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mdemSF \ MESSAGE 10 CONGRESS I Washington, D. C.?Unusual interest was manifested in the reading of President Roosevelt's annual message in v- i>oth the Senate and the House. The salient features of the document areas follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: The people of this country continue to enjoy great prosperity. UnaoubtedHy there "will be ebb and flow in such prosperity, and this ebb and flow will hrt folf mnra nr Iqcc all momhAfS ftf .the community, both- by the deserving . and the undeserving. Against ' the rwrath of the Lord the wisdom of man i can not avail; in times of flood or drought human ingenuity can but par- i .tially repair the disaster. A general : failure of crops would hurt us. Again, i if the folly of man mars the genera! ] well being, then those who are innocent of the folly will have to pay part I of the penalty incurred by those who are guilty of the folly. A panic i brought on by the speculative folly of 1 part-of the business community would I (hurt the whole business community. ' But such stoppage of welfare, though I it might be severe, would not be last- i ing. In the long run the one vital fac- < (tor in the permanent prosperity of the country is the high individual charac- i i .ter of the average American worker, ] the average American citizen, no mat- 1 ter whether his work be mental or i manual, whether he be farmer or wage- 1 worker, business man or professional j man. . < In our industrial ana social system j the interests of all men are so closely intertwined that in the immense mar jority of cases a straight-dealing man ,who by his efficiency, by his ingenuity and industry, benefits himself must also benefit <,others. Normally the ;wage-worker, the man of small means, And the average consumer, as well as ithe average producer, are all alike helped by making conditions such that .the man of exceptional business ability receives an exceptional reward for his ' ability. Something can be done by legislation to help the general prosperity; but no such help of a permanently beneficial character can be given to the less able and less fortunate, save as the results of a policy which shall inure to the advantage of all industTions and efficient people who act decently; and this is only another way of saying that any benefit which comes ok1 rv on/1 iqcc ^nrtnnntp must of necessity come even more to the more able and more fortunate. If. .therefore, the less fortunate man is moved by envy of his more fortuuate Jbrother to strike at the conditions under which they have both, though unequally, prospered, the result will assuredly be that while damage may come to the -one struck at it will visit with an even heavier load the oue who strikes the blow. Taken as a whole we must all go up or go down together. The President then turns to the consideration of corporations in their relations to the people and the Government: Yet, while not merely admitting, but insisting upon this, it is also true that where there is no governmental restraint or supervision some of the exceptional men use their energies not in ways that are for the Common good, but in ways which tell against this common good. The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest' such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign?that is, to the Government, which represents the people as a whole?some effective power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, every Dig corporation snouia ue ueiu responsible by, and be accountable to, some sovereign strong enough to control its conduct. I am in no sense hostile to ; corporations. This is an age of combination, and any effort to prevent all combination will be not only useless, but in the end vicious, because of the contempt for law which the failure to . enforce law inevitably produces. The , corporation has. come to stay, just as the trade union has come to stay. Each can do and has done great good. Each should be favored so long as it does good. But each should be sharply checked where it acts against law and justice. The subject of railway rate regulation is treated at great length. The ] following extracts give the President's i views and recommendations: 1 The makers of our National Consti- 1 tution provided especially that the reg- i ulation of interstate commerce should < come within the sphere of the General 1 Government. The arguments in favor 1 of their taking this stand were even ! then overwhelming. But they are far i stronger to-day, in view of the enor- 1 mous development, of great business < agencies, usually corporate in form. < Experience has shown conclusively i mat it is useless w u.y iu set uuj adequate regulation and supervision < of these great corporations by State 1 action. Such regulation and supervis- < ion can only be effectively exercised : by a sovereign whose jurisdiction is 1 coextensive with the field of work of i the corporations?that is, by the National Government. I am well aware of the difficulties of the legislation that I am suggesting, and of the need of temperate and cautious action in securing it. I