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Newspaper Page TextEVOLVES NEW PLAN Harrlman Will Volontarlly Sar render s. P. stock. BIS ROADS ARE COMPETITORS u.nsrsi it Advised That Competition It Killed Between Mississippi an(j Pacific. KftW Vnvlr ll. It t.t i, . .ui, u an street mas gitated lute yesterday by a rumor that uie interstate Commerce commhsion which haa been investigstiia- the Hai rlman control o( the Union and South ern raciflc, will make public Ita repor wiunnauay or two and that it will rwomiuena a aeparation of the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroad on i'kiuuiiq mai they are competing auu iuai uieir operation aa one system la sgainst public policy and uireer, violation of the Sherman law At the othce of K. II. Harriman the statement aa made that Mr. Hanl inan had no advance knowledge of the commission', recommendation and had received no intimation aa to when it would re made public. The Wall street etory declared that the commlHaionera had unanimously advised the attorney general to begin an action to rorce Union Paciflo to di vent itself of all iU Southern Pacific atock, of which it holda 1)00,000 aharea According to the report, ao the atory went, the two system, are In direct competition from the Mle.i.ippi valley mj me racinc coast and arbitrarily Bx rate, in restraint of trade. The com mission believea, thla atory continues. that there la ample law to break up this comoinauon. It has been known for several months that Mr. Harriman expects that some attempt will le made to prevent the Union Pacific from holding the stock. of competing lines, and it ia aaid that his lawyers have been at work upen a plan to enable the Union Paciflo to di vert itself of these securities voluntarily and thereby prevent long and expensive litigation, such aa occurred in the North' era Securities fight . It is said that Mr Harriman's plan ia to form a holding company similar to the Railroad Secur ities company, which he organised aev' ral years ago to hold his Illinolt Cen tral stock. The legslity of thia com pany has never been attacked. JAPAN DOES NOT WANT WAR. Bryan Says Jingoes Cause Scare to Get Big Navy. Carthage, Mo., July 13. "Japan does not want to mak war upon the United States," William J. liryan ia quoted as saying in an interview. '.'Of courae," he continued "there is a lot of jingoism In thia Japanese war talk and the hmrying of a fleet of warship, to the Pacific coast. To my mind, the;object ia not to repel an at tack by Japan but that the talk is be- ing done by some alleged statesmen at Washington to influence congress to make a big naval appropriation. "When 1 say Japan doea not want war, I do so advisedly, for, when I was in Japan, I talked with the leading men of all walks of life and I found only expressions of friendship for our country." Many Japanese for Canada. Victoria. B. C, July 13. The Tokio Immigration company has entered contract with the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk Paciflo railways to supply all help wanted on construction work and will send about 3,000 Japaneae into Canada. Yesterday 399 Japanese arrived. The company is working very quietly so as not to excite suspicion and will bring over a contingent on every boat. Advices from Honolulu state that a steamer haa been chartered to carry 876 to British Columbia. Labor or gan list Ions have tsken the matter op and In all probability it will be refer red to the Dominion authorities. All Duo to Trouble Makers. New York, July 13. Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambasador, who la in New York to attend a reception in honor of Admiral Yamamoto, leaeserted hia de- laratlon that there is no "Japaneee- Amerlan situation," and that all the talk of trouble between the two nations is a phantom creation of irresponsible tr-nible-makeia and trouble-huntera. If there be any cause for anxiety, he aaid, It ia due to the influence of unwarrant ed press talk, "that often tends to drive even the calmest temper of the publio into a tempestuous rage." Guilty of Fencing Public Land. Helena, July 13. A grand Jury in the United States court today returned a verdict finding F. D. Cooper, a well known Northern Montana stockman and former member of the board of commissioners of Cascade oounty, guilty of nnlawful fencing of government lands. Sentence will be announced later by Judge Hunt. P. Stefee, an other prominent stockman, was placed on trial on a similar charge. This is Cooper's second conviction, he having pleaded guilty to a similar charge about a year ago. gave Crews of Submarines. London, July 13.