SCHHIIZ WINS OUT
Supreme Ccurt Finds ratal De
lects la Indictment.
MEF'S PLEA ALSO NULLIFIED
oeven Judges Unanimous In Holdin
That Fact Statad Do Not
Constitute Crime.
San Francisco, March 10. The Su
preme court yesterday handed down
decision denying the application of th
prosecution in the San trancisoo brib
ery graft casee for a rehearing atter
decision by the I). at rut oourt of Ap
peals in the caae of ex-Mayor Eugene
r.. rtebrnitx. convicted of ei tort ion I
the trench restaurant caaes. Without
a dissenting vote among the seven
justice, the court sustained the appel
late court in its decision that the in
dlctment upon which Hchmits was crn
victed was defective In that it did not
aver that Kuhmiti was mayor; that
Knef, his co-defendant, was politics.
doss practically in eontrol if the city
that as such they were in a position to
exercise power and undue influence
over the police commissioner, and that
it did not show that chtnits resorted
to unlawful means in threatening to
nave liquor licenses withheld.
"The decision demonstrates," said
ex-Mayor Hohimts. "that the highest
court in the state believes what I have
always claimed, that I wa removed
from office and railroaded to prison.'
"The contention of the respondent
that the appeal was prematurely
taken," says the Bupreme court, "ha
no merit. The court is unanimous in
the opinion that the District court of
Appeal was correct in its conclusion
that the indictment was insufficient in
that it did not show that the injury to
the property threatrned by the defend
ant was an 'unlawful injury.' "
Thii decision practically nullifies
R jef's plea of guilty to the same charge
invalidates the remaining four extor
lion indictments against tne ex-mayor
and Ruef, and will enable Kclunlti to
gain his liberty on bail after eight
months' confinement In the county jail
GREAT FEAT OF WIRELESS.
Messsge From Fleet In Pse fie Is Re
ceived at Penaacola.
Washington, March 10. About the
last place that the Navy department
expected to hear from the Atlantic bat
tleship flotilla for at least six months
was on the Atlantic coast, yet this Is
what happened. The Navy department
today received a telegraphic message
from its wireless station at Pensacola,
which hail been in direct communica
tion with the battleship fleet, a most
remarkable performance, considering
that the wireless impulses were obliged
to traverse the Gulf of Mexico, then
cross overland the state of Texas, park
ol Msxtao, and again ciuaa several bun
died miles of ocean.
An additional dispatch received at
Pensacola from Admiral Thomas, dated
fin board the Minnesota at 8 o'clock
last niuht. is a follow:
"The position of the fleet st this
moment is latitude 14.37 north, longl
tude 102.01 west."
FLEET TA.KS TO MARE ISLAND.
Wireless Communication at Distance
of 2 BOO Miles.
Hsn Francisco, March 10. The bat
tleship fleet came into direct cummuni-
cation with Mare Island yesterday, the
message being the first this coast has
received Irom the warships. Comuiun
ication was had by wireless for a dis
tance of 2,tHH) miles, the message being
from the battleship Maine of hvans
fleet. Yesterday morning the operator
at the wireless station at Mare island,
in responding to the call of his instru
mont, was surprlmd to discover he wss
in direct communication with the
Maine. Though 2,00 miles away, the
message was clear. Communication
ti soon cut off on sccount of other
stations interrupting.
Rebuild the Cliff Hour.
San Francisco. March 10. Dr. Km
ma Merrltt, executrix of the estate of
Adolnh Hutro. ass given permitsion
todsy by Judge Coffey to apply the
147,000 insursnce money received alter
the destruction of the Cliff house to
ward the erection of a new building.
The petition was opposed by Attorneys
J. F. Bowie and Joseph Mayer, who
represented lour of the heirs. Bowie
aid the heirs he represented lisd no
objection to rebuilding the Cliff house,
but thought the helis should hsve the
direction of expending the money.
Csstro Much Agitated.
New York, March 10. President
Castro, of Venernela, is ahorMng much
anxiety over the attitude taken by the
United States in regard to the status of
claims of Americans against that coun
try. This wss shown, it was stated
today, hy his recall to C areas, cl An
gusto F. Pulido, until recently secre
tary of the Venesuelan legation In
Washington. Pulido, in the absence
of Venesuelan minister at Washing
ton, .was the charge d'affaires, and
President Csstro wants him to make a
personal report on the situation.
Chinese Hold Meeting.
Canton, China, March 10. A mon
ater meeting was held here tonight to
resist the demand of the Japanese gov
ernment f r th release of the Tatsn
Msrn. The meeting was sttended hy s
great number of prominent personages
who vigorously asserted China's sov
erigti rights. A resolution was adopt
ed to the eff-vt that, failing the confis
cation of the ship nd her cargo, a b-y-ctt
would be inaugurated sgmlnst Jsp
neee manufacturers.
Mutiny In Carscss Fsil.
