Heppner gazette., April 08, 1909, Image 7

COSGROVE LAID
TO LONG REST
Crowds Attending funeral Tax Ac
commodatlons of Olympia.
Exercises Were Conducted in House
Chamber of Capitol According to
Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal
Church Long Procession Follows
Body to Cemetery.
Olympia, April 1. Yesterday after
noon in a driving rain storm, all that
was mortal of the late S. G. Cosgrove,
governor of Washington, was laid to
irest at Masonic cemetery, near this
city, following funeral exercises which
were attended by hundreds of promi
nent citizens representative of all parts
of the Northwest.
From early morning, when the re
mains were taken to the capitol to lie
in state,' until the last volley over the
.grave at the cemetery, the throngs of
sorrowing friends overtaxed the accom
modations that had been provided. Not
one-quarter of those who assembled
could gain entrance to the house cham
ber, where the services took place, and
it required nearly all the express wa
gons in the city to transport the floral
tributes to the cemetery.
The funeral sermon, an eloquent ad
dress, was delivered by Rev. C. E.
Todd, of the First M. E. church, of
Olympia.
Brief services were held at the
grave, with military honors, taps and
the firing of a salute.
HARRIMAN GIVES VIEWS.
Favors Government Supervision and
Protection of Railroads.
Chicago, April 1. Enward H. Har
riman arrived here tonight. While his
car was waiting to be hitched to a
train for New York, he discussed the
tariff, saying:
"If the government had revised the
tariff or given the country a good cur-
rency law, or both, we would not have
had the Landis decision, and we would
not have had all this wasteful prosecu
tion of corporations, nor all of this
hostile legislation against railroads
and the country would be going along
swimmingly.
"I have been quoted as criticising
the government and our ex-president
for having prosecuted me and the in
terests which I represent. I have
never spoken bitterly regarding either
and I have no criticism to make. The
prosecutions Were all right, for there
is nothing- about the railroads' which I
represent that I desire to conceal.
"I have been in favor of government
supervision and regulation, but not
just because it has come. I am on
record in Washington as being in favor
of this, and I told Mr. Roosevelt so
early in his campaign. But, mind
you, I told him I was in favor of regu
lation if combined with protection; but
we have been getting regulation with
out protection, and that is bad for the
railroads and bad for the people, for
after all it is the people who have to
pay for the mistakes of the govern
ment." PREPARE FOR ROOSEVELT.
Lions and Elephants Reported as In
vading Towns.
Mombasa, British East Africa, April
1. The preparations for receiving Mr.
Roosevelt here are nearing completion.
Sir James Hayes Sadler, governor and
commander in chief of the protecto
rate, who has been transferred sudden
ly to the Windward Islands, is much
disappointed that he will not be able
to receive the former president. This
duty will devolve upon Frederick John
Jackson, lieutenant governor of the
protectorate.
Since the advent of the rains, lions
have been terrifying the natives with
in four miles of Kilindini. An ele
phant made its way yesterday into the
bazar at Masingi and played havoc.
The natives at Masingi have been
assured that they need have no further
fear, as Mr. Roosevelt is on his way
to the protectorate to hunt. They are
awaiting his arrival contentedly.
Uprising Plan Blocked.
St. Petersburg, April 1. The police
of St. Petersburg have nipped in the
bud a plot to start an uprising in the
Caucasus. Yesterday they arrested 70
men, including several army officers,
who, as members of a revolutionary or
ganization, were engaged in providing
arms, ammunition and funds for the
movement. A large number of mili
tary rifles and several thousand car
tridges destined for the Caucasus fell
into the hands of the authorities. The
raid was made in the center of the
city, in the Nevsky prospect.
To Increase Capital.
New York, April 1. It is reported
in financial circles here that all prelim
inary steps have been taken by the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
for the increase of its capitalization
from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000.
