r PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF
W aH'iiday, *p-il 16
Washington, April 16.— By a vote
of 199 to 88 the house of represen
tatives today decided against the
president's program for four battle
ships and adhered to the recommen
dation of Its committee on naval a f
fairs for two vessels of that type.
This result was reached after a de
bate which laBted for four hours and
It was received with applause.
The entire session was devoted tc
consideration of the Increase provi
sion of the naval appropriation bill.
As this Increase was provided In the
last section of the bill, the measure
was practically concluded with the
disposition of the provision.
The
committee of the whole concluded Its
work and It will report to the house
tomorrow for a final vote on Its pas
sage.
manufactured by them and which
they own wholly or in part. If that
ownership existed at the time the
rate bill became a law.
8t'urday, April II.
Washington, April 11.— Debate on
the naval appropriation bill In the
House today resolved Itself In the
main Into a discussion o f the possi
bilities o f war between the United
States and Japan. In line with bis
well-known views on the subject,
Hobson, of Alubama, pleaded for
four battleships Instead o f two for the
next fiscal year, and pointed out that
from now on the United States
should have a fixed policy with re
gard to naval construction. A war
between the yellow and the white
races he regarded as Inevitable, and
he asserted that Japan’s present mil
itary activity was with a view to the
Washington, April 16.— Without supremacy of the Pacific and ulti
discussion or dissent or division, the mately she would clash at armB with
senate today« within 24 hours after the United States.
the winding up of the spring race
Washington. D. C., April 11.-—No
meeting at Bennings, passed the bill
prohibiting betting In the District of definite arrangement has yet been
Columbia. The bill was called up by made for the consideration o f the
Carter o f the District committee, and Fulton land grant resolution in the
after being read, was Immediately House. W hile a privileged matter, it
Is not as highly privileged as appro
put on Its passage.
The anti-gambling provision is a priation bills, and as long as there
rider on a bill providing for the wid are appropritatlon bills waiting to be
ening o f Bennings road, the princi considered there will apparently be
pal thoroughfare leading to the race no time to take up the resolution.
Chairman Mondell, of the House
course at the suburb of Bennings.
public lands committee, who has
charge o f the resolution, said today
Tuesday, April 14
that he would call it up at the first
Washington, D. C., April 14.— opportunity, but he did not deem it
The message of the president In sup wise to endeavor to crowd it in
port o f his plan for an appropriation ahead of any appropriation bill, for
for four new battleships, concerning by so doing he would arouse those
which there has been so much specu members Interested In appropriations
lation, was received today by both and furthermore, probably be over
houses of congress. There was con ruled by the speaker, who would con
siderable delay In the reading o f the sistently give preference to appro
message in both the Benate and the priation measures. Before long, how
house; in the senate because Senator ever, the appropriation bills will have
Foraker was engaged In making his all passed the House, and then, If
Brownsville speech when the docu not before, Mr. Mondell thinks the
ment was received; and in the house resolution can be called up and
because that body was In committee passed.
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o f the whole on the naval appropria
Friday, April 10.
tion bill.
That the message was designed to
Washington, April 10.— The dove of
Influence the house to Increase the peace hovered over the house today.
number o f battleships provided for Instead of interminable rollcalls and
in the naval b ill from two to four
was generally understood, and the clashes of party leaders on questions ol
dispatch o f the message was intend parliamentary law, there was an or
ed to be so timed as to reach the derly session devoted almost entirely to
house Just before taking up that pro consideration of the naval appropria
tion bill. Both Chairmna foes, of I lli
vision.
It was enthusiastically received by nois, and Padgett, of Tennessee, of the
the advocates of a larger navy. The committee on naval affairs, made ex
“’ antis” later gave vent to their feel haustive speeches justifying the action
ings by authorizing a petition from a of the committee in reporting what
number o f citizens of New York City,
they characterized as a conservative
which was read at the Instance of
Mr. Tawney, protesting against ‘‘the naval program for the next fiscal year.
extravagance of spending over $60,-
Thursday, April 9
000,000 for four battleships.”
Washington, April 9.— The bill re
On an objection by W illiam s, Hob
son was prevented from reading a lating to the liability of common car
memorial from laboring men favor riers by railroads, passed in the house
ing the buflding of more ships.
of representatives on April 6, was to
The message was a brief but vigor day passed by the senate without
ous contention for the rapid devel amendment and without division.
opment of the navy. China was held
The senate bill on the same subject
up as an example of the “ peace at
any price” doctrine, and Great Bri was not confined to railroads, but cov
tain as having the naval policy to be ered qll forms of common carriers, and
emulated. It was contended that the Doiliver, of Iowa, who had reported it
result of the last Hague conference from the committee on education and
made It plain that the nations would labor, sought to substitute it for tne
not, for sometime, if ever, agree on house bill, but his montion was de
a plan of limitation of naval arma feated.
