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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A TROOPS
GUARD
Evans Lands Marines
to Aid Governor.
RELIEF SHIPS ARE POURINQ IN
Horrors Are Told in Delayed
Dispatches.
MANY DEAD ARE CREMATED
Buildings Crash Down, Killing All
. lwnntrs Shore Sinks Into Sea
and No Wharf or Sound
Building Remains.
KIXCSTOX, Thnrsday, Jan. 17. The
mtrrftm of thla -Hy are bow picketed
wit American guard. Admiral Evan,
at the request of the BrltUh authori-
t l..ded m force of BiaHarn fron Ik.
balflrahlp. MI.io.rl anil Indiana.
six hundred bodlei have bern rrcov-
ered and more are bclna: constaatly
fouad.
Drnamltr tm bc-lna- used to rlnr anay
the debris of shattered bulldlnKg.
The situation at Kingston Beemn to be
improving. Order has been re-established
and the work of burying the dead and
caring for the. injured Is progressing on
an organized basis. The work of sending-
In relief to the stricken city is pro
ceeding with energy.
Kingston is receiving: supplies as fast
as possible from, the Island of Jamaica
itself. The American warship., in toe
harbor have put on shore all the food
stuffs and medical supplies they could
spare, and the Jamaican authorities have
taken . rharg. of the distribution of all
provisions In' the city. In addition, Teller
Is being hurried In from all outside Quar
ters. The Senate yesterday FVlday) .'passed
a bill authorizing relief tor the stricken
Island; the people of Trinidad have eent
a first Installment of relief: H. M. s. In
deratlsabl. has left Port of Spain. Trini
dad, with provisions, clothing and other
mipplles for the stricken people; the
French government has started a cruiser
from the Island of Ala.rtirJ.Que with sup-
piiea for Kingston; the IIan6lon House
fund In London Ls growing- rapidly and the
British authorities are perfecting- the de
tails of relief on large scale, and In ad
dition various other steamers are either
on their way or about to start for King
ston with 'food, clothing; and medicine
aboard.
The report that a tidal wave had de
vastated the southern shore of Jamaica
lias not been confirmed up to a very late
hour Krlday night. Cable communica
tion with the Wand has been partly re
stored, but even 60, messages from Ja
maica are coming through very slowly.
The total estimates of deaths remain
at about 1000. Great relief is afforded to
all those who have American friends in
Jamaica by a statement from the office
of the cable company at Kingston that
up to 7 o'clock Thursday evening no
Americans had been reported killed and
none was seriously injured by the earth
quake. The list of known victims ls growing
And the names of no less than 40 persons
of more or less prominence In the Ja
maican capital already have been given
out a? dead. About 20 well-known men are
either injured or missing.
The reports make no mention of fur
ther earthquake and the fires all have
been put out
CITY ROCKS LIKE CHOPPY SEA
Not a Dozen Houses Safe Dead Still
Be In)? Recovered.
' KINGSTON", Jan, 17.-The following Is
a continuation of yesterday's dispatch
describing the earthquake at Kingston:
The devastation caused by the earth
quake became more apparent as time
passed. The shocks began at 3:30 o'clock
Monday afternoon and lasted 96 seconds.
The whole city rocked like a ship In a
choppy sea. The shocks were most de
structive along the harbor front, where
entire streets were leveled. Crowds of
frightened, shrieking people rushed north
Ward, seeking safety. Those who escaped
reported that large numbers were buried
under the falling debris.
In half an hour Are was rapidly spread
ing In the business section. The fire
department was unable to stay the con
flagration, owing to the Inadequate sup
ply of water, the earthquake having
broken the mains. The fire raged until
Thursday forenoon.
The buildings In the upper portion of
the city are uninhabitable, and the resi
dents sought refuge In the hills. Thou
sands are homeless and hundreds are
suffering from Injuries. . ..
The work of rescuing the entombed
people was continued Tuesday and Wed
nesday and fully corpses were re
covered, but many more were cremated.
Attempts at looting were made, but the
military succeeded in restoring ordex.
