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P?r" -y f '<L -.J FUN08T0 GURB THETRUsfT' I1 The House Unexpectedly Votes $500,- 1 '000 to Eniorce the Law. j THE LEGISLATIVE BILL AMENDED Mmt m Main bar of KltlMT Vrty Balm M ; OkjMtlM mmd llw AMnn-OtMnl U ? Kxpcct*d M Pad PhwiuUmi 130,. | j flat* r*r Al|tr ?a (mat* CMmlttM Washington. D. t\?Charles L. Bart* let. a Georgia Democrat, during con* alderation of the Legislative Appropriation bill in the House. expressly and without warning, sprang an amendment for the sum of 1750,000 to enforce the anti-Trust law and to direct the Attorney-Gebersl' to proceed to the prosecution of all violators of the law. Although such a proposition was plainly amenable to a point of order, not a member on either side of the Boose raised objection. Both sides wheeled Into line and all agreed that aome sach action waa advisable. Some of the Republicans, however, raised objection to the iooeeaesa of the language of the amendment, and Mr. Hepburn (Iowa> offered as a substitute far I ? ?h~ hnimiM nf tho hill h* Intro disced on the opening day of the see- t loo to appropriate 1500,000 for the ?n- r forcemeot of the low. The Hepburn ] amendment wu adopted. It reads as ft fallows: "That foe the enforcement of the provisions of the act of July 2. 1800, the am* of $500,000 is hereby appropriated oat of any money in the Treasury not heretofore appropi^ated, to be expendod under the direction of the Attorney- f General In the employment of special t counsel and agents of the Department t of Justice to conduct proceedings, suits i and prosecutions under ssld set In the courts of the United 8tates: provided, * that no person shall bo prosecuted or * be subjected to any penalty or forfeit- s ore for or on account of any transsc- 0 tion. matter or thing concerning which r he may testify or produce evidence, t documentary or otherwise. In any pro- t ceedlng. rait or prosecution under said t acts. Provided. further, that no per- j son so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury | committed la so testifying. This an- c propriatlon shall be Immediately avail- j able." i .The bill to prohibit military and nar* ' al bands from competing with civilian bonds was defeated for a third reading ?80 to 43. 1 The Senate passed the Pension Appropriation bill without discussion. It carries $139v847,000l An urgent defl- ? clency bill also was passed The i amount carried by this bQl Is $1,140,400 c and Includes an Item to stamp out the . foot and mouth disesse. which hss be- t come epidemic In the New England 5 States. : Mr. Burrows (Mich.) tendered his res- * lgnatkm as a member of tbe Committee on. Military Affairs In order that bia t colleague. HusseQ A. Alger, might be | appointed to the vacancy, which was > done. J THE VENEZUELAN^ SITUATION- J AlnMtt TMMIMIm Ha* Btw D*. ' ?M?4 0a. ? A report from Cancan said that an bitration bad been decided on In tb? - ' dispute between Venecuela and Eng land and Germany. * The leading dtteens of Caracas ad- > dressed a joint note to President Cas- J tro recommending that Venexucla yield * to tfcperior force and that foil powers > be given to United States Minister Bow en to effect a termination of the ' difficulty with Great Britain and Ger? * many. * The blockade of La Goayra by war * ships of the allies went Into effect The J order applies only to Venezuelan ships. 11 In this House of Commons Prims I I Minister Balfour said that a state of ; ? war existed between Great Britain and < Vtaesnela, and there could be no such thing aa a "pacific blockade." ****?- <1 !??? VamUii rWH/>* 4UC WIHMHI a v??a^u vwsvv ^ ??*%? that Germany contemplated seising Margarita Island or occupying any Venezuelan territory whatever. PASSED AS A MAN FOR, 20 YEARS Wimi WktM Sea Was Dtomnd lays Khm Im Ttted fat S*na Xtan. Buffalo, N. Y.?The District Attorney's office will investigate the case of Harry Norman, the woman who passed na a man for twenty years, and whose sex wss rot discoverd until she broke ] her leg. At the hospital the woman \ boasted that she had voted In the J \ Third Ward for seven years and had 1 been a hustler at the polls for Alder* man Butler. ! She says she will go back to her . (llsgulse when she is released unless the | police prevent It, and that she is going \ to give a beating to the surgeons at! , the Emergency Hospital who expoeea j her masquerade. SUNO CORN POOL BROKEN. BMkan Saapaad Iknack to ' Must* ?ha Dmabw OmI. Chicago, I1L?W. W. McCleary & Co., J r Board of Trade Arm, representing the 8t LouU "Blind Pool," which atl tempted to corner December corn, hare ^ suspended. , Notice to close oat all trades for their ( fB^acconnt was posted in the Board at the ? ggaMriose of the diy's business. drop of over fire cents following fflBHAUuc, called for more margins than HraSHufcool could produce, dnd their holdBmnUBtte thrown on the market The , wHMgBBAtla? of the pool is estimated to ! between 5,000.000 and 10.