?N MAHOGANY LAND.
GLiaspses of British Honduras?Pine
Trees For a Cent Apiece.
, A special correspondent to the
Hartford Courant. in a letter to his
paper, gives an interesting account
of the resources of British Honduras.
Ei Belize is the capital of British
nj$l| Honduras?a singularly neat and
tidy city at the mouth of the Belize
River, with swamps for some miles
about it, and beyond those a rich ag
ricultural tableland to the north and
a little way south, while still further
south the country is terra incognita.
The houses are all white. The water
edge is lined with graceful cocoanut
palms. In every garden hibicus of
various shades and many other love*
lyflowers are in full bloom; here and
there the royal poinciana is tipped
with fiaming blossom, though it is
too early for all the trees to be out;
and in the garden of the Government
house, more resplendent than all the
flowers of the town, a great macaw of
brilliant red and yellow and abundant
blue and black, with a tail a foot and
a half lnnp shnno nut. thrnuch the
green foliage, more gaudy than any
Easter suit of the day on gay Fifth
avenue. Belize has a great key
locked harbor which abounds in fish,
from catfish and shark to red snapper
and tarpon. Ships have to anchor a
mile and a half from shore and
lighter their freight in by sailboats.
It is a question whether Belize was
settled by shipwrecked Englishmen
or by English shipwreckers. The
weight of tradition has it that buccaneers
did the settling and then found
that cutting their own mahogany and
logwood trees paid better than cutting
other people's throats and was
less hazardous. For over 200 years
this has been a great deport port for
these valuable woods. Mahogany does
not grow like walnut or pine in
groves. They only find about one
tree to the acre. The logs are hauled
to the' river bank and floated down
in floodtime. Of course, far the
greater part of the timber is unavailable,
as it is too far from the river
to be handled. Ther? is talk now of
a railroad into the interior which will
develop this and other industries.
The whole province of British Honduras
covers about 7500 square
miles, not half as large as Connecticut,
and has, so far as known, 30,000
inhabitants. Of these one per
cent., or 300 people, are wmtes. Ail
tie rest are colored, and some of the
white folks trace their origin back
to the time the buccaneers came under
the subduing influences of the
shade grown beauties of the native
forests. '
It is interesting to come to a part
of the world where demand exceeds
supply, and where philosophers talk
of possible exhaustion, down to this
new-old region where everything is
yet to be done. The Government recently
sold 1,250,000 pine trees,
standing in the forest, to an American
syndicate for, it is said, one cent
a tree! That means a little money,
but it means no end of pine timber,
which we are told, is disappearing.
The Government made the sale on the
ground that the work of lumbering
would bring in people and business.
The serious lack here is laborers;
there is plenty of vineyard. Indeed,
there is talk of importing natives
from India to help in the development.
All laborers now drift to the
mahogany district, where they are
paid not to work as they can by the
month but by the job?so much cut
ting or hauling or trimming each
day?and often they get their day's
work done before 9 in the morning.
We are sailing from Belize to
Porto Barrios, in Guatemala, to go
thence, part by rail and part by road,
to Guatemala City. From Guatemala
we go by rail to the Pacific, said to
be one of the most picturesque rides
to be found, and tlfen back to Barrios
and the ship for home.
The Cast-Off Baby.
The stork had been a recent visitor
to the home of Mrs. Smith, who already
was the mother of a year-old
baby boy. A chance meeting in the
corner market was the opportunity
for Mrs. Smith's neighbor, Mrs.
Jones, to break the news to her friend
Mrs. Brown.
Dorothy Jones, five years old,
paused in her task of arranging the
covers about her new doll. She had
experienced difficulty recently in finding
in the person of a less fortunate
neighbor girl a mother for a doll
with a broken nose and one arm that
had been her former favorite, and
for which there was no room in her
diminutive establishment when the
new doll came. She pulled at her
mother's skirts inquiringly.
"Mamma," she asked, "did you say
Mrs. Smith had a new baby?"
"Yes, dearie, a brand-new baby,"
answered the mother.
"Well, mamma," came the unsatisfied
query, "what's she going to do
with heroldone?"?Chicago Tribune,
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FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.