-Two officer. of the navy have invented an aparatui which It la expected will remove the present danger, to crews manning boatts. It I. designated to enable the men to escape from the vessel, even if she it filled with water or poisonous Lses Experiment at Portsmouth EoYed successful. The Invention . Ambles, diving helmet with Jacket attached and contains an ingenious oxy gen generator. . Lumber Rte. Go Higher. Salt Lake City, July 13.-Th. Herald 4 J- willsav "Freight rates on tomorrow win asy. lumber shipments throughout the I nit id State. .nd I1" fl" Washinaton. Oregon and other faunc int. to the inter-mou coun try, will be raised from 6 to 10 per cent n September lor October 1, by the lailroid compenie.. MOVER TELLS STORY Denies Federation Ever Ecconr aged Any Crime. KU BLOGD MONEY PAID ORCHARD Detente I. Well Satisfied With Teatl mony of President of Minora' Union in Haywood Caae. Bole, July 11. Charles II. Moyer went on the stand yesterday as a wit ness lor his fellow defendant. W. D Haywood, and besides making positive ueniai oi an the Crimea attributed to him and the other Federation leaders by Harry Orchard, offered an explana tion of the unsolicited appearance of the Western Federation of Miner, aa the defender of Orchard after his arrest at Caldwell for the murder of Steunen berg. He swore it was Jack Simkin who engaged F;ed Miller at Spokane to go to Caldwell to represent Orchard then known aa Thomas Hogan and that it was at the request of tmnkiua that SI oyer and Haywood subsequently ad vanced 1 1,60) from the funds of the federation to meet the expeneea of de- rending Orchard. Moyer made a aelf possessed sddress and at the end of the long d iy the de fense expressed satiafaction over both his testimony and the probabie impres sion he made on the jury. He is a man of good appearance and addreea and hia low pitched voice ia of pleasing tone. He displayed some nervousness when he first faced the courtroom and worked it off on a lead pencil that be carried, but the examination had not proceeded far before he seemed quite at ease. STRING OF CONTRADICTIONS State Department and Aokl Say The Hague Story I. False. Washington, July 11. From the State department and from the Japan ene embassy here came swift and con oiusive denial, yesterday or the accur acy of the statement cabled from The Hague to the London Daily Telegraph and reprinted in this country to the effect that Japan haa malfl categorical demands upon the United States for satisfaction in connection with the treatment of Japanese in California nd has served notice of her Intention to deal with the Californians herself if the national government fails to do so. At the State department, it is said, the American publio i. fully aware of the nature of all the exchanges that have taken place -on this subject, that there has been no correspondence of re cent date and that there are no negotia- ions in progress between the two gov ernments. This statement I. fully confirmed at the Jaiwneee embassy where, moreover, it ia positively stated that Ambassador Aokl is not going to Japan in the fall, as was reported in a Japanese paper. RCHMITZ IS REFUSED BAIL. Appeal Court Order. Dunne to Act on Bill of Exceptions. Pan Franclscc, July 11. The attor ney. for Mayor Schmits appeared be fore Judge Dunne yesterday and re newed their application for bail pend ing the appeal to the higher courts. Judge Dunne denied the application and a warm colloquy followed, In which Charles H. Fairall, one of Schmitx' attorneys, narrov.y epcaped twing sent to jail for contempt of court. He made the remark to the court that the judge "intended to deny the application anyway," and Judge Dunne informed him that repetition of such offensive remarks would lead to his being sent to prison. The District Court of Appeal, grant ed a writ of mandamus against Judge Dunne commanding him immediately to fix a date for settlement and to settle the bill of exceptions In the Schmltt case or to show cause why he ha. not done so. The writ I. returnable on July IS. Ten Thousand Delegate. Seattle, July 11. In the presence of 10.000 delegate, assembled within the hearing of hi. voice. Dr. Franci. K. Clark, president of the United Society of Christian Kndeavor, laxt night railed the t wenty-tird International convention to order. A chorus of 1,000 voice, .welled the welcoming ode. The con vention was called to order in the pres ence of the governor of the state, Unit