- , bushels. TUU af tx?UnoN Staada. The constitutional convention at Coo. cord. N. H., bat killed amendments < forbidding the exemption from tnxa- , tion of property a*ed for purpose* of profit and gain, and bollshlng the tl tie "His Excellency" as applied to tlie , Governor. rntfkt CMstrtloa Sttll Eaktmulai. Freight congestion st many points continues to embarrass shippers. The car shortage retsrds the grain movement and delays tL<> expected rapid growth of com expor;?. StlMtM Klalittr to Japu. An official announcement was mad& at Washington that the President bad selected Lloyd C. Grlscom, of Philadelphia. to succeed the late A. E. Buck, of Atlanta, Ga.. as Minister to Japan, and Rich men Pearson, of Ashevllle. N. <r tn tmvMd Mr. Grlscom as Minister to Peril*. Mr. Pearson la the present United State* Consul at Genoa. Italy. SMUk Xvnbtsilifc The Darmstaeder Bank of Berlin, Germany, has been defrauded of 0,000,900 marks by an odktal named Necskr. ?be la mMna. it- 1: ' ' - - .r ^ MAN IN A MURDER FRENZY laniao Runs Amuok at Lapere, MiclL, With Frightful Results. * ? mil a Botidtr, Wondi Bli Mothv* tti llitir, sad Thra Commits Solla aa Aaylam. Lapere. Mich.?John Best, twentytight years old. a man of disordered nind, ran amnck through the house, tilling Jaaper CI egg. a boarder, danrerously wounding his own mother, rounding his sister and finishing by ihootlng himself dead. Best was committed to the insane^ isylum about a year ago. and six' nontha later was discharged as cureu. le first atta cked Clegg with a razor, ? ?1?? <V. iwnj Be?C? IU| IUC ucau. The murderer then- evidently reamed to h!i own room and went to >e<L Later he arose and went to bit other's room. He struck Mrs. Best rlth the damaged razor. Her chin wae learly cut off. She sprang out of bed. prappled with the erased man and nade her way to the door and ran to a leighbor's. yrhere she telephoned for he Sheriff. When his mother fled from the bouse lest went to his sister's sleeping room, lashed her across the cheek, but delisted. probably belierfng that h^had tilled her. When Best beard 81ierlff Byers enerlng the house he sppcared with a erolrer and began shooting wildly. Ie aimed the last shot at his own tead and fell dead. BANK ROBBERS ENTRAPPED. hMXUttiOM HoiteUy lajand nd Third Captand. Aivofd. Texas.?Three men started rom Chlco to rob the bank here, bat be Sheriff of Wise County heard of be plan and sent deputlee to guard the tank. The officer* were secreted In the ullding when the would-be robbers ntered. A fusillade followed the de- . aand for money. ?laude Golden, one f the bandits, who has often been ares ted, surrendered when he saw that be game was up. John IfcFall started o surrender, but was too slow, and a luDet wounded him so badly that be rill die. The third man. who bad been left to idd their horses, was killed before be ould get away: His name was Frank iartta. A trusted friend of the trio letrayed their plans. NEW WHITE HOUSE PAINTINC. ram's "Uf* ul Light" H>W la 11m Eneithra Maailoa, Washington, D. C. ? Sir Frederick Vatt's painting, entitled "Lore and ^ghi." which he exhibited at the Chisago Exhibition, and which was onq ere I fully criticised then on moral povnds, baa been bang in the White louae. Sir Frederick at the close of he Chicago Fair gave the painting to The American people." It was decided to send the picture to he President of the United 8tates, and t was plsced in the Corcoran Gallery >jr President Cleveland, who did not mow what to do with it In the galsry it has been admired by thousands >t visitors from all parts of the county. It now bangs .in one of the prl'ate rooma of the Executive Mansion. A Stat* BiiUtnl Laboratory. An important meeting of the New 'ork Stale Electrical Laboratory Commission wss held at Schenectady, "here were present State Engineer lond, Harold W. Buck, of Niagara PaDsi'O. P. Stelnmets, of Schenectady, ind 8tate Architect Hines.' Plans al? esdy submitted to the commission rere approved, and Messrs. Buck and Itelnmets reported on the amount of mac* needed for the electrical appar ttus. The cost of the proposed bandogs tad equipment will be between 254000 and *300.000. The buildings done will cost in the neighborhood if |100,000i Iron Trade Caadltieat QaUtar. Iron trade conditions are quieter except in rails, plates snd structural maerlal. In which production for half of 1908 Is already sold, snd for which adlltlonal orders of fair Tolume have >een booked during the week. The Mrlee tendency- in some directions Is illghtly downward, as the high cost >aa begun to cause a holding back of ?ntemplated consumptive enterprises. Mat Kirwda as Traialag Ship, An order has been issued at the istj i/cpamocni, nnuiugiuu, iuai die former Spanish cruiser Relna Mersedes, now at Portsmouth. N. EL, be ltted oat aa a training ship. Cat Whw S>ftf? LnUm ?aafc. The tank at Clarence. I1L, was enered by burglars and robbed of more has ISSOOl The robbers cut telephone ind telegraph wires so that surroundng towns might not be notified. Aaetfcor Million Prom Rookafollor. Another contribution of $1,000,000 torn John D. Rockefeller to the Unl* erilty of Chicago has been announced it the university convocation in Chicago. tNl StndaaU Karallod at Harvard. This year's Harvard cstslogue shows i total of 4261 students In the unlverilty. 