Caracas, March 4. via Port of Spain,
March M. An uprising occurred he re
last night In a b.rracks, the soldiers
killing their commander. General Mesa.
The mutiny was queried only after a
number of soUiers bad been shot.
REVISION ASSURED.
ira assiion to Be Called to Go
Ov.r Tar.fT.
Washington, March . Plans for the
isvisiou oi the tariff have been agreed
uu oy me nepublican leaders, in
ciuaiug Koosevelt. Soeakei Cinnnn
Sen.tor Bevendge and Hepteseutatives
rayne, i aixeil and Sherman, th thi
la. U.Z &o La u.auiuer of the house wsys
snd means e.iuiuiuee, wijo will frame
tne new law.
An extra session of con ir ret a will ha
caned Immediately after the expiration
of the present congreta next snrinir ami
a bill will be drafted reducing to ue of
me Linn schedules in steel and i'On
snd equalizing others. If the Demo-
rats are suooes-ful In the national ilto
lion next fall, President K.iosevelt will
csll congress immediately after the re-
suit Is known, si that the tariff can be
revised by the Kepnhllcana.
nenaiur oeveuuge, wno presented a
measure providing fur a tariff commis
sion, had a conference with the presl-
dent today. Later he conferred with
Speaker Cannon and Keprtsantstlvs
rayne, uaizell and Sherman. J l devel
oped that the commission plan la not
a -ccpUoie, and it was agreed that a
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.nl nn ai..h .
...... uv .jwu.vu ui ,u, yiw
isie, iieasury, agriculture, commerce
and labor and diie tcr of the census to
gather such data as will be useful to
congress in revising the tariff
Representative Sherman, with the
approval of Speaker Cannon, ia circu-
latlng a petition among members of the
house which requests the wavs and
means committee to ait during the sum
mer recess for the purpose of gathering
uaia 10 aid me nieniDers in framing a
new taiiff law. Many signatures havs
already been procured and the commit
tee will ait.
DEMANDS AMfc MADE.
Japsn's Minister Pressnts Ultimatum
to China
Peklr., March 9. Japan's ultimatum
in the ee of the Japanese steamship
Tatsu Maru wait presented to the head
of the Chinese Fcrelgn board today, and
the board has the matter under oonsid-
era! ion.
The Tatm Maru was seised off Macao
on fehrnary 7 by Chinese custom a
cruisers on the charge that her csrgo of
arms and ammunition was intended for
Chinese revolutionists, although con-
signed to a n erci.ant oi mat t. wen. J lie
steamer ia now
Deing neia si
Wham-
poa, on the Canton river.
The irreducible minimum of the
Japanese claims is the restoration of
be steamer, as well as of her cargo,
and t.e payment of a full indemnity
Acllon Is demanded within a "reasona
ble time." In case of default or post
ponement, Japan, according to the
terms of her ultimatum, will "take
in mediate action."
Japan expecta a reply by tomorrow.
She will not tolerate China's offer to
nvertigate the case. She insists upon
an spoh gy for the hauling down of the
apanese nag on the Tatan Mara and
lie will not accept mediation, affirm-
ng that China ia in error and that the
fuctts sre incontrovertible.
Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minis
ter to China, In delivering the ultima
tum, made reference to Japan ssm-
pathy for China in the matter of con-
ralwnd tralhc in arms and explained
that China could not expect medial i in
so long as she did not admit the purti-
ipation of the Portuguese.
INFECTED RATS ARE FOUND.
Cit'Xins' Committe Authorizea Add!
tional Expsnditures.
San Francisco, March 9. The bac-
teriologii-al reports of the Federal
health ollieori state that infected rats
we e found in nearly every district of
he city last week, only the Sunset and
Richmond distrcte being Immune. The
greatest percentage of infection is re
ported from the North Beiich district
nd in the Western addition, in an
Miilding where infected rats were
found, wslls and flocrs were opened,
and the places thoroughly fumigated.
The citirens health committee has au
thorized the Federal health otlicera to
employ additional men, no limit being
placed on the number. New gangs will
lie organized and an effort made to ex
terminate all the rats in the city within
the next 30 days.
Bonus for Esch Child.
Sydney, N. fl. W., Msrch 9. The
increase of population in the common
wealth ia not. ii ions ly slow, and the
legislators of Western Australia, where
the inhabitants number only two to the
square mile, have determined to take a
leaf out of the bock of the French.
With a view to encouraging bigger fam
ilies, sn amendment has been inserted
In the income tsx bill hy the state leg
islative sssembly givlrg an exemption
of 1 50 for every child np to the number
of five In the family of a taxpayer.
Five children Is evidently the limit.
D sinfsct Whsrvss.
Rscramento, March 9. The state
board of health today adopted a resolu
tion providing that all whams, grain
elevators, warehouses, stables and other
rat-infisted premises on, or situsted
within a half mile from the hay of San
Francisco, tr the inland navigable water
connections therewith, mast be disin
fected within 30 days or suffer quaran
tine at the end of that time. The
meeting of the board was a harmonious
one, the members sgreeing on every
resolution. The genersl opinion seem
ed to be that the situation Is improving.