The change is prompted by the desire
of those in control of the affairs of the
corporation to bring the nominal cap
ital close to value which the shares of
the company command in the open
markeL
Iowa Wet for Two Years.
Des Moines, April 1. Constitutional
prohibition was defeated today in the
senate. This is the end of the matter
for two years.
FOR CHILD PROTECTION.
Great Britain Puts Law Into Force to
Correct Many Evils.
, London, April 2. What is termed
the "children's charter" became effect
ive in Great Britain today. The law
is a source of keen satisfaction to all
classes of society. "Baby farming"
is subjected to strict supervision, and
no child may be kept on premises that
are overcrowded, dangerous or unsani
tary. Foster parents found to be neg
ligent, ignorant, drunken, immoral or
criminal will be deprived of their
charges.
Insurance companies are forbidden
to inaure the life of a nursing child.
arid any person convicted of cruelty re
sulting in the death of a child in which
the person is financially interested may
be fined 200 pounds ($1,000) with five
years penal servitude. Severe punish
ment is provided for death by overly
ing while the parents are under the in'
fluence of drink.
Children under 7 years may not be
left in a room containing an open fire
insufficiently protected. Begging or
receiving alms on the streets and juve
nile smoking are suppressed. Police'
men must confiscate cigarettes and
cigarette papers found in the posses
sion of persons under 16 years of age,
and tobacconists selling such property
to them are liable to a fine
Throughout the country the author i
ties are busy arranging to enforce the
aw. .
CONVICTS SEE DAYLIGHT.
Georgia Abolishes Lease System, to
Their Joy
Atlanta, Ga., April 2. At sunrise
today Georgia shook off the last rag of
her convict lease system. The 1,600
, J , . . .
cnoKing Kiins ana camp lactones into
the sunlight, from the control of harsh
and often brutal taskmasters into the
service of the state. Georgia has no
state penitentiary. For vears her con-
victs have been sold to those who
would buy.
The prisoners, most of them nee-roes,
now will work on the public roads.
Thourh shackled and ironed, the con-
victs greeted the chancre with shouts
of joy. Negro preachers were at most
of the stockades and led the blacks in
the impromptu praise services. Some bate on the tariff was continued in the
convicts wept at leaving scenes which house of representatives today and to
had been a part of their daily life for night. The Payne bill came in for its
years. usual condemnation as a pretext and
The new system, it is believed, will
not only improve the health of the con-
victs, but will assure Georgia the finest
turnpikes in the South.
AHEAD OF STEEL TRUST.
Independent Steel Men Pay $50,000,
for Coal Land.
Pittsburg, April 2. - - Anticipating
the United States Steel corporation,
which, it is said, had been intending
to procure the property, a deal was
closed today by independent steel con
cerns for 100,000 acres of Pittsburg
coking coal land lying in Greene, Fay-
ette and Washington counties, Penn
sylvania, at a cost of $50,000,000.
The property was held by J. V. Thomp
son, of Union town, Pa., and associ
ates.
The sale was made to a holding com
pany, representing, it is said, every
important independent steel company
in the country except Jones & Laugh-
lins, of Pittsburg, who are said not to
be interested in the deal. Charles M,
Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel com
pany, is said to be at the head of the
new concern and it is rumored that
John W. Gates was behind the deal.
C. P. R. Officials Adamant.
Winnipeg, April 2. Officials of the
Canadian Pacific railroad told the
road's mechanics at a conference today
that they would insist, on a separate
schedule for the east and west divis
ions of the road. The firemen joined
the mechanics at the conference. Talk
of the possibility of a strike is heard
on all sides. It is expected that the
miners will quit tomorrow. Today all
all the miners had a holiday celebrat
ing their eight-hour day anniversary.
It is expected that 1,000 men will go
out at Lethbridge. Alberta, in the
morning.
Has Conquered Plague.