should emphatically protest against iinprop* < erly radical or hasty action. The first . thing to do is to deal with the great : corporations engaged in the business i of interstate transportation. As I said in my message of December 0 last, the immediate and most pressing need, so far as legislation is concerned, CLOSE SCHOOLS TO SAVE CORN | Young Woman Teacher Takes a Hand at Husking Grain. Topeka, Kan.?A week ago Miss Emma Cuslmian, a teacher in Brown County, dosed her school for ten days, and told tli* forty boys and girls to go Home ana nop rueu- parents save the great corn crop. Tlien Miss Cushman donned husking gloves and made a hand in the cornfield, and other young women helped. Four other schools in that section adjourneJ to the cornfields for a week. Personal Gossip. Lord Carew, the English nobleman, is a farmer of renown. .Edward B. Wesley, a millionaire veteran of Wall Street, .New York, is nine'ty-five. Dr. George Reicke, the Major of Berlin, is a poet and dramatist as well as a Jurist. Lord Radstock has been for more than twenty years an enthusiastic lay preacher. Charles Denby, the new chief clerk of the State Department,, has a record of twenty years' good service in China. I 1 i ' : ' ' c i3 the enactment Into iaw of some scheme to secure to the agents of the Government such supervision and regulation of the rates charged by the railroads of the country engaged in interstate traffic as shall summarily and effectively prevent the imposition of un.iust or unreasonable rates. It must include putting a complete stop to rebates in every shape and form. This power to regulate rates., like all similar powers over the business world, should be exercised with modification, caution and self-restraint; but it should exist, so that it can be effectively exercised when the n?ed arises. The first consideration to be kept in mind is that the power should be affirmative and should be given to some administrative body created by the Congress. Illegal transactions often occur under the forms of law. It has often occurred that a shipper has been told by a traffic officer to buy a large quantity of some commodity and then after it has been bought-an open reduction is made in rate to take effect immediately, the arrangement resulting to the damage of all their competitors; for it must not be forgotten that the big shippers are at least as much to blame as any railroad in the matter of rebates. The law should mnkA it rlcar srv that nobody can fail to understand that any kind of commission paid on freight shipments, whether in this form or in the form of fictitious damages, or of a concession i free pass, reduced passenger rate ar payment of brokerage, is illegal. All private-car lines, industrial roads, refrigerator charge?, aud the like should be expressly put under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission or some similar i)ody so far as rates, and agreements practically affecting rates, are concerned. The private-car owners and :he owners of industrial railroads are intitled to a fair and reasonable compensation on their investment, but neither private cars nor industrial railroads nor spur tracks should be utilized; a? devices for securing prefer?ntial rates. A rebate in icing charges. )r in mileage, or in a division of the . ate for refrigerating charges is just is pernicious as a rebate in any other svay. No lower rate,should apply on ?oods imported than actually obtains >n domestic goods from the American seaboard to destination except in :ities -where water competition is the controlling influence. There should 3e publicity of the .accounts of common carriers; no common carrier engaged in interstate business should jeep any books or memoranda, other :han those reported pursuant to law >r regulation, and these books or memoranda should be open to the inspection of the Government. Only q this "way can violations or evasions >f the law be surely detected. A sys:em of examination of railroad ac.'9unts should be provided similar to :hat now conducted into the national Dauks by the bank examiners; a few irst-class railroad accountants, if :hey had proper direction and proper luthority to inspect books and papers, :ould accomplish much in preventing wilful violations of the law. After urging upon Congress the need >f providing for expeditious action by Jie Interstate Commerce Commission n all these matter, the President sugjests legislation requiring the use of Mock signals upon railroads and desires that the excessive hours of labor :o which railroad employes in train ;ervice are in many cases subjected s also a matter which may well en;?ge the serious attention of the Congress. Taking up the question of labor, the President dwells upon the Government lontrol of t^e District of Columbia ind the factories within its jurisdic:ion. He says: Uni-anifaK timra chnntd h<> nroner 'actory laws to prevent all abuses in he employment of women and chiliren in the District. These will be lseful chiefly as object lessons, but >ven this limited amount of usefulness would be of real national value. There has been demand for deprivng courts of the power to issue injunctions