Prixss for' Asroplsnss.
Psris, Msrch 9. M. Michelin has
founded a world's challenge cup of the
value of $20,000, to be competed for
annually by aeroplanes. After the first
race aeronauts will be compelled each
year to fly double the distance made hy
the winner of the trophy the preceding
year. The winning aeronaut, in addi
tion to the enp, will receive $3,000.
The trophy will be held by the aero
club of the country of which the winner
ia a native.
Eurnace Got Ovarhsstsd'
Columbus, O., Msrch 9. That the
fire in the Coll in woo-1 schonlhonse
wl loh cost the llvee of more than 170
children was due to an over heated fur
nace is the substance of a psrtlal report
male to State Fire Marshal Creamer
tonight by the three deputies who have
been investigating th causes of the firs.
RUEFACGUSES HENEY
Hakes Serious Charge ol Sutnr
nation of Perjury.
ALLEGES UNDUE INFLUENCE USED
Declares His Testimony Was Ootsinsd
Through Misrepresentation
Wants to Changs Plea.
San Francisco, March 7. This morn
ing st 10 o'clock Abrabsm Kuef will,
through his sttorneys, Henry Ach,
Frank J. Murphy snd M. C. Chapman,
present to Judge Dunne a motion to al
low him to withdraw hi plea of guilty
entered on May 16, and substitute a
plea of not guilty in the case brought
on indictment Ko. 300, one of the
French restaurant extortion esses. To
'"PPort his motion Ruef will file sffl
uavus oi a si
I . .
ensstlonal nature, the sub
stance of which was given out tonighr,
In filing the motion Ruef states that
the plea of guilty was improperly and
Inadvisedly tendered and that the de
fendant is not guilty of the offense
harged, and that he was indt.ced to
enter the plea of guilty by virtue of an
agreement and understanding with the
district attorney, William H. Langdon,
the assistant district attorney, Franoi
J. Ileney, the special agent of the dis
trict attorney, William J. Bums, and
the financial backer of the district at
torney in this prosecution, Rudolph
Spreckels, and because of the agree
ment and understanding of the judge
presiding in this department of the Su
perior court, Judge Frank 11. Dunne,
that the plea of guilty should subse
quently be withdrawn and the plea of
not guilty substituted, and the cause
dismissed against the defendant.
1 he motion also will state that the
d strict sttorney ha heretofore consent-
ed to the withdrawal of the plea oi
guilty and that this plea was obtained
from the defendant by fraud,' coercion,
duress and false pretenses, l lie mo-
tion will be presented to the court on
I March 12.
1 i PAVE SCHOOL WITHOUT PANIC
Singing "America" 2,000 New York
Children Reach Safety.
New York, March 7. A specisl csll
was sent into fire headquarters from
the publio school on One Hundred snd
Ninth street, between Amsterdam ave
nue and Bmadway.
The chl'dren were marched from the
sjhcol without panic or disorder. They
were assembled in the yard and sent
home. Parents who rushed to the
building were pi even ted by the police
from closing in the exits and rent away.
The Ore was on the top floor of the
building, which is five stories high.
The 2.000 niipils in the buil.lin ware
engag-Hl in tbair morning slnginu exer
cise when the firs gong rsng and they
continued to sing "America." as they
marched out of the building. There
wa no sign of panic at any time.
SECRET8 OF TORPEDOES.
Bliss Compsny Says Employe Has
Stolen Brass Models.
New York, Msrch 7. The E. W.
Bliss compsny, manufacturers ol pro
jectiles, secured the arrest last night of
William tsser, a mechanic, oi Knoit-
lyn, who. it Is charged, ha stolen the
brass models of the principal part of
torpedoes now in process of rec ret man
ufacture for the government.
Detectives engaged on the case assert
that other arrests will be made of men
who will' la charged with offering for
sale to other governments srerets of
projectile manufacture. The Federal
authorises would be interested in the
prosecution, it was said, though just
how was not made clear.
William Reser wss held in $1,000
bsil when srr-tjgned in court olsy.
No represen'ativs of the government
sppeared againgst F.seer.
Put Blame on Huston.
Hsrrisburg, Pa., March 7. The plea
for acquittal of ex-Auditor Ueneral
Snyder and ex-State Treasurer Mathues,
two of the defendants In the capitol
conspiracy trial, was msde today by
Lyman D. Gilbert, their counsel, who
contended they had honestly followed
honest advice given by ex-Governor
Pennypacker. Architect J. M. Huston
was characterized as the real conspira
tor in the contract scandal, but, said
Mr. Gilbert, there was no conspirscy
to defraud the state except In the Im
agination of people on the other side.
Petition Cxse for Mercy.
