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TAFT ON CONSERVATION President Sends Special Message to Congress on Subject. HEFtKS TO LAND OFFICE ROW President Taft Would Issue Bonds to Deepen Mississippi Valley Waterways. Washington, D. C.?President Taft aent to congreiia another special meseage, this time dealing with the conservation of the nation's resources. He urges the continuation ot' tho Koosevelt policies, and pays tribute to his predecessor for his part in starting; the movement. Basing; his recommendations especially on those contained in the report of Secretary of the Interior Batlinger and declaring the present laws Inadequate, Mr. Taft asks prompt measures to save the nations roHources. lie recommends a bond issue of $150,000 000 for the reclamation of arid lands, the bonds to run 14 years or more and the proceeds to be applied to the completion of the projects already talo n up and their extension. Rentals from water sites would, he believes, aid in clearing the debt. To Safeguard Water Powers. He also urges a careful survey ol the river improvement work, particularly regarding the Mississippi, in the hope that it may bo pushed still runner eventually, i no deepening oi the Oliio tit id the Missouri, now under way, should be pushed, he holds. The message also urges laws to safeguard the nations water power Although the message is of especial significance in regard to the long dis pute between Gilford l'inchot, late chief forester, and Secretary lial Li tiger, the president mentions that controversy but briefly, declaring that the results ol' the congressional inquiry into the case are not needed to determine the value of the now legislation he urges. Improvement of the Mississippi. One of the principal recommendations of tne message is the careful consideration of the improvement or the Mississippi and the pushing of the work it' it is found justifiable. Referring to the present situation of the public lands President Tart makes this startling statement: "The truth is that title to millions of acres of public lands was fraudulently obtained and that, tho right to recover a large part of such lands for the government long since ceased by j reason of statutes of limitations." Later on, returning to the illegal holding of lands rightfully tae nations and referring specilieally, ai liiouk" wiiuoui mention 01 names, to | tlio lands involved in tin.' llallingerPinchot disputo ? ilu? Cunningham Alaska coal land claims?he says: The Cunningham Coal Lands. '^i'lie investigations into violations of tlie public land laws and tno ,.'prosecution, as lias been the witndrawal of coal lands for classiiieation uuu viiiiiiitiuu siiiii i it u Temporary] withholding of power situs." The present statutes, except those that relate to purely agricultural lands or tliono containing precious metals, arc, says the president, "not adaplcd to carry out the modern view of the best disposition of public lands to private ownership." Turning to the new laws he believes necessary, he declares that it is the duty of congress to validate the withdrawals which have been made by the secretary of the interior and the president and to authorize the secretary temporarily to withdraw lands p.vrding submission to congress of recommendations as io legislation to meet conditions or emergencies as they arise. Should Classify Lands. "One of the most pressing needs oi public: land reform," he says, "is that lands should be classilied according to their principal value or use." It was on this point that the Ji;il linger-lMiichot row hung, as the former chief forester maintained that the government's conduct in the lit lgation ov? r the Cunningham claims, was intended to thwart tin; United States from securing tho lull value of tlif Alaskan coal claims, which tin_-q\ftiiL-Lnts \vis'i/.'il to Kccurc u| a hinv z' inal vafue ?fioI hi. cd on tin ir < oal / value -iricily The lnouus for accomplishing Ihisj end, holds tho pr? sidi-nr, is througnj the interior department and its branch, the geological survey. ".Much of i lie ( oiilUsiou, f raud ami j conicntlon which has < listed in tliei nasi has ari n from luck- o! an ?.?n- I dill iiikI <l< t'TininiUivo fh.ssitlcatiun, aaeerts 111? nin.ssugc. Conserve Phosphate Deposits. The proposal of tht; pt-"si<k'iil to tp ' I?ly to Alaska, as woII as to the I nit-I DI AL IN LUMiilK LANDS. English Syndicate Pays 5500.CCO for Smoky Mountain Tracts. Knoxville, Tenn. ?A <1? .1 was ? I?. cd in tins < ity by the i < lit. i , i of mi Kngl h syndic u< for ill** ]? ir cluirio of thirty tliou and a< res oj virgin timber land. in tin SnioK> mountains, n> at* Hie n ntl.v i >i ipt? : ed Knoxvill', Seviervllli ami Kii.oern I railroad. The deal invi ind a < m f, considerat .u 01 f I.ai. v mill* will i.?* < i Tied i.v iiii pun ..m era. The ! in! ; iii?*I . i"* |,ii;iliir, pine and oak tinib> \ MAKKIM) (ill WUMKN. <<Bnron"ErniI Karl von Mueller Arrest- j ed on [i;cj imy Caarye. New York City. ? "Unroll" Kml: Karl von A1 i < 11? r ; <l? *< lared, by tin authorities, v. bo wen* not ill i| i>t In; , arrest in l.os \ngeles, <al, on a chaigi of bigamy, to have praetie<*<i , that crime 011 a whole lalo s? ale le many cities for tin- purpose o! roi> ban; his vit I iin.