San Francisco, April 2. San Fran
cisco celebrated officially the close of
its campaign against the bubonic
plague tonight by giving a public din
ner to Dr. Rupert Blue and his corps
of executive officers at the Fairmont
hotel. At the close of the dinner
Mayor Taylor, on behalf of the citizens
of San Francisco, presented Dr. Blue
with a handsome gold watch. Dr.
Blue said San Francisco was now
clean, and that her example in fear
lessly attacking plague should be fol
lowed by other cities.
American Rule All Over.
Havana, April 2. The last emblem
of American domination over Cuba dis
appeared at noon today when the gar-
riBion flag at Camp Columbia fluttered
down tne pole and was replaced a mo
ment later by the lone star red banner
of the Cuban republic. The ceremon
ies took place in the presence of the
garrison of Camp Columbia, consisting
of two battalions of the Twenty-seventh
infantry and three companies of
engineers and one battalion of Cubans.
Texas Negro Lynched.
Waco, Tex., April 2. Because he
was accused of writing an insulting
letter to the wife of a young farmer
near Dawson, Joe Reddy, a negro 20
years of age, was hanged yesterday by
a mob of 300 men.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE
Saturday, April 3.
Washington, April 3. With no more
than a corporal's guard present, debate
on the tariff bill in the house proceed-
ed drearily toda. Every member is
looking forward to the bringing in of
a rule Mondav which will Drovide an
opportunity to vote on a limited num-
ber of schedules, with debate to be
confined to five minutes for and against
each amendment.
The Republicans who SDoke today
were practically unanimous for free
hides. The taxes on the necessaries
came in for their usual share of cnti-
cism from both sides of the chamber.
The SuDreme court of the United
States alone shall have the right to de-
termine the validity or constitutionality
of acts of congress, if the bill introduc-
ed by Representative De Armond, of
Missouri, becomes a law. Concerning
the acts of the state legislatures, the
Supreme or other high court of the
state shall have the right.
Friday, April 2.
Washington, April 2. That the
Payne bill was filled with riotous im
perfections designed to cover up the
extravagances of the Republican ad-
ministration : that it did not redeem
party pledges, and that it sounded the
death knell of the dominant partv.
were some of the criticisms passed
upon the measure by the Democrats in
the house today.
An interesiine feature of the debate
was the speech of raDlo ucampo ae
.
Leon, the Filipino commissioner, who
attacked the provision for free trade
with the Philippine islands.
From the far South exactly opposite
views were expressed regarding pro-
tection. Ransdell. of Louisiana, plead-
. f , fln behalf of the industries
ine for it on behalf of the industries
Df his state, while Snicrht. of Missis-
sippi. and Clayton, of Alabama, want-
ed free lumber, free hides, free boots
and shoes, free baceiner and free cot-
ton ties.
From the Republicans came the sug-
cestions of a permanent tariff commis-
sion. and none seemed entirely satis-
fied with the hill.
Thursday, April I.
Washington, April 1. General de-
sham. Gaines, of West Virginia, and
McCall, of Massachusetts, both mem-
bers of the ways and means committee,
defended the measure, although the
Massachusetts member wanted some
thing specific in it regarding the course
to be pursued toward the Philippines.
The anticipated action regarding the
fixing of a time for closing the debate
was not taken, in view of the complex
situation in which the Republican lead
ers found themselves.
The method of preparation, consider
ation and probable passage of the bill
was the basis of a speech by De Ar
mond, of Missouri. Good judgment,
fairness and patriotism should be made
the basis of the formation of a tariff
law, he said, not mere partisanship.
The Payne bill, he declared, should
have been considerd by the ways and
means committee and not by the Re
publican members alone. The whole
question now in the minds of those
who have presumed to take charge of
affairs in the house, he asserted, was
not how to improve the bill, but how
to get the bill through with the least
change by the "dangerous common
ers," the members of the house.
Wednesday, March 31.
