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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
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-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
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:" 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
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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. . ..
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"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,...
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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THE BATTLE OF MUKDEN V
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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
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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,
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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. . ' ,
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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
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-
.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.
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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.
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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. , -
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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
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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
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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.
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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. - - -
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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, -
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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.
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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.
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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.' - -
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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 , ' ,
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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