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T rkey not yield to tho power
u . . iMt.i ni n train At.
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''.Went is behind ft movement
. trial has beon postponou
WT'J ess on account of the
r. ..i unlives. 70 vesaolfl jind
A'i.Irtnn l,a liflon BUBtftlllOd
f,lea IblB season.
Th.WMbington congroBsIonal dole
!be Iklmrunplans for united
Puoa. Hitdicock to Indorse
Sn" Ion irrigation project.
MlMisslppl congress llflB
1B. ,it railing on congress
rrbSuth of the Columbia.
tT 0. Bristol nas uoon
A Sates dUtrlct attorney for Ore-
B. L. Kddy register, and J. M.
tfffli " . " .i n. Tl,.l,.i loml
liiience receiver oi mu
BMortiof further disastora during
L.iUnt etorm on Lnko Superior.
"T Y.i ..1 rnnnrtcil lost IB tllO
DB 1W ' .
jfis men.
0fW to the recent embezzlement
. ,l. c.iiln iinv nffipn nnd a feel
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joldfromtueuortn is iiKoiy i ruw
T r -t. ttm mrrrn llmrt.
lud f ud revolatlonu aro coming i
Braka.
Miranij Ito Mva Japan does not in-
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taw annex vorca.
SiMinr Pttnrnn. of Colorado, boa
fcaflned $1,000 (or contempt oi court.
UiTilIin sugar planters will try to
IfeirpluUtions.
Tinminv U still flahtlnir ihn order
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. i I it. . i 1 1.
W i recount oi inu votes cash ia wiu
5ti lork election.
EeTtral nen convicted of fraud in
k recent New York oleteions havo
innnloeion in an oil warebosso in
mm uty reeuiteu in a loaa oi f 170.
w wioro tne iiatnes were tuctln
fumed.
Germinr will annoint a roceiver for
m ixjaiuDie insurance company in
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It il feared that ItiiMtln mav 1m
tad to Die nsner mnnnv nml a nnmil.
blebtnlruptcy is also staring tbo coun-
vjww lace.
Minliter Baulera han rnslirnivl li!n
Wtitllrna. It aal.l l.n ) .it.i
46 ftnia 4Iia TTHU,..I r?ii
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Germinv )
wr Intention of terminating thu nrea.
""VW iicqlv Willi Tllik n iiimi Uln nn
i waior ifnrton has beon sentenced to
hi months In the county jail and
Hi . 2'500- An "PPoal will
"Ucatotbe Supremo court.
KwYorkt bU,,dIn8 8tr,k tbrcatens
A?Ss.ian peaaant congr088
faience nl tik.i t
. e u monou ior a retrial.
u ,D'B7f'd of the season baa
g mark through the entire Middle
.r.fcbra!,c,!M ' the British Lib-
y '8 patch up their
iMaSe..C0?rt of the United
"aid itrusta Wa Iaw flBai,,8t in'
htiiZlu 8upre,no co,,rt 1,1,8 or'
Ta:,d baHot9 in
b Za"vo t0 the work of tbo
" congress.
Seniif,. a , .
: r ! 8nld to havo secured
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kieiTL,S&l,0,mnovor kown
flood, "8 nro U'witouod
ft he' il her m , H10 Penitentiary
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$'$ rofrm haB
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Nred,;11" w6on number Into the
$wkewM felt through.
GREATEST HARVEST IN HISTORY
rV'eitrf) YaY Wai Record SrtakarMn
United States.
Waabjngton, tfoy.28. "Wealth pro
duction on the farms o( the United
States in 1005 reacbod the highest
amount ever auaincu in tins or any
other country $6,415,000,000."
In the first annual report of bis tbjrd
term secretary oi Agrlculturo Wilson
preflents an array of figures and a state
ment representing products and proflta
of tbo farmers of this country, which
lie aumita "u reams oi wealth produc
Hon could hardly equal."
