FATAL THEATER FIRE
Hundred Die In Horrible Disaster
il Boyertown, Pi.
COAL OIL SPILLED ON AUDIENCE
Flames leap through Hall aid Peo
ple All Huah Out—Many Ara
I ramplad lo Pulp
HARLAN NICU WAR
While and Yellow Races Must
for Supremacy
Fight
Washington, Jan. 19.—Juatli« John
M Harlan, of th« Supreme court of the
United Htatee, p«er»l into the distant
lutur« al th« annual dinner of the Navy
league ol ths United Hlatee and told of
a «lay when the white ami yellow race«
will m«el In a oonfllct that will «hake
the earth.
The distinguished jurist
w«a «peaking in the interest of a mighty
American navy. 11« said:
"If I had the opportunity I would
vol« for an appropriation of |AU,OOU,.
900 a year tor a period of ten year« lor
a larger navy
Th« great importance
of a navy Is shown in the constitution,
which reslncis tlis appropriation« for
the army, but seta no limit to th**« for
th« navy. There 1« so such thing as
friemlahlp between nation« a« between
men. Nations make no sacrifice« to
preserve friemlahlp ami do not forbear
bi do certain things iMxause It d«ie« not
meet with th« approval of another na
tion
D>> you think England cares a
cent for what we think of her navy, or
Germany car«« a cent lol wliat »• think
of here?
" Die trend of the immigration of the
white people In the ¡«st has lawn from
ea«t to west.
There has been none
from the weet. Just across • lie water
there is a country with an immense
population who«« corn metes we arc
seeking. We refer to the people of
Asia aa the yellow race.
There are
400,(MX),(MX) Chinese, a« strong physi
cally and mentally as we are. There is
over there anotlier nation whose people
are progre*aive and ambitioua.
We
may some dav see a «killed army in
Japan of 5,000,000 lo 10,000,000.
I i.«-v will say:
" 'You claim Europe aa your country.
Tbi* i* ours. Get out.’ "
"I don't think they have any such
hies now, and we have no hostility to-
wsr«l them. Hut theie will be a con
flict tietween the yellow race and the
white race that will shake the earth.
When It come« I want lo *ee this coun
try with a navy on both raeana that
will tie strong eonugh."
lloyeitown, Pa., Jan. 14—Nearly
100 p. raoiia <>f Hila borough were killed
iu a theater tire and ¡»an io laal night
and nearly three anole Injured, many nl
them la'ally. A majority of th« killed
Were inemlwra of th« levllng fainlllos
ol th« town.
While tlie “Scottish ««formation"
win being reproduced In Ittiod«« opera
hou«« by Mr«. Monroe, of Wanliing
ton, a tank used In a moving picture
acene »xpl**l»l.
I mined lately there
... a wild ».yah for the e.lta o| the
building
Men of uiature year, en
deavored to «till the penta, but their
voices could not lie beard gl.iv« th«
ahrieka anil screams ol the terrified
women and children who coiii|*«cd the
greater part of the audience
It seemed a. though marly Dre en
tire audlenca made a mad rtiah for the
elite th« moment th« ciploelon occur-
Md.
In tlieir attempt«'to quiet the great
crowd, thiai« ¡telson* who were on tlie
■tag« accidentally npaet the coal oil
lam|M used at the footliglit«
The
burning oil «cst'rrisl in all direction«,
and th« lamp« which wire mail to light
the opera bouse rxploilrd, ihluwing the
blailng oil ovrr th« terror strtakrn
people. who acre lighting fiantbally
to gain the elite
In 111« mad ru»h •
action id the Moor gave way, precipi
tating »core« of person« to the b«ae-
meu l.
Il waa rcariely five minute« from
th« time ol the eipliemn of the tanka
until ll>« entire heart >-t the alriicture
accrued a rearing furnace
There wa«
a ma I «eiamld« to the stairway, and
GRtAT ACTIVITY EVIDENT.
acorva .if women anil children were
knraked down and trampled u|*»r>.
many of t liem doubt lea« being crturhirl Government is Hushing Work on Our
Coast Defenses.
tod««th. At leaat 6(1 persona, realir
Ing that eilt by the «fairway meant
Washington, Jan. 13.—New coast
alm<«t certain death, risked their live«
defense« are being installed and old
by jumping from the window«. I.lml«
were broken and akiilla were eruaheil by one« re-enforced at I'aciflc c«ast points,
Guam, Hawaii and Manila. Thia work
thia dai mg method of «arape.
In the meantime a relief corp« war of fortification is lining carried forward
at work al the eritrnm-« to th« theater, swiftly and upon a gigantic ana le. Coal
endeavoring lo release tho«e who were
*lg«*l in the doorway and unable to ex depots are being replenished, huge
tricate tli<-m*«hee
Many |>erMina who ««■archlighis installed, > arbors mined,
ether I«« might liave made gie.l their big guns placeal and ammunition maga
recape from the furnace were held In sines filled to overflowing.
