday. Mr. . Bacon was the son of Mr. THE Greatest, Grandest Merchandising Event ever held in Portland opens this morning I Tie Stoze, Mill and Factory Clearance Sale! Here for one week real bargains hold high carniyal. Here have been gathered together from the mills and factories of the world the most stupendous values ever offered under any one mercantile roof in all this section of country and, combined with our own splendid stocks, this sale offers such a stupendous aggregation of money savings as must at once insure your instant and hearty co-operation. In addition to the page of bargains printed in yesterday's Oregonian and thousands that cannot get in print, we annex the following. Remember, this great sale lasts one week opening at 8 this morning, but some lots are small and may not last thro, some perhaps but a day, so lose not a moment, get here early for your share of this bargain banquet. Sensational Clearance of Lace Curtains From the Stof e Stocks 4:th Floor Nottingham Lace Curtains, Brussels and Renaissance effect, some samples, slightly mussed. 33 pairs, 7 styles, value $2.25, 33 pairs, 4 styles, value $2.75, 92 pairs, 10 styles, value $3.25, 14 pairs, 2 styles, value $4.00, Immense Purchase of Crockery Glassware From Pottery and Factory at Wonderful Bargain Prices! DINNER SETS In American china at one-third reduction from usual store prices. Neat pat tern, decorated in natural colors, full gold line. 50-piece set $6.96, 60-piece set $8.80, Decorated China. Plates, Saucers, Salads, Chocolate Pots, Teapots, Cracker Jars, Cups and Saucers, Water Pitchers, Sugars 'and Creams at ONE-THIRD REDUCTION. SPECIAL IN GLASSWARE Glass Comport, Glass Butter Dishes, Glass Vinegar Bottles at ONE-THIRD REDUCTION. Stirring Sale of Dt ess Staffs 1 From the Mills Wonderful WOOL WAISTINGS Light and dark colors, with fancy and plain stripes and cream grounds with colored stripes; all cream with silk stripes in etamine, granite and surah weaves, 28 tZA inches wide, regular price 75c and 85c yard, this week, per yard J OttC A great sale of Fancy Novelties in mohairs, hriilantines and Sicilians, in black or blue grounds, some plain, some brocaded with stripes, dashes and dots of white woven in; also black and white check; these goods are suitable for Summer wear for skirts, waists and dresses, as owing to their hard wiry weave and finish dust does not adhere to them, 44 and 46 inches rj s wide, $1.50 grade $1.20, $1.25 grade 98c, $1.00 grade SPECIAL ON SILK WARP SUBLIME A lovely dress and waist . wool combining the richness durability of woolen ones, wide, regular $1.00 value, All sizes, all the week, $2.50 grade, HERE for Women's $5 and $6 Pattern Oxfords, patent kid. Louis heels, the acme of the season s fashion, JO 7 all week BOYS' VACATION SHOES Solid Box Calf or Vlcl Kid: Sizes 11 to 13, values to 52.00. J.f g Sizes 13'to 2V vaiues'to "$25! and Mrs. Cyrus Bacon, the aged couple who died here last April within three hours of each other. Garret Hendricks, of Welser. WEISER. Idaho, July 19. (Special.) Garret Hendricks, the first resident of what Is now Huntington County, Idaho, Is dead. He was nearly 78 years of age. He removed to this section from the Wil lamette Valley Oregon, over 40 years ago He was at one time wealthy. He was un married and had relatives living at French Prairie, Oregon. Lyon Adolph, Salem. SALEM, Or., July 19. (Special.) Lyon Adolph, a son of the late Samuel Adolph, died at the home of his mother In this city last nignt, agea ou years. .uesiues , tne iew remaining Eiuewiieeiens m bw his mother, Mrs. Mary Adolph, he leaves I vice on the Sound, struck Craven rock, three brothers and two sisters: Joseph, near Marrowstone Point. A dense fog Samuel. William and Ida Adolph and J prevailed at the time- Investigation Mrs. Eva Greenbaum. Ran of Salmon Improving. ASTORIA, Or.. July 19. (Special.) The run 01 saimon continues tu uuyiuvt, u.wu fSJiJSSSL catches, tho glllnetters doing especially well last night, milenone of the plants have been blocked, all the cold-storage fatf&h2Z Bros, and J. Lindenberger. who have been paying 7 cents per pound for the large or spans: -sff" n,y 5 cenu ,odiy for all Bizes oz nsn. . uiar voamy rrcs,,. SALEM. Or.. July 19. (Special.) Man- ager H. S. Gile, of the Willamette Valley Prune Association, returned today from Vancouver, Wash., where he met tho prunegrowers of Chirk County yesterday, He reports, that an enthusiastic meeting was held, with about w growers present. A temporary organization was formed, with Augustus High as chairman, and an adjourned meeting will be held next Thursday, when a permanent organiza tion will be formed. Mr. Gile says that the new organization will control at least half of the prune crop of Clark County, and this without any active solicitation for members of the association. Italian DbIcc Is CemlBg. ROME, July 19. The Trlbuha says the Duke of Abruzzi. on the cruiser Llguria, will shortly visit several North American ports. No Need of It. There Is no occasion for anyone to ex periment with new remedies for bowel complaints for none can possibly be better than Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It never fails and is Sleasant to take. Mr. I. C. Mezell, of ellers. Ala., says: "Several days ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea. My bowels moved six or eight times within an hour and a hajf, after which I was so weak and sick that I could not attend to my work. I went to the house to go to bed but before lying down took a dose of Chamoerlain's .Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy; Within an hour I was feeling all right and went back to the store end resumed my work. I. clerk for Mr. W. W. Sellers, of this place." For sale by all druggists. special at $1.78 special at $2.20 special at $2.65 60 pairs, 7 styles, 31 pairs, 3 styles, 20 pairs, 4 styles, 19 pairs, 3 styles, special at $3.15 17 pairs, 3 styles, value $6.00, special at sale price $4.64 sale price $5.87 100-piece set 112-piece set one-third reduction. Five ftyles All at of color and beautiful luster of silken to be had in all the pretty evening shades, 37 inches this sale ritte" Thousands of Shoe Bargains Orer $i 0,000 Worth of Splendid Shoes to fee Stifictf Sizes 2 to 5. values to $2.50. (All the week.) CHILDREN'S BUTTON SHOES In Black or Red Kid, the usual A1L $1.00 values, all the week "xww WOMEN'S EMPRESS $3.50 SHOES. Five new lots added for this week's sale; Oxrords or high cut; the best $3.50 shoe made In America JO lor women, all this week....vP'', CHILDREN'S STRAP SLIPPERS A OLD STEAMER A WRECK NORTH PACIFIC RUXS AGROUND TWICE OX THE SOUXD. Rescuing Tng Also Grounding, Aban dons Her and She Tarns Turtle and Becomes Tatal Loss. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., July 19. While bound from Seattle to Vancouver with freight, and passengers, the pioneer ! passenger steamer North Pacific, one of showed the vessel to be leaking and dls tress signals brought prompt relief from Everett, tho tug C. B. Smith passing near. This vessel started shoreward. with the disabled North Pacific after . . . . ntr nt hart nnt proceeded faVunUl she also grounded, , , -p-tft- r SSTiffto SwseflnnS , ,.,. y,,. LTuedULdsrilow.ICtSe8r?1 Sh?wd f.?pealn?ll12S , "lng by the head. ss&sss s&ss&t&is , o house IndIcatea tne vessel I turnel turtle during the night and dropped ! the boilers and engines to the bottom of the bay. The vessel Is a total wreck. resisting all efforts of powerful tugs to tow her to the beach, and at sundown .can be seen slowly sinking from sight In the rlBing tide. It s believed the next change of tide will work the destruction 0f the battered shell. LAW FOR EXPOSITIONS. Foreign Exhibits Mast Be Returned or Pay Datr. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. July lS.-J?orelgn exhibits brought Into the united States for display at tne St. Louis Exposition will, under a recent ruling of the Treasury Department, be exempt from duty, provided they are. at the close of the exposition, taKcn out of tho country In the same condition In which they entered. This Is a customary ruling regarding foreign exhibits at all expositions where foreign manufactures and products are provided for, and similar Instructions will be Issued one year hence regardtng Oriental exhibits that are brought to Portland for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. In the case of foreign exhibits which are to be sold In this country, however, the usual revenue charge will be made, aa such goods are regarded as pure Importations for com mercial purposes, and naturally a large percentage of the foreign exhibits will never be returned to their owners abroad, In ortfcr to be exempt from duty, goods for the exhibition must be received in bond At the first port of entry Into this country and sent In bonded -cars direct value $2.50, special at $1.99 value $3.00, special at $2.45 value $3.50, special at $2.85 value $5.00, special at $3.95 $4.85 $13.68, sale price $ 9.12 $15.74, sale price $10.49 v Values 1 material, half silk and half fabrics with the softness and 69c new lot, Vlcl Kid or Patent Leather, one or two strap, $1.25 and $L50 val ues, all this week: Sizes 6 to lOtf, for .S9c 98c Sizes 11 to for OLD LADIES COMPORT SHOES. Congress, lace or Jullettes, values to 52.00, and all this week k ,07 for py to the exposition grounds, where they will be continued In bond until the clcso of the exposition. ,At that time they must be repacked In their original pack ing and returned through the same port at which thev were entered. The nillnir it Is said, will require the presence within me au iuis imposition grounds of up wards of 500 revenue officers, Inspectors and supervisors, and at Portland of a pro portionately emaller number, to be regu lated by the size of the Oriental exhibit. At at. iouia ana at Portland certain classes of goods