St. Petersburg, March 7. M. Tschsl
kovsky, who is awaiting trial for revo
lutionary ntterances, was visited today
by physicians, who are to determine
the state of hia health. Mme. Tschal
kovsky will present to Premier Stoly
pin an English petition in favor of her
husband, signed by 300 leadiLg clergy
men and members of the nobility. This
Is the petition thst Count Benkendorff,
Russian ambassador in London, de
clined to forward t-i St. Petersburg. It
will be followed ty a general English
petition.
Tssch Girla to Gamble.
San Francisco, March 7. Police
Judge Smith, of Oakland, this morn
ing sentenced August Salmin, who wss
cmvicted last Tuesday of selling pools
on the horse races, to psy a fine of $300
or serve 150 dys in jail. Judge Smith,
in passing sentence, remsrked thst
gambling la entirely too prevalent in
Oakland. He said that only a few
day ao he himself stepped into a ci
gar store snd ssw there two young girls
studying the "dope sheet."
Illegsl Fencers Fined.
Helena, Mont., Msrch 7. United
State Judge Hunt today imposed rather
severe penalties on four well known
Northern Montana stockmen snd ranch
ers who plesded guilty to illegal fenc
ing. The fines and imprisonment fol
low: Joseph and Frank Laird, ten
days and $250 each; Nelson Bingham,
48 hours and $200; James, Binghsm,
49 hoar and $100.
CAUGHT IN TRAP
Death
March In Cellinwjod Schoo
Ltd to Locked Door.
Clevelsnd, 0., March 6 Twenty
four hour after the disaster which
caused tlsl,n ' PP'oximately one
third of tbs a;hool children of Collin
wood, tbadrsm roll numbers 14. of
these 1J7 kd beer, idrlitifie.1 at in.
Lake Shore morgue, while 27 bodi
remain there in a condition of mutila
tion probably forever beyond leoogni
tion.
The work or digging in the ruins of
the I.ake cuoul house in further
search for remnants ol children still
missing lgD with tlie break of day.
Dawn found mothers and fathers wait
ing about tb ruined building, after
having spent the night in an effort to
find their children's remains the ex
temporiied morgue. Little wa brought
forth during tb day that would satisfy
their longing, snd it was believed last
night that sll the bodies that can be
removed from the ruins have been tak
en out.
The coroner' inquest was begun yes
terday, whso s number of witnesses
were examined without, however, de
veloping any testimony that was be
yond mere opinion. An investigation
conducted by the Colllnwnnd school
board, which lasted far into t le night,
brought forth these facts:
That ons of the inner i co at the
West entrance of the school wa' closed
snd fastened, while children were pil
ing np against It in tbs passage; that
the partitions In the vestibule narrow
ed the exit hy at least three feet; that
the flames cams first from a closet be-
ow the stairway st th East entrance;
the oloset contsined lime snd sawdust;
three little girls had been found hiding
in play in the closet earlier In the
morning; there was but one fire escspe
snd its use wss never taught as s part
of the fire drill.
SIDE OF RAicROADS.
Contend Low Lumber Rste Will
Pre-
vent New Construction.
Washington, March . Argument of
the Pacitlo Coast lumlier case was re
sumed before the Intcntate Commetce"
oomrnission yesterday. J. D. Kerr,
representing the Hill road, frankly
stated that the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern have reached their ca
pacity for handling traffic. He said as
the development of the Northwest con
tinned, traffic would crow . Therefore
existing roads must increase their ca
pacity or new roads must be built, but
he declared no new roads would be
built to haul lumber oulttaa t hoy had a
guarantee of a rate that would be re
munerative. If the old non-compen
satory lumb r rate is continued in
effect, money cannov r procured and
railroad building ,UP. he said.
Mr. Kerr denied that the lumber
men would be Injureu uy an Increase.
They would still "" 'K profit, he
declared. The Bouw-iveiiy company
in Oregon, which not operated under
favorable condition, could, on the
baais of an advanced rate, still earn 31
i net la.- i ,HKs
per oant annual invaanuicw.
Soma cnmiMilrii sou Id maka larawr
nrofita. others not so much. Helative
to the arguments that lumber csnnot
move into competitive territory under
sn advanoed rate, Mr. Kerrshowed that
the bt. Paul A Tacoiua Lumber com
pany, of Tauoma, paid 65 cents into
this district for years snd made good
protita. This Is higher than the pro
posed new rate.
WANT FOREST PRESERVED.
Wholesale Lumber Dssltrs 'pprcv
Policy of Government.
Washington, March 8. The conclud
ing feature of the lntli snnusl conven
tion of the National Wholesale Lumbet
Peslers' association was t banuuet a
the New Wlllard last niuht.
The principal topic of discussion vea
terday was forest preservation. The
report of the committee on fore (try de
dared that the lumber dealers realize
ihe inevitable shortage in the timber
supply which must tie hit in the very
near future and are uoidj more Dr,,b
ably than any other agency to promote
the cause of lorestry. rhe report de-
clsres that with an (be agencies at
work they are hopeful that our forests
will still be preserved. Repeal of the
homestead law as applied to timber
lands is advocated, but ths general for
est reserve policy of the government 1
approved.
