ENSE Or PAUHIJ
F
letcncc Is Called by Secre
tary ol W Dcparimem.
EXPREB8 OHAHQES HIOH.
M a f
JIJTANT liENtUAlb
WILL GO
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8tfl,o Roiervo. to Do Subject
0f Ceuncll at l,P''
by
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t), three rnoliio suuua wriK
.-inn .m.l Cullfornlu-huvo been
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IV 1110 VIW ul ri
Mm Wiir dot:
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W. K. HUM
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ll Otis Ilmnllton, of WaBhlng-
m ninrl Kust Saturday.
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t or this con icroncn m rM,",J "
illnrly Higiilltciitu, iniiiwuing wiu
mincnt'H determination to prepare
nnv CIlierKOIIl'IOH mill may Knnu
the West. Tint principal topic of
.It-ration at the conforciico will bo
of training volunteer conai ami-
it-i-orvcH to man uregon, wasniug
.ml Cnlifirnia fortification!!. Tho
a J. .Ii.... ili.i I t fit I Vitlll.
in III L1IU H - -
e operations will Ilkuwlto bo taken
It is mated tliut tlio mooting will
it In af wiment of National uunni
in mast arllllory work. Tlio
. ..Il.itnnt irnlinrillM will tlfV IlkelV
;,,;," n -
m with tho task iineau oi lecruii
nw coast companies for thin bit
jWelli-Fnrgo Accused of Dlicrlmlmv'
tlon Against Merchants, '
Sun FrnnclBco, Cal Doc. fll. Inter-1
state Comtnoruo CommiBhlonor Frank-
lln K, Lnno, Imlay hold n hearing of
tho complaint of tho California Com
inorolnl association, comnm.,,,! t m
1 "u" V 411
inoionntllo firms In thin city, charging
umi TTiun-i'urKu jvx press company with
concealing from tho public tariff soiled
nles thut had boon tiled with tho Inter
fltato Commorco commission In Wash,
irigton and with making unjust and dia.
erimmuiory rntOH. Tlio actual question
iiivuivou, nowovor, waa wbothor or not
mo (tianmy ralo cf 8 ounta a pound
irom now lone u huh Frnnolaco for
Hlilpmontn of 10,000 to 20,000 pounds
nppiioa w uuiit or nHsomblod ahln
inontfl, gathered and forwarded by a
forwarding ngonoy to ono conoorn or
flUNOOlAllon organlxod
getting tho lower rnto, tho hlm
ultlmaUily Intendod for numerous con-
aiguoca wbo woro designated by num
mm THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
FUND FOR EX-PRt8IDENTb.
t onator
75 Or Z and SZ h oi 1,10 '' the ono conslg
oTSVlfirntarSi , Th, d,ft'09 of Crimination "ro
..:,." based upon tho rcfunal of tho express
company to transport a shipment of
iu,uw pounus consisting o( 443 pack
ages, Irom Now York to tho California
uommorcial nieoolation n Ban Knm,
Cisco last August, at tho bulk or iiimn.
tlty rato of 18 por hundred rxruridn. tlio
company charging tho regular packauo
rnwj. iimaipo alleged that tho ox
press company chanted a hlolmr rntn
than that published and filed with tho
Interstate Commerce commission, ihn
latter being wilfully concealed and hid.
den from tho public. This complaint
avers wiai it, is a distinct v o at on of
tho intorstnto commerce net.
T .. i l
in HiiBwor, mo fxnress comnnnv
denies all tlit allrgatlons mado, nnd
cliargos thnt th assoclstlon resorted to
subUjrfngo In order to extort unlust dis
crimination In Hit own favor, and based
Iti) refusal to grant a quantity rato
upon tho shlmont In question on tho
ground that, whtlo consigned to ono
consignee, It was Intended for moro
than a scoro of firms.
