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DARWINIAN
THEORY
Prof. Tower Has New Idea of
Evolution.
POTATO BUG EXPERIMENTS
Tour Demonstrations Which Are Said
to be of World-Wide Importance
Believes Evolution of Animals in Gen
eral Has Been Continuous and Direct.
AFTER BLACK HAND
Organization to Crush Out Italian
Secret Societies.
WILL EXAMINE IMMIGRANTS
fSuecessful Brigands Come From Sicily
and Southern Italy and Are Made the
Leaders by Their Uneducated Country
menItalian Detective Gets Busy.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3 Prof. TV. L. Tower,
f the University of Chicago, who has
been working on a new theory of evolu
tion to supplant those of De Vries and
Darwin, brought before the Scientists
f the American Association for the
advancement of Science in the Zoo
logogy laboratory of the University yes
terday his experiments and conclusions
readied with the potato bug. With many
aires and colors of leptinotarsa, of which
the potato bug is one form the scientist
made a series of four demonstrations
which were said to beof world-wide
importance. Prof. Tower has been ex
perimenting with the potato bug for
ver 12 years, having studied in Mexico,
'Arizona, Xew Mexico and in his own
laboratory. He lias taken it from one
place to another, transplanted it from
the highlands to the lowlands of Mexico
and has chanped its environment in
every particular.
His conclusion is that evolution has
taken wholly by mutation, nor by natu
ral election.
"I am of the opinion that the evolu
tion of the genus leptinotar-a and of
animals in general has been continuous
and direct, developing new species and
migrating races by direct response to
the conditions of existence.
Officers of the American Association
for the advancement of science were
elected as follows: Thos. Chamberlain,
president, University of Chicago; vice
Hresident, C. E. finth, University of
Iowa; L. Kathenhurjr, University of
Wisconsin; F. Swain, Institute of Tech
joToyy of Massachusetts; Bailey Willie,
V. P. Geological Survey, Washington
C. J. Herrick, University of Chicago
H. Richards. Columbia University; R.
Woodworth, Columbia University.
It was decided to hold the next an
nual meeting of the organization at
Baltimore next Chri-tmas. A summer
meeting will be held this year at Han
rer, N. H.
EARTHQUAKE AT ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Jan. 3. Reports reaching
Koine, says a special to the Time?, are
to the effect that severe earthquake
hocks visited Cape Prince of Wales
R,,T,,i!ir The shake lasted two
minutes and immense quantities of rock-
were loosened from the cliffs. The na
tives and whites were much alarmed.
The Alaskan coast ha lieen visited by
manv seismic convulsions the past year
Because of the inaccessibility of the
ieene, details are lacking.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3 A plan, world
wide in its scope, to crush out ' the
Black Hand, Mafia and like organiza
tions has been devised of the Joseph
Petrosoni head of the Italian branch of
the local detective bureau. Petrosoni
has established correspondence with
heads of the police departments in Rome
and other Italian cities and through
them will learn whenever a brigand or
blackmailer has left the country sup
posedly for America. He has establish
ed similar connections with the police
of Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Den
ver, San Francisco and New Orleans and
many smaller cities, and in this man
ner the local police expect to keep track
of the leaders of groups and cliques in
this country. Lieutenant Petrosoni is
aiding in the organization of a national
body of Italian-Americans, 'which pro
poses to appeal to Congress to pass an
immigration law to cause a more care
ful examination of immigrants from
Sicily and South Italy.
"Manv undesirable citizens, men
known as successful brigands in Sicily
and Southern Italy are permitted to en
ter America," Lieu. Petrosoni said yes
terday. "Tbey should be kept out.
When thev reach America the are ad
mired and made leaders by the unedu
cated of their kind and soon are again
at their old game of murder and black
mail. "This can only lie stamped out by
driving as many of them as possible out.
An everage Sicilian is afrtiin of this
persecution."
ORDERED TO CHILE.
VICTORIA, Jan. 3.-H. M. S. Shear
water has been ordered to Iqiiique tinder
-ealed orders' and will sail January 2fi.
The mission of the vessel is a mystery.
HORSE AND DOG.
Contact With Civilization Lessons Their
Cunning and Sagacity.
QUARRELED OVER FIGHT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Thomas
West, a contractor, was shot five times
ay Paul Mullen, an ex-pugilist, on Ellis
stiert today. The shooting was the
nteome of a quarrel last night over the
ntcome of the Attel-Moran fight on
New Year's day. West will probably
snrvive his injuries. Mullen was ar-nested.
