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NEWS OFJTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Roiumo of tlio Lett Important but
Not Lost Interesting Event
of tlio Past Week.
A general strike has boen ordered In
Poland.
Hccretary Wilton linn announced rig
Id rules (or meat Inspection.
Martial law linn liceii proclaimed nt
Cronstadt, Utuola, to provont mutiny,
Dotnim leaders havo deferred a gene
ml strike, but have ipllt on Ilia que
tlou. The Kovernment lint brought suit to
recover Utah col laml obtained by
fraud.
Turkey objrcti to recolvlng I.clsh
iiian a ambassador from the United
ritntes,
Tlio Itiirnlnn province o( Kharkov It
arming to establish an Independent re
public.
Great Ilrltaln will build tbiro morn
battleship (mm tio plant ol the
Orcadnaught
Ilutioll Hago left nearly all lilt
wraith to lilt widow. Hlie will ipend
largo turn (or charity.
Tin In'o t to Commerce commlrtton
liai called on the railroads to revltu
their ratea under tlio new law.
Iloth Dowln mill Vollvn have lott
their tula (or potiesslon o( .Ion, and
the court ordered the election ol an
overtcrr by the people,
There are a lew catrt ol tmallpoz at
the Colon end ol the canal.
Germany hope to abtorb Holland
when (Jiieen Wllhelmlna dlea.
The Kovernment haa bought the An
keny canal (or Irrigation work.
Hevolutlonltta are Uniting large tup
pllrt of armt and ammunition on the
coatt ol Mnlaud.
I'rernlei Htolypln drclaret that the
poller ol the new Ituttlau cabinet will
be one of reform
China propoies a radical reform in
her IpkI code. Trial by Jury and em
ployment of countet It to be the llrit
tep In westernising her courtt.
Ultlient of lender, Wyomnlg, are up
In armt at tlio Idea of a colony of II0I7
Holleri locallnK there. It It under
tood a large number are on tholr way.
Police are looklnK for the tellei ol
the Ht. Loud Union Tiutt company,
who la tliort $6,000 in hit accounta.
lie wat lonsldored an exemplary clti
xen.
The coolie employed In the Chinese
laundrlea of Han Francisco ttruck (or a
ralte In wge. They demanded III
per week, a raise of $1, Tho matter
vrat compromised by giving the men a
ralto of 60 cents,
Hororal mombori of the Ilusslan par
llament havo boen arrested
A successful teat hat Juit boen mnde
of a (team motor (ar on tho Great
Northern railroad.
Hear Admiral W. T. Bwlnburno will
aucceed Hear Admiral Goodich at com
inaniler of tho Pacific squadron.
Paper makers In b3 mills of the In
tornatlnunl Paper company of tho Unit
vd Htatcs nnd Canada threaten to strike.
President Htlcknoy, ol thn (heat
Western railroad, has been offered n
neat on tho Interatato Commerce com
tnlralon,
William Rockefeller says hu will re
tiro from business, especially tho
Standard Oil, III health Is Riven as
tho reason,
Enforcement of tho eight-hour law
on government work may cause the
Kovernment to discontinue contract
work and handle everything itself.
German Immigrants charge poonago
in Its worst form agalntt tho Jackson
Lumber company at Loikhnrt, Ala.
It Is claimed the company sooures now
arrivals in this country under tho
promlso of high wages, Hut f 1 per day
was received and the men wero subject
od to many bdcatlnga and weio poorly
fed.
Tho Pan-American congress
la in
session at HIo Janeiro, Uracil.
Gormnny says alio ha no intontion
of Interfering with IlusBln'a affairs.
Tho czar la holding down tio capital
with nn immonso army nnd will form a
provisional army.
Ilussoll Hago Is dead. Ho leaves n
fortuno of about $100,000,000, most of
whlclr will go to charity.
Ily order of tho prosidont tho provis
ions ol the olght-lioui law havo been
extended to the Navy department.
BALANCE FAVORS ISLANDS.
