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Jl A FAKU) t'HOM XATl'RE. 'A. nightingale wco?\l. in a garden preen, The loveliest rose that evet was .seen, \i\d he sang for her. with hi? wilding art, The tremulous plaint of a wistful heart. "Dearest nightingale." said the little rose, ".Such a wowirriul gift your songs disclose. That 1 long for this world to share with * me mu'ical ?h.-i rin of vour melodv." The nightingale t hvitled with a joyous pride 'As he flew to tl?o ireetops far and wide? And plaintive and tender and sweet he ?anj:. Till the whole green earth with his praises rang. But the rose 110 e. Iio nor tidings knew, And paler and i?:iil?-r each day sne grew; .Yet, bravely she answered the jeering rain? "Kay, hn?h! for my love will come back again." iW.aen tlio first \tiM joy of his song was spent. The nightingale liaek to the garden went: "Dear rose, I have brought you my fame!" lie s.inl. Bu* no niiswcr me?for the rose was dead. ?Charlotte Becker, in Tuck. <a v* SAN OLD-TIME g ' I ?*k PUNISHMENT. $ /[> $ \t> By F. J;. C. ROBBIXS. <?> Book in hand, Master Dunton paused abruptly in his task of pronouncing the v;ords, and for a moment glared along the row of boys and girls who were "toeing the line" -oh the floor of ;i country schoolhouse one afternoon some sixty years ago. Then he spoke ir. a tone of deep displeasure: "This is a pretty piece -of work! Not half the words put out yet, and everybody has missed, except Georgie Dole, and he is the youngest of all! 1 won't hear such a lesson! -Oo back to your seats and take your .spelling-books! I'm going to give you fifteen minutes to study. It will be the first time to-day for some of you. Then 1 will call the class again, and the very lirst one that makes a mistake shall be punished!" The exact form of the threatened punishment was not specified; but that was net at a.11 necessary. Everybody knew. Punishment at that time and placc did not mean copying verses, or loss of recess, or being kept aiter school, or even marks?except such aa might be left temporarily on some smarting palm by the heavy ruler that lay on the master's desk. Master Dunton was a teacher of no little local fame. It was well understood that he was "a master hand" At figures, could set a copy almost as juain as print, kne\y all the rules of grammar by heart, although he was not unduly hampered by them in conversation, and coujd parse anything in Pope's "Essay on Man," or in "Paradise Lost.'' . Perhaps his greatest lack, educationally speaking, was in spelling. But as the spelling in schools of that day was oral, and as he could always have the booh before him when heariug the lessons, his weakness in that respect was hardly worth considering. His special claim to distinction, ! owever, came from his "government." There was no school in all the country round too hard for him to "keep it out;" no boy, however bad or big, that dared to dispute his authority. At the appointed time the first class in spelling was again called, and its members came straggling forward, AlKrtwinrr aha inftf>ior nnfA nlioo TUq viuuniu?, i/iiv xuiv ^uuv/i.i A ?V/ long row, as finally arranged, was graduated according to achievement, rather than height. At the head was stationed Georgie Dole, the minister's ten-year-old son, who seldom missed aDd never misbehaved, while at the foot towered Joseph Niles. a brawny youth who generally missed, and who by his conduct doubtless deserved the frequent chastisements that fell to his lot. It was evident that the allotted fifteen minutes had been well spent, and the first' two journeys of the rpelling lesson down the line passed without accident. r All the words that had been put out before had now teen taken carp of, but there remained the as yet untried portion of the lesson. "Victuals!" shouted the master, turning to Georgie at the head of the class. But instead of piping back the prompt reply expected, Georgie hesitated, blushed, and rolled his big blue eyes round wildly, as if he had been rt.ken by surprise. "Victuals," repeated the master, glancing at the book, and