Numerous amendments were
ment.
offered, but all were voted down.
Monday April 13
Washington, April 13.— Unlooked-
for progress was made by the house
today.
It considered the naval ap
propriation bill.
When It was laid
aside for the day it had been only
half disposed of, and the advocates
o f the four battleships were aligning
themselves. In preparation for the
fight on that subject, which prob
ably w ill occur tomorrow.
The hopes of the officers of the
navy and marine corps for an in
crease in pay were dashed to the
ground when, on a point of order by
Madden of Illinois, there was strick
en out of the bill the provision for
such increase. On a similar point by
Mydd of Maryland an amendment by
Bartholdt of Missouri forbidding
naval or marine bands accepting pri
vate employment In competition with
civilian musicians was lost.
When the provision relating to the
naval station at Alongapo, Philippine
Islands, was reached, the old contro
versy over the fortification of Subig
and Manila Bays cropped out. Hob
son declared that any one who would
choose between the two would not
choose Manila Bay. The whole ques
tion, he said, was simply one o f de
fense.
“ W e cannot hold Subig Bay ten
days,” he said. "W e can hold Manila
Bay 90 days.
Washington. April 13“.— The brief
session o f the senate today was de
voted to the transaction of routine
business and the delivery of a speech
by Srott, o f W est Virginia chairman
o f the committee on buildings and
grounds. Scott appealed to the sen
ate to make adequate appropriations
for public buildings In Washington
City, so that official business might
be transacted with the greatest effi
ciency and economy.
Senator Foraker today Introduced
an amendment lo the railroad rate
law passed June 29. 1906, providing
that the commodifies clause shall not
apply to properties owned by the
railroads prior to the passage of the
law. The effect of the amendment
would be to permit railroads to con
tinue to transport articles mined or
Own Homes of Diplomats.
Washington, April 16.— The pro
posed policy on the part of the
United States of owning embassy and
legation buildings in the chief coun
tries of the world was given definite
from today by Representative Cous
ins, of Iowa, chairman o f the com
mittee on foreign affairs. As intro
duced. the bill authorizes the Secre
tary of State to expend $2.000,000 In
the purchase or erection of suitable
buildings for the American diploma
tic and consular representatives in
China, Japan. Corea, Russia, Austria,
and Germany.
Clip Wings o f Courts.
Washington, April 15.— Through
Senator Overman the senate commit
tee on judiciary today favorably re
ported a bill, regulating the practice
o f granting injunctions by United
States courts restraining the enforce
ment o f statutes. The bill provides
that no circuit nor district court
■hall issue such temporary Injunc
tions on the ground o f unconstitu
tionality until testimony shall have
been taken by the three judges.
CO NDITIO N WORRIES DOCTORS
Admiral Evans Vary Sick Man and
Recovery Will Be Slow
Paso Rubles, Cal., April 10.— Mrs.
Kobley D. Evans and her daughter,
Mrs. Charlotte C. Marsh, arrived here
shurtlv alter 6 o’clock yesterday after
noon and ioined Rear Admral Evans at
the hot springe. Their coming oheered
him greatly, and. it ia believed, will
ha"e a good t Sect.
W hile hie rheumastlam hae almost
disappeared as a result of the treatment
at the hot springe and his normal oon
dltion has improved greatly and he has
reg ined considerable strength, Dr.
McDonald and L. E. Phillips, the phy-
sican at the hot springe, admitted thia
morning that there were other compli
cations which retard hie rapid reoovery
and will make permanent improvement
very elow.
Lieutenant Evans’ departure'for Los
Angeles to accompany bis mother here
wae no donbt largely for the purpose of
preparing her for the great change in
her husband.
That she would be greatly shocked
when she saw him was admitted. But
a mere shadow of his former self, hie
pale, drawn face furrowed with many
deep lines, hia thin, emaciated body,
his knees and ankles so enlarged and
deformed as to be very noticeable
through hie clothes, there is not much
resemblance in the physical appearance
to that of the man who stood on the
bridge of the Connecticut, leading his
great fleet out ot Hampton Reads, lesa
than four montba ago.