120 more than a year ago, and the argest number In any American Initiation of learning. Tin ItfuiN Km Swtto Tuva. Practically the entire town of Liverpool, N. 8., Las been burned. 8everal churches and business blocks, tbe Botel Thorndyke and several dwellings win destroyed. Dmm Mayor Gata 4a*thw Stay. The 8upreme Court at Denver. Col., has granted a farther stay of sentences In the cases of Mayor Wright and tbe Aldermen, sentenced by Judge Mullaux to four months' imprisonment for disregarding an Injunction. Italy A Ida Kaglaad'a right. Tbe Rome Messagero says Italy has granted permission to England to land troops at ports on tbe Benadlr Coast. In Itallnn Som.illland, and send troops through Italk.n territory against the forces of tbe Mad Mullah. Hlnako Indiana oa Warpath. Much excitement is reported at White Horse. Alaska, and along tbe new Gov* eminent trail over a story that a band of Hluako Indians bas taken tbe warpath In the region between the Little Salmon and Petty Elvers. store Is reported to have been looted and burned and tbe storekeeper killed and another man fatally Injured. U InMm Tbrra train* A?m!n. A dispatch from Kingstown. St Vin. J ccnt, B. W. I.. says there have been premonitory symptoms of another vol?nlc eruption of La Soutriere. Intense beat prevails. t 2 ' - ..' .fes*. . ...... , ' ' THE MINERS' STORY TOLD ? Men Close Their Case Before the Strike Commission. WILL NOT PROBETHECOALTRUST Tkt AiMiocmunt of Jade* Gray?* In n' CoumI Submit firm Palit* to From That s Monopoly KiliU la tha iatkndt* Iadasiry-oScopo of tht la* qalry Hot to B? WMsaod. Scran ton. Pa.?The mine workers, after occupying nineteen days in presenting about 100 witnesses, closed their case before tbe anthracite coal strike commission. Tbe afternoon session was one of the most important sittings the commission hts yet held, because the quentlon whether tbe close relationship of the coal carrying railroads with the mining companies shall figure In tbe commission's effort to adjust the controversy, came squarely before the arbitrators. The decision of the commission, if Chairman Gray's remarks can be s> called, was briefly this: That tbe commission, in a general way. is unwilling to widen tbe scope of tbe Investigation beyond tbe terms of the submissions of tbe miners and the operators; that in carrying on tbe Investigation it assumes tbe coal companies can afford to pay fair wages; that if the coal companies in presenting their side of tbe case maintain they cannot afford to give an increase in wagesj then the commission will hear whit the miners have to say on the ability of the companies to do so. and mat lr t oonaess cauaui imy mir wages tbe employer ought to get out of It , These points were brought oat during tbe two hours consumed by the miners' lawyers In reading documentary evidence, to the whole of which the coal companies entered specific and general objections. Tbe miners wanted to present this evidence In documentary form, but as objection was made to it and the objection was sustained bj the commission with the above rulings, the subject was not pressed. Clarence 8. Darrow and Henry D. Lloyd, representing tbe miners, said after tbe adjournment they were well satisfied with the attitude of the commission, and will fight out their case along tbe line indicated. Mr. Darrow and Mr. Lloyd, in (presenting documents bearing on tbg?relationship between the coal companies and the railroads were met by this remark from Chairman Gray: "You may submit them to us. but I do not think xoai me commisaiou ituuiu, iieruups, kw Into the relations between the coal carrying companies and the miners nnless yon can show something more directly bearing upon the matters we have in controversy." Mr. Lloyd then rend a syllabus of the documents he had to present. He also -snbmitted these Ave points to prove his contention: The ownership by certain rallrbads of extensive mining prppertios in the anthracite fields; that men who are directors In one mining company are members of boards of directors of other railroads and mining companies; joint resistance of the coal carrying railroads to the individual operators building an Independent railroad to carry their product at reasonable rates; the community of Interests of the coal carrying railroads and their mining companies; constant acquisition of ad- i dltional unmined coal by the coal carrying railroads. In a discussion that followed Chairman Gray made his announcement about a fair wage, and that If an employer cannot pay fair wages he ought to get out of the business. Mr. Lloyd seemed to be satisfied with this view, and In his remarks to the commission said he would go no further. DEATHS FROM LACK OF COAL* B*itw Board of Health Call* Attaatioa to tk? iMmitd Mortality. /Boston. Mass.?The weekly health report shows the number of deaths as 220 against 193 for