Four cropa make now blab records as
to value corn, bay, wheat and rice
although In amount of production tbo
corn ia the only one that exceeds pro
vlous yields. In every crop tbo gen
eral level of production was high and
that of prices still higher. Beaido the
enormous yield of wealth tbo secretary
estimates that tbo farms of the country
haVo increased In valuo during tbo past
uvo years to a present aggregate of $0,
180,000,000.
"Evory sunset during the past flvo
years," ho says, "baa, registered , an in
crease of $3,400,000 in tbo value of the
farms of this country."
Analyzing the principal crops for the
year, tbo secretary says that corn
react) od its highest production at 2,
708,000,000 bushols, a gain of 42,000,
000 over tbo next highest year, 1800;
liny la second in order of valuo, al
though cotton hold second place during
tho two preceding years. The bay crop
this year ia valued at $00,000,000.
Cotton comcfl third, with a valuation
of $575,000,000; wheat, $625,000,000;
oats, $282,000,000; potatoes, $138,
000,000; barley, $68,000,000; tobacco,
$12,000,000; augar, cano and sugar
beets, $50,000,000; rice, $13,000,
000; dairy products, $50,000,000, an
increase of $54,000,000, over last year.
PLENTY OF MONEY.
Secretary of Interior Has Not Bnen
Furnished Proper Figures.
Washington, Nov. 28.- When tho
secretary of the Interior and tho Recla
mation service reach an understanding
an to the extent and condition of the
national reclamation fund, it ia expect
ed that a number of new irrigation pro
jecta, including projects in Eastern
Oregon and Eastern Washington, will
bo approved and placed under contract.
But until there is a complete under
standing, tho present chaotic condition
must continue, and inactivity will bo
the rule, eavo on projects that aro act
ually under contract.
Tho great misunderstanding that now
prevails ia as to tbo amount of money
available for use, and tho restrictions
under which that money may bo ex
pended. Tho Reclamation aervice hab
ita own sot of figures, but thoso flgurei
do not coincide with tbo figures which
kavo been furnished Secretary Hitch
cock by the men in hla own department
upon whom ho relics. Tho secretary,
confronted with very different financial
statements, from sources which ought
to agreo, haa concluded that neither ia
right, yet ho ia unable to Oguro out for
himself just how much money he has
to spend, and how much ho baa spent
in tho 3)4 yeara tho reclamation law
baa boon in forco.
WRECK TAKES FIRE.
Fourteen Persons Lose Lives In Mas
sachusetts Disaster.
Lincoln, Mass., Nov. 28. Fourteen
persona wero killed, 25 were seriously
injured, and probably a score of others
cut and bruised in tbo most disastrous
railroad wreck recorded in this state
for many years. Tho wreck occurred
at 8:16 o'clock, at Bakor'a Bridge sta
tion, a mile and a half west of Lincoln,
on tho main lino of the Fitchburg di
vision of tho Boston & Maine railroad.
Tho regular express, which loft Boston
at 7:45 o'clock for Montreal, oy way pi
tho Rutland eye torn, crashed into tho
rear end of an accommodation train
bound for points on the Marlborough
br.Mich, and which started from Boston
at 7:15.
Of tbo dead, a dozen wero passengers
in tho two rear cars of tho Marlborough
train. Tho other two wore Engineer
Barnard, of the Montreal express, and
hla fireman. No passengers on tno
express tram wore injured, ui tuose
who lost their lives, a numuor wero ap
parently Instantly killed iuSthe collis
ion, while othora woro olthor burnod to
death or died from suffocation.
Oppose Rate Legislation.
Chicago, Nov. 28. An organized
movomont on the part of railroad em
ployes in every branch of tho sorvico
i as boon put on foot to securo con-
cortod action againBt tho Roosevelt idoa
of rato legislation. Preliminary Bteps
mvo already beon taken by recommit-
teo of tbo brotberhooda of railroad mon
for n genoral mass meeting. Rato reg
ulation, in tho opinion of tho em
pjoyen, means a subsequent roducMon
n wagos for thorn, and tnoy propoBO a
strong organization to oppoBo traiiie
rates.