ed State, senators and representatives. city, county and state officials and a distinguished gathering of clergy and laity from ths four corners of the earth. Dynamite In Transvaal. Johannesburg, July 11. A series of dynamite outrage, occurred lat night In the vicinity ol mines in which the hit workmen are on strike. The Crown hotel, at Boksburg, and the ster msin supplying the Simmer and Jack mine, were destroyed by explo sions, which did muhc damage and in- lured several persons. At about the same time attempts were made without lucre, to destroy the shaft and engine houne of the Gascon mine and the shaft of the Modderfontein mine. A feeling of anxiety prevails. Pro. scute I obscco Trust. New York, July 11. The government filed today in the Federal court In thi. citr a petition against the American Tobacco company, the Imperial Tobacco company, the British American Tobacco company, tne American rnun company, the American t igar company, tne unit ed Cigar Stores company, the American Stogie company, the MacAndrew. A Forties company, the lonley o!l com pany and 66 other corporation, and 79 individuals. Irish Crown Jewel. Stolen. Dublin, July 11. Another theft in Dublin castle i. report.!. Jewelry ral- nd at 17.600 belonging to the custodi an of the crowa jewel., Sir Arthur Vic ar., was taken, it is stated, at the same time the jewels of the Order of St. Pat rick, valued at $250,000 were ttolen. Thus far there i. no due to the thieve. HAYWOOD ON STAND. President of Miners' Federation De nies All Evil Deeds. Boise, Idsho, July 12. Rapid pro- . ntfi mu.m mat vaterdV in the HaV- wood case. The cross-examination Charles H. Moyer waa completed at one session of the court and In the alter- Go"'"""-. 10 ptp noon the direct examination of W. Haywood, the defendant, wai carried "Waninic- v., jiy n u well elonthrough hia story. Both men have made good witnesses, uyue in uie Federal They were expected to deny everything courts in C1 J ould Uav to u aid or urcnara was codukku men. i iuutuu. . . . u w jur with crimes and they are doing so con uiontlv hut In (ha admuiaiona make the case of the state is receiving propriated I1' the ue of the pronounced support. When Orchard dboiict at for witness fees confessed it was staiea in a grea. uxmu, j ilmlW rijjrq,. Considering interview, by these and other men con- B)J"-Bnion m. t 7 nected with the management of the that in tb. Won .D.u,d alld Federation that he knew nothing .bout the affairs of the organisation; that they had no knowledge of him, having met him. but havinir no real acquaint- ance with him. Now they are obliged to Dracticallv admit intimate acquaint ance running over a long period. Again and again they admit the correctness of Orchard's statomenU respecting collat- eral matters and again and again they reflect their Intimate acquaintance with him under hi. various aliases. It was noticeable that Haywood far more at ease on the stand tlian he was while Mover was in ine cnair During the entire examination of Moy er, Haywood was nervous, but when the latter took the stand he a. more composed and shewed less nervousness than had been displayed by hi. prede- - . miuii. "h. mnntf o van nv ninvnr was characterized inrougnoui oy pur pose to protect himself. .Again and auain in answerina questions as to criminal plana or acta charged tc bim and others, he Qualified his answeis with a phrase like this: Speaking for myself, I csn My there i no such knowledge DELMAS AROUSES HENEY. Little Progress Made in Glas. Bribery Case. San Francisco, July 12. Dr. Chsrles Boxton, the temporary mayor of San Franciaco, on the wltnee. stand in the G lsas trial yesterday afternoon told the story of hi. debauchment by Theodore Halaev. the indicted aeent of the Paclflo States Telephone oompany, who, he testified, paid him 15,000. "mostly in 1100 bills." for havlnir voted and used hi. influence as supervisor against tbe granting of a rival franchise to the Home Telephone company. Boxton ia a fine-looking gray haired man of middle age. He has a credit- ble Spanish War record and i. en titled to write "Major" before his name. He was the last and only lm port ant witness in an otherwise slow nd tedious dsy He wa. not a reluc- tant nor yet a noticeably willing te.ti fier, but his examination by Mr. Heney wa. so spiked about with clever obiec- tlons from Mr. Del mas often sua tained that at length the gorge of the assistant district attorney rose and be hotly accused his veteran adversary of trying to cloud the issue and impede justice VAN