wondering at the delay. Then Georgie, after apparently searching his memory, ventured cautiously, "V-i-c-t-u-a-1-s, victuals." "Wrong!" ericd the master, in a tone of dismay. Then, forgetting in his astouishmont to pass the word to ^ the next, he asked sorrowfully, "Why, (ieorgie, hov; came you to make such a mistake?" "V you please, sir," faltered Georgie, "i didn't see that word in the spelling-book." "Didn't sec it!" roared Master Duntor., his mood changing at once. "Wasn't it light there beforo your eyes?second word, third column? What do you mean by such a prevarication as that?" Just then a knock at the door diverted the strained attention of the L* _ _ j school, and Mr. Dole, the minister, who was also school committeeman, was ushered into the room. He at once discovered that his son was in trouble; for Georgie, although he was a bm/e little fellow and did not fear a whippfng. had completely broken down at the sound of that word "prefvarication." < Answering the'minister's lock of inquiry, Master Dunton explained the situation. "Ah, yes. missed on 'victuals,' you aay," said Mr. Dole, glancing over ihe master's shoulder at the book. 4How did ho spell it?" "Tell your father how you spelled I It, Georgie. : said Mr. Dunton. "V-i-r.-t-u-a-J-s'" sobbed the boy. "Indeed; and how should it be . '.polled, Mr. Dunlfon?" "Why. v-i-i-a-l-s!" answered the master, in a tone of surprise. "There ic is in the speller," he aided, offering the book. . "Suppose you look ud the word in t your dictionary." suggested Mr. Dol?, quietly, pointing to a small and seldom-used book that lay upon the desk. Master Dunton was puzzled. Could it be that the minister, learned man mougn ne was, presuiueu (.asi. ? doubt upon the spelling-book? But he began to turn over the b pages of ihe dictionary, and at last he announced, rather pompously, ''Here it is; 'v-i-t-a-l-s, victuals?the parts essential to life." Nothing ^ could be plainer than that." "Now will you look it up the way Georgie spelled it?" asked Mr. Dole, with a twinkle^ in his eye. The master's face fell, and he renewed his search, with a secret fear at his heart. This time there was no note of triumph in his voice as he spelled out, "V-i-c-t-u-a-l-s?food for human beings." Then he turned again to the other word, stared at it a moment, shut the book, and pronounced his verdict: "Georgie is right, and I have made a stupid, inexcusable mistake." "The best of us are liable to mistake," said the minister, reassuringly. Master Dunton made no reply, but walking deliberately to the desk, lie took up the birch ruler. "Joseph Niles," he said, solemnly, "will you step this way?" "I wa'n'c doing anythin'!" protested Joseph. "No, I am the one to be punished this time, and 1 must call on you, as the oldest and largest scholar, to attend to it." and the teacher handed the ruler to the unwilling Joseph. "I don't want to do it, Mr. Dunton," said Joseph, with a look of grief such as he had never shown when called upon to take the subordinate part in the performance. "I do not like to punish, either," j said the master, "but what of that? f. It is often my duty. Now I must be ^ punished for my good and the good jj of the school. What did I say would ^ happen to the first one who should Q make a mistake? Would you have my promise broken? I cannot carry it out myself, but you must help me." So saying, he held out his palm, and Joseph, not knowing how to refuse, let the ruler fall lightly upon it. "That is not the way that I have taught you," said the master, smiling grimly. "Lay on, Joseph!" Ancthe stalwart youth, thus urged, warmed to his work, and finally did full justice to his training. "Perhaps that will do," said Mr. Dunton, at last, withdrawing his afflicted hand and rubbing it gently with the other. "I thank you, Joseph. And now we will proceed with the lesson." He looked round for the minister, but that worthy man had slipped out of the door, perhaps in deference to the teacher's feelings. But that was hardly necessary. Master Dunton was conscious of no loss of dignity as he resumed his autocratic