No Flowers at Capitol
Washington, Nov. 28. Thoro will
be no flowora In olthor houso on the
opening day of congress. A resolution
of the eonato was adopted during tho
ast sosslon of congreaa barring flowers
from the senate chamber. Mr, Cannon
ihb alroady glvon notlco that ho will
not allow the flowora to bo brought In
as heretofore. Rivalry of admirers of
different members of both housqs
reached a atago whore the deskB woro
burled in flowora .
Famine In Part of Japan.
VIotoria, B. 0., Nov. 28. Famlno
prevails because of the failure of tiie
rice crop in Northeast Japan. The gov
rBsaent lias bgun relief measure,
SIDETRACK TARIFF
Rate Regolaiiori the Only Prob
lem Before Coming Session.
CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION
President Will Not Give Senate Any
Excuse to Avoid Action by De
bating In the Air.
Washington, Nov. 28. For varioua
roasona President Roosovolt will not
urgo congress at tho approaching ses
sion to take up the question of tariff
rovlaion. He believes tho railroad rate
question Ib the most vital issue which
confronts the people of tho United
States today, and ho is thorefore un
willing to bring to tho front any other
problem whoso discussion would tend
to postpono, if not defeat, legislation
on that subject. Ho proceeds on tho
theory that tho worst evil should be
first cured. Alter four yeara' experi
onco In tho white house, and with i
comprehensive knowledge of the metb
ous resorted to by congress to defeat
legislation which is distasteful, the
president is fully aware that ho would
materially decrease tho chances of got
ting rato legislation if he should make
tariff revision an Ibbuo of equal import
anco with the regulation of freight
rates, lie is awaro that the senate
would quickly seize upon tbia opportu
nity anu concontrato ita attention on
tariff bill, not so much with any Idea
of modifying tho Dlngley tariff aa to
distract attention and sidetrack the
rato bill beforo It reached a critical
stage.
There is other legislation which the
president hopes to have passed besides
.1 M t . m
mo rauroau rate Dili, out he is more
anxious about that measure than any
other, and he will concentrate his
efforts to securo such a law as will, in
his judgment, effectively check diecrim
inations of all sorts. He wants a law
which will apply the "square deal"
rule to railroad business, and if bis in
fluence, backed by public opinion, can
bring it about, such a law will be writ
ten on the statute books before the first
session of the Fifty-ninth congress ad
ourns.
CANAL ENGINEERS DEPART.
Ridicule Reports They Have Changed
Decision on Sea Level.
Washington, Nov. 28. The five for
eign dolegates to tho board of' consult
ing engineers of the Isthmain Canal
commission left for New York today,
and will sail for thoir homes. They
will meet again in Brussels during the
first days of January. General Davis
will go to that city as representative of
tho American members of the board,
and will take with him the documents,
which aro not yet drawn up, and which
then will have to be signed by the for
eign delegates.
Speaking of published stonea that
they had reconsidered their first vote,
one of the delegates made the following
statement:
"Whatever wo have had to say will
be found In the report which will
shortly be in the hands of President
Roosevelt. That we should change our
vote on a aubject to which for threo
months wo bad given the closest atten
tion, and ahould change it merely be
cause some parties are not contented
with It, is a great absurdity."
Leave Isle of Pines to Cuba.
Washington, Nov. 28. Tho Cuban
government will be permitted to settle
to its own satisfaction tho existing
trouble on tho Isle of Pines. The
State department has so announced. Of
course, if American citizenB were to bo
unduly persecuted or maltreated be
caueo of any exercise by them o their
right of freedom of speech or aasembly,
this government will take steps to se
cure for them justice. But if those
Americans on the islands place them
solves outside tho pale of the law by
refusing to recognize tho authority of
the Cuban government, they will bare
to tako tbo consequences.
Pesthousa Was Burglarized.
Butte, Mont., Nov. 28. A Great
Falls dispatch to the Miner states that
tho people of Teton county aro in a fu
roro over what Is believed to be a
threatened opldomic of smallpox as the
result of burglarizing of the poBthouso.