A grocer has excellent opportunity
to know the effects of special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland
grocer has a long list of customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own experience:
"Two years ago I had been
drinking coffee and must say that I
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
"Particularly in the morning I was
bo irritable and upset that I could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then I had no appetite
for breakfast and did not feel like
attending to my store duties.
"One day my wife suggested that
Inasmuch as I was selling bo much
Postum there must be some merit Id
it and suggested that we try it. 1
took home a package and she prepared
it according to directions. The
result was a very happy one. My
nervousness gradually disappeared
and to-day I am all right. I would
advise everyone affected in any way
with nervousness or stomach troubles,
to leave off coffee and use Postum
Food Coffee." "There's a Reason."
Read, "The Road to Wellyille,"
in pkgs.
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UTILITIES BILL PASSED BY
NEW YOBK LEGISLATURE
UhoIiakI MnniMipn Pnoi?
uuveifiui nugiicd mcaouic uu?
Through in Record Tims,
EVERY AMENDMENT REJECTED
Voted by Senate in Shape Republican
Caucus Wanted It and With Only
Six Dissenters, All Democrats?
Synopsis of Bill.
Albany, N. Y. ? After a debate
which lasted less than two hours the
Senate passed the Governor's Public
Utilities bill, as approved by hire, by
a vote of forty-one to six. Ten minutes
later the Assembly by unanimous
vote had concurred in the bill as
amended by the caucus of Republican
Senators.
Bound by the caucus rule, the Republicans
voted for the bill as a unit.
The Senators who voted against the
bill were:
Thomas H. Cullen, Third District,
Kings. ,
^ James J. Frawley, Twentieth District,
New York.
Conrad Hasenflug, Ninth District,
Kings.
Patrick H. McCarren, Seventh District,
Kings.
Thomas J. McManus, Fifteenth
District, New York.
James A. Thompson, Fifth District,
Kings.
Several amendments were offered
by the Democratic opponents and
other Democrats who voted for the
bill on final roll call. All these were
voted down. Senator McCarren offered
two amendments. One of these
provided for the appointment of the
Commissioners for the New York
City District by the Mayor. The
other amendment was for a broad
court review.
Senator Cohalan (Tammany) offered
an amendment providing for
one commission for the entire State,
and making that commission elective.
A synopsis of the Public Utilities
bill is as follows:
1?Two public service commissions
of five members each, one for New
York, Kings, Queens and Richmond
Counties, the other for the rest of the
State; each empowered to provide for
the control of common carriers, gas
and electric corporations, with full
power to subpoena witnesses, and all
proceedings prosecuted by it to be
preferred. Its orders shall take effect
at a specified time and shall remain
in force as long as the commission
may direct, provided they do not
violate any provision of the constitution.
2?The obligations of common carriers
and the rights of shippers are
defined in Art. 2, which is self-operative,
no action by the commission being
required to render it effective.
3?Safe and adequate service Is required
from common carriers; switch
connections for shippers and with lateral
roads being made obligatory.
4?The publication by railroads of
schedules of rates, in such a form as
to make rebates impossible. Before
any rate can be changed, notice must
be published for thirty days. All
preferences are prohibited, as well
as all devices for securing rebates.
False billing is also prohibited, and a
shipper who takes a rebate is^liable
to punishment as well as the railway
that gives it.
5?No free passes are permitted,
except to officers, employes, clergymen,
etc.
6?A common carrier is prohibited
from charging more for a short than
for a long haul. The commission is
to regulate tne aistriDuuon 01 cars
among shippers.
7?The carrier cannot limit its
liability by contract, but absolutely
insures goods and baggage that it
carries.
8?-The commission must know the
condition, capitalization and franchises
of the railways, and any single
commissioner may investigate their
acts or omissions, acting on his own
initiative. Provision is also made
for filing complaints with the commission.
9?The commission is to fix reasonable
rates for passenger, freight and
express service, to compel the establishment
of through rates, to order
renairs. imnrovements and changes
by any common carrier, to regulate
its schedule, and even to dictate to
it the system of keeping accounts it
shall adopt, and its consent must be
gained before any railroad can build,
or can assign, transfer or lease its
franchise or property.
