CURTISS MAKES
RECORD FLIGHT
Albany to New York, 137 Miles,
With One Stop.
Actual Time in Flight 2 Hour* 32
Minute*—Win* ^810,000—Train
Could Not Keep Up.
N ew York, May 31.— Glenn H. Cur
tiss flew from Albany to New York
C ity in an aeroplane, Sunday, May
29, winning the $10,000 prize offered
by the New York World.
He covered the distance o f 137 miles
in 2 hours and 32 minutes, and came to
earth as quietly and as lightly as a
pigeon.
His average speed for the
distance— 54.06 miles per hour— sur
passes any other record made by an
aeroplance in long-distance flight. In
its entirety, his flight perhaps eclipses
any flight man has made in heavier-
than-air machines.
The start was made from Albany at
7 :03 o’clock under weather conditions
as nearly perfect as the most fastid
ious aviator could demand. One hour
GLENN H. CURTISS
FLY TH O U U A N D S OF MILES.
Prizes
Offered for Long Distance
Flights in United States.
New York, June 1.— Aerial flights
from New York to St. Louis and from
New York to Chicago will next be at-
temped, substantial money prizes for
the accomplishments o f both feats hav
ing been offered.
A prize o f $30,000 was offered to
night by the New York World and St.
Louis Post-Dispatch to the first aviator
who flies an aeroplane from N ew York
City to St. Louis or from St. Louis to
New York.
The New York Times announced that
it had arranged with J. C. Shaffer, of
the Chicago Evening Post for an offer
o f $25,000 for an aeroplane race be
tween Chicago and New York.
Mayor Gaynor announced the prize
for the New York-St. Louis flight at
the Hotel Astor tonight, where Glenn
H. Curtiss, who on Sunday wrote a
new chapter in the history o f aviation
by making a flight from Albany to
Governor’s Island, was the guest of
the New York World, whose $10,000
award he won.
Conditions governing
the flight will be announced after a
conference with aeronautic experts.
A distinguished company gathered
to meet the young aviator tonight. A t
the table the modest Curtiss sat be
tween the mayor and Brigadier Gene
ral Howe, U. S. A ., in command o f the
department o f the East.
A flood o f congratulatory cable
grams and telegrams was read. Among
them were messages from Blériot, the
French aviator; the Aero Club of
France; Count Jacques de Lesseps,
who recently flew across the English
channel; Hart O. Berg, the “ father of
aviation,” and Hubert Latham, the
French aviator.
Hudson Maxim, one of the speakers
of the evening, said:
“ As the warless era, o f which we
catch glimpses in our dreams o f a dis
tant future, is unquestionably yet far
away, we must in our prediction look
to the flying machines in war as well
as sport and commerce.
“ We shall not have to wait 100years
for the staunch, wind-defying machine,
with automatic equilibriation.
Very
soon automobiling o f the air will be as
safe as .automobiling upon the earth
now is. Neither shall we have to wait
100 years for that spectacular eventu-
ation— a fight between aerial navies,
for these are bound to come.”
Curtiss was enthusiastic over the
new offer, but, in the absence o f de
tails as to stops allowed and other con
ditions, he would not say definitely
whether he would enter the contesL
Charles K. Hamilton quickly an
nounced, however, that he would be a
contestant. He had planned to enter
the New York-Albany race, but Curtiss
was too quick for him.
The announcement o f the prize offer
ed for the N ew York-Chicago flight
was issued from the Times office late
tonight as follows:
“ The N ew York Times announces
that it has arranged with J. C. Shaffer,
o f the Chicago Evening Post, for an
offer o f $25,000 for an aeroplane race
between Chicago and New York, the
details o f which w ill be announced
later.”
and 23 minutes later Curtiss made his
first stop near Poughkeepsie, where
there was an hour's intermission. Re
suming his flight at 9:26, he sped
southward, and landed within the
boundary o f Manhattan Island at 10:35.
Paulhan’s flight from London to
Manchester, 86 miles, exceeded the
Curtiss feat for distance, but not in
speed or in danger. The Frenchman’s
average was 44.3, miles an hour and
below him lay English meadow land.
Curtiss followed the winding course of
the historic Hudson, with jutting head
lands, wooded slopes and treacherous
palisades. He swung high over the
great bridge at Poughkeepsie, dipped
at times within 50 feet of the river’ s
broad surface, and jockeyed like a fal
con at the turns.