Allison Favors Some Such
Action by Congress
WUHlllril! On. Jail. 1 Hm.nrnr WI1
llam It. AlllHon, of Jowa, chairman of
uio commitieo on appropriations, favore
action by songresH looking to tho caro
and support of oxprosldents of tho
united Htntes. In an intnrvlow to
night ho referred to tho recent utter.
ances of ox-l'rcsldent Grovor Olovolond
on mo Hiibject, and agreed with him
that some provision should bo mado In
mis direction. The matlor dcBorvcd
COIlflldornlInn n( Mm Imtwlu nf o,. ,..,.
for tho purposo of , Bfl"' Bn(1 undoubtedly would rocolvo
to, tho shipmont Jn t,niCfl of Tno,11H" Jefferson, who
uiou poor, iir. Allison said, tho gov
ernment would have dono wol li nnv
his debts. At present Mrs. Gnrflold in
receiving an allowanco from tho eov
ornment, and ho said that to mako pro
vision for ex-presidonts would cause on
considerable drain on tho treasury, an
rarely have thro boon two of tlmm
allvo at tho sarno time.
MARINE CORP8 NOW COMPLETE
Full
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nr envurui iiiumiia uuhuihi vi.ft
. f ii t.i. f
been I" Mtlllllllllicauuii wiui viono-
Finzor, Utick nnd Hamilton on
it . a i ... .i..r..n,. riniu im
(UI)JCCv Ol Cinini. uuirnou.
ilaysnno ho htibmlttid memoranda
11... n f 1111 iiMt1MW)f1tl
. i ... .... 4 nf 4 ! y f nillklt t rs r
I defense usaneuvers In Slay, as
m tlio permanent, suiting aside oi
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in iiiihiili T isuiii iiii.j lua iui nun T
l .1 l-.t U.. II..
i 1 1 .. J . I . I . I
coast nnjuiuiib KunurniB un lunni
Tliere appeared to ho u disinclin
uinoni! Infantry commandors to
ii. i...f t.... .in
riniu niiiir i iiiiiiinnii'n 1111 iirLiinii v
Conceited onji-ction wiui nlso
e io ino momn oi .tiay tor tnnnoiiv
as It is ullilciilt lor tlio avorago
utman to leave IDs business or
at tlit bum' t mo of tho snrinu
Ii known, however, thnt tho War
rtmcnt will llnd It necesfary to
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inuiu iiiuii u iimii ut uuiini, uviuiiBU.
uiaj u I iiiwiu ui iiBn uiiiriiiiii. I iiiil
aieg mouiii iool uin iiium titwH tint.
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jusi. ii is ueuevrsi mat mo gov-
fin. h iii nurnn ntir iv wnni
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h I'lviwi in i nil firtruii oi inn m
' organiuNi.
EXPATRIATES IN CHINA.
VICTIMS OF JAP MOB.
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couver, B. C.
t j fi bnu
)owm men, nlno member of tho
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IhtiV had Clirlv thin rnnrnln In
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iin mi. . n i . it -
,t vitu nuiQh 11
'V'k;iiiut ilUlfli llllll
Jll'N III II T in I v.m h ...... . 1 II
v uiijmiivnu uiu lit nil
with their long knives that havo
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MCUOimlil, WHH DilHfiilltf a .Tun.
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flLnrn u inn i. .Mni ........i.i .1 ,
....vi, i'luai e 111111 ii 1 una
ATM tiniil.tut II... I . .
I'IUU-KIHBM WIIUIOW
no glass smashed and tho frair-
wcrncti m ,i. 1-
wiling un UIU HIUUWUIK
coro of Japanese appeared from
inn nr.. I I. . 1 1 ' . . .
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, in UillJUIIIii
nuttons and ofilolnl rnrw. bnfc
8eal Choit of NlrWnl.
1 chest containing 2.8fif) fmm
car etunliK in front of tho Main
J'UHt carbarim i i-on n.i
Judge Wllfloy Warts Congress to Make
Lsws for Thtm.
San FranciHco, Cal., Doc. 3..Iudiro
f.. It. Wllfloy, of tho United States
court at Shanghai, nirainBt whom
charges of improper conduct of his
court havo been preferred at Washing
ton, nrivetl In Han Franclfcc this morn
ing on the Pacific Mall liner Manchuria
from the Orient, and after a etny of two
dayn In this city will proceed to tho na
tlonal capital. On Ixmnl tho Man
churia with Jiidiro Wllfloy was F. M.
