WRECK IN MONTANA!
Runaway Freight Dashes Into a
Passenger Train.
BOTH TRAINS ARE DESTROYED
Freight Standing on Track Startt
Down Steep Grade and Over
take Passenger.
Helena, Mont., Feb. 6'. The most
disastrous railroad wreck that haa hap
pened in tliie taction occurred last
night when a runaway Northern Pacific
freight train crashed into a passenger
trains abort distance west of here.
Four persona are known to have been
killed, having ton burnel to death in
the flames which broke out immediate
ly following the wreck. It ia thought
two othera also met death. A number
of passengers and trainmen were seri
ously injured.
The atory of the accident ahowa it to
have been moat remarkable. The pas
eenger train panned through Auaiin,
about eight milei west of Helena, on
t me. Following it waa a long freight
train, made up. of boxrare and fl a tears
loaded with lumtier and shingles. At
Austin the engine waa uncoupled from
the freight to take water and the train
waa left standing on ttie track. There
ia a ateep grade east of Austin, and by
aome means the freight train got start
ed down the hill.
The passenger train stopped wLen it
arrived at the Montana Central cross
ing. Then the engineer heard a sound
behind him that warned him of dang
er. He atarted his train, but it had
gone but a few feet when the freight
crashed into the riar car. There were
but two cara in the train, a combina
tion express, mail and passenger car
and a day coach. The two cars were
mashed and thrown into the ditch
The enuine of the passenger became an'
-coupled from the cars, but did not leave
the track, and Kngmeer Pelty managed
to keep ahead of the flying frsight.
The freight went probably 600 feet,
when it, too, went off the track. In a
few minutes fire started, and for hours
" the cara and the lumber burned fiercely
MAY END BOYCOTT.
' Radical Change Made in Chinese
Regulationa.
' Washington, Feb. 6.- Secretary Met-
calf, of the department of commerce
and labor, today took action which is
expected to decrease considerably the
friction between this country and China
and perhaps cause the abandonment of
the anti-American , boycott, when he
approved the report of the special com
mission, compofed of Assistant Secre
tary Murray, Solicitor Sims and Rich
ard Campbell, ol the Immigration bu
reau, providing for a radical revision
of existing regulationa under which
'Chinese may enter and .reside in this
country.
The onmmissiou'e report touches, by
way of either xcision or amendment,
24 of the existing rfgnlatjona Besides
certain alterations that promise to
avoid delay in landing Chinese who
apply for admission, other alterations
have hen made where possible with a
view to avoid any action that would
aeem offensive, provided that the object
intended by such regulationa could be
accomplished otherwise.
Aa an illustration of this, the com
mission recommended the discontinu
ance of the Bertillon system of identifi
cation. Another amendment is acquirement
that the administrative officers should
advise Chinese persons, either laborers
or of the exempted classes, before their
departure from the "United States, of
the conditions under which they will
te admitted upon their return. Upon
this point the ofllcer are directed to
use special care, so that no Chinese
person w ho has a right to reside in this
country shall be allowed to depart
therefrom nnder a mistaken impression
that he will be readmitted.
Will Reorganize Universities.
Ft. Petersburg, Feb. . The 'com
mlttee of rectors and professors which
to co-operating with Count John Tol
to), minister of Education, in drafting
permanent lawa governing the uni
versities for submission to the national
assembly, baa decided on a general
reorganization of the universities on
the Herman system and has also re
commended the abolition of special
privileges for those holding university
diplomas hi credentials. Hitherto the
road to government positions haa been
open only to university graduatea.
Germany's Back ia Stiff.
Berlin, Feb. 8. Germany'a Attitude
toward the proposition to" place the con
trol of the Moroccan police in the hands
of France and Spain ia one of Arm oppo
ition, aince the arrangement wonld,
according to the'Gtrmsn view, amount
practically to giving France full au
thority over the police, which Ger
many hitherto haa steadily resisted.
The Foreign office saya that the dele
gates to the conference will devote
the next few daya to an informal
exchange of view on the aubject of the
management of the police.
Kidnap Alaska Women.