-;. Von Mueller lias victimized 110 lo than /illy women during the last t? 1. years. LEE'S BIRTHDAY RECOGNIZED." Government Authorized Virginia Of j fice to Closo January 19. Washington, D. C.?Olliciai n 'cognition of tho birthday of C.eneral l{ K. Loo is to be given by the troa* i iiry department, The anniversary ? tho birth of the famous confederal soldier falls on January I!', and Hi.'! collector of customs at .Newport : News, Vn., lias been authnn/.cd to closo bis oflb e on tl it day fur as Ion# a time as public husiin s will permit. Tho honor paid (ieiierai J Lee's memory is an umisual one, a: rarely, if ever, it happens t.iat a puh lie ornco is closed on iiio <? ( anion oi the celebration of birthdays or not<<) i Americans. A. / \ ed States, is that agricultural lands bo disposed of as such; coal, oil, asphaltum, natural gas and phosphate properties being reserved. The surface oil such lands could be disposed of as agricultural, the mineral and i other sub-surface rights being leased on a royalty basis, a specific amount of work each year being demanded. Such leases should provide against the creation of an illegal monopoly, under penalty of forfeiture. "The extent of tho value of phosphate is hardly realized," bays the message, declaring that this staple for fertilizers will undoubtedly be sought I by monopolists. This is of timely interest in couueetion with the protest of the United States to (Jermany ro- j garding the latter's proposed law reg- ' ulating tlie production of phosphates." j Balking a Water Trust. ] Tho prevention of a water trust is i possible, says the message, by setting the term of control of water \ sites by private capital at 30 years , and providing in the leases b? tho i government against a monopoly. The , presidont would have renewal privileges given, but declares that while \ the government retains coutrol com- | petition must be retained and prices j kept reasonable. "Tho importance of the inainte- | nance of our forests cannot be exag- ( gerated," Mr. Tal't holds, pointing out j that the national reserves comprise lyu.OOO.OOP acres. He urges scientific care, to increase the production 01 ( lumber, without reducing the supply ( on the ground. Bonds to Deepen Ohio and Mississippi ' The president recommends the con- , 1 illii.'illnn of thn niil.. -i...... i..v vyl.lV 1 1 T V. I Ul-1'lll.'Ulllg, which is expected to cost ?t>3,000,- j (100. The president states that the work can be done in ten years, and ! savH that it' nocessc-y lie will later recommend bonds to carry on ttie project. He also demands the continued , improvement of the Mississippi from St. Haul to St. Louis, a six foot depth, ' and of the Missouri from Kansas City to St. Louis to six feet, and from ' St. Louis to Cairo to eight feet. , The depth may be increased if rosults warrant it, he says. In the rivers and harbors bill the president rec- j ommends provision for" continuing the contracts for iiuproveinents. j UHflllP IS1 il'n ihiuv unun dlii iiiiuul ?ui.nno UALita 1JU11IJ IJL/lLa | House Unanimously Repeals the Act j Accepting North Carolina Bonds. j ; Providence, R. I.? In order that tlio , statu of Rhode Island may escape env barrasing consequences from tlio act < rushed through in the final hours ot ; tin; last legislature, compelling the statu to accept more than a half million dollars' worth of bonds of tlio 1 stale of North Carolina and to sue the latter state for payment of tlio j coupons on tin so hotuls, the house of j representatives unanimously voted to j tvpi ;U the act. The house also unan- j imor.sly adopted a resolution direct- j < ing General Treasurer Walter A. i Heed to return the bonds in question i to the state of North Carolina bond holders of New York. Scminolo Ufiicltils Found (iuilty. Columc'a, S. C?John Y. Garlington [ and J. stoho Young, formerly presl- I dent and secretary, respectively, of 1 the Seminole Securities Company, j wero found guilty of breach ot trust with fraudulent intent, the fourth count in the indictment against them. The other four counts were dismissed. A motion for a new trial was made. The charge; 011 which Garlington and Young were convicted is that they fraudulently appropriated from ' the Seminole Securities Company 1 amounting to $j.">,F?Ht;.7U. 380 Bottles of Whiskey Burned. Fayetteville, Term.?Throe hundred and nighty bottles of whiskey have ( heen burned on the public square , here by members of the Law and Order League. The liquor was soiu at auction by the sheriff after it was captured in a raid on a soft drink stand. It cost the league 15 cents ' per bottle. Koosevelt Bags White khlnocerus. * Butiaba, Uganda.?-Colonel Kooso- j j veil lias shot the white rhinoceros, . which was one of the objects of ills ' ' African hunting trips, according to j advices received here, by runner. The former president got the white rill- j 1101 < ros at camp Kliino, where the < party now is. Storm Caused lireat Damage. < Washington, D. C.? I In < from < points in tin' Mi* issippi and Ohio val- i leys l<-ll of in ! !no!is tlannipr ddlio < by lli<! r'-ci nt (old ;ind hoavy .snow. 1 Kvon wiin a ll aw in surht, vnat np- < pivlx.n ;on is fell in many cities along I river banks. i $5,617,200 lor iortlfieatiims. i Washmoton, D. C. I ii?