Brooks, a lawyer, who has filed an ac
tion for $50,000 damagos ut Hono
lulu, charging tho head of tho court in
tho Far Knat, together with his clork,
L. II. Illckol, with const piracy in stop
ping tho practice of Brooks In Hharifihai.
Judgi Wllfloy denlcHl that ho was KO'
Ing to Wmjlilngton to meet tho charge
preferred against him.
"I am going to Washington," ho
fa Id, "to aid In dniwinu an act that
will extend to Amcrlcnus In China a
more oomploto body cf laws than they
now havo. Tho laws now in forco com-
priso little moro than Is embodied in
tlio common law and are so indeflnito
as to bo absolutoly usoless. It will bo
suggestod to congress that tho Califor
nia codo of laws bo mado to cxtond to
China, whoroiu auoh laws aro applica
ble.
"In addition to this mutter, I am
journeying Kast that congress may ho
asked for an appropriation for a proper
Federal building at bhanghal, where
tho American consulato and courts may
bo under ono roof."
Complement of 8,700 Men Is
Enlisted,
WushitiKton. Jan. 1. General 151
llott, commandant of marlnea. renortl
to BecrcUiry Metcalf yesterday that for
tho first time in many months tho ma
rine corps was now un to it full com
plement of 8,700 enlisted men. Gen
era! Klliot reports that not only has he
secured an uio mon Ho wanta. but baa
wumirawn fr nn tho nowsnanora advor
tlsomenta calling for recruits, and ho
is now In a position to pick his mon
when there Is need for furthor- recruit
ing.
Tho reasons assigned for thin state of
affairs represent tho donreusod condi
tlon ejf industries, resulting in forcing
men to obtain employment outside of
tho factories, mills and rninea. and to
such of thoao us aro not ablo to perform
milor's duties, yot would mako ood
soldiers and desiro to see tho world.
tho marine corps offors a tempting ro-
fugo.
Undo Sam Gong Behind.
Washington, Jan. 3. The forth-
coming report of the government's re
ceipts and expenditures for tho month
onding Dec. 31 will show u decreaco in
tho receipts as compared with Decem
ber last year of $8,520,152 and an in
crease in expenditures of $0,381,414.
making tho net Iopb for tho yoar $17,-
010,600. Tho decrease in receipts from
customs Is $0,895,059; from internal
rovonue, $2,708,045. Miscellaneous
receipts increase $1,135,452. Increases
of expenditures aro: Civil and miscel
laneous. $3,000,000; war, $1,500,000;
navy, $4,000,000; ponslons, $2,400,
000; public works, increase from $4,
843,711 to $8,899,000.
Immense Traffic Across Ocean.
Now York, Jan. 2. Trans-Atlantic
passenger trnlllc during 1907 was in
creased by nearly a million passengers
over the traffic in 1000. Tho total pas
eougors carried both east and west has
reached tho enormous number of 2,957,-
328, according to figureB given out by
the North Gorman Lloyd company.
Tho movement has been reator than
In 1900 by 072,040 and 1,451,151 groat-
er than In 1004. Tho pasengerH from
Kuropo to tho United States number
099,340, which is 200,000 in excess of
the entlro cast and west trnllic in 1S04.
TWO COMPANIES ON GUARD.
oneral Funtton Advises Consolida
tion for Sake of Economy.
Washington, Jan. 34. Tho War de
partment has been in correspondence
by telegraph with General Funton In
Han Francisco, relative to tho disposi
tion of tho troops at Goldilold In con
formity with the president's intentions
to maintain tho forco thoro, pending
tho meeting of tho logisluturo of No
vada. Gonoral Funston intended a reduc
tion in tho number nf troops at tho
mining camp, but tho War department
haa decidod to rornin there all of the
present force, numbering 283 men. In
tho interest, however, of simplicity,
and to avoid tho maintenance of a con
sidorublo nurnbor of officera who were
not needed, it has instructed General
Funston to consolidate) tho companies
into two.