Only once did his craft show signs
A IR SH IP W AR T E S T PLANNED
o f rebellion. This was off Storm King,
near West Point, when, at a height o f
nearly 1,000 fe et a treacherous gust Aviator Hamilton to Take Explosives
Into Air With Him.
struck his planes. The machine drop
ped 40 feet and tilted perilously, but
N ew York, June 1.— Unusual inter
Curtiss kept his head and by adriot est was manifested today in the an
manipulation restored the equilibrium nouncement that government employes,
o f the machine.
who are planning on an airship flight
W ith his eyes and brain cleared of j test soon in Chickamauga Park, w ill
the cobwebs of sleep, he went with his I carry with them explosives to be drop
mechanician and a handful o f specta ped at dummy targets situated in the
tors to Van Rennselaer Island, in the park. The test is to be given under
Hudson, three miles soutn o f Albany, the direction o f Aviator Hamilton, and
where he was to start. W aiting at the ! w ill be an attempt to prove the bene-
river brink was a special train charter i fits of the airship in time of war. The
ed by the New York Times for Mrs. 1 test will be watched with great inter
Curtiss and her party. From the train est by government officials as well as
they could not see the actual start, but the world in general.
those on the island witnessed a re
markable scene.
Airship Treaty Now Under Way.
W ith the signal that Curtiss was off,
Washington, D. C., June 1.— Aerial
the special train o f five cars and a lo
comotive gathered impetus and sought navigation has made such rapid pro
to follow. But so quickly had he flown gress that Secretary o f State Knox and
that for 21 miles the locomotive, run the government o f Mexico are negoti
ning nearly a mile a minute, was un ating an aviation treaty governing the
passage of airships across the border
able to catch up.
between the two countries. It will be
the first treaty governing aviation be
Rice is Higher in China.
tween nations and is already on the
Amoy, China, May 31.— The price
I t is announced
o f rice has risen 50 per cent and the road to completion.
poor are unable to buy food.
As a from the State department that Mr.
Knox is only awaiting the test of Mex
consequence o f this a demonstration
ico’s proposition in detail before tak
took place at Changrhow.
ing final action on the terms.
Owing to the practical failure o f the
rice crop in certain o f the interior
War In Iron Trades.
provinces this year, an almost prohibi
Pittsburg, June 1.— In an attempt of
tiv e price already prevails for the cer
eal. A further advance means famine the United States Steel corporation to
conditions among the teeming coolies, ! drive the iron and steel jobbers out of
whose principal article of food is rice. business, a big war in the steel indus
try has been precipitated. The sub
sidiary companies o f the steel trust
Dr. Cook After Records?
are waging battle against the inde
N ew York, May 31.— The mystery
o f the whereabouts of Dr. Cook, the pendents by establishing retail ware
American w ill say tomorrow, was houses. One is in course o f erection
in Pittsburg and another has been com
solved last night. He is in Scotland,
preparing for a trip to Etah, whence he pleted at Waverly, N. J. Behind the
plans,to bring back his records o f his jobbers are several large iron and steel
companies, including the Jones &
discovery and his instruments which
1 Laughlin and the Republic company.
are cached there. He also intends to
bring back the two Eskimos who ac
Comet Still Around.
companied him on his dash to the Pole.
Portland, June 1.— H alley’s comet,
Dr. Cook's objective point when he
shall have recovered his records and apparently weary o f coquetting with
instruments, says the newspaper, will 1 mother earth with uncertain and puz
zling visions o f its dimensions, is
be Copenhagen.
showing itself nightly to all viewers
with possibly more vividness than
Grain Fields Fire Swept.
when it was closest to earth little more
Chico, Cal., May 31.— News has than a week ago.
Any opinion that
been received here o f the first serious interest in the wanderer has waned is
grain fire o f the season, in Butte coun belied by the crowds that go each night
ty. It occurred 10 miles south of to viewpoints to obtain what they ex
Chico, on the farm o f E. Davis and ad pect to be their last sight o f the visitor.
join ing places, and burned over 800
acres o f ripe grain, worth about $40,-
Chinese Fear Outbreak.