in labor disputes. Such special limitation of the equity powers of our courts would be most univise. The Department of Commerce and Labor should also make a thorough inres'tigation of the condition of women u industry, he declares. The importance of the present insurince agitation is dwelt upon. The President said iu part, regarding this luestion: In my last annual message, I recommended "that the Congress carefully consider whether the power of the Bureau of Corporations can not constitutionally be extended to cover in:erstate transactions in insurance." Recent events have emphasized the mportance of an early and exhaustive consideration of this question, to sea whether it is not possible to furnish 3etter safeguards than the several States have been able to furnish nni-rnntinn of thp- flagrant kind n-hich lias been exposed. It has been )nly too clearly shown that certain 3f the men at the head of these large corporations take but small note of the ethical distinction between honesty and dishonesty; they draw the line only this side o? what may be called: law-honesty, the kind of honesty necessary in order to avoid falling into the clutches of the law. Of course, the only complete remedy for this condition must be found in an aroused public conscience, a higher sense of ethical conduct iu the community at large, and especially among business men and in the great profession of the law, and in the growth of a spirit which condemns alL dishonesty, whether in rich man or in poor man, whether it takes the shape of bribery or of blackmail. But much can be done by legislation which is not only drastic but practical. Regarding the national revenue question Mr. Roosevelt says: SHIP SUNK, FOUR LOST. The Harlow Run Down By the Philippeville. nnvor England.?The Belcian steam ship Philippeville, from Antwerp for the Congo, reports sinking the steamship Harlow, of London, southeast of Dungeness. The Philippeville picked up nine of the crew of the sinking vessel and proceeded for Southampton. Four of the crew of the Harlow are missing. Prominent People. The King of Spain is a skilful and fearless rider. The Duke of Argyll was sixty years of age recently. The Kaiser is now the proud owner of eight automobiles. King Oscar of Sweden is perhaps the most gifted of royal musicians. The Pope has given $40,000 for the relief of the earthquake sufferers in his country. General Cronje passed a short time in London recently on his way to South Africa. In times of peace the revenue must on the average, taking a series of years together, equal the expenditures I or else the revenues must be increased. Last year there was a deficit. Unless our expenditures can be kept within the revenues then our revenue laws must be readjusted. , I earnestly recommend to the Congress the need of economy. As examples merely, I call your attention to one of two specific matters. All unnecessary offices should be abolished. The Commissioner of the General Land Office recommends the abolishment of the office of receiver of public moneys for United .States land offices. Yet, in spenking of economy, I must in no wise be understood a^ advocating the false economy which is iu the 1 end the worst extravagance. To cut dojvn on the Navy, for instance, would be a crime against the nation. To fail to push forward all work on the Panama Canal would be as great a folly. That our rights and interests are deeply concerned in the maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine is as ciear as hardly to need argument, he declares. This is especially true in view of the construction of the Panama Caual. As a mere matter of self-defence we must exercise a close watch over the approaches to this canal; and this means that we must be thoroughly alive to our interests in the Caribbean Sea. yanto Domingo, in her turn, has now made an appeal to us to neip her, and not only every principle of wisdom but every generous instinct within us bido us respond to the appeal. |We cannot consider the question of oiir foreign policy without at the same time treating of the Army and the Navy, the message continues. Provision should be made by sufficient appropriations for maneuvers of a practical kind so that the troops may learn how to take care of themselves u^ider actual service conditions. The number of posls in which the Army is kept in time of peace should be materially diminished and the* posts that are left.made correspondingly larger. The President touches upon the question of the purity of Federal elections. The subject of immigration is treated by Mr. Roosevelt in a particularly able ana tuougiidiu luuuua'. foreigners 3re desirable and are we!cqrned. ,The President discusses the question ofi tbe Federal criminal laws relative to! corrupt officeholders ^.n his usual bold and ter.se manner. Tbe public land frauds are dealt w}th in no uncertain terms. Tbe ,Jamestown tri-centennial is bighly commended by the President. Good work has been done by our Government in all the territory acquired by our recent war with Spain, declares Mr. Roosevelt. Order is rapidly being brought about and the people are becoming contented and prosperous. Reference