Ho quietly has this work been going
check by the awful jam at th« doors.
A. the flame* cut their way toward the on that few outside cf the officials han
front of the building, w< men OOuld be dling the work have realised the enorm
a«en to claep tlivlr hand* and fall back ous undertaking under way. This work
waa started laal May, anti it is especte«t
into the flamee.
Our* the doorways were clear, the that a year will see the completion of
rescuers dragged many women an«l the out line. I program
It is acknowledge that the fortifica
children from the stairwar« l«a«ling t>
the lalcony.
Home of them were no tions at Manila, Guam. Puget sound
hmlly Injured that they died before nnd Honolulu an« Inefficient and it I» at
reaching the
temporary
hospital. 1 iiioee points that the greatest work is
Sknll* were crush*! ami the lace« of lielng done. Han Francisco and other
some of the victim« weie «o horribly o«at punt« are declared to lie perfectly
mutilated that they were tiaiely leeog eqnIp|ie«l to repel attacks.
While not acknowledging any appre-
niia'de
In on« install *e, the skull of
a child, api>areiitlv alantt 10 yearn ol hension, the ad ministration i« rushing
the work with real vigor. It was learn
age, waa ciunbed al moat Into a jelly.
To »dd to the terrible dla*ater, the ed from an authoritative source Inlay
fir« up|«aratua Icearm* disabled and the tliat on«* of the pitent factors inileterrn-
etr'ictur« was li ft entirely to the merci ining the di>|iatch of the fl -ct to the
of the flame*. It In alm<st certain riot I'acitic was a real natlou of the wiak-
a vestige of th« bodies of the unfortun m«s at certain prints. The presence of
ate* who wire overcome by the smoke the fleet In tlie Pacific remedie» all de
fects and structural weakness in **»t
and pr-n hrvl will ever lie found.
Had the women ami children heeded defen*« punt«. As long iur it remains
the warning of the cooler head« in the there It will make up for any short
audience, th« horrible Ire* of life might coming in c urst fortifications.
Hy the time the fleet leave« the wa
have I**-tl avoided. but there wa* the
uaoal panic ami «tam|H«l« which invar ters of the I'aciflc it is belle veil all the
iably follows «rich a catastrophe. The weak points will have tx*en reinforcol
tlamee spread rapidly and communicat and the defense« will in* of a modern
ed bi the other
of the building ami npproved type.
Twelve million round« now enroute
Men, women and children mailed for
the iiuuiy exits of the building, nnd to the Far East furnishes enough am
the weaker sei and the diiiIdren were munition for a pmeible army of fit),000
trampled and manned in the mad tuah men. Tlie normal need of the army in
th« Phllippinea I» about 2,000.000
to gain th« atri-eta.
round» annually. Aside from this there
is an exceptionally heavy draft of ehells
H.g Fire in Kansas C*ty.
Kanaaa City, Mo., Jan. 14.—The and terpedoee.
Villon station annex waa destroyed by
tire early today.
the Union elation
proper w-a hhvk I. Tlie burned build
ing contained the receiving oflicee of
the Adams. Wei la-Fargo and Pacific
Eipresa companies, branch mailing
room of th« poatoftir-e. the oilier« of the
fiel llarvey Fating House company,
the Pullman Palace Cgr company's
linen loom ami the Kailwaymen'a Y.
M V. A. rooms. The loss is estimate«!
nt close bi a quarter nt a million dol
lars.
I
WARNING TO JAPAN
Not So Many Idls Workmen.
Chicago, Jan. 13.—Statistics gather
ed by the Chungo association of com
merce tend to alleviate the pveimiam
felt concerning the local industrial sit
uation. In tesponee tc letters sent out
to OIA bu*inos« Arms which a year ago
gave employment bi 97,000 ¡versons, it
is atatnl tliat these firms are now em
ploying 86,400 persons. » decrease of
less than 12 per cent, anil within »'0
days will have added 4,920 hands.
David R Forgan, president of the aseo-
Cut Pullman Chargsx.
ciailon, decían*« that the statistics were
Washington, Jan. 14.—George 8. gather*! from every branch of industry.
I,oftmi, of Ht. Paul, aceonifianied by
Senator 1.« Fol lette, file*! with the In
Tightens Grip on Paninsuta.
terstate Commerce commission today a
Tokio, Jan. 13.—An Imperial ordi
petition asking for a reduction of *5 nance has >M*en gaiettv*«! which provide«
per cent in the lower berth rates of the for the reorganisation of the govern
Pullman company, and the tiling of ment of Kwang Tung peninsula in
rates for upper bertha at one-half the Manchuria. Directors general of for
lower berth tate.
The reduction is eign police affair« have al«o been cre
asked on
all
interstate
business ate*!. Japanese consults at Mukden,
throughout the United States.