Philippine) Export ExceoiJ Imports
First Tlmo Slnco Annexation.
Washington, July ill Tlio two most
noteworthy featured of tho commercial
retiinis of tho Philippine Itlanda for
11)00 arn a balance In favor of the Is
lauds for tho llrsl calendar year period
In tlio history ol tho American occupa
tion, and tho advance of American
goods to the first rank In tho import
trade, 'Ilia favorable trado balance it
duo to Increased export values, which
aggregated .'13,454,74-1, or mora than
14,000,001) In excess of tho exports (or
11)01. An Increase of 1500,000 In
American trado In 1005 with the Is
lands, combined with a decllnn in rice
imports, gives to tho Unltod Htatcs tho
lead, and in vlow of the anticipated
further docllne In the demand for for
elgu rice In the lalands, tho United
Ktatea Is expected to continue to In
crease ltd lend.
Tho Inornate ol (2,000,000 In the
Imports from the United Htatcs In tho
last five years Is largely made up of
Imports of Iron and steel and their
manufactures; cotton, raw and manu
(actured, and Illuminating oil. The
Iron and steel trado approximated 3,
000,000 In value. Great Ilrltaln gained
most In the Iron and ateel trade with
the Islands, but tho Unlttd Htatcs takes
the lead, whereas Great HrlUln was
formerly In tl.o lead, Thero Is still
great room for Improvement In the ex
ports from the United Htatcs to the Is
lands. CANNED MEAT EXPORT8.
Japan Used Large Quantities During
War With Russia.
Waihlngton, July 24. Complete fig
ures of thn exiort of American canned
meats for the patt Ureal year are shown
today In a statement Ittued by tho de
partment ol Commerce and Labor. The
value of canned meats exported from
thn United Htatcs In June, 1000, was
1(11,100. against 1707,127 In June,
1005, and In the fiscal year 1000. 0,
233,410, agalntt $0,077,015 In 1006.
The figures for the flaacl rear 1000
Inrludrd: Canned beef, $0,430,410;
canned pork, $1,216,85,7; aid other
canned meats, $1,687,107. The quan
tlty of canned beef exported In the fis
cal year was 114,623,860 pounds, as
agalntt 00,088,608 pounds in 1005.
The reduction in exports occurred al
most exclusively In the thlproents to
Japan, which country took largo
amounts of American beef during the
wai, but greatly decreased her import
011 the dltbandment of the army. The
exports to Japan during the fiscal year
1000 wore 2,300,583 pounds, against
14,087,105 pounds in 1005, and In the
month of June, 1000, were 34.412
pounds, against 3,012,188 pounds In
June, 1005.
The United Kingdom wo the great
est buyer of canned beef, export to
that country Increasing 4,768,816
pounds for tho flical year, but decreat
ing for the month of Juno, 1000.
YEARN FOR OLD HOME.
No Houses for Hundred Who Would
Roturn to 8an Francisco.
Han Francisco, July 24. Han Fran
cisco' greatost need is homos. The
people who were driven from thn city
at the time of tho disaster are eager to
return, several thousand laborera are
imperatively needed to aid In the work
of rebuilding, but there are no house
for them The rehabilitation commit
ten has set to work to furnish relief,
but the resources at Its command will
admit of only slight assistance This
committee will hull J some 3,000 home
for workmen, but this will not evon
servo to house tho thousands still liv
ing In tents.
It Is to individual initiative that tho
city must look. Evidences that this
will he forthcoming aro beginning to
appear.
In tho Richmond district, tho sec
tion located between Golden Gate park
and tho nock of tho bay, several homes
aro being erected and havo been rented
In advance.
Htlll It is to the stretch of land south
of Market street that the people must
look for tho rebuilding of homes In suf
ficient quantity to solve tho problem.
Here dwell tho thousands of the city's
poorest and I. Is to this
section that
they wish to return.
Unbreakable Passenger Car.