sway.?Youth's Companion. JEWISH LANDOWNERS. In Europe They Hold 248 Times as Much as They Did 40 Years Ago. The anti-Jew faction in Russia declares that even with the present restrictions the Jews have managed to acquire a large portion of land, for which the following figures are quoted in the Jewish magazine, the Menorah: '"Within the Pale the real estate of the Jews advanced from 16,000 dessiatins in 1860 to 148,000 in 1870, 370,000 in 1S80, 537,000 in 1S90, and to 1,265,000 in 1900. "In the kingdom of Poland the Jews held 16,000 dessiatins in 1860, 148,000 in 1870, 370,000 in 1880, 537,000 in 1890, and 1,265,000 in 1900. "In European Russia outside the Pale Jewish landholding is said to have increased 248 times in forty years in the following proportion: In 1860, 3000 dessiatins; in 1870, 18,000 dessiatins; in 1S80, 96,000 ^ dessiatins; in 1890, 262,000 dessia- j. tin3, and in 1900, 745,000 dessiatins." " a According to these statistics the ^ total holding of the Jews through- t out the Russian Empire, which only t amounted to 70,000 dessiatins in ^ 1860, reached in 1900 the high fig- f ure of 2,381,057 dessiatins, out of ? which the Jews own as their proper- g ty 1,445,000 dessiatins, while the re- ? maining 935,000 dessiatins are rented by them as tenants. f Necessary Hours of Sleep. The belief that the hours of sleep t should be artificially restricted is c prevalent. Yet it is contrary to or- i dinary good sense. If the human body does not need sleep for the upbuilding of its tissues it will :.ot call for it. A rule of health v/hich cannot be wrong is to sleep, if possi- c ble. as long as any inclination for it E exists. The erroneous view on this sub- I ject is undoubtedly due to the fact 1 lift when the mind and body are ( thoroughly rested it is often difficult E to arouse the mind from its comfortable lethargy. On the other hand, the man who is under a mental strain and sleeps only five or six : hours at night is keen and alert soon i after awakening. But it is an un- < healthy activity. His nerves are at a hieh tension. He is on edse. so to speak. Such a strain, long continued, results inevitably in a nerv- ] ous breakdown.?Cleveland Leader. ( Half Truths. < A small brain that work3 is of 1 more use than a massive intellect tbat balks. ' Rest assured thai most of your stray ideas have eonio oler a neighbor's fence. A naked truth offends the most r sacred prejudices of society. The domestic service problem is ihe pig in the clover problem?first I to get the domcstics into the circle, then to keep them there. The fam.ily is a despotism governed by the meanest member. It is not the strongest, but the worst-tempered, who rules.?Louise Herrick Wall. "In Lighter Vein" in the Century. The nearest approach of man to the North Pole was 23$ miles. No man has stood within 77- miles of the South Pole. New York City.?No woman who alues her comfort allows herself to e without such a negligee as this n ne. It can be slipped on at a mo- w ient'8 notice, It is loose and ample, jj t takes moat graceful and becoming 3( ines and is absolutely simple withal. n this instance Japanese crepe is rimmed with plain ribbon bands, t iut lawns, batiste, wash silks, chal- t !es, albatross, cashmere and all ma- t erlals that are used for kimonos are P ppropriate, while the banding can a m 0 IL? ill (#tKP le any contrasting material that may 11 >e liked. | ^ The kimono is made with fronts j ? md backs. The backs are joined at t he centre and tucked from tne necic, o yoke depth, while the fronts are ucked at the shoulder. A double landing is attached to the neck and ront edges and the fronts are rolled >ver with it to form lapels. The ileeves are in one piece, each gathsred at their upper edges. The quantity of material required or the medium size is eight and a lalf yards twenty-seven, eight yards hirty-six, or six and a half yards fory-four inches wide and five and a juarter yard3 of four-inch ribbon for )inding. Feather Band Softens. The irregular line of the surface )t the 1906 feather bands for turbans loftens the effect somewhat around he face, and Is therefore likely to jrove becoming to many who were lot suited by the rather severe l:ne )f the plain bands. This irregular surface is a distinctly new touch. Moire For Collars. f Moire is used for collar and revers, j ind now and then for one of the na?