- V THE OREGON SUNDAY JOUE11AL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY KQXIIKQ. UAT.Cll 13. IZIZ. 12 -sasaMsarr- - -wssesammBBSawhwawy r:7 t7; 1:1 EXECUTIVE.?;- i ' German Claims High. ' : - 7 Y I The negotiations UtwMn Amtrlctn, ' Great Britain and Germany, looking to ward a. settlement of th Bimotn In- .... ' damnitv ' claims, havu Dractlcallr com to a standstill, owing to a wid differ- ene or opinion aa to to extern 01 w BnBt.inMi kv the OeriMan auhtects - In lbs Samoa group, as a result of joint operation by tba Americana and ' Brltlah naval forces in ivue o . preaa a rebellion, Tba German claim nnnr t aKflllt 14-00. Mil th BMt- Jan and American negottotors Insist that tbla sunt IS axceeeiva, ana inai sia.vvv . la a rood price for , tha , property de , : etroyed, . . ' iy ' . '''r ' -j Sharpened Swords. - "- . ' irk. '.Mil M.1ii.iii. E tm United Bute army are to have harp- - ened aworo neresiier 11 mj wim v them. Heretofore th accepted type of Miiit.r nM hu Sum rathar blunt. and in facte a considerable element of the amy maintained that the spirit of '... tba rule of modern warfare -waa op. poaed to a keen-edged sword. Modern v practice la tha Other way. Th 'Japan In particular enarpeu tneir aworaa .- that they frequently SpH man down from his shoulder to a la heart,' or chop off aa arta with ess. Th pre aid ant having In mind hla own experience aa an officer In th army, Incline toward a sharp, heavy-cutting aword. . .. Only -"Water-Waton" Men. .v -it Governor' Hanly -of Indiana, in addl ' Uon to algalng th eweeplng antl-clgar-- ette law, ha announced that a man who drink Intoxicants, even though be doe ; aot get drunk. 1 not eligible to appolnt- ment under hla administration. Thla la a taggertng blow to the politicians, for they hava depended on th crowd la th stetehoue to se that th "boys" . got what they wsnud and "to prevent too many -getting on the "water wagon." Oovernor Hanly favor thtrlct en- ' forcement of the temperance laws, with a remonstrance feature, which amounts to local option. Hla poller on the tern peranc question has caused much eon- , starvation among tb politicians, for h ha refused already to appoint several men. who were recommended by the pol- ltlclans. He turned on down because he saw him on day coming out of a " aalOOB. , ;: , 'j-:.-,,. r-,,.77' : ... . if "k :--.-;'';;."-- :" Hatu Court Power, r) i' At a reoent meeting of th member ': of congress belonging to the American group of the Interparliamentary union, for th promotion of international arbi tration, three American propositions 1 wer agreed upon and they will be pre aented to th comma- Brussels conference.- On of these 1 to Invlt Central and Booth American countries to bo oom members of th union. ... Another . ' le to extend the Jurisdiction of Th Hagu" arbltrathm- ourt- over pecinc matters of arbitration, through a gen- ..1 ..Kltratlnn trMfV. end th third proposition calls for the formation of V an tntornatlonai conrreaa to JonnulaU and negotiate such a treaty. . ' Too Many Canal BuUdeT. - f, h p, ' Radical chaage ar to b mad In the 'personnel of th Panama canal com- 3 mission. President Roosevelt has ' '. clearly demonstrated that h 1 not sat , lined with th work and -has Intimated that h think th commission, is -entirely too large for affective work. - It Is the desire otrth president to reduce th commission to three members, all of whom eball be practical engineer, one each to be from the army and navy, and th other will b chosen from civil life.- '.'.''v.: .,., ... ' ' r.: ' To Reftutd a Million. - " The United 8Uta eeart of appeal at New York has banded dowa a decision ' fixing th duty oa woolen cloth, which ha beea rendered waterproof by the cravenette prooea. . Thadoth haa been assessed under he woolen cloth chd- - ul at 44 cent a pound and M per cent ' Th Importer claimed that It waa Mut able aa "waterproof cloth", at li cent a square yard and 10 pr cent. Th court of ppeals haa upheld th on ten - L?tton of the lmportera,"Wlt1nh rutt that th United Bute wUl hav to r refund to them more than S1.00, ( which ha been collected unlawfully an ' cravenettad doth. . .. - v . - it "Big Stick Coats Money v -j. Figure hav beea oom piled by Dm- rrats In ooneTeaa showing the cost of Roevlt' "big stick" rule. Th total appropriations for th session lust . ended ar tll,47t,14 for th fiscal . year ending June l. 10S. aa against 7Sl.172.S7i for th previous year. In 1SS-1S the approprlattona were II.