Washington, July 24. -A steel pas
senger car has recently boen completed
In Pittsburg for tho Southern railway
which is tegardod as tho beginning of
tho general ubo of steel Instead of wood
(or all kinds of railway cars. The car
Is 74 feet 40 Inches long over all and
weighs 110,000 pounds. Tiicro was no
wood UBod in Its construction except (or
Jtho interior decorations, nnd that wood
was mnde fireproof. It is said that the
car could not bo tolescopod in a collis
ion, neither could tho ends bo amnshod
lu, nnd it is non combustible.
Clgarmaker May Establish Stores,
Chicago, July 24. Tho Olgurmakei'
union, It la understood, ha takon up
aoriously a proposal to establish faa
torloa for tho making of cigar In all
tho largo cities in tho United States,
and also of storos under the control of
the union, through which to get the
manufactured goods to tli consumer.
APPEAL TO PEOPLE
Russian Parliament Tells Tlicm
Not to Pay Taxes.
CZAR MAY IMPRISON LEADERS
Guards Prevent Newspaper From
Publishing Revolutionary Man
ifesto MOch Disorder.
Ht. Petersburg, July 24, Tho great
news of today Is the adoption of an ad
dress to the people by the deputies to
parliament, who assembled at Vlborg,
the language of which, with its revolu
tionary demand that the people cease
to furnish money and troops to tho gov
ernment and repudiate further loans,
affords pretext enough for the govern
merit to lodge Its author lu the fortress
If it feels strong enough, A rumor was
spread tonight that this course had
been decided upon.
Copies of the appeal to tho people
are In the hand of all Ht, Petersburg
newspapers, but It will scarcely be
printed tomorrow, (or tho reason that a
detachment o( police is posted at the
door ol every newspaper printing office
In the city, with orders not to permit
any paper to leave the building until
Authorised by the censor. Tho author
ities hope by equally vigorous measures
to prevent the publication of the appeal
in other cities, and In tho meantlmo to
nullify thn fears of the people as to the
possible effect of the appeal.
Meanwhile tho masses of the Itusslan
people, slow of thought and action,
hate not yet roused themselves to the
gigantic upheaval which Is sure to fol
low tho dissolution of their parliament
Minor disorders are reporkd from ha
a doxen cities. An incipient anti-Jew
lib outbreak at Odessa has been check
ed by tho ollco. A sympathetic strike
hws been begun at the Khaikov rail
road shops, which may Inaugurate a
gineral tleup of communication, but
Ht. Petersburg, Moscow and most of
the other great center are still calm.
SECRETS OF DREADNAUQHT.
British Admiralty Makes Public
Her
Plan of Armament.
London, July 24. The first official
announcement regarding the battleship
Drcadnaught Is contained In a white
book on naval construction the past
yenr, which was Issued tonight. Be
tides ten 12 Inch guns annonnccd, the
Drcadnaught will have 27 12-pound
quick firing anti-torpedo boat guns and
five submerged torpedo tubes. In the
arrangement of the armament six of
the big guns are mounted In pairs on
the center line of the ship, and the re
maining fonr are mounted in pairs as
broadside
In view of the modern potentialities
of torpedo boats, and considering es
pecially the chance of a torpedo attack
toward the end el the battle, the anti
torpedo boat guns are widely separated
so that the wholo of them cannot be
disabled by one shell.
The speed Is designed to be 27 knots.
T'jo bunker capacity Is 2,700 tons,
with which the Drcadnaught can steam
6,800 sea miles at economical speed
and 3,500 mile at 18H knots.
The estimated cost of the Dread-
naught, including guns, is $8,087,486.
MANY DURIED ALIVE.
Building In Massachusetts Town Col
lapses on Workmen.
South Framlngham, Mass., July 24.
At least e'ultt and perhaps twice that
number of masons, plumbers nnd Ital
ian laborera wero crushed to death to
day lu the sudden cnllupse of n build
ing In process of erection on Concord
street, while ten others were dragged
or dug out of tho wreck, some seriously
Injured. At n late hour tonight ten
men wero missing and a largo force of
laborera was at work on the ruins,
search log (or the dead.