- 1...u; < pass- i <>1 th?> fortilh .Hi' n appropriation bill, , carrying 17.- Almost hull' ihc , amount i > b<" sp?nt. for uirlillmlions in tli<' I'hilippint s and Hawaii. ( ?. .. ........ oi;<!iut;i mn;a aijiutiiiu. St. Aurjuslinc, Fin.? I'lio jMsRitiRi r : t >:i 11 'i- ('linthi'-in mi' the .M<Tclinnts . ami .Mini' line, !join I'.aiuinorc tu : l.n U.-oii \ lie, w< lit iiKI'OUIul on tiic i j I: y i '.i ;,. ] I In Clyiii- I.inc . leant' r Mrlinwk. ] \vlii< !i \v i v.; t :iik ' >1* daylight to I . filer tho si. .ii/iiii nvor, olisorVlng ? .01 iftiiiiiK Wnmy, a ni iii ilie* ('hat- . liii'n s 11 i aii'l took .' ;-'r part , i s< in t . \s no \V(.n: lakon on t . ,l;u k- ! ROI1V 111 < . j ! The ( lia'hain ha ; 'i t-rcal liolo In i i r ,'xit.loiii, ami it i.; le.tn.'d will 1 hoc-own - a total loss. : i i() llttl millUKiW: inilllUHillll I(1W. 1 Chittanoogr, l eon. \ t ih<! | l:i .vliiHi prohibits ih<' mafiul.ui ure : ' ' Wh; in 1 -iiin:s*s? ? . ia lu In | mad" In I'c Sheriff ('(inner summon 1 'I i i j.: <;?rj 1111 nf th< Deep .Sprim?i< (ii i!'< ry i') appear before tln> j^raml j111 \ .1 \V. Kelly & Co. own (lit* plan', which lias been in ion tarn '>!? ration .-inn l.lu> stole wide law , v\ nt into effect, January I. (in tlii- outcome of the en.so praor ' .ill d< peiuH t.ie potency of the prohibition laws of Tennessee. Madriz's Iroups Knluse to fight. Bluefiolds, Nicaragua. That tho i troops of /elaya's heir, I'n'Hiiient .Ma- j (In/ have refilled to give battle to i tlio K.strada tinny under CSeiieral Cha- , mono at Acoynpa and nro r< (renting LUWtllW ,M<I IlilKiltl , Wil.^ I 11(111 .11' (I ill II message from tiio front.. Hpies dc- I clan; tlint Madri/. has bottled up all nourees of notvtf on the Pari lie coast, i Kino's tnyagRmunf Aniuiunced. Paris, France.?A special dispatch j received here from Lisbon qubtes I'roin an authorized source, atllrmlng that the marriage of King .Manuel 01 Portugal and Prince.?s Victoria Patricia, yonmce.st daughter of the I)ukc of C'onnan^nt, vili b< sol< rini/.ed in .May. J COTTON CORNER FAILS Scales, the Texas Bull Leader, Forced to Sell. MANY TRADERS WIPED OUT Desertion By Men Who Had Followed the Leadership of Scales Caused the Slump. New York City.?The big bull campaign in cotton definitely collapsed with the most spectacular decline 3oen in a week of erratic recessions, lleports freely circulated in tho trade liter the close of the market, had It that tho position of the leading 3otuhern bulls has been completely undermined by the continued liquidation which has been in progress since early in the year. At the low point New York contracts showed a decline of from $5.20 Lo ?5.GO a bale from the closing prices of the night previous, whicn wats a break of from $t>.10 to $<j.50 a bale from the high ligures of the ilay, and of $13.35 to $14.^5 a bale from the highpo iut of the season. May contracts touched 13.70. The bull market has lasted for over a year. At the height of the campaign it was estimated that E. U. Scales, of Texas, the leader, had accumulated paper prolits of $10,000, DUU lor Uiu season. As a Christmas present he is said to have given $10,D00 to 0110 of his favorite brokers, and another accepted story had It lhat ho had made over a million 111 rash to one ui his brothers. 11 is heaviest holdings were In May cotton, und his friends were generally believed at one time to control contracts calling for the delivery of fully ano million bales during that montn. The situation had develoi>ed before Lho beginning of the duclinc into a throat of the greatest squeeze ot the shorts recorded in the history of the trade, but other bulls who had followed Mr. Scales' lead without enlisting in his party decided the time n OO 1 JVM (l li* ill I ill 11. One after another the big accounts began to come Into the market. Tho Scales party was said to have Its cotton margined down to 10 cents a pound, and it was conlldently asserted that Its members would never abandon their position. New Orleans, La. ? One of the worst slumps in the history of cotton future trading was recorded here. Prices of the old crop deliveries broke in a most sensational manner and within a very short tune were loy to llli points down. The cause of the break was generally regard* <1 as without explanation. l^arge traders, including prominent men, were interested. Memphic, Tenn.?For the lirst time in the history of the Memphis cotton exchange*, all quotations won1 wiped yfl' the board, tin* entire spot cotton market being nominal. This is tin- result of the action of Die factors ami spot cotton holders i>f tho city, who, at the p/ccnt decline of more than - cents in options in New York, iiave refused to sell cotton at a (Incline exceeding J-lc, nul many not even at that small concession. In view of the absolute lack af cotton to be had, the quotation committee was unable to fix prices. Dnn prominent factor had printed a large card which read: "No cotton lor sale." This was tacked on his cotton room loor. Tile stock of cotton in Memphis s, in round figures, 20l?,000 bales, but io confident are those who own It hat higher values will prevail that hey have adopted the course as ibove outlined. CONFESSION OF HAY LAMPHERE. Dead Convict Said to Have Told of Gunness Murders. St. Louig, Mo.?In a copyrighted itory the Post-Dispatch published ,vhat it claims was the confession of lay Lainplien , who died a few days igo in the Indiana penitentiary, at Michigan City, while serving a senence for set ting lire to tlio home of Mrs. Belle (iunm-ss, near 1/aporte, nd. It is known that the Jtev. 1<J. A. Bchell, formerly oi l,uporU\ heard .