is made to The Hague tribunal in a spirit of approval for its work in the cast. The President recommends to the Congress tbe enlargement of the bounds.of tbe Yellowstone National Park, the protection of the Niagara Falls. To the spread of our trade in peace and the defense of our flag in war, says he, a great and prosperous merchant marine is indispensable. Speaking of pensions the message declares: The soldier who did his duty in! the time of war should receive the benefits of a grateful country, but here as. elsewhere, a strict watch should be kept to prevent fraud. The Mississippi levees are touched upon-and a recommendation is made that they be maintained in as high a state of efficiency as is possible. ' 1 1 1 -1 - i.U ? Mr. uooseveic, as utmiu, .upuvius iue polrcy of the Civil Service law. He recommends that Indian Territory and Oklahoma be admitted as one State and that Mexico and Arizona be admitted as one State. The President dwells upon the work a-ccomplished by the Panama Canal Commission, and tells briefly of its present members. The message recommends more adequate provision than has been made heretofore for the work of the Department of State. In conclusion the President says: Suitable provision should be made for the expense of keeping our diplomatic officers more fully informed of what is being done from day to day in progress of our diplomatic affairs with other countries. The lack of such information, caused by insufficient appropriations available for cable tolls and for clerical and messenger service, frequently puts our officers at a great disadvantage and detracts from their usefulness. The salary list should be readjusted. It does not now correspond either to the importance of the service to be rendered and the degrees of ability and experience required in the different positions, or to the differences in the cost of living. In many i cases the salaries are quite inadequate, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House. December 3, 1905. JAPAN TO GIVE $75,000,000. ? Provision Made iu Budget For Pres- j euts to Soldiers ana sanors. London. England. ? The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Toklo sends a dispatch outlining the provisions of the Japanese budget. The*3 include the withdrawal of the army in Manchuria at a cost of $100,000,000 and gifts to soldiers and sailors approximating $75,000,000. It is estimated that the total expenditure called for will be $515,000,000, of which sum $400,000,000 may be set down as an outcome of the war. Texas Bank Looted. The bank of Carrollton, Tex., was looted of several thousand dollars by burglars. St. Louis Police "Demoralized." The Grand Jury at St. Louis, Mo., in its final report, speaks of tho police force of that city as "demoralized and disorganized," policemen believing it their duty to commit perjury. Vanilla Tlanters Complain. Vanilla planters in Mexico complain that they are losing money because so many substitutes for the bean are being made in the United States. ! Sporting Brevities. Cornell beat Columbia at football by the score of 23 to 0. H. K. Knapp's Kiamesha won the Dixie Stakes at the Bennings race track. Members of the Meadowhrook Club put their mounts over sixty-two fences in a drag hunt. Walter J. Travis won the low score prize in the open golf tournament at Atlantic City, N. J. The route of the next Glidden trophy tour has been selected through Canada, with the start at Buffalo, N. Y. - -v_. ^ B0MP1IE HAKES REPflRf Secretary of the Navy^ Issues His First Annual Message. HEAVY BATTERIES ARE UPHELD IjeBHODit Learned by the Ttoctuit War lietireen Russia and Japan Krotn a Natal Viewpoint? DiecnfUioit or the Several Bureaaa of the Department Under Bi9 Supervision,. Washington, D. C?In fifty-two closely printed pages Mr. Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy, submitted bis first annual report'to the''Presidents and Congress. He 3aid he had not room to recount in detail the oper;t-1 tion3 of his department in th(> past year, but limited .himself to pointing out questions of special interest demanding the attention of Congress. He advocates the consolidation of the Bureaus of Yards and Docks, Construction and Repair, Equipment and Steam Engineering, lie insists tnai:, after all, these four bureaus deal primarily with the ships of the navy, and that they ought to constitute new divisions in one great bureau! In like manner he holds that tho Bureaus of Navigation, Medicine nnd Surgery, the Marine Corps, the office of the Judge Advocate General nnd the Naval Academy are all concerned with the same general subject, namely the personnel of the Navy, and that they ought to be consolidated under one head. He finds that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts is practically in four departments, carrying with it the Bureau of Ordnance, and this he thinks ought to' become one departmental organization. In the higher grade of the Navy service he thinks the expansion of the service pught to be recognized by the creation of two vice admirals, of whom the senor would command the Atlantic fleet and the junior the ships in Asiatic waters. In