He then
weighed 176 pounds, now he weighs
barely 120.
CRAVE PERIL IN ANARCHY.
President Sends Vigorous Massage to
Both Houses of Congress.
Washington, April 10.— In one of the
shortest messages which he has yet
transmitted to congrees,
Preeident
Roosevelt yesterday called the attention
of that body to the necessity for farther
legislation on the subject of anarchy.
W ith the message be transmitted a re
port reviewing the legal phases of the
question by Attorney General Bona
parte. The message of the president ie
as follows:
" T o the senate and boose of repre
sentatives:
" I herewith submit a letter from the
depa tment of justice which exlmins
itself. Under this opinion I hold that
existing statutes give the preeident
power to prohibit the postmaster gene
ral from being need as an instrument
in the commission of crime, that ie. to
prohibit the use of the mails for the
advocacy of murder, arson ami treason,
and 1 shall act upen such construction.
“ Unquestionably, however,
there
should be further legislation by con
gress in this matter. When compared
with the euppreesion of anarchy, every
other question sinks into insignificance.
The anarchist is the eilemy of human
ity, the enemy of all mankind, and his
is a deeper degree of criminality than
any other. No immigrant i6 allowed
to ccme to our shores if he is an anar
chist; and no paper published here or
abroad should bo permitted in thia
country if it propagates anarchist opin
ions. THEODORE R 0 0 8 E V E L T .”
NO FREE FRANCHISE ANARCHY A MENACE
President Opposes Giving Away Widespread Existence In United
Water Righ i.
States Is Astonodlng.
SUGGESTS LINES OF NEW P0LI6Y ALARM FELT IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES
Development ot Water Power Rapidly Thousands o f 8uspects on Govern
Becomirg Monopoly—Would Re
ment Lists— Details of Discov
quire Payment and Use.
eries Kept Secret.
Washington, Ap ril 14.— In a spe
cial message today vetoing a dam
bill. President Roosevelt warned con
gress that there are pending In this
session bills which propose to give
away without price stream rights
capable
of
devefoplng
1,300,000
horse-power, whose production would
cost annually 25,000,000 tons of
coal; urging in vigorous terms the
establishment o f a policy such as the
filibustering minority In the house
demands, which would safeguard the
granting of bridge and dam privi
leges and require the grantees to pay
for them; and definitely announcing
a future poliey on his part with re
gard to prompt utilization of con
struction privileges by refusing his
signature to a bill that gives an ad
ditional three years to the Rainy
R iver Improvement Company within
which to build a dam In the Rainy
River.
Rainy river is the oulet of Rainy
lake, and forms part of the boundary
between Minnesota and Canada. It
discharges into Lake of the Woods,
Is about 100 miles long and Is navi
gable.
“ I do not believe,” says the Pres
ident, “ that natural resources should
be granted and held in undeveloped
condition, either for speculative or
other reasons. So far as 1 am aware,
there are no assurances that the
grantees (In this case) are In any
better condition promptly and prop
erly to utilize this opportunity than
they were at the time o f the original
act granting the privilege ten years
•g o .”
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SAN
DIEGO QREET8 FLEET.
California's Moat Southerly 8saport
In Gala Attire.
San Diego, Cal., April 14.— Fete
days for the American battleship
fleet w ill begin to day when the 16
battleships o f the navy’B most not
able cruise cast anchor off Coronado
Beach, two miles from San Diego.
San Diego Is crowded with visitors
and Bightseers and never before In
the history o f the city has there been
such an elaborate decoration of
streets and buildings.
By day the
broad thoroughfares are a mass of
colors, the red. white and blue of the
nation being mingled with the yel
low and white, typifying the Golden
State— California.
Triumphant arches have been
erected at many street Intersections
and Immense signs that burn tha
hospitable word “ welcome” through
the darkness of the night are among
the many features of the elaborate
scheme of decoration.
THE LIABILITY LAW.
Governor Gillette, accompanied by
his entire staff and a distinguished
Provisious 'o f Measurs dust Pasted party of guests, arrived last night In
Washington, April 9.— Three times
three special cars.
Governor Gil-
by Bolh'Houaea.
today in the house the Democrats
Washington, April 10.--As passed
caught the Republicans napping and
NEW ENGLISH CKBINET.
by both houses of congress, the liabil
forced them to produce a qourum. On
ity hill is expected to meet the objec
one other occasion a vote by teller dis
tions of the United States Supreme Old Men Made Peera end Younger
closed the absence of a quorum, but
court to the common carrier liability
Men Promoted.
