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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1908)
4 Till: JIORMMI OKKUONf AN. THURSDAY, AI'RIIj H5. UK). JEALOUS HUSBAND HANDCUFFS WIFE Cruelty Unparalleled in Ta coma Police Annals to Young Girl-Wife. FOUND BY HER FATHER llrrnU Into INuo and Find tir- I f r II .i n r t fo1 . IV mi ml 1 1 n 1 ami loot In Unl - llHHbund Take llor lo Hiiy S1mokl. TAVVM A. Wnh.. April 1-- (HpMnl.-Jii'4-nKinir In th wltMmv of hn Jniir htor' hotn. rtiMith St..lo utrrM, .1. n. (ilnon, nf M1lltnlKini. f.ithrr of Mn, tTntnn K. Oomlv. found hr hnndouff.Ml mul bound to a Ix'.l with r.p. n primmer In Jut own Immr. t ho victim of a hu 1'nml n jfiilhif rne unH of -niMty thnt no pr:illM Iti Tnnvnft. pnllno nnrinl. Mftrio nnly Is Nr! of iro, nml tlio i-oiiplo tifivf Iwrn mnrrliM only Bin .AuuM. ilnwly i n wolln or for ft llfo innurnni-o ompny Hy ' tn teuton tin hi-'' lonff prn.'twvrt mrwl bar baric cruolty to hli iri wlf. Korvtnjr bin wlfn' hm behind h r. Uamly Jiml this morning ulipp'M t'Pn )i-r wrist a pair of nt.vl Imtnlrnft. To th hnntW-uff" tin IH-rl two plo of cloth lino m1 fiiwtrnoi! the othor nH Jn a hard Knot to nn-h of th two hetul oMn of tho brd l,ft llrlplrss. Tll to ilto BmI. Not antlnod with tht?. iandy. with another pltM-t of rlothrs lino, ttwl tho fft of the unfortunate woman ami made thn rp( fjift to ttie, pewt of th foot of thn bed. Then, rolling ht wtf over on her ntde, tluTidy left hot helplcsn. locked tht doors behind him and went to his ofTleo, for flvft ntnrvth nt leajt onrf ft mok ami flonietimen ofiened, aeeordlnR to t randy's own admtaslon beforo JtnrtRo Ami mi. when arraigned thin after noon, prnetteed i.icii acts of cruelty upon bin young wife. Hts mind and heart. Inflamed by a mn lleva ah bad been recolvtnj? the atten tions of other men. Oandy, with the bandon of a hardened brlirand of FTnro fwRn countries, re.teit. under th sever cross-questioning of Axsoatant County At torney Iea. Inst a nee after tn.Ttnnr of h'w ha had practiced these acta of nruetty upon bta wife. Tnkea IO to liny Handcuffs. Mario ?and her apirlt broken, and fearlnn her husband would carry Into execution th threats he had often made to kill her, haa aubmltted !lneo last le rember to belnjc ao frequently left a prt-a-tner In her own home, unable to movo or freo hrraetf until her husband re turned, hours afterward, to liherate her. Aa h stood before court and prosecut 1ns: attorney, landy admitted that he ven took his wife alon with him to fha Ftora when he purchased tho handcuffs. JIa confessed also that ho would bind his wifo to the bed-posts, then lock the hotiaa and (ro to tho lnsuran.-v office to report for daily duty. After reporting he would return to his home. rele!e his wife and then force her to put In the day with blm while, he canvassed the city for In surance. Before, hlndinc htm over to the Superior Court in jwort had. Judgv Arntion jravn Jandy nn excorlatJnp such as no prisoner rvrr rmMwil before !n that court. Amusements What th Pre Arnta Say. "The B'le of New York" The aftmetton of th third and lat wMc rf the en(r(T-mnt ef the Sun Hnrl5co pra OmpBnv nt th Murquum wIM he that evr popular munlral corned v, 'The H1!e ef New York." in which the y-aiiln. force brokA int.' the worUi s record for Joiif rtins Horodom" Tan ta"ht. "nee ajraln th San Kranoisco Opera Cernpany will charm local theater patron with it beautiful perfvTmance and produe llon of that famouR million I comwlv "Floro !r " Thla la tho pretejt suoopaa fn tho realm of mulcat comedy tn tht pjutt 20 "The! ma" Monday Ntrht. romtn(f for the Fwipr rpfk ere of ti bt M!la that the Allfn Company ha roentty offerM nt the t.Tlc. Tt t a splen oenic production of the popiilar rtrama tfi.Mlon of Mar:- v'or maaierpiece. Thlmi." "1 Bell Marie- Mattnee. Thia aftarneon the A Hen Companv w!1T rive a mattnea performan.-e cf that' eele brted eomedy-drama. "Tji Pe?!e Varle.- htch h already be-ome the fenatton of theatr-roinjr circles. it really a reat bill. Wa!I ft?ne'ii remarkable drama, Th yternal "hr .' which the Faker Stock Com pany la presenting a'! th!a week. R-'res both t Im Kent. Rom a and Mr. Alison, as TJom. spdid opport i:n sites to demon -arratei their powers. "How Baxter Rutted In." FV-r the farewe:: n eek of the Trench Sro.