- 014,143.758, and during the year 1MS "' )o they were I3,15,JI4,21. " Mr. Livingston, late ranking minority mem. - bar ef the house committee on appro- briallons. says thla vast difference 1 accounted for being due to President Rooasvelf policy ot a "big atica,'- wiia It rsultlag cost for army and navy. . INDUSTRIAL : Manila Cigar Factories, in Manila ther r tl cigar factories. i which employ 1I,1S people. This labor '' la very cheap, as Is shown by th fart ' that th average wage rate for all these - - employe, Including superintendents and foremen. 1 only 7 oente per day. A '', further illustration of the low wsge'Tfte - Is the fact ' tbat in the United Blatos T the average wag rat In cigar factories la II 14. Ther ar ia th United Bute '. 14,171 facto liea. Cheap Rates Ended. Cheap rates for crossing tb Atlantic and which In th past few month have brought bordea from - Gurope , to. the United State, ar about to end. Th l- traffic manager of th big transatlantic t steamship companies recently held ' Conference in London and rearranged ratea for all classes. These will be pub- "'llehed shortly. Th Increase In rale j. will not b so great, but aa agreement ' was reached between th companies to prevent a repetition of last year's rate war. Another thing tbat will be attend ed to Is, a field investigation of all Im ' tnlgranu before they leave Europe, for . ' the cheap rate bring so many that are : turned back that Xh steamship cora- i panle hav found it rathar. expensive ', to return t their home thee undeair- SMi immigrant., j,... , w Big Canal Project.;. : v, V a umber of resideat of ras aal Texas hav started a movement to pro vide . great canal from th heart of th grain belt of th central west to, th QuLf of Mexico. It 1 claimed that such a .canal . will . solve the rate altuatlon, with regard to th transfer of grain from western fields to th seaports. Th plan calls for a canal from central Kan sas to Fort WiOrjth. Tea., where it will Join the, Trinity river. With th gov ernment Improvement on thla : river completed, thla will provide a waterway from the center ot the wheat . belt to th gulf, where th grain can be loaded on ship for export. v v. i v,' ' :: ? : Italy's Railroads. . , The Italian governmant I now on th point of taking over th control of thro great railway systems to add to. th .00 mile th BTOvernment already opar at oa tb peninsula. The paper of ItaJy are divided la their opinion as to whether atat or corporation running if railway la. of greater benefit to tha public In Italy the proportion of rail way journey 1 l.SS mile per Inhabitant against 17.40 miles In th United State. All. thla 1 do chiefly to tb enormou fiscal tariff.' so thai from Milan, for Instanoe. it la cheaper to go to Munich or Budapest than to Rome, cheaper to go to Vienna, Parts, or Brussels tnsa to Naples, and to Berlin or London than to Palermo. lr:. v . ' ' . ; , LABOR, Roosevelt and Labor. ! During th reoent visit of a number of labor chief to Washington they wer received at the Whit House by Presi dent Roosevelt, at which time tb presi dent made a short but forcible speech n atrilr. He told the labor leader that ha emphatically preferred media tion before a strike to arbitration after a strife. Tb object of tb meeting waa to glv th labor leader aa .op portunity te tell th president of th effort of the leader in behalf of honest unions and honest union leader. They denounced graft and. speaking particularly-Of the bulldlag trades unions, de clared that capitalist should be en couraged to Invest their money In build ing enterprise with perfect security, tbat th laboring men employed will carry out their contracts to the letter. ' , ' ., v.. To Aid Mitchell. . 2 ' :-. ' The United Mine Workers of Pennsyl vania la preparing for th coming of President John Mitchell next month Into th anthracite field hav begun aa active campaign to gather back Into the rank of the union the men who hav been lost, strayed or stolen out of the organisation. Th plan la to organise each colliery Into a separate local, but tb progress thus far has been only fair. That Mitchell's proposed visit to the hard coal field haa to do with prepara tion for April 1. l0. when the award of th strlk commission of two years ago expires. 