Miners on Non-union Basis.
Seattle, Wash., March 6 A cable
dispatch to the Post-Intellienpr from
Fairtnkt, Alaska, ?. Nineteen
operators on Vault rrek, formerly
operating eight nours wd paying $5.
resolved to go on s ten-hoar 15 basis on
March 10, and have o notified their
employes. Many men are arriving
daily over the trail and ars being sent
out to work in the mines. More men
sre working on the nonunion basis thsn
ever, msny union operators hsvlng
joined the Mlneowner sssociation and
prospects are bright for banner season
Heney Given Mors 1 imt
San Francisco, March 6. The nroar
cution in the bribery sralt cases this
morning again asked for further time
to answer the affidavit! filed hy Abrs
hsm Ruef in his vaotim for the vsca-
tion of his srraignmeoton ths United
Railroads trolley indictments, and was
granted until Monday morn ing by Su
perior Judge Law lor. A.iatant Di
trict Attorney F. J. Heney gve as hii
reasons for not hsrif1 ths Counter
affidavits completed tbst the proeecu
tion was going over the entire matter
thoroughly and carefn'T-
Would Classic Bank.
Pan Francisco, Mstfb 6 Represent
atives of the San Francisco Saving
Bank association spof1 'fore the
specisl legislstive cosrn'"e on bank
lmr lawa today in o"ler to make re
commendations for th amendment of
the existing laws. V enipJ recom
mendation was th '- be passed
sepsrsting the three d;-'ent kinds of
hanking known as tr bnlness, torn
mercisl business snd ings deposits,
so they csn I better wm'sted.
Restore Surveyor 0"ersPi p,r.
Washington, March Ths senate
subcommittee on apPf('fr,,,on ley
sgreed to restore to tb legislative, bill
the provision inereasiB' salaries of
survirors p-isl to f J -
I
WEr is ADVANCING.
President Bryan Compares SchooU
With Those of Europe.
Pres'dent E. A. Bryan, of the Wash
ington Slate college, has returned from
his to ir of the European cspltols, and
at present is preparing a series of lec
tori, the subject nf which he jve
whiU hmd . . P-i.n MtSb'B tr!T
wss ijuiething in the nature of an in
vestigation of modern education, both
technical and classical, as found in the
uiort advanced and greatest educational
institutions of nations. Before leaving
America he visited seversl of America's
most famoua institutions, and both in
England and on ths continent called at
the world's beet known centers of learn
ing. His conclusions were recently
stated as follow:
"I believe the time is not remotely
distant when the educational Institu
tions of the West, meaning the western
part of ths United States, will be fully
as efficient, and as famed aa the best
nniverslties and colleges of the old
world. The tremendous fund of natu
ral wealth In Western statea, the rapid
development row in progress, the geo
graphical position with reference to the
new commercial empire cf the Pacific,
and the wide awake nature of Western
people cske these things certain.
Never again will mon have a Wetter n
frontier to look to when seeking new
homes for the expansion or new ideas.
Humanity has mads Its path around ths
globe, and now, at the journey's end,
the Pacific coast, must there be an np
building, and Intensive, lather than ex
tensive, development of all Institu
tions. Whst this means to the people
of the West they do not at present folly
comprehend. But the progress ol
evsnts nowadays la very rapid, and tb
work of these new forces will be evi
dent within only a few years."
Old Superstition Rsfutsd.
Br t. L. Aihlock. Washington Stat Colics.
t'ullnian.
The results of sn experiment, which
for the psst fifteen years has been in
progress at the stabs experiment sta
tion, completely refutes the old super
stition that a cold January and Febru
ary is apt to be followed by a warm
March and April, or that one year of
an average iow temperature is apt 1 1
be followed by a year In which ths
temperature will average higher.
Professor George Severance now has
the compilation of the weather data In
charge, and states the summarization
of results ss follows:
"For the psst fifteen years the ex
periment station haa kept a cloae rec
ord of the temperature of ea:h day of
the year, striking an average between
the temperature of morning and even
ing, which we call the 'mean tempera
ture.' Having kept the record for a
month the custom has then been to get
the average 'mean' for the entire
month. In this way we have com
pared the temperaturea of each period
of January and February with the tem
perature of the following March and
April periods for th past fifteen years,
snd we find that the variations from
the role for determining what the tem
perature of spring will be by the tem
perature) of winter, of on a yaar hy aver-
aging the temperature of another, are
so irequent that it is proved that th
weauier or one year or month, or sev
eral months, is absolutely no index to
what subsequent temperatures will be
Agricultural Cub at Idsho University
Br t. H. Frandson. Mans Experiment Station,
Muac-ow
The formation of an Agricultural clu
on the lvtn oi December marked an
important event in the history of the
agricultural department of the univer
sity of Idaho. The olub is intended to
promote a more lively feeling towards
agricultural work among the stnder.t
and to interest the farmers of ths stole
in the college. Seversl methods will
be used in carrying out this work, the
principal one of w hich w ill be the pub
lishing of a magazine known as the Ida
ho Student Farmer. T.ie first and only
number of the present scholsstio year
will be publithed in a short time. Be
ginning next fall a quarterly will b
printed. This magazine will take np
aubiects of the utmost Interest to farm-
era and to agricultural students. Your
nsme and 10 cent to cover pnvtage tent
to the Idaho Student Farmer, Universi
ty of Idaho, Moscow, will sscurs a copv
of the first number.