On Monday night 15 distinct shocks
were felt, but they did no damage. On
Tuesday there were 20 shocks and on
"Wedncsday ten.
Not a sound building remains In the
Jty of Kingston: less than a down
nuvtses can be occupied; the entire bus!-
ness section Is wiped out. Tha loss can-
not fall short of S5.000.000.
Tb whole of Jamaica, felt the shock.
but no. serious damage was done beyond
a radius of 13 miles from Kingston."
Uppark camp, north of Kingston, was
destroyed and 4Q ' stele soldiers were
burned to death before they could be
removed.
The King's House, the residence of the
Governor, was badly damaged and all its
former occupants are now living- in tents
In Trafalgar Park.
The death list is constantly growing.
SHORES S1NKIXB I.NTO OCKA.X
Remaining: Wharves Unsafe Xldal
Wave at AniioLa Bay.
SANTIAGO. Cuba, Jan. 18. Admiral
Evans lias notified Governor Magoon
that the shores of Kingston are sin Ic
ing into the sea and that there Is
terror in the city.' AH the vessels
coming" to Kingston are warned that
the lighthouses and harbor entrances
have been destroyed, and that the ap
proach to the harbor ls perilous.
Every wharf at Kingston not de
stroyed by fire is said to have sunk:
into the sea or to have been rendered
worthless.
Previous reports that immense tidal
waves swept Into ' Annota Bay, 'on the
north coast of the Island are con
firmed. The ruins of Kingston are
still, smoldering.
A. wireless message received from
the steamer Colon, at Kingston, says
that a schoolhouse collapsed at the
first shock, killing; many children. -
JAMMED IX OPEN WINDOWS
How Many Negroes Died Horses'
Screams Heard Above Din.
LONDON, Jan. 18. The partial restora
tion of communication is bringing a num
ber of belated dispatches from Kingston
I wnicn give additional details of the ca
lamity.
Alany painful sights were witnessed as
rescues were being made and When dead
bodies were being: extricated from the
ruinsc A number of negroes, trying to
escape through open . windows.. . became
jammed there by falling timbers and were
either killed outright or burned to death.
Rod lee. of the dead are being transport
ed by lighters across the harbor to the
pallsadea and buried well away from the
city.
Immdlately after the first shock there
was a rush of refugees to the sea front
and TOO persons were rescued by being
taken on board vessels.
Since Monday tourleets have been leaving
as fu.st as they are able to secure passage.
This tends to relieve the anxiety of the
authorities by reducing the number of
mouths to be fed.
Among the killed are Dr. Savage, a
prominent medical man and a Councillor
of the city of Birmingham. England ; Mr.
Machado, a tobacco exporter, and Isaac
Brandon, a merchant.
While the fire was at its height the
screaming of a number of horses cor
ralled In a ring? or fire Vas heard above
every other scund, even the .constant ox.
plosions and the crashing of falling tim-
bers.
Kin 150 ton was threatened with
a water
famine, owing to the bursting of the res
ervoir fed by thW rlope River. The supply
ceased for 24 hours, but there is -now a
plentiful supply from the Wag water
River.
The negroes are quite useless. Para.
lyzed with fear.-they are-unable- to help
themselves and spend their time In pray
ing. ... ...
Rain ls threatening, which is very un
usual at this time of the year.
MAXY BODIES ARE CREMATED
Decomposition Forbids Contact ISTc
. Americans Jvi I Ieilo r Injured.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-The State De
partment today was furnished with copies
of cable reports received by the Western
Union from its Havana manager regarding-
the Kingston earthquake. One re
port says that the latest information was
that no Americans were killed or serious
ly injured up to 7 o'clock Thursday, Jan
uary 17.
The report further states that It was
estimated that the number of dead would
reach 1000. These reports were furnished
to the State Department by President
Clowry of the Western Union Company
on its request for a statement of the
situation. The messages - are addressed
to Mr. Clowry and follow:
"Cable Ship Henry Holmes left St.
Thomas for Jamaica with operators and
instruments, also medical supplies. Later
information from Kingston reports no
Americans killed or injured up to 7
P. M.v January 17.
"Impossible to" touch charred remains
found In bad state of decomposition,
necessitating cremating some of them.