000. Some o f the grain was insured.
Shanghai, June 1.— Chinese warships
Scores o f farmers fought the flames
fo r six hours before its progress was with troops have been dispatched to
stopped. Many men were overcome Nanking in anticipation of a native
by the intense heat and smoke and had outbreak against foreigners. The lat
The Chinese
to be earned from the fire, which trav ter have been warned.
eled almost as fast as a man could run. soldiers now at Nanking w ill be re
placed by the force from Shanghai, as
they are not considered reliable in case
Bear Lassoed From Auto.
Cody, Wyo., Ma 31.— When a big o f need.
brown bear paused to look at an auto
"Jim C row ” Not Passed On.
mobile near the ranch o f ,G. C. Rude-
Washington, June 1.— An attempt to
son at the foot o f the B ig Horn moun
tains today, Rudolph Rovingo, the cow have the Supreme court o f the United
boy chauffeur, holding the steering States pass upon the authority of
wheel with’ one hand, ’lassoed bruin as common carriers engaged in interstate
the car swept past him.
The captive commerene to make " jim crow” regu-
was dragged to the Rudeson ranch and ' 1 at ions met with failure when the court
is on exhibition there, with several ' dismissed the so-called Chile’ s appeal
i from its docket.
bare spots on his coat.
BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS
Washington, June 4.— Although it
came as a surprise to many, there were
numerous indications today that the
senate and the house might reach a
piompt agreement on the railroad bill
through practical acceptance by the
house o f the senate bill. While there
was no certainty that such would be
the caBe, there were many straws
pointing that way.
This would have the effect o f hasten
ing the adjournment of congress and
members prophesied that with the rail
road bill agreed upon, adjournment
would come within three weeks.
Senators Aldrich, Crane and Elkins
today conferred with Speaker Cannon
and Representative Mann, of Illinois,
who has charge o f the house bill. Mr.
Mann said that as far as he was con
cerned, personally, he would not agree
to the senate bill. He said there were
many things in the house measure
which were not in the one adopted by
the senate upon which he would insist.
Also there were some things in the
senate bill to which he objected.
The subject will be called up in the
house next Tuesday, when Mr. Mann
will move non-concurrence and appoint
ment o f conferees.
The suggestion that the house accept
the senate amendments to the railroad
bill met with favor at the hands o f the
Democratic members of the house who
had the fight againBt the measure
adopted by the house.
They pointed
out that the senate bill was a much
better one than that passed by the
house, from the shippers’ standpoint,
and if Republican leaders sincerely de
sired a measure which would benefit
the people they could accept that meas
ure.
Washington, June 3. — The senate
today adopted Burton’ s resolution in
structing the Interstate commerce
commission to report to the senate all
available information regarding the
proposed advance in railroad freight
rates and to furnish 100 examples of
how leading commodities w ill be affect
ed by the increase.
Attorney General Wickersham today
declared that the department c f justice
would not proceed further against the
rate increases by railroads unless the
shippers filed formal protests against
the increases.
He declared,
how
ever, that his department was ready
to proceed if proper evidence was laid
before it.
The attorney general's announcement
followed the filing o f freight increases
by railroads in all parts of the coun
try. The new tariffs filed with the In
terstate Commerce commission provide
for increases varying from 3 to 31 per
cent and affecting practically every
shipping center in the United States.
Railroads and shippers are complet
ing "w a r plans.”
Both sides are pre
paring for a big struggle over the rate
question. Following the filing of rate
increases yesterday by the Eastern and
Central Western railroads, the ship
pers are preparing to take measures to
keep the rates from going into effect.
On the other hand, the railroads en
joined by the Federal courts from al
lowing their rates to take effect are
meeting to form plans to fight the case.
Washington, June 2.— But for the
fact that Senator Overman, o f North
Carolina, succeeded in having the sen
ate incoropratie in the railroad bill
a provision regulating injunction pro
ceedings affected by state law, the sen
ate probably would have voted on the
railroad bill today.
The acceptance o f that provision had
the effect of inclining some Demo
cratic senators more favorably to the
bill and o f causing the Democratic side
of the chamber to request opportunity
for consultation before reaching the
voting stage on the final passage. Ac
cordingly, the vote was postponed to
permit a Democratic conference, which
will be held at 11 o’ clock tomorrow.
The senate today confirmed the nom
ination o f Fred W. Carpenter as min
ister to Morocco.
He will leave for
his post of at Tangier shortly.
An amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill adopted by the house
today stipulated that no part o f the
$100,000 provided in the bill for the
enforcement o f the Sherman anti-trust
law can be.used in the prosecution of
labor organizations.
Tawney resisted the amendment, but
received little support from his col
leagues.
Representative McCredie today in
troduced a bill authorizing the holding
of a term of the United States circuit
court at Vancouver, Washington on the
first Tuesday in April and October of
each year and at Aberdeen the third
Tuesday in April and October.
McCredie is anxious to procure a
term o f the Federal court at Vancou
ver, not alone to accommodate the
people o f Southwestern Washington,
but to enable the citizens o f Oregon
who are compelled to go into Federal
courts o f Washington to do so at the
most convenient place.
Washington, June 1.— The confer
ence report on the river and harbor bill
includes an appropriation of $300,000
to be used with a like amount hereto
fore appropriated by the state o f Ore
gon for the purchase o f the existing
Pinchotism to Be Spread.
Washington, June 1.— Plans are un
der way to carry the conservation cam
paign into every state. With Gifford
Pinchot as its pesident, the National
Conservation association, which has
its headquarters in the Colorado build
ing here, has begun a vigorous cam
paign to extend its membership in
every state and territory, but the cam
paign just started is intended to bring
the enrollment up to 100,000 mem
bers.
When Pinchot gets back to this
city plans will be taken up for the
National Conservation congress.
Bourne Joins Insurgents.
Washington, June 1— Senator Bourne
has joined the insurgents and broken
with the T aft administration. Whether
the break is due to Bourne’s change of
affiliation or whether his insurgency is
the result o f his break with the presi
dent no one seems to know, but he is
now regarded by the insurgent leaders
as a recruit in their camp and by vot
ing with them continually, as he has
done on the interstate commerce bill,
he is serving his probationary period.
canal and locks at Oregon City, or for
the purchase o f right o f way and con L i t t l e G e r m a n H o m e A r r u s e t h e S ea .
struction o f a new canal and locks on t love to think about the days so full
the opposite side of the river.
of joy and glee,
The item o f $60,000 for improve That never will come back again to
me;
ment o f the Upper Willamette is also
passed and provision is made for a sur Oh, It's many years ago, when but a
little boy,
vey o f the river from- Oregon City to
That I lived there so happy, light and
Portlam).
free,
The Republicans o f the house went t used to play about all day,
squarely on record tonight for the And drive the cows and sheep.
prompt passage o f the postal savings Until I was as tired as I could be.
bank bill, which is part of President And when my evening prayer was said,
T a ft’ s legislative program.
The bill I'd lay me down to sleep,
was finally agreed on at a four-hour In the little German home across the
sea.
conference lasting until midnight, at
which the following resolution sub
Chorus—•
mitted by Representative Tawney, o f
Minnesota, was adopted:
“ Resolved, No matter where I roam,
11 don't forget my home,
That the postal savings bank bill, j That home It ever was so dear to
agreed on by this caucus, be and the
me.
same is hereby adopted; that the 3ame j Oh, It’s many times a day
be reported by the committee on post- My thoughts they fly away
To the little German home across the
offices and postroads, and that it is the
sea.
sense of this caucus that a rule be re
ported from the committee on rules for
I’ve traveled many weary miles around
its consideration in the house.”
this world for years,
The caucus was largely attended
And many more I yet expect to
and the only bolt was by Representa
roam;
tive Southwick, o f N ew York, who ve And when I lay me down to sleep, then
hemently denounced the bill as radical
In my dream appears
ly Socialistic and withdrew, declaring
A vision of that dear old German
his intention to fight it on the floor of
home.
the house. Mr. Southwick signed the But when my days are over here, If it
were far the best,
call for the caucus and has attended
Oh, It would bring much Joy and
the three previous caucuses on the bill.
peace to me
The caucus fixed at 65 Jper cent the
amount of funds [placed in the postal I f I could close my eyelids there and
lay me down to sleep,
savings banks that must remain on de
In the little German home across the
posit in banks in each state and ter
sea.
ritory, and 30 per cent as the propor
T a l k '» C h c a f.
tion o f such funds that the trustees
may withdraw for investment in Unit There's lots o' quaint ol’ sayln’s
I ’ve noticed In my day—
ed States securities.
Big truths and solid principles
Told in the shortest way.
Washington,
May 31. — Senator My father ust to have one.