Pan Francisco, Feb. 8. Captains of
whaling vessels have been accused of
kidnaping native Alaskan women, and
the United States government haa or
dered a rigorous investigation. Col
lector Stratton today received instruc
tions from the departmeutof Commerce
and Labor ordering him to investigate
the matter and arrest the offenders.
The charge is made in a report to the
department by Captain Hamlet, of the
revenue cutter Bear.
Little Damage to the Meade.
San Fraacieco, Feb. 6. After having
made a thorough inspection of the
troopship Meade, Major Lea Feblnger,
inspector general of the department,
reported today that the total damage to
the transport wonld not exceed $20. A
nnmber of army officers, however, lost
all their baggage and personal effect
except the clothing they wore. I
MINERS WILL STRIKE.
Every Mine in Country To Be Tied
Up Till Better Pay ia Secured.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb 2 Ihe re
jection of the counter proposition offer
ed by the coal operators of the central
competitive district by an almost unan
imous vote of the National convection
of the United Mii. workers, and the
adoption of a resolution c Wired by Sec
retary Ryan, of Illinois, placing the
miners ou record aa a unit in refusing
to sign ao agreement for any district
until an agreement waa aigned for all
districta nnder the jurisdiction o( the
United Mineworkere, haa created a
situatiou which, in the opinion of the
officials of the miners' organisation,
will result in the disruption of the
Joint agreement and probably one of
the greatest strikes of organiied labor
the country haa ever known.
Immediately after the rejection of
the operators' proposition the conven
tion set about to provide means for ac
cumulating a strike fund of $8,000,000
in addition to a like amount now on
deposit in the international, district
and sub district treasuries of the min
ers' organisations. To provide for an
emergency Secretary Wilson moved
that a per capita tat of $1 a week be
voted and that all district take care rf
the dependent miners within their
jurisdiction tor at least six weeks.
He said that after that time he believed
the international organization would be
in a position to take care of the mineis.
After the motion had been amended to
substitute ten weeks for six aa the time
during which the districts should care
for their detendents, the matter waa
referred to the international executive
board with power to act.
RIOTS AT CHURCHES.
Catholica Resist Entrance by Officers
of French Republic.
Parle, Feb. 2. F.verywhere in
France the actual putting into opera
tion of the clause of church and atate
separation bill which provides for the
making of inventories of the p.operty
of the churches haa aroused a storm of
protest. In several provincial parishes
Catholica have gathered in the churches
and made such strong resistance that
the government commissioners were
unable to enter the edifices.
In Paria today violent scenea took
place in several churches, notably that
of St. Clothilde. An inventory of the
property of the church of St. Koche has
not yet txen made, owing to the op
position of the congregation, but the
defenders of the church of St. Clothilde
succumbed before the areault of an
armed force which acted on the avowed
intention of the government to use
every means at its disposal to compel
obedience to the enactment.
In the chamber of deputies this after
noon Premier Kouvier replied to an in
terpellation on the aubject by a Social
ist deputy. The government, however,
secured a vote of confidence by 384
against 1G8, after the premier had
assured the chamber that the govern
ment waa desirous of using tact and
moderation in carrying out the law,
hut that it was fully determined to per
form ita duty, no matter what the cost.
A dispacth from Dijon says fresh dis
turhances broke cut today in front of
the church of St. Michael. The square
was closed only after the free use of
fire hose and the efforts of mounted
gendarmes. Many arrests were made.
TURN LIGHT ON HARRIMAN.
Democrats Propose an Inquiry Into
Southern Pacific Combination.
Washington, Feb. 2. The'Poat will
eay tomorrow :
The minority members of the house
committee on Pacific railroads got to
gether and agred upon a plan of action
through wliicti they hope to throw the
searchlight upon an alleged combine of
the Southern Pacific and its tributaries,
which they asert is on all f ura with
the Pennsylvania, Baltimore A Ohio,
and Hout'ern in the East.
A resolution will be introduced in
the house requiring the president to
transmit to congress alt information
that may be in the possession of the
Interstate Commerce commission or
any other division of any department
of the government bearing upon the al
leged fact that the Southern Pacific
Railway company is the holding com
pany of the Union Pacific, the O. K. A
N. Co. and the Oregon Short Line.
Revision of Custom Laws.