Mr. Kin Chow, Cheng Chun and Antung
I.oftns represent« the Minnesota Ship- liave lieen appomteil cotnmiMioners of
Iters' association, which started the police for Routh Manchuria. The pur-
private car investigation two yean ago. pise of the ordinance, it is believe,!,
mean« the organisation of an active re
Massacred by Yaquls.
form administration for the entire dis
Visalia, (lai., Jan. 14.—Word of the trict.
tragic «lea th of Mstk Perkins, a prom
8urgaons Forget Tools.
inent mine owner of Mei loo, an«l for
mer resident of this city, was received
Re«i I.o«lge, Mont., Jan. 13.—A local
tislay by the young man'« parents, Mr. anrgeon who hue |«erfortne>l an op-ra
and Mrs. II. P. Perkins, of Visalia. tion on Charles .hstkinen, a young
On January 2 Inst, Parkins and nine Finnish minister, for the removal of
Mexlcsnn were ambushe«! by Taquia the can«« of pain in his chest, fonml in
n««r the city of Honora, Mexico, and tlie cavity left by a previous operation
massacred, lint one Mexican escaping. two pleura of rublier tubing four an«l
Other particulars of the killing have five inches long respectively.
To one
not yet been received.
w«s attached a safetypin, badly rusted.
The rubber tubing waa nearly a half
Mining Camp Burns.
inch In diameter. Joakinen is recov-
Meilco City, Jan. 14.—According to ering.
a telegram just received In this city,
Vesuvius Still Spits Ashes.
the great gold mining camp of El Oro,
one of the largest in the republic, is
Naples, Jan. 13—Mount Vesuvius
being d«otroy*l by tire.
When the continues to throw ont ashes and incan-
dispatch was tiled the principal hotels deeoent matter from Ito chief crater,
and the more important business build the cone of which, form*l hy the last
ings of the camp had been reduced to eruption, collapeed recently, the earth
tremblings being felt long distances.
•abas.
Root Says She Most Stop Flood
ol Coolie Immlflraou.
EXCLUSION LAW NAY BE PASSED
Japan«««
Government
Attempts
to
Adroitly Dodge Issue— Root
biases Off the Crisis.
Waahlngton, Jan. 11.— Negotiation«
lietween the Unite«l Htatea sn*l Japan
hav« ri-m hivl a serious stag«. While
war a* an eventuality is n*>t «erlourly
■pprrhen<led, larg«ly becauaeol Japan's
unpre|aredoes«, It 1« known that the
historic friendly relations are «trained
almoit to the p>int of breaking.
The official denial given at the Htate
department of cable*! repirta of de
mands having lieen made upin Japan
ar« literally true lo a di|ilon.atic «enae,
hut the urnial, in a measure, is an
eveai'in. Tl«e "oral rrprraentetion«"
ami the exchange cf “memoranda."
reduced to plan English, mean just
th
Amba««ador O’Brien, acting under
Instruction«, has, «Ince reaching h s
¡eist la»t Ortober, lieen attempting to
wui« from tlie Japanese government
satisfactory aaiurance« that under tlie
plwlge given al tlie time of the |*»*a*e
of the luirn gratiuti law last February
the Japan»«« government would assist
in restricting the emigration to this
coimtry of
olijnctionable
Jspane*e
labor. Twice has lie commuriK.*ate«i
bi H<«r«tary Root replies obtain»! from
Count llayaskl, in which the Japan«««
government attempt« adroitly to dodge
the Issue.
Mr. Root has submitt*! to the Jap
anese government, through Mr. O'
Brien, atatiatica prepar*l by the de-
¡•rtinent of commerce ami labor, show
ing tliat II.* immigration of the unde
sirable ol»M of Japanese since the
Ja[iane»‘ government gave it» promisee
haa been monthly at least twice as
Isr.-e as before the promise was given,
an«l during sotne months four times a«
large.
The presentation of col«l «tatiattas
showing lastly, coupled with the inti
mation tliat congress may adopt more
eiringent mrasuree, possibly an exclu
sion law, brognht from the Japanese
government the second reply, which
rracned Mr. R.srt a few days ago in lire
form of a cablegram which o*»t several
thousand dollar«.
Mr. Root is now i*reparir.g an an-
swer, with the a*si«tatiee of »everal ex
perts in Orients 1 affairs. Tlie Japanese
government will be Inform»! that
assurances cannot be given that an ex
clusion act will
not
be
¡aaa*i,
but
that
the
administration
will exercise its influence to prevent
such legislation, if possible, pending
negotiations.
The iseus in official circles in Jafian
ha* ran*«! acute agitation, and breauae
of tlie 'trained eonditiou of affairs. Mr.
Root will not unnece*«atily precipitate
matters, with tlie Irnttleship fleet so far
from Its base in the I’aciflc.
Estimates Too Low.