taking notice of the age question, in promoting officers to rank, he does not agree with | the apprehension expressed that a [ man of sixty in tlie N?avy is not as good as a man of forty to command,. [ when an emergency arises; that, while his physical strength may be lessened. J a man of sixty, fitted for the service, has probably led a healthful life and has much less tendency to nervous exhaustion than one of the same age in commercial pursuit. He concedes, however, that it is n hardship under existing circumstances j that certain well-fitted men cannot reasonably expect to become captains | until a comparatively well advanced , age, and as a measure of r?r.ief he suggests the re-establishment of the srade ot commodore and the promotion of from twelve to sixteen of the oldest captains to this rank. This wouitt ieaci ro rue promotion ot ? imc number of commanders to captains; [ of lieutenant commanders to be commanders and of lieutenants to be lieu1 tenant commanders. The disaster to the United States steamship Bennington, he admits, has led to many suggestions for more competent engineer officers in the Navy, j The provisions of the personnel bill are based upon the theory that a line officer of the Navy must be a competent machinist just as in the days of sailing vessels. He would overcome the present difficulty by organizing a service of marine engineers for shore duty only, corresponding to the civil engineers now employed at naval < stations. From these could be recruited graduates from the best schools of engineering in the country, and after a brief apprenticeship in ? ~ ttayiIH ha rma lifiprf Chicago, III.?After eight weeks and the examination of 5000 veniremen a jury was secured to try Charles Gilhooly, who is charged with causing the death-of a non union workman.during a strike. Hundreds of veniremen have declared themselves prejudiced to snch an extent that they could not give Gilhooly a fair trial. Feminine News Notes. Every one knows tiiat Queen AlexonHrn is a r>nt lovei*. The Marchioness of Tweeddale is a good locomotive engineer. The Queen of Graece is credited with being the only woman admiral in the world. Tho mother of the late General Wal ter Q. Gresham is still living, halo ami hearty. Lady Mary Louis*? Douglas Hamilton, the only child of the late Duke of I Hamilton, is probably the richest worn- I ac ia Great Britain. **" *' " ji'AJ -1 i > '1 V, THE NEW BRITISH CABINET Arthur J. Balfour Resigns as Premier With His Ministers. Sir Benry Campbell-Bannerman the New Leader?Honors For Those Retiring From Body. London, England.?The political crisis in the United Kingdom reached a climax when Arthur J. Balfour, the Premier, formally harfded in the resignations of himself and the members of his Cabinet to King Edward, who accepted them. His Majesty invited Sir Henry Cauipbell-Baonerman to an interview. Sir . Henry arrived in town 'from Scotland,'and the Liberal statesmen were hurriedly summoned from all parts of the'kingdom to confer with -him. 5 A brief official announcement was made that the Cabinet had resigned, that the King had accepted the resignations of his Ministers and that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman had been sent for. It would how appear that the entire programme had been cut and dried for some time, and it is even I probable that the Liberal leader had already completed his Cabinet. The meeting of the Frivy Council has been postponed. A part list of the honors usually conferred on the retirement of a government was issued. It includes a peerage for Sir Thomas Sanderson, the retiring Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and several minor honors. It is expected that the honors to be conferred on prominent members A f fha raf i rinry ?vATT/i??nmanf -nr t IT ha VI. V.ut itlll fjVV&lliliiCUb uc announced shortly. Has Policy Prepared. One tiling is certain?that Sir Henry ' Campbell-Bannerman has explained his attitude on home rule for Ireland to those Liberal leaders who are known to be opposed to home rule on the lines of the last bills introduced in Parliament. Since his speech in Stirling, which raised such a furor, Sir Henry has not made any statement, but it is confidently asserted in the Liberal clubs that he is ready with a policy which will gain the adhesion of the Nationalists and at the same time avoid raising the isgue as one of the most prominent planks in his platform. There is some uncertainty as to when the dissolution of Parliament will be effective, but it isnnt>t con-j sidered probable until after the new. year. An infrprMfinz feature of the noliti cal situation is the prospect of a closer alliance between the Irish andthe Labor parties in the new Parliament.. James Keir Hardie, the Social* ist and independent member, in a po- i litical speech, frankly invited such an . alliance. He pointed out that fortyfive Labor members, combined with seventy-five Irish members, would provide a voting1 strength which no gov- ' ernment, however strong, could afford to ignore. | COTTON SAVES STATE CREDIT. ?