<aiiiplierc s confession. Tho eoi.tesslon shows ilia*. Mrs. lunmss and three children wore chloroformed hy l.amphcre, who wan ebbing tho house with a woman accomplice; that Jennie Olson was noi tilled by .Mrs. (Junixss; that (he hlnrororiii 1 j.? <1 hy l,amp|)ere war* mrt of that In- bought lor .Mrs. Cinik ss to kill three nun, one of whoin >vas Andivw llelgelein, tho otners )rohahly Ole Hudsherg and Tonne. Peterson l.ien, and that one of the men, prolmhls l.ien, was tho third itishand of .M i (Silliness, The confession establishes tho fa< t :louhted hy thousands, that Mrs. juuiiokk is dead. piNcmirs succkssuk mtu. Bureau of Forestry To Ge Conducted fcy Yale Man. Washington, D. C. I'i. hWUmiI Tift lian appointed ll<-my S (iravc.;, di roc lor of ill'- ^ al< ! '< <:<?s t school, as fort ter ol Hi I nit'-d Stal"s lo kik :-ffd (iift'ord rim hoi, and Allx-rt l<\ l'otl<*r, :vi pn ' Mi aclini; I'otv.Uor, a> !iH8istani inri'.-i<r. ItoM iiK'ii have served| undt r Mi I' i hot, and both Ill) ill 111J >. 1111 l 1IIS ] il) III! 1I.!S. It wii:- laiK' l.v liuoiiKh Mr. I'iiu h >t'a efforts that Ilio Villi! Forest -uhool wii ? s i; 11?I i .- >.? m |, anil Mr. :.ra\' Willi frulil Mm- |)OK( of .1 :sI,'lilt ( hit I <il I ll< <11 \ loll 1 i fop 1 j . iwuli r Mr. I'iiuhol t?? |*? ?-*?iiii? director )t t in- Villi; Forest . ool. WOMAN UPHUI !)S THIi WORLD. Sculptor Puts Woman ir. the Role of Atlae. New York City- Woman upholds the world 111 a Klat.nr of Atl.i. Jus: compli'ted hy Cut/.on Uoivhim, tlir New York sculptor. Mr. Itoi.rtuin iliaaKroos with llii' niicioht , who mod oled Alios as a hroad-.-.hoiild<Ti d, heavy-hewed man with a sv.i-cpinj; hoard, and this lltfure !s itiiiMided to record his conviction that tin- roai l?\l I'd oil of tlif world ; up ported l>y women. 30 SlAMhN DKIJWMI). Only One Man saved When the Czarina Went on Rocks. Mansfield, Ore. ? Harry KentzeU, Ili'Ht assistant * i, is the solo Burvlvor of the wr? < !< of the Iron steamer Czarina, willch drove on (lie north spil on the (Ions iiay |?nr with a loss of thirty live-*. Heroic, hut futile, effort? wen made hy the I niti d States Iif?? s.iving crew and citizens of Mansfield to help the doomed ship company, several Of whom clung to the rigging all last night, hoping lor help. ?r-? TO STOP GAMBLING IN FUTURES. Conference on\ Subject U Held ?t The Wkiito House. Washington,) D. C.?A conference looking to thw renewal of the tight on gambling in futures was held at the white house, when President Taft took the subject up with Representative Scott of Kansas; Lowering of Massachusetts, and Hurlesop of Tex as. The discussion was based on the bill introduced by Mr. Bcott last year forbidding interstate telegraph, telephones and the mails to transmit messages with reference to future contracts for the sale of farm products where there is no intention to deliver the products. Attorney General Wickersham and Herbert Knox Smith, commislsoner of corporations, were present at the vuiiieiuuvv. lu uie rnu mu wuuiu matter was referred to the attorney general for consideration as to the form of the Scott bill and to Commissioner Smith for recommendation in the light of his previous Investigation of the methods of the cotton exchanges. It Is expected thero "will bo a hearing on tho bill Bome time in the near future, at which reprosenativeB of those who- desire to opposo tho newt legislation may be heard. SULUltHSINTMtitNATE. Nine Ex-Confederate Fighters In the United States Senate. Memphis, lenn,?Colonel James Gordon, the new member of the United Stales senate from Mississippi, take;} rank among the oldest, members In ijolnt ot' years. He lias just turned hi sseventy-Bixtli year. The death ol" Senator McLaurin ot Mississippi reduced the number ot confederate veterans In the senate to eight, but the appointment ot Colonel James Cordon as his successor restored the number to the original ligure of nine. The other eight ex-confederates In the senate are Bankhead of Alabama, Taliaferro of Florida, Bacon of Georgia, MeKnery of Louisiana, Money ot Mississippi and ijanlel and Martin ot Virginia. By u curious coincidence there are a'Co just nine ex-soldiers of the union among the senators?Bulkeley of Con necticut, DuPont of Delaware, Bradley ol' Kentucky, Burrows of Michigan, Nelson of .Minnesota, Warner of Missouri, AJdrich of Rhode Island, Scott of West Virginia and Warren of Wyoming. HARMON NOT READY FOR RACE. Cannot Consider the Matter Until After Eletion in Ohio. Mobile, Ala.?Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, in answer to a letter to a personal friend in Mobile, Raid that be could not give tho presidency any consideration until after the fall election in Ohio, as ho would he a candidate for re election for governor, and meant to make tho liuht oil state issues, and would bo unable 10 hold tho republicans to that line' >? ihoy could put him in the light of a national candidate. Governor Harmon's letter in effect was that tiie question of his candidacy ill 15)11! must develop of itself. MEN'S FEET LAMER. An Increased Demand for Huge Sizes in Shoes. Brockton, Ma6S.?A local expert asserts that men's feet aro larger than thoy used to be, and that there is evidence of this in the increased demand for the large sizes in shoes, more eights and nines being made up than ever before. The demand is being felt for twelves, and from that anywhere up to ill ici-im. 1 111V BOJ mm uiuer cities have numbers of citizens who wear fifteens. HlCiU PHltiiS LAID TO LABUK. Advance in Prices of Commodities Due to Labor, Says Pres. Kirby. Springfield, Mass?I^arge responsibility for the higher cost of living was laid by John Kirby, Jr., president of the National Manufacturers' Association, upon what he called tho "labor trust" in an address before tho Kmployers" Association of Springfield. Mr. Kirby further declared that trade unionism aspired to "absolute control over all labor that is lured and paid for by employers." Newsy Paragraphs. itifoii commissioner Henry Solomon of .Now York advocates surgery on criminals to overcoino obstacles which bar his way to successful ilr*"The moat casual inquiry discloses among the convicts," he says, "tho presence of a largo variety of diseases amenable to modern surgery, i hoy have apparently be< n almost totally disregarded, and the convict has been released with his physical lin perfections continuing to act as a handicap in his struggle for a livell hood." Statistics of Rifts for humanity durling tho star I'juy foots up a total of ! S l ."<0,0 1 ]about half being in tho lorm of gilts and half bequesta. Tliia ! was distribut) d as follows: Charily, 7,lit..111 ; education, $'10,122,2-11; K ligion, $22, M:s,hX5; art, $8,010,110; libraries, $;$,<?iAt tho head ol the li.^t of individual givers stands Ioiln I' Rockefeller, credited with $12,K!0,F?0<), most ol whicli wont tc educational agencies Next in lin< ranks Andrew Carnegie, with a Iota! of $ 1,652,(?. Mrs Itusseil Sag< comes in with fl.-Sw 1,701, and other names prominent on this roll of lion<> ai ?* I?. K. 1'ior on, CharlCfl 1?J. Kills Kli/abeth llingham, II C. l-'rit k, .1. n Arch bold, (Jh roll ne Phelps* stokes John S. Kenned)', (Jeorge ('rocker, A II. Wilder, .loliit M Maker, etc. Tiio attention of the department oi justice lias been called to an alleged yioihim>ii ui iji? iinii irust ia\v ny ail organization Known as a clearing house of soiiio twent y large periodicals, wltli headquarters at New Vork, Uio coniplainanl being Librarian Iii < tt of tin- Cleveland public library. When lie tried to get a discount on $i,.? worth of luai'a/.inc subscriptions from the Kranklin Square agency ol Now Vork he received a curt refusal, and the statement that the agency as a clearing noiise now controlled the prices of all magazines listed, The two monkeys confined m the pathological department of tho char ity hospital at New Orleans and injected some weeks ago with the blood of a patient Buffering fiom pel lagra are just now Attracting consid erable attention, as it is thought. they may be showing symptoms of tin disease, il this Is the case, it tends to prove t.iat. pellagra Is caused b>* animal and not vegetable parasite Also il would Heein that the corn the ory should be eliminated, as It haa been contended ell along that n ti eonkl be proven pellagra was due tc an animil paraf;tt<- it could not be contracted from eating corn loods R.F.D. MISREPRESENTED Comparative Co?t of Rural Mail Service Is Not Great. FARMERS ARE CONCERNED Charge That the Rural Mail Service Cause* the Poatal Deficit Are Greatly Exaggerated. Washington, D. C.?The future of tho rural delivery service is u topic which interests 20,000,000 people, or over one-half of thoso living in continental United States. The references made from time to time as to the cost of the service that f nt?rt i(i Vinn f .'ia fn ? ' mi iu>ia ?i iu? i.uu?u / tholr mall, has caused some conoera lest there should be a discontinuance of improvement* and further extension of the serTlce. These references to expense and the chargo that the rural service causos the postal deficit, are greatly exaggerated and calculated to mislead popular sentiment, and do injury to the greatest wealth producers In the aggregate in the nation. Kural delivery is now an established fact in practically every community in tho country where local condi tions warrant it. In tho matter of cost tho rural mall service is not only tho least expensive of tho national utilities in proportion to members employed, but 1b one of the small minority thai yields in large part an equivalent in money for outlay besides service which benelits tho whole people and the whole country, appartaining as it does to the producing factor and no' destroying element in the equation. The per capita cost of rural delivery in 19U8-y on the basis of a constituency of 20,000,000 inhabitants served, about one-half of whom are of gainful age and occupation, was |1.78. An approximation based upon a special count for March, April and May, 1909, Beeding time, when mail is usually