Firemen and members of the Ninth
regiment of Infantry of tho slat mili
tia, in camp here, succeeded In digging
out half a dozen injured, and later
found others.
Panic Among Odessa dews,
Odessa, July 24. The Jews hero aro
in n statu of panic, fearing an nntl-
Jewish outbreak as tho result of tho
killing of n diunken Cossack who re
cently wandored through the Jewish
qunrtor brandishing his saber nnd
shouting; "Death to the Jews." Gov
ernor General Kaulbars, addressing a
delegation of Jew today, said: "I
vouch for my soldiers, but I nra unable
to sny v. hat the Coaeacka or Christian
civilians might do." Tho slightest
Incident might start trouble. Coaeacka
this morning looted throe Jewish shops.
British Express Sympathy.
London, July 24. A British address
of sympathy with tho Itusslan peoplo
and parliament is being circulated.
Alroady the signatures of many persons
havo been obtained. j tn..
CHANQEO IN DIRDQ' HAOITfl.
Willi .Xr-ir ('onitlllaiia ti,mi Artxpin
Htm IHei'ilri! ty I(-nai.
Among tho fiiinlllnr example of tho
change lu tlio habit of bird) which
linvo resulted from association with
mankind nro those of the chimney
swift, or K))iilnrJy named "chimney
swallow," which formerly nested In tho
hollow of tree and now In all settled
regions' using tho chimney of tho
houses, and' tho barn and cave, wal
lows, tho former originally nesting In
eaves and now building on tho beams
inil rafter of barns, and the latter,
inco n cliff-dweller, now attaching Its
-unions mud tenement under the abet
ter of tho eave of barns and dwell
ing. lu n series of Interesting notcti In
the Auk on the change In tho habit of
birds Oeorgo F. Ilrenlnger records hav
ing observed In Mexico the old nnd tbo
now way of nwallow-nostlng. In tho
ancient town of Tuxpan ho found nu
merous Instance of barn swallows
nesting In tlm living-rooms, and In tbo
unsettled portions of tbo Htate or Chi
bualiua, 100 miles back from the rail
road on one of the large hacienda a
region dorold of the time-honored
adobe barn swallows still nested on
tho rock.
Mr. Ilrenlnger notes other change In
tho nesting habit due to tho removal
of Inrgo timber. Thero Is, for exam
ple, the Lucy' warbler, which normal
ly next In natural cavities In the
trunk of tree, most commonly In the
mewiulte, but lu the vicinity of Tucson,
where tho larger tree havo been cut
away, tho warblers haro In aome In
ataiices had recourse to rebuilding their
net In the abandoned nest of other
species, and, most curious of nil, among
the small limb of a mctqulto tree.
lu timbered countries tho dicker cut
hole lu tho trunk of tree for their
lie-its. In ftomo sections, where the
large trees have been remorcd and the
lllrkers havo no longer such nesting
sites, they have taken to tbo telegraph
Kile. "Along the railroad between
llensou nnd lllsbee, Ariz.," write Mr.
Ilrenlnger, "the telegraph pole and
femv hh show evidence of tho work
of woodpeckers, nil by tho Texan wood
lieeker. Throughout this region trees
nre few and the woodpeckers are forced
to uio anything that Is dead nnd large
enough to penult of a nesting cavity
being excavated In It. Dead stalks of
the century plant are often used. About
l'lioeulx, Ariz., this woodpecker Is com
mon. Timber to their needs Is still lu
abundance and tho pole along the rail
road and elsewhere nre untouched. In
some part of Mexico tho work of wood
peckers on telegraph polo ha reached
the stage of a nuisance And a source
of much outlay of money to keep tlio
lino lu repair. Over a piece of road
running between Han Luis Potosl and
Tamplco the uulsauco has become o
great that the management threatened
to dip the iole In a solution of creo
note." Forest nd Stream.