GESNER IN JAIL. Convicted of Land Fraud and I. Now Paying Penalty. roriiana, July 12. Suit esse In hand, wearing an expression on his face that was half smile end half grin, nr. Aionso an Geaner walked Into the county Jail Wednesday and announced that he was ready to begin serving the five months' sentence impoeed'upon him following his conviclion of subor nation of perjury. Gesner was con victed with ex-Congrensnmn William son and Marion R. Biggs. Bigg, began serving hi sentence of 10 month. Mondav and William. v... appealed to the Supreme court of the United State.. Both Gn. .nH iiu. by order of the United States marshal are to be allowed ths frtnm i . tlon of the jail durin. the rlv .nd will not be confined in .n. .u the time. They are allowed to mlk about in one of the eorri,ln n which the doors of tha kik they sleep open. Durlni the dav their cell door, stand open, but are locked at night. Crushed by Fallirg Wall. Philadelphia, July 12. Three men are known to have teen killed, one wa rataiiy Hurt, and 18 othera Ininnvl .t the col.apue of a new concrete building today at the plant of Bridgeman Broth en' company, manufacturer, of .team fitters' supplies, st'Fifteenth street and Washington avenue, In the southwest. ern section of the city. The building was just being put under a roof when section anout 30 feet in width and ex tending the entire depth of the structure eollapped. About 30 men were at work on the tide which gave way. Indicted for Giving Rebate. Chicago, July 1 J. The Federal grand jury this morning returned an indict ment against the Hunts Fe railroad charging it with granting $35,000 in re hates to the United States Sugar A I-and company. It is charged that the Santa Fe gave the sugar concern rebate, on shipments of building material diir ing the conduction of its refinery at Garden City. Kansas, in 1900. Fred erick R. Colvln, of Salida, Colorado, and Edward Fx-ke, of Chlago, were also indicted for using the mail. In selling alleged worthless mining stock. Hsrrlman Will Violate Law. New York. July 12.-During liinch eon today on board ol the Southern Pa cific company's new turbine steamship, the Creole, E. H. Harriman startled those present by announcing that since the United Steles government had re cently chartered foreign steamships to carry coal to the Pacific eoaet he would do the same. "The bars are down," tald Mi. Harriman, "and I am going to ship coal the to Pacific coast in foreign vessel.." B Wreck on Missouri Pacific. Bushong, Kan., July 12 Missouri Pacific train No. 2, bound from Denver to Kansas City, was wrecked at 6:30 o'clock thi. morning. Several paaseng era were Injured and the hagiga and chair car. and a coach left the track. NES Fill the cf Lq MO FO" OofcCuriON pone D. " '"al. looks now " " i of the Benson - hearing in both Congresi wi WMion onlw fraud ca, ,,,,la M to h.v. called up fcrtl in the 11) term, five hundred witw will b called to tes tify, mat wno reside in Oregon and Califoroi". nd that about $70,000 ! nar th;. is nece; - - ies and ex veMMl it ren1 Mil-evident that the diijtrict attc7 P again.t one of woblermni . .u . the tough-it ph em. 0f ar.thmetic he ever encountew in ower to make ends was meet. Unless conftwa makes an a.lilitinn.1 appropriatios the ne of the die trict .'to!'" 0i the land fraud caa will M""' pwponed indefl- nitoly, or st l" u"1" ,nat time when there will Ufffhcient funds st the dis- I Liicic - - w a iiiri uia oJ tb prosecatoi'. 0fiice to pav ' . I & - A law wfJ'kl by congress a few year, ago pnuiu'"m uie various de partments ol Uie government from anendina mort money than haa Iwnn ai-tuallv appropriated lor their una diir. ing the BstaiyM'' i necesraiy to bo to congress fori 'peuai appropriation, the trial, cunot be held until next spring. , AFRAID OF HARRIMAN. Prealdant HiVtatos About Starting Proiacutiw Againit Magnate, Washington, July 12. After having I made their report to the president of findings again Harriman, F. B. Kel logg and othM members of the Inter- state Couimercttommlislon are urging that the matter be taken into the court. at once. Rowrelt is hesitating, how ever, it being hit belief that the proee- cution would am It ia charged dj me interstate Uom merce commuiioa inai iiarriman con trols an area equal to one third of the United States therein he ha. complete' ly stifled competition. Among other things it ii found that the Union Pad fio and Southern Pacific are competing railroads by menu of iteamship lines - from New Orltsni to New York, liar rlman'. rallrcad contracts