Washington, . March 31. Debate on
the Payne tariff bill today again turned
largely on the lumber industry, with
especial reference in one case to wood
pulp, the schedule on which was cham
pioned by Mann, of Illinois, chairman
of the special commission on the paper
industry. There were attacks on free
coal, free hides and free trade with the
Philippines, and the cry for protection
to special industries was as loud from
Southern Democrats as from Northern
Republicans.
Morgan, of Missouri, urged protec-
tion for. the zinc industry. Brantley,
of Georgia, said the prime purpose of
the bill was not to raise revenue, as
President Taf t had urged, but to main
tain protection. He would vote to re
store the $2 rate on lumber. Douglas,
of Ohio, condemned the countervailing
duty on coffee.
Rothermel, of Pennsylvania, favored
lower duties on paper and wood pulp
and scored the paper trust.
Mondell opposed free coal, free hides
and the reduction on wool. Mann made
an elaborate argument for free wood
pulp and lower duties on paper.
Pujs, Democrat, of Louisiana, pro
tested against reduced lumber duties
and free trade with the Philippines
and said he would move for a duty on
Philippine rice.
Griest, of Pennsylvania, opposed
free imports of Philippine tobacco.
Tuesday, March 30.
Washington, March 30. The tariff
debate waxed warm in the house todav.
A revival of the discussion of oil and
lumber schedules was like setting a
Revenues Do Not Show Well.
Washington, April 1. The monthly
statement of the collections of internal
revenue shows that during February
the total receipts were $17,605,165. a
decrease as compared with February,
1908, of $1,019,901. For the eight
months of the current fiscal year the
decrease is $8,636,375, as compared
with the corresponding period of 1908.
Receipts from spirits for February de-
creased $1,258,425 from
a year ago.
Tobaccos show a slight increase.
WORK OF CONGRESS
I match to both products, for the subjects
provea oi apsorping interest to the
members, who entered generally into
the debate,
Vreeland, N. Y., Kitchin, N. C
Dies, Tex., Graham and Burke, Pa.,
were the mam speakers of the day,
MCKinley, California, said he belie v
ea me rayne Din, wnicn admits 300,-
ooo tons of Philippine sugar to the
United btates free of duty, is a wise
one.
ine action oi me committee in re
moving the duty on hides was disap
proved by bterling, of Illinois. Weiss.
Wisconsin, replied that the 15 per cent
auty so discriminiated against the
American tanner and leather manu
facturer that they lost five dollars
worth of business on every hide and la
bor loses a dollar and a half on a day's
work.
Byrd, Missouri, advocated the free
admission of lumber.
Monday, March 29.
Wahineton. March 29. The tariff
question was again discussed in the
house today. Not one of the many
speakers favored the Payne bill en
tirely, while the Democrats found
much in tfr tr trii-iniva TVo movi
mum and minimum features of the pro-
poseu measure were especially ODnox
ious to them. Republicans urged high
er duties on lumber, iron, pottery and
zinc ore 88 weu 88 a auty on coal.
Cushman of Washington, the new
I T U 1 : - I -- L ll
ivfuuijcsn uitfmuer oi me committee
on ways and means, pleaded for better
protection to American lumber and for
aury on coai.
Devoting his remarks largely to a
u.otuB.ui. ui tne ieu mm wwi acueu-
ules. Haraer of Idaho
discussed the
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irum me nreaiem Biunupuini.
tariff from the Western
He declared the proposed provision to
permit the entry from the Philippines,
iree oi auty, oi duu.uuu tons oi sugar,
establishes a bad precedent, and de-
clared that the proposed tariff reform
may ni3an free lumber, which, he said,
would be a concession to a cult of so-
called political philosophers, but would
not mean a dollar reduction to the con
sumer.
Scott of Kansas declared lumber
should be put upon the free list, and
that the duty on hides ought to be re
stored. Sisson of Mississippi attacked the
wool schedule, offering figures to show
that the American consumer pays
twice as much for wool goods as he
would if there were no tariff.