Of Interest to Fsrmsrs,
The following publications of Interest
to fanners and others have been lamed
by the Agricultural department of the
Federal government and will te furn
ished free, so long a they srs svsila-
ble. except where otherwise noted, up
on application to the Superintendent
of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, D. C:
Circular No. 68. Irrigation in the
Valley of Lost River, Idaho. By Albert
Eugene Wright, agent and expert, lrrl
gation Investigations, office of i( er ne
nt stations. Pp. 24.
Bulletin No. 73. Irrigation in tl
Rocky Mountain Statea. By J. C
Ulrich. Pd. 64. pis. 10. Price 10
cents. Eiplsins the sgricnltursl con
ditions prevailing and the methods of
acquiring and using watsr lor irrigation
practiced in that portion of the arid
region coveiel more particularly hy the
states of Colorado, Wyoming, itan,
Idaho and Montana, in which the con
ditions and niehoda are somswLat sim
ilar. Oraaae Srra.
Allow to each pint sweet.
strained
orange Juice a little or the grsrea yel
low peel and one pound of augar. The
irnteil peel and Juice or S lemon may
also be sdled. to give It seat If de
sired. Cook fifteen minutes, skimming
as scum arises. Strain, boMI and
enl. This is s most refreshing sddl-
tlon to the vsrlou summer cup vr
for uxe In swet sauces.
Scalding ths milk for custard pie
adds greatly to Its flavor. An addition
of a teasisKinful of brown sugar or
molasses Is slao helpful.
Sqaash rie.
reel the squash s yellow one sn.
Cut Into pieces. Cover wnn "a...
enough to keep It from burning anf
stew until very sort, nun u i
a sieve, sdd to s quart of the pulp
quart of milk, one cup of sug.ir, eigh
eggs beaten very light, snd pl
tsste. Heat well, ts.ur Into an o;-
cmt snd bske until "set.
A tesspoonful of puiver'.xed sirnt
mixed with the common stove poiisi
will give a wonderful polish.
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IF PAY IS NOT RAISED
Orncer Leepfy Concerned Ovei
Future if Men Are Not Given
Adequate Compensation.
MORE IXFANTRY IS NEEDED
Half-Filled Rsgiments Result of Low
Wagea for Work Enlightening
Articls by Oensral Cartr.
Waihlnxton rorriHnilrnre :
One could not exaggerate If he would
the spirit or actual hope lees ueaa with
which the oltlt-era of the American
army will view the future ir Congress
falls at the present at-asloii to pirns the
bill granting sn Increiiae of pay to the
rank snd rile. At some of the poet
there lire hardy enough aohlir-rs to do
guard duty a It ought to I done.
It la a present condition with which
the army odd-era are coint-rued first,
aud It la a future condlllon over which
they are concerned second. The fu
ture conditloii la the more m-ilous. be
cause it lnciiiiH 1 1 in t If ihlnga go on aa
they hare la-en doing the i-oiiiury and
its Island poKHesMiona will lie dcfeiiHe
leas. Men who have worn shoulder knots
since the days of the civil war any
In all aerioiiaiiefis that unless the hh
ple bring pressure to liear upon Con
gresw to provide adequate pay for the
soldiers the eople will rind them
selves, s far aa the regular anny en
ters Into the matter, practically with
out defense, and rcdm-ed almost to the
stage of having no seasoned forre as
a liui-leiia of elllclom-v for untrained
national giinrdxim-ii ami green volun
teers. Post libraries, recreation rooina,
field athletic, comfortable quarters,
good fisid. good clothing, free medical
attendance ami plunge and shower
hatha all avail nothing to attract men
to s life whirl) would draw them hy
the thousand If a decent allowance
of pay for the service they render In
peace, and always have la-en willing t
render In war, were added to the In
ducement. Joint encampment of the regular
and the national guardsmen will he
held next Hiiiumer. The regulars en-
Joy camp sa well aa garrison service,
though the dude are harder. It 1
the belief of officera of the army that
thcae encampment. Into whose mili
tary life the national atate soldier en
ter, would Induce enlistment from
the national guard by the hundreds if
the men knew that their pay would I
i-oiuiiit-usiirniB wnn iim work tlier are
willing to do for tlwlr eountry.