Several smallpox patients were confined
in tho detention Iioubo and tho place
has never boon fumigated to tbo extent
that it is believed that all danger of
contagion is past. The people havo
been publicly warned by tho health
offloialB to bo on tbo alert for any ap
pearanco of tho disease.
Allies Have Acted.
London, Nov. 28. Tho Daily Mail
publishes tho following dispatch from
Mityleno, dated November 27: "Eight
warships of the combined fleet arrived
here at 8 o'clock this morning. Admi
ral Rittor von Jedlna, accompanied by
the Austrian consul, proceeded to tbo
government housp at 10:30 o'clock and
handed an ultimatum to tho govornor.
At 1 o'clock this aftornoon 600 aallors
landed and seized the cuBtoms and tele
graph ofllco. Everything la quiet."
Governor of Moscow Dismissed.
London, Nov. 28. The correspond
ent of the Standard at Moscow aaya that
Gonoral Drunovo, governor of Moscow,
haa boon dlamissed In dlsgraco owing to
the revolutionary proceedings of the
congress of peasants.
MAY COSE POSlf fON.
Mitchell Likely" To-.' Be- Displaced erf
Senate Canal Committee,
Washington, Nov. 27. Apparently
Duiiaior Aiiicnon la to bo deprived of
tho chairmanship of the committee on
intoroceanic canala when the senato re
organizes next month. This has not
beon definitely decided, but It is tho
concensus of opinion of arriving Bona
tora that Mitchell will have to rolln
qulsh hla chalrmanahlp in order that
BOmo active member of ihn rnnnl inm.
mittee can preside at Its meetings thia
winter.
congress must appropriate money
eady In the coming session for contin
uing work on tho Panama canal, and
must aeciuo whether toe canal shall bo
built with lockfi or at th'n
This legislation, together with all other
legislation pertaining to tho canal and
tuu cnnai zone, must do considered by
tho canal committee, and will hn nnn
of tho most important topics to bo con
senators bolievo tho rnnnl mm m It. ton
should havo an active chairman, who
can not onlv nreaido nt committeo
meetings, but who can vote both in
committeo and in the senate, and who
can furthermore take charge of canal
legislation after it haa been reported to
tun senate.
AMEND IMMIGRATION LAWS.
Sargent's Plan for Keeping Out All
Undesirables.
Washington. Nov. 27. Radical
changes in tho immigration lawa will
be made next year, if the suggestions
of Commissioner General Sargent, are
put into cusct. Mr. Sargent ia anxioua
to have limits placed on the number
of immigrants, and that persons who
aro either too young or too old to sup
port themselves should not be per
mitted to disembark. This would not
however, apply to those who can furn
lab guarantees that they are on theii
way to relatives.
Mr. sargent believes that by an ar
rangement with foreign governments
the useless traflic of deportation of lm
migrants unfit to land here could be
b topped, lielore an Immigrant ia per
mitted to take passage for America, he
should undergo an examination at the
point of embarkation.
HITCHCOCK TO RESIGN.
Rumor That Western Congressmen
Have Got His Scalp.
Washington, Nov. 27. The fact
leaked out tonight from a xesponsible
source that at a recent cabinet meeting
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, secretary of
the Interior, expressed a desire to ten
der his resignation July 1 next. The
same authority announces that Vespa
sian Warner, of Illinois, now commis-
aioner of pensions, ia to succeed him.
It is said the proposed change in tho
cabinet haa been brought about by
members of congress from western
states, who charge that Mr. Hitchcock,
in operations against land grabber!,
has permitted his personal feelings to
enter into tho prosecutions. While
thia charge had been often repeated, it
ia said that the retirement of Mr.
Hitchcock will be wholly due to the
desire of the president to surround
himself with younger men.
MILLION WOMEN FIGHT SVIOOT.
Characterize Htm as a Man Sanction
ing Practice of Polygamy.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27. A meeting
of the executive committee of the Na
tional League of Women's organiza
tions, lormed two yeara ago to oppose
tho continuance in tho United States
senate oi Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah,
was held here today. Women from all
sections of the country were present.