TEA
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packages ; somebody
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Tour grocer rc'.urnt your money f rou doo'l
to Schilling's E!; we pay him
The dog is no doubt the most Intelli
gent of our domestic aulmals, and I
yield to noue iu my affection for him.
I can almost eat and sleep with a fine
dog winter and summer. But I try not
to deceive myself about his Intelli
gence. It seems to me that if the dog
had the least spark of wit akin to our
own-that is, power of reason-his
long association with man would have
fanned it into a flame, however small.
But after all these thousand of
years of human companionship and
love he has less wit iu some respects
than hi;? wild brothers, the for and
the wolf. Having been spared the
strugglo to live that falls to their lot.
his cunning and sagacity have deterio
rated. The name Is true of the borne,
which lias less Intelligence thaj the
wild trillion of the plains and for the
same reason.
These animals do not grow wiser us
they gvow less wild. They do not civi
lize or develop. We train them into
certain ways that make them service
able to us; we humanize them without
ndding to their mental capacity. In
other words, we cannot cross our In
telligence upon theirs mid i-iuke it
fruitful In them. The germ nill not
tnke.--.lohn Burroughs In Outin.g Mag
aine.
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British Ship Port Patrick Dam
ages No. 50.
NINE VESSELS CROSS THE BAR
Costa Rica, W. S. Porter, Gerald C, Al
liance juid Guethary Arrive in Roan
oke, Port Patrick, Duchalburn, Car
tania Cross Out Lurline on Again,
IMiMiiit a..d found her ported Iv sulo.
to oum for the night. Not wishing to
Vave their station until relieved by an
other bout the ollUws I'uni'ludcd to re
iimin out until llghlhlp No. "7, now nt
Tongue Point, can replace No. AO, which
will be this forenoon. The Tatoosh will
i;o out this morning to bring In No, fit)
and No, 0 will Uo go out to take the
vacated station. A -fur as can be
learned llo one was injured.
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Another day with a smooth bar. Yes
terday at t a. in. the wind was blowing
IS miles an hour from the east, the
weather was cloudy and the bar smooth.
This condition prevailed generally, un
til 4 p. m. when the wind waa blow
ing from the south 30 miles, and the bar
was moderate. Five vessels crossed in
and four cruised out.
The British bark Duchalburn was tow
ed to sea yesterday at 11 a. iu.
The Sue II. Elmore did not leave yes
terday, but will go out today at 4 p. in.
The Costa Rica arrived in yesterda
at 11 a. m. and left for Portland at
noon. She is scheduled to leave here for
San Francisco, January 7th. at 10 a. m.
The steamer Roanoke arrived down
at 4 a. in., yesterday, and crossed out
at 8 a. m. lor San Francisco and San
Pedro.
The Alliance arrived in yesterday
morning, at 4:110, from Coos Hay, and
left up at 0 a. in. She had a fair cargo
and passenger list.
The Port Patrick was towed to sea
yesterday at 10:30 a. m.
The steamer Cartania, which passed
down on Thursday afternoon, crossed to
sea at 10:30 yesterday morning.
The gasoline schooner Ceroid C. ar
rived in yesterday from Garibaldi.
The oil tank steamer W. S. porter,
from Monterey, Cal., arrived yesterday
leaving up at 11:30 a. m.
The steam schooner San Gabriel, Capt.
Kendall, commanding, will leave out for
I'mpqua and San Pedro this morning at
9 o'clock. She has a deck load of lum
tar for San Pedro, and a miscellaneous
cargo for I'mpqua. Her regular run i
between Umpqiia and San Pedro, she
only making one trip a year to this
port.
The old reliable Lurline i back on
her old run. The damage to her wheel
was repaired ill Portland, in time to
permit of her resumption on time yes
terday morning. Capt. Lnrkin states
that he saw the wreck of the Annie
Comings a few miles lower down the
river than when he last observed it,
and that it had been righted, and tied
un evidently bv the wreckers sent t
remove it.
The French bark Guethary crossed in
vesterdav afternoon at 1:30. hhe is
from Antwerp, and left that port on
June 14th. She will load grain at Port
land. The British ship Rajore is lying in
the stream' opposite the foot of Sixth
street, and lighters will probably be
used in the discharge of the balance of
her damaged cargo.