lighter than during other months, yielded for the fiscal year lKOti-y, 2,723,2(?2,000 pieces bundled by rural uuva uai'iicis uiiuil VYlllCU, Willi tnC3 I exceptions noted, full postugo was | paid. Thus In tho brief apace or four ! years we have an Increase in volume i of rural delivery business amounting ' to 1,830,204,2SS. SAYS* PULPnf IS OBSOLETE, Failing Church Attendance Proves the Failure of the Pulpit. New York City.?"Is the pulpit oh- j soleto?" asked l)r. Felix Adler, tho lecturer and author, and answered ! "yes" to hia own question. "Failing 1 church attendance," continued the j speaker, "tealilies to the failure of j tho pulpit. Formerly, views on Important subjects were heard by the , clergy. Now wo hear tho views ot bankers. "The best men aro no longer going into tlx* pulpit. Tho age is practical j and men want visible results. In i turn, the influx of interior men di- > I mlnishos regard for tho pulpit. "Oratory as an art Is dying out. In tho pilgrim days men listened to preaching for nine hours at a I stretch. Now they wil not stand I more than 2.j minutes." Dr. Adler believes that In more i ethics, less theology and fewer diffuse discourses on general subjects lies the cure of tho clergy plight. PRICE (JF Ml AT KISINd Packer Swift Says Scarcity of Live Stock is Responsible. Denver, Cola.? Harold Swift states: | "Prices of meats are very high now, ! but there is every indication that they | will go still higher. This is attributable to tho high prices of corn and j the consequent scarcity of livestock. ; As Ioiim as the scarcity continues, it is well to educate people to use the ! cheaper cuts of moat. These cuts j i n rr? iuut nvi irr\rwl \?? ?* /?!??/...?^ I : If properly cooked." Mr Swift admitted that the retail dealer is making a larK<> gross protlt I on meat. HIGHEST AHKOI'LANITFLIGHT. Louia Paul/ian Rote Over 4,000 Feet at Los Angeles. Aviation Camp, Los Angeles, Cal.? j Louis I'aullian, the French aviator,1 broke all official and unofllclnl records for altitude in a Fnrman biplane. 1 | It is estimated that he rose to u hciirht .1 linn N " methods of measurements arc not ? xact, this may l>e i|iiet-tinned, l>ut it is certain iliat he exceeded 1111 l>ort La! tliinn's record, made at Mourinelon, France, December 1, IJfO'J, wliicli was given at between l.tiou and l.&DO feet. The iii: 11 umcnt on i'anihan'fl ma-! ; chine registered Ins greatest iieignt at -1.U00 ieet. STEAMhH'S MhMIIHABLH TKIP. i Seventeen of Crew of British Ship Died During Voyage. Savannah, Ga.?The British kt? {unship Goodwin lias arrived in port from Csiletu lltiena, Chila, after a memorable voyage. Since sailing on November iMa last for this port, 1< members of the < rew of men have < it In-r diiil or have been left behind for inedicjil treat inent Brl-beri i?ttaclced t li> rrmv of Lascars and seven ol them died. i hr< e were buried at sea. 1 lie carpenter was washed overboard in a storm. lOigiii of the sailors were left at Montevideo. Captain l'orter brought ih< ship into port with some ol the trew ktill snlferiug from i diseases, but Improved. ;f MUIJ\S liKKMA'IKU. Fire Destroyed Several of the Jamestown Exposition Uuildings. Norfolk, Va. -Throe persons, two of thorn children of Walter li. Halsted, were burned to death ill a lire which destroyed several of the smaller buildings on the Jamestown Exposition grounds. The (In*. started in tho Baltimore city building, which was occupied by If T. llalstead of Baltimore, as a residence. Tho occupants wore all asleep when the lire began. A SlKANliK AIKSHIP. A* Great Height Air Craft Passes Over Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tcnn. ? An airship pascsd over Chattanooga at a great altitude. Thousands saw the craft and the chugging of the engine could bo heard. A dispatch from Huntsvillo, Ala., announces that tho airship passed over that city, traveling at a swift rate. The machine crossed over tho center of Chattanooga, but no one knows how many passengers w< re aboard or from whence came the airship. LATE HEWS NOTES, GmataL It was reported In New York City tlilit Mies Anno Morgan, daughter ol J. P. Morgan, is contemplating the formation of a $1,000,UUU corporation to manufacture shirtwaists. Tho report could not bo verified. Miss xMorgan has been an active sympathizer with tho shirtwaist makers now on strike. "I will devote mv ontlro to freeing my husband," Mrs. Charles W. Morse declared. Mrs. Morse Is bach at her homo in New York (Jity from a visit to her husband, who lb In the federal prison at Atlanta, <ia. Shi; intends, she said, to Invoke every possible legal means to secure the, former banker's release. The $8,180,tf21 was spent in the United States last year for tho treatment and euro of persons aftlicted with lung diseases is announced by the Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. In thla work New York ranks llrst, Pennsylvania second and Masaschusetts aa third. Tho next seven states in order named are Illinois, Maryland, i\ew Jersey, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Ohio. The family of G. Rowland l^eavitt, banker and railroad financier, of New York Slty, coniirms the announcement that hiB daughter, Miss Margarot Howland Leavitt, 25 years old, aud heir to a million dollars, wao married "without the knowledge or consent of her parents" to Joseph fc\ Smollen, her chauffeur. If Referee in Bankruptcy lilair will allow, Alice Copely Thaw, sister of Hiirrv U 'I'ltiiw asylum, New York state, will pay ?10,000 for some cuff links, scarf pins, a cigar cutter and books said to have been Harry Thaw's when he was a boy in Pittsburg. A petition nas been filed by the trustee of the estate of Thaw, requesting that the personal effects of the former Fittsburger be sold for the benefit of his creditors. The annual message of Governor Hughes announcod the gift of 10,(too acres of land along the upper pall sades of the Hudson river from tho widow of 10. 