1 not denied, and a mighty effort wUl be made to present a atrong. olid front when th orlsla arrive, . May Join Unions. r - " President Frank Buchanan, of th Na tional Association of Brtdg and Struc tural iron Workers, has announced tbat permission haa been granted labor leaders to organlsa all government work men who may wish to become member of labor union. Mr. Buchanan ear that whil President Roosevelt waa la conference with a number of labor leader recently, he gave hi consent for representatives of th union, to go among government workmen for - the purpose of discussing unionism, but no force Is to be Used. The men must Join tb onions of their own free will. Fear Wage Cut. ' f , Organised labor throughout th United State Is lining up in opposition to th proposed legislation providing for th regulation or ran road rates ny uie intar- stat eommaro commission. Petitions are already coming Into the senate' com mittee on Interstate commerce rrom labor organisation protesting against legislation. Th protests ar mad on th ground that th tneome of th rail roads ar likely to be cut down by th proposed legislation and that as a con sequence the road will have to reduce expenses by catting down th wages of tbeir employ. SCIENTIFIC. Use the Seine Wire." Over the trunk Haas Of th United Telephone Telegraph company ex tending between Pottsrlll. Danvill, Sbamokin aad other point In Pennsyl vania, there are sent each day both tele graph and telephone message ever the earn wire and at the earn time. This novel plan was discovered six month ago by experiment and la now proving most servlcoabM la a rush of business, Tbe apparatus for connecting both the telephone and telegraph Instruments with . th sum wire 1 Intricate, but tba service remain aa good aa if tha wire wii not doing doubl service. . Cancer in England. ; It 1 estimated that before long. If tbe present rat of increase continues. there will be one case of cancer in every third Bomeraet household In England. The last available return show tbat among the half million Inhabitant of Somerset there were 461 cancer deaths In on year, being about 7 per cent of the death from all causes, in t) years the rat ha risen from 10. to 14 deaths In the Taunton union, and other union how a corresponding Increase. Fhr slclana, who hav Investigated th con. dltlons In Somerset, can assign no spe- X) e GREATEST WHITE SAPPHIRE SPLIT 4 The largest white sapphire 4 ever dlaoovcred ha just reached e 4 Berlin, having been brought there by M. Heppmer, a Oerman e 4 engineer, who has resided In e 4 Bras 11 many yeera, where h poaeesse several mlnee. The e 4 atone originally weighed 1.260 4 karate, but a flaw caused the e 4- elearage ot a piece of 400 karats. This place will produce a cut e d . stone of 100 karats. The stone w . cut from tha larger . piece . a weighs 41 S karats, la two Inches 4 long, and one and one half 4 . lncbea wide and the same ls In e 4 jthickn. , This stone Is vslued ) at (oo.ooo crown, or S750,eoo. ' .'."'"' X4e THE BATTLE OF MUKDEN V . ... ..: ,"; . ,: -v., -v.vv : Th battl of Mukd.n was the greatest In modern tinea It take rank as th aoen of th most eIr human lira in tho hlatorr of th world, Th loss of th Russian amounted to more than 100.M0 men. while la. wm f?gur son? on half f tbat .umber. Not only was It th moat tarrlbl and bloodiest battle re- OtStmtit in point of number ot seen ngagd. for th contending tmta. repre- dih..t i their losa to be more than 41.000. but subsequent dispatch how It will xoed celved ItTwUl undoubtedly reach considerably more than thla, waking the total mTS!5ollowing tabhv abowlnr the grUat baUa effih lot yra, will ter at Muaaen: '. Ken Saga, , Marengo, 1S00 ; .....,...,-.:.-.. Austrian .j..Meee4,vt .o" - Trench ToUl AusterlUS, 180 , "-, ,, . Auatrlaas .,..... -French. ,............" :.Toui'.:.i.U..........................WMM. LelpalclIU 'V iM German 5?'2J! French .......... ...... 71-"0 Total .... .....1',B" - WaUrloo, Ills , French .......' Brltlah ................ . Total ........... ...... ...............?tv0 Confederate .y... ss.ooe Total .......... tJaoyang, 1804 ' Russians Japanese .......... . ... . . Total .............t.... Shahk. 1904 Russian ................" Japan Total Mukden, 105 X Russlsns .,................. Japanese .........y Total elal reason for th remarkable increase, c-r Lumbermen's Food, Tha TTnited SUtes department of agri culture baa added to Its valuable mem oirs en food and diet, a report by Messrs. Wood and Mansfield on the diet of th Maine lumbermen. Th men perform hard, manual -labor, and are much . exposed to cold, wet and hard ship, and th staple daUy far consists of perk, or beef, sour dough biscuits mad of dough which undergoes fer mentation with a "wild" yeast, tea and molassis. -and beans which ar first parboiled In th forenoon, and ar than packed with alternate layers of salt pork l a pot Which ia covereo wu ashes and earth and allowed to cook over night, It I considered that th dietary, regards pro