Speaker Cannon peremptorily applied
law of 1896, decided to be unconstitu
London, April 14.— Official an
the Reed rule and secured a quorum to
tional by the court. The bill abolishes nouncement was made tonight of the
be present.
In doing so Cannon had
the strict common law liability, which new Cabinet appointments and they
a biie but lively clash with Williams.
bars a recovery for personal injury or are Identical with the forecast made
Notwithstanding repeated roll calls,
death of an employe occasioned by the by the Daily Chronicle a few days
progress was made in the transaction of
negligence of a fellow servant. It also ago and announced In these dis
public busine88.
Both the army and
relaxes the common law rale which patches, as follows:
the fortifications bills were sent to con
Herbert Asquith, Prem ier and
makes contributory negligences defense
ference; the Benate bill to increase the
to claims for such injuries, and per First Lord o f the Treasury.
effic’ency of the revenue cnlter service
David Lloyd George, Chancellor of
mits an employe to recover for an in
was, with Democratic help, passed, and
the Exchequer.
jury caused by negligence of a co
Lord Tweedmouth, President o f
the bill to promote the safe transporta
employe. The blil does not bar recov the Council.
tion of interstate commerce explosives
ery, even though the injured one con
Earl o f Crewe, Secretary o f State
was considered. It will be finally dis
tributed by his own negligence to the for the Colonies.
posed of tomorrow.
injury. The amount of the recovery la
Reginald McKenna, First Lord of
diminished In the same degree with the Admlrallty.
Castro Did Not Lose Mail.
Winston Spencer Churchill, Presi
Washington, April 13.— President the negligence of the injured to the in dent of the Board of Trade.
Castro’s caustic reply to the com jury.
W alter Runciman, President of the
plaint filed at Caracas regarding the
Board ot Education.
Decide Not to Build Here.
opening of mall sacks containing
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mail for the gunboat Tacoma at the
Portland, April 10.— That the pack
To Investigate Whales.
La Guayra postofflee has reached the ing firm cf Schwartzschlid & Sulzberger
Dunkirk, France, April 14.— The
State Department. A report o f the has given np ail intention of building a
Incident has also been received at
pant at Portland since being refused Jacques Cartier, bearing the polar
the Navy Department. It appears that
expedition, under command of Lieu
the La Guayra postofflee received 83 the privilege of building on the Zim tenant Benard, sailed from here yes
sacks o f mail, three of which were merman site, In Sooth Portland, is the terday. The primary object of the
for the Tacoma, The sacks were all statement of J. 8. Heisey, Pacific coast expedition Is to Investigate the the
opened, as is the custom at the office. manager for the company, who has just ory that whales, which are now dis
It was not until this had been done returned from New York, where he appearing off New Foundland, have
that the mistake was noticed.
No conferred with the heads of the com sought refuge in the Barebts Sea, in
Indication is given at the State De pany in regard to the matter. Mr. the Arctic Ocean, that Is always free
partment as to what will be the next Heisey returned here to settle up some o f ice, and other scientific investiga
step in the matter.
affairs that, were pending. The 8. A S. tions, also w ill be made. The ves
sel carries a complete equipment for
people w ill locate at some other city.
Federal Law It Violated
oceanography and magnetic appli
Washington, April 13.— The Pres
ances, supplied by Prince Monaco.
Lawmakers Strike Snag.
ident has received and referred to
Washington, April 1 0 — Lawysrs of
the Attorney General a letter signed
Receiver for Lumber Compeny.
by six men, two of them of the same congress confess they have run upon a
Spokane, Wash., April 14.— Judge
family, styling themselves "citizens real question in the resolution intro
of Rutherford, N. M., in conference duced by Senator Elkins to suspend un Woods o f W allace has appointed
assembled,” protesting against the til January 1, 1901, the penaltiee at Fred B. M orrill of Spokane receiver
manner in which the anarchist meet tached to the commodities clause of for the B. R. Lewis Lumber company
ing in Union Square, New York, on
the railinad rate b ill. Memhere of the of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and also for
March 28. was dispersed, and charg
the Idaho & Northern railway Mr.
ing that the local authorities of that senate jndiciary committee have inves M orrill la general counsel for both
city are grossly violating the Federal tigated the Elkins resolution, and say companies. Neither company Is mort
that If it were adopted in advance of
Constitution.
gaged or Incumbered tflth bonded
May 1 it would violate the commodity Indebtedness. The receivership may
clause eo that the Supreme court of the last only a few months.