Bank Condition is Good.
Washington, Jan. 1. Senator An-
kony has hud sovoral conferences re
contly with officials of the Treasury do
parunont concerning tho interests of
tho nationul banks in tho state of
Washington. During tlio recent finan
cial flurry somo difficulty was experi
enced in tho far West by reason of tho
inability of tho banks to obtain the
actual money from its rcsorve cities or
even from tho subtroasurles. Mr. An
kony fools confident, after his talks
with officials of tho treasury, that the
situation has been greatly relieved"
within tho last few weeks, and that
from now on tho sarno difficulty will
not be exporlonced.
Oil Burners to Be Tried.
Washington, Jan. 3. Possibly tho
fact that California produces great
quantities of petroleum inclines. Secre
tory Metcalf to favor tho uso of that
fuol in tho navy, where it can bo done
beneficially. Therefore plans for tho
now torpedo destroyers about to bo
proparod will probably include a re
quirement that thoy bo designed for
burning oil. Tho fact that the newest
British boats of this class, which have
attained the extraordinary speed of 40
miles an hour, ure oil burners, has in
fluenced our Navy department in favor
of tho udoption of liquid fuel.
Sailors Meet Defeat.
Wahington, Jan. 2. The Seamen's
union met temporary defeat today in
tholr light against the employment of
Chineeo seamen on Pacific coast ves
sels. Representatives called upon At
torney General Bonaparte todav and
expressed an opinion that the employ
ment of (JiiineBo on the vessels was a
violation of tho exclusion act. Bona
parte informed tlio committee that ho
could only furnish tho president and
tho heads of the departments affected
with their opinion for optional action.
The union will potition tho president.
UBAMNO PAUT IK A WIGHT.
rrtmn Oounn 'IV 11 of Vint KxpciW
mico UikIit Uio Spot Mitlit.
It was awful. IIoneHt, It wna. No
ono will ever know what I mifTere-l. I
hml never dreamed that I would have
an opiortimlty for yemrn yet to appear
In the title role of a Broadway music
al comedy, aays Hertha Mills In tho
Now York Globe. One rear ago I wna
!nglnjf In tho choir of a church In
Hr. Joseph, Mo. To-day ah, me, I run
the Ilurdy Gunly Girl nnd carry, ho
Mr. Carle tells me, the chief vocal re
ilKMiHlblllUefj of the performance. '
I !nwj?lne no one can understand
how I felt on the Monday morning Ito
fore wo opened at Wnllnck'n, when Mr.
Marks, tho manager, told mo that tre
newspaper announcements wcro cor
rect, that ho and Blchard Cnrle had
decided to let me slnit tho title nark
I nm told thnt I said "All right" nnd
"Thank you" without the BMnhtest
show of agitation. If that report Is
true I don't know how I masked my
feelings so cleverly. I was running
hot and cold from tlio ton of mv head
to the Holes of my feet, and from the
moment the manager told me until the
tlmo came for ray first entrance I was
icnred green.
For a moment I thought of running
to my dressing room nnd locking my
jolf In while I had a good cry. I also
thought of refusing to go on nnd of
a lot of other things which would pre
vent my mnklng a little-fool of myself
on tho stage. Keally, I believe my only
nnson for suddenly plucking up cour
age?" and taking the bit In my teeth wb
the possible feeling of pride and pleas
ure which my friends out In dear old
St. Jo might have If I aucceedol.
When Mr. Lawrence, the stage mana
ger, nnany rusned up, tapped mo on
the shoulder and Bald, "Now, Bertha.
ltB up to you," I nearly fainted.
anew rnnt only a tew seconds separ
ated mo from the owfulest of awful
things, a New York first-night audi-
enco, and I wished I waB home wftt
mother when I started out on thi
stage behind Mr. Anglols, who playi
both the organ and the padrone. Th
footlights blinded me and I was the
most heartsick ?lrl on all Brondway
until I heard the sweetest noise In the
whole world of noises. A pair of Ital
ian street musicians dragging a hand
organ must have struck the people on
the other side of the orchestra as a
pretty and novel picture, for a great
round of applause went up the mo
ment wo appeared.