10?No holding company can hold
more than ten per cent, of the stock
of any railroad, but one railroad may
acquire the stock of another if it obtains
the consent of the commission.
The railroads cannot issue stocks or
bonds without the approval of the
commission.
11?The penalty for violation of
the law is a fine of $1000, and any
officer or agent of the corporation
who violates it is guilty of a misdemeanor.
A summary proceeding may
be brought against a corporation refusing
to obey the commission's mandate.
14?Gas and electric companies
are regulated about as under the
present gas commission.
Women as Bread Winners.
The Census Bureau reported that
23,485,559 women are engaged as
bread winners in the United States
in all but nine of the 303 occupa
tions followed by men.
Old Member of Commons Dead.
George Henry Finch, known as
the "Father of the House of Commons,"
having represented Rutland
for forty years, died at Burley-on-theHill,
Oakham, Rutland, England. He
was born in 1835 and in politics was
a Conservative.
Grand Jury Examines the Equitable.
Affairs of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society were laid before the
Grand Jury in New York City by
District Attorney Jerome and his assistant,
Mr. Kresel.
Athletics and Sports.
In the annual dual games between
Harvard and Yale at New Haven Harvard
won by a score of 55% points
to 48%.
Preparations are being made, at
Princeton to have a crew for next
year. This will be the first crew in
many years.
Andover won the twenty-second
annual outdoor athletic meet of the
New England Interscholastic Athletic
Association held at Cambridge. Ani
dover led with 4 9 2-3 points and the
Volkman School, of Boston, was sec1
oai_with 21 1-3 points...
" SflN FfiflNCISCOSGRHnWflR
Mayor Schmitz Delegates His
Powers to a Committee.
Rebuilding of the City Practically at
*a Standstill Because of Strikes?
Ruef s Confession Challenged.
San Francisco, Cal.?The Committee
of Seven, which has undertaken to
restore confidence and reconstruct the
city government, held a long session.
The meeting was secret, but it was
announced that a resolution had been
agreed on calling on Chief of Police
Dinan to resign because of failure to
protect the interests of the city during
the street car strike.
The committee has procured from
Mayor Schmitz a written agreement
to execute any recommendations
agreed upon, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The committee will gradually extend
the scope of its actions to the
works board, Street Department and
other branches of the municipal government.
"We hold Mayor Schmitz's written
promise to carry out the wishes and
Instructions of the committee in administering
the affairs of the city,"
said F. W. Van Sicklen, a member
of the Committee of Seven. "The
committee's agreement with Mayor
Schmitz is short, barely embracing
ten lines of writing, but it contains
his sweeping promise to act absolutely
and completely as the committee
may direct. Mayor Schmitz has
not resigned. The only hold we have
on him is his promise. If he disregards
that we can do nothing, but I
believe he will do anything the committee
asks. I believe he is not only
willing, but anxious to do what we
want."
When spoken to on the statement
by Mayor Schmltz, that Ruef had
"lied" In stating tha* he had paid
bribes to the Mayor, Ruef declined to
make any comment, beyond saying
that his statement was made under
oath and could be depended upon.
All the electricians in the employ
of the United Railroads struck In
sympathy with the striking car men.
There is direct authority for the
statement that the electricians employed
by the San Francisco Gas and
Electric Company will not strike, as
to do so would be a breaking of the
union's contract with .the corporation.
Governor Gillette and his aide3
held a meeting in the Ferry Building.
Adjutant-General Lauck said:
"The strike of the electricians unquestionably
complicated the situation.
I am informed that the Electrician's
Union will not attempt to
interfere with the serving of power
to the United Railroads and that Mr.
Calhoun is able now to replace all of
the sixty electricians who quit."
All the brewery workers and brewery
wagon drivers in San Francisco
went on strike. They demand an increase
from $20 to $27.
San Francisco is at a standstill as
far as rebuilding is concerned. Work
is progressing on some structures,
which, actually have been begun, but
on otners worK is suspended. Materials
are cheaper than they were a
few months ago, but labor grows
dearer all the time.
There is little public confidence in
the truth of Abe Ruef's confession to
the Grand Jury. The public cannot
tell how far Ruef's confession is voluntary
or how much of it is influenced
by the prosecution.