the corresponding week last year. The deaths from phthisis alone hare increased over 100 per cent, jumping to a total of thirty* three against last year's record of six* teen. Deaths from exposure, as ir 'erpreted hy the BAard of Health, mean death from lack of proper and sufficient heat. In other words, people are dying from lack of coal. Tho Board of Health calls the atten* lion of the charitable people of the city jto this significant fact. It is an actual 'condition, not a theory, that confronts the citizens of Boston, and the Board's statistics prove that people are dying directly and indircctly from lack of coaL BLONOIN ESCAPES THE DEATH CHAIR Cuvlctod of Morder la fteeoad Decree For KIIUok Hie Wife. Boston, Mass.?Wilfred Blondln, who killed his wife and after cutting off the head threw the body In a lot and shipped the bead to Fall River In a trunk, was found guilty of murder In the second degree. This means life Imprisonment. Blondin Is a Canadian by birth and an engineer by occupation. He deserted his first wife. It was the second wife whom be murdered. Her decapitated body was found in Chelmsford, in Middlesex County, and on tbe day of the discovery Blondin disappeared. Tbe head of tbe woman was subsequently found in a trunk (tearing bis Initials In a railroad station in tbis city. Blondin was pursued from one end of tbe United States to tbe other. He was finally arrested in New York City. His defense was an alibi. 1,000,000 to 8tuip Oat Cattl* UIinmi The House Committee on Agriculture at Washington, has authorized a favorable report on the bill providing for an emergency appropriation of $1,000,000 to be used In stamping out the foot and moutb disease iu New Engfand cattle. Secretary Wilson believes that only $700,000 of this amouut will !te necessary. Bank Robbers Gat St400. Robber* blew open tbe safe o? n pmnll bank at Sadorus, 111., and col $'J400. Tha Sporting World. Yale's rowing crews will start work January 15. Pete Chllds. second baseman of tbe Pblllles. has signed wltb Louisville for next season. Eagle will probably be the name of the new cup yacht bulldlug at the Herreshoffs. James R. Keene's Cap and Bells II., winner of the English Oaks, Is to be aent to the stud. M. W. Savage, of Minneapolis, has purchased of M. B. Sturgls. of New York City, the pacing stallion Dan Patch. LOOK. J } ' GREAT BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE Will Use Further Coercive Measures Aeainst Venezuela il Necessary. WILL NOT LANE) A BRITISH FORCE Lord Luidewat Baye It Du Been Decided to Resort to o Blockade of the Porte of the Aliased Debtor ? Italy'* Affairs Ik Chars* of Minister Bowea - Hay's Bemlader to th* Powers. London.?Replying to a question in |he House of Lords Lord Lansdoirne. the Foreign Secretary, said if the seizure of the Venezuelan gunboats did not produce the desired effect further coercive measures would be employed. > The matter bad been considered in consultation with Germany, and it bad been decided to resort to a blockade of the ports. It was not intended to land a British force, and still less to occupy .Venezuelan territory. Replying to a question in the House of Commons Under Foreign Secretary Cranborne said no attempt had been made by Great Britain to refer the dispute with Venezuela to arbitration. CABIN XT DISCUSSES VENEZUELA. The Goveraokost Has Faith la tha Promisee of XaiUad aad Gormanj. Washington, D. C.?The Venezuela troubles were tbe subject of discussion at the Cabinet meeting, and briefly at tbe executive session of tbe Senate. 11 tbe Incidents growlug out of the operations of tbe allied naval forces and the subsequent action of President Castro, terminating with an offer to submit the dispute to arbitration, were discussed at the Cabinet meeting. While this Government Is naturally anxious for a speedy and amicable settlement of tbe dispute hope is /elt that the United States will not be involved In tbe trouble. No conclusion different from that upon which the President and Secretary Hay have acted since tbe trouble commenced was reached at the meeting. Until there shall be happenings to warrant a change'In the present policy. the United States will rest upon the assurance that Great Britain and Germany have no Intention to violate ?I? * me Jiourue uuciriue uj wiuiiuuvu ?i Venezuelan territory. ICmly GIvm H?t Notl??. Washington. D. C.?The Italian Ambaaador ban called at tbe State Department and advised Secretary Hay that Italy ban joined tbe allies in tbe operations agalnut Venezuela. He re-' quested tbat Mr. Bowen assume charge of tbe Italian Interests In Venezuela and tbe Secretary granted tbis request, subject to tbe approval of Venezuela. Italy enters tbe combination on The same plane as to abstention from territorial seizures as Germany and Great Britain. % , Rome. Italy.?Tbe claims of Italy on Venezuela referred to by Foreign Minister Prlnetti In the Chamber of Deputies comprises losses by Italians during the recent revolutions. Most of the 7618 Italian residents of Venezuela have been heavy