tern and energy, i .he tiiehaa vet : recorded for any American laboring men,' Is well digested and coats about cent per ymu per djem. . ' , w w Producing Iron. ' The Carnegie Institute, f Washing ton. has recently made a grant of 61.600 to Professor C. F. Bargees, ot tb de partment of applied electro-chemistry ef the College of Engineering of th Uni versity of Wisconsin, to aid him in car rying out Investigations upon th prop erties of pur iron snd its alloys. During the past three years Professor Burgess haa developed a method of producing iron electrolytlcally of a very high de cree of purity, in a manner similar to h. aunninmui In the "refining of. copper. Previous to this work pure Iron haa been obtained' only In very small quantities and at exoeaslv cost, but Professor Burgees Is now able to produce compar atively large quantities st a small cost. using for this purpose a cnoap grw steel. Careful analysis of thla product falls to show th presence of any foreign element, with the exception of hydrogen, which can readily b drlvn off by heat There la already a considerable demand for thla Iron for ecUntlfle purposes, and about- half a ton has been made, FOREIGN. Kaiser Guarded. There la eonslderabls talk In Berlin about the unusual care now being ex ercised to guard th kaiser's person, and th guard has been strengthened many rnM sines the ' assassination of Grand Duks Berglus of Russia. - At the opening of the Automobile exposition in awiui mm then too nolicsmen in unuorm ana many more in plain clothe wer In and raii.ii the hnlidlna-s. and tha opening exercise, at which th kaiser officiated. were held In the smallest part or too exposition, where everybody except a few favored Individual waa excluded. When th emperor mad a tour of th building th polic preceded him. hustling the people about and clearing everv room before th kaiser entered It. The earn precautions n uwm taken whenever- the emperor has ap peared In public Germany to Sound Us. The ' Oennan governmsnt. it Is lleved in Berlin, has Inquired or Is about tb inquire, through Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German ambassador at Washington. If a proposal to dlacuss reciprocal trad arrangement wlltb favorably received in Washington. There Is no disposition in Germany 10 expose that country to a refusal nor to place th United States In a position where It would be obliged to refuse, provided that th American government regards the time Inopportune, therefor prior to taking any marked step In th direction of a reciprocity treaty the German min istry desires to learn informally how such a proposal would, be treated by the United Plates. Belgium's Death Sentence, In Belgium death sentences ar never carried out because King Leopold prom ised his mother, ss she waa dying, that he would never sign his name to a death warrant. Consequently, although his statute prescribes th axtrem penalty, it la only carried put constructively. The condemned person la regarded -a dead In the eve of th law. In place of his personal appearance on the scaffold, the executioner substitutes a broad sheet bearing his name and sentence, post this wear it easy be re ay tae raa?ii.u.Vd'firon'to iatttt'ffl I .Marengo, 1100 - Auatriaaa it . French 41.000 ToUl ............ -. Aasterllt. 1104 14,000 70.000 French i,,hmh.w.wii..."m"" .wf Total . llplo, ISIS !i, aft Gertnufc ifM4is4saoMiM( iivv French - 0-000 Total .............. .;.....i,i...........J7.ood Waterloo, 111 . French ........................ British ........... ....iio,soe ..101.000 Total ............ Gettysburg, 1S48 ; : Federals Confederates ......... .1SS.000 Total Llaoyang, 1104- IJS.000 -Russian . ....SUU.OUU votuw ........ .......... ,CB,000 Total .... 4. ...- Bhahk. 1S04 175,00 Russians ....100,000 Jspanese laaaaa 0 .(75,00 Total Mukden, 1106 , Russians ................... .;..si5.ooo 600,00 Japan - - .115.000 Total - ROUGH RID ERS CO HOME ANGRY- Th Bough Rldr who at- tended President Roosevelt' la- augu ration did not leave Wash Ington In as high spirits aa they e entered. In act they left vowing vengeance on Lleutenant-Oen- eral Chaff in particular and very regular army officer who bad anything to do with th makeup of the inaugural parade. . The Rough Riders expected to e be furnished with prancing teed,' who-would - be - on thsir- e mettle and glv th Rough Riders an opportunity to dmon-- - strata their much-vaunted- horesmanahip. Instead of get- . ting tha kind of horse they de- e sired the Rough Rider wr glvn quiet and "heavy artillery horses. They mad an tnveati- gatloa and discovered