STANDARD OIL METHODS.
Grew Up by Abuse of Transportation
Facilities, Commissioner Reports.
Washington, D. C.?The report of
Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner
of Corporations, to President Roosevelt
on the position of the Standard
Oil Company in the petroleum industry
was made public. "It is apparent,"
the commissioner says, "that
the dominating position of the Standard
Oil Company in the oil Industry
has largely been secured by the abuse
of transportation facilities?first, by
flagrant discriminations obtained
from railroads; second, by a refusal
to operate its pipe line system so as
to extend to independent interests
the benefits to which they Were morally
and legally entitled, while at the
same time the Standard has prevented
such independent interests from
constructing lines of their own." He
believes that, aside from railroad
on/1 * Q trvrv TYloth
ods of competition," the most important
element in the company's monopoly
is its almost complete control
of pipe lines. The keystone of its
success, he says, has been the transportation
factor.
GETS 09 YEAR SENTENCE.
Boy Who Killed Woman Pleads
Guilty and is Sent to Prison.
St. Louis, Mo.?John Stapp, fifteen
years old, who pleaded guilty in the
Juvenile Court to the killing of Mrs.
Otillia Kraus, was sentenced to serve
ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.
It was brought out that young
Stapp had planned to rob Mrs. Kraus,
and on May 1 went to her husband's
grocery and called for ten cents'
worth of cheese. As the woman
handed him the purchase he stabbed
her, but was arrested the following
morning. Mrs. Kraus died .the next
day.
Stokes Signs Railroad Bill.
Governor Stokes signed the bill
creating a State Railroad Commission
in New Jersey.
Elect Dr. Roberts Moderator.
The Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts,
of Philadelphia, was elected moderator
of the Presbyterian General Assembly
at Columbus, Ohio, by acclamation.
He was congratulated as the
first moderator of the reunited
church.
19 Drinks of Whisky Fatal.
To win a wager, Thomas Taylor, a
negro cab driver, of St. Louis, Mo.,
consumed nineteen drinks of whisky
without a break. He died seveD
hours later.
The Labor World.
The' musicians of Vallejo, Cal.,
have formed a labor union.
The San Francisco (Cal.) building
material teamsters' union now has on
the roster 2600 names.
At a recent meeting of the Carpenters'
Union, of Chico, Cal., wages
were raised to $4 a day.
Union labor is renewing interest
in a proposition to establish a "labor
temple" in Boston, Mass.
Announcement has been made that
I all Italian barber shops in San Francisco
hare been'unlonlzed.
*
SAN FRANCISCO'S Pi
J ' Drawn by F.
DEARTH OF MEN
FOR THE MINISTF
Discouraging Report by the Board
Education to the Presbyterian
General Assembly.
Columbus, Ohio.?In its report
the Presbyterian General Assemb
the Board of Education said:
"The board has been made awa
that its solicitude over the prese
period of decline in the number ai
quality of candidates presents
themselves for the gospel ministry
shared by the boards of education
other denominations.
"Word has come from the Episc
pal, Methodist and Lutheran bodi
that the falling off, so noticeable
few years ago, is beginning to haits
direct effect on the church.
"Dissatisfaction is felt in mai
quarters over the inability of tl
churches to secure the highest ty]
of consecrated manhood for the mi
lstry.
"Pulpit vacancies for distressing
long periods are more and more n
ticeable, and complaints are heai
from committees on pulpit supply i
to their inability to fill eatisfactori
the places of those who are droppii
from the ranks of the ministry.
"It is with grave concern that tl
church at large Bhould know the fac
that in thirty evangelical theologic
seminaries in our country the churi
is about 400 men short of the nui
ber studying ten years ago, despi
? ? - a ?_ j .4 O AAA A/
cne country s mcrea.su ui o,uuu,ui
in population.
"There are one-third less men st
dying for the ministry of the Presb
terian church than ten years ago, ai
yet the membership of our. branch
the Presbyterian church has increasi
during that period from 1,024,000
1,304,000.
"Ten years ago there was one ca
didate for every 640 church mei
bers, to-day there is one Candida
for every 1240 members.