losers. Italy to Join A I! It*. Berlin. Germany.?The Foreign Office has stated that Italy would participate In the Venezuelan blockade by agreemeut with the allies, and that a portion of the coast would be assigned to the Italian ships. The proceedings against Venezuela thus become trlparTk? /lawman flrkWTaramnltf will flfllr 11 If. JL IJC UCIUlail VIV?VI M4MVUV ?T mmmrmm the consent of tbe Bundesrath to a proposal to make tbe Venezuelan blockade more stringent. A Call For Information. Washington, D. C. ? Representative McCall (Rep.. Mass.) bas Introduced In tbe House a resolution directing tbe Secretary of State to Inform tbe House concerning any understanding or agreement between the Governments of Great Britain and Germany, and the diplomatic officers of tbe United States, or any assurances by these Governments to the diplomatic officers of the United States as to the nature, extent or pbrpose of the Joint demonstration of these Governments against Venezuela, and particularly with reference to the occupation of the territory of Venezuela. The resolution also asktt that correspondence regarding this subject be transmitted to tbe House. Arbitration Proposal Urgent. Washington, D. C.?Failing to bear from Europe as to Minister Bowcn's : nrnnoftnl to arbitrate tbe Venezuelan I troubles. Secretary Hay addressed ca- I hie dispatches to the United States j Ambassadors at London. Berlin and j Rome, instructing them to call the matter again to the attention of the Governments to which they are accredited. Svlth a view to securing an early expression of opinion from them. British Construct Redoubts. Paris. France.?A dispatch to the Matin from Caracas stated that the British were constructing redoubts in the environs of San Felipe. The newspapers of Caracas continue to print violent attacks on the British and Germans. Most of the political prisoners who were released at Puerto Cabello have gone to Curaeoa to rejoin the revolutionary commander. Ceneral Matos. Instead of rallying to the defense of the country, as was expected. Mnrdsrsr flanged la Kentucky. Before 5000 persons at Harlan. Ky.. Frank Lewis was hanged for the murder of Henry Dixon, his father-in-law. IF?BMjlTula Tunnel BUI Phm<!. The ordinance panting the Pennsylvania Itallroad the right to build a tunnel under New York City was passed by the New York Board of Aldermen by a vote of 41 to ML There was a bitter controversy In-fore the measure was passed, and nearly every Alderman made a speech. President Opposed to Stotebood. President Roosevelt, at Washington, has told a delegation from New Mex- | ieo that he did not favor statehood for that Territory. Personal Mention. The Emperor William has been conducting a regimental band and denouncing the German socialist party. Governor Yates, of Illinois, who was seriously ill with typhoid fever. Ins recovered sufficiently to g. to Florida. Justice Grantham Is England's record-breaking murder Judge. He recently tried three murder cases in one day. Emperor Menellk of Abyssinia, who ' ? *A?M?iaMn/ut niAromont In I UUO OIUI ICU U lCl?H#c??u\.c wv t >? I bis domluloua, expects soon to male# J A tour of Europe. I \ * ? PACIFIC CABLE LANDED'1 I >| Christened by the Little Daughter of the Governor of California. Tfca Steamer Sltvartowa Starts For Hoa lain at Seraa-Kaot Sp??d, Laxlug Don tho Ocean Soctloa. San Francisco. Cal.?"In memory of ] John W. Mackay. I christen the Pacific cable. May it always carry messages of happiness." With these words Lncllle Gage, eleven' years old, the daughter of Governor Gage, of California, christened the transpacific cable, and. breaking a < bottle of champagne over the shore I end. Inaugurated a new era in the < commercial development of the Pacific , Coast. The landing and splicing of tho bhnro Mil which in to connect the main land with Honolulu, was a com- 1 pllsbed without bitch and was wit- ] nesed by nearly 40,000 persons. Ideal weather prevailed, there being scarcely any sorf. The steamer Newsboy, carying six miles of cable, steamed close inshore, and by a surf boat's crew sent a rope to which the cable was attached ashore. Word was sent to President Clarence H. Mackay and the Cable and Postal Telegraph officials that all waa In readiness. TOe work of hauling In the line was uone so expeditiously that the officials arrived on the beach only two minutes before the cable, which touched the beach and was christened at 9.55 a. m. While the cable was being spliced to the land end Mayor Schmlts delivered a short speech, congratulating Mr. Mackay on the successful beginning of the work. Clarence Mackay thanked the Mayor and those present Governor Gage, on behalf of the State, paid a fervent tribute to John W. Mackay. The formal exercises closed with cheers for the cable and all those takIng part In Its landing. Refreshment tents were erected on the beacb. and while the cable was being spliced Mr. Mackay served refreshments to a large number of spe- j daily invited clients. Mr. Maekay also gent the following telegram to Preal- , dent Roosevelt: , "I have the honor to inform you that 1 the end of the Honolulu cable was sue- , cessfully brought to shore this morning." When the splicing was completed , late In the afternoon horses were | hitched to the end and the cable was drawn through the conduit to the cable station. At the same time the steamer , Newsboy steamed out to sea five miles and anchored the cable with balloon buoys. It then was picked up by the \ cable steamer Sllvertown and taken altoord. The splicing to the main body i was completed, and the Sllvertown ] headed for Honolulu at a seven-knot peed. % j Thp first message over the cable was sent from shore to Chief Engineer Be- ] nest on the Sllvertown. congratulating him on the successful landing. Sever- , al tests were made as the cable was ; being paid out by the Newsboy, and It j was found to be in perfect condition. , A portion of the cable was cut tip ( Into small pieces for souvenirs and . distributed by President Mackay , nrnni? hla enoelnl tmrwfq , EXOCUS FROM THE FARMS. Statistics Show facraaM In Relative City 1 Population. | Washington. D. C.?The farmer boys * In the East are leaving their homes In < the country anil going to the cltle*. 1 Statisticians believe the movement of the rural population to the cities Is l>e. cause of tht Increased facilities for education. Tho allurements of the city < caused a relative loss of 5.4 per cent in the rural nopulatlon in 1000 as compared with the census figures of 1SOO. Statistics prepared by the Census Office show the city population to be 37.3 per cent, of the entire ippulation of the United States, while the country /( population Is 51.9 per cent., and the suburban Is 10.S. In 1800 the rural pop- ; ulation was 57.3 per cent, of the entire ? population. In Maine. New York. New j, ITflmnelilPA Vnrmnnf Xfnuca^hvicnHd 1 ftAHUI)f?7UIIC| ? VI IliWIII, .>IU>'('UV UU>'\1IT unil New Jersey there has been a steady loss In the rural population, \ which hns pone to the cities and towns. In Rhode Island. Connecticut and Pennsylvania there is a slight gain In . the rural population. In nil sections of the United States J In which are large cities and towns the, ( rural ponulation has decreased with a corresponding increase in the city population. This was particularly true in the State* of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, ( Nebraska and Kansas. The rural pop- ( ulation In the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakota* was Increased by people from the cities leav- J Ing and goiag to the country. i MILLION.TON OIAL ROCK FALLS- < < Finooi Rock on the Allachaoles. Near Tazewell, Va., Drop* Into the Valley. Richmond. Va.?When the citizens of tho town of Tazewell looked out three , miles in the clear, crisp air of the ttiAimfolna n fun* mnrtiiniTa ??m\ t(u.v uivuinniiin u ?r*? iuui mu^n ? ?**' iur/ misled the fnmlllar landmark that had greeted their eyes dally. Dial Itmi, th<> beautiful promontory that boldly Jutted out nt the top of one of the tailest of the Alleghany rangess. was gone. It was a famous pjk*nlc table. it was In full view of the Norfolk and Western trains, and was pointed out to travelers as a treat natural wonder. The face of the great rock resembled an old-fashioned dial. No one saw it fall: on one heard it* crash. The people there simply found Its million of tons of stone broken In the valley below. The heavily wooded mountain below had been swept of trees by the crash. No one can account for the fall. Contract Let For Thirty nig nana. General Crozier. Chief of Ordnance, at Washington, has awarded a contract for the manufacture of thirty fifteen-pounder rapid-fire guns and mounts to the Bethlehem Steel Works nt its bid of $31)30 for gun and mount. Tho onlv other hid received wns from the American mid British Ordnance Company at a slight!)' higher tigure. Japan Objects to Barrett. J The Japanese Government lias askc?l that some one other than John Barrett 1 be appointed Minister to that country. 1 Labor World. Millwright* at Memphis (Tenn.) have I formed a union. > Nearly 2000 shoemakers are Idle at Leicester, Kn gland. t Canadian labor unions will agitate I ' r tor iree uuu cuiupuisuij i-uuvunvu. Hobokon srhool teachers may organize and affiliate with the A. F. of L. Fifty thousand people are employed 1 In Switzerland In the manufacture of ' embroideries. , New York, Ohio and New Jersey all hare laws preventing the night { work of children. 1 : r.- : 'V- ; . 1BS.0LYSSESS.GBANTDEAD The Widow ol the Famous General Expires in Washington. HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE Hw iUntat Wm AcsrsHltd by Bronchltl*?X?lU? Great Sartorl* the ObIjp Child at Her Bedlld* at th? End ? 