an official order from General Chaffee dl e reeling General Grant to exer- else particular care and fur- nlsa 60 gentle horses for the use of the Rough Riders." Qen- rat Chaffee's sarcasm waa ap- - predated by General Grant. If not by the 1 Rough Rider, and th president' former com- peniona-ln-arms were given 4) horses that would not break Into a run If a II -Inch gun was fired at their side. . - . , and so leaves It. while the criminal Is put la prison to stay ther for the term of his lif. . . Russia Pays. rIa-Xondon -It- is stated -that " Count Benckendorff. th Russian ambassador. baa settled the claims for th Russian warships sinking the British trawlers. It is reported that he has given the British government 46,000 or $116,000 in indemnity. Unfit for Setrice. Th military physical examination of youns men liable to service in wo German army has brought out the fact that only . a small percentage or tne men examined are fit for military serv- lve. Many fell below tb required weight, but what 1 even more alarming la that the-majority of inoee - zouaa unfit wer rejected because of weak heart anj lungs, and many showed signs - of Incipient consumption, Th discovery is th mor- galling to the Garmana. because th Oennan preaa waa very sarcastto In Its comments upon the rising generation or England, wnen in English army urgeons made th same discovery in Its recruits last summer. i f . y;.'," Use American System. : A report from Consul General Dick inson, at Constantinople contain th following: "Th Levant Herald of this city state In it iasu ef January 16, 10O6. that th Turkish governmant haa given order throughout th emptr tor the collection and arrangement of It general statistics according to the American system. This Is a high tribute to . American methods. I understand that th Turkish government has been for some time Impressed with tb asset, nesa with which tb American consul. ates In th empire prepare Information In regard to shipments of . foreign product to th United State. ,.- ' w. w -: Threaten U. S. Consul. - ,u .; Anarchy and open defiance of th authorities are apreadlng In the western Caucasus. An expeditionary force has beea mobilised to ntr th disaffected dtatrlcu of Georgia. It conalata of seven battalion of Infantry, lx com panies of Cossack and a battery of ar tillery. The Georgian threaten that the first shot will be th signal ofe revoluuon. Liaaing mercnanta ana for eigners. Including th British and Ameri can consuls, ar threatened with death If they act In opposition to tbe revolw tfOnary committee. , - - w . ; ' ;V' . . Ended the Strike. "- - - - During the various reoent strikes in Russia, tba housemaids and hotts ser vants, la .Warsaejt eea4 - s M.000. uhen U rt"'? . . loss for both, side not far from , , siv an Idea ot the terrible alaugh- J I .A ' . 11,00 7,000 . 4 .......... n.ooe ;': 1 4,000 ,000 11000 61.000 lT.ooe ............. 17,000 44,000 15,000 : so.ooo I ,..,.......,........... - . - 65.000 i u.ooe 16.00 SJ.00 e4S ...........'............ ....M......ii,ooe ...... . ....... .. . .. . . .1."0 strike but their rebellion brought to an end by the police, who adopted an entirely new plan, with the result that the servants immediately re turned to work. The others, rearing similar treatment, gave up th truggl and sought their employ err bouse. Escaped Vesuvius. , ' A party of 110 American tourists narrowly escaped death last week through a sudden and violent arnption of Mt. Vesuvius, which heretofore has been quiescent snough to snable anyone to approach th crater. . While the American tourists . were ascending th mount and ware only a abort dlstaac from the crater, there wee a trmndous explosion, accompanlsd by a howr of lava and cinders. Th visitors mads a rush and fortunately all escaped. On guid. however, waa killed, by remaining behind to see that all tourists escaped, and another guide was badly lnjurea. A Russian Denial. It la stated In official circle of 8t Petersburg that tba sending .of Russian troops and guns to th Afghan border constitute absolutely no threat against India. Russia claims they hava been sent largely to replace units withdrawn from Russian Turkestan for service In the far east, and also because Japanese emissaries In Afghanistan hare been stirring up Afghan hostility against Rossis. Wine Consumption.' ;. ' Consumption 6f win" In England dur ing th last three year haa shown a notable decrease. - According te figures compiled by the London board of trad during 160S there were 16.64S.Slt gal lons eonanmed st home; In 1I0S, II,- 644.ll. snd In 1604 it has fallen to 11. 