"Is it not therefore Incumbent upt
the church to engage ifl importuna
prayer In behalf of the sons of tl
church, that more of them may 1
led to turn a deaf ear to the solicit
tlons of a commercially prospero
age, and to consecrate their talent
the work of the ministry."
Era of Great Strikes Passing.
Washington, D. C.?According
Carroll D. Wright, who was commi
3ioner of labor for a number of yeai
and is now president of Worcest
University, the era of ereat strik
Is passing away. In the place of i
dustrlal strikes the conciliation ph
is being a'dopted.
In an interview here Mr. Wrig]
says the tendency is against the gre;
strikes which were numerous fro
the early seventies onward. He b
lieves the tendency is against the
more strongly than it has ever be<
in recent years, but that they serv<
an effective purpose?that of teac'
Ing capital what labor wanted ai
teaching labor more about capitf
The effect of such strikes was lo
both to employers and employed.
Mr. Wright contends that while II
tie is heard of it, all over the count:
employers and laborers are gettii
together in a spirit of conciliation.
Greater efficiency on the part
the man who has an industrial du
to perform is another tendency
the times noted by Mr. Wright.
Pink Burial Gowns Latest Moi
Indianapolis, Ind.?Death is gnr
ing "out of the reach of the po
man." Fashion is establishing
claim in the death chamber and d
ing is to become a luxury in a wa
F. H. W. Graber, who is atten
ing the twenty-seventh annual co
vention of the Indiana Funeral I
rectors' Association, says many thin
have contributed to make burials
the year 1907 much greater than
1906. In the shroud display of t'
company, Mr. Graber represents, a
two or three pink dresses for youi
women?a radical departure from t
white, black, gray and occasional la
ender gowns of other times. I
says that during recent months t
I firm has had calls for short /sleev
waists in keeping with the fasti
of the day.
Trains Under Hudson in October.
President McAdoo, of the Huds
and Manhattan Railroad Compai
announced that trains will be in c
eration through the tunnels betwc
New York and Hoboken by October
Butter in Demand.
The demand for fine butter li
been so uniformly good, owing
low retail prices, that all attempts
lower quotations have been fri
trated.
Prominent People.
Edward Everett Hale is eighty-f
years old.
Richard Mansfield sailed for E
rope. He was so ill that two val
half carried him up the gangplank
the steamship.
Secretary of tbe Treasury Sh
will receive a salary of $25,000
"??? no r>roeir?pnt nf the ("!arne
jcai pi v ^- ? ,
Trust Company.
Rear-Admiral Evans, command
in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, declai
the United States should keep s
teen battleships each in the Atlan
and Pacific.
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OLITICAL EARTHQUAKE.
Bowers, for the Indianapolis Newa. ^
MORALS OF NATION
!Y BETTER, SAYS ROOT
of Secretary of State Tells Yale Why
the Citiens of United States
Should Be Optimists.
to New Haven, Conn.?Elihu Root,
ly Secretary of State, delivered the last
in the series in the William E. Dodge
re course of lectures in Yale upon "The
nt Responsibility of American Citizenid
ship."
2g Hopefulness. Mr. Root said, was
^ one of the plainest duties of citi01
zenship. Pessimism'he called a criminal
weakness. Then he proceeded
?" to show by references to the history
es of the United States why there was
a no cause tot any except an optive
mistic view of public and civic conditions.
He found arguments to sup^
port his theory in the attitude of the
public toward trusts, and toward the
? practice of railroads of giving rebates
and manipulating securities and in
- the change in the method of voting.
'y He also gave it as his opinion that
J the great mass of the labor classes
"a At tho ormntrv were in favor of ores
QC W ? -? *
, ent conditions as against socialism.
^ "It is impossible," said Mr. Root,
s "to read an account of the life of the
people of any civilized country wltht
out finding an amazing degree of
, cruelty, of oppression, of immorality,
of corruption and of class privilege
regardless of common /right, which
t' has now been substantially done away
JJ with.