- t row vests, but as a gown material it f loes not take well hereabouts. i Hatpin Knobs Grow Apace. In new bonnets the hatpins have knobs of tortoise shell as large in f Jiameter as silver dollars. Extreme z knobs, the inspiration of a jeweler j af high repute, have tops as large z amiind as doorknobs. It looks as 1 though, with the increase of the size of the hatpin, the girl i3 increasing the size of her pompadour until it is almost the size of a bushel basket. Plaid Waists. Plaid flannel waists will rule during frosty days. Plaids are becoming to little girls, but the staid should avoid their distressing lines. Little girls are always on the caper, and J plaids never get time to stand still 1 and look out of order. The colors 1 are birdlike or flowerlikc, a? you i choose. Pretty plaids are very at- < tractive. Grapes For Hats. Grapes in natural looking purple 1 or white clusters or in artificial col- < ors are among the popular hat gar- i nishments. I .y _r^MmmuwG*irTvrr>*ri ? ' I Light Silk Preferred. I Mousseline de sole i3 a favorite laterial :n Paris, being combined ith all sorts of heavier materials? nen, and silk combining very hand- . amely with it. I Youthful Norfolk Jacket. ; Norfolk jackets have a youthful i tyle that ensures feem a large fol>wing whenever they appear, and re shall no doubt see numbers of ttem as the season advances. Skirts Wider in the Back. * ( The fulness of the back of the skirt 3 not so closely drawn at the waist ' s prevfyajusly, the width of the group i leats In* some cases being as much s three inches wider than last seaon. ( Misses1 Coat. Such a loose, smart yet comfort,ble coat as this one makes a very lecessary feature of any girl's ward- > obe. It can be made from smooth < aced cloth or from rough, from plain 1 olor or from mliture for the cool ireatner ana again rrora linen, piqua ,nd the like for the remaining warm eason, so that the model fills a great aany needs. It is one of the newest ,nd best liked, and will be a favorite ( or the coming season. The darts at 1 he shoulders are novel and becom- ' ng, and the garment is altogether loted for its air of simple elegance, n the illustration cheviot is stitched srith belding silk and closed with , landsome dark pearl buttons. The coat is made with fronts, >acks and under-arm gores. The ronts are fitted by means of darts at he shoulders and are supplied with atch pockets, while the curved seam 1 ,t the back means most satisfactory Hi iues. There is a regulation collar vith lapels at the neck and tha loot'oo 1 fO rnodo in fmn nioppR with urn-over cuffs. The quantity of material required or the medium size (fourteen years) s three and seven-eighth yards tweny-seven, two and a quarter yards orty-four, or two yards fifty-two nches wide. Coarse Linens Good. Very coarse linens trimmed with ine embroidery or fine Valenciennes ire especially good to look at and )0ssess, while a fancy seems to have irisec for the soft-finished unglazed inens?the linens with a surface he direct antithesis of that generaly turned ouf by the modern launIress. Such soft lfnea are undoubt idly ideal for "taking" Home emjroldery, and the girl with nimble ingcrs and a tiny allowance will do jest to centre her attention on these. Coats For All. Everybody is to be suited In the natter of coats; long and short, oose, semi-fitted and those so close ;hat the figure looks as If moulded nto them?all are found in the late lesigns. Lengthened School Frocks. A contrasting band set upon the aottom of the skirt is a convenient jxpedient for lengthening the school 'rock. Similar bands are applied to trim the yoke and sleeves. iN CDOLIES DROWNED OB Big TO DEATH Passengers on Blazing Ship at Hongkong Jump Into Flames. FIRE HORROR ON THE HANKOW U1 Europeans Saved, Fleeing in Night Robes?Disaster