It was announced that a petition would
be presented to the senate asking for
the exclusion of Mr. Smoot on the
ground that "he iB a member of a
hoirarchy whose president and a major
ity of the members pratctice and teach
polygamy." The memorial will state
that "Mr. Smoot has never raised bis
voice against these doctrines, and the
Mormon hierarchy has broken ita cov
enants which it gave to the United
States when statehood was granted."
Summoned by Judge Hunt.
Helena, Noy. 27. United Btatea
Judge Hunt today ordered Frederick A.
Hyde, John A. Benson and other Cali
fornians to appear and answer on Feb
ruary 5 the complaint charging them
with having fraudulently obtained a
forect reserve scrip, under which 4,000
acres of Montana, land was secured from
the government. The government seeks
to have the land retored to it. There
aro a number of Montaua corporations
and individuals who aro also named aB
defendants in the bill of complaint
filed.
Burton is Guilty.
St. Louis, Nov. 27. Senator J. R.
Burton, of Kansas, was Saturday night
found guilty on all six counts in the
indictmont upon which lie haa beon on
trial for the past week in tho United
States Circuit court, charged with hav
ing agreed to accept and having ac
cepted compensation from tho Rialto
Grain & Securities company, of St,
Louis, to appear for the company in the
capacity of an attornoy beforo tho Poat
ofllco department.
Will Cut Forests and Crops,
Iibau, Nov. 27. Agrarian disorders
have broken out in the Baltic province.
A peasant meeting adopted resolutions
to cut forest on private land and to ap
propriate cropa. Tho governor general
has issued a proclamation to the troops
to fire on eueh offenders, and Baying
that tho participants at such meetings
will be court martlalod &nd Bent to dis
tant provinoes.
MPmUl
The Story of In-Door Shb.
Once on a time, In far Japan,
There Hred a busy little man,
So merry nnd so full of fun
That people called him In-door Sun.
Now In-door Sun made mirrors fine,
Like those in your house and In mine,
And In these looking-glasses bright
His own face saw from morn till night
It made him feel so very sad
To see his face look cross and bad,
That he began to take great care
To keep a sweet s&ile always there.
And soon be found that those he knew,
All seemed to liko him better, too;
For, like the mirrors, every one
Began to smile on In-door Sun!
Now try thU Just one day and scb
How bright and smiling you can be;
You'll find both happiness and fun
In playing you're an "In-door sunt"
Little Folks.
A Contlr Skate.
Roller skating Is older than most
folk Imagine. Joseph Merlin, a Bel
gian, born In 1735, a clever, inventive
fellow, went to London In 1700 and
exhibited his novelties at a museum In
Spring Gardens, and afterward in
Prince's street, Hanover Square. Hav
ing made a pair of skates to run on
skin, were on her hands. These fitted!
perfectly and were ornamonted with
strips of skin from some animal per
haps the seal. To completo this elab
orate outfit this Eskimo belle carried
in her hand not a bouquet but a
long eagle feather. In fact she 'carried
two, one in each hand, which she
waved as she danced. No doubt this)
young lady mode a charming picture.
At least the young gallants of her set
thought she did.
LACK OF MEN, NOT WORK.
Revelation of the Real Problem of
the Unemployed.
Leroy Scott contributes to World's
Work the result of a first-hand In
vestigation of the unemployed In the
United States. He makes some star
tling revelations andlncldentally scat
ters the tissue of sentimentality that
has hung about tuo "poor man looking
for a Job." He declares that tho real
problem is not to find work for men,
but men for work. Ninety per cent
of the men out of work don't want
work. Mr. Scott says:
"In largo cities the men who stand
In bread lines, who patronize free
soup kitchens and missions; who
sleep In municipal lodging houses and
f 9 111 si
tflv
Kite tread, figfit tae&ci.
Hrown breed and pone.