are said to be In violation with the antl-trust law - and the attorney general recommend. that proceedingi be ataited Would Filibuster in Brazil. New York, July 17 An alleged at tempt to finance a filibustering expedi tion with the ultimate purpoee of over throwing the "superior" government of Finas Genes, one of tne federal states of Biazil, led last night to the arrest of a young man who, according to the complaint, has introduced himself to prominent lianken and brokers here as Sebastine II. L. de Magali, a Brazilisn. DeMagali is charged with violation of the United States postal law. The prisoner, who is but 22 year, old, it is eaid, came to thii city a few week. ago. Abandon Ksa Potoffice. Washington, Joly 11. Postmaster General Meyer announced today that the North German Lloyd and the Ham burg American lines had Informed Oer nnjr that on Jinuary 1 next they would terminate tne present agreement ''tlv. to the postomces on their iteamers. because the compensation i. insufficient. The companies, nowever, have made an offer of a rate at which they will eontlnu the service. Mr. Meyer he. decided to send Assistant Postmaster General Mctleary to Ger mn t make a new contract Crop. Damaged bv Aain. Kanras City, July 7 The western half of Missouri w drenched by a terrific storm last n'rzb.t. Ileporta re- ceived todav indicat much damage to corn fields,' bridge ii'l culverts in the lowlands in many inntances being washed out. Diiitche. from De. Moines, Iowa, stats that 40 or 60 fam ilies have moved i"m the bottom, dis trict of De. Moine to higher ground. The Des Moines rivet i. higher tiian it haa been since 1903. ' Assistant te Town.end. Washington, July I2- The attorney general ha. appoint" A. McDonald McBlair aa ipeclal"lBtant to the at torney general for tb Purpose of Inves tigating the Oregon lnd grant caeca. Mr. McBlair'a appoln,ment in addi tinn to that of B. P.Townsend, assist ant United States attorney for North Dakota, who is engW"1 'o this Investi gation in connection ,h Inlted State. Attorney Bristol. Clo.e Call for J"0". Parker. New York, Jn'T 17-Frienda of Judge Alton B. ?eT hi today that he had a narro P from death In Virginia Sat"MT night. While riding on a train betn Norfolk and Richmond, a bullet .""hed through the window beside ' '"dge Parker was .ittlng and embeidea itself in the woodwork on the OTP0"1' iide of the car. It could not be "wrtained who fired the .hot. New Northwsit Poi'msst,,,, Washington. July J'Ppetmasters appoint!: Washin(ron-Cniontown, Michael Reisnaner, " A. Strupp ler, resigned. Thorn Moffit has been sppointed a regnlir V" - Mofflt a .nltltut rural car' 00 foute 3, at Garfield, Wash. National Bank it Chwlah. Washington, J0,V'TT.U Firet Natior.l Bank of Wuh., baa been authorised JT" business with $15,000 cp'' r, 2wlnt'. president; F. L. HMw ' """tier. NATIONAL CAPITAL NAVAL OFFICEKS DOWNCAST Believed Precaution. Would Prevent Further Powder Explosione. Washington, July 17. Aeide from their deep concern over the injuries suffered by the unfortunate turret crew of the Georgia, the olhcer. at the Navy department were a good deal cast down when they learned of the accident, as it tended to hake their confidence in which they hsd retted for moie than a year, in the perfection of the regula tions so carefully framed with a view to safeguarding human life in the tur rets. April 13, 1904. a terrible accident happened on the splendid battleship Missouri, when throuirh a "flare back" rive ollioers and 20 enlisted men met their death. Just two year, later to a day there was another explosion in the six-inch turrets of the kearoarge, whereby three men were badly injured. That accident occurred through a sailor', handling an Iron extractor so s to make a short cir cuit in the electrical current, which set are to the loose powder. Measures were taken to make toth accidents im posuble of recurrence. It l. understood at the Navv depart ment mat tne ueorgia hud just com pictod her preliminary target practice and was on what is known a. Barnata- ble range, near Provincetown. lust in side Cape Cod and about 60 mile, from Boeton. The Navy department officers ex preened confidence tonight that the die patch of the Georgia with the Atlan tic fleet on its projected cruise to the 1'aciflc will not be cancelled. REORGANIZE CANAL FORCE, Change ot Authority and New 8ytem of Auditing Washington, July 13. Secretary Taft's plans for the reorganization of the administrative method, of the'Isth mian Canal commission as approved by President Roosevelt, were