That applause wan the most felcome
sound that ever came to my ears.
Without It I am absolutely certain that
I would have fainted right then and
EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE
Spreads Through Hie East Like
Prairie Fire.
VICTIMS BY TENS OF THOUSANDS
Feared That Epidemic May Surpass
1 hat of I889-9C Street Car
Service Is Crippled.
Jail Wrecking Glass' Health,
Ban Francieco, Dec. 31. Affidavits
havo boon Bervod on District Attorney
Langdon by T. 0. Coogan, Loals GIbbb'
attorney, in his attempt to got his
client out of full. Tho district attor
ney will file counter iifildavlts. Dr.
Koland K. Hartley and Dr. J. M. Wil
liamson stato In their uflldavita that
thoy vlsitoil Louis Glass at tho county
jail and that ho showed 'matkod gene
ral physical deterioration and goneral
derangoment." Thoy ay they found
him in u norvous condition which will
pormanently Injuro his heulth.
Raises Rent of Hot Springs.
Chicago, Dec. 31. A dispatch to tho
Tribuno from Hot Springs. Ark., says;
Announcement was mado yesterday
that tho United Sbit oh would double
tho prico for its healing hot waters
inn in,, I .... I l - - n . ..
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, voHioniay on What s nutnn. Tin hot wntor now sds
II I N I i !..... 1 .. . . ---n .
tr..,.,,i "ivmioii. ii was poneod oy mo government ai fau por
t io I'edenil streot carbarns to tho
-- . uiiilu in iin omintnil w mn
j "v. l-ll l IU(l,
ir
Officers uio in
annum for enen tub supplied. J no
bathhoiiBO owners stato they aro unublo
to moot tho raiuo.
More Stolen Mall Fn..H
of innfu V - Anotlior largo
01 '"ml hits been found wuf 7,f
now
. ,,," u'" "r8t WllOU WilH left
w I'wiirii mnlnt-a n ..l.i .
- --""VI u vjiiriMLimiM n if n r.
t.. il ) VI uocka. monoy or-
.. Mn IVinif in Mm mtlsli
Ihn ti. 1 " (mivii I dui Y v J u si(is i i wi ii
"u IMIIll'IKIil It'nwst MH 1 lit I
e Jm nrw, y. " win ag- nireauy rusorvod,
H Ittfl ll'n.l f ri" ' I "V llVIVIIIH HV II
r I ,": ' K1"0" Ihocaso. Somo
,iu T,v u,J.mi itinera from vurl-
mu UIl 10(1 Hln nn wnrn In
Headquarters Are Secured.
Denver, Deo. 31. Tho headquarters
of tho Domooratlu National convention
will bo at tho Biown PuIhco hotel,
which has roidsteiod a request from
Chairman Tom TaBgiirt, of tho commit-
too, through Secretary Mills, of tho
Convention leaguo of Denver, to re
serve 50 additional rooms, hosldos those
As soon aa thcee
made tho other hotels
of tho. city will bolgu to muko reserva
tions.
Torpedo Rn.. .- ...
'"i Hraz . T.,., n m.
itrin.. 1 . -V lUt HULIU I llin HIE
floct In ii" . .''.'""K 'P.W" iillgHBl
I-. iu in. nrrivml inn hum
'roin l'nrf. ...... vw.
.im - ui oimiii. 'irlrilflurl. iVnm
u.1" which i,,r. .":.i:v.: v ""-"I r
TSi Mi.. t " IWTnSLOft 1 Bleu El SnAKU S.H1UUVI
yon th . i0?" Wl18 tlo'yl ground at Sheepshed
- uy uau weather,
Garnets In New York Bedrock.
Now York, Deo. 31. That Now York
City roBta on a vast mass of garnets la
tho dlsoovory of Ktilph K. Morgan, an
i mlnoraloglst, now visiting
In a maiB of rook thrown up
it i il
a subway oxoavaiion, no uibcov
un the dumping
at Sheepshed bay he found a
number of excellent gamete,
Engineers to Tour Coast.