' New York, Feb. 2. After careful
work, covering more than six yeara.
the merchant associationa' committee
on the revenue lawa and customs serv
ice yesterday completed a thorough re
vision of the cuntoms administrative
act and forwarded ita report to Secre
tary Shaw. The committee makes two
important recommendations, namely,
a more practical definition of foreign
market values and the abandonment of
the preeent system of "star chamber
Investigations," in reappraisement
cases.
Gale Breaks Up King David.
Victoria, Feb. 2. The steamer
Queen City, which reached Clayoqnot
today, reported that the British ahip
King David, which waa wrecked on
Bajo reef December 13, and abandoned
by her crew while standing high and
dry at low water on the reef, broke np
during the gale on Monday, January
2.1, when the ateamer Valencia waa
wrecked. Captain Davidson and crew,
excepting the chief officer and eight
men, who were lost when going to
Cape Beale, to eeek assistance were
saved by the Q teen City.
Caucasus Again in Revolt.
St. Petersburg, Feh. J. It is report
ed here that the village of Salngordon
has been bombarded by the artillery in
consequence of the refusal of the inhab
itants to give in to the organisers of
last month's disorders. The Caucasus
is again in a atate of rebellion. Mobs
are plundering in Kntals Shnsa and
Elistbethpol, and there have been
many fierce encounters between the
Mussulmans and Armenians. " The
troops are nnable to quell them.
Let Psople Elect Them.
Columbus, O., Feb. J. The house
today adopted the senate joint resolu
tion nrging congress to submit a consti
tutional amendment providing for ths
election of United State senators by
direct Tote of the people.
TO FLEECEJNDIANS
Lawyers Lobby to Get Big Fee
for Sale of lanij,
HITCHCOCK STANDS IN THE WAY
Opening of South Half of Colville
Reservation May Be Defeated
by Crooked Scheme.
Washington, Feb. 3. An attempt of
certain lawyera to hold np the Colville
Iudiana for $150,000 cash ia apt to d
feat the bill now pending in congress to
open the south half of their reservation
and pay the Colville Indiana $1,500,
000 for the laud which they relinquish
ed in the north half of the reservation
ten yeara ago. These lawyera have
been itching for many yeara to get a
large elite of money which they believ
ed the government would pay the In
dians, but ao far have not succeeded,
because congYeaa has never made an ap
propriation to pay for the Colville land.
Back in 1894, Ac'ing Secretary of the
Interior Sinitue approved a contract be
tween thejudians and Marsh A Gor
don, nnder which the latter were to se
cure the passage of a bill through con
gress paying the Indiana $1,500,000,
the lawyera, in turn, to receive a fee
amounting to 10 per cent, but thie con
tract expired in ten yeara, and, when
the lawyera sought to have it renewed,
Secretary Hitcbdick put his foot down
and refused to permit the Indians to
become involved in any such deal.
Ex-Senator Marion Butler, of North
Carolina, and Hugh Gordon, of the old
law firm, are now lobbying before con
gresa in behalf of securing an appro
priation of $1,500,000, and then pull
ing down a fat fee of 10 percent of that
amount. Mr. Butler became an at
torney in the case by assignment, and
haa been pusy on the Colville bill for
a year or two, though not invited to
take a hand by any member of the
Washington congressional delegation.
Only last year Mr. Butler appeared
before the annate committe in advocacy
of this bill, ande, when questioned, as
to his rigbta in the premises, declared
that he and other lawyers were acting
under an approved contract with the
Indiana, let at the same time he
made that statement, the contract had
been void for more than a year.
Mr. Butler, it is learned, takes the
position that the old contracts are still
in force, notwithstanding that they
have not been renewed by Mr. Hitch
cock. SOON TO TRY FRAUDS.
Heney Says He Will Prosecute Her
mann Among the First.
San Francisco, Feb. 3. Francia J.
Heney ia engaged in mapping out
plana for the continuation of the land
fraud prosecuiona in Portland. For
three daya be hRS denied himself to
callers at hia office, but today atated
that he had not completed hia arrange
ments. He is confident, however, that
he will be able to reach ali the offend
ers who have not yet been brought to
justice. The disappearance of S. A. D.
Puter, Horace McKinley, Marie Ware
McKinley and Emma L. Watson doei
not worry him greatly.