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-Youth's Companion.
wheels, he appeared with them at a
masked ball given by Mrs. Cornelys,
In Carlisle House, Soho. He was duly
invited to display his skill. Having
put on tho skates he took a violin and
began whirling about to his own
music One thing he had not studied.
however, and that was how to guide
himself and to stop quickly, and the
result was that before the performance
had lasted very long he dashed Into an
Immense mirror valued at $2,500,
smashed his fiddle to bits, and serious
ly injured himself. That appears to
have dampened the spirit of Inventors,
for we hear nothing of other wheel
skates for nearly half a century.
A True Incident.
A French family has recently had
Its fortunes restored In a way to sug
gest story telling. They were wretch
edly poor, selling ono possession after
another In order to live. One day the
mother, In moving au old desk of her
great-grandfather, came upon an old
book, between the pages of which was
a stamp of the Island of Maurice of
1847.
A traveler stopping to rest in the
cottage one day saw this stamp, which
a boy was sticking to a home-made en
velope; playing "postofflce" with a lit
tle friend. This traveler (a man of
wealth and a collector of curios) saw
that It was very rare. In truth, thero
wero but two others In existence, one
belonging to the King of England and
one to tho Czar of Russia, ne told the
family of their treasure, and It waa
through his interest and exertions that
tho stamp was subsequently sold for
$7,500.
An EaUttuo's Dreai.
When an Eskimo young lady goes to
a ball sho Is a gorgeous sight to gaze
upon. You did not know that they
had dances In her country? Well, they
do, and a traveler reports Just how a
belle was dressed on such an occasion.
Her dress was mado of the Intes
tines of a seal, split nnd sewed togeth
er. This makes a transparent gar
ment, and the girl trimmed it with
elaborate embroidery of colored
worsteds and fringed it with strings of
beads. Her trousers wero whlto and
made of Siberian reindeer skin, em
broidered with strips of wolf skin. Her
hair was braided on each side with
strips of wolf skin and Btrips of beads.
Heavy necklaces and pendants of
beads and teeth of animals hung
around her neck and over her should
ers. Snow-white gloves, made ef fawn
In police stations, are properly re
garded as unfortunates who have
failed to find work. The Charity Or
ganisation Soslety and the Association
for Improving the condition of th
Poor, both of New York, recently had
cards printed addressed to unemployed
men, offering work and financial and
medical aid. During March and April
28,000 of these cards were distributed
to men in bread lines, missions and
lodging bouses. Three hundred and
five responded a little more than 1
per cent It would aeem that self-respecting
men, eager to work, would
seize at such chance. At the two
lodging bouses, of the Philadelphia
Society for Organlzlnz Charity, the of
ficers clip from the morning papers
and post on a bulletin board the ad
vertisements asking for male help, so
that the men can read them when
discharged at G a. m. As a rule no
more than two or three men from a
crowd of 100 or 150 glance at the ad
vertisements. "Among unorganized workers men
are frequently upemployed through a
desire to choose their Job. I sat a
large part of one day listening to the
talk between clerk and applicants.
Job after Job was refused because the
applicants were not pleased with the
work or the wages. A typical case was
that of a young fellow who was of
fered a good opening In an office at
$12 a wook; he refused because ho
wanted to start at $15. On the pre
vious day tills agency had found a Job
for a man whose family was being sup
ported by a charity society. The man
went to his new work in the morning:
in the afternoon he wns back at tho
agency. 'They only wanted to pay mo
?1,75," .ho complained. 'I won't work
for less than $2 for anybody.' "
IIott the Trouble A roue.
"I suppose ho clasped you in his
arms when tho canoo upset?"
"No; quite the opposite."
"Quito tho opposite?"
"Yes; the canoo upset when ha
clasped me in his arms." Houston
(Texas) Post
A Subtle DUtlnctlon.
Mother of Parvenuo Financier (to
visitor) All these aro photographs or?
my eon. noro you see him as a child,
thero as a man and there as a baron
Journal Arausant
An average girl is never Mtlsfled
until she acquired son-in-law for bc
mother.