Washington, Dec. 28. Colonols
Leach and Lockwood of Uio loard of
United States engineers, will leavo for
tho Puoifio coast on January 0, begin
ning with California, and will hold
public hearings on a number of pro
jects, including Oregon undertakings.
People will havo tho opportunity to
present tho local ncods of their com
munities. Both tho ofilceis uro loyal
supporters of coast developments. It
is suggested that .Portland propuro to
presont necessary works for its section
Steamship Company Embarrassed.
New York, Jan. 2. Announcement
was mado tonight on bohalf of tho Con
solidated Steamship lines by D. II.
Campboil, tho treasurer, that tho com
pany would default on tho interest on
its $0,000,000 collateral trust bonds,
duo tomorrow. Tho official statement
oxplains that "Owing to tho provulling
flnanciul conditions it had boon com
pollod to dovoto Its earnings to pay
ment for new ships anil honco is unublo
to moot tho coupons maturing."
No Action In Bristol Caae. I
Washington, Deo. 28. Mombors of
tho Oregon delegation in congrosa mot
and informally discussod tho Bristol
caso but no action whatsoovor was tak
on. Tho matter may come up for moro
formal discussion later but. no an
nouncement of plans bus been mado.
Cruisers at Plchlllnquo.
Washington, Jan. 1. Admiral 8e-
breo's eqnadnn, consisting of thecruis-
V I , . . 1 ..
ers loiinofneo ana wapningiou, navo
arrived at Piohillnqno, off the pouthern
coast of Lovor California. Their noxt
stop is oxpoctod to bo at Magdalerm
bay.
Viscount Aokl 8ays Farewell.
Wttshlmtton, Jan. 2, Viscount Aoki,
tlio Japanoso ombasBador who was re
cently recalled by his homo govern
ment, bado furowoll to wusnmgion
Monday. Ho will sail from San Fran-
olsoo for Japan on January 7.
Oregon Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, Jan. 2, Oregon post
masters appointed: London, Jamos L.
Baton viooI N, Uoguo, reslgnod; Mil)
City, Mabel McRae vlco E. J. Bryans,
resignod,
Figures Are Astounding.
Washington, Jan. 1. Tho engineers
on tho i'anama canal are dealing in
vast figures and tho canal record con
veys m a graphic manner an idea of
tho magnitude of the work to bo dono
upon tho locks. It is stated that the
mount of concrete to bo need in build
ing these locks would suffice to con
struct eight-room city houses of tho
generous s'zo of 30r30 feet with two
storieH and basement nnd with concrete
doors and roof to the number of 22,842.
Jumpers May Get a Chance.
Washington, Jan. 1. Tho Bartlott
mining assessment bill did not pass.
Tho Toller bill, which is similar, pass
ed the senate before tho holidays, but,
it is understood, will not' pass the
houso. Falluro to pass such legislation I
mroma f.hnf. nil minim. ih,Ima nnn I
t.aw v.a.vv .... ... ... UlUlltig
which tho required amount ot assess
ment work wus not dono during the
calendar year 1007 can bo legally
jumped after January 1.
Urge Brownson to Talk.
Washington, Doc. 28. Lino oflicers
in the nuvy aro urging Admiral Brown
son to publish correspondence relative
to his resignation, holding that Rixey's
statement was really inspired ut tho
White House. It has developed that
tho acceptance of his resignation was
announcod 15 minutes after it had been
givon to Socretury Motcalf to take to
I'rosident Koosovolt.
there. Somehow, I mannged to get
through the first verse of the "Hope
On" number without suffocating, nnd
then I notlrnl that the wings were
crowded with the chorus nnd other
members of the compnny. They were
waring their hands to me nnd whisper
ing words of necourngement.
e finished the first chorus of the
song and got a real, honest Injun en
core. Figuratively speaking, I grabbed
that applause as If I were drowning,
and It was a straw. When the nolge
started I wns almost hysterle'al, but ns
It kept up I felt myself growing nerv
ous, nnd by the .time we stnrted to
sing nnoher verse I had recovered my
voice and was as eomiosed ns I ever
wns In the church choir. I made up
jny mind thnt Bertha Mills would show
a houseful of first nlghters that St. Jo
wasn't so very far behind New York.