___ Product of Convict Labor Sold in Time j ' to Prevent Deficit. < ' Jackson, Miss. ? Governor Varda- ( man, of Mississippi, sold a large quao- ! , IlilV J' iliua lliCJ IT V/uiu i/v to replace officers retired, and prevent j any alarming scarcity of competent mpn in the Engineering Bureau. On the increase in the Navy he points out that within the last two years impressive lessons have been learned from the war between Russia and Japan and that the substance of this lesson is that morale and gunnery being equal, victory will fall to the heavier battery; that torpedo craft and mines have a real, although somewhat restricted, field of usefulness; that superior speed is of value in a fleet not merely because it enables the,, avoidance of battle, but because it is - flnfnal nrm'flipt* a source oi sucugiu m mv.lu.ai thnt while there may be some differ-' ence of opinion as to the value of, armored cruisers that there can be none as to the value of battleships except in Respect of size. The department, he says, is in conflict as to the value of 10,000 and 18,000 ton battleships and after carefully weighing the divergent views he is not clear that any sufficiency can be obtained -which much more money must be expended in increasing the size of battleships beyond the plans laid out for the construction of the South Carolina and Michigan. They will cost $7,500,000 each, while those suggested by the General Board of increased size, would cost $8,250,000 each. I POLICY OF WEYLER FAILS. New Spanish Ministry to Deal With Catalonians. Madrid, Spain.?The formation of a new Ministry in place of the Montero Uios Cabinet, whose resignation was accepted, is designed to overcome the separatist movement in Catalonia, as General Weyler's policy of repression has not satisfied either element. Reports from Barcelona show that the agitation is still serious. Four of the leading newspapers have been seized and the Governor of Barcelona has resigned. EIGHT WEEKS TO SECURE JURY. Five Thousand Veniremen Used in Labor Union Slugging Case. " f: Decision For Theatre Men. The Court of Appeals, at Albany, N. 1 Y., derided unanimously that theatre proprietors can regulate the sale ofl T seats and refuse tickets sold by specui la tors. | La Follette> For the Senate. J? Governor Lr. Follotte, of Wisconsin, ? announced at Madison that he .would ii resign and become Senator. f Mark Twain Celebrates. Mark Twain was guest of honor at a; dinner given in celebration of his seventieth birthday in New York City. f] ? _ . ? . - tity of cotton which had been raised } on the State farms by the convicts just | In the nick of time to prevent a deficit V in the State Treasury. The sale netted about $12,000, which will go to the educational fund. The balance in the I treasury of Mississippi is'1 now below * the $10,000 mark, and heavy drafts are expected soon. Governor Vardaman has entire charge of the sale of all the products of the State farms, and it is probable that from now on for several months 'the cotton and other products will be disposed of to prevent the State from ] delaying payment on its obligations. Settlement Not Made. Efforts made to effect a settlement * of the dispute between the London * (England) Coal Merchants and the Coal J Porters' Union have not yet been effectual. New Disease in London. T According to a special cable dis- < piftch the latest disease in London, c .England, is influ-neuralgia, influenza .1 this year having taken .a new form. ? i Noted Financier Dead. > Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, a distinguished financier and partner in the banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co., is dead in London, England. 1 Mutiny of Sappers Quelled. A mutiny of sappers at Kieff, Russia, was quelled by troops. Fifty of 1 + miitinnoro toova 1." i 1! Q rJ 4 O T"ir? fll 1 iuc ?f VI C ?tiivu wuvb amvov ^ than a hundred wounded. c ? r Wages Increased. \ Wages of 'laborers engaged on rail- ? way construction in Western Canada J showed an increase, large numbers of t men being affected thereby. P 1 i Another Football Victim Dead. t Robert Brown, sixteen years old, who was injured in a football game at Sedaiia, Mo., between local elevens, died. 5 Perkins to Retire. George W. Perkins is to retire as First Vice-President of the New Yor^ c Life. !< % 6 Martial Law at KiefT. s Martini law has been declared at : Kieff, Russia. f l! Lumber For Docks. A Liverpool firm of timber mer chants, Setli Bennett & Co., are en- ^ gaged in cutting pitch pine timber to be deported under contract witli th? United States authorities to the dockyards at Newport News. > i, . t; Blame For Railroad Wreck. ? The blame for the wreck near Liu* coin, Mass., was piaced on the i*iIot engine driver of the Montreal Express and the dispatching system of the Bos- h ton .iimI Maine. a STEAMSHIP LOST AT SEA The Lunenburg Dashed on Rocks Off Amherst Harbor, Cape Breton. ?]?t?b Lltal Lost u th? Boat Goel Down \ t ?