-i? ro-npanv a ra'titn eomedv. drama ts annourced Th ! wi'.l be " How Baxter P:itre,1 In.' Tt is Borrethnr new to the prona of the Star Theater ar.d n !!1 be rated, one of tha most amusing- attractions. Candidate Attention ! p'ectioti Per,"' written by nK-rta M, Cohan, wi'.! be the timely headline attra-t-tlon at the ilrand nes: wek Every poli tician want to fee it for the sketch will tu make the defeated nominee lauph. A Daiwy- Mat teee. This afternoon ther w!!l be a matinee of A Hoosier liaisy at the Star Theater. It l bclr.ff p-esentad by the fa v-crlte French Stock Cmrar.y The play a romance of tr-e STate of Indiana and the heroine la a little waif wha la finally resrtored to fortune. Next Week at the Baker. Next meek at th Paker will be devoted to hlph-cla farce-eomdy. 'The Mrar.(re Adventure of w.9 Hrown" be!nt the t-tra-tlcn. with George A);pon in the aram trf role of "Via Krcwn." Mr Alison ap pear In female coetume. Next Week at Fantacea. e!Men' artej ballet, an expenalve spec tacular novelty, wiii tha feature of net week Mil at Pantarea a bir a.how la b Inr booked. (irmnd CVperm Yotoea, Tha Deria pera Tria U respect f uKr recommended V those who de rM tn h ar 1r.r trained Tolcoa In rrand. opera aelectioa. TM 1 fh hend"ne a.-t at the Ornd th'S work and the hme hnn been fmill with mitnlc l"vrr who havf beard of this atna tnit miitthpf. ?Umvewtni of IHtn t-'nlaivt. Indies and children wtH h prented with a hfiiliim emiventr fh"ofrh of f'on Futano. the famnim eduaied bore. at t h "reel i rhtld ron'n ma; inee at Fan t mr on Saturday. Klaht vatidevilie, acta make up the bill. "timid at Vawar" Tonlbt. The attraction at the HeiM Theater, rVurteenth and W a "bin at on m wl. tnniihl. i" morrow inn furiir-iav tiifni win n ' n1 r-h n r tti i n a young; Vaaaar." Special mat Int-e Saturday. Heatg are now wiling; at the theater, FARMING THE VACANT LOTS Ktigrrttfn ft Value Fmm New York 'a Fxpcrlrnrr. Khii'm City Star. la there nn imflffhtly vacant lot next drmr to your hotrsn? Wouldn't you like to lrnpmva It next Pprlnff. and In tmprovina it nave tho $1 ymi apond every year for vegetable? Ton't yon twllevn the owner of the lot would bo Rind to have It cleared and cul tivate nml rmtdo at trm-t I ve for prosper tive buyera-? tnn't you know that one hour of that sort of work every evening, or four evn Inps a week, not only will S'ipply your family with excellent vegetable, but also will Improve your h-nit h. make 'u atronor, nlva you hotter eleep and In cron.no the respect In which you nro held by tha wholo community? Sura thing It lan't known who a-tnrtett the idea, but probably It was aevcral entirtrtslna; Itomo-ownora In K ansna t'lty. Anyway, it reached New York tnet Sumtnor and the Vacant JjOt. Jnrdonlns: Aeaoclatlon made tho dirt fly wherever It could find a apace larRo enoitarh to plan anythlna. Thata tho great difficulty In Now York. Vacant lota are scarce, ao scarce that the ltrt,donlnir association promoted by men and women railing t hctrmrl vo aettlcmcnt a orkera hnd to r-o Into tho Uronx, over to Stnton lelnnd and out In the country to find jrround for their purposo. Tho Now York Idea differed from the KnnnHH (Ity blon iti thla way: they took the atttta out of charity by putting men with families on tho vacant nrtMia and made them aolf -support Inn, (rave them a chance to earn a llttlo money and at the .'tme time provide) pure air and healthful UvlnR for alllnjr wives or children. In Kanana (tty the purpose tp to clenn tip many srota that have been ao lonu neR Iccted by nonresident owners or by atoth ful, unamhitloua examplea of unrtoalrnblo ritlr.enet"ip t hut t hey have become com mon dumping frrounds for tin cans, n.thes. dtitcanled furniture and other refuso of tha aurroiindtnir neiRhborhnfd. In New York the Vacant lxt Oarden Ina Aasoclation hnd to nae wooded land, much of tt covered with atumpa and rocka. land that wa.s cleared only by the very hard-cM kind of work. Tho estate of John Jacob Aator lent moat of It. In Kansaa Ctty no such task confronts the enerretlo arardener. At the most It mean. a few houra of weed clearing or a few wagon loan of refima to be taken away. Any landlord with good common aense will aoe the wisdom and the profit In let ting hts ground bo cleared and used In the manner docrllod. You won't have much trouble in that quarter. The New York nas"ciatlon proved on thing, and that la thnt men and women and children, ill, ailing or well, will get along