Bourne’ s drawbridge amendment was
An' this is how it ran:
eliminated today from the river and "Talk's cheap, my boy.'* he ust to say,
harbor bill by the conference commit
"But money buys the lan'."
tee and the bill was reported back to
I
own
the sayin's homely.
the senate and house for final passage.
Undignified and rough;
This ends drawbridge legislation for
this session, for neither house will re But then. It tells Just what you mean,
An’ tells it brief enough.
store the amendment to the bill.
An* when you git to thinkln’
The committee, however, is satisfied
How short is life’s thin span ,
with the action o f the War department It's well to min’ "that talk is cheap,
in agreeing to amend its bridge regu
But money buys the lan'.’*
lations to permit the closing of draws
from 6:30 to 8 :30 a. m. daily, with 'Twon’t do to boast an’ bluster
An’ brag an’ try to bluff;
two 15-minute open periods when re
quired. The War department, as pre An' don’t you git to thinkin'
This world “ain’ t up to snuff.”
viously stated, refuses to grant any
closed period at night, for reasons It Is; an’ while you're blowln*
Your own bazoo, my man,
heretofore explained, and there seems There's some one sneerin’, "Talk Is
no prospect that this determination
cheap,
will be altered. Senator Heybum to
But money buys the lan’.”
day in the senate declared that Idaho
JAILED AS "BLACK BANT )"
does not favor the popular election of
United States senators, and later, in
of
J u s t ic e
la
effect, declared that the Idaho legisla M a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
N e w Y o r k 's L o w e r C o u r t s .
ture was not sane when it indorsed
Nothing so engages the attention of
this proposition.
Heyburn comments
were injected into Senator Owen’s the stranger to New York as the mal
speech in favor of popular election of administration of justice In the lower
courts.
The city magistrates aro
senators.
It is expected the bill authorizing crowded with work, of course, and
the withdrawal o f public lands will be hardened to the misery that Is parad
considered by the senate as soon as ed before their eyes during intermin
the railroad bill has passed, and that able days. They seem to be chiefly
it will pass after a brief discussion. anxlouB to get through the day s stunt
Senator Clark, o f Wyoming, w ill offer that they may get to their clubs or
an amendment providing that the with their social engagements. They do not
drawals shall not last beyond the ses seek to get at the truth of the sordid
sion o f congress during which they are story that Is placed before them, ap
made, his purpose being to prevent parently. They only wish to be freed
tying up the public domain by with of it.
Because of this attitude, which Is
drawals.
Western senators will add the $30,- common to every magistrate in the
000,000 irrigation bill to this measure lower courts, the story of Emil Rosen
thal Is told a3 a typical one, the New
as an amendment.
York correspondent of the Cincinnati
Washington, May 30.— The railroad Tlmes-Star says. He Is honest, hard
regulation bill w ill probably be finally working, the father of three children,
voted on in the senate tomorrow. the son of parents who are industrious
Wednesday it is the plan o f the senate and poor. He had suffered an unusual
leaders to send the bill as finally adopt run of hard luck, accident after acci
Released from
ed by the upper house to President dent befalling him.
Taft. He w ill consider the bill care a hospital after an operation that had
fully and make a number o f recom taken from him a part of one hand,
mendations. It is hoped this way that he was told by the physicians to "eat
the bill finally adopted by congress plenty of nourishing food and to stay
will be nearer the form first sent to in the open air” until he was lit to
congress than the battle-scarred rem work again.
His wife had gone to work in a
nant adopted by the house, and that
is now on its way to passage in the factory, to support the family. Rosen
thal looked over the three children and
senate.
the housework as best he could. One
The expected changes are to be made
afternoon while he took his consti
in conference. The bills o f the two
tutional he found a woman’s worn-out
houses differ considerably. I t is cer
belt which still preserved some rem
tain that the house will refuse to adopt
nant of elegance. He took It home to
the bill passed by the senate and that
the measure will go to conference. It his wife, delighted, poor chap, that he
might ofTer her even this poor gift.
is here that T a ft’s study o f the bill
The following day he again went out
passed by the senate is expected to
count.