Washington, Jan. 11.—Because cf
changed conditions from those existing
in 1903, when tlie minority of tlie lx<ard
of consulting engineers of the Pana
ma canal aubmitted its report, it is now
admittsd in responsible quarters tliat
the estimate made hy that repirt for
building the canal was far too low and
that th« cost may approximate 4200.-
000,000. This inclndra various inci
dental items, such a« administration,
sanitation and improvements aggregat
ing several millions of dollars in Pana
ma and Colon, which, however, will be
refunded by the Panama government,
and the expenses of the xone govern
ment and various expenses incidental
tn the relocation and acquisition of the
Panama railroad.
Tlie estimate of tiie board in 190
was that tlie erst would be $139,
765,200, but this estimate did not in
clude expense« on account of Interest
during construction, sanitation and
sone government.
May Admit Trust Companies.
New York, Jan. 11.—The clearing
house committee decided tislay L> call
a meeting ol the entire »««ociation next
Monday to determine whether to admit
trust companies to membership in the
association of banka now compo«ing
the Clearing house.
The matter has
been under discussion by the committee
since last November. The more con
servative tank presidents favor the
maintenance of a 25 per cent reserve
by such trust coui|«nies as may l*< ad
rnitted bi the association, while others
advocate an "associate membership '
Rent Strikers Evicted.
New York, Jan. 11.—Eighty evic-
tlcna of East Hids tent striker« to ik
place today, and Monroe street waa
filled with a picturesque litter of dis
placed furnishings. It is tielie veil that
tlie strike situation is now neat a solu
tion, and claims of victory are being
made hy both sides. The indications
are that ths honors are about even for,
although most of the tenants paid the
rent asked when they saw tliat eviction
was inevitable If they longer refused,
others obtained concessions from land
lords.
Convicted of Illegal Fencing.
Omaha, Jan. 11.—Perry A. Yeast, a
prominent cattleman who haa been on
trila tor conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment in land entries, was today
found guilty and recommended to tlie
clemency of the court by the jury.
Yeast had many thousand acres of the
North Platte forest reserve under ille
gal fence. However, the count upon
which he waa found guilty was of con
spiring with old soldiers and widows to
obtain land fraudulently.
Withdrawing Troops From Munds.
Muncie, Ind., Jan.1 1.— Major Gen
eral McKee issued orders this afternoon
for the return to their homes of three
comapnira of militia now in Muncie.
Street cars are now running on oortnal
schedule.
DENA' LIMED ALCOHOL
Idaho Experiment Vistron f «11« About
M«nu*«crurs «nd Ge*.
CsadltlsRe Aflrctlng the Production
of Industrial Ale* hoi in the Nm th west,
la tlie title ol a bulletin rweotly imu *I
by tli« drpsrtlDeiit of chemistry of
th» 1 <«ho Blau es^erlurent «tation
Th« purpose of th« bulletin is, «■ ths
author «tetee. to bring to tbe atteotma
ol farmers and others li.t*r«»t*l in Hie
■obj*-t, the general principle* umlerly-
ing the prio*H« u«»i in the manufac
ture and drnaturing of slcolioi. The
opinion Is exprm-<<l that people in
thia part of ths country will receive but
lltilr Irene tit frnm th« pssaage ' f t lia
“Denatured Alcohol Act" unless they
see to it that this atao -ol is made at
home from h**ma grown products. Hev-
eral crops ate mentioned as being the
ones to which psopln in the North we« t
will liave t • look a« the rn et promis
ing in alcohol manufacture, the tn at
prominent lielng potato«« ami sugar
lieeto. It Is not prolable that irulivid
ual farm d rat i Iler lea will ever tie put
into operation. Th<- idea is advanced
of a community still, or a still owrel
and operated by a «tack company, in
which the chief owners ol the stock
■trail be the producers of the raw ma
terial. Figures are given rlhi-trating
th« relative efficiency of alcohol when
compaied to kerosene a» a source of
light.
It will require some time to get peo
ple acquainted with the u»ra U> which
denatured a1 r boho I may he put, but It
is confidently believed that there i» a
grest future for this prixluct right here
in the Nortbweet
"DRYING OFF" THE MILKER.
Useful
Hints On Hsr-dlmg of Cows
Before Calving
In answer to a qu«*tion how to “dry
off” the milkirgcow, Prof.J H. Frand-
■on, of Idaho expertmeat -tation, gave
the following suggestions
The trouble with many dairymen 1«
that io drying up c««s they are afraid
to step milking »« lung a« th/ cow
«how« any tendency of giving milk.
In many they do not nalixe that to con
tinue milking through the entire year
is an exceedingly tied policy.
In ordi
nary cases it is desnsble that the cows
should lie dry from a month to six
week«. The object being to increase
the supply of nourishment for the
growing foetus as well au enabling the
cow to improve her physical condition
before tbe time of calving. When it is
thought best bi hasten “laying *ff,"
«tart by not milking the cow clean.
Thia will generally decrease the amount
to a point where it is safe to skip every
other milking.
In about a week the
milk will generally be reduced to such
prop>rtione aa to justify milking only
every other <lay. General!« soon after
thia It will be safe to discontinue milk
ing altogether.