11. 1-larriman, carrying out his intention to form the nucleud of a great state park. Mrs. llarriman also gives $1,000,000 to further the park plan and contributions aro also made by Rockefeller and Morgan. Wn?hington. carrying an appropriation of $1)5,- j 200,000 for tho maintenance of the army for tho fiscal year of l'Jll, tho army appropriation bill passed tl/ house by a vote of 188 to 100; present and not voting, I). The opposition was due to the fact that the department estimates were exceedingly high. The treasury deiieit for tho lirst six months of the fiscal year just ended is $.'>0,500,000 and the working cash balance is only $28,'Jti7?ooii. Tin? treasury officials find it. impractical to is sue Panama bonds to relieve ttie situation because the outstanding l! per cent bonds have gone below par, and it is feared that an Issue of 3 pei, cent would still further depress the 2s. Kepresentative Sulzer ol' New York wants the United States to have the finest roads in the world, and accordingly, he has introduced a 1)111 providing that the federal government loan to llio different states sums tor the purpose not exceeding a million dollars annually, the states to pay it back yearly. The postoiiice department would supervise the work of building the roads. Seven hundred rural schools will at once be opened by the government in the eastern part of Oklahoma, according to a statement made by .Ino. 1). Benedict, superintendent of Indian schools In Oklahoma. The government will .spend $150,000 to maintain schools in districts where there is not enough taxable lands to maintain schools. Full-blood Indian and minor lands under the enabling act can not bo taxed. Secretary of .State Knox l.-i quoted as defining his foreign policy as be ing the protection of every American citizen in whatever portion of the globe lie may be. Said Knox: "Thf samo protection to American citizen/' as Great Britain extends to her subjects. I do not propose to have it said during my administration or tlie statu departnumt unit an American traveler abroad iia.< had to seek protection under the Hritisli or (ierman Hag." To prevent ti serious set-hack to the development of the Pearl harbor, Hawaii, naval Htation through exhaus(ion of the regular appropriation ol 5l,00(i,UUO, by February 1, tho secretary of the navy sent to congress a deficiency estimate of $3UU,U0U toward couipleting the dredging of tho U5-toot cliannel for the station. Secretary Meyer hopes to have tho station read? to take care of the lleet by July 1 I'J 12. President Taft is heartily In favor ol tho plan to raise tho battleship .Maine from the bottom ol Havana harbor. Tho president has informed l> . I't'llii . I rn-,1 ,,l MiLlni'un flint he desired to see tin* latter s hill, appropriating money tor the purpose, | enacted into law, and that ho Blood I ready to offer support. Quito a radical change in tno manner of conducting the great state receptions at the white house are noted and for the lirst time in many administration refreshments are now served. The blue room circle, which nourished druing the Kooscvelt ad; ministration when a selected coterie of social friends were invited behind the lino, was entirely done away with. Secretary of Htato Knox gave out a statement explanatory of a circular note which ho had sent to other na posnl was in substance that nations having constitutional objections to any direct appeal from their owr. higher court should let Tito llagiu court arbitrate the question or a ves hi-i si capture as a retrial tie novo, with power only to awurd damages. Thus it is proposed to invest the interna tionni pn/.o court with the inactions of a court ui arbitral justice in time of peace. The United Htates government has informed tho German foreign olllce that it would regard the adoption by the reichstag or the proposed potasn law as a discrimination against Ainerlean interests. In commomoratlon of his great ser vices to liis Btato and country, a atat ue of General Lew Wallace, soldier author and diplomat, was placed in the capltol, thus making another notable addition to the gallery ot great Americans whose eltlglcs adorn stat nary hall. Oliver 1'. Morton, war gov ernor of Indiana, is the other cltizoj who has been honored by the lloo Bier state in tlie same manner. ^ 'I ';r 1 '; 4 BRAIN BACKERS FOR ~ OCEAN MAIL CLERKSI Album, Gift to PostmasterGeneral, Shows What They Have to Contend With. Postmaster-General Hitchcock has received as a present from W. E. Blizzard, a steamship mail clerk, an album containing traccri snmnlcR nf queer addresses on some of the letters that cross the ocean. When a passenger on the St. Louisln 190G Mr. Hitchcock in talking with the ir*4i?