"I can get aloug without the four
people mentioned in probably every
pending case except one," remarked
Mr. Heney today, "but I believe we
will locate most of them. I know
where Marie Ware McKinley ia. She
ia in San Francisco, and I have every
reason to believe doea not intend to re
fuse to tie a witness again. I under
stand Horace G. McKinley has gone to
the Orient, deserting hia wife, Marie
Ware McKinley."
Mr. Heney added that he will, in a
day or two, be able to announce his
plans. It ia known that, while in
Washington, he promised President
Koosevlt that the case against Con
gressman Binger Hermann would be
one of the first taken up.
Deficit Nearly Wiped Out.
Warhington, Feb. 3. The monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures issued today show a
condition of the treasury which is emi
nently satisfactory to the authorities.
One year ago today there was a deficit
of over $28,500,000, which has now
been reduced to less than $3,400 000,
with the prospect that this amount will
be entirely wiped out within the next
30 daya. This improved condition la
due almost entirely to a large increase
in customs and internal revenue re
ceipts. Will Adopt Plan of Defense.
Waahlngton, Feb. 3. The Joint
army and navy board, of which Secre
tary Taft ia the head, and which waa
created to revise the plans projected by
the Endicott Itoard for national coast
defense, met today to consider a final
report. Lpnn creation of the board
it waa divided into aub-committees,
each taking np a particular branch of
the work, and these various commmlt
tees have been at work ever aince in
specting, investigating and studying
the defenses a they now exist in order
to mike a detailed report. '
Imports Double in Seven Years.
Washington, Feb. 3. The imports
into the United fl'iton hiv t.t.pt i,.n1l
doubled in value in the la seven
years, according to a b ill. tin i.n' d v
the bureau of Statistic I t ti e denart
ment of Commerce and I.lnr 1 i tl..
calendar year 1005 tbe imoorts segre
gated in vaine i , i u.uhu.ihh), as
against $835.000, OOi) in the calendar
year 1898. The increase In importa
tions is distributed thrown all classes
ana an articles ol merchandise.
Military Reserves ih Hawaii.
Washington, Feb. S The president
by proclamation has set aside certain
lands at or near Diamond Head and at
Kuplkipiklo and at Punchbowl Hill, in
the territory of Hawaii, for military
purposes, Until it caa be determined
by actual survey what portion of the
land described will be required for
permanent military reservation.
A sportsman out after partridges
Stopped for a drluk from a woodland
spring, aud then decided to have a
r-r In "Hunting Without a Gun"
the author gives the story:
Tbe soothing sound of the trickling
water was lulling uie to drowsiness,
wheu suddeuly I heard the sbarpclut
ter of a pebble and Uie sound of quick
lapping of water.
Springing to a sitting posture. I
saw an euormous panther Dot more
than fifty feet from me. My move
ment had evidently first disclosed me
to him, aud fur a moment he regarded
uie with a surprise as great as my
own. Then his mouth opeued aud
closed as if shaping au unvoiced cry,
and be crouched down, still regarding
me Intently.
I caught up my gun without taking
my eyes from him, aud cocked both
barrels. They were loaded with No. rt
shot lusigulfleaut missiles against so
formidable a beast but they might
bliud htm, I thought, if I could shoot
straight and quick enough wheu he
sprang.
So we remained for what seemed au
Interminable time. I was terribly
afruid, aud wondered If the pHUtber
would bold me at bay until nightfall
put me at his mercy.
A partridge came hurtling by me
from beyond the tsmltlon of my uu
pleasant vls-nvls. Then came another
and another in startled flight. A bare
scurried by, and a punting woodchuck
shuttled past uie. 1 was wondering
the cause of this alarm of wood-folk
when the riddle waa solved by a strong
smell of smoke drifting into my face
with the freshening breeze. The woods
were ou Are.
Almost at the same moment the
panther realized the common danger.
He rose to his feet, looked behind him,
then, with a sidelong look at me, be
gan to move slowly away, but had
hardly disappeared from sight when I
heard him retreating with rapid leap.
I lost no time lu following his ex
ample, and made the best speed I
could make, and In half an hour wis
safe In the midst of cleared fields.