The Ex
Scneme to End the Agony.
Washington, April 15.— A fter a United States would decline to take change National bank o f Spokane
cognizance of test anits.
caused the receivership move by su
b rief
conference
with
President
ing the lumber company and rail
Roosevelt today. Watson, of Indiana,
road.
Burn Railroad Property.
the Republican “ w h ip" of the house,
Rio Janeiro, April 10.— Serious riot
said he had an appointment to dis
Tramping Was a Failure
cuss with the president a program of ing broke ont yesterday In the city of
San Francisco, April 14.— The call
legislation for the remainder o f the Campos, and troops were sent in to lay
session. Mr. Watson has in mind a to restore order. The Leopold railroad o f the road ended in attempted sui
plan for adjourning May 9, under has maintained exorbitant rates on cide early this morning for Frank
stood to have been formulated by freight in and ont of Campos. This W illis, a 14-year-old lad, who beat
republican leaders In congress. The aroneed the indignation of the people his way on the brakebeams to this
city from Vancouver, British Colum
discussion will embrace all o f the
and last evening they descended upon bia
Dismal, travel, weary, hungry
features of this plan and President
the
railroad
property
and
set
fire
to
two
and without friends, W illis, after
Roosevelt will undoubtedly make
stations, 30 cars and several ware tramping the streets for hours, In
known his desires on the subject.
houses. The railroad bridge over the vested his last quarter In a room at
the Hotel Filmore, a cheap lodging
Parahiba river was destroyed.
Makaa Firearms Contraband.
house, where he turned on the gas
Washington, April 16.— A t the re
and tossed himself on the bed to die.
Glass
Too
III
for
Trial.
quest o f the Mexican government,
8an Francisco, April 10.— When the
the Postmaster-General has Issued an
Flood Drowns 2,000 Chinese.
bribery charge against Louis Glass, of
order that the order prohibiting the
Shanghai, April 14.— Disastrous
the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph com
importation of arma and ammuni pany, was called in Judge Lawlor’s floods are reported to have occurred
tion Into the States of Tabasco and court thia morning, hia attorneys stated at Hankow, In the Province of Hu
Peh. It Is stated that 2000 persons
Chlnapas be revoked, and that the
Importation into the States of Son that the defendant was very ill and have been drowned. Seven hundred
aaked
for
a
continuance
of
two
weeks.
Junks were sunk. The floods are said
ora, Sinaloa, and Territory o f Lower
California of arms and ammunition Assistant District Attorney O’Gara was to be due to an unexpected freshet.
ia prohlblter. The Mexican govern made no objections. Jndge Law lor set The water canght the people unex
pectedly In the middle o f the nlghL
ment gives no reason for the change. the matter for May I I .
Washington, April 11.— As a resalt
ol the work of the government, recently
undertaken for the stamping ont of an
archy end anarchiste in the United
States, it leaked ont today that govern
ment officials are absolutely astounded
at the widespread growth ot anarchy in
thie country.
Groups of anarchists
have been discovered in almost every
state in the Union and In most unex
pected places.
Detailed information
concerning their location and numbers
was refused by high officials today, but
it is known that steps are now being
taken by the government to get ac
quainted with the various groups and
■ heir individual members, and that the
Reds w ill be kept under strictest sur
veillance hereafter.
The clue to the location of the anar
chists is said to have been furnished by
a list containing the names of several
thousands which recently fell into the
hands of the government.
Tracing
down the list, it has been found that
for every name on it there are several
anarchist-', ranging from two or three
to a group of 10 or 20, or even more,
living in the rame town.
According to the local polios, extra
men have been assigned to the neigh
borhood in which Postmaster General
Meyer lives, and that official was ac
companied by plain clothes men when
he went to Boston to preside over the
Republican convention today.
RUS8IA TO STATE PO SITIO N
Will Reassert Attitude Set Forth by
Baron Rosen.
St. Petersburg, April 11.— I t is the
purpose of the Russian government
shortly to issue a statement in the mat
ter ot the question of territorial ad
ministration that has arisen at Harbic.
and Challar.
It is understood that
this announcement w ill reassert the at
titude set fertb recently in Washing
ton by Barm Rosen, the Russian am
bassador there.
This entire question
wae brought to the front about three
weeks ago by the refusal of F . D.