Inslitont Polllvn.
Good-tempered, kind-hearted, and
liked even by the Russians, Is the dev
scrlptton which the author of "With
ltiiHAlaii, Japaueoe and Omnchuso" up-
pile to tlio Japanese soldier. Ho also
ghes an Illustration of the determina
tion of the Japanese, even when the
ohjtvt I courtesy.
Wl after the Ilattlo of Tnshlhchln,
tho Russian garrison, evacuated
Xluchwuug by order of General Kuro
putklii, the Japanese were not long lu
taking command of the place. Two
scouts wore the first to enter the town.
They rode straight to the civil admin
tstrutlon building. There, lu one of
the smaller rooms, they came upon n
KuknIuu holdler who had munngvd to
get loft behind Ids bruttieni-ln-nr.ns.
Me hlowly rote from behind some fur
niture nnd faced ht captors. They
mulled amiably tit him, nnd, reassured,
hu pulled off hi cap nud commenced to
fan blniKolf with It.
Now It Is n common custom for tho
Japanese soldier, lu war and peace, to
carry about with him lu the hot weath
er 11 small fan. On this occasion 11 fan
was forthcoming, nud handed to (be
Itusslan.
lie refused to take It, preferring to
use tbo cap.
Still with nn nmlnblo smile on his
face, 0110 of tho Japanese, a short man
with abnormally broad Bhouldcra, again
proffered tbo rejected fnn with tho loft
hand, at tho same tlmo covering him
with a revolver.
Tho captlvo took tho gift without
further reluctance nud fanned hluwolf
with vigor. It cooled him far more
than the cap.
Hint urtfoi)ita,
Certulu bird seem to (Kisses n re
.unrknblo Instinct for Hurgery. Tho
woodcock, tho partridge nud hoiuo oth
er are said to bo able to dress tholr
wound with considerable skill. A nat
uralist observe that ho ha shot sev
eral woodcock that wero recovering
from wounds previously received. In
every Instance bo found tho Injury neat
ly dressed with down plucked from the
stums of feather and skillfully ar
ranged over the wound, evidently by tho
long bonk of the bird. In other cases
ligature had been applied to wounded
or broken lliuba
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LUZON'S LONGEST RAILWAY.
Nw (Intrrnmrnl I.lne ltanThrouKb
h Frrllli- (Vianlrr
The longest railway In tho Philip
pines will Ie the government line lead
ing through the wonderfully fertile In
terior of Luzon from Manila to Apar
rl. the northermoxt port of the Island.
It will Ik, as It were, the great trans
continental system In the Islands.
The survey calls for a line 83! miles
In length. With the exception of one
il If lieu It grade, the rond will be com
paratively level, nnd trains should
make the trip In ten hour. Recent
ly the writer traveled over tho line of
this survey on horseback. In nil the
trip there wo only rccn one hillside
of about three acres which wns barren
land, and here It was being worked for
n lime quarry.
From Manila the road will run
northeast 125 mile through the val
ley of the Pnmpntiga to the Caraballo
Mountains, which run north and south
from ten to thirty mile from the west
LUZON HAILWAY BOLTC
coast of Luzon. It will cro these
mountain over the South Caraballo
pass, elevation 3,750 feet. The sum
mits nre covered wltfj Immense hnrd
wood tree.
The railroad will climb for thlrty
Ilve or forty miles through these moun
tains. The country reminds ono
of the Cumberland mountain
of Teuuessee. Thero are occasional
little settlement In tho val
leys where tho Indian Igbrrote from
Iteuguct Province grow coffee. Every
little farm I protected with a bum
boo fence to keep out tho deer nud
wild boar. Thero aro no native Tag
alogs dwelling lu the mountain. These
Indians are stronger and more Indus
trious than tho Filipino of tho plain".