Laid to Chinese Who Have Declared Boycott on British River Boats. Hongkong, British China.?Huddled together like sheep, more than 1500 Chinese steerage passengers, the majority women, lost their lives In the burning of the steamship Hankow at her wharf here. All means of escape for them was cut off by the flames, which enveloped the vessel five minutes after the alarm was given. The cries of the native passengers were heartrending, and repeated efforts were made to rescue them, but without success. An attempt was even made to scuttle the vessel, in order that the imprisoned steerage passengers might escape the moreI JV1_ J --4. V _ C U ?I ? ~ 1 uurriuic UCUIU ui k; ? tug uui acu. The steamship Hankow arrived early in the morning from Canton, bringing seven European passengers, 2000 Chinese in the steerage and a cargo of 600 bales of matting, 560 bales of raw silk and 400 bales of waste silk. By 3 o'clock she was moored at her wharf. Hardly had* she been made fast when the chief officer reported to Captain Branch that she was on fire. The captain directed the chief engineer to turn on the water through the fire hose, but before it could be transmitted the ship was a mass of flames. Captain Branch himself went to the staterooms of the European passengers and awakened them. The fire spread so rapidly that the European passengers rushed from their staterooms and off the boat in night clothes. Because of the great heat and the inflammable cargo the Hankow became a veritable firebox. The crew saved themselves by jumping overboard. The Chinese steerage passengers were thrown into a frightful panic. Some of those who gained the deck rushed back into the vessel, while others jumped overboard. But few of those who jumped overboard were saved. Those who fled into the steerago were burned or suffocated by the smoke and intense heat. The British cruiser Flora signalled the naval dock yards of the fire, and engines and other assistance were sent to the burning vessel. Both the land and floating brigades o? firemen made great efforts to extinguish the fiames, but in vain. After the vessel had been burning about an hour Governor Nathan and his staff arrived, and at his suggestion an attempt wa3 made to scuttle the ship. The cries of the imprisoned steerage passengers could still be heard. The attempt was a failure. The vessel burned until 6 o'clock, p.t which time only the hull remained. The firemen began the work of recovering the dead, and after a few minutes seventy-five corpses were taken out. Many of the dead were only slightly burned, having died of Buffocation, while others were charred beyond recognition. The entire cargo, with the exception of 200 bales of raw silk, badly damaged by water, was destroyed. WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED. Father, Mother and Three Children Slain on a Rood in Missouri. Springfield, Mo. ? News of the murder of the family of Barney Parsons?the father, mother and three children?near Houston, a town seventy miles east of Springfield, has reached here. Joda Hamilton, who Is reported to have confessed to the murders, is in the Houston jail guarded by a force of deputies to prevent a threatened lynching. Parsons, who was a farmer, sold hia rrnns to Hamilton. A auarrel followed the sale. As Parsons and his family were driving home they were confronted by the murderer, armed with a shotgun. He shot Parsons, who fell to the ground. Hamilton clubbed him with the butt' of the gun. He then clubbed the mother and children to death, after which he put the bodies in the wagon, took them to Big Piney Creek, and threw th^j^ta/to the creek, where fishermen LAUNCHED. The Carolina Named by Govi^Bor Glenn's Daughter. NewpBt News, Va.?The new and powerfuWrmored cruiser North Carolina was^uccessfully launched from the yards of her builders, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, in the presence of 10,000 people. Th? ship's sponsor was Miss Rebekah "Williams Glenn, daughter of Governor R. B. Glenn, of North Carolina. The Governor was present with his staff and an escort of orominent