ATTACHMENT FOR BROOMS.
A Daafpan Into Which the Dl and
lllrt Is Iteadllr Swept.
In the Illustration lielow Is shown a
duatpan attachment for brooms, such
os la uacd In sweeping the floors of
dwellings, the invention of n Califor
nia man. It can readily be applied to
any ordinary broom and operated to
enable the dirt to he swept Into, the
pan conveniently and without neces
sitating the sweeper to stoop closely
over the dustpan during the opera
tion. The attachment connecting the
dustpan with tho broom Is made of
wire bent to form a clasp to the
broom handle. Between this clasp and
the dustpan nre two wire rods, the
dustpan IM-Ing pivoted on the ends of
tho rods. The duatpan Is made of
sheet metal In the form of a lx. bar
lug an oiK-lilng at one side and the bot
tom constructed with a projecting lip
to catch the dust. In sweeping, the at
tachment Is securely held against the
broom, the Isittoui of the dustpan Ising
helil against the side of the broom
and the broom used in the ordinary
manner. When the dirt lelng swept
up Is collected at some point the broom
Is turned around, so as to enable the
dustpan to descend to the lloor in such
a way as shown In the Illustration. The
mouth of the dustpan Is then dis wised
toward the broom and on the opposite
side of the dirt, which is then swept
Into tbe dustpan.
Save Year Dimes and Cents.
"I can afford an occasional rainy day
once In a while, now," said a young man
who doesn't worry over living lieyond
his means, "and the reason Is that I
save my dimes and cents. Whenever
I get a dime or a cent In change, I
keep It, and every night 1 dump the
day's accumulations Into a tin box.
"About once a month I gnther tip
the harvest and have It changed into
hills. You may not believe it, but the
mouth's receipts frequently run over
and have gone as high as $33. -
"The saving comes easily, and tbe
result seems out at all proportion. One
must keep steadily at It, however, to
achieve results, for there Is a contin
ual temptation to sicnd your small
change and also to borrow from the
brink In case t f apparent emergency.
"Soim times It seems hard to follow
nut the rule. One day, with a lonely
dollar In my pocket, I got on a trolley
car and handed the conductor the dol
lar, with the fervent Uc, which In
f.ilrness I couldn't express, that he'd
make the change without any dimes.
When he banded me nine dimes and
a nickel It was a shock. But It's a
g'Ksl scheme, nevertheless," New York
Hun.
A a Eseeptloa.
"Did you bear Mme. Rkreech sing
last night?
"Yen. She has a remarkable control
over her voice, hasn't sheT"
"She has except when she rails
down that wen k -eyed little husband vt
Ura." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
AVOID HKNDINO.
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V,,ti5T!
The Island of San Domingo Is, next
to Cuba, the largest of the Autllles, it
area being approximately equal to that
of the State of Pennsylvania. The
Island la a tropical Switzerland, cut
by half a dozcu Interesting mountain
ranges, whose peaks reach IO.imnj feet.
It is the loveliest land in the world.
Those whose Idea of the possibility of
naturul beauty Is founded ou knowl
edge of the Buy of Naples, the fiords
of Norway or the soft Italian lakes,
would revise all their notious after a
view of the (Julf of Cioimve from the
Sierra de la Lelle, or of the Vega Ueal
(the Hoyal Plain of Columbus), from
the Clbuo. Nowhere else has uature
contrived such Jubilant and glorious
panoramas or spreud such magic color.
The Island Is a paradise. Columbus
esteemed It above all lands he had
seen In all his Jourueyings; founded
his own city upon it, built his own
home there, named It after his father,
and desired his bones to rest there
as indeed they undoubtedly do to this
day In a sealed chest In the cathedral,
whose tlme-stiilned walls are still one
of the chief glories of the Western
Hemisphere.
The natural wealth of the Island Is
Inestimably great Mr. Hill, of the
United States Geological Survey, de
clares that no spot of earth of equal
area "contains within itself so many
elements of prosperity, worldly success
and happiness." There are fortunes
for thousands In coffee, cacao, cotton,
tobacco, rubber, sugar, fruit, spices,
mahogany, dyewoods, gold, silver, cop
per, asphaltum, sulphur, salt, phos
phates and guano. A'll these springs of
wealth lie untouched. Time was when
this Island poured riches Into the laps
of Spain aud France; to-day It lies in
abject poverty, swept by the Are and
sword of Intermittent civil war.