8h? Will B* Bar lad Bcald* H?r Hat* baad at Vmw York City. Washington, D. C.?Mrs. Ulysses S. Srant, widow of President Grant, died it her residence In this city. Mrs. Grant Buffered for some yean from ralrular disease of the heart, -which svas aggravated by a severe attack of bronchitis. Her age prevented her rallying from the attack. Her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartorls, was the only one of her children srltb her at the time of her death, tier three sons, who had been summoned here, not having then arrived. There were also present at the bedilde when the end came Miss Rosenary Sartorls, a granddaughter; Dr. Bishop, one of the attending physicians, and the two trained nurses. [>eatb came peacefully, the sufferer retaining almost complete consciousless practically to the end. Word came from Jesse and Ulyssee 3. Grant, two of the sons now In California. that they bad started on tbelr tray to Washington. The other son. General Fred Grant, who wns in Texas, liastened here as soon as he received i tcllln: him of his mother's death. The body of Mrs. Grant will be laid to rest in the tomb in Riverside Park. New York City, wkere the body of her busband now reposts. Mrs. Grant, whose maiden name was Tuila Dent, was born in St. Louis in 15SJ0, and was the daughter of Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent. She was married to General, then Captain, Grant in 181S. In the Civil War Mrs. Grant wns with the General much of the time, and remained as near as possible to him when be was campaignIns. She saw her husband twice inaugurated as President, and accomplnied him on his Journey around the world. <\s mistress of the White House she gave liberally to all the charitable institutions of the city. Four children were born to General tnd Mrs. Grant, three sons and one laughter, all of whom are living. Miss Nellie, the daughter, who became the wife of Algernon Sartoris in 1874, hc? lived in Washington with her mother for several years. Frederick Dent Grant, the oldest son. is In the Army, ind two other sons. Jesse and Ulysses Sherman, live in San Diego. Cal. Mrs. Grant wax of domestic tempers ment and devoted most of her time to tier home and children. She cared little for society. and always avoided while notice as much as possible. Her levotion to her husband was marked, tnd in his unsuccessful yeors before rhe Civil War. and when bis fortune was swept away Just before his death, Mrs. Grant always bore herself bravely ind was an inspiration to him. For several years Mrs. Grant had been so feeble that It wag Impossible for her to make social engagements. *he suffered from rheumatism and was ?oinpe!led to walk with a cane or with the assistance of an attendant. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WIN. StorBli'i Supremo Co art Daeldat That a Parent Needn't OIt? Dragi ton Child. Atlanta, Ga.?The Supreme Court of Georgia has handed down a decision which the advocates of Christian Science regard as a victory for them. The deehlon holds that parents are not compelled to give medicine to their minor chldren when they become 111 and that failure or refusal to give medicine to these children is not a violation of the laws of the State. The case came up from the City Court of Dublin. C. C. Justice, u Christian Scientist, refused to give hioillnlnA fA ntiA nf lit* />hllilrin nrlwin It l>ecnme ill and refused to allow a physician to attend to tbe child. After nil illness of several days tbe cblld rlied. Tbe neighbors of Justice swore oat a warrant charging him with fail* ure to providp the necessary sustcurince to tbe child, a crime under the laws of the State. This was the only i barge upon which they could prosecute. The case was tried before Judse Adauis, of tbe City Court of Dublin, find Justice was fined $300. He appealed tbe case from one court to another. and it reac-hed the Supreme Court, .which reversed the decision of the lower courts. THE FUTURE OF CRESCEUS. n>? Kins of Trotters Will Never Aga'a Race For Money. Chicago.?Crenceus. the king of trotters. will never again race for money, such is the Information conveyed in i letter from hi* owner, George II. \etchnm, from Selma. Ala., where the 'talllon in now located. Ketcham also innounces that the great trotter will ;o to the Ice carnival in Canada this vinter. and next fall may be taken to Europe. Barring his "barn storming" exhlblIons through the South, Cresceus's last )ul)llc performance was at Memphis, vhere he went two miles in 4.17. prohibly the most marvellous exhibition of peed and staying powers ever credited o any horse, and a. fitting finnle la vhich te ring tbe captain down. Yens* Criminal* to Be Hanced. Earl Whitney, aged seventeen, and riaude O'ltrien, aged fifteen, yoting liurglars, who. on October 10, murlered A. B. Chlun. a merchant. In hi*. >ed at Lexington. I\y.. were sentenced o he hanged on February 13. Motions 'or new trials were overruled. Sanatorium Horned; Inmaiee Saved. Fire destroyed ten buildings, Inclr.dng the Sanatorium,at Reed City. Mich, rhere were a number of patients in :ne Ninntoriuni. nut they were reuovt il s.ifoly. Loss. ?15.000. PromiMnt Froplt. Emperor William has taken to wear, ng glasses, alternating at time* by Yearlug a monocle. Ilerr Krupp, the German gunmaker. rlio illed recently, was an enthusiastic mtanist, an ichthyologist and a patron it art. The degree of doctor of laws has jeen eoniferred on I>r. Adolf Lorenz. >f Vienna, by the Northwestern l:nl?! rersity. The widow of Ilerr Kr.