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Serious Views on Nations
: Tendencies Held.
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FOR STRENUOUS LIFE
Hinjborough Holds (he Pact too
Swift for Brains nd
Body.
DESIRE FOR SHOW IS SPUR
Intffletaney and OttunUtion Comblnt
to Ovtt Work tho Individual Un
til , Norvoui Prostration U
Callod American Dle.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 24.-ln several
striking ways during tho past few
day attention ha bn railed to the
tact thai thl country ' rushing for
ward under a full head o( iitmn,
with tho safety valvo tied down.
Among thoaa who hav aoundtd warn
lug ar Secretary of (ho Trenaury
Shaw, Mr. JutW Brewer, of tha L'nl
tod State Supreme Court; Senator
Hnnsborough, of North Dakota, and
Martin Knapp, Chairman If tha Inter-
atata Commerce Commission.
President Roosevelt him set an ox
ample of wrenuoslly that tho entire
nation, apparently, la trying to fol
low; and tha trouble la that tha na
tlon aa a whole la not ao well equipped
to atand tha pace na la tha President
"Wa ar working to hard, too rapid
ly, and too many hour," aaya Scnft
tor Hansborough. Ha wa discussing
tho rntlroaila and their netla whan
ha made tha statement. It extends
Into nearly every line of American
business life. Tha pace I too awlfL
Wa muat let up, or nervoQa proiit ra
tion will become distinctly an Amerl
nan maladjyi Nor la tha ' condition
confined wholly to business activity,
Wa find It here In Washington; It ex-
lata In tho executive departments, at
tho Capitol and In a marked degree
at tho "Whlta House.
Commontlng on Senator Hansbar
rough' obaorvatlona, Chairman Knapp
aald the discussion opened up a very
Interesting field for Investigation "In
Which, I think, It. would bo well worth
whllo to make a careful atudy,"
, "The whole country la In a state of
more or less contention, In the Individ
ual cnae aa woll na In the organised
or corporate case," continued Mr.
Knnpp. "There la a condition of In
efficiency, Resulting .from .demands
which exceed present capacity, A
railroad perform excellent aervlce up
to. the limit Of It capacity, but If re
quired to furnish 25 percent mora aer
vlce than It In prfparsd for, ltd whole
work la carried on at a disadvantage
with Increased expense per unit, and
with more or loss demoralization.
Slmllarlyj tho Individual " who h
trained and fitted for a given output
of work will perform hla accuatomed
task Willi entire satisfaction. Bui It
continuously pressed with a consider
ablo excosa beyond what he la habit
ually required to meet, he, llke the
railroad, gets into a atata of dimin
ished energy and discouragement, and
so does hla work per unit with great
Motion and less satisfaction 'than un
der normal circumstance.
"Tho average "employee who sens
little prospect of advancement finds
Insufficient Incentive to determined
effort, but yields to the temptation 'to
do no more than hold hla place. That
temptation Is very powerful whon, In
times like the present, there Is a lack
of oapable labor In every activity, bo
rthat tho risk of being thrown out ofi
aninluvmant Lm!aua tu doaa not.
w . P - f v
compllsh mora la reduced lo tho U
Imum."
Mi. Justice Brewer warning wa
aoundod Sunday In a speech before the
People' Forum at New Hochollo. At
ter peaking of tha mamllou growth
and development of tha nation,5 the
lrnod Jurist asked: "Whlch way
this country looking? What ar tho
tdoala of tha Inspiration of the nation?
I this republic seeking only material
development, tontatlon and parade,
or la It striving for the higher life.
which ahull benefit both the people
and tho nation? W ar building p a
big iiavy; we ar now tha fourth na
val power. In all our cltie wa vl
In' ottnota'tlon. W buy libraries by
tho cubic yad and galJerie by tha Job
lot Wa want to have tha biggest and
fittest yachts, tba.moat gorgaoua caa
ilea, , What does thla aignifyr
Juatlco Hrewr answered thla ques
tion by pointing out what bo believed
to bo tha growth of extravagance In
tha Individual, tha municipality and
the nation. Mora than half of tho
Btates art In debt, ha ald, and Now
York CHy owe 1421.000,000. The na
tion la running deeper Into debt each
year.
SAILBOAT CAPSIZES.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 24. A
all-boat with twenty-five persons on
board overturned thla morning near
Muntego Bay. Sixteen of tht party
wer drowned.
POPE WILL REFUSE
New Religions Law of France Will
Be Rejected.
POLICY OF VATICAN PLAIN
Contending Sentiment in France la
Very Bitter Jesuits Charged With
Fomenting Certain Elamonta
of Trouble.