The “drying off*' 1« mat easily ac
complished when cows are fed on dry
teed* a.* much a« ¡loeelhle.
There are a few persistent milkers
which can tie done more ba*m by a
forced "drying of!” than to let them
milk up to calving, but such oows are
decidedly lew in numbers.
Publications for Farmers.
The following publications ol interest
to farmers «nd others have been issued
by the Agricultural department of the
Federal government and will be fur
nished free, eo long as they are avail
able, except where otherwise noted,
upon application to the Superintendent
of r*ocumente. Government Printing
Oflice Washington, D. C.:
Fanner' Bullein No. 158 —How to
Bull*! Small Irrigation Ditches. By C.
T. Johnston am! J. D. Stannard, assist
ants in Irrigiation investigntions, office
of experiment «tationa. Pp. 28. figs. 9.
This is a reprint of an article in tbe
Yearbook ol tbe department of agricul
ture for 1900, entitled “Practical Irri-
gaticn.” giving methods for laying out
and building small irrigating ditches,
using oaly such implements aa are
found on moat farms or can easily be
made by the farmer.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 187.—Drain
age of Farm lands. By C. G. Elliott,
drainage expert, irrigation investiga
tions. office nt experiment atatious.
I’p. 40, tigs 19. Explains the effects
and advantagra nf drainage and de
scribe« impleiui nte and methode suited
to a variety of conditions in humid and
irrigated regions.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 263.—Practi
cal Inf irmation for Beginners in Irri
gat ion. By 8. Fortier. Pp. 40 figs.
25. This gives suggestions as to the se
lection of an Irrigate*! farm, the sc-
quireuient of a water right, tbe prepar
ation of land for Irrigation, the con
struction of farm ditches, and the ap
plication of water to ciope.
Farmers' Bulletin No. 270.—Modern
Convenience for the Farm Home. By
Elmina T. Wilson.
Pp. 48, tigs. 27.
This discusses heating, water supply,
and sewage disposal for farm homes,
and the arrangement of houses and
grounds.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 277.—The Use
of Alcohol and Gasoline in Farm En
gines.
By C. E. Lucke and 8. M
Woodwad. Pp 40, figs. 12. This gives
the general resutle of experiments in
the use of alcohol In the ordinary in
ternal combustion engines on the Amer
ican market, with come diseuseion of
foreign experiment«.
NER CURRENCY PLAN!.
1 '
CouyrMMiian EonKr Ollers Syi-
lem 1er Büiik llrcolition.
SELURED BY ASStTS OF BANKS
Bar ks
lo
Dsposil
Money W.th Gov
ernment to Guarantee Botn
Notes ana Deposits
Washington, Jan. 9.—The eub-Com-
tuittee of the hou»e committee on bank-
lug and currency, to which was on trust
»1 th« framing ol a bill lo increase the
«la«ticlty ol the currency, reach*! a
couciusKm, yesterday and will report
favorably to the lull committee a bill
drawn In tbe main by Chairman Fow
ler, of the committtee. The bill will
be introduced by Fowler and referred i
to hrs committee, where it will form
the working bruin for the framing of a .
bill ol p-krsibly the same scope and
tenor.
The bill provide« for the complete
retlrenunt o! all outstanding nakioral
trank bond »-cured currency and author
ise« In lieu thereoi a currency bss-d
upon general aseeto of the laxnka, to be
worked out in thia way:
Tlie controller of the currency will
designate throughout the country eer
tain redempl ion cities, eo that tuere
shall Is* a redemption city within at
least 24 hours' reach of every national
bank. The national banks will indi
cate to t be controller of tbe currency to
what redem pion city they wish to Ire
joined. The controller will then select
a time aid place within each redemp
tion district lor the organising of Uiat
district in tbe following manner:
Each national bank in that dixtrict,
regardless ol its capital stock, will be
entitled to one vote. Representatives
of the bunks will meet at a time and
place designated and elect a boar<l of
managers to consist of seven members.
Tlie eeven wifi elect a chairman, who
will become a deputy controller of cur
rency and arnurne control of bis re
demption district, except that be ehall
not have charge of tbe enforcement of
the criminal statutes.
Each national bank is authorised to
present to the secretory of the treaaary
national bank notes and lawful money
iD lieu of other national bunk bond ee*
cure*! outstanding notes
Then, if tbe
bank's application therefor is indora*!
by the b*ar*l of managers of tlie re
demption district to which It belongs,
the bank will receive guaranteed credit
notes to the amount of its capital stock.