The senate leaders will ask to walk. Mindful of his find of the
T aft to make immediately recom day before, he kept his eyes on the
mendations to the committee suggest pavement. He saw a pasteboard box.
ing the sort o f bill he wquld be willing stooped to pick it up and was seized
to sign. It is believed he will recom by three detectives. They said that he
mend that certain of the original pro was a “ black hand” emissary—that the
box had been placed there, ostensibly
visions be reinstated.
filled with money, in obedience to a
The conference committee has prac “ black hand” letter.
tically the last word in forming the
No other evidence was offered
bill. The two houses can adopt or re against him. The slightest Intelligent
ject the suggestions o f the committee effort would have revealed the whole
or send the measure back for further pitiful story. But Magistrate Cornell
consideration, but no amendment can did not put forth that effort— and
be adopted. The regulars expect to bound Rosenthal over to appear be
rush the conference report through fore the grand Jury. For forty-six
during the final days o f the session, days this sick and Innocent man lay
when congressmen are anxious to get in a Tombs cell. In the Tombs one Is
away from Washington.
Naturally, well fed— If one tips well.
I f one
congress does not want to enact a bill has no money for tips, one eats soup.
that will be vetoed by the President, The attendants graft, as a matter of
and so his recommendations, it is ex course. It happened that a story In
pected, will have considerable weight the newspapers attracted the atten
with the committee.
tion of a lawyer, and he secured Ros
enthal’s release, without a blot upon
Estate Must Pay War Tax.
his name. No one can make up to
Washington, June 2.— That the es him for what he has suffered because
tate o f a testator who died within one of the careless lsolence of certain
year immediately prior to the taking Jacks-ln-office. But he Is a philosopher,
effect o f the act which repealed the In his mild way. “ I can forget,” says
Spanish-American War revenue act he, “ If I but get a Job.”
was subject to that tax was decided to
day by the Supreme court o f the Unit W H A T BLOSSOMS W IL L ENDUBE.
ed States. The decision was announced
In te r e e tln w
C o ld
W e a th e r
in the Hertz-Woodman case by Justice S o m e
F a c te fo r t h e O r r h a r d ls t.
Lurton. He recalled the decision of
When Is an apple blossom killed?
the court in the former case, which
Prof. Weldon, In charge of the local
was decided by an evenly divided court
against the government. Former de experiment station of the state agri
cultural college, according to the Den
cision did not govern the case.
ver Republican, says that when show
ing pink It can stand 20 above zero
M issouri Law Held Invalid.
Washington, June 2.— The statute and when In full bloom as low as 26.
J. H. Sayles of Palisade, one of the
of Missouri, passed March 13, 1907,
prophibiting foreign corporations from best known orchard men In the west,
doing business within the state, i f takes Issue with the professor.
" I have bad apples showing pink
they seek litigaiton in the United
States court, was today declared un : seriously damaged at 26 above,” said
constitutional by the United States Mr. Sayles, "and In full bloom I have
Supreme court. The court upheld the had them killed at 29. The amount
opinion o f Judge Smith McPherson, of of cold a bud or blossom can stand la
the Circuit court of the United States. dependent upon so many circum
The opinion replied forcibly to the stances that It Is never safe to taka
chances. When my blossoms arc Otl
critics of the Federal courts.
I light my orchard heaters mighty
soon after the thermometer gets bo-
low 32.
"A lower temperature than that
might not hurt the blossoms, but I'm
not experimenting with my fruit. I
want a crop. It costs me little to
light my beaters and to be on the safe
side means a full crop. An orchard
man Is foolish who takes chances.”
The agricultural experiment bulletin
showing results of experiments with
various fruits states that blossoms will
withstand cold as follows:
Apples, showing pink, 20 above zero.
Apples, In full bloom, 26 above zero.
Pears, showing pink, 20 above zero.
Pears, in full bloom, 27 above zero.
Peaches, showing pink, 23 above
zero.
Peaches, In full bloom, 28 above
zero.
Mr. Sayles holds that It is only In
exceptional cases w ill the blossoms
withstand the cold above indicated
and that any farmer who depends
upon those figures 19 likely to lose
his crop.
LEGAL INFORMATION
In the case of Scheuermann vs.
Schartenberg, 50 Southern Reporter,
335, this question arose: la the owner
of a storehouse, in which goods and
other valuables are kept by him for
sale and in deposit, liable In trespass
to a would-be burglar of such store,
who Is shot by means of a spring gun
placed in the gtore by the owner for
the purpose of shooting persons who
might attempt to burglarize It, the
gun being discharged by the would-be
burglar while attempting to enter, but
after the breaking is completed? The
Alabama Supreme Court referring to
the right, to defend one's property as
well as his person against violence
and felonies, and citing cases holding
a man's place of business susceptible to
the same defense as his dwelling
against burglarious intrusions, decided
that the setter of the spring gun was
not liable In damages to him who at
tempted burglary.