PARIS, Dec. 24. The k Associated
Press learns from a high ecclesiastical
source that It la certain tho Pope will
reject the new rollgloue . law, and at
an opportune time forbid the parish
priest to continue services In the
churches, after which they will organ
Ixo private worship, The Informant
of the Associated Press adds;
"The Vatican can pursue no other
policy. Having declined to retain the
church property undar conditions laid
down by the government, It can only
vlndlcute tta position by proving to
the . faithful they are objects of per
secution." . , ,. '
The Republican organs regard the
order of the bishops suppressing
Christmas masses tonight as being the
formal Inauguration of the policy out
llnd above.
The Aurora says It la a scheme dic
tated , by the Jesuits, and that the
cry will be re-echoed by every beadle
ond verger In France. ......
'Yot," says the Aurore, "there Is
not a'stngla thinking Catholic who docs
not know that the suppression of the
mldntght masses Is tho work of the
church and mot of the government."
An official note was Issued this af
ternoon announcing that the state
ments published abroad to the effect
that the French government Bent a
note to the power trt' nnt'ctpatlon of
tho protest from the Vatican against
the expulsion of Monstgnor Montng
nanl were absolutely false. '' .
' WRECK NEAR STOCKTON.
, STOCKTON, Calif., Dec. 24. Three
were killed and a dozen seriously In
jured in a wreck on the Sugar Pine
branch of tho Sierra Railroad yester
day. Three of the Injured were fa
tally hurt. A special hud been cnt
out to bring In a wrecked construction
train. On returning the special ran
away down a steep grade. The ca
boose containing thirty men snapped
on a ourve and plunged forty feet to
the bottom of a gulch.
RACE RIOTS
ARE FEARED
Ku KIux Klan About to be
Restored to Duty.
MAYOR ON BIS GUARD
Orders All Saloom Closed on
Strength of Crave Rumor
of Trouble.
CHRISTMAS DAY IS FIXED UPON
City of Meridian Also on Very Verge
of Raeo Troubloa Stat Militia
Sant to Certain Sootion to bo
i in Readlno.
ATLANTA, Dec. 24. To avoid all
possibility of any repetition of the re
rent race rioting In this city, Mayor
Woodward today issued an order clos
ing all saloon this afternoon. For aev
ral wtek Indefinite rumor bar ba
heard that Christmas waa to be tha
occasion for attack upon the .negroes
of Atlanta. .
Several "K. K. K." notlcea were
posted on the street SaturdayWhile
no serious consideration haa been giv
en to these, a reward ol $200 waa of
fered by Mayor Woodward for the ap
prehension of anyone pouting such no
tice or Inciting lo r.- - -
MERIDAN, Miss., Deo. 24. Accord
ing to reliable report received here
tonight, the negroes for miles around
are congregated In the town of Wah-
alak and during the afternoon paraded
tha streets threatening; vengeance on
all white, because of the killing of
one negro and the wounding of an
other by the conductor of a passenger
tral non the Mobile ft Ohio Railroad
yesterday, while the latter was at
tempting to quell a disturbance aboard
hi train.
In response to an appeal from the
white people at Wahalak, of whom
there are jnot more than twenty-five.
Battory I ond Company D, of the
state mllttla have been sent there and
should reach the ' place by midnight
An unverified report at 8:30 tonight
wns to the effect that a clash had oc
curred and two whites ware killed:
EARTHQUAKE RECORDED.
University of California. Seismograph
Indioatea Ssrious but Distant
Shooka.
BKRKELEY, Cal., Dec. 24. The ae-
lsinograph at the students labratory, of
the University of California, recorded
earthquake waves yesterday at
houra 36 minutes 3G seconds. Pacific
Standard time, which Indicates that a
serious earthquake, has occurred at a
dlntant point. Professor A. O. Leusch
ner, In charge, said: "Careful meas
urements of the selsmogram made by
A; K, ChflmprMUT, glv th follnwlpj;
Tlnfff of commencement,' S hours, 20
minutes 3!i eocoWls, Pacific Standard
Time; duration of preliminary tremor
1 minute 29 seconds; duration second
stage of preliminary tremor six min
utes, 16 seconds; duration strong mo
tion 11 minutes SS seconds. The mo
tion la shown In tho east ond West
component only. Tho average period
of the waves was 10 seconds." '
WRECK KILLS NINE.
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ST. PAUL, Dec. 24. So far a the
railroad officials of the Suo Line have
been able to loam, they say only (nine
persona were killed In the wreck at
Enderlln, North Dakota, Sunday. It
was roported late thla afternoon that
two of the Injured hud died, making
a total death list of eleven, but tb
Associated Pre wa Informed this
evening that the report was, untrue.