-Captain Amone Tlioae Who Were Iteaonod. Meat Cove, C. B?Eleven lives were lost as a result of the striking of the steamer Lunenburg on the rocks off Amherst Harbor,.near the Magdalen Islands. When the steamer struck there were seventeen persons on board, including a crew of sixteen and R. J. Leslie, of Halifax, one of the firm owning the steamer and a member of ParHarnqpf; TJrr ac^W^it.occurred .in a violent-storm,' the .d^jigers of a terrific, sea < being increased by blinding snow. ' '4 r After the ship struck the storm abated sufficiently for five of those on board lo row to land. The others decided to remain on the vessel until calna weather, but later in the day, unrtpr thp hp?tin? of tT(?mpndoii8 waves. t-ie ster.mer began to go to pieces and it became necessary for them to leave in one of the ship's boats. When the twelve men were about halC way to the shore a great wave swamped their craft, and the only one to escape death in the turbulent waters was Captam Pride, of the Luneubnrg, who managedi to cling to the boat until help reached him. 4' 1 In the death list are R. J. Leslie, Halifax; H. Meersard, steward; R. M. McDonald, chief engineer; J. Jose, cook; B. Ham, cabin boy; J. McConnell, ti. V. Doucette, Delphine Vicneault, Samuel Vicneault and Joseph Bourgeos, all sailors, and an unknown seaman. The ''Lunei^urg was cwnmanded by Captain Pride, and manned prin-. cipally by men taken from "the ports up and down the maritime coast. She was built in 1891 at Mahone Bay and, with her cargo, was insured for $40.000. She was of 133 tons net and 260 tons gross. GENERAL SAKHAROFF KILLED. Ex-War Minister Shot by Woman, It is Reported: ' ' ^ London, England?The St/ burg correspondent of thelHHfcie1graph in a dispatch sent byFarajjjMfl Eydtkuhnen, says: "Lieutenant-General Sakharoff, exMi nis'ter "of War, "Was. assassinated. "The Government had deputed General Sakharoff to visit the Province of Sarato|f for ,.the purpose of quelling the agrarian riots there. * 1 "A woman belonging to the so-called 'flying columns' of the revolutionary movement called at the house of the Governor of Sara toff at noon and' asked to see General Sakharoff. "She fired three, revolver shots" at the Genera!, killing him on the spot." BURIAL BY FORCE. i Hole Broken in Cemetery Wall For. Man Averse to Religious Ceremony.* Ferrol, Spain. ? A wealthy Cuban named Jose Rodriguez, who recently :ame here shattered in health and lied, made extensive charitable bequests in his will, conditional upon his burial beiDg held without religious :ires. i The parish pries}: refused to admit rhe body 'to the cemetery, whereupon Ihe relatives of'the dead man appealed :o the anti-clerical corporation of the ?ity, whfcn directed them to use force n effecting an edtrance. This was done, a hole being broken n the cemetery wall. There was much ?xcitement over the affair. PANIC ON IMMIGRANT SHIP. Hundred Spaniards Jump Into Havana Harbor. Havana. Cuba.?There was a panic >n board the French steamer La Jhampagne, which brought 800 immigrants from Spain. The vessel aking coal on board, when she heeled >ver and a quantity of water entered in open port. ? - ? rtfitr 4-hnf fhft ttocoaI i ovuieoue 1 ttiacu a. uJ iuai lus >vq?v> yas sinking, and in tlie resulting panic >ver 100'i.'of the immigrants juaiped >verboard. It is reported that a baby vas drowned. All the otjier frightened passengers yere saved, but a number of them vere injured. TOGO TO VISIT AMERICA. Tap Admiral Will Take Fleet to England and United States. San l^Yancisco, Cal. ? Mr. Gri.v:oni, American diplomatic representative at Cokio, who arrived here on the Man!huria, confirmed the report that Adniral Togo proposes to visit foreign vaters. He says that the Admiral inormad him of his intention to take a rapanese fleet to England and the Unied States next year. Admiral Togo iroposes to go vin the Suez Canal, but s undecided as to what route ne win ake on returning /ome. RUSSIAN ARMY STARVING. loldiers Pillage Harbin?Linevitch iu a Difficult Position. Paris, France. ? The St. Petersburg orrespondent of the Matin says that ?tters received from Manchuria decribe a terrible situation atoong the oldiers there. The men are practially starving and refuse to listen to heir officers. Harbin has been piliged. TO ANNEX SANTO DOMINGO. leybum Offers a Bill to Take in Haiti With It. Washington, D. C.?Senator Heyburn itroduced a resolution providing for he annexation of San Domingo and laiti to the United States. Gapon Appeals, to People. \ St. Petersburg's garrison has been eavily reinforced, and Father Gapon ppealed to the workmen to cut loose rom the revolutionists. WOMAN'S LONE FIGHT ENDED. 'olice Use Ammonia Fumes in Storming Railroad Car Fort. Girard, Kan.?Mrs. Ina Berry, who as held the town officers at bay in a ailroad car for four days, was reloved shortly before noon after she ad been partially overcome by the nines ol' ammonia. Aims For Finland. Great quantities of arms and ammnition arc boini; imported into Finland rorn Sweden. . ' i - ' ^1 I IN CONSTANT AGONY.1 . j A West Virginian's Awful Diattwaf Through Kidney 1 Double**- W. L. Jackson, merchant, of Parfcersburg, W. Va., says: "Driving aboKt Bin bad r?eathe'r O* brought kidney trottk\ suffered t wen t j, )i years with sharp, b cramping pains i*. J J the hack and urinary; <f J i disorders. I often bad to ??et tl? a dozen ^ times at n:?ht'te urin mite. Retention set 91 ih, and I w-s obliged' to use- the catheter.. I took to my hod. and tbe doctors faiK ins to belo. beiran using Doan's Kid ney Pills. The uriue soon came freely a^din, and the pain gradually disappeared. ' rl~ "have been ? cured? eiglit years, and though over"70,""ani 'aa active as a. boy." Sold by all'dealers. 