Washington, March 29. Objection
was made by Hale that the finance com
mittee was holding daily sessions on
the tariff bill. lhe criticism came
i rom Bacon, who referred to the fact
that the Democratic members of the
committee were excluded.
Joining the Democrats in their pro
tests against the manner in which the
tariff bill was being managed, El
kins, of West Virginia, declared him
self and his state to be of the South,
the interests of which, he said, were
being "crucified."
Gore, in a sarcastic speech, said the
Democrats had been given 14 minutes
in which to examine the bill before
voting on it in committee.
Anti-Jap Men Only Wait.
Washington. March 31. While wait
ing to interview the president, Repre
sentative Kahn, of California, today
made the following statement in refer
ence to the attitude of the Pacific coast
on the Asiatic question : "The present
calm on the Pacific coast is no indica
tion that the anti-Japanese sentiment
is any weaker. We are merely wait
ing to see if the national government
will make good its promises to keep
the coolies out.
Retirement of Colonel Anderson.
Washington, April 2. After a ser
vice of more than 38 years in the army,
Colonel George L. Anderson, of the
coast artillery corps, who has been
serving in the inspector general's de-
partment at San Francisco, was placed
upon the retired list today of his own
accord. Colonel Anderson comes from
Wisconsin and was graduated from
West Point in 1874. He has been at
tached to the inspector general's de
partment since 1901.
Pathfinder's Son Ousted.
Washington, March 30. Major
Francis P. Fremont. Fifth United
States Infantry, is to be dismissed
from the army as a result of his con
viction by court-martial in Cuba on the
charge of insubordination, President
Taft having approved the sentence of
the court today. Major Fremont is a
son of "The Pathfinder," and is now
stationed at Plattsburg barracks, New
York.
Appoints Aid for Wickersham.
Washington, April 3. President
Taft today sent the following nomina
tions to' the senate : Assistant United
States attorney general, Oscar Lawler,
of California; United States marshal,
Third division, district of Alaska, Har
vey P. Sullivan, of Alaska, to succeed
Henry K. Love.
Ask Chamberlain to Speak.
Washington, April 3. Senator
Chamberlain has been invited to de
liver an address at commencement at
the Natchez institute. May 25. The
school authorities offer to change the
date to suit the senator's convenience.
No Indorsement of Dividend Tax. .
Washington, March 30. Secretary
of the Treasury MacVeagh announced
today that the administration had not
yet indorsed the proposed plan to tax
dividends declared by corporations.
ONE GREAT TRUST.
Harriman Would Put Every Railroad
Under One Head.
Denver, March 31. If E. H. Hani
man could have his way, he would
bring " the rilroada in America into
giani. comDinauon, unaer one neaa,
and begin immediately the expenditure
of $250,000,000 or $300,000,000 in im
proving the weaker roads, both physi
cally and financially. In this way he
says he believes he could do the great
est good to the government, the people
of the United States generally, to the
shippers individually and finally to the
owners of railroad stock.
Mr. Harriman spent two hours in
Denver today as the guest of the cham
ber of commerce, then departed on his
eastward journey.
"If we could, we would throw our
cloak over the weaker lines throughout
the country and begin immediately the
expenditure of between $250,000,000
and $300,000,000 to improve them,"
said Mr. Harriman in an informal talk
at the chamber of commerce. "It
ought to be done immediately and I
think I can qualify as an expert on
these matters. This should be done
openly and under some sort of govern'
ment supervision. But we would all be
put in prison if we tried it."
STRIKE THREATENS C. P. R.
I weive i nousana iviacmnigis
Dead-
locked on Negotiations.