Estimated dead will reach thousand,
mostly negroes. Residential section total
ly destroyed. None escaped without
damage. Governor Swettenham gradually
relieving congestion, ordering people into
country, where water supply sufficient to
meet all needs and preventing outbreak
of contagious diseases, which generally
follows such disasters."
REFUGEES TELL OF DISASTER
Cigar Factory Crushes 1 1 O Workers.
'"' Many Limbs Amputated.
SANTIAGO. Cuba. Jan. 18. The steam
er Thomas Brooks has arrived here from.
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Tf Ton Were a Great Demo
cratic leader
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DEATH STRUGGLE
TO KILL DISEASE
Chicago Bends Efforts
to Save Children.
EPIDEMIC IS ON DECREASE
Aim to Keep Scarlet Fever
From Aiding Diphtheria.
PUBLIC GATHERINGS STOP
Society In Big Fashionable Suburbs
Turns Hermit Till Enemy Is
Beaten Council Votes More
Med leal Inspectors.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. (Special.) The fight
to stay the progress of the scarlet fever
and diphtheria epidemic in Chicago and
adjoining suburbs was systematized t$-
day. Heroic efforts to save children from
contagion were put forth by Ciiicago offl-
clals and by the authorities in Evanston,
Oak Park and all the other sections af
fected, as well as by authorities in other
suburbs not yet visited by the -epidemic,
who are anxious to keep it from their
midst.
In many sections there was a decided
decrease in the number of new cases re
ported. The chief efforts of the Health
Department were exerted to keep scarlet
fever from spreading- in the southern end
of the city, where diphtheria heretofore
has been most prevalent.
AH Public Gatherings Cease.
While Commissioner of Health Whalen
was appearing before the City Council
finance committee to ask that he be given
money to employ 100 new medical Inspec
tors, one of the most Important steps in
the crusade was taken In Evanston,
where Dr. William R. Parkes advised
residents to follow the example of Oak
Park and discontinue all public gathering
until the crisis 1s passed!.
The proposed V Cook " County schools
swimming meet, which was scheduled to
be held at the fvanston Young- Men's
Christian Association .tomorrow, was in
definitely postponed,. Evanston, Wilmette,
Wfnnetlca and Rogers Park society has
shut itself up until the- danger Is passed.
Dr. Parkes said the situation on the
North Shore- was well in hand and that
he .expected a decrease in the number of
cases inside of a week.
Deaths and Xew Cases.
Two deaths as a result of the epidemic
were reported to the Health Department
today. Sixty-four cases of scarlet fever
and 21 of diphtheria were reported to the
Health Department. Six cases of con
tagious diseases other than scarlet fever
and diphtheria were recorded by Dr.
Spalding and 106 cases were reported yes
terday. The Health Department records show
there are 15 contagious disease cases in
Irving: Park and four cases of the disease
in West Pullman. Five new cases of
scarlet fever developed in Oak Park in
the morning and were reported to the
Health Department.
RECEIVER FOR THEATER
N.
X2. .I. Price Starts Suit Against. Fred
Belasco and Others.
SAN FTtAICCPSOO, Jan. 38. Suit was
filed In the Superior Court today to dis
solve the business relations between the
partners of the Alcazar Theater.
The action was brought by E. ID. Price
against Kred Belasco, M. E. Ryer and
Adolph Ramus!), and asks for a dis
solution of partnership, the appointment
of a receiver, an accounting, a distribu
tion of shares and a temporary injunc
tion against the disposal of any property
belonging to the firm. The most serious
charge made ls that the defendants have
misapplied and misappropriated 912,000 be
longing to the concern.
Noted Engineer Kills Himself.