The»« note« will be subject to a tax of
2 per cent per annum. Each bunk will
be required to deposit aa a guarantee
fund with the treasurer of the United
State« 5 per cent of ito average deposits
for the preceding 12 months and 6 per
cent of the credit notes which It takes
out. Tbe revenue thus obtained is to
create and support a national guaran
tee lund of 9500,000,000 for the guar
antee of both the depoeits and the out
standing banknotes of every national
bank. Eighty per eeDt of this fund is
to be invested in United States bonds
drawing 2 per cent interest, while the
remaining 20 per cent is to be deposit
ed in banks of the various redemption
cities for the purpose of redeeming the
guaranteed credit notes of tbe banks of
the various redemption districts.
When the national guarantee fund
reaches 925,000,000, which would be
almost simultaneous with the birth of
the new law, the governmmt is re
quired to return to tbe tanks the Unit
ed States bonds now held ss security
for Federal depraite, the object being
to enable the banks to get control of
tbe bonds, so that the government can
invest the 80 per cent of the guaranteed
fund in 2 per eent bonds and regain
control. In buying these bonds the
banks bolding them shall be paid their
original pnrebas** price, providing their
exact purchase price can be proven.
It is Fowler's idea, a* embodied in
the bill, to have the new credit notes
print*! on a green background in differ
entiation from the yellow Iwckgronnd
of the gold notes and white background
of the silver certicafitee.
Both Make Concessions.
New Y’ork, Jan. 9.—The gloom
among tbe rent strikers was turned to
>oy when tbe large number of evictions
threaten*! by the landlords eeem*i to
dwindle materially. It »it difficult to
get marshals to handle thoee that were
issued. They eaid they were busy with
other things.
Many landlords, too.
eettl*! with their tenants rather than
pay the cost of their eviction, and
many tenants, frighten*! by the action
of tbe ooutt, agreed to accept smaller
redoctions than thoee first demanded.
Many cases were thus compromised.
Tunnel Open for Treflfic.
tnrCOLE’S OREATNIS«.
Kaaawa*« H»«ull«»llua
*»r
SawU Dar« la lUlaate-
Bar*
"Abraham I.lrv-oln was tbe iieto man
I ever aiw,” said Wlrtolta'e oldest auc
tioneer tbe other day. J. A. Reimer Is
72 years of age and probably the old
«•t sr»'v*»waful auctioneer lo the Htate
of Kanssa
It Is known among tbe friend» of
th« old au<*tlone«r. says the Wichita
Enxi«*. that be and Abraham IJocolL
were wnrtu frlemla In tile enrly MFa
When Mr Benner waa waiting for a
•ale the other day he cease over and
sat on the curbing In front of tbe Eagle
office and eexne of the boys got to talk
ing »bout I.lncoln. "Did you consider
Mr IJn'-vln a very good man?" asknl
a young man who had evidently read
of tire martyred President In bls »-bool
history.
The plucky old auctioneer seem«! to
he horrified at the question. He won
der«! that anybody should ask such a
question. His chin droygvd and be
spread ont his hand* palm npwrnrd like
one In the proi'W* of what be consid
er«! norro- great ancrllrae. and said:
"Ob. be was tbe very best man I ever
saw. and be was as courageous as he
was good. In his treatment of men Ire
was a prince, and his every action
for*-»-d the conviction that he thought
tbe man with an apron cutting stone
or the mnn with overalls carrying brick
a« god as the President of the United
State* He was great by nature and
the assumed greatness of small men
failed to Impress him.
"My father /«*! to own a livery
bam at Urbona. In Champaign County.
W. W. Davis was judge of that judicial
district and I-eonard Swett was State’s
Attorney. He and Judge Davis were
great friends of Lincoln, and when Mr.
IJncoln was el«-ted President be ap
pointed Judge Travis s judge of the
Supreme Court of the United States
tbe very first ofiportunlty.
"I »«I consider*! a kid by those men
when I first became acquainted with
them. I.lm-oln trad partners In those
counties, nnd when they wonk! get
cases of Importance Lincoln would
come over from Springfield to help
thevu. and of orurae he was at Urbana.
Mattoon and Danville every term of
court. Father bad a d*>ut4e-aeat*! car
riage and a tine tram of bobtail sorrel
horses. I need to take that rig and
drive Judge Davl«, Mr Lincoln and
I eons rd Swett fr*«n t’rtrana to Mat
toon and Danville and go after them
when they got ready to *ume ba*k_
They used to df^iettd on the carriage
and the kid. but they cal!*! me the boy.
That was before they had learned to
call young people klda.
“Lincoln was a great talker and they
used to have lively times on those trips.
I have often thought that I never saw-
one of the party take a drink. Men
Inclined to drink would certainly have
lard something along on such tri;*. Tbe
very fact that they did not have any-
thlnk along has convinced me that
none of thwn ever took a drink."
FINDS THAT TIME FLIES
TwBBty-fowr Watches Taken
Month American.
fro»
Peru has less than seven peraona lo
the aqunre mile.
Only rtH4 aliens were natarallaml In
Great Britain hist year.
In Milan there are 3H.OIIO famlllaa
living In one room each.
Peruvian olives are very rich In nil
— 30 per rent hy weight
Korea In taking more to beer drink
ing than sillier Japan or Chinn.