"All railroads gave special rates
u- to shippers thirty years ago. That
y_ was the existing form of competiid
tion, and competition not only was
of permitted, but it was enjoined by
>d law, and any attempt to restrain it
to was, as it now is, unlawful. In recent
years, however, the public has
a- come to an appreciation of the idea
n- that these great public agencies,
te which have had conferred upon them
the right of eminent domain and per)n'
petual franchises to enable them to
te do public service, cannot give special
ie rates to some men without doing inbe
justice to other men. The lesson of
a. all this is that the prosecutions and
us convictions for violation of the Antito
Rebate law?things which were never
heard of thirty years ago?are not
evidence that we are growing worse,
but evidence that we are growing better;
that our government is applying
t0 a higher standard of justice in the
s* control of public utilities.
s? "This same thing is true of the
er management of corporations and the
es manipulation of securities, to which
n" attention has recently been called
in sharply by the testimony before the
Interstate Commerce Commission rekt
garding the reorganization of the Chiat
cago and Alton Railroad. Thirty or
m forty years ago, when the managee"
ment of the Erie Railroad and the
m Atlantic and Great Western and the
Union Pacific Railroad attracted publie
attention, the things done by corporate
managers were so much worse
Y that the Chicago and Alton affair
" would not have received any notice.
9S The railroad wrecker was a common
type of railroad manager, and the
[t" rules did not go much beyond the
ry exclusion of ordinary forgery, larceny
lg and fraud atvcommon law. Now, under
a higher Standard, much is propof
erly condemned which before passed
without notice.
"It is perfectly safe to assert that
the standard of probity and fidelity
. among the corporation managers of
36 the country is higher now than it ever
_ I hnn hpon and vet there is more com
W- "WM MWW-, ? ?
or plaint now than there ever was bea
cause our citizens demand that a
y- more rigid rule of morality shall he
,y. applied by statute and by the courts
d- and in administrative supervision
n- than they formerly considered neces)i
sary."
gs Then he spoke of the formation of
in trusts, with consequent crushing of
in competitors, restriction of output and
be increase of prices and of the laws
re to regulate them.
ig "On the other hand," he added,
be "labor organizations, designed for the
v- just purpose of securing fair treatie
ment as to employment, wages and
lis hours "and conditions of work, *are
ed on their part endeavoring to put up
on prices, restrict production and drive
out competition."
JL5enn * atmers uiiie.
oil Because of the low price which has
iy, prevailed for field beans all winter,
>P- bean growers in New York State are
en somewhat discouraged and many re1.
port intentions of reducing their acreage.
Freight Moretnent Prompt.
l?ls Freight movement is almost
t0 prompt, the supply of rolling stock
t0 more nearly equalling requirements,
JS" and there are fewer complaints of
delays.
Feminine Notes.
ivc They have a new verb in London?
to suffrage. "She was arrested while
3u_ suffraging."
The Mnraps' Associated Alumnae
fcJLS *
of meeting at Richmond, Va., elected as
president Miss Annie Darner, of New
aw York.
a Mrs. J. B. Henderson is at the
gie head of the crusade against the use
of intoxicants by society people at the
er_ national capital.
ed Dr. Frances \V. Monell resigned as
iix- president and member of the Wom,tic
au's Press Club and sent a statement
to each member_ giving her reasons.^
ABE HDMIHEL NOW IN STRIPES ~
the
hin
Famous Lawyer Convicted of Con- mig
spiracy Sent to Penitentiary;
' Hai
4 fac<
I Had nis Head Shaved and Mustacne or(j
, Cut Off Before He Gave
Himself Up.
I
ban
New York City.?Abraham Hum- ?per
mel, aged fifty-six, put aside his snug
fitting cutaway coat and dark, striped FIT
trousers, his kid gloves and his spring ^
overcoat, pulled off his tiny, high- Dr.
heeled shoes without assistance, re- jj,
moved his silk underwear and deliv- Asis
ered himself into the hands of a keep- ^
er of the Blackwell's Island Peniten- fjeic
tiary to be taken to the bath which bloc
the regulations prescribe for prison- chn
ers when they first don the stripes. goo<
The lawyer had started on his one- 8!uai
year term for conspiracy in the ^
Dodge-Morse divorce case. Ti
Hummel had shaved off his mus- mai
tache, and the little rim of dark hair forg
around the great expanse of bald cranium
had been cropped close to the
scalp in his own home at 52 East Seventy-third
street so that he would x0j
avoid at least one infliction of prison
shears and steel.