vastly better In soma auch enter prise, aa thia than In a "fresh air" camp unless they're down and out. Many of the delinquent., tho grown-up truants' of this life, derelicts some folks call them, need only a good example, a little Arm prodding, like cattle need! in shipping, to bring out good stuff. Bvery man has a place In this world, somewhere. The trouble Is that many aren't srmart enough to rind the place and tho wlao ones haven't tltno to show them, or they Just don't care. Hut, to return to the gardening: A few hours a week ia sufficient to cultivate one quarter acre, and if that's true, how little time would be required for a 60-fnot lot? About 72 hour for the quarter acre In a aeason of rix months or 2i weeks. The product varied, hut In New York a mnn who never had amounted to much got this from ono-half acre: Rndlshe . . Pea Onion . . . . l-t l ur . . . I'ucumbers t'arrots . . . Hcans Corn Tomatoe Parsley . . . $ :i lOVeWy no 2 2.V Peppers 4 1 Ksfrplnnt rtn 5 f Pumpkins 2 .S Turnips . 1 .VI 1 "OHeets 2 '0 2 SO i 'ixbbape 2-l!S . Tt H Fotatoea 12. 00 . 17 2 Muskmellon . . . 2.W .70 Kalo 73 J Total 70..HA In addition to that thia man saved at least $X a month rent, for the family lived in a tent provided by the associa tion. Many similar examples were re ported tn the scn.sK.in. So. think of two phases of the vacant lot question between now and April 1, when ground should b broken: For the home owners: Why not Im prove the block in which you live, Im prove your health and supply your dln-m-f table? For the charity association: "Why not put the derelicts to work, in the ntwen ro of other labor and in helping them teach them to help themselves? Pon't you believe it would or should reduce tho number of alleged mission workers who forever pester the life half out of bury men la th office buildings? Try it. MANAGERS DIE POOR. Strang Prejudice Said to Kxist Against Theatrical Chiefs. (banning Pollock in Smart Pet. If you reflect a moment it must seem to you, as it docs to me. a sad irony that th men who dVvote their lives to amusing the public invariably receive harsh treatment from tho public fn th end. It Is an axiom that theatrical man agrs invariably die poor. There is a Strang and widely prevalent prejudice Against these purveyors of entertainment, an opposition felt almost unconsciously by the ran k and file of play goers. T h e newspaper critics, who earn their cake by the theatre and who should approach that institution with feelings of tha ut most generosity, grow more and more sparing of their encouragement, suffer ing from a peculiar astigmatism which seems to make them singularly clear eyed in looking for faults and equally Kind in the search for virtuee. I do not remember more than a dozen instances in which producers of failures have been creditor with the desire and effort to pro duce successes. No one willingly writes or presents a bad rla". and it Is a regret table fact that months of ambitious work should so often bring forth the same sweeping condemnation that might be expected had its victim done his worst instead of his best. "On the morning of the day on which 1 am to have a premiere." a manager said to me last week. I wake feeling like a criminal waiting for sentence to be passed upon him. If my offering happens to turn out badly. I dread looking at th newspapers, so sure am I of reading, not words of cheer and inspiration, but the precise sort of censure that might have been meted out had I been detected in a fel ony." Municipal pawnshops have been opened In Pekin for the relief of the residents, who have been- heretofore the victim of extortionate private establishments. Tha city charges are 13 jr cent., while they have been paying EaJter footwear at Rosenthal s. ALLOW NO BETTING Senate Puts Ban on Sport at Bennings Track. NO BOOKMAKING OR POOLS Mcastiro Only Need Agreement Wllh IfntiM fn Vorb ('lianitr RImoh Itnnge 4 rented In Montana. Jariro Arid Homestead. WASMINdTflN, April la. -Without dls cushion or riHsenf or division, the 8cnnte fodfiv, wtthln 'Ji hours after the winding up of the Spring race meeting nt Hen ntnga, paased the bill prohibiting betting in the ItHtrlct of Columbia. The hill wa called up by Carter nf the I h riot committee, and, after being read, was burned In tely put on Its passage. Tim antt gambling provision la a rider on a bill providing for the