made public today. They take the form of three executive orders. Briefly, they provide for the transfer to the chief of engineers of the srmy of the purchase of materials and supplies; the maintenance of offices within the United State, by the com mission for the convenient execution of it business; the appointment, in the United States of the commission's em ployes to be made by the general pur chasing officer under civil service ruler, and the abolishment after August 16 of the provisions for general auditors and the appointment for the commission upon the isthmus of an examiner of ac count, and in Washington an assistant examiner of accounts. These duties are specifically indicated, having in view a thorough inspection of accounts of the various offices, the periodical account ing of the caeh In the hands ot the dls bursing officer., and examination of the books of the commission kept by the disbursing olhcer. Mr. Bradley Granted Bui. Washington. July 17. Justice Wright, of the Supreme, court of the District of Columbia, today authorized the admission to bail of Mrs. Annie M Bradley, under indictments on the chance of murdering former United States Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah in the sum of 116,000. Affidavit, from the surgeon who performed the opera tion on Mrs. Bradley last Saturday were read, in which it was stated that open air exercise would be necessary for the complete restoration of Mrs Bradley', health before her trial. e Yamamota Will Tour America. Washlneton. July 11. Vlecount Aoki. the Japanese ambassador, ha been deferring hi. departure from this city for bi. summer vacation in antici pation of the arrival of Admiral Yama mota, who Is expeciea vo reacn i'w York soon from Europe. The admiral Is on his way home to Japan, but will snend some time in the United State.. Hi. vi.it I. entirely unofficial, although it ia expected that he will be shown some courtesies by the government au thoritiee, Including a visit to the pre.! dent at Oyster Bay. Joining National Force. W.ahinoton. Julv 18. The SUte de rarfmant todav received unconfirmed advice, that the republics of Guatemala and Salvador have joined forces ana are beginning the mobilization of troop, to resist any attack that may be made by the Mcaraguan government. " .th,t at tha State department that all of the Central American republic with the possible exception of uu kh, are strongly opposed to the plan of 7.lva. of Nicaragua, for the federation of the five republic. Tariff Relation. With Franc. whlnoton. July 13. Some con eern i. expressed at the SUte depart ment at the reported unfavorable im presslon create.! In Paris by the propo sition to adjust the tariff issue be tween America and France. It I pointed out that America i. not seeking to acquire any new privllesge under the French tariff. The laci w.a. ... government l .imply trying to .vert the application ct new French law. that ... . r . a marten n til- wi 1 1 near nam uuuu ii..--- merce. Eaplaln Away llhli'. Vl.lt. Washington, July 11. At the Jap anese embassy today the "P'"1'"" was made that Director Ishil, of the commercial bureau of the foreign office, bad contemplated a trip to America tor sometime. "Nothing would be more natural." said Counsellor M.youka. "than that the director .honld make . trln a.mM the otan n part of hi. nm- mer vacation and t the same time give him attention to ths various Japaneae consulate, in the United State.. English I Lighthouse Clerk. Washington, 7.-.3. lish, of Portland, Or., ha. been ap pointed clerk in the Thirteenth l.ght house diatriot. New Po.tmaater .t Alye. Washington, July TfmM' vlg has been appointed P"1' Alyea, Wash., vice Etblyn Bates, re signed. 1 KICH MILK EySPECTOB I Mr. Marshall Held Will Ltvaa ( i alraaa ! Mr. Marshall Field la to lay aslds ber social obligations to sssume ths duties of a Chicago milk Inspector. The widow of Chicago's merchant prince, society -leader and poasrsaor of million has caused a stir among the 400 by accepting a position on a civic health commission appointed by Mayor Buaw. All other members of the board are men. Her new duties will carry Mrs. Field Into the tenement bouses and hospital of the city and she t!H doubtless become a rival for sociologi cal honors of II U Jane Addama aud Mrs, Potter Palmer. The appointment of the commission la the result of the milk cruwde which waa wagvd In Chicago during the win ter. At that time It was found that over hslf of the milk consumed In the city wss Infected wf h germs, and that