In a nwit nitiniier of the North
American Itevleiv General Wllllinu If
tarter, commanding the Iiepiirtiuent
of the I.akes. haa an enlightening aril
cle under the strongly siisgesilve title.
"When Diplomacy Falls." t Is writ
ten hy an ollli-er not given to sounding
triiiiist alarm notes i M) rlir tin
wort li of hi aervli-e was made a Brig
adier General years before the time
when under the ordinary rule of pro
motion he would have been entitled to
wear hi star.
Army nfltclals believe that If the es
tahllHlimeut were en I nixed jmst life
would he far more attractive Isvmise
of the greater number of soldier In
the garrison. If the proposed ndvan-e
In pay Is passed hy Congress the offi
cers also lielleve that there will lie no
trouble In ki-eplng the rank filled, and
that re enlistment will he the rule
rather than the exception, as they are
o-day.
Low Ileal) Hale la sr.
Much interesting- information In re
gard to the navy ia found In tlie re.-eat
annual report of Kurgeon General Itiier.
With an average strength, including the
Marine 'orm. nf about 4J. . both afh at
nd ashore, he total number nf deaths in
the navy for the jer was 1M1, nitio of
5.11 per l,uiO.
It is natural that pliked class of men
under constant aarveillan.-e should make
better record thn the heterogeneous
population nf city. Hut rhe contrast
between rale of .Via! in the navy snd i
rate of from .'Ml "to ,'to, or even higliei-
in the cities is giHid showing for the
former.
(If these .41 deaths only Ml wrre
from disease. The remaining HT were
rotu injury, including poison.
Important Bllilleal (odea.
Prof. Henry A. Saunders of ths I'm
varsity of Michigan believes the msuu
script recently found hy Charles T. f reer
1 a new itxl.-i of the llible, and the most
complete in eiiatenc. There are hut
three other the Vatican, th Aleian
drian and th Hlnaltlc. No two of these
agree eiactly, and none ia an original
d.HUinent. There are many difference, of
trin ture between th three other and
he Freer manuscript. I'ror. Maunders
estimates the date of tb new document
t boiit t!4t A. I. lis ay its differ
ence from other codices r textual raih-
sr than material.
Pboloa Seal r Wireless.
Ps'l Herjonnesu. an inventor, recent
exhibited before the Postmaster Gen
eral at Paris a new telephotography ap-
parattia which can be adapted to the
ireleas system or to th ordinary rle-
graph wire system. II transmitted the
picture of the postmaster without th aid
Ires from one end nf the hall to the
other. The Inventor claims that dist.io.e
.es nor Interfere with the ee-tivenea
his method. I'hotngrapha, he save.
can he sent ny ii neiween ior n.
ari.
Tailor kas a l.laer.
novel feature being planned for th
ll.inihnrg-Ameriean liner Kuroja.
building st Belfast, ia a tailor shop
modiste parlor under the direction
A
new
now
and
of first-clas "artists.' There is also to
he a jewelry store and ranks r .r carry
Ing live ol
for th retiirnt.
Pablla I ssS Bkarhs Set Pre.
Judg Iwi of Issnver. In ruling that
contract to transfer public land held
nnder dummy entries sr not illegsl If
mrle before allotment, ha freed eren
teen man Indicted for such fraud, but an
appeal wa to b taken at one.
The man wno digs artesian wells is
aoaMthln of a bora,
A PAGE FROM HISTORY.
tlr a I'at t'r Olarlrri l.tarula
Ik lloaai Im I'rmalirart,
Everj IskI.v's Mngaxuie recently pub
lished "The Koiuaiice of the ltcaN-r."
Henry T. Wright, a nephew of the late
II in. Wait Tulcott, In hi time one of
the U-t known men of northern I II-
.'o.'.. .J rl( !n Ji .tlit'. l,tt!v I.V:5..,..,,V- -
I end referring to the ui.igaxlite arti
cle, says :
"It Is ulinot iniiioMtihle for the man
of our time to realize the early days of
reaier making. Think of a yeaM-r
crude that It took one man to drive and
another walking In-side It to rake oh,
for the curliest tie of harvester hud
no plan, for the raker -off lo ride. That
came later. The wrlter'a father walked
day after day lieslde one of tin' tlrst
Mi-Cormirk ron-rs set up In Illinois,
raking off tlie cut grain Into bundles for
the binders."
This article In Kverylssly'a refer to
the great legal rtvlit hetween the Mc
Coriiih ks and the John II. Manny com
pany of ItiN'kfoi'd, 111., and names the
array of lawyer who were retslmsl In'
the cae by the two parties to the suit.