CHICAGO. Jan. 18. A. F Eldrldge
of New York killed himself last night
with a revolver. The shooting is be
lieved by the police to have been acci
dental. Mr. Kldridge was assistant
chief engineer of thw.Burllngrton road,
and was regarded hhly by President
WHEN
And Were Invited by the Faith
ful to Come to Oregon
Where, After
thnsiastlcally
Harris of the Burlington and President
fciiiott of the Nortliern Pacific; with
whom he had been asoclated for etg-ht
years. . Mr. 'XCIdride'e 'waa born at
Americus. Georgria, was graduate of
the Renssclar Institute of '.Troy, New
York,
Club,
dren.
and a member of the University
Ue left a widow and two chll-
SHIP LETIA IN DISTRSS
Vessel In Danger of Going Ashore
on Humboldt Coast.
EVREKA. Cal.. Jan. 18. The schooner
Tjottie- Carson.- arriving -here- tonight, re
ports speaking to the schooner Lettie.
4 i'i
John . K. Walnb. TCx-Fresident of
ChiraKo National Bank, Indicted .
for- fraud.
bound from San Francisco to this port, in
distress off the Humboldt coast. Her
sails and booms -were carried away and
the vessel was in danger of going ashore
should a storm arise.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature. 40
degrees; minrmum, 23.
TODAY'S Occasional light rains; westerly
winds.
Kingston Earthquake.
American marines land to guard city. Pace
1.
Marvy negroes killed by being jammed tn
windows, Page 1, '
Every man in large cig-ar factory killed.
Page 1
I-lTt of notable dead. Paere 4-
Rellef bin passes Senate and- President
signs It. Page 3. ; 1 .
Foreign. -a..
Frenrh yndlfate given tola; concesalon la
Kussla. ( Page 4.
Japanese . training fleet encounter! severe
storm. Page 4.
National.
House vote to Increu. salaries and Sen
ate will concur. Page 2.
Split among Republican Senators on
Brownsville riot resolution. Pas. 5.
HallliiB'-r appointed Land Commissioner.'
Page 3.
President Jordan enrages School Board by
attack on Japanese policy. Page 4.
Politic.
Baljer scores victory In Texas Sous.. Page
Domestic. '
Hasklns' article on diversity of state laws.
Pag. 1.
Dyer acquitted of embezzlement. Page S.
John R. Walsh Indicted for defrauding balk.
Page 3.
Chlca'go gathers forces to -light epidemic.
Page 1.
Terrible floods in Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Kentucky and Arizona. Page 4.
Chancellor Day denounces- labor unions.
Page 1.
Sport.
Dugdale announces he will fight Coast
league in Seattle. Page T.
Six-team league has been completed for
Northwestern circuit. Page 7.
Abe Attell knock, out Harry Baker in
eight round. Page -T-. ..... ;
Paclflo. Coast.
Thousands of sheep peristilng from severe
cold in Eastern - Washington. Page 6.
Store clerk graos bcuc of dynamite caps from
stove and . saves six lives. Page 6. : .
Committee appointments are made by Wash
ington Legislature. Page 6.
Commercial and SKarine.
Growers -responsible . for firmness of hop
market. Page IS.
Heavy selling weakens wheat at Chicago.
Page 15.
Spring trad, opens well. . Page 15.'
Bear raid on New Tork stock market. Page
15. , . .
Steamer Columbia still fast in the ice. Pag
14.
Advance In freight rates between Portland
and San Francisco.
Tort land and Vicinity.
Ten men, Including two suspected of com
plicity in Sell wood robbery, captured in
raid by police. Page l.
Coal shortage brings railroad freight traf
fic in Pacific Northwest to a standstill.
Page 50. - -
HlRh license ordinance strikes' an aft In Ini
tiative one Hundred; F. J. McKenna re
elected president. Page 11.
Fight for presidency of Commercial '01 ub
va.ei warm. Page 14.
Jury called upon to assess value of lost
toes; news of courts. Page 10.
Organized labor will parade tonight to show
sympathy for carmen's strike. Pag 9.
BRYAN COMES TO OREGON
Haying Been En-
Received
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And .Welcomed ij a Democrat lo .
Mayor and a Democratic Gov-
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SUSPECTS CAUGHT
IUD POLICE
Ten Men Arrested in
Lodging-House.
ALL ARE FOUND IN ONE R00!
Two Thought to Be Concerned
in Sellwood Robbery.