North Carolinians. The launching was attended by Rear-Admiral Berry, a large numbed of naval officers, and officers of the Italian cruiser Fieramosca. Milliner Burned to Death. A Are which.swept tho little town of Checotah, I. T., burned to death Mrs. Strother, a milliner. Nearly Killed While Driving a Nail. The explosion of a Hotchkiss rapidfire gun shell, which he had secured as a souvenir, nearly killed Henry Oesfeld, an actor, at Cincinnati, while he was driving a nail with it. Northwest Cereals Injured. Cereal crop reports are rather better, threshing having been* resumed at the Northwest, where quality has been injured. Feminine News Notes. In Veni?^e in the fifteen century the Council" iorDacie women to wear long trains. Covent Garden and other theatres have caused fashionable people in London to dine at earlier hours. Miss Ida Piraoft, attorney and i counsellor at law, is the llrst woman I lawyer to defend a prisoner in the | Brooklyn courts. At the head of the order fifteen years, Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers, of V? o ? vo_olarf o/l T4io*h I UHHJcl&U, uao ix * w , Chief Ranger of the Woman's Catbollc Order of Foresters. RIOT HI FRENCH DUCES" , I Paris Mob Sacks and Burns Bet- / ting Booths. i Troops Called to Restore Quiet? Many Person?; Injured?Gasolene ^ From Autos Starts Fires. , . drs I no Paris.?There were violent public , demonstrations at the Longchamps pu race course in consequence of an un- Sei satisfactory start in the Free Han3i- 801 cap. The trouble culminated in riots, pillage and incendiarism. There were sis races on the card, gr, and two were run without incident, rid Then the flag fell for the Free Handicap. Nine . started and four, in- mt eluding tlie;favorite, remained" at? the mi post owing to a misunderstanding, foi Amid a terrific uproar a rank outsider won. H. The spectators in a rage broke toi down the barriers, invaded the track, jji demanded the return of their bets, pe: surrounded the bookmakers' booths. , chased out the cashiers and seized jjr the money. Attempts to restore order were in vain, the small force of police present being inadequate. The crowd's anger increased and men began breaking chairs and throwing them on the track. is Then a rougher element raided thi some automobiles standing near the sti grand stands, seized their petroleum, gr sprinkled the booths, a large, wooden building belonging to the bookmak- vh ers, and other woodwork, and set m< them aflre. ra The firemen were helpless, as the water hose had been cut. gj The authorities then telephoned to Mont Valerlen for assistance and a strong body of troops were sent ort the double quick. The soldieri Qn finally cleared theinclosure by charg- en ing, but the betting structures had de burned to the ground. Sixty arrests were made and many policemen and rioters were injured. PJ: A large force of troops remained ? * on duty throughout the night at both in' the Longchamps and Auteuil courses. P? ce KAISER'S STORY OF BISMARCK. May Publish Own Version of Feud in Answer to Ho^enlohe Memoirs. by London.?Europe continues to be absorbed in the Hohenlohe memoirs. Their revelation of intimate converi sations and diplomatic- intrigues has rso astounded politicians in Berlin that it is suggested that the putilica, tion of the memoirs constitutes part of a plot of the Kaiser's enemies to Bl undermine his influence and discredit him in the eyes of Germany. There It has long been gossip of dissatlsfac- gi | tion with his policy in many exalted vl quarters of the Empire. pr I Dispatches from Berlin represent [ his Majesty's rage over the indiscreet tn baring of secrets as being absolutely Wi indescribable. One correspondent as- f>; serta that the Kaiser has been compiling his own version of his feud ^ with Prince Bismarck, and possibly ^ hia reply to the memoirs will take w the form of the publication of this and his own accounts of other matters narrated in the memoirs, some of .. which have deeply offended the courts j*1 of St. Petersburg and London. , KILLED ON FOOTBALL FIELD. D Charles F. Surdam, of Morristown, y Breaks His Ncck. b( I 1 t ' Morristown, N. J.?In an effort to at tackle an opponent in a football game between the Morristown Schoofl dj [ and the Morristown High School, m | Charles F. Surdam, right half-back tb on the latter team, broke his neck. cj He died afterward in the hospital ward of the Morristown School. Sur- . dam was nineteen years old and an Xx only son of Seth S. Surdam, of the Morristown Jerseyman. A goal had just been kicked by the high school, making the Bcore 6 to 0. With five minutes to play before the 11 second half, the latter team kicked ?1 a..