that waa the causa of a scarlet fever epidemic. It Is believed that the commlaKlnn UH. UlktUiU IIIUli will be able to greatly Improve the milk supply snd that death's stimruei harvest of babies, which 1 always largf In Chicago, will be leaseued by bun dreda. ALL AFRICANS NOT BRUTAL. Moaadaas Bear Kuralns Tools la- toad ol Warllko Wcapoa.. Tbat tbe native African la not al waya and Invariably a poor, half naked brute haa been proved by the reports and photograpba brought back to France by the "Moll mission," an ex pedition sent to tbe French Congo about eighteen montua ago for tbe purpose of determining some unsettled boundary questions. South of Lake Chad Commandant Moll discovered rjeaceful race of agriculturists and shepherds. Intelligent snd ' hospitable. ripe for cultivation, living in pastoral simplicity. Everything about the Moundans Is picturesque snd Interesting. They are a vigorous and handsome race and very brave, but, contrary to the almost uni versal practice of the Africans In re gions where white rule has not been established, they never carry arms. On the contrary, the Implement oftenest seen In their hands Is a hoe. Nevertheless, tbey sppear to have descended from warlike ancestors and were probably driven aouthward from tbelr original mountain home by some conquering chief. Reminiscence, of tbls past may be seen In their seml miiltary architecture, which does not resemble that of any of the neighbor In people At a little distance on of their village look like a fortified city. Tbe Monndan village, of which Lere 1 an excellent type, I inclosefl oy a cries of round towers connected by walls from two to three meter In height Inside, psrsllel to the Inclos ing walla, la a circle of cupolas, each one pierced with a single bole. These are the granaries, the most Important buildings of tbe town. Tbey sre erected on piles supported on grest stones, which places them be yond the reach of termites and rodents aa well as of dampness, and the only entrance la through the hole In the vaulted roof. Between the outer wall and the granaries sre the homes of the people, while the residence of tbe chief face the entrance. Apploa aad fla-ars. "Why do I keep spples In tbe desk drawer with my clgarer said the elder ly busineas man with novel Ideaa Be cause It gives them a fine and distinct ive flavor and also Imparts Just sum Icent moisture to keep the cigsrs In ex cellent condition, l aiscoverea uie thing quite socldentally. Am fond of apples, you know, and like to keep some around my dk for a nibble or wo occasionally. Generally I kept the fruit on top of my desk, but one day the dust was so bad that I resolved to place the apple. In a drawer. There wasn't a drawer sufficiently empty for be apples except oue In which I bad cigars. It uian i too use a .ua com bination, apples and cigars, but into the drawer went the apple. "A couple of hour later I felt the need of a smoke. The delicious flavor the cigar bad surprised me. It wa a make I had been smoking for years, but I never had noticed tbat flavor be fore, and I enjoyed the smoke so much thst I bit It np with soother from the am drawer. The result was tb same. nd then the presence of the spples with the cigars suggested a solution of the mystery. From that time on I have kept my cigar with apples, and bave smoke that are distinctive and a real delight Furthermore, the cigar, never get dry when tbey are with the apple, and, at the aame time, never get too moist gome of my friend, to whom I hsve ex plained this thing oave tried other kinds of strong flavored fruit Instead of pplea. One man Insist, that be gets the moat delightful result, from or- r ; but apples suit me beat, and I stick to 'em." Youth' Companion, MODEKS I5TJIAN WARBI0E. tniniiini.inellt Indian warfare bas produced nisny weird and uuexiwi'ted situations, ami the mind of the roniaiM-er bas create t more; but tbe strangest of tbem alt , will hardly urpaa In novelty au ex-perlerx-e which befell a citizen of Wyo ming In the late I'te uprhdug. Tiki In dians were sweeping across nortlwru Wyoming, near tbe Montana line, ami were being gradually surrounded by truoj Hiured in from several quar ter. The whites were armed for tbnlr own defense, and ou several otvsMUtiis conflicts had been narrowly averted. One morning James J. Callaban, of Arvada, went out at daybreak with two "cow-punchers" to cross tlie range In order to look at some stock. Hud denly out of tbe Biige-brush there row up round them a dozen Indians, wImi bad tbein covered before any of thctn could draw a weapon. With their bamU In the air, the threv white meu fu.vd a serious situation. Things looked mighty blue." said Mr. Callahan afterward, "We had mud up our minds that we were likely to part with our back hair." As they sut thus the leader of the Ute approached, and waen be drew near give a warwlsiop which to Mr. Callabiin'a earn hixl a certain familiar and civilized twang to It It verged on a college yell. "Yah. there, Jimmy Callahan!" cried the warrior. "What are you doing out here? I'm Hilly ltlrdaeye. 