widening of fiennlngs road, the principal thorough fare loading to the racecourse at tho suburb of Hennlngs. The bill originated In tho Itousn and has passed thnt body, ao that It would not he necessary to send It back there hut for the fact thnt the form of th betting section was changed by tho Senate. If the Houae doc not accept the chnng It wlH be neoaaary to place the bill tn the hands of a com mittee; for the aduatment of differences In phraseology. As it passed tha Ben at a the. gambling prohibition re:ida: It fthi11 be unlawful fee any f.'rnnn or aawnelRtlnn of pnr"n tn bet, gamM or m.ike books "r pools on the reult of any trotting or running: race of horses, or bout race, r rae of any kind, or on any elec tion or any mntfwi of miy kind, or game of bftHftha II Any person or nwHi'lntlun of per potis violating the pmvUlnni of this ' tlon nhall be ftnd not excendina ?foo or ba imprlnoned not more than t dava, or both A mong the nt her mcn.Mii res passed were those providing for the purchase of land between Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall. In this city, as sites for Gov ernment buildings; creating a bison ranga in Montnna and enlarging home steads on non-lrrtgahll land. Th swamp land reclamation bill was considered for a time and was made unfinished business. WAIT TIMj (M)VKHXOnS MF.KT VnRref;a Will lelay Adjournment. Xo Free ruin mil. WASHINGTON,' April JR.- Represents tlv Watson, of Tndlnna, who conferred with the President last night about nn early adjournment of fongress, and who stated after tha conference that tha President and House were in harmonious agreement for adjournment about May 9, was summoned by the President to a conference today. Mr. Watson said th President hnd sent for him to say that he bad overlooked th fact that there would bo a qonferenco of overnora on May 13. and that when ho had called thia conference h hnd don so under tn Im pression thnt Congrosa would b in ses sion. Out of courtesy to this conference, which will discuss the subject of conserv ing the resources of the country. . especi ally th waterways and forests, th Presi dent thought It would be hotter for Con gress to remain In session a few days longer If that could properly be done. Mr. Watson said h agreed with th President, and thought that adjournment would take plao about May 16. Mr. Wntson reiterated statements mad Inst night that tho President was In hopes that certain legislation ho desired would be passed, but If it could not b put through he wo tit d offer no obstacle to an early adjournment. - r. Wat Hon was asked specifically about putting wood pulp on the free list. Ills answer was: "How will we be nbte to do tula with out precipitating tariff revision at this session of Congress? if we send a free wood bill to tho Senate, the Democrats there wilt tnck on a thousand amend ments. and we will be forced at once Into the middle of the revision of tho tariff. which will keep Congress here for many months lpnger." APPROVES FISHERIES TREATY Senate Committee Reeoininends Let ting Hague Court Decide Dispute. W A BH I NOTO . April 1 S. The fls h -erles treaty betwen the United States and Great Britain, regulating fishing; in the lakes along the boundary line be twen this country and Canada today received tho favorable Indorsement of the Senate committee on foreign rela tions. The American and British govern ments are planning to submit to the permanent court of arbitration at Th Hague the task of Interpreting the Newfoundland fisheries treaty of 1S08. The Hague tribunal will also have to decide tho very much broader and more important question that of whether state or colonial laws or regulations shall be permitted to Interfere with the terms of a treaty. This latter question has recently confronted the American administration In a most perplexing way in the case of the Japanese school question In California. In consenting to submit ao Important a principle to arbitration by The Hague court the American and British gov ernments are giving; that tribunal a prestige In the Initial stages of its ex istence which s reerarded dpiomatically as an international occurrence of the first magnitude and on calculated to have great influence In Inspiring simi lar action by other disputing nations. ADOPTS ROOSEVELT'S POLICY House Committee Provides Limita tion on Water Rights. WASHINGTON. April 15. As