will be subject to release without duty, such as personal supplies for use of foreign commissioners within the limits of the exposition, free samples of merchandise to be distributed by for eign contributors, and advertising matter in me xorm 01 literature. STIRRED UP BY FAIR CASE French Paper Gives New Contradic tion to Arrested Witnesses. PARIS, July 20. The papers devote con siderable space to the Fair case, the ar rest of Frenchmen on a charge brought by foreigners having aroused a certain amount of chaUTenlstlc feeling. Le Jour nal publishes a fresh Interview with Mme. Hourdet, who. with her husband, con tinues to assert that they did not see any bicyclist on tb day of the accident. A new feature in the case Is the Hourdets assertion that tyro cyclists stopped before the House on the day following the ace! dent and looked In through a window of the room where tho corpses were lying, one remarking: "That Is Fair; I knew him well in Paris." Hourdet says the description of the ac cused Frenchmen corresponds with these men. His wife, however, is less afflma tlve. Another poIr,t which has been brought out is that the Hourdets are dissatisfied with the sum f $15,000 given by Mr. Van- derbllt and Mr. Oelrichs for their cares In connection vlth the accident ALL AROUND IRELAND. King; and Qaeen Will Visit AH Prov lnces of Emerald Isle. LiOuor, juiy zu. une omciai - pro gramme of thfi visit of King Edward and Queen Alexanlra to Ireland shows that It Is the Intention of the royal couple to circumnavigate the island, set foot on all four provinces and stop at the principal towns of each. The festivities at Dublin will continue until next Saturday, July 23, when their majesties will visit Lord Londonderry at Mount Stewart. To Shat Morgan Oat of the Canard LIVERPOOL; July 19. The directors of the Cunard Steamship line have called a special meeting of the shareholders for July 29, to corelder a change In the arti cles of association with a- view to pre venting foreigners from becoming di rectors or principal officers of the com pany. Other "provisions ..will insure that the company iflll remain exclusively Brit ish and also facrease the capital by the creation of a new share worth $100 called the "government share," which will be Is sued only to a nominee or tne govern ment. Universal Reductions on All Articles Clean-Up Sales in All Departments : MUSIC J Songs from all the Operas : 17c Instrumental Selections : 39c Complete Scores : $1,39 SALE OF Razors and : Knives C!ean-up Sale of Stamped Linens FINE Drapery and Upholstery Materials at Half-Price. Sacrifice of all Ayt Pottery and Novelties Clean-up Sale of Combs and Hairpins Great Bargains In Ladies9 and Children's Hosiery THE SJiU COLLEGE, NEW GROWTH IS IX POPULAR It Dom a-Worlc the Great Unlvernlty Cannot Do Student Gain by Per sonal Contact With Teacher. Henry Loomls Xelson In Boston Herald. Willlamstown. Mass. What is worthy of note, and what has been nated outside of the newspapers, is the development of ,m11 nllacn Nowtioro than In Xew England is this development more obvl- oub. Here we have some excellent exam ples. It would be safe to say that they are the most obvious examples, for they are grouped, are in contact, at least, and are running together. It Is with no In tention of making an invidious distinc tion, or of suggesting that no other ex amDles exist, that I call attention to the stirring life at Amherst, Dartmouth, Bow- doin and Williams. Among those wno are concerned in college life there is much of Interest going on here, as there Is at Union, Hamilton and other colleges out side New England. In this movement, too, those who aro not directly concerned in college manage ment are not only Interested, but are taking their part. The people who have sons to send to college are answering practically a problem which has been un der consideration these many years, as we measure time In the United States. It Is unnecessary to say more of the small colleges In general now growing in some instances to be about as large as Harvard was when President Eliot began his distinguished career than that It Is not altogether the small college of a gen eration ago. In some few Instances, the small college has had university ambi tions, and more than one such Institu tion, not materially changing Its academic habiliments, has so stretched its .material tody that it looks like a young giant In baby clothes. There are a goodly number which Insist, however, upon remaining small colleges, and In these and In the Idea which governs them, the public Is growing more and more interested. I have said that the small college in gen eral is not altogether, the small college of a generation ago. I mean by that that It is richer in every way in which a college can be rich; especially Is it richer in opportunities tor scholastic work, richer In faculties and in material, including libraries, and yet it is not half rich enough in money and in buildings. Rich donors delect the already magnificent for their contributions. The small college utters no complaint of this, but It sometimes questions whether this preference Is always advantageous to the soul and mind of the university. 