Fisher, the American consul at Harbin
to recognize Rnssian jurisdiction an.
bis insistence that he was accredited
solely to China.
The Novoe Vremya today publishes a
dispatch from Harbin detailing th
progress of the conflict and saying that
the antagonism between Russian and
China is growing steadily. China op
poses all Russian administrative estab
lishment in Manchuria on the ground
that the railroad concession carries
with it only the rights of a common
carrier and does not imply government
functions.
DRAFT CODE OF PROCEDURE
Powers Will Move to Establish Inter
national Prize Court.
Waahington, April 11.— Great Brit
ain has invited the governments which
participated in the last Hague confer
ence to send experts to London whose
duties shall be to formulate a code of
procedure for the preposed internation
al prize court,* the establishment of
which is provided for in each of the
treaties resulting from the conference.
The American government will be
represented at the London conference.
This conference is regarded as inform
al in character, and the participation of
the United States will require no legis
lation, except, perhaps, a small appro
priation to meet the expenses of the
American representatives.
The date
for the conference has not been fixed.
It ie stated here that the ratification of
the treaty providing fnr this court will
doubtless be delayed by the nations un
til after the report of this body.
Jape Manufacturing Flags.
San Francisco, April 11.— That the
Japanese intend to profit in more ways
than one through the visit of the At
lantic fleet became known today when
it was reported that a Tokio firm had
manufactured thousands of American
flags and shipped them here in antici-
palion of a great demand for patriotic
emblems when the armada arrives here.
The information came in a letter from
an American in Tokio.
The writer
states that the quantity is so great that
it took up all the cargo space on the
vessel.
Absorbs Cooper College.
Rtsnford Universtity, Cal., April 11.
— Preeident David Starr Jordan today
announced the affiliation of Cooper
Medical college, ot San Francisco, with
Stanford University, and said that the
medical institution and Lane bosital
will herralter be under the control ol
the university trustees.
This is the
first step towards making a real uni
verstity at Stanford by the addition of
graduate schools in the professional
courses. At present, the law depart
ment is the only cne having complete
graduate courses.
Great Northern Is Fined.
Minneapolis, Aril 11.— Counsel for
the Great Northern railroad pleaded
guilty today in the Federal court to the
charge of rebating brought against the
company, and Judge Morris imposed
e fine of $3,000. The case was brought
in November, 1906, bnt was not tried,
as the Great Northern had appealed a
similar case. Judge Morris tried the
case which was tppsaled, and in that
case had imposed a fine of $15,000.
The Supreme coert sustained his action.
TTO'J
T R IN IT Y ’S S PIR E W AS T A L I.
TH E PEANUT.
B e fo r e A d ja c e n t S tr a e ta r e e M a d e It
L o o k L i k e a H o l e l a t h e (¿ r o u n d .
( « • C o m m e r c ia l R is e S in c e t h e C i v i l
W a r H a s B e e n R e m a r k a b le .
“ When 1 was a youngster,” salt! t
middle-aged man to a Sun reporter, “ I
came down to New York. I got some
Idea of the size of the city by riding
In the horse cars. By the way, it Is
one of the few cities In the world
where you can atlll ride In home cars.
“ I visited moat of the show places
and went to all the theaters. I went
to Brooklyn by ferry. I devoted a day
to going to Harlem by the Sylvan Glen
or Sylvan Stream, or Sylvan something
on the East river.
“ But the thing that Impressed me
most was the view from the steeple of
Trinity church.
“ Away up there, where the lookout
holes were, I could look down on the
lower part of the city, could see the
river on either side, the upper bay and
the Brooklyn and New Jersey shores.
“ At that great height I discovered
that others had been there before me;
for on the timbers were cut the names
or Initials of my predecessors. I had
a distinctive way of cutting my Initials
In monogram, and this monogram orna
mented the smooth trunks of various
birch trees in the woods of my native
region.
’“Th!« I cut on a vacant apace high
ap In the steeple of Trinity and then
looked at It and thought that daring
spirits of remote future generations
would climb to the same height and
perhaps see It among the other Initials.
“ I have never been up in the steeple
of Trinity Church since that memor
able ascent But the other day I was
walking past the church and I saw
typewriter glrla looking down on the
apex of Trinity spire from windows
that seemed to be several hundred feet
above It.
“ I then thought of the monogram 1
had carved on the Inside of the Bplre
and noted the location of the little
lookout windows from which I had
seen such a wondrous panorama forty
years ago.