CARRIED HEAVY REVOLVERS
letectives Believ trie Place AVas
Vset as Headquarters for Gang
Guilty of a Series of
Daring Crimes.
TWO HELD WITHOUT HAIL,
The police believe they have In
custody at least two of the bandits
who - shot Patrolmen Eoreaion at
Bcllwood early yesterday morning. In
a raid on a room In a lodging-
liouse at 2284 Front street late
yr.l.rday afternoon. a crowd of
tough-looking characters were taken
into custody.
Among the crowd " were F. S.
Ranking, aged 21, and Charles An
derson, aged 24. who were carrying;
revolvers which they tried to hide
when the police entered. These two
are held at the City Jail without
bail.
Patrolman Sorenson la confined to
Tiia home, where he will have to
remain for perhaps six weeks. He
was shot through the left foot. Me
will not lose the member, as was
feared.
The robbers secured a small '
amount of money and stamps from
the poetolTlce. A posse bunted
them all day.
In a raid on a room In a lodging--house
at 228 Mi Front street, at 3 o'clock yester
day afternoon,, the police arrested ; ten
men, two of whom tried to hide blue
barreled revolvers of large caliber when
the officers rushed in, and it is telleved
that among -the gang are the three who
robbed the post office at Sellwood early
yesterday morning, during the progress
of which Patrolman Sorensen and the
bandits fought a pistol duel, resulting in
the officer being wounded in the left
foot.
The police believe that the ten men
taken Into custody at the lodging-house
are responsible for a large number of
daring crimes in Portland in the past few
weeks, and that two of them, at least,
were concerned in the Sellwood robbery
and the shooting of Patrolman Sorensen.
F. S. Ran kins and Charles Anderson are
the men believed by the police to have
figured In the postoffiee robbery and the
shooting of Patrolman Sorensen, as they
are the pair who tried to hide revolvers.
when the detectives rushed Into the room
and placed them under arrest. They re
fused to talk, and assumed an ugly atti
tude when questioned at headquarters.
Gang Is a Large One.
Investigation 'by the police showed that
as many as 16 men had been working
from the room in the lodging-house at
22R, Front street for several weeks, and
all evidently had been taking their meals
there. The place was equipped for cook
ing, and it looked as though they all ate
there; and the police believe that they
used the room to plan crimes.
Information to the effect that sus-
piclous characters were Inhabiting the
room where the men were found was
conveyed to the police yesterday, and de
tective Sergeant Baty, with Acting De-
tectives Burke and Klenlen, raided the,
place. At the first entrance of the of
ficers, Hankins and Anderson were not
in the room, but they were found later.
P.anklns and Anderson represent the
proverbial "tall and short" men. who
have been creating; a reign of terror In
Portland for several weeks, and It ls the-
firm belief of the police that they are
the leaders of as desperate a rang as
ever operated In this city. They were
completely surprised when confronted by
the police, and tried to throw away their
weapons. "TKey-could not do so. and the
large revolvers, fully loaded, were held
at headquarters as evidence. '
Among the gang taken from the room
Ion Made a Spwch That Wa
Tremendous Success '
was Tim Jones, aged 23 years, who was
recently arrested on suspicion of being
the man who heldup and robbed Mrs.
Thomas Roberts of a Canadian 25-ccnt
piece in front of the First Congregational
Church last Saturday night, as she was
going home. When called upon to identify
him, she waa unable to do so. and he
was released, but the police believe him
to have been guilty of the crime, and
when he was found in company with the
others taken from the room yesterday
afternoon, their belief was strengthen!.
The names of the gang as given the
police at headquarters were as follows:
W. J. RodRors, James Roland. Charles
-Winters, William Clark, Nick Miller, VI1-
llam Sweeney, Tim Jones, Frank Kelley,
K. S. Rankjns, Oharles Anderson.
Two Guns Used by Whole Gang.
The police believe that the members
of this gang have been using the re
volvers found on nankins and Anderson,
and that they have been alternating at
crimes, one pair going out one night and
another pair the next. It ls the theory
of the officers that the system was
worked in that manner so as to baffle
the police In descriptions, and to make
It appear that different men were perpe
trating the crimes each night. In each
case reported to headquarters the de
scriptions of the robbers have varied
slightly, but in each Instance blue-barreled
revolvers have been used.