1 This sorrowful doubt Is always most fre quent when the million or so of gifts loom so larger in the president's eye that, for the moment, he Is blind to the spirit ual and intellectual achievements of his university. He boasts of wealth while , the rich fruits of his faculty arc forgot- i ten In the very presence In which they , should be magnified Aside from money gifts and it will get these in time the small college has consequence or a movement to com grown despite the prophecies of those who, pfete the educational system of the coun a short time ago, doomed It to destruc- i try, and. to give greater significance to tlon between the university and the high ! the B. A. degree. The student has his school. The public has discovered that I older adviser at the small college, an the university is for some and that the : amount of control and direction which small college Is for some others; that i makes his free choice more intelligent, a many American college boys, without firmer discipline than he can possibly have guidance, without contact with the pro- in a large university, and, necessarily, feasors of a faculty, are able to grow a closer contact with the Intellectual and wilder than the proverbial colt, and when spiritual atmosphere of the Institution, they take their B. A. degree to be even , The last generation has also seen a more Ignorant of arts and letters than j great growth in the scholarly work done when, fresh from masters, they entered at the small colleges, and this growth at Into the freedom of the university as, freshmen. So the small collegee, recognizing its field, has realized the fact that In the last four years of his Journey to gradua tion as a bachelor of arts, the student must have a certain right to pick and choose the studies -which are most Inter- $1.75 and $1.50 Black Dress Goods at 89c $1.50 and $1.25 Colored Dress Goods at 78c WASH GOODS 18-cent White Pique 9 cts. 12 1-2c and 15c White Nain sook 9 cts. 38c Linen Ginghams at , 20 cts. $1.00 Linen Wash Goods . 35 cts. 35c, 30c, 25c Wash Goods 15 cts. 50c, 60c, 65c Mercerized Oxford at 27 cts. Men's 50c Fancy Hosiery at 29 c Clean-up Sale In the Book Department I eating- to him. It does not stop here, how- J ever, as iopk the university, and tell the i freshman that he may run wild In the , agricultural pasture, givine him the op portunity of short cuts to a degree which j circumvent the hills and make apparent progress easy. It keeps hold of the col- lege Idea of guidance and direction. In deed, the university recognizes the value ' of this old-fashioned educational pater-1 nalism under which our great men of past j generations grew up; it, therefore, pro-, vides advisers who are usually, perhaps always, graduate scholars, good men, but ' lacking the confidence of the students. In the small college the professor, with ; an elective of 20 to -10 men, can do for , each man what the professor, with an ' elective of 400 or 500. cannot do for any one. So the college maintains the policy : or guidance, not restraining as it used to do. but still holding in with a firm hand ; the vagaries of the students. It seeks further to lay broad foundations for spe- clal studies, and refrains from sharpen-, lng minds at so youthful an age that . sharpness becomes the leading trait of character. ' , The practice of the. small college Is i worthy of comment, principally because it is becoming popular with those who feed the colleges with pupils, and partly because the growing strength of the small college has apparently escaped the notice of the usually well-informed newspaper, just as, perhaps, they have not noticed tho great growth of interest In intercol legiate debating, the undue sacrifice of scholarship fame to athletic prominence having so blinded the eyes of the scribes that not any of them can name a single famous college debater. Tho growth of popularity at Williams, for example. Is shown by the fact that the present sopho more class was a year ago the largest which had ever entered, being somewhat more than 135. That this was not ia sud den and freakish increase Is shown by the fact that the incoming freshman class Is larger still. The applications for ad mission enormously outnumbers those of the year before, and those who have en tered already, about 150, outnumber the preceding class, the September examina tions being yet to come. This Is a proof of the growing popular ity of the-small college, for It Is the be lief at Williams that this increase in numbers Is due to the insistence of the authorities that Williams shall remain a small college and shall maintain a cer tain amount of control In the studies of the men and their choice. To