I snng th chorus six times the open
ing night, and when I finally got Into
tho wings tho stage hands, my girl com
patriot, Mr. Marks and Mr. Edward
Jack, the business manager, said all
sorts of nice things. It wns natural,
I suppose, that I should go through the
rest of the perormance ns If I were
on air. After the first sortg I wasn't a
! h!l- nfrnld.
Around the World in IO Seconds.
Washington. Jan. 2. In accordance
with u custom begun several years ago
the naval observatory last night nt 12
o'clock sent a Now Year greeting
around the world. This is elono by
prearrangoment with tho telegraph nnd
cablo companies, and tho messago com
pleted tho telegraphic circuit of tlio
wcrld in about 10 seconds ' timo.
Maybe I wns tickled next day to find
that the critics had not noticed my
nervousness. If they had I am sure I
would have Itcon Just ns bud every suc
ceeding evening. Now the opening Is
two weeks gone, so I feel all right
again, but I am telling the gospel truth
when I say that for four days after
tho opening I didn't eat anything ex
rvpt some dry toast, some tea and two
club sandwiches. And as for sleep
well, I don't think I slept n wink.
If I never nm npplaudod again by a
Xew York audience the knowledge thnt
I plensed n llttlo bit on that first night
will always seem a fair reward for the
four years I spent In study.
Gen?, but I wns seared that night!
Chicago, Dec. 31. Deadly grippe,
which has already fastened itself upon
nearly every city east of the Mississippi
river, is spreading westward with ap
palling rapidity. Not since tho terri
ble epidemic of 1889-90 have there been
such lavages by the fearful malady as
at tho present time, according to special
dispatches gathered from many sources.
Mild, open weather, highly unseasona
ble, is held responsible by health authorities.
Pittsburg is the chief complainant.
So many people there are ill that tho
streetcar service is crippled and office
buildings are practically empty. Be
sides Pittsburg, New York, Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Cleveland,
Boston, Milwaukee and other Eastern
and Western cities were reported to bo
wrestling with thn disease, a number of
deaths in each city occurring daily.
"La grippe, ob the French call it,"
said Dr. Herman Spalding, of tho Chi
cago Health department, "travels with
the epeed of a prairie fire. It travels
along the lines of transportation, as it
Is carried by travelers fbom one city to
another. To is decidedly contagious
and there is no effective way of check
ing its spread. If other cities become
badly affected, Cbiago is sure to bo hit,
becaueo of the thousands of travelers
who arrive dally in Chicago from every
point of the compass."
From New York word comes that the
grippe has begun a devastating crusade
in that city and that among its victims
have been opera singer s and many
actors and actresses. There were 03
deaths in the metropolis last week.
Besides this there were many deaths
from pneumonia, influenced by the
grippe bacillus.
Physicians in Boston say there are at
least 00,000 cases now in that city.
Cincinnati has 2,000 cases and physi
cians say that new cases are developing
by the score every hour.
ON SECOND STAGE.
Battleship Fleet
Rio
for
Hawley in Society.
Washington, Jan. 2. Representative
and Mrs. Hawley made tholr first bow
to ofiiolal socloty in Washington Mon
day evening as dinner guests of Vlco
President Fairbanks, On Friday oven,
ing Mr. and Mis. llawloy will bo guests
of Mrs. Roosevelt at n musical to bo
given at tho White Houeo.
Taft to Talk Politics.
Washington, Dec. 28. Secretary
Taft will mako his first political pro
nouncement since his return from abroad
at Boston, December 30, in a speech bo
fore tho Merchants' usBoolutlon.