A philanthropic citizen, wishing to
alleviate a state's financial burden, de
posited money In trust to be accumu
lated for the benefit of the state of
Pennsylvania.
The Instrument pro
vided that the trustee should Invest
the money and all its accumulations
in the public stocks of the state when
ever they could be purchased for a
certain price, otherwise In government
of other stocks, .until the time should
arrive when the fund so accumulated,
together with any other sums which
might be deposited with the trustee
for like purposes, should be equal to
the debt at that time owned by the
state, when it should be paid over to
the treasurer of the state for the pur
pose of discharging Its entire indebt
edness, and for no other purpose what
soever.
The amount deposited was
$2,000; the Indebtedness of the state
at that time was $40,000,000. In Rus
sell vs. Girard Trust Co., 171 Federal
Reporter, 161, the court held that as
the state took no vested Interest In
the fund, but was to receive the bene
fit of It only on a contingency which
might never happen, or might hap
pen at some Indefinite time In the fu
ture, which might exceed the limita
tion of the rule against remoteness
or accumulations, the trust was void,
and the fund was recoverable by the
personal representative of the Bettler
upon his death.
To
S ta r t a
T lic h t
S crew .
Lots of folks have tried to remove a
stubborn screw from a piece of wood,
a screw that won't budge at all, and
have In the end given It up as a bad
job. Well, if such a thing occurs again
don’t give It up, don’t lose your temper
or exert yourself, but try this recipe
for removing the screw: Heat a poker
red hot and then hold It against the
screw head for a little while; wait a
few minutes for the screw to cool
down, when it will be found that the
screw can be removed quite easily
with the same screwdriver that Just
previously would not perform the
work. The explanation Is quite sim
ple.
The red hot poker heats the
screw, and the screw expands and
makes the hole It is In just a wee bit
bigger.
The screw then cools down
and resumes its original size, leav
ing the hole In the wood a size too
large— and there you are.— New York
Sun.
V ie w «
on
W om aa.
Artists, poets and writers generally
conspire to represent woman as be
ing beautiful, gentle, self-sacrificing
and the embodiment of love. With
this extravagant Ideal of woman form
ed for them In their youth, Is it sur
prising that many men are doomed to
disappointment?— Truth.
All women hope to be called dan
gerous before they die.— F. Frankfort
Moore.
Every man seeks his Ideal woman,
but heaven only knows when he finds
her— he never does.— Smart Set.
An Improvement in a woman's looks
generally means a man, either some
where In the background, or very
much to the fore.— Mary Gaunt.
Many strings to one’s beau do not
always tie the matrimonial knot.—
He
Took
th e
H in t.
“ Do you believe In hypnotism?” he
asked aa he looked Intently into her
great brown eyes.
“I must," she answered, with all the
bravery she could summon. " I know
that you are going to kiss me, but I
am powerless to protest.”
The
R o o s te r
Net
th e O i l y
AUTISTIC JAPAN.
I t «1 le a o f H a r m o n y P r e v a i l l a
t h e H a n ib le a t H o m e s .
F a ith .
“ That arctic explorer may yet dig
up proofs.”
"Where Is he keeping them?”
“ Oh, somewhere In cold storage.”
London had a population of about
two hundred and fifty thousand In
1740, In which year there wers 2,725
death* from smallpox.
B rea
By far the greatest charm of Japan
and her people lies not only In the
fact that the artists know the secret
of the most wonderful carvings, cast
ings, wood and metal work, silken
brocades and tapestries, exquisite cloi
sonnes and porcelains, things for the
fortunate few, but also in the further
and more important fact that the
dally life of the poor Is surrounded,
permeated, Interfused by taste and re
finement. Even the workmen in their
gardens and homes are daily using
tasteful domestic implements which
are the outgrowth of the thought and
needs of the people.