The Island Is divided between two
so-called nations the "republics" of
San Domingo and Haiti.
San Domingo occupies much the
larger and richer portion of the Island,
Its people are whiter than the Haitians.
They speak Spanish, the language of
Haiti being French. The Haitian ne
gro Is simply nn African savage, his
country a beautiful but completely d
generate land, abandoned to misery
and barbarism; serpent worship and
cannibalism are commonly practiced.
But Haytl has four or five times tho
population of San Domingo.
The population of Sun Domingo Is
L'lllily estimated, both at home and
abroad, ut titMl.uno. Half that number
would be nenrer the fact. You may
travel fifty miles a day through large
portions of the Interior and hardly see
a hut or an inhabitant. Ihe popula
tion of the capital city Is given as 20,
(XH). It would be bard work to find
12,000 people there.
The bulk of these 3(10,000 or 400,000
people live contentedly In the most
primitive fashion In palm-thatched
huts little different from those of cen
tral Africa. The country people culti
vate a few yams and plantains, have
a few pigs and chickens. The more
ambitious have little plantations of
cacao or tobacco.
The entire population Is barefooted,
and half of It naked. Naturally, the
Dominican Is amiable and hospitable,
but he is more than hulf savage, and is
capable of the blackest treachery and
the most utter cruelty. He Is common
ly not a black man, but he Is never
white. His skin Is always dark, and
his hair kinky, but the latter may lie
yellow.ln color and his eyes may be
blue. There Is no Dominican type. The
population Is mongrel, and does not
constitute a race. Now and then the
product of the amazing mixture of
blood is a mon of unique nobility of
physique or a girl of unchallengeable
beauty;
The chief asset of the country, from
an International point of view, la the
Bay of Saniana, which Is one of the
most magnificent harbors In the world
aud which Is so situated as to be of
enormous strategic advantage. This
bay may be regarded a the key of the
Caribtiean Sea, and especially consider
ing the prospect of the Panama Canal,
Its possession by any great power
would mean the mastery of Central
American waters.
A "republic" In theory, San Domin
go is a military despotism so far as
It Is under sny government at all. So
ciety here is. In fact, feudal. Every
valley barltors a chief, with a ragged
band of followers, owing allegiance to
a provincial chief, who. In turn, sup
norts one or another presidential can
didate or becomes one himself.
It Is a mistake to supxe that Do
minican revointions are opera-bouffe
affair. As a rule, the slaughter Is
great. Except Uist the leaders are
much given to promulgating constitu
tions snd sppolntlng cabinets, cam
paigns on the. Island are much llks
raids of wild Indians. Zulus or Katnrs
upon other trllies. They sre poor snots
nd fire ss often from the hip aa from
the shoulder, but they are fierce and
terrible fighters. Oiled in battle with
tbe blood lust of savages, and from
time to time csptalns of no little mili
tary genius rise among them.
War In the Island na Dorror or us
Own. Every lomiuiean riu uuiiu
with his terrible coeoamacaque ana
hack with his machete, whose wounds
best slowly. Jtlfles are universally dis
tributed, and mchln gun are plenty.
But, though they posess all tn dead
ly engines of modern warfare, tbe
blacka know nothing of the appliances
."Sim.
mm
fs-,r, .
Dqmingq-
'nrest
for relieving the Bufferings and saving
the lives of the wounded. There are
no surgeons, no medicines. Fallen
with a broken leg, or faint with loss
of blood, the soldier Is left to suc
cumb to hunger or thirst, or more' like
ly to be devoured by the wild bogs
that Infest the forests. "
Krat Hevolatlunarr History.
In the turbulent politics of San Do
mlugo two parties for years have been
In bitter rivalry. Since General .limi
ne met the usual fate of IKunlulcan
executives aud was driven Into exile.
his followers have been known as the
Jlmineatus. Generally speaking, this
la the party of ttie masses. In It
rank it number a majority ofathe
Illiterate.