the re sult of President Roosevelt's announced purpose of vetoing any bill for the build ing of dams and diversion of water from navigable streams to furnish electric power, unless provision is made for pay ment for that privilege, and the fixing of the time the privilege may run, and the charges that may be made for power, a form of amendment has been agreed upon which is intended to be incorporated in all bills of this character. The amend ment follows: And the Chief Engineers and the Secre tary of War, in accordHnea with th terms of ea:d art, snail Impose conditions and stipulations upon such limitations of time for the privilege hereby permitted and such charge or charges for the same as they may deem necessary to protect tho present or future interests of the I'nited States. It is understood that the fund thus created will go toward the Improvement of inland waterways. THE WOMAN OF THE FARM She Would Be the Good Angel of Her Community. ' Ladies World. We are all given to telling what we would do if we were someone else. Here are some of the things I would do If I lived on a farm. I would send for cata logues of all sorts, whether I '"'""-f buying or not. These, with their pic ture and descriptions, would keep m Informed on the newest things In kitchen tit emit la, household flirniture, cf of lies and ao on. I would travel by sending for railway folders, and f would send to ca terers and favor-shops for catalogues to b "up In th povcltlca In entertaining. A woman with fresh Ideas on entertain ing soon become a iowr In her commu nity. ' When plans were being mad for fh County fair, I would agitate a home coming day, sending personal letters to clttsens who hnd moved to other plaeos. asking them to attend the fair on that day. I would sk for a coaching or floral parade, one nf farm wagons If I preferred, and would enter Into nny con test heartily. T would sea that my church bad a refreshment stand on the grounds. I would make my church a llva church bv having aneluis very two weeks. A nova all. T would spend money on keep Ing the church painted, window-glass In and th premises nent. and attractive. Nothing looks so desolate from a car window and says "Shiftless community' to the passing traveler, as a neglected country church and cemetery. I would cn-operat with the school teacher and young people in bringing en tertainments to the sehoolhonse during the Winter. Tn your nearest town are good entertainers;, who will com for very llttlo on the cbancft of securing pupils. A bov all, I won M ask merchants In town to furnish farmers wives wit h a decent reatroortt. My heart always goes out In sympathy to the patient woman sitting in an uncovered farm wagon, tired, dusty and perhaps with aching head, while " Father" attends to bis trading or sits Inside th store chnttlng with other men. Most women prnfrr sit ting In th wagon to being In the stores where men am smoking and talking; but I think H a shame thnt merchant a, or th women of church societies, do not provide a real room where country Women can wait and b comfortable. A MATTER OF SPOONS. Very Cur Inn lc of Them ft Few Centurion Ago. London Mloba. "W ar fnmillnr nowadays with spoons of many shapes", Intended for every variety of purpose, but soma old fashioned styles are now merely curi osities. There la th old-fehloned marrow spoon, for Instance, which waa ttsed for extracting marrow from bones. Tt was made double, one end being used for small bones and th other end for those of larger bore. Another exampla la tha mulberry apoon. This has a perforated bowl and a spiked and pointed handle. Tha Im plements were mad for us In a day when mulherrios wero much moro com monly eaten than they ar at th pres ent time. "With th perforated bowl a little sugar was sprinkled on th berry, which was then convoyed to th mouth on th piked end of the handle. The Introduction of tea led to tha making of a variety of new kinds of spoons. Including tha nooeewary tea spoon Itself, some of which still remain In use. while others hnv disappeared. At South Kensington may b seen, for examplo. a curious collection of tha llttlo scoops so well known to our great-grnndtnother as "caddy spoons. Tea caddies of tho old-fashioned kind hav long been superseded, and when the caddy with Its two lidded and metal-lined end compartments and th stignr-bowl In th cavity between went