Otherwise Hummel made no protest.
He showed no signs of nervousness
or sorrow. The one-time boo
miniature Beau Brummell of Broad- tior
way allowed himself to be led to the sive
shower bath, from which had stepped deg
a pickpocket a few moments before, of
He accepted the coarse cotton under- Jan
wear urovided for the convicts. It eruj
was the amallest suit available, but it whi
proved far too great in length and lea^
girth for the new prisoner. He did Cut
not object, but tucked the garments an
about his form as best he could. con
Then the striped trousers were mei
handed him. He stuck his little legs doc
into them and found them half a get!
foot too long. He rolled them up so res<
that he could walk without stumb- ing,
ling. The prison shirt and the fet
striped coat would have made two of
the correct size for him.
Hummel was known as having the f
smallest foot of any frequenter of the COj
theatres, the races and the Tender- Th
loin. His shoes were all high heeled, ,
built to give him a coveted half inch
of height. The smallest pair of the JJ1?
flat, heavy brogans provided the prls- "ei
oners on the Island were to Hniu- sta
mel's feet as the exaggerated shoes fel
of a minstrel dancer. doi
The man who represented ?he end tor
of the famous law Arm of Howe & jje
Hummel, who had marked his de- t
parture from the gay life of New
York for prison with a banquet to his
friends in his home, staggered with
the greatest difficulty from the desk
of his prison keeper, holding up his A
sagging, striped garments to enter
Cell No. 23 as the crowds at the race
track were chifring the winner of
the Brooklyn Handicap, a turf event
he had not before missed in many lat
years.
Ttoe commitment papers merely related
that he had been convicted of A
conspiracy and that he had been sen- n
tenced to serve one year.
NEW SUBMERGENCE' RECORD. V
Octopus and Lake Stay Below 34
Hours Without Discomfort. ^
Newport, R. I.?Up from the bot- pg
.torn of Narragansett Bay there rose
to the surface at 4 p. m. two vessels tio
?the Octopus and the Lake?after a die
submergence of twenty-four hours, he!
All on board were well. The test, Ki,
made by the Federal Government, on<
had fully demonstrated the underwater
qualities of the submarines, P1
and the test for submergence had w?
been broken. It is said that the Btay
was the longest under 'vater, where Foi
human life was concerned, on record.
Both crews passed the time comfortably
at the bottom of the bay.
They slept well during part of the J
time, and games, books and other di- e
versions helped to pass the long cyi
twenty-four hours below the surface, tio:
During their period of submergence a li
both boats were in communication no
with the members of the trial boara his
by means of submarine signals. cac
OPPC^ED TO IMMIGRATION. _H
I?
Georgia Formers Protest Agcinst
Movement to Import Labor.
Atlanta, Ga.?The Farmers' Union
of Georgia, with a membership of
80,000, went on record as being bitterly
opposed to bringing foreign immigrants
into the South.
At a largely attended convention a
resolution was unanimously adopted
condemning the immigration movement
and asking the Legislature to
make no appropriation to bring foreigners
to Georgia. The Union opposes
immigration on the ground that
undesirable citizens will be brought
into the State; that they will crowd
the native Georgians out of the factories
by working for lower wages,
and that the admission of so many
will increase the production of cotton
and lower the price. All the
speakers paid tribute to the negro
as a laborer, and stated that he was '
infinitely preferable to such foreigners
as it was proposed to bring South.
Jamaica Welcomes iiew Governor.
Sidney Olivier, the new Governor
of Jamaica, arrived at Kingston from 4
England. He succeeds Sir Alexander
SwoftonliflTn resigned. There was a (2
great gathering of officials and civil- Isj
ians at the wharf to welcome him. |L
Drumhead Court-Martial Remains. >
The Russian upper house rejected
the bill passed by the Duma to abolish
trial by drumhead court-martial.
Ohio Leans Toward Taft.
Chairman Brown, of the Ohio Re-' j
publican State Central Committee,
said that the sentiment of the State
was overwhelmingly for Secretary
Taft, and that Senators Foraker and
Dick should deny reports that they
were secretly supporting Vice-President
Fairbanks.