50,oent8-a boi*. Fj?ter-ililt)Uii Co., Buffalo N. X. , Tactics. Drill Sergeant (to raw recruit, wh# is slow in grasping the tactical der; tails)?"Now, Murphy; how would yott use your sword if your opponent feint-: ed?" Murphy?"Begorra, I'd -just tickle, him with the p'int of It to see if he was ahfter fakin'."?Harper's Weekly. ULCERS FOR THIRTY YEARS Painful Br options From Knees to Jfott Seemed Inctu-able?Catlcara < \ ? Ends Hlsery. Another of tboae remarkable curea'tarCuticuia, after doctors and all else had. failed, is testified to by Mr. M. C. Mom, of Gainesville, Texas, m the following Jetter: avar fhirfV nonra T? ohPFomt! fv/Mk painful ulcers and; an eruption'from- my B knees to feet, and could "find neither-doe*? tors nor medicine to help me until 1 u*ed B Cuticura Soap,' Ointment and Pills, which , cured me in six months. They helped me"H the very first time 1- used them, and I ukfl glad ft write this so that others suffering as 1 did may be saved from misery." 'B Darwin estimates that there are 100,- fl ooc8?rvat&m, backed by the scholaraSp^^flj the editor-in-chief ,Wm.T. Harris, Ph. D. JJk'H D..U.6: <Jom. of Edtf ditto n/iihd htfndrfjdBof H UlUUltt VI tur OUUU(HV(9 WfUUH Man madd the International a standard in theU;S. H Supremo Court and in all the courts of tbe H nation, also-In college and putaic ijoboola. _ OroTer Cleveland'* Ifaaaaeat. ' John S. Wise, says the Boston Globe, H tells a story of -a sunset stroll with H Grover Cleveland during which the ex- H President turned to him suddenly and H said: H "I ought to have a monument over H me'wb'PH I die." "For what particular serviae?" asked H Mr. Wise. v "Oh, not for anything I have done, H but for the foolishness I have put & H stop to!" 81 The quoted conversation suggest* 'H that we have^orerlooked a host of he-H roes and heroines while we have beem H busy raising shafts and arches of I granite and marble. The average maa H In the street, the ordinary womaai&.H the home, they safely ^deserve monii- H ments, if monuments arejto be>t?e H reward of those who refrain', from H foolish acts inanage.,wh?ttj,it,i?BO H easy to stoop to folly. Interrupted. B There is aa actor who la more re- fl markable for his talents than for his jH good looks. On a recent occasion he was appearing at a provincial theatre, and tite/Hj heroine, In the course of the play, badt to observe: H "Ah! you change countenance!" moment she pronounced these wordf^M a voice from the gallery cried out: imH "Oh, tor heaven's sake, don't st? him! Let him change."?London Tt-M They Couldn't Fool Her. Lady Frederick Cavendish, as prsi-jf^n dent of the Yorkshire Ladies'.. Couijcil of Education, tells the following, stjry *j| In illustration of prevailing ignoraice: The other day some poor wo main in Bj discussing the propriety of wasJing H her child's h~ad, said:. "I know bet- ^ ter than to do that; I've heard erough I of water on the brain." I. . B During a wedding at Grafeiwaum, H Austria, lightning struck the jhureh^M and tore away the bridegroomi right. H foot. I THE "COFFEE HEART'4 fl It ia an Uancfrous aw tlio T?bacco Or Wiiiaky Hoart. , j "Coffee heart" is commoo to many coffee users aud is liable tf send the KB r. Vl i <3 rtl- Jmi- ! rttl t? llA m O- If KJ \y UCt IV/ UKl \l ? UUb ?wi.b OVIMV drug is persisted iu.' You am run thft*- H ty or forty yards and find'out if youe H heart is troubled. A lady who. was H once a victim of the "coffee heart" writes from Oregon: H| "I have been a-habitual user of cof fee nil my life and liave suffered very^^B much in recent years from ailments which I became satisfied were directly IB due to the poison in the beverage, such Hj as torpid liver and indigestion, which hi turn made my complexion blotchy aud muddy. |M "Then my heart became affected. would beat most rapidly just after I^H drank my. coffee, and go below normal Hj as the coffee effect wore off. Some-'^H times my pulse would go as high agjj^H 137 beats to the minute. My famll^j^H were greatly alarmed at my condition. and at last mother persuaded me begin the use of Postum Food Coffee.^HB "I gave up the old coffee entirely an^^B absolutely, and made Postum my so^^H table'-beverage. This wa3 six montfl|H ago, and all my ills, the indlgestioaj^^B t?? AitnA IS MAM nil/1 ? t f ? r\ 4- TT It Aft nf inactive H\C1 AUIA ucacij ucaii av'uu^^^| have passed away, and my cotnpIexia*H| has become clear and natural. iW^H improvement set In very soon after ]SMB made the change, just as soon as th'BH coffee poison had time to work out my system. BB "My husband has also been greatly lH benefited by the use of Postum, audj^H we find that a simple breakfast wlt^^S Postum is a? satisfying and oxmH streactheniiiff than the old meal we used to have witb tbe?fl^H| kinfi of coffee." Name given by turn Co., Battle Greek, Mich. , There's a reason. Read the little boofcfl^E "The Road to Weilville," in pkga. H j^ma - ' *