The latest report Indicates that forty-
five person were Injured. and of these
twenty-four were classed a aerlously
hurt, but It ha been Impossible to
learn the extent of their Injuries, a
tha railroad official refuse to give out
any Information.
TRU8TEO "EMPLOYE ARRESTED,
BAN FRANCISCO', Dec. 24. Fred
erick Cleaves, for a number of year
head bookkeeper and confidential man
of the E. J. Bowen Seed Company, for
merly on Sansotne Street, who wa
arrested on Walnut Creek, wa brought
back to tht city yesterday and placed
In the Bush Street Station charged
with forgery. It 1 claimed hi ac
count are short to the extent of
$8000 or 17000. Cleaves aaaerta that
tho charges made against biro are
false.' He declares if a shortage wa
found In hi account It wa due to
the fault of tha expert.
ROB GAMBLERS.
GOLD FIELD, Nev., Dec. 24. Two
masked men held up 17 occupants of
the lobby bar-room of tbe Colum
bia Hotel late last 'night The rob
bers secured $825 from the men gam
bling, but overlooked $3,000 In tbe
safe. They then backed out of the
rear entrance and escaped, leaving no
clue. :. .
SHOT FOR BURGLAR
Japanese Desperately Wounded as
He Uoes to Apartments.
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ENTERED' BY SLEEPING ROOM
Sleepor Awoke and Fired in Darkneaa
With Probably Fatal Effect Jap
anese Waa a Servant Em
1 ployed About tho House.
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PORTLAND, Dec,' 24. Ara Taca-
shlmo, a Japanese, wa shot and prob
ably fatally Injured by Arthur Mc-
JSwan late last night, at the residence
of McEwon's brother-in-law, C. L.
Zahm, In this city. The shooting was
reported to the police late today by
two Japanese friends of Tacaahlma.
Tacashlma la a house servant- In the
employ of Zahm and In case he returns
home late at night' ho to pass through
young McEwan's apartments to get to
his own room. Last night McEwan
was awakened by a noise made by the
Japanese and seeing a figure In the
room shot at It. The shot struck Ta
caahlma In the abdomen. The wound
ed man was taken to the hospital Im
mediately, but for some reason, appar
ently by oversight occasioned by the
excitement, no ono notified the police.
Zahm and his brother-in-law came
here In tha employ of the Home Tele
phone Company a few months ' ago
from Los Angeles. The family Is high
ly respected. A
PARALLED THAW'S CASE.
NEW YORK. Deo. 24. The repre
sentative of District Attorney Jerome's
office visited the court house In Jersey
City on several days of last week to
take a transcript of portions of the
record of the trial, of Thomas S. Bark
er, who on February 3, 1901', shot the
Rev. Kelly, of Arlington, N. J., for
assault upon hla wife. It Is said the
transcript Is to be used In the trial
of Harry K. Thaw for. the murder of
Stanford White. .
Barker's defense was that the story
his wife told htm Justified his action,
but' Judge Blair refused to allow Mrs.
Barker to tell, her story to the Jury.
Tho defense finally got the story be
fore the Jury by Introducing an expert
and reciting a hypothetical casie. It
did not avail however, as Barker was
convicted) and sent to state prison
although he waa paroled,
SLOANE HAD
IS VERDICT
Will Go to Asylum Instead
of the Scaffold.
CITIZENS ARE ENRAGED
Even Defense Hardly Expected
Insanity Verdict to Be
Returned.
MURDER WAS MOST BRUTAL
Killed His Father With an Ax, Cart
, riod Hi Body Away and Then
Cooly Went to Bd Boy Im
passive Throughout
SPOKANE, Dec. 24. "Not guilty,
by reason of Insanity," was the verdict
returned today In the case of Sidney
Sloane, the 18-year-old boy charged
t
witb the brutal murder of his father,
James F. Sloane, a pioneer merchant
of Spokane.
Tot the Hist time during the trial
Sidney Sloane changed color aa the
verdict waa read. The color mounted
up his face to bis forehead, but a mo
ment later he was calm and Impassive
as ever. His mother, aa the Import
of the verdict was brought home to
her, gave a sigh ot relief that was
audible In every part of the courtroom.
Her face changed color, and then she
bent over and hid her face in her
hands. ' . ' .