1!" "Hilly Blrdseye" It waa, sure enough. slthough hardly recognizable by bl old lartmouth comrade. Son of Chief Kannapap, leader of the I'te uprising, Billy wss actively directing the o(hth tlon of this party of his father's scouts, snd keeping well In practice to take his father'a place In case of nced. lie came running forward to shake baud with Mr. Callahan, while hia followers lowered their guns and exchanged won dering remarks In their own tongue. Hut the strangest part of the ad venture was ftlll to come, rmm a pocket Hilly Blrdseye fished out two slips of pasteboard. They were tick ets to the Princeton-Dartmouth foot ball game, to be played In New York week Inter. "Here. Jimmy, take these," he ealiL I was going Kant to see the game myself, but this business has come up to prevent. Vou may aa well go Hlong and see the fun and meet the boyi again." The ticket called for two cholc seats In the front row, renter of the field, end Mr. Callahnn, whose ball had by thla time settled firmly Into place, went F.ast the next day to ub them. Queer pictures must have been con jured up In tils mind as the rooters" for Princeton and for Dartmouth ahat tered the air with their college yell THE ARKANSAS HOO. It ( Oatraa a Urorooaad aa. Whip a Wolf or Bear. An estemed contemporary gave space to the following communication from a subscriber on "Tbe American Hog :" "Arkancas has a greater variety ol hogs and less Nrk and lard than any state In the Union. An average bos In Arkanaas weighs about fourteen laninds dreascd with Its head on and aUuit six ikxiikIm and a half with itt bend off. It inn outrun a greyhound. Jump a rail fence, climb like a partvf and live on grnxs roots and rabbit tracka. It hnm't much tall or bristle. but plenty of gull. It will lick a woll or a beat In a fair fight. It Is cslled raaorhack liei-mise It Is shaied like a sun fish. In hunting a razorhack Ii Is always shot at sideways, for thert Is not a ghost of a show to bit It otherwlne, any more than to aboot at a split shingle. It ran drink mil. out of a quart Jar on account of a long, thin bead. Thla type of raaorbaek Is known ss tbe stone hog because Iti heed is so besvy and Its nose so loni thst It balancee up behind. The owner of tbl type of bog usually tie tone to It tall to keep It from over balancing and breaking It neck whils running. If the tone Is too heavy, l will pull the skin over ita eyes, snd it will go blind." l.adr Toaalo Tank's lo arr. Ijidy Cook, who wa Miss Teuneasee hffore ber marriage, at a din ner during her recent visit to Waah lngton argued the question of woman suffrage with a Senator. "Ah, Senator," said I.ady Cook, at the argument end,. "you don't consider tbls question aa a whole. Y'ou only consider a part of It. You are like the man who weighed the dog. A lady owned a huge St. Bernard dog that ah was very proud of. She told ber gar dener one day to take the dog and weigh him. The man departed wit the animal, and half an hour later he returned. "Towser, ma'am,' be said, 'welgli Just a hundred pounds.' "'A hundred pounds?" exclaimed the lady. 'He must weigh more than that Are yon sure you weighed him right?' " " "Oh, yea, ma'am,' said the gardener, 'I'm sure I weighed him right only I couldn't get him all on the scales.'" Wllllo'a lloaoaa. Willie wss a regulsr mother's boy, a writer In the Chlcsgi Tribune declares He was so devoted to her thst be could not bear to have any one else to do things for him, not even his Indulgent fsther. One night he called bis fsther to bit bedside. His father went for the water, glow Ing with pride aa the unusual sum mons, and when Willie had taken hi drink, the parent's curiosity got th better of him. "Why," he asked, "did yon call m to-night Instead of your mother?" "Ob, there's been a dressmaker hers to-day, and I was afraid there might be m pin. or needle, on the floor t get Into mamnis's feet," replied Willie Innocently. A business seldom amount, to enongl to give all the employee the credit tbej deserve.