“ I bad no Inclination to make the
Interior ascent of the spire, hot from
my poeltlon on the Broadway sidewalk
I should aay that If I had gone up
and looked out of the name little win
dows I could have seen at the farthest
about sixty feet, except In one direc
tion, before the view was shut off by
walla of steel and stone.
“ Perhaps adventurous climbers will
no more carve their Initials up among
the timbers of Trinity’s steeple.
It
would Involve leas exertion to ent them
on some beam In the cellar, from which
position the view would be almost as
extensive, and then to take an express
elevator and see how the apex of Trin
ity’s spire looks from a point a few
hundred feet above I t ”
Before the civil war the Virginian
who nad a cow or a horse, or even
poultry, and worked a vegetable gar
den, however small, gave a corner o f
his lot to the raising of the goober
pea, known to the outside world as tho
peanut and to science as Arachla bypo-
gea. Somebody brought It originally
from Brazil aa a cheap and nutritious
food for stock. The gardener pulled
up tha vines, with the nuts clinging to
them, and stored them In the hay loft
to be fed to the animals.
At that time and for years after tha
a ar the peanut was Dot a common Held
crop In the old dominion and no on«
thought of It aa a source of revenue.
Accident revealed Its value as a means
of enriching the soli. Where It waa
left to decay the ground yielded re
markable crops of other kinds.
However It may be with men, tobac
co la bad for the soil, quickly exhaust
ing Its nitrogenous element. In th «
few years Immediately following tli»
war the impoverished Virginia planter
raised all the tobacco he could, and
Boon this crop hardly paid for th a
work It required. Lands were offered
fo r the traditional song. Then came
the wider planting of the peanut and
the Increasing fertility of the soli.
Soon the popularity of the peanut lb
the north led to Its cultivation pretty
generally throughout Virginia and the
Caroliuas. Now It Is the favorite nnt
for man, and la grown in every south
ern State and In California, Oklahoma
and Missouri and In several northern
and western States.
The value of the peanut crop In th*
United States exceeds $16,000.000. It
reaches about 400,000,000 pounds and
nearly 600,000 persons are employed In
Its cultivation. Some 400.000 acres o f
land la devoted to Its culture for mar
ket purposes.
The scientists of the Department o f
Agriculture at Washington have com
mended the peanut aa a nutritious and
wholesome food for man and beast T o
the former It supplies protein and aab
materials and to the animals of tho
farm It la particularly valuable In com
bination with corn and other carbona
ceous foods, notably for young and
growing stock.
Aa an Improver o f the soil It Is eqnal
to any leguminous crop. Its chief vir
tue la that It does not consume tho
nitrogen of the soil, the rapid exhaus
tion o f which, together with slow pro
duction of natural processes, has led to
melancholy forebodings by chemists.
The tubercles of the roots collect nitro
gen from the air and feed It to th «
olant without Impoverishing the land.
F o r W a s a E a r a a r a N o t M llllo o o lr o o .
In a grocery article Woman's Home
Companion makes this point:
“ In a New Jersey town, not many
miles from a famous Institution of
learning, I found one of those groceries
whose proprietors have not progressed.
Yon could brush your skirt against a
dripping molasses barrel; you could
dip your hand Into a cracker barrel
and help yourself; you could pick out
big pickles with your fingers If you
wanted them of uniform size, because
the clerk did the same thing; but you
could not count the fly specks on the
cheese box and coffee grinder, because
life Is too short for so stupendous *
task. And oh, the dust 1
“The proprietor of that store could
aot sell me a certain brand of ginger-
snaps In a moisture-proof box. He
said he did not believe in package
goods. His customers could not af
ford such luxuries.
“There are thousands of customers
like his all over America. They de
clare that package goods are for mil
lionaires, not wage earners. But, oh,
If the wives of wage earners would
only study such problems and not Jump
at conclusions. How much farther the
hard-earned wages would go and how
much better food would be placed be
fore the man who earns the wages!"
I r i s h C h u rc h B r ils .
It was about the time of SL Pat
rick, In the fifth century, that belli
began to be adopted In tlie Christian
church, though their use In other di
rections was long anterior to Chris
ttanlty, as Mr. Bayard records haring
found some In the palace of Nlmrmid.