> clerk became so interested in ?.iie subject that the clerk said ho would gather ^ few specimens and send them to him. There are forty of thetracings, each pasted neatly in the littlo ?reen morocco-covered album. and on the page opposite each is a short story of the letter and a comment from the clerk who collected It. In tho collection appears the following: I want the money that 1 have Rend toyou. AM 1CRIC A. This superscription was taken from the envelope of a letter mailed in Russia and no address or other clue | for the delivery of tho missive appeared upon the envelope. Again an instance of the mistaken postscript appears in the last speciI ninn iti tho pollnnt inn whlnh \f TJ1 U_ zard has described as "an old address, yet a most appropriate ono with which to write 'Finis.' " This envelope bore the legend: M. Acoskino Moreli: Good bv; pood by. (S. V. A.) Another of the Rnssian specimens '"as sent in reply no doubt to a letter whose postscript, written near the signature, asked concerning business: in the old country, or such would appear from the envelope which bears: Mr. lhirdcnssky: How is bissncs ii* RiiHuha? AMBRICA. A fnll/.H . j\. IVULI 11 aviii^ uvjiii uunuuux shows the following: llorr Scnntour Clarke, New York, America. The Senatour is dimicilittg adjacent to Carnegie. Still another, to Mr. Carnegie | rends: | The Highness <>f Andrew Carnegie, My lyord Hanker and CJenerous Merchant, Skilm Castle, Oxford, New York of New Orleans, r. s. a. Indian mails apparently hoar many letters to the wealthy men of the United States, for another page in the. collection shows the address: IIU lliuli Majesty, The I5ar<ui .1. I'ierpont, The Trustee of the Ocean. America. Opposite another page of the little ; album, whereon the address of an Italian letter is reproduced, the don| or of the book has written: "Somewhere in the world there dwells a Pnfpnlnnm ...I * 111 iyiii.s, wiujsl- iiiimu unci \ generosity the writer knows, and j judging from this address that's about all he does know." 1 From an Italian letter: AI Siunor Saverino Mansnrino, I ioe roal ami wood heat roil ash >Al bv the Hush Pail lc<> for iainilv hy .took. fiS7 10. 103 Ml. lie! hy near .'id ave. U)0 Ihs. icc hy pail, l'lease K'v? " good measure, New York. I Also a Dutch letter, addressed evidently from a business head: ! On llevn S. Kanned, Aniorike, i!......l.i ..4 i wvii^iu ui i/i-iiicr in i rciiKUHMsen And I l-'ancy GroeoorioN KoiicIiIk uud WegetablcaIn Season. '23 u 1081 li street. 1 Now York. A German address reads: 1 L. Herman, Dealer in all Kinds of New and Misfit Clothing Pauls. I Amor ilea. Now York. With (he same regularity as (hat I (loinniwln/1 l?v iUc% ~r u.? I -v. X ?. ,fj ? uu WliltUI ? III U1<J Sill}), tho sea post clerks must observe the regulations governing the crew of tho ship, because of the fear on tho part of the steamship companies that, being in uniform, they will be mistaken for officers of the vessel, and should they be seen loitering around the compauionways or drinking in the i smoking rooms passengers might gain the impression that the rules for the snfety of tho ship were not being fully lived up to, Tho control of tho sea postofllcc shifts from the clerks of one coun! try to another, in accordance with tho direction in which the vessel is head < <!. The sacks of mail despatched tc , the t'nited States from foreign countries by steamships carrying the sea postal clerks average about one thousand to the month, except in December, when ttic Christmas mail swells j the number almost &00 per cent. In illustrating the average of work done on one voyage from ICurope by a sea postoftice lOdwin Hands of tho Foreign Mail Division said: "On a voyage to tho t'nited States the average extent of work done on mail pieces handled is illustrated by i making extracts from tho iiit> | of the steamship Kaiser Wllhelm II., which arrived in Now York on Febj rnary '25, 1900, from Hromon, with sacks of mail. Tho sea post force consisted of (wo (icrmati clerks* two United States clerks and threo (ierman subalterns, who may he described as employes holding a place similar to that of porter in our postal service. On the voyage 785 sacks of mail were opened, 155,500 ordinary letters assorted, .".ISI registered letters and parcels assorted, .'MN1 registered letters and parcels papers distributed. "To bring this about all had to ; work in the office eleven hours a day. ! 111 the llOllcti Imr r?f ?!>? no/\ Backs wore made up '? oArry away the lot tors, nowspapoi^ . ,ttcr packages and closed mails assorted. On tho trip to Now York (ho ordinary mall for that postofllco is assorted into sacks for each of Its forty-seven stations. The mail for tho rest of ' tho United States Is assorted In accordance with a 'scheme of distribution' having 12S divisions." 8;range Itosemblnnco. A statue in Wells cathedral, TCnccland, representing "The Fruit Stealer," is almost an exact copy of tho icauires or Sir Honry Campboll-Bannorman, The atatuo Is carved on a capital in the navo of tho beautiful tthurch, and is about OOu year a old.