60,001. A London wins expert says thst th decrease la do to economic conditions and to a chang la th public taste, as wine la not served with as much lavlshne at dinner aa It waa six or seven years ago. r- - EDUCATIONAL - Nations Exchange Teachers. Bducator oa both lds ot th At lantic expect gratifying result from th novel plan of exchanging professors between Harvard university and" the University of Berlin. Thla exchange Is on of th many unique Ideas ot Em peror William, and plans for such an exchange are now about complete. Dur ing the first half of th next academic yeer Prof. Francis Oreenwood Pea body 1 to represent Harvard at tb Uni versity of Berlin, and a list of German professors ia now at - Harvard from which on will be selected to lecture st Cambridge, while Professor Paabody 1 In Germany. If th Initial lecture prove mutually satisfactory, and It Is believed they will, there will be en an nual exchange of one or two professors by the universities, and possibly by other European and American centers of learning. . ,. ' , . . . i ...... Ia for Athletics. , ; Athletlo training of th cadet at the military ' and naval . academies ot . th United State will hereafter b con ducted through the entire four yean' courses at these institutions. If Fresl dent Rooeevelt approves of th report recently submitted to him by a Joint board of army and navy officers, which h appointed to consider lb subject. It has already been Indicated that tbe president will approve of th report, and a carefully prescribed course or pnrei cal training will be followed by the students. Later a similar course will be extended to the enlisted man of both ermy snd navy. -ww Canadian College. ' Sir William C Mac Donald, tha mil lionaire tobacco manufacturer, has laid before th Protestant committee of tbe council of publio education of Canada, a proposition to endow an agricultural roll ear with from 66.000.006 to 4.000. 000. He alho propoee that th college hall be for the training ot school teachers. Professor Robertson, the man who developed the Canadian dairy bust nesa, ha been selected by Sir William las th director of th plan, - The celiac , . win be located at Btaane de Ballvu. about 60 miles from Montreal. - - - ' . . . Separate Schools. Canada 1 at present plunged late a discussion of th asperate school ya tm. aa, opposed to that of publi school. This has been brought about by a bill to oraate two new province la th northwest Under th government of th Northwest Territory these twe provlncee had a large number of Roman Catholic and they were given the sepa rate school system. Th conditions are now changed, ' Immigration ha mad th Protestant th leading denomina tion and la the bill for the creation of tb nw proviso, there are provision for th separate school system. This provision is opposed by the Protestant, while the Roman Catholics stand- for the principle of aeparate schools. In which religion msy be taught according to the wish of th parents, - "r it w . . ' " Greek Wins. .-:.:; -'v,-. x' The question et the abolition of com pulsory Greek at Cambridge university has been .decided by a vote of the graduates, which favors the retention of Greek aa one of the oompulsory studies of the famoua Engllah university. This question of compelling students at Cam bridge aroused almost a muen inisrear In England as th Russo-Japanese war. Tb newspaper for month hav been full of letter In favor aad opposed to th language. Whan tba vote of th graduates wss oountd If was found that 1,666 favored compulsory Greek and 1,061 wer opposed to forcing stu dents to tudy It. Among th distin guished mea who favored Greek were Premier Balfour. Oxford -university soms time ago decided the question 'by a large vote to retain Greek as a com pulsory subject 1 '. -. N LEGAL AND CRIMINAL" emawassss ' J ft ' , .i Porto Ricana Citisena. . . Th court ot appeal at Washington in a recant decision ruled that a Porto Rlean in thla country possesses th seceeeary qualifications as to dtl sen ship under th civil service regulation to make him el Iglbls for employment In the government ervloe. Tb opinion decided the ess ef Juan Rodrlguea, a Porto Rloan, who applied laat February for employment la th Waahlngton navy yard, aad who waa denied the right of examination en th ground that he waa not a eltlsen of th United Stat. .: Thierea' Long Terms. . Long aentences ware handed out In the New Jersey court at Trenton th other day to Mrs. Bella Roberta, agea yeera. and her son. Harry Roberts. Ths woman la ths mother of the Roberto family. four