Winnipeg, Man., March 31. Alarm-
ing reports are current here that anoth-
er big strike of machinists on the Ca
nadian Pacific railway is imminent,
I m, . . . n . i
ine company, it is auegea, reiuses to
negotiate jointly with the men on the
Eastern and Western systems, and as
that is strongly favored py the men, a
deadlock has been reached in the nego-
nations, uaaj, nigut more ueiegates
arrived from far eastern and western
I 1 1 r A. TT.ll I 1 . it
points anu ur&nt nau, neaa oi ine me
chanical department in tne west for
the company, who was summoned to
Montreal a few days ago, wired last
night in very discouraging terms.
The present schedule expires in a
few days and a new one must be at
once agreed upon. If the men strike
this time they will have the backing of
the American Federation of Labor,
with whom they affiliated this winter,
and will be in a better position to se
cure funds to fight the company. Some
12,000 men will be involved from
Moncton, N. B., to Vancouver, B. C.
SERVIA EATS CROW.
Accepts in Full Demands of Powers
on Balkan Trouble.
Belgrade, March 31. The formula
agreed upon by the powers of Europe
and Austria-Hungary for settling the
dispute between the dual monarchy and
Servia was accepted by the Servian
government today. The formula was
presented at the foreign office by the
British, French, German, Russian and
Italian ministers, and Srevia, through
her minister in Vienna, will delivei to
the Austrian government tomorrow a
note to the following effect :
"First, Servia declares that her
rights have not been violated by the
annexation by Austria-Hungary of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and accepts
the powers' decision to annul para
graph 65 of the treaty of Berlin.
Second, Servia will not protest
against the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
'Third, Servia will return her mili
tary forces to normal conditions by dis
charging the reservists and volunteers
and will not permit the formation of
irregular troops or bands."
This note has been prepared at the
suggestion of the powers and will be
sent with the object of terminating all
misunderstanding between Austria
Hungary and Servia.
Indian Leader Captured.
Guthrie, Okla., March 31. Crazy
Snake has been captured. He is being
held under heavy guard at Thompson's
farm, west of Checotah. This was
confirmed by telephone message from
Checotah at 1 :30 this morning. He
win De tanen to jau in musKogee at
daybreak. Crazy Snake is badly wound-
ed in the thigh. JNine prisoners were
taken to Muskogee tonight and placed
in jail there, and seven to Checotah.
Frank Cocker, a Seminole, has been ar
rested charged with the killing of Mar
shal Baum and Deputy Odom.
Cruisers Get Tangled Up.
Mare Island Navy Yard, March 31.
The cruisers Raleigh and Cincinnati
sustained some damage today in Mare
Island channel. The vessels had been
moored abreast of each other and while
the navy yard tug was attempting to
move them, the propeller of one of the
cruisers caught in the shait of the
other, causing a leak. The leak has
been closed temporarily and a diver
will be sent down to ascertain the ex
tent of the damage.
Irish Very Land Hungry.
London, March 31. Chief Secretary
for Ireland Birrell re-introduced the
Irish land bill in the house of commons
today. The bill is in exactly the same
form as when it was crowded out last
session. The chief secretary said again
that it would require an expenditure of
$915,000,000, at least, to satisfy the
land hunger of the Irish and of this to
tal parliament had still to provide
$775,000,000.
Buried in Mexican Mine.
El Paso. Tex., March 31. Thirty
eight Mexican miners are entombed in
the coal mine at Minor. Mexico, oper
ated by the Coshuila Mining company.
as the result of an explosion last night
caused by firedamp. It is probable
that all are dead.
SOMETHING FOB EVERYBODY
Some of the moon's mountains ar
1,000 feet high.
Turkey exports goods to the value of
about $100,000,000 a year.
Princess Albert of Belgium Is said
to be the happiest wife In the courts
of Europe.
There are more doctors per capita,.
In New York city than anywhere else
In this country.
"Trial Marriages" were discussed at
the recent congress of Russian wom
en at St. Petersburg.
It Is only within the last ten years
that tropical fruits like bananas and
pineapples hare had large sale in Ger
many. The foreign commerce of this coun
try fell on about $500,000,000 last year.
The greatest decline was noticed at
the Atlantic ports.