Congressman Calderhead III,
Washington, Deo. 28. Representa
tive William A. Caldorhcad, of Kansas,
ia critically ill tvith double pneumonia
at his apartment in this oity.
ronnoiiuiice All Around,
In the Norman ierIod wealthy per
sons who wished to do tlte hnndsomo
thing by their town nnd tow-nspeopk
says nr. J. J. Raven, In "Tho Bells of
Englnnd," often gavo a boll to tho
church Instead of endowing n chair
In an Institution of learning. Then, as
now, donors wero moved by a variety
of motives, but that, of course, did not
lnterfero In tho least with the sweet
tenor or bnss of the bell.
There wns tho Anglo thane. Lyolf,
who, rich In goats and slice), was much
disturbed by nocturnal thieves. Tired
out .with theso troubles, according to
Doctor Raven, the author of 'Tho Bells
of lCngliuul," Lyolf sold many of his
animals and bought a bell, which ho
gnvo to tho abbey.
When ho first heard Its sound his Joy
broke forth Into Jocularity.
"Nyu," ho said, "how sweetly my
goats blent mid my tshecji ban!"
Lyoirs wlfo presented another boil,
nnd Doctor Raven note's that tho "two
rang out In plenst nt ae-cortl" a so-' Atlantic
nuonco uuexi)ectcdl Bweot. annnrontlv. voted to
Leaves Trinidad
Janeiro,
Port of Spain, Dec. 31 .The Ameri
can battleship fleet weighed anchor at
4 o'clock Sunday afternoon and steamed
for Rio Janeiro. Accompanying the
fleet were the supply ships Culgoa and
Glacier. Early in the morning the
signal went up from Rear Admiral
Evans' flagship Connecticut to prepare
for dearture at 8 a. in., but owing to a
delay in the coaling of the battleship
Maine from the collier Fortuna, it was
necesfary to change the time of sailing.
.Long before the hour set a myriad of
small craft, chiefly launches and steam
yachts, moved up and down along the
lines of anchored battleships, the mer
ry parties aboard shouting farewells to
the departing visitors. Thousands of
residents climbed the surrounding hills
to view the great ships as they moved
outward on their journey of 3,000 miles
and more, while boatloads of excursion
ists went to the small islands in the
gulf and others to the floating dock to
catch the lost glimpse of tha ships.
ihe Meet presented a magnificent ap
pearance as it steamed out in four col
umns with the supply ships tiailing, a
distance of 400 yards separating one di
vision from another. With the Con
necticut in the lead the battleships
headed for the Booas and steamed ma
jestically through the grand Booa and
thence along the northern coast of Trin
idad. An average of from 10 to 11
knots an hour will carry tho fleet to the
end of the second lap of the 14,000
mile journey in about 12 days, and it
was announced by Admiral Evans be
fore his departure that he expects to
reach Rio Janeiro on Friday evening
January 10.
Natives Facing a Famine.
Hillsdule, Mich., Dcc.31. Secretary
II. S. Myers, of the general conference
of Free Baptists, t?nid today: "Ac
cording to advices just received by me
from our missions in Bengal and Oris-
sn, India, four months of rain is tho
usual allowanco in Lucknow, India, in
a year, but during the year 1907 it has
rained only four days. The result is
famine everywhere. Thousands of the
population are Buffering and before re
lief comes noxt August hundreds of
thousands must die unices relief cornea
from Christian lands."
Fatal Row Over 5 Cents.
San Francltco, Deo, 31. Arthur
Sassman, a oonductor of tho United
Railroads, was shot and killed today at
tho intersection of Twelfth and Folsom
Btreots by Bona vent ura Aroieri, a pas
senger. Previously Aroiori bad ten
dered a transfer which Sassman had
refused to honor. He then paid a cash
fare and began to arguo tho matter.
Sassman Blappeel Arciori in the face
and tlio latter drew a revolver and
shot Sassman.
Kxcuses uro like
them, but uo good.
Earthquake Breaks Company.
Hamburg, Doc. 31. Tho Trane-
Firo Insurance company has
liquidate on account of the
fact that moro than half ot its capital
weeda ; Lota of was lost by the Sun Franoisoo fire and
earthquake.