out of usn, th caddy apoon or acoop disappeared also. Another obsolete curiosity Is tho snuff apoon, which, In tho days when nearly everybody took snuff, and took it everywhere, was used for conveying th scented powder from th box to th hand, or In some cases direct tn th nose. Candle spoons and pnp spoons also nro out of date. A Idangnllen gn tlemun, a faw months ago, wrote In A Shropshire paper that ho had In hi possession a allver pap spoon which had been originally given by the Mar quis of Exeter to a member of the Hog gins family of Holas. The possessor of this spoon remarked that It had been given to him by his father, with the wish that It should b handed over to tho first married In each succeeding generation, for n such it hnd com to him through th Intermarriage of tha two families In years gonn by. Thre hundred years ago ther was ono at llford, In Kssex, which held more than a quart. Others of more legitimate make wer such as th curi ous combination Implement with which folk of that dat wer familiar. When most people still, dipped their fingers Into the general dish to help themselves to meat, more dainty diners carried about with them an Implement which was a combination of poon and fork and toothpick. Tho fork was at the back of the spoon, while the handle of the double article was finished off with a little figure terminal, which served as handle fur the toothpick. Th terminal figure was a very favorite form of spoon orna mentation. Jt Is most familiar In th Apostle spoons, of which original sets fetch auch high prices and of which latter day Imitations are so abundant; but the figures were by no means confined to the Apostles. In some cases th spoons were curiously finished with double heads, which can hardly have conduced, one would think, to conven ience of handling. A curious but decid edly unpleasnnt form of ornament gave it nnme to the "death's head spoon, which was made for commemorative purposes a very unattractive kind of "memento morj." NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburg S; St. Louis I. ST. IiOriS. April 15. The Pittsburg Na tionals defeated St. Louia today In the opening game of the season, 3 to 1. In 10 Innings. Th weather was cloudy and raw. The ground was soft and slow and both teams fielded poorly. Score: etaoln shrdhi cmfp R.H.K.J 1234o61234M12346fflL'3456 St. Louis ....1 7 ! etaoln ehrdlu emf R.H.e! Ratterles Lush and Hostetter; Camnttz and Gibson. Umpire RIgler. Xo Game, Wet Ground. Cincinnati, April IS Cincinnati-Chicago game postponed; wet grounds. Tha number ef ties purrhased by the steam and electric roads of this muntrv during th year IfWfcft was 102fSi4.04O. The demand of the steam roads amounted to 7.'( per cent of the total. There is another New Style in the Arrow Box ITS.AN Arrowcollar 15 cents each, 8 for 25 cents. CLUEJT, PEABonx company. Trer, n. V. E Makes Gentlemanly Canvass for. Governor. NO STRANGLE OR TOE-HOLD rink-Wlilikt-rrd Colonel Snr , Hty In Politic by KxfenHIn VHirtrnic to Itlvnl Ta Ilnriiclng 11 In lMif, Lewis 123456"3 CHICAK, April 1R. - (Special. Colore James Hamilton T,ewta made a formivl avowal of his candidacy for the pnmo eratlc nomination for Oovarnor today and his eanipaiao managers at one hot petitions broadcast over the slate to have htln name placed on the primary ballot. In making his long-awaited entrance Into t tie nrena. t ho colonel Informed bis friends thnt th coming campaign will be fought out on "gentlemanly lines" and thai so far aa be la concerned all gouging and the strangle and tie-holds will bo strictly barred. Help Along f 1 1st Rivals. In token of fh eminent distinguished consideration with which all r'val candi dates nr to he treated. Colonel Iew1s instructed his managers to keep entirely out of th Seventh Ward tha homo of John V. Meloorty--and to refrain from wandering Into Stephenson Viunty-thft homo of Touglas Pattlson. The Colonel' regard for the courtesies of th fight, by the wv, led Mm a month aao to offer Mr. Pattlson asststanc In getting th Fatttson petitions signed In Oook County. 