Liverpool Im« tried and nhsnifimeil
a penny in the slot telephone nrrvlc«.
Two-thirds of tin* hay and grain In
Germany la still harvested hy hand.
Hheep from Ireland are on exhibition
In England. They stand fourteen Inches.
An »Irs'trlc railway will probably
anon connect Moscow with Ht I'etera
burg
Ah«mt 12.000 tons of lobsters are
caught ami marketed every year In
Canada.
A Christiania doctor has discovered
that microbes tlM«n»*lvea are Infest»!
with parasites.
Between Htg> and 900 British towns
»nr! villages have nxiuemkra In the
L'nlt*l Htate«.
All the hospitals arid alniabourm In
Berlin are regularly «U|>(*li*l
with
flowers from the city.
Tbrer-fourtlM of tbe area of Japan
is mountainous ami less tlurn 16 per
cent Is under cultivation.
Tbe average monthly Imimie la Ja-
pan. after recent advances In wagea,
1» officially suited at lens than Ik
Nine hundred nnd thirty one British
municipalities own gas works, nlnety-
nine tramways and 181 supply elwtrte-
ity.
Kir Walter Raleigh was reepoMlbte
for the Intnsluction ol tbe potato Into
Ireland. It was a native of Chile and
Peru.
A statue of Genera) Nicholson, the
mutiny be*», ha« been unveiled at
Irelhl by fa»rd Minto, tbe vlreroy of
India.
Russia has a larger proportion of
blind penile than any other European
country. Two out of every 1,900 are
slghth-ss.
Buenos Aires is tbe largest city
south of tbe equator. Rlo de Janeiro
r-omes next, while HydDey, New South
Wales, I« third.
The hardest wood la not «4s*ny. but
ctxuo. It grows In the W«i Indie«,
and in used for making flutes and sim
ilar instruments.
I-a«t year there were 39,211 millions
matches »»Id iu France, bringing Into
that nation’s treasury Sb^llfi.'Jbb, this
being a state monopoly.
(
There was a sale of cast off polire
uniforms at Manchester. England, the
other day. Two hundred poumia of po
lice buttons sold for $29.
Small farms are the rule in Japan,
and every foot of land is put to use.
The farmer who has more than ten
acres Is considered a monopolist.
A fast penman will write at tbe rate
of thirty worda a minute, whk-b means
that in an hour's steady writing be has
drawn his ;*eu a »¡»are of 3(S) yard*
1
"How true It Is that time files,” re-
Aluminum paper, which Is practically
mnrked Customs Inspector Donohue as
a new article of production, is mid to
he bow*l out Senor J. Nieves Cabal
preserve the sweetness of butter that
lero from the customs examination
Is wraj»ped in It. for a very long time.
room on the French Steamship Line
England Inqsirta about ISO.rW bush
pier the other day, says the New York
World.
Inspector Donohue had ex els of apples per week; they come
tracted twenty-four gold watches from from tbe Unit*! States ar«l Canada.
tbe »enor's garments, which were of Thoee from Oregon bring the highest
he latest Parisian mode, striking, up price.
An English woman named Mrs. Ken-
to tbe moment Then tbe senor was
•ermitted to depart, for there waa no ' way had a unique accident In Egypt
*usp.«lon that be tried to smuggle tbe recently. She fell from the top of one
vatebes. He said be intended to pre of tbe pyramids. Site was seriously
ent gbem to his old-time friends and hurt.
re can have them by paying duty on
t hem.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Senor Caballero, a wealthy South
American ranch owner, it Is said, ar
A husband does a goorl deal of fuss
rived on La Bretagne. It pleased him I ing, but his wife has her way just the
to wear two hats, which may be the same.
newest thing In Paris and which is not
The man who complains he Isn't ap
'orbldden by the Uuitwl States revenue proelated always is to the fullest
ea
laws provided there Is nothing under teut by himself.
■Ire hats. The »enor’s soft, black felt
Instead of envying tbe millionaires.
fltt*I dose Iris well-shaped bead and
Invent an automobile that will work,
over It spr'rted a tall, point*! Panama
and become one.
straw bat with a gay ribbon on it.
What has become of tbe old-fash
The senor looked as if he could buy
all tbe watches lie wanted and not “on ion*! woman who referred to trifling
tick" either. Gracious only knows men as "iloless?"
what excited S|>*ial I»et*'tive Dono
hue's suspicions of him—¡>erbai>s a ca
blegram from au agent abroad of tbe
United States treasury department.
"Have you anything to declare ns
dutiable?" I»onohue asked tbe «error.
“Nothing.” said Caballero, emphat
ically.
"Certain of that?" Donohue persist
ed.
"Nothing." retort*! the senor indig
nantly. as if tbe repetition of the ques
tion was insulting.
Then Donohue invited tbe senor to
the examination room. You have seen
a prestidigitator take rabbits front a
oornucopla that seemed to be empty?