The designs and proportions of the
humblest houses, exteriors and In
teriors, are settled for all time by cer
tain rules of harmony; the dress of
the peasant Is not left to possible hid
eous Individual caprice, but follows
established canons of color, cut and
usage; the garden, however small, the
fence or paling that walls It in, the
roof over the well, over the gate, the
great lantern that hangs by the door,
the bucket In which the water Is
fetched and the bamboo dipper from
which It Is poured, the bronze brazier
for coals, the tea service— all these
and a thousand more details of dally
life are arranged according to a pat
tern which may be very old, but
which, as a result, adds Immeasurably
to the satisfaction of life.
And yet Japanese craftsmen, while
holding hard by tradition, have not
failed to add to their work the subtle
touch of personality. In the motifs
of their delicately impressionistic and
symbolical designs is constantly seen
their reverence for the early masters,
and as constantly Is perceived the In
dividual variation which prevents eacl»
piece of work from having a duplicate.
— M. L. Wakeman Curtis In C raft»
man.
O w e.
You all laugh at the rooster for
Imagining the sun rises only with his
permission and upon being announced
by him. How much different are you?
Can you conceive of a world without
you In it?— Lawrence (M o.) Journal.
I.ln a e r ln w
Mr. Rossetti's daughter, Mme. An'
gell, has been writing a book on Byron
and Shelley and their frlen-h In Italy.
We are told that It Is based In part
on materials hitherto unpublished.
Mrs. T. P. O’Connor, the American
wife of the Irish M. P. and editor of
“ M. A. P.,” is about to bring out a
volume of reminiscences which she
calls ” 1 Myself.” It Is said to be full
of descriptions and anecdotes of celeb
rities.
At the latest meeting of the Society
of Authors, London, Maurice Hewlett
drew attention to the fact that Thos.
Hardy, recently elected, was but the
third president the society has had In
Its entire career. Mr. Hardy’s pre
decessors were Tennyson and Georgs
Meredith.
How
female government works
among the ants is shown In Dr. Henry
C. McCook’s new volume, “ Ant Com
munities." The worker ant Is a female
in which reproduction has been subor
dinated, and the social life and gov
ernment of ants, one of the most ra-
markable examples In natural science
devolves wholly upon her. Dr. McCook
continues: "Their Internal affairs call
for no police. Among these millions
of citizens there Is not one criminal,
one degenerate. I do not recall I d
all my observation a single example
of an ant whose actual offending called
for civil punishment."
The Bardon Papers, which cover the
period of the Imprisonment of Mary
Queen of Scots, from May, 1572, to the
date of her execution, have Just been
publish for private circulation. "Wo
have long given up all hope,” says
the Saturday Review, of London, "of
ever having the dark places in Mary’s
career completely cleared to the light.
Documents have long since proved
quite useless. Those who believe Mary
to be innocent of Bothwell’s murder
qr of direct complicity in the Bablng-
ton conspiracy to murder Elizabeth
have made up their minds that damn
ing evidence Is forgery If written, or
falsehood wrung by torture If attest
ed. No one of those who have not
seen these papers in the original will
be moved a Jot now that they may
read them in print. Partisans who
wish to be educated In the subject
matter of their case cannot, however,
afford to neglect them.”
“ Musicology” is the title of a new
book by Maurice S. Logan. Musicology-
means the science of music, as distin
guished from music as an art, as it Is
usually taught.
The object of this
book Is to furnish a practical and com
prehensive text book on the thory aiyt
philosophy of music, for schools and'
general use. For school use It Is In
tended to be Included In the science
course, rather than In the music
course. The science of music deserves
to rank with the other sciences, the
author thinks. Mr. Logan holds that
to regard music simply as an art Is
Inadequate;
every child should be
taught the fundamental principle of
music; as a matter of education, de
veloping the mind, musicology has as
much right as any other ology. Tha
author discusses common terms and;
signs used In music, rhythm, expres
sion, keys, reading music, modes and
scales, the structure of music, acous
tics, principal sources of musicdl
sound; and he adds a valuable dic
tionary of terms and definitions. To
students of music the book may be
perfectly Intelligible; but to the mere
lover of beautiful music It Is alarm
ingly technical.
T w o B a r k ..
“ That duck was fine," said the en
thusiastic patron. " I can't Imagine
anything more acceptable than a nice
little canvasback.”
"Unless.” said the proprietor of the
restaurant, “ It's a nice big greenback.”
—Philadelphia Record.
The smaller the town, the more lay
ers there are In company cake. In a
big city like New York, they are satis
fied with only two.
V a *"-« fan;