of whose member hav fallen into th hand ot th police recently for rob bery, burglary snd shoplifting. Mrs. Roberts was sentenced to 64 years in the penitentiary 5 her son Harry to 66 year la tb asms institution,' snd Ed ward Roberts, another son, seven years. Th father waa released on probation, so that h might oar for a blind son and daughter, who were not Implicated In the robberiea. William Daniels, a son-in-law, waa eent. to the Rahway re formatory. , - I :!.. Ofl Trust Indicted. . The grand Jury at Cynthlane, Ky has returned' 600 Indictments against th Standard OH company. Th company ia charged with retailing oU from a wagon without a license. Th no In each cave varies from 66 to 61.000, and th low- eat poealble penalty .would reach 110,600. V RELIGIOUS. ; Women in Choirs. ' A dispatch from Rome' state thst th pontifical commission appointed by Pope Plus X to carry oa th work of re form In church music haa just submit ted to th pop a request to exempt from some of th rules contained la the papal decree Issued laat year several countries throughout th world; among them th United States. The principal provision of th papal decree absolutely exoluded women from church choir. Th commission has found that such a measure I Impracticable. specially In th United State, and th commission now urge thst th pop issue a special decree, leaving th matter to th Judg ment ot the bishops In each diocese. It Isabella eed In nomfTTikt'Pope Plus X will modify tb original decree. ' .- .... ; Pleading for Pence. Right Rev. B. Broderick, auxiliary blahop of Havana, haa reached Wash ington, with a special mission to this country from Pop Plus X. Bishop Broderlck's mission la of a confidential nature, and has W do with urging greater offerings to Peter's pence in the United SUtea, because of th relation slating between Franc and tb holy see. Recent dispatches from Rom in dicate that more or less dissatisfaction exists in this country among the church officers as a result of Bishop Broderlck's mission. " .- . f . Dispensation Granted. , ( Ther was a special dispensation granted by the Pope to all Catholics in the United SUtea on laat Friday, and It waa granted on th personal request ef Archbishop Farley of New York. ;H communicated with th pope, calling at tention to the fact that St. Patrick'a day fell on Friday, a fast day, and that many Catholics had made arrangemenU to attend banquets and dinners In honor of the patron saint. , Tbe pope was in. ... . '. BASICS IN M-A1J - W CHARGED FOR RENT ' Tnreateneo wiu eviction inun w a their home. 60 angry tenanU e and about 100 of their offspring A renemtlv aDoeared before Justice A Wooster In New .Tork to show " a what kind of tyranny their land- e lord, Ellas Russ, was practicing , e : on them, Russ failed to appear e and th cases were continued. ) The teaents claimed that Russ e recently imposed a special tax en a children In addition to th rgu 4 e lar rent. For every new ar- rival In any family using hla teneroenU JO cent Is sdded to e tha-monthly rental. Russ ngur- 4 Ing that It Is worth 66 a year to e house a baby. Th refusal of . th tenanU to pay thl special Sk tax lxl ta tha eviction Proceed- e ' Ing. . v ' .",'..: formed that th president hsd accepted1 inviuuon to attend the dinner ot - the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick la New York, sad that aa many loyal Cath olics and church odohua would be pres ent, a dlspensatloa was requested. That - pop promptly replied, snowing . hi i. friendliness to th United states oy rrantlng ths nnnsual dispensation, The' ndult was not universal, but restricted to thoae who by reason of their offlc er position bad to attend banqaeUor cel ebrations laat Friday. MISCELLANEOUS. t Endless Letter Chain. ' " ' ' Members of th Royal Arcanum of Nw York hav decided to use th end less letur chain in their efforts to lo cate William Ferguson.' a fellow mem- bar and president ef reiham ice com pany, who mysteriously ciaappearea on 4 January 11. Tb chain haa already been sUrted and thousand of Utters hav bean written by members of the .order. in their effort to nnd Mr. rertuson. ; w; sr :. WUl Use Water. .. Water front Minnehaha Fall wUl he ' used ts christen th battleship Minne sota. Miss Mart Scballer, who will christen the boat, and Governor John son, have received many letters from temperance advocates urging that water Tbe era tar will no oaroenaiea so as to glv th proper "fix"- when the bottle 1 broken, - - . A . - High License. Sure. The ' town of Wsycross, Ga claims te have solved the liquor problem with- : out . reeortlng to prohibition or local option. The city council has passed an rdlnanoe fixing the liquor license tee st 610.000 a year, thus making Wsycross undoubtedly the highest licensed town in th country. Nineteen years ago tne campaign for high license sUrted snd ths fee wss ftxed at 610.006. which waa considered a prohibitive price, but a merchant rained th money, took out a lloenae end made a fortune, retiring Isst year, aad now tbe oounclr-haa fixed th fee at 660,400. which It I believed no one will be able to pay. - ' Death in Ten Tasting. A. R- Tlnsler died a few days ago In the city hospital at St. Louis of gas. tritis, which U believed to hava been caused by tea UsUng.. Mr. Tinslsy'a vocation waa that of aa . expert tea Uater and each day be would taste many .samples. Three time alnoe De cember laat -be had beea taken to the hospital suffering with gastritis. Tertce be recovered and returned to his work, bat the third stuck proved fatal. - ' A' Calamity Fund. r.' v? 'When the will of Robert C McFerron. a PitUburg millionaire, was rvaa uie. other day It ' waa found - that be - had gone Andrew Carnegie and hie fund for hero on betur. Mr. McFerron has established a "calamity fund." hi will providing that hie enure esUte. arter tha death of an unmarried brother and alster and a married a Is ter, shaQ go into a fund, to he used for th relief of vic tims ef public calamities In the United , SUtea, such calamities as are oaosea or Br, flood, tempest, explosions, epldemlo la ease .end th Ilk, and which call for for prompt relief. Th will provide that on half of the yearly lncom ahalt be devoted to snch work and tb other k.lf shall be added to th principle, so. aa to increase th gnmluad. , - Tobacco Substitute. '. Professor Starr of the University ef Chicago has Introduced a substrtuts for tobacco, and haa been ' xpenmenimg with members of hi class. Ths result is kent a secret, but th tobacco bud- stltuU la known, however, to have soma kind ef a dried punt brought rrom Mexloo. It U reported tb eubetltute has a atranm-affect upon th eyee ef the smokers, making him unabl to see whst is going en around mm. -rnere Is nothing barraf ul about ths weed." says Professor SUrr. "R has unusust effects which I do not wish to hare msds public until I hav completed my .xperlmanta.' - - - . 7i.7,v: : Shoes Not Returnable. . :-r ' The National Association of Shoe Man ufacturer at 1U recent meeting In New York too a decided sUnd against what is known aa tha "return svll." In the habit ot wearing a pair of shoes for a jtm .wa mrii run muminv lorm with ths declsration that they srs not ' satisfactory ana get a new pair, win nnd the retailers not so willing to make hi. aiiwanna. Ths manufacturers have decided not to accept st their full value T any goods in return mat nave oven worn, and If any faults in construction ,hn., hev will only make a fair- proportion of valu for war. No sl-- lowanc Will d roaae a au jnv leather er enamel shoe for cracking or undu wear ot enameV , ' , '' ' ' 7' Jiu-jitsu KUla. ; ;..- Samuel Gorman, on of the bent' known athletes of the University of Pennsylvania, and a well known Phila delphla attorney, died recently as th sksssii r9 Iti 0iiriBB reoeived ia a' friendly jiu-jiun bout. Mr. Goodman during hi eolleg years was a iooiihui pisyvr capUin of .the football team, and at th Urn of hi death waa chairman ct tha graduaU oom m It tee on football. He wa a member ot the famou City troop of Philadelphia and a recognised athlete of ability. Recently at the City Troop armory he waa practicing with a friend th Japanese method of self-defense, In jurying th- muscles of his back and side, and from thl developed spinal meningitis, which caused his death after" tntana suffering. . Urge Negroes to Go North. . Rev. Dean Richmond Babbit, rector of the Church ef the Epiphany of Brook lyn and president of the commission on tb raoe problem, in an address before a Washington audience advocated the voluntary exodus from the south of mgiu H urged that through Indus trial combinations, co-operative societies and Ut-Immigrant boards, they should 'seek settlement In th northern, middle and western sUtes, so that th problem of tb negro race should not be any longer a southern on. - Dr. Bsbblt sddeii that ja his Judgment a step toward ths -negrrs political and Industrial aalvn tlon lay In driving th negro to betur fields and larger opportunities. ' f 7 ' ' A alard-mearted rather. "7' " " From Ufa ' r ? ' , . Tour daughur haa promised to marry me. lr. th moment I can support her. "Wall, don't tot that worry you," 1