Just so Ikmohue extracted watches
from Heitor Caballero's tine raiment.
“Struck one." said Donohue soon af
ter his search began.
“Struck twelve.” be remarked after
a while.
He struck twenty four, which Is pos
sible only under the new method of
reckoning time. Tbe watches were all
very thin, of the newest pattern, worth
about $30 each. Then having less time
on his bands, the senor took a cab and
drove away.
New York, Jan. 9.—The first of the
series of tunnels under the waters that
divide Manhattan from Brooklyn on
the one side and from New Jersey on
the other was open*l for traffic late
last night, when the initial passenger
Tw< X»
vaxrw.
train left the Bowling Green station of
Beat two eggs eeparately and wen. the Interborough subway and went the
Add to yolke on» half cup sugar t beat! length of one of tbe long steel donble
than tbrawelgbttw cup boiling water tubes which parallel each other under
and another half-cup of sugar and on* the river to Brooklyn. The opening of
fourth teaepoonful ealt; beat again. this tunnel is regard*! aa a long step
Add juice and grated rind, «t on* toward the solution of tire transporta
Tks Wroag Fwwerwl.
fourth lemon; beat age*A ’Now add tion problem of New Y’ork.
When Meyerbeer died his son com
alternately the white«
uggs and one
posed a funeral march which "remem
level cup flour. lifted with on« and on*
Will Try Land Thieves.
bered his ilcail father.” FNill of rviro-
half teaepoonful baking powder. Bake
Helena, Mont., Jan. 9. — United
tlon. the young man took It to Rossini.
twenty-five minute« In a greaeod. pa* States Judge William H. Hunt will
"Play It. maestro," he pleaded; “play
par lined, shallow pan
leave Helena on Saturday for Portland,
It. I wrote it in exjireeslon of my grief
Or., where he has just been ordered by
■tarn and wash tbe green grapes, the Department of Justice to preside in and mourning for my dead fathet."
put them In a porcelain-lined kettle and the land fraud cases, which will be Rosalni t***k It up and placed it on bis
pour boiling water over tbam. Iaavs brought up the first of next week. piauo and play*! it. Tears rolled down
thle on for only a minute to loosen the Francis J. Heney will prosecute the bls cheeks. Utter »nines« dwelt upon
“You weep.” cried
skins, then drain. To each quart cases. Judge Dietrich, of the Idaho his rountenance.
of grapea add a cup of water, return district, will come to Helena to preside young Meyerbeer, tieshle himself with
to the fire and boll until tender. Strain over the Federal court here during joy at lire effect upon the great master.
"Because." replied Roolnl, "I am wish
the fruit and nieaeuro the pulp and Judge Hunt's absence.
ing that you were dead and It waa
add tn It twothlrds an much sugar
your father who had written the fu
aa there 1a pulp Put Into the preserv
Battleships Off Brazil.
ing kettle and twill gently foe about fif
Pernambuco, Braxil, Jan. 9.—Tbe neral ma reh."—IJ verpool Post
teen minutes more, taking care that American battleship fleet under com
About everything from physical cul
the eugar and fruit do not ecorch. mand of Rear Admiral Evans, waa
ture to quinine claims to be “Nature'«
■klm frequently while boiling. Pour sighted passing this port yesterday at
noon on Ito way to Bio Janeiro.
1 ewn remedy.”
tote glass Jara and ae*L
I
Talk to any stranger for at least
twenty minutes, and if be has rich kin
you w 111 find It out.
You may believe you are the best
nran iu tbe country, but that wont
convince the country.
I
A woman's Idea of a goo<| husband
Is one who praises her for being econ
omical when she isn't.
1
It Is usually the case that you «•an
tell more about a question when you
only bear one side of It
When a husband goes ont with bl«
wife, she usually says of him: “ Ilei
acting perfectly dreadful to-day.”
A brakennrn has a great contempt for
tea. and also for breakfast forsls less
substantia! than ham and eggs.
There Is no use talking; when a
man drives ail automobile peat a man
on foot he feels pretty Important
Talk to any w idow, or widower, and
you will hear: "Well, I illtl all I could
to add to her (or his) happiness.”
«Moklng la L om S ow '» Smart See.
Smoking among women In Ixvmlon'»
smart set has b**ome the habit, ami
not only are cigarettes used, tart cigars
as well. Many society women actually
call at the tobacconist's for their ci
gars. Tbe custom Is steadily growing.
set«:»* ■■ oss**t«nitr.
Employer You wish to be married
next Friday, rlo you. Thomas? Ilaven'r
you some misgivings about marrying
on Friday?
Assistant B*»okkee|*er- No, air; tbe
only thing that trouble« me la that Im
marrying on $15 a week.
N»<ire«bt«
F»»a.
Bacon—Buzxarda and vultures can
scent food at a distance of forty miles,
Egbert—They must he fond of boiling
cabbage and frying onions.—Yonkers
Statesman.
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