New Trial For Clover.
Arthur Glover, convicted at Au- ?
gusta. Ga.. of the murder of Maud E
Dean, will have a hearing June 15 on B
a motion for a new trial. ^
The National Game. IV
So long as the Brooklyns haven't a rl
percentage of .023 hope is not ex- In
tinct. Sj
Catcher Henry Peitz has come to
terms with Louisville and has signed ?
a contract. Til
The Holyoke Club, of the Connec- L(
ticut League, has released outfielder
Thomas Devine. T
unuuuri, ui ousiuu, js ine um.v ?
catcher in the National League who i"r"
bats left handed.
fl'l
Hugh Jennings says Amos Rusie pos
and A1 Maul pitched thewldest curves. *lt
oI any boimen he ever faced. . " w
Historic Remarks.
'Ah." said Daniel, as he gazed at
gaping mouths in the pit below
i, "had I but b safety razor, then
;ht I beard the lion in his den."
lenry IV. had just been crbwned. (
lis is a case of Bourbon on you,
ik," said he, grinning at the rye
3 of the Duke of Guise.?Yale RecMonopoly.
t was Eve who had the best hua? .51id
in the world?at the time. ?
re Haute Tribune.
S, St. Vitus' Darice, N ervous Diseases p?rlently
cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
torer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free.
H. E. Kline!, Ld.,931 Arch St.,l>hila.,Pa,
uckwheat is a native of Northeastern
l . thtSBjH
0 improve the general health, take Gar1
Tea daily for a time; it purifies the
>d, eradicates rheumatism and many
>nic ailments, and keeps the healta ,
i! Garfield Tea is made of herta: it is
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...?
he famous old Santa Fe trail is to be
ked so that its location will not be
;otten.
CALLS HIS CURE A MIRAOLE.
tared by Terrible, Dry Eruptions
?Too Disfigured to Leave House
?Cuticura Cured Him.
Ever since the time I grew into man*
d I have been suffering fronLa dry erupi
which at times appeared very extenily,
and at other times, but to a limited
ree, on my body. I consulted a number
medical men without result, and last
nary I was affected with a terrible
ption on my hands, scalp, and face,
ch was so bad that I could not even
re the bouse, so I finally resorted to'the
icura Remedies. So far they represent
outlay of only a few dollars and I am
lpletely restored to health,' while for*ly
I had spent dollars upon dollars on
tors, remedies and ointments without
bing cured. The Cuticura Remedies rep>nt
a perfect miracle.- Henry E. Kamp,
633 Eagle Ave., New York, N. Y,
L 10 and Mar. 15, 1906."
( The Roman Bullet.
Some sightseers visited the Cor an
Art Gallery in Washington,
ey stood for a time before Jean ,
>n Gerome's huge painting depict;
the death of Julius Caesar. Caesar t
i stricken at the foot of \Pompey*a
tue. "What's the matter with that
low?" said one of them.
l't you read history?" was the re- .
t. "That man is Julius Caesar;
has Just been shot by Marc An-/
ty."?Argonaut.
WORN TO A SKELETON.
?~
Wonderful Restoration Caused * <
Sensation in a Pennsylvania : \
Town. '
Mrs. Charles N. Preston, of Elkid,
Pa., says: "Three years ago I
_ . found that my house*
work was ^becoming a
burden. I tired easEgr
J ily, had no ambition
W and was f&st.
f ig My complexion - got
ft r jg yellow, and I lost
|L '"J over 50 pounds. My
thirst was terrible,
and there was sugar
in the kidney secrens.
My doctor kept me on a strict
t, but as his medicine was not ; >
plug me, I began using Doan's
Iney Pills. They helped me at
:e, and soon all traces of Bugar dlsjeared.
I have regained my former
Ight and am perfectly well."
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kfter all, man is an emotional,
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ileal moods are of no long durau.
At heart he is a dreamer, and - over,
and something of a poet, and
literature that fails to respond'to
emotional and imaginative needs j
l long survive.?xv. jua uauwime,
The Reader. &. Y.?21
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