this end, the group system has been adopted hero asjt has elsewhere, the studies of fresh man year are still required with some option as to modern languages; but after freshman year a modified elective sys tem prevails. The student is led Into his choice of a specialty. He Is required to take at least two studies during his col lege course In each of three groups, lit erature, philosophy and science, and then he takes a "master study,'1 or specializes, during the time which remains. Thus he discovers his bent by working in all the departments, and cannot waste his time by flitting here and there, with the ultimate result, not only of falling to get an education at all, or any general training, but, of dissipating his intellectual force. Hero we have the demonstration of the growing popularity and the reason for it. Thi3 increase of DODularitv Is not at the ! expense of the university; it Is, rather, i wnuams, wnicn i snail take for my II lustration, has been very great In the last year. The new curriculum not only har monizes the studies pursued, but the re quired work,' and marks for graduation have been greatly Increased and advanced. It has long been a complaint both at uni versities and colleges that the academic Sacrifice of Most Elegant Costumes, SilR Coats, Silk Raglans, Lace Skirts, Silk Shirt waist Suits, Finest Waists All Remnants of Silks at Half-Price year has been too short. A generation ago the college year consisted of 33 weeksc This lias fallen, by degrees, to 33 weeks, and President Eliot and others have grieved at this decrease in limiting time. At this commencement the academic year at Williams was increased to 38 weeks by shortenlng the Christmas and Summer vacations. The worst problem as to the future of the small college seems to be in a fair way of settlement. Williams Is not sin gular, as I have tried to point out, but the college is certainly typical, aa It has been for more than 100 years. The best of university educatora know that the American small college Js doing its duty, and Is filling Its destiny; and that It will continue to turn out its due proportion of the strong men of the country. Tho pub lic has discovered what the educators have long known, and the truth is begin ning to have Its effect ujn the minds o. tho generous men and women who sup port and advance the cause of education in this country. In the near future. It is to be hoped, the material means of tho small college will be made sufficient ta equal Its requirements, to meet its op portunities, and to carry out its rich spiritual and Intellectual purposes. THIS WILL HELP SOME. Bob LncaH and Chick Houghton, Xoted Thieves, Arrested. Caught In the -act of picking the pock ets of C. A. Alpln, Chich Houghton and Bob Lucas were placed under arrest last night. The officers believe they have two of the thieves who have been causing so much trouble. The arrest was made at Rohses Park. The two toughs had enticed their victim away from the crowd. One of them hit him In the eye with his fist and dazed him so that he could not see who they were. An officer, happening along at the time, caught one of them with his hands in the victim's pockets. Houghton, and Lucas both have a bad reputation In Portland and are known to tho police as all-around thieves. Both have served terms in tho County Jail on charges of larceny. Houghton Is now under sentence for highway robbery. He was sentenced to five years In tho penitentiary but man aged to have the case appealed, and was out on bonds. The arrest last night was made hy offi cers Stuart,. Conners and Tichenor. American Foot-wear Sold Abroad. Philadelphia Record. Over 4,000.000 pair of boots and shoes havo been exported In this fiscal year. Ten years ago the value of boots and shoes ex ported was $500,000; this year It Is $6,000,000. One-third of this export went to England and one-sixth to British Australasia, and all of It was sold In competition with European manufacturers. Major Foster Thrown From Train. PUEBLO, Colo., July 19. Major Foster, of the United States Army, was thrown from a Colorado Midland train at Colo rado Springs tonight as the train was rounding a curve and It Is thought he is seriously Injured. He was standing on the rear platform at the time the accident happened. The Major was on his way to Denver from the Philippine Islands to at tend a court-martial. One Lynching? Mob Cools Down. MONTEVIDEO, Minn., July 13. MIsa, Helen Olsen, who was murderously as saulted in her home by a negro named Jackson, is still alive tonight, but the doc tors say she will die. Jackson, who was captured Saturday night and taken to the Glencoe Jail, made a complete con fession of his crime. There was no pt. cltement at Glencoe, and everything la quiet at Montevideo. Three Men Killed by a Train. CINCINNATI, July 19. Louis and Will iam Murr and two unidentified young men were run down and killed by a passenger tram near Avonaale today.