Since the fall of the JImlnes govern
ment many of Uie former lieutenant
of that chieftain have remained iu ex
ile ou Turk' Island, and from that
barren little salt lick rising out of tue
Caribbean, under the protection of the
British flag, they have maintained au
active propaganda against the admin
istration of Carlos Morales, and have
been tn almost constant communica
tion with the other Jimluesta chief
scattered through the West Indies, a
the Clyde Lino steamships Cherokee
and Seminole touch at Turk's Island
ou their voyages between New. York
and Santo liomingo.
Dorado Yasquez, who also ruled San
Domingo for a brief term as Presi
dent, Is the titular head or chieftain
of the Horaclstas, the other powerful
party. Enlisted In Its ranks are a ma
jority of the better educated Domini
cans. In civil life probably the most
Influential, respected and able man of
that party Is Emlllano Tejera, while
the best soldier of the Horaclsta fac
tlon Is General Itaniou Caceres, who
has been the Idol of bis followers ever
since be personally shot and killed
General Ulysses lleureaux, the black
tyrant, who ruled San Domingo with
a rod of Iron, until he went one day to
seek the life of Caceres, and that en
ergetlc young man, having learned of
the despot's purpose, "got the drop on
him," aud filled him full of lead at the
very threshhold of the Caceres domi
cile. Caceres Is a brother-in-law of Hora
clo Yasquez, and the brother of the
latter Is Francisco Leoute Yasquez,
who, until Inst April, was the Domini
can Consul General In New York, un
der the Morales government.
Wheu Morales mounted to power
over the heads of the old chieftains,
both of the Jimluesta and Horaclstas,
community of Interest, for a time at
least, linked the fortune of Caceres
with hi, and "Kainon," as he Is af
fectionately called, became the Vice
President. lie did not reside In the
capital city of Santo Domingo, on the
south coast of the Island, however, 'but
remained lu the iuterior city of San
tin go.
With his office of Vice President he
also combined that of Minister of the
Interior, and In his coalition with
Morales bis especial duty was to stand
guard and hold In check the turbulent
elements of the Interior aud the north
coast, where Dominican revolution
are bred habitually, while Morale oc
cupied the capital city on the south
coast, aud held the retus of active gov
ernment. .
Demetrio Rodrlgues Is the petty
chief of Monte ChrlstL That Morales,
In his present emergeucy, should ap
parently 1(6 seeking a coalition with
Rodriguez is Illustrative of the exlgen
cles of Dominican politics, for Rodri
guez was the hist chief to yield to
Morales' supremacy. Ibese two fought
bitterly within little more than two
years. When Morales won he placat
ed Hodriguez by giving to him the ad
ministration of the Monte Chrlstl cus
toms house.
This kept "the Httlo firebrand" com
paratively quiet until the United
States, under the terms of the so-called
"laudo," the arbitral agreement author
izing collections in the interest of the
Santo Domingo Improvement Com
pany's claim, was persuaded to send a
cruiser to Monte Chrlstl, and there took
forcible possession of the custom
house. Bodrigues, deprived of hi
source of revenue, again became a plot
ter, and Monte Chrlstl for month hat
been the center of revolutionary aenti-
ment
Puerto Tlata, on the north coast, not
a long voyage from Monte Chrlstl, it
the seaport of the Island city of San
tiago, the Caceres stronghold, and Is
linked with It by a substantial rail
way. Between Santiago and Santo
Domingo city, however, the only direct
communication Is by arduous moun
tain trails. It Is In these mountain
fastnesses that the Dominican revolu
tionist recruit hi forces, and the Do
minican refugee makes hi last stand.
Revolutions, usually bred at Mont
Chrlstl or Puerto Plata, on the north
coast, make Santiago their first ob
jective for land attack. If successful
there, with accessions to their ranks,
tbey next aspire to follow the trails
southward and attack the capital city.
peaklna- of Aaevatrr.
Mr. Chase has such an exaggerated
resist for the blue blood of Boston
which runs In bis veins that his man
ner la slightly patronizing. He was
lately Introduced to a Syrian of good
birth and education, who lives In this
country.
"And may I Inquire." he aald. bland
ly. In the course of the conversation.