About twenty-live miles above Bam
bang in Neuva Vlzcaya Province tho
survey strike a tributary of the Mngat
Illver at an altitude of n little more
than 2,500 feet. From this point until
near Apnrrl thero 1 nn almost Im
perceptible docllne In the grade.
Kambnng is the prettiest llttlo town
In tho Philippine Islands. Tho peoplo
aro "pncltlcos" and took no parMn tho
Insurrection. Only ono company of
American troops has over been In llntu
bnng. Fifty years ago the Spanish
built great cathedrals and bridges and
Improved the roads. The country Is
rolling nnd tbo valley I open. Tho
long, low, slanting foothill aro dense
ly covered with timber, Tho country
Is capablo ot supporting an immense
population.
From Ilambang tbo railroad will run
almost directly oast down the Magnt
A'alley to the Cagoynu Valley, flfty
nluo mile by tbo rail, then down the
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t&i. fil fa.wiJf
ON THE WORLD.
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Cngayan Valley almost due north to
Apnrrl,
in all this traveling one I Impress
ed by tho fact that tbo Philippine
Islands still posef vast stretche of
Immensely fcrtllo but unsettled coun
try. CARELE8SNE88 IN AMERICA.
I.nrirrr Pt-rcenlagr of Accident than
In Other Ljinila.
Our national carelessness I tho ex
planation given by the Literary Digest
for our dreadful record of accident,
say American Medicine. In reviewing
an article by O. E. Walsh upon accident-preventing
devices In America
(Casilcr's magazine), It Is shown that
we stand flrxt In the world In the acci
dent record nnd tbnt the rule seem
to npply to nil trade and profession.
The proportion of miner killed, for
Instance, Is nearly treblo that In France,
nnd about double that In other Kuro
ean countries. For every Ave men
killed by accident In the United 8tatea
there are only three In nil nations of
Europe combined. Our railroads alone
kill twenty-one jieople every day. The
remarkable fact I brought out that w
lead the world fa the Invention or tvccl
dent-preveutlng devices, and adopt
fewer of them than any otb CClsifjv
Indeed, many of the luveutlona tTST
to Europe for recognition and adoption.
It is claimed that our workmen wllj.
not use the safety device, a sometjilng
childish, but prefer to run the risk like
men. This Is true, but It Is also true
of European workmen. Indeed, the old
story of the safety lamp In mine snow
that accustomed dangers are forgotten
or minimized.
Permanent "museum of security,"
such nn that In Amsterdam.. Walsh
say, should bo established. In thero
thero are on constant exhibition every
concelvabto device for lesseulng risk to
life from accident. They will educate
the public, nnd the workmen will grad
ually be brought to the point of de
manding protection. It Is suggested
that employer be held to a stricter
accountability nud bo compelled by law
to safeguard employes, as In Europe,
but It cau be replied that American
workmen will not submit to restriction
easily Imposed In Europe. They aro
freo agents, with n right to kill them
solves. If they please, or Injure other.
No man Is his brother' keeper hero,
nnd this Is probably tho real basis for
our national disregard of the right of
others. It 1 more than carelessness.
The surgeons of the country see nil
these nccldouts, nnd carefully investi
gate each case. It seems reasonable
to suggest that they should be nblo to
see the causes and suggest remedte.
Knowing more of the matter than any
other body of men, can they not take
homo concerted action which would
make life safer In America?
American disregard for human life I
the fact which seem to Impress Euro
pean visitor moro profoundly than any
other characteristic. Since wo claim
to bo tbo most democratic people on
earth, It seem remarkable that with
more power lu our hand than nny oth
er nation, wo nro unnblo to safeguard
ourselves to anything like the extent
accomplished by monarchic nations of
tho enlightened parts of Europe.
Stopped AValktnir.
"I suppose your husband hasn't dona
much walking slnco he bought his uow
auto?"
"No, Indeed. Ho broke hi leg tho
tint tlmo ho went out In It." Clever
land Leador.
When people want to sny real mean
things about a druggist tbey accuso him
ol charging for sample bottled of medicine.