-j A * v,? pr on, wutu ouiuaiu tstiw tcu uunu mc field for a tackle. He made a plunge at the player with the ball but b missed him and fell to the ground D. on his head and shoulders. His neck di was broken. TAFT PARTY SAILS FOB HOME. ^ re wi Secretary's Great Work in Quelling q, Cuban Trouble. Havana; Cuba.?Secretary of War ga Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Cli Bacon sailed from Havana for New- jpa port News on the battleship Louisiana. With them sailed Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Bacon. The battleship Virginia steamed out in the wake of the Louisiana, carrying General mi Funston. The battleship New Jersey completed the homeward bound mi squadron. Judge Magoon, who is now Provls- Cz ional Governor of Cuba, accompanied Mr. Taft and Mrs. Bacon to the bat- dJ. tleship in a launch. Cuba has entirely resumed her normal condition. The farmers have an returned to work and business is mi going on as usual. The opposing ar- Pr mies have disbanded. Pr HURRICANE IN COSTA RICA. ???? to $125,000 Damage Done to Rubber **i and Banana Crops. New Orleanu, La.?A wireless mes- dj, sage from Bluefields, Nicaragua, to jja' the Times-Democrat says that a hurricane in the neighborhood of Port _ Limon; Costa Rica, has done $125,000 damage to rubber and banana *01 crops, besides other property damage. to ! New Command Given Funston. W1 General Frederick Funston has rM.nmntoH tn he mm mander of ae I UCCU p* wmvvvv. the Southwest Division, United State? Army, with headquarters at St. Louis; of ' He will take command immediately. trl dt J Collected $72,000 in 72 Minutes. co At the annual convention of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Dr. Simpson collected $72,000 in seventy-two minutes. ' or hi The Field of Labor. Mi The majority of convicts are un- de skilled laborers. Hi New Zealand tailoresses and dress- *" makers receive $1.50 to 5% a day. Plumbers and gasfitters and retail Pr clerks of Port of Spain. British West ca Indies, are organizing. "wi The Lithographers' Union, of Ger- po many, has won its lockout, gaining er every issue under contention. The People's Palace for Workingmen, which the Salvation Army is ? erecting in Boston, is nearly com- ^ plete. pJWcefo j WASHINGTON. ' The appointment of a Vice-Gov- "j ior-General of the Philippines will f ite delayed untif Mr. Magoon Lf ^ rough his work in Cuba. The President has decided to wlthiw from public entry all coal lands w held by the Government. The rules for enforcement of the re Food law will be revised by cretaries Shaw, Metcalf and Wil-c* i. Southern negroes filed with the 'firstate Commerce Commission & uplaint against the forcing of ne368 holding interstate tickets to le in "Jim Crow" cars. Senator" Spooner, of Wisconsin, a jmber of the Senate Finance Comttee, has come out for currency re*m at the short session. The President appointed Charles " Robb, of Vermont, Assistant At^ , yjfr rney-General, to be a Justice of the strict of Columbia Court of Apals. Major J. H. Stine, president of the ^ lited States Historical Society and v jtorian of the Army of the Potqic, died suddenly. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The Philippine Railway Company 'J| preparing to rush operations Qn f b new roads that are being conducted on the islands of Panay, Neos and Cebu. A private in the Puerto Rican Pro- ., ',r slonal Regiment leu overooara ok >rro Castle. First Lieutenant Lati^ ; nee Angel jumped In to save him. The United States army transport Lerldan, which was floated front irber's Point, southwest extremity ^ Oahu Island, with ttie assistance "'-fa the transport Bufordv'was driven the beach at Pearl Harbpr, while route to Honolulu to avoid founrlng. Sugar production In the Philip^ nes increased from 55,000 tons in -3s 00 to 135.000 tons in 1905. This , crease is greater than in any other Mjjj >ssession of the United States ex- . pt Porto Rico. DOMESTIC. From worry and excitement caused ^ a will contest Mrs. Catherine Mc- '& die died at Rock Island, 111., in the. - ,:*1 Idst of the court hearing of the 3 8e> ' There is trouble in St. Paul's Epi3-? pal Church in Baltimore over Low *2 lurch tendencies of th e new rector, .?p. O. B. Klnsolving, formerly of rooklyn. After argument at Findlay, OhiO, ; i was decided to admit the evidence ,/? ven by John D. Rockefeller at pre-^ ,'!$S ous Standard Oil proceedings at the esent trial. Governor Utter and the entire Re- ..'Jvrg lbllcan State ticket in Rhode Island $ ere renominated by acclamation at , ' rovidence. The annual meeting of the Ameri- |j ,n Board at Williamstown, Mass., % ided in a resolution protesting ;ainst the Congo cruelties to?8ecre- ?' ry Root. J Charged with, buying poison for s sweetheart, Jennie Bricker, with hich she killed herself, Orsen Broi has been arrested for murder at " ashler, Ohio. } *1?J?!-1- tr mat *' r r^uci iv;a i\. v/iaiat c* iavr j v* | . vz )mmltted to the Tombs, in New orlt City, for failure to famish a >ncT guaranteeing to pay the wife he jaridoned $25 a week. Mrs. Louisa M. . ?tenton, whose . ' xughter, Mrs. Alice Kinnan, was' '4 urdered last June at her home In ie Bronr, New York City, was deared insane. , William R. Hearst formally acceptt the nomination of the Democratic ate Convention in a letter to Chair-, ^ an Conners, of the State Commite. - Mayor McCaskrin, of Rock Island, I., was indicted for alleged felony, e charge being that he incited oths to destroy railroad property. The police of all large cities have sen asked to look for City Clerk J. White, of Chlcopee, Mass., who sappeared late in August. A man, supposed te be C. W. lelss, standing on the corner, who " fused to answer when spoken to, as killed in Sacramento, Cal.,by ?car Herold. , ;V Chicago isMo have a. military or.nization along the lines of the An3nt and Honorable Artillery Com,ny of Boston. * FOREIGN. ,, General Bell will be left ln.comand of the troops in Cuba. Fire devastated the town of Sumsrslde on Prince Edward Island. Archbishop Bond, primate of all inada of the Anglican Church, died. Spread of the Salton Sea causes plomatic complications with Mexico. Miss B^adelaino Lake, daughter of i English army officer, was found urdered in the city park of Essen, ussia. Count Witte, the former Russian emier, emphatically denied that he >uld return to power, and intimated at his bitter experience had driven m to that decision. Mont Pelee was reported in violent uption. Ashes fell over West Inan islands. Heavy earthshocks ve caused damage in Sicily. The provisional government of iba announced that it would not inrfere with the status of the Isle of. nes. . rm? T -i J" nlontiin V>?a hoor sonf iiltf liCuauu; aunuiij u.v- ? Chalais, Department of Charente, lere it will be employed as a school lloon to train crews for France's rial war flotilla. Mail advices from North China tell fresh Boxer outbreaks in the discts west of Pekin. Agitation against the modus vivenin regard to the fishery question ntinues in Newfoundland. Advices from Madrid say that the w law of association will contain ingent provisions against religious ders. Richard Croker formally opened s libel suit against The London agazine, and through his counsel nied having used the Tammany ill organization for his personal oflt. Premier Stolypin has directed the ovisional governors to close all lo1 organizations, includiug zemstvos lich are attempting to carry on a litical campaign against the Govnment. Strikers at the arsenal and shiprd at La Rochelle, France, are asming a threatening attitude, and ,ve had several skirmishes with the lIce- -