TlM-se, aa revised hy the Itockford Heg
later, were Peter II. Watson, George
Harding, Kdwln M. Stanton and Ahra-
hani Lincoln for Manny. MciVtriiih-k'
attorney were Kcverdy Johnson anil
N. 1 tii-k I risoti.
Mr. Wright then tella how I.I n.nl n
came to he In the case aud of the far-
reaching luflueni'e ir his connection
therewith. "The flrin of John II. Manny
& Co. was cotiiaHcil of John II. Manny,
Walt Taliiilt and Italph Emerson, a
son In law of Mr. Talcott. Mr. TaliH.it
was s member of the Illinois Stste Seu
ale, and while attending the sessions
of the Legislature, made the scqualtit
an.v of Abraham Lincoln, a meuits-r of
the House. The fact is thst psrty lines
were drawn much closer then than now.
The autl slavery men In the Illinois
Legislature at thut time were but few
In nuuilx-r and In the Intense heat and
hitleriH-ss of t ho conflict were thrown
Into very dose touch and syinimthy.
Mr. TaliMtt aud Mr. Lincoln were lsth
members of this minority. Though
small In physique, uo man could have
a larger heart and broader sympathies
than Walt Talmtt. In ract, he hud a
genius for making friends and forming
friendships that were thsp aud lusting.
He and Mr. I.ln.-oln became great
friends, lie told his partner be l-
lleved Abraham Um-oln would be n
valuable man for them In their reiir
suit and It vvaa through hia Insistence
hat Mr. Lincoln was finally retained.
After Lincoln Is-caine President he told
Mr. Talcott that the fee In thnt case
wa the largest he had ever revived up
to that time, and It wna that money
that enabled hlin to close hi law offiee
In Springfield and make the now fa
mous Lincoln-I loiigln Joint debate can
vas af the State of Illinois. It Is a
matter of history that thl debate
brought Mr. Llncolu ls-fore the coun
try, gave him a national reputation,
nd nnnlly mal him President.
It was lu thl MK'ornilrk-Manny
suit that Mr. Lincoln tlrst came to
know Kdwln M. Stanton. When ho be
came President It wa Mr. Stanton he
selm-ted to te Secretary of War."
FINGER PRINTS AS EVIDENCE.
I his
Was Ihe Onlr Proof
ol the
l.alll of a Warder.
Finger print provided the crucial
evidence on which the case for the
prosecution turned In a remurknl.le
murder trial at the Seine Assizes, nay
Ihe Paris i-iirresiMiiiilent of the foiidon
Telegraph. A wealthy woman living at
Asnleres was found iiiuriler.il In her
liedrooin, having i-n-elved a violent blow
on the skull and two deep wounds from
a knife. Iter nephew, H.-ne Grille, a
hospital at tcinlnnt, was arrested on sus
picion a few days later. No reason
was found w hy he kIh.iiIiI have commit
ted the crime. 'Tlie murder, according
to the prosecution theory, had intend
ed to rifle tlie old woman's savings, but
had run a nay, fearful of detection,
nothing Is-lng missed.
It. -lie Grale was not proved to tie In
want of money, lie protested hi inno
cence then, as at the trial. He alleged
an alibi, saying that he was out cycling
on the day of the crime snd st 4:.'
had passed and Istwed to S surgeon of
the hospital on the Itoiilevsrd de Ital
ians, at the i-orner of the Chaussee
d'Aiitlu. 'The aurgism gave evidence
to this cff.i t. The prosecution answer
is! that the prisoner had time to cycle
to the boulevard after the crime.
Charge drawn from the fact that hi
cycling suit wa bhsslstalned he an-SHeri-d
by saying that1 he had on a cer
tain dale put his at on after an i-r-atlon,
having probably laid It down on
the oH-rntlng table. This statement
was also proved hy wltniwse.
'Then came the crucial evidence. On
a bottle In the murdered woman's room
were found thn-e finger prints. These
were proved in court by M. Itertlllon
himself, after an elaborate dwnonstra
tion, to be Identical with those taken
from Grale'a fingers. The whole case,
therefore, turned al-solutely on the
question whether the finger print the
ory Is or I not mathematically and rig
idly certain. M. Itertlllon, of course,
said that the pr.s.f was Incontroverti
ble, snd that no two men csn ponslhly
hsve the same finger print. The Judge.
frankly siding with the prosecution, r
gued In the mime sense with some heat
Hut the Jury st lsst shrank from pin
ning Its faith absolutely to the theory.
Had other sufficient evidence, been add
ed to that of the finger print an unre
served verdict of guilty would doubt
less have been brought In. Hut the
twelve gssl men and true were evi
dently afraid of convicting on th one
proof alone. The fear explain what
wa a pcrf.s-tly illogical verdict, one f
guilty, with extenuating elrciunatatice
so strongly expresses), that sentence
could be pssss only of ten years' pmal
servitude.
Mora an, f oris hie.
Haklnti You didn't sttempt to
come out snd weather ths storm last
Pundsyf
Hubbub No; I prefered to stsy In
snd storm at the westher. Philadel
phia iTeW.
Ton may think you are modest ss a
flower, but probably your neighbors
say f ou tars csrr to burn.