-pp has given 1,000,000 marks to establish a benefit und for workmen In memory of bet! lUiUSUd 1 4 BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIOFS ???? f Of America Use Pe-ru-na For All Catarrhal Diseases. 11 ; ;! MRS. HENRIETTA A. 8. MARSH. jt W?nu'i Imwlwi AmmMIm mt CMhm Mr.. Henrietta A. 8. Manh, PimHiiI . Womta'i Benevolent AasccuUon, of 327 Jackson Park Terrace, Woodlawn, CM* cigo, III says: I suffered with la grippe for nm weeks, and nothing helped M an til I tried Peruaa. I felt at onee thai I had at last secured the right medicine and kept steadily improving. Within three weeks I wm fully restored.**?Henrietta A. 8. Manh. Independent Order of Hoed Teaspla?, ?f Mrs. T. W. Collins, Tu?hi L 0. 0. T., of Everett, Waah., baa aaad tha gnat catarrhal took, Parana, for an agnnUd caaa of dyspepsia. She writaa: "After hjinnf a severe attack of to grippe, I alao offered with dyspepaia. fur taking Pcraaa 1 conld aat aay mm* lar maala with raliab, my aystem waa built ap, air health returned, and I have la* mainea in excellent atreo?th and vigor' now for over a year."?Mia. T. W. Collins. If yon do not derive prompt and setisfso tory result* from the use of Peraaa write at once to Dr. Hartman. (Mac a faO atbfea* ment of yonr caaa and he wul be pleased to give you his rateable advice gratia. Address Dr. Hart man, President of The Hartman Sanitariom. Colatnbaa, Ohio. The Meet Varls tipaiWw. It la a far cry from tba preaent date to the year 1011, but already aome of <L. 1. ^ * U ...?k me pvraoui woo ire iuicre?icu ui iucu matters are beginning to discuss Jhe chances of another great world's show being held In Paris then. After the last big world's show, with which * " certain amount of disappointment was mingled, the faablonable cry was that there would not be another for a long while. Bnt prediction one direction would be a very risky business J oat now. Those, however, who are la faror of a repetition of the ventures an pointing to the fact that during 1900 one and a half milliards of franca, or 1300.000,000, more than In ordinary years are deposited In banks by means of letters of credit, wss then withdrawn and spent In Paris by foreigners visiting the exhibition. The Inference <h?f all ap mnmt nt thn nwtllftv vVl pent In Paris seems faljr enough, as such statistics go. The last great ,/ world's show did not altogether meat all the growing anticipation which had been formed of It, bat If the figures which are now given are really accn* rate it will be seen that there waa some compensation of a substantial character. TIm wAitfeor*? Hair Um." "A scientific Investigator has diacov* ered a very interesting fact In relation to the works of a at bora," aald Mr. , Thomas O. Alvord. chief clerk of the Library of Congress. "By a slow and laborious process this Investigator baa discovered that the hooka of any one author will show that In each of them be has used the same percentage of irnfH? nt nna ivrn thrM OP more svl? tables. This fact boa allowed the i formation of what Is known aa tbe 'author's balr line'?that la, a line that will show by steps the percentage of words of one or raoro syllable* that will be fo^nd In any hook of an anthor whose work has been teated to determine this 'balr Hue.'"?Washington Star. A Kodtra Bor*l? M Work. In Moscow a young married lady of one of tbe leading famlllea received recently a letter through tbe poet addressed to her hnsband In a woman's handwriting. As she opened It a piece of paper fell out wltb tbe worda, "Think of me." with no signature. Tl- >?? mnman* ah? aanlr IniPnilhU ilUC UCAV IUUIUUUI n?c mmmm ?, to the grronnd. Her little two-year-old { boy picked op the envelope aod waa likewise overpowered with the poison with which the letter waa Impregnated. Mother and child were found some time afterward in a death-like trance. RcMOMblr HatUfartory. Mrs. Dick?"Did you and Joe have good sport?" Dick ? "Well, we didn't get any game, but we didn't shoot each other." ?Detroit Free Pre*s. Luck may often give us a start, bat It doesn't push us up bill very far.? New York News. Tbe moose deer bas tbe largest borna of any animal. Tbey often weigh from fifty to sixty pounds. Long Hair "About a year ago my hair was m coming out very fas:, so I bought fl a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vi*or. It stopped the falling and made my f hair grow very rapidly, until now it I I is 45 inches in length."?Air*. A. ( I Boydston, Atchison, Kans. I There's another hunger I than that of the stomach. I Hair hunger, for instance. I Hungry hair needs food, I hoir vionr?At/er's. 1 | llbVUO liun ? >gv. ^ This is why we say that Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color, and makes the hair grow long and heavy. u.m m*. ah *n*m?. If jrour drunUt cannot *npply you. Mad a* one doTW and ? win exprcM 70a a battle. Be sare and rive the name of row Merest expraa oflTre. Add. en, I J. C. A TEE CO., Lowell, Maw.