. That members of this gang have com
mitted every crime here in the past few
weeks, with the exception of three safe
robberies. Is the belief of the police. The
latter will set about to gather evidence
against the prisoners, who are at pres
ent booked on vagrancy charges.
Among the more desperate and daring
of the crimes ascribed to the members
of the gang are the binding, gagging and
robbing of W. W. Beardsley, wife and
servant in their home last week; the
brutal assault and robbery of Non Tung,
a Chinese, at Mount Tabor, and the post
office' robbery at Sellwood yesterday
morning.
PISTOL BATTtE IV THE SNOW
Policeman shot During Duel That
Pollows Discovery of Robbers.
Patrolman Andrew O. Sorenson. who
was shot twice in the left foot during a
pitched battle with a trio of burglars, at
Sellwood early yesterday morning, is rest
ing easy at his home. Second and Market
streets. He will probably be about in six
Weeks. Sorenson found the burglars loot
ing the postoffiee. and the fight followed.
The brave officer, single-handed, made
every effort to capture the robbers. After
making his 3 o'clock report from the engine-house
at Rast Thirteenth and Ten.lno
streets. Sorenson stepped to the door and
looked up and down the street. A heavy
snow was falling and objects NX) yards
away were dimly visible, although the arc
lights were burning brightly. Sorenson
stepped to the sidewalk and started walk
ing toward ; ITmatillu- i'ieet. ane block
south from where he had reported to
headquarters. J-I had proceeded only a
few yards when he noticed a short man.
Wearing a light overcoat extending about
to his knees, standing In front of the
postoffiee. .At first the officer thought the
man was a laborer waiting for the early
morning car which passes that Intersec
tion, but suddenly remembering that the
expected car was not due for one hour.
the officer quickened his pace and soon
reached the corner.
As Patrolman Sorenson n eared the scene
he noticed two lights flrfshlng- inside the
Postoffiee and at the same time the short
man on the sidewalk caught sight of the
officer and dodged inside the fence at the
rear of the postomce. After warning his
companions, the robber peeped from be
hind the corner at the south end of the
building and seeing the officer approach
ing, shouted: "Stop where you are or 111
shoot." Sorenson refused to heed the
warning, whereupon he was greeted by a
shot from the robber's revolver.
Pistol Duel in the Snow.
Sorenson lost no time In replying to the
shot,, taking: refuge behind a telegraph
pole. Evidence of his good marksmanship
was afterwards found by an examination
of the corner of the building behind which
the highwayman was sheltered. A. regu
lar fusillade followed, and as Sorenson
stepped from behind the telephone pole
a bullet struck him In the ankle, prevent
ing him from advancing. The officer
emptied his sixshooter, but with what
success has not yet been determined.
Blood spots were said to have been found
where the robber sought refuge at the
approach of the officer, but these were not
in evidence at the time Patrolmen Wen-
dorf and Gruber and an Oregonian re
porter searched the rear yard of the
postoffiee.
The shooting was reported to Captain
of Police Bailey, of whose relief the
wounded officer is a member, and the
patrol wagon -with Patrolmen Wendorf
and Gruber waa quickly on the way to
the scene.
Gruber drove from Second and Oak to
East Thirteenth and Umatilla through the
heavy snow and rough streets in 40 min
utes, and' after ascertaining that Sorenson
was not seriously wounded, the Two offi
cers commenced a preliminary search. As
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If Some One Reminded T
1'ou of I
Major- .
Orerons Overwhelming MaJ
ity Wouldn't It Jar Voo
GREAT DIVERSITY
OF STATE LIS
Reach All Extremes on
Every Subject.
MANY EFFORTS AT UNIFORMITY
Freaks, Fads and Fanaticism
Rule Legislators.
WHEM WAR THREATENED
Different Quarantine Lavs Km-
broiled Two States State ConstN
tutionn Also Vary Greatly and
Are Hard to Amend.