There was a persistent rumor on the
streets yesterday afternoon, that a ves
sel had collided with the lightship, that
would not down. No information was
obtainable excepting the report from the
staion at Xorth Head, which reported
at 2 p. m., that there 'was no truth in
the rumor. A vessel was reported five
miles west with flags up asking for tug
and pilot ,and it was also stated that
the lightship was adrift, and signalling
for assistance. At 4 o clock North Head
reported that a tug was seen coming
in, but it was not known whether she
had been to the lightship. The light
ship had ceased drifting and had low
ered her signals. Nothing more could
be learned until the arrival in of the
tug Tatoosh last night, when the facts
became known.
The Port Patrick crossed out at 10:30
and, after getting over, collided
with lightship No, 50 stationed out
si. le. She broke in the bulwarks and
smashed the boats of the lightship, and
carried away part of her own lad
works. The lightship set her signals
for assistance and the Tort Patrick
signalled for a pilot and tug, but before
the tug got out, she had put out to sea.
The tug went t he assistance of the
First Methodist Church,
The sermon themes for Sunday will
he: Morning, "The Best Endeavor the
Highest Excellence." Evening, "The
Needle' Kye. and. Who Then Can bo
Saved!" A most cordial invitation U
extended to all who have no church obli
gations els'wheve, to attend these em
it es. If you have no church home, find
one with us. Let u Hud the Joy,
strength, and inspiration of united serv
ice for Christ. C. 0. liarl.k. minister.
Holy Innocents Chapel.
Second Sunday after Xma. Morn
ing service only, 10 a. m.; Sunday
school. 11:15 a. m.
Christian Science.
Services at 034 Grand avenue at 10
o'clock a. m.. subject "God." All are
invited. Sunday school at 11:15 o'clock.
Divine service at Grace Church as
follows: U a. m. The second service
is under the auspices of the Junior
Auxiliary at 4 p. m. The evening serv
ice will be held at Calvary Chapel. Sea
side, at 7:45 p. m. the Rev. Win. S.
Short and Rev. John Warren, officiating.
Norwegian-Danish M. E.
Services will be held as follows:
Preaching service at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. in. Sunday school at 10 a. m. with
Mr. Albert Careen, superintendent.
Wednesday, 3 p. m., the ladies' Aid
Society will be entertained by Mr. B.
F.koos'on Thirty-eighth street. Scandi
navians are cordially invited to worship
with us. 0. T. Field, pastor.
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Baptist.
Morning theme, "Approaching Tilings
That Are Excellent.'' Evening subject.
"Sin Killing." Beginning with the first
Sunday in the new year special singing
will be a feature of every service. Miss
Esther Sunduuist, an accomplished vio
linist from Chicago, 'will render special
violin music at the evening services.
Everybody invited to attend all these
services. Conrad I.. Owen, pastor.
First Lutheran.
Sunday schools, both nt the I'pper
town and at the German Lutheran
churches nt !:: a. m., Miss Alema
N'yland and Mrs. .. Voting, superintend
ei.ts. Morning service in Swedih at
10:45; theme, "The Testimony of John
Concerning Christ." Evening service in
English nt 7:50, theme, "The Past nml
the Future of Our Church Work." All
are cordially invited to attend these
services.
Presbyterian.
Morning worship. 11 o'clock, ltev. J.
V. Milligan, D. D., former pastor of the
church and now synodical Sunday school
missionary, will 'occupy the pulpit. Run
day school 12:15; Y. P. S. C. K.. (1:50;
evening worship, 7:50. The pastor will
preach: "Usefulness, and the Xcw Year."
Week of prayer next week. servicc
every evening. All are inviten. vvm. n.
Cilbert, pastor.
HIS PAPERWEIGHT.
Travels of a Bottle of Wine and His
Ultimate Fate.
A paperweight consisting of a piece
of thick glass with a tokay wine label
fastened on the back and showing
through Is a part of the desk furniture
In the library of u mim who goes to
Europe nearly every year. "People
look at the thing," he said, "and won
der what the wluo label is doing there,
and when I see tiie question coming 1
always tell the story.
"Some years ago I went to Itaub, In
Hungary, where I called on an old
lady who In Vienna years before bad
shown much Interest In mid befriend
ed a young American student at the
university. The poor student bad
grown to be a rich physician, anil he
wanted me to call and present his
comnliuients. When 1 was about to
leave after a pleasant visit the wo
man handed rue a bottle of wine which
had come from her estate and asked
me to take It to our mutual friend.
carted that bottle all over Europe.
paid duty on It several times and final
ly landed It safe and sound here In the
house. A few days after my return
we Invited the doctor for dinner, and
the bottle was brought In with much
ceremony. 1 made n little presenta
tlon speech and then in handing It to
the doctor dropped it on the nooi
where you see that stain. That'a the
label under the glass," - New Yort
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