The first Christian hells like Patrick’!
weighed only a few ounces and from
that day gradually Increased till th«
greatest weight was r-ached at Moo-
cow with 198 tons of beautifully en
riched work, a strange contrast to th«
humble “ Glog-an-eadlwchta Patralc,’
or “ bell of Patrick’s well," sometime?
referred to as the bell of Armagh, with
Its diminutive dimensions of six Incbei
high by five Inches broad, four Incliei
deep, made of thin sheets of hammer
ed Iron, bent Into a four sided form,
fastened with rivets and brazed ol
bronzed. This bell Is at once the most
authentic and the oldest Irish relic ot
Christian metal work that has de
scended to ns, writes \V. J. Fennell Is
the Belfast Gazette, and Is mentioned
In the “ Annals” under the date of 652
T h e P a ir e d O a t C h e a t.
‘T h e miffed out chest Is a deluslos
which has succumbed to scientific
knowledge of the human body,” said i
drill officer. “ It came Into exlstenct
purely for show reasons or from falst
analogy. It was seen that men dec%
In the chest were strong men. and tht
old drill sergeants probably Imagined
that by making men throw out theli
chests they would mske them strong
as well ss make them look strong
which Is a complete mistake. Instead
of strengthening a man, ptifllng till
cheat tends to weaken him, as It throwi
s strain upon the heart We now tell
men to be sure and not puff out tneii
chests. I f you puff out your cheat and
do dumbbell exercise yon are to hold
the breath. That strains the heart
Any exercise that prevents breathing
freely Is had. Knotted muscles an
also wrong. You see a man with 1 n>
menus chest muscles and perhaps jo t
think be la really an Ideally trained
man, but such muarles simply bind tht
cdleet and tie the heart down.” — Read
•r Magazine.
Burning orange peel will dlaslpat#
the odor of tobacco smoke In a room.
The oldest known English picture la
one o f Ohaucer, painted on a pane! In
1380.
In Portugal married women retain
their maiden names and are known by
them.
Oxford la the largest university In
the world. It has twenty-one colleges
and five balls.
There are never fewer than 40,000
tramps In' England. Hard times doable
that number.
Among the birds the swan Uvea to be
the oldest. In extreme cases reaching
300 years. The falcon has been known
to live over 162 years.
The value of all kinds o f fish landed
In England and Wales In one year la
over $36,000,000, and the number o f
men and boys employed over 40.000.
On one of the four typesetting ma
chines which have Just been Installed
In the printing department of the Vat
ican the Pope haa set up ten line«.
The volume of freight sent by water
from New York can better be reulixed
when one considers the fact that 1,350
tons are loaded on ships every liour.
Trained falcons to carry dispatches
In time of war have been tested In the
Russian army. Their speed Is four
times as rapid as that of carrier pig
eons.
Red glass hastens vegetation, while
blue glass suppresses it
Sensitive
plants, like the mimosa, grow tU'teen
times higher under red glass than un
der blue.
There are only 104 miles of street
railway in England still bolding to
horse traction. There are sixty-four
on which motive power Is steam, twen
ty-five cable and four gas.
The greatest heat la never found on
the equator, but some ten degrees to
the north, while more severe cold haa
been registered In northern Siberia
than haa lieen found near the Pole.
All German soldiers must learn to
swim. Some of them are so expert
that with their clothing on their henils
and carrying guns and ammunition,
they can swim several hundred yanls.
Zinc coffins are largely used In Vi
enna. but the more expensive ones are
made of copper, ami cost as much as
$2,500, while a bronze and copper cof
fin recently made for a Russian arch
duke coat over $5,000.
Metals get tired as well as living
things, a scientist declares. Telegraph
wires are better conductors on Monday
than Saturday on account of their Sun
day rest and a rest of three weeks adds
10 per cent to the conductivity of a
wire.
B en eath
N otice.
“ Mike,” said Plodding Pete. “ what
would you m y If stone one was to
offer you work?”
“ I wouldn’t m y anything. Such a
bad Judge of human nature wouldn’t
be worth talkin’ to.” — Washington Star.
The
W ro n g
P la c e .
A shade bustled up to SL Peter.
“ My good man,” he mid, “ will you
tell me where I must go to procure
souvenir post cords?”
And SL Pater, eyeing him sourly, told
him where ho oould go to.— Puck.
Protests Against Quarantine.
Havana, April 11.— Governor Gene
ral Magoon sent an earnest protest to
Washington today against the quaran
tine against Cuba.
Hia message ia
supported by reports from Ameeircan
It la surprising how long a thing
Unfortunately there la no means ot
officials throughout tha Island denying
vaccinating against “love at first sight* will lira after It la aa Ita last la g t
that favar exists anywhere.
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