BT FREDERIC J. HASKIK.
Washington, Jan. l2.-(Speclal Correspondence.)-!
the signs of the t'mcs
fail not. the American people will soon
devotes much thought to considering- the
difference between the laws of the sev
eral states and of the Federal Govern
ment. This subject has already formed
the text for & message from the American
President and a . notable speech by the
American Premier. Our complex system
of state laws includes within its rang,
the chicken-stealing- felony of Kentucky.
the blue laws of New England, which all
but provide punishment for frivolous
thinking- on Sunday. the dlvorce-made-easy
mill of South Dakota. and. the
trusts-bullt-while-you-walt factory of New
Jersey.
With all the talk of "centralisation"
and of "wiping out state laws," there Is,
of course, no intention upon anybody's
part of Interfering with what the sov
ereign State of New York shall say to
her barbers about the plans and specifi
cations of the powder pulls which It shall
be lawful for them to use upon the faces
of ' the sovereign citizens of that state.
Hut whether eome one state, for Its own
reasons, shall by the enactment and en
forcement 6f bad. la ws or the 'neglect and .
non-enforcement of srood laws be per
mitted to do thlngrs which work to the in
Jury of other states or the country at
large ifi another question. Leaving it
settlement to the members of Congress
andt the dry-goods-box statesmen of the
various communities, it Is interesting to
look for a moment at the difference in
our state laws. Important ones and pecu
liar ones aa well.
Law Against Honey Bees.
A. Missouri legislator. Riley Self, of the
Ozark region, once walked down a. street
in Jefferson City into a rear-end collision
with a honey-bee. Riley was' so ex
asperated at the audacity - of the little
bee In attacking his person without rea
son or provocation that he rushed to the
legislative hall and added a special chap
ter to the state law - which made It a
misdemeanor to keep honey-bees within
200 yards of a public highway. This
statute ls still in effect.
One may break into a house in many
states and get off with a year in prison. ,
but in South Carolina one may be hanged
for the same offense. In most of the
states there ls a sum of money fixed
as a limit between petit larceny and,
grand larceny, usually about o0; but fn
Kentucky If one steals even an old,
debilitated, domlnecker rooster, long since,
past his day of usefulness and not wortti
60 cents, It ls a penitentiary offense.
While Kentuckians are not especially
strong for the tariff, they Insist upon
protection for their hen-roosts.
Civil War About Quarantine.
The diversity In the quarantine laws In
the states which fear the yellow fever
plague was so great that for a few days
recently actual war existed between
Louisiana and Mississippi. The result
was a conference of Governors of the
Southern states at Chattanooga, whera
it was resolved to turn over the quaran
tine work to the Federal Government.
Congress has si need passed a law to ,
make the agreement effective. .
Once in a while, on a dull day. some
enterprising Justice of the peace digs, into
forgotten laws and makes things happen.
Recently when the Governor of Ken
tucky attempted to "put the lid on" tn
Ioulsvllle. a magistrate found an old law
that made working for profit on Sunday
a misdemeanor and which Incidentally
provided for a good fee for the magistrate
who brought the offender to Justice. This
vigilant upholder of the majesty of the
law swore in some extra constables and
arrested cooks, choir singers, hackdrivers.
streetcar motormen In fact everybody he
found working . on Sunday and hauled
them Into court. Before public opinion
forced him to shut down a few week,
later he had collected enough fees' to pay
his house rent for a year.
California makes the "heathen Chinee"
pay such a high license for the exquisite
privilege of working in gold mines that
the Celestial cannot compete at all with
white labor. In this Kind of work. There
are many patient husbands ... New York
Oity who would be glad to see the Em
pire State follow the example of Ten-
nessee and put such a heavy tax on trad
ing stamps as to drive them out of busi
ness. Tennessee prohibits flirt In gr with
sirls attending: boarding schools by a
statute called the "Johnny-law," but the
enactment' Is silent about all other types
and forms of flirtation. Tn Indiana one
may be arrested and fined for the crime-
of having In his possession a cigarette
or the "makln's thereof."
To paraphrase Holy "Writ, "of making
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