1il'Hgo Should Have Governor. "T have authorised my friends. said Colonel IO wis. "to announce that I am nn acilvo candidal, for Oovcrnor and to elroulat petition for the placing of my name on the primary ballot. I belie v that th pnrty nomine should com from Cook County, for "hlcago hna not been represented at tho head of tho state ticket sine the days of Jovrnor Altgeld. AH things being equal down state. It 1 tny belief that tha chance of a I'emocratlc victory In th coming election will h greatly enhanced If th nomine Is -stirred of drawing a large vofa from Cook CVutnty. A soon as my affair permit I shall begin my canvass actively." Colonel J,owla an yet has not formu lated th platform on which h will stand, hut bis friends assert that in view of his experience as corporation counsel during the regime of Kdward F. Putin as Mayor h will mako tax dodging on of his chief Issues. UNCLE SAM'S FIRE BILL America Said to Irftck Iteally Fire proof Buildings. Omaha Bee. Th fir losses In th United State for January of the present year amounted to $3,000,000, or nearly as much as the 1 oss by f 1 re In the e n 1 1 r United Kingdom for th year 1907. Th American Cnitsul-Uenerni at Berlin re ports that th annua fir loss of that city, with a population of nearly 3.000, 000, Is about $1,000,000, or, as tho Con sul puts It, "loss than that entailed by on moderately large fire In the United State.' The fire at Portland, Me., a few day ago. for Instance, entailed a greater loss than all tho fires In Ber lin for a year, and the recent fire In th Parker block, in New York, caused mora damaira than all th fire of con sequence In Great Britain In the last 12 months. Causes for this great difference In fir losses as between the I'nited State and foreign countries form a subject for dispute. Collier's Weekly apparently take it for granted that most of th trouble Is due to the fail ure of Americans to employ Improved methods of fireproof construction. On thia point Collier' says: Americans boast that their fire depart ments are th nnet In th world, but thern ts lefs to beaut of In the foot tbat such fin departments are nneded, and ttiat with all their skill and all their perfection of ainItances (not meaning New York' rot ten hose), they are unable to prevent losses In sinsle eataatrnphas that balane the en tire destruction In a great foreign country In a year. Jf a fraction of our annual fire loss, not to speak of our payments for pro tection that does not protect, were devoted to the construction of really fireproof bulld ingn, a great conflagration miirht event ually ha as rare a spectacle here as It Is abroad and most of our Insurance pre miums could be devoted to other ues. No one will contend that the smaller fire loss In foreign countries 1 due to superiority of fire fighting equipment, for all admit that our own Is much better, the American fire fighting; ap pliances being in use In nearly all of the larger cities of the world. Much of the difference Is undoubtedly due to greater care exercised by foreigners In the construction of their buildings. They build for permanency, as a rule, take more time for construction and use more fireproof material. Then, too, foreigner are more careful about their buildings after they ar constructed. They enforce most stringent regula tions for the use of matches and com bustibles of all kinds and employ ev ery precaution Imaginable. The result is shown In an annual fire loss In all France, for Instance, that is less than the average monthly loss In this coun try. Tiie Are lesson Is an expensive one, and American have been too alow to learn it. Game Postponed, Rain. BROOKLYN, April 15. Brooklyn-Boston game postponed; rain. PHIUAD"ELPHTA. April . 15. Philadelphia-New York game postponed; rain. BOSTON. April 15. Boston-Brooklyn game postponed; rain. Italy leads the nations of the wo-!d in the matter of theatera. It will be opened APRIL 18th LEWIS IS MIT 76,000 COPIES SHEET MUSIC 2V2C a Copy 12 Copies Now 25c Salect from n umortment of choicfrt Classical nd Popular Com. positions, vocal and inntramental, nolos, dnrtfl, etc. Remember, there's no time to lone. Everything in our present W 1 1 i i, JW Be; Boosoy's Standard Operas, formerly $1.00, now 24c; National Banjo Method, was $1.50, now J)c; Tipaldi's Mandolin Method, was $1.00, now 24c, and hundreds of others cut 'way below tho actual cost of printing. tlrnr In ml ml thnt wr'll Rrnnf any reasnnnliln lirms If ilfulrcil. fmf w HtHfo riKAln rrmut rnphn t I'-n 1 1 v. Inn. Hint It's In yniir lnliri.l In I'nmn In Hm vorv Mrs! IhlnK In orlr In n.Oi'i't frfitii rump!,.),. jimmoi-I-rriortlK. 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