"If you are of the Cbrtatlsn religion V
"My fsrolly wa converted to
Christ's teaching at the time of John's
second visit te Lebanon," quietly re
plied tbe Syrian.
Olve the average woman a hairpin
and ahe can dlapense with all other ha
ventlona.
KNIFE INSTEAD OF NOOSE.
Edooato Maeonmonala Tlvlaaatioa
fur t'vadoataad t'rlatlaals.
Vlvlsettiun is the alternative which
"hamvllor II Benjamin Andrews, vt
tlw Nebraska State fill versify, would
offer to condemned crlmliiuls. He ad-
vM-t4 ! s c.i l tl. lntrti
f medical aud surgical science be
lieving that the result would be for
the gissl of humanity. Should con
victs thus submitted to the knife of
the exiH-rluieutal surgeon survive the
ordeal, they would be glveu their free
dom. The chance of survival, Andrews
believes, would Induce many condemn
ed men to take their chances rather
than go to ttie gallows.
Many of the problems of medical
science require the use of live suf
Jeots, be points out, and In no way
tun they I secured under the present
system. Even when animal of the
lower order are used much protest Is)
heard. No human U-lng could be per
mitted to volunteer under ordinary cir
cumstances, but a jerson w hose life la
claimed by the law, ho believes, couhl
tt iiermltted to accept an alternative
which might offer him a chance to
live.
"A body used In that way," says the
chancellor, "might easily produce bene
fit to the race compared with which
CltANCEIXOB I- BENJAMIN ANDBKWS.
that of a soldier' deutb In battle would
seem trifling. It Is a fact that no
further progress In surgical or medical
science can le made through the study
of the human cadaver. All advance
In anatomy and physiology for the ad
vancement of medicine and surgery for
the prevention of disease, pain ami
death, must come from vivisection. Oue
of tho most useful servhvs to human
ity w hich a live human body could per
form would be to allow Its use for pur
pose of exMrlmentatloti, under an
esthesia or otherwise.
"Oue would not go so far a to wish
hardened murderers under condemna
tion forced against their wills to serve
science lu that way ; but, they might
submit. In many Instances rather than
face the certain fate of the noose or
the electric choir. The law demands
the life of the condemned man and the
solo purMse of the executioner Is to
take it a excdlttously as possible.
The obJiH't of the surgical experiment
alists would le to attain the great
lienefits for science, and would not
necessarily mean the extinction of life.
It is probable that the experiment
could best le made of advantage to
society In general through observation
during the process of exsrlmentatlon,
followed by the application of the
methods of surgery and medicine for
tho preservation of life In the wounded
body.
"Tho law could make provision that
the convict surrendering himself for
the benefit of science should have the
advantage of every safeguard for bis
rotectlon ngalnst death consonant with
:he success of the experiment Under
inch conditions It would seem fair to
Mmniute the death sentence of an In
jorrlglble murderer. Society would re
ceive the IsMieflt of the additional
knowledge thus secured and all the de
terrent effect of the death penalt
would be secured."
DOGGIE UP TO DATE.
Indies who motor have taken to
dressing their dogs In motoring cos
tume. Our picture shows one of thee
nlmal with motor goggles, coat with
pocket handkerchief, collar and tie,
shoes, and all complete. The outfit la
said to be very expensive, and Is mad
by expert tailors, the dogs lelng meas
ured for the costume Just aa human be
ing would be.
Bad Habits of tho Coaatrr.
Th grasshopper chews tobacco.
The quail gets out his pipe;
The fish-hawk is so awful poor
II ba to hunt a "snipe."
The rooster has his cocktail,
The orchard gets plum full;
The onion squanders erery scent.
And th radish has a pull.
Rslem Joarnsl
Help the lasllowi Alf,
During a recent cold irlod In 8wtt
zerland tliousann or aw allows reii ex
hausted snd half frozen. At Lucerne
and Zurich th birds were collected
nd taken care of by the people. When
they had sufficiently recovered they
were shipped by train to Italy and
there set at liberty to continue the mi
gration southward.
When parents are old and poor and
become a charge to their children,
the children often act like all per.
sons act who have been paid In ad
vance. After a man reaches 40, be Is too
ld to bny anything on the Instalment
lan that It takes more thaa all weeks
pay for.