No verdict ever given by a Jury In
Spokane County has been received
with more disfavor than that in the
Sloane case. An insanity verdict was
almost beyond the expectation of even
the prosecution, and the result was
heard with surprise and greeted with
dissatisfaction here. There Is wild
talk of tar and feathers for the Jury
and lynching for. the boy, but no real
danger that either will occur.
Afteir tho verdict of "not guilty,"
young Sloane arose as4f to leave the
courtroom, but was stopped. His at
torney, P. C. Robertson, desires that
the boy be sent to the Insane asylum.
and this will doubtless be done. -
The trial, which has lasted five
weeks, was the longest and most aen
satlonal ever held in Spokane county.
It was clearly proved that on the night
of August 29 the boy came behind his
father, who was eating a midnight
lunch, and struck him six terrible
blows on the head with an ax; then
took money from the dead man's
pocket, picked up the corpse, carried
It down stairs, loaded It Into a wheel
barrow, trundled It about two blocks
and dumped it In an alley. Returning,
he made clumsy efforts to wash the
blood from the rugs and floor of the
room. He ate part of an apple and
calmly went to bed..
When the body was dlscovnmd nvt
morning he was quickly arrested and
confessed tho crime. ' He said he be
came enraged at things his father said
about his mother.
The defense claimed tho boy had
shown slgna of Insanity from infancy.
BATTLE FOR BEER.
Chicago Will .Make Stiff Struggle for
It Sunday Drinks.
CHICAOO, Deo. 24. The Tribune to
day says: '
A Puritanical Sunday for Chicago,
with idle street cars and elevated rail
roads out of commission and with no
newspapers and no Sunday theatres
or even sacred concerts is the retali
ation threatened by Alderman Michael
Kenn if he is forced to clove bl a
loon on Sunday.
This will be tn last resort If the Al-
edrman and other saloonkeeper axe
compelled to close on Sunday. It will
be taken if Mayor Dunn I directed
to obey the state law under tb man
damus proceeding In Judge Frost's
court next Friday. The aldermen
will be backed tor the fullest extent
by tbe United Societies for local self
government I
' Resolutions demanding a provis
ion In the new city charter for bom
rule on the Sunday saloon question
were adopted at a large mas meet
ing of Bohemian citizen held yester
day. '. ' '
- Mayor Dunne and Alderman Kenna
will be compelled to show reason In
Judge Frost court next Friday' why
the' mandamus should not bo issued
on petition of the Sunday Closing
League.
MINER'S OFFICER8 AIDED.
NEW YORK, Dec 24. A delegation
representing the Moyer-Haywood pro
test conference, organised to asltat
for the defense of the officer of the
Western Federation of Miners, arrest
ed on the charge of the murder of Ex
Governor Steunenberg, of Ohio, ap
plied yesterday to the Central Feder
ated Union for funds to employ coun
sel to defend Moyer and Haywood.
Mil's Twining, of Colorado, was tb
principal speaker. It waa decided to
establish a fund for defense, the brew
er contributing 2600.
Director of Education Makes His
Annual Report Public
THREE THOUSAND SCHOOLS
Many Private and Religious Institu
tionsSpanish tho Language of
Pupilo and Teachers in Moat
Cases American Teachers.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. The sixth
annual report of the Director of Edu
cation In the Philippines concerning
the activities of the educational work
In the.. Islands for the year ending
June 30, 1906, shows, that there ar
now 3,166 primary schools In the isl
ands, with an average of 375,554 pu
pils. , Seven hundred Americans and
6,224 Filipino teachers are employed.
All of the school divisions, the, report
says, conducted teachers institutes,
varying from four to six weeks In the
different provinces. The instruction
given was divided between the com
mon branches of the intermediate
course and special topics of instruc
tion, such as school gardening, domes
tic science, primary Industrial work
and methods of teaching.
There are 2,454 primary school
buildings tn the island owned by tho
municipalities, and In addition a num
ber of buildings belonging to the pro
vinces," but not constructed originally
for school purposes are used. Private
Instruction, the report says, plays a
large part In the Intellectual condition
of the Islands. Many of these schools
are supported by the Catholic church,
with a history reaching back several
decades. Some of these institutions
teach jungiiBh, although in practically
all of them Spanish is the basis of
Instruction. Tho Filipino teachers, Dr.
Barrows says, continue to gain In re
liability, strength of character and
moral purpose.
' MUST STOP OVERFLOW.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The state
department has been advised that
President Dias .has given the com
pany which has a concession permit
ting them to divert the waters of the
Colorado river ten days to begin the
work of controlling the overflow into
Salton Sink In Imperial Valley, and
In case they fall to have the work
completed In three months, proceed
ings will be Instituted to annul their
concession. . ' ' '
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