Mrs. Keith Spalding, of Chicago, has
given $18,000 and forty acres of land
to be used in establishing a tuber
culosis sanatorium at Napervllle, 111.
The Australians eat an average of
129 pounds of sugar each year, the
United States 89 pounds, Germany 3d
pounds, France 32 pounds and Great
Britain 81 pounds, but In the latter
country the ratio Is going up.
Owing to recent raids upon "blind
tigers" by the police authorities, the
city of Savannah, Ga., Is the possessor
of about 20,000 gallons of whisky, be
sides much beer, wine, champagne,
etc. It can neither be Bold nor given
away.
Figures issued by Manchester Uni
versity point to the fact that women
graduates rarely marry. Out of 500
women who have taken degrees only
sixty-four have married. Twelve of
these married graduates of the same
university.
Mrs. Russell Sage Is said to pay the
heaviest tax of any person in the city
of New York. The tax books show
that twenty New York women are as
sessed for upward of $17,000,000, and
more than a score of others are re
quired to pay for $250,000 to $100,
000. Mrs. W. J. Beggs, now of Seattle, is
said to have produced the only rose
absolutely without thorns. She was
for several years a neighbor of Luther
Burbank in California, where she
studied his methods. The bloom of
this thornless rose Is reported to be of
unusual beauty.
The Grand Duchess Sergius of Rus
sia is to found an establishment In
Moscow which is to supply district
nurses for the poor. ine grand
duchess, whose husband was killed by
the terrorists, is to live la, one of the
buildings devoted to the work, and
other titled men and women will also
dwell near her and help In the work.
A bill has been prepared by Charles
Francis Adams and Introduced in the
Massachusetts Legislature to provide
that there shall be no alteration or
change in the name of any public way,
street, place or square, or of any pub
lic park, where the name altered or
changed has been In use for twenty-five
years, without the consent of the High
way Commission of the State. At a
hearing on the measure representatives
of many patriotic societies favored it.
The women of Paris have discovered
a new method of stimulation In the tea
cigarette. To make one about as much
tea Is required jna would make two
strong cups of tea. As many Paris
women are reported to be smoking on
an average ten a day. It is easy to see
why the doctors should be taking meas
ures to nip the fashion In the bud.
They describe .it as a horribly easy
method of stimulation and sure to un
dermine the strongest constitution In a
few months.
Canton, China, at present Is. full of
robbers. It Is said that in some parts
the people are renlly afraid to go to
rest at night. Inasmuch as it is certain
that thieves will enter and rob the
place. Accordingly some one sits up,
while others sleep. The following Is
a queer criticism of China's policy by a
correspondent : "We have a police
force, whose work consists mostly In
sleeping at post or helping the nearby
shopkeeper to chop wood or a neigh
boring blacksmith to blow his fire."
Mrs. George F. Lowell received more
applause than any of the other speak
ers at the recent meeting of the Massa
chusetts Press Association. Her ad
dress was on woman suffrage, and in
reply to a statement made by a speak
er preceding her that the women of
America could pot the ballot or any
thing else they wanted. Mrs. Lowell
said they could, provided they vaitel
long enough. She reminded them that
it took Massachusetts women fifty-five
j ears to obtain the equal guardianship
of children, and almost as long to get
that of equal Inheritance between hus
band and wife.
The legal adage de minimis non
curat lex was apparently reversed In
the Glamorgan County Court, held at
Cardiff. Wales, recently, when a work
man seriously sued his employers for
compensation for Injuries sustained
whlto putting in a shop front, the In
juries being the result of a flea bite.
The claimant's solicitor asked for an
ndjournment, as be said his client was
111. The Judge granted the adjourn
ment, but was informed Immediately
that the claimant had been seen In th
neighlxrhood of the court. Thereupon
the Judge called the case again anl
gave Judgment for the defendants on
the ground that the man might have
been carrying the flea for half an hour
before he went to work.