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NEW YORK OVERRUN ttJTfi HOMELESS IES Federated Unions to Ask Govern- J ment Aid For Unemployed, j LABOR IN DEMAND ELSEWHERE i Central Federation Moves to Draft Plan of Relief For the Army of tox rinft fin* nf Wnr!c?"Whole I Country Needs Workers. New York City. ? The army of homeless and unemployed men that has crowded Into New York in the last few weeks has grown to such an 1 extent that a conference of men rep- j i Resenting all the charity organizations j that have to do with such cases was held to consider some co-operative plan of dealing with the problem. J The charity workers have found, they say, that a large percentage of | the army of unemployed men that is I crowding into the city is made up of young men from the small towns within a radius of fifty miles of New ! York. They come because the small factories which formerly employed them have either closed down for a while or have laid off some of their employes. Being out of work and having nothing particularly to hold them in their little towns, they have decided i that now is the time to make a trial j jump into the industrial life of New I York City. T* rr.no tr? crivo nilt ? Stsltp- ' x l it ao uwiuwu kv (j* t v ?*? ? ? ? ? ment to all the papers setting 'forth j the industrial conditions of New York at this time, and advising young men j in the little towns within striking distance of New York to stay at home I unless they have funds to sustain them while they are looking for em-' ployment here. As for the professional tramps, the police will be asked to care for them. With 125,000 persons out of employment in New York City, the Central Federated Union declared that it is time for the Government to come to their relief. The city's army of the unemployed, 6ay labor leaders, who know what is the actual condition of industry, is from three to four times as large as it usually i3 at this season. A conservative estimate of the idle was given as follows: Skilled mechanics 25,000 Miscellaneous trades 50,000 Unskilled labor 50,000 Every winter New York has thou- | sands out of work, not because work is entirely lacking, but from unwillingness or inability of many to do > anything except the task to which thej' have been trained. But now it Is different. Thousands of men, young, strong and willing to work, are walking the streets, unable to find enough to do to keep them out of the free bread lines. Two thousand to 2500 men, nightly applicants for this form of charity, with 500 to 1000 turned away, testify to the condition of many of the poor. Pronounced Socialist delegates tc the Central Federated Union declared that the warehouses should be thrown open and the poor fed and clothed; fhat the Government instead of closing its navy yards and throwing thousands of mechanics out of workt should supply more work for the idle. One Socialist delegate declared that John D. Rockefeller predicted two years ago that 7,000,000 men would be idle by now and might have to go to breaking stones. CALL FOR ARMIES OF WORKMEN V ______ Hundreds of Thousands Needed to Meet Continued Prosperity. Washington, D. C.?Amer[gaa 0IH'-| i ployers have recovere??t?nH?ely from j I'./: their recent scar^^fTThe dark, judgmi thfj^gtfhouncement of Ter- I enceV.v^&wderly, Chief of the Immi' gration Bureau's information division, that hundreds of thousands ol "workmen of all kinds were wanted again throughout the country. Between July 1 and the October panic the demand reached a total of 200,? 000 men, but the money fright Cfiused many cancellations, accompanied by word that the former applicants not only found they needed no new employes, but were laying ofl those they had. Renewals of the old applications and a large numbei of new ones received in the last ten days show employers everywhere now realize there is no danger of the country going to smash and that they are eager to meet the continued prosperity with an adeauate supply of help. Our reports, coming as they do, from every State and Territory in the Union, are accurate barometers of the material welfare of the country, says Mr. Powderly. They ail point one way, in the direction ol" J revival of the marvellous prosperity that was checked but not halted bj the excitement that prevailed for a time in the large money centres. * Hundreds of thousands of men will \ be needed in the spring in the agricultural States alone as farm labor> ers, letters to the divluion show. Fall River's Richest Year. Cash dividends of $2,701,875 have been paid out to stockholders by Fall River (Mass.) cotton mill corporations for 1907. On the total capital of approximately $25,475,000 this dividend i6 about 10.97 per cent. In addition to the cash dividends there have been stock dividends of $1,900,^ Tlroke riedge; Killed Himself. Frank made despondent because he had broken a temperance pledge, shot and killed himself. His wife and children, coming home from Clearfleld County for the Christmas celebration, found the body. London's Famous Murder Trial. The trial and acquittal of Robert Wood, accused of the murder of a cirl. caused the deepest interest in London and has given rise to a remarkable characterization of the defendant by Hall Caine. About Noted People. Paquin, the famous man dressmaker of Paris, is dead. Speaker Cannon says he never reels better than when he Is smoking. Premier Wekerle, of Hungary, and ex-Minister of Justice Polonyi fought a duel. Admiral Evans is said to be an expert in fine embroidery and "tidies." The King of Spain has never yet witnessed "Carmen," which is regarded as rather "talioo" in his own kingdom. life? ^ at / . J GOVERNOR HUGHES' MESSAGE ! New York's Executive Aims Death B!ow at Race Tracks. Urges Legislature to Make Betting Within tlio Inelosure a Felony Punishable Only ty Imprisonment. Albany, N. Y.?In his annual message to the Legislature, transmitted, Governor Hughes recommends: [ First?That it be made a felony to gamble inside of a race track as well as on the outside, and that offenders be punished by imprisonment, with no alternative of fines. Second?That the scope of the Public Service Commission be enlarged so as to include the regulation and supervision of all telephone and teleeraDh companies after October 1 ! next. Third?That the banking laws be ! revised so as to require an adequate | reserve fund on the part of trust I companies and along the lines of the I recent recommendations of the HepI burn Banking Commission. Fourth?That no changes should : be made in the reform insurance laws ! unless they are clearly shown to be j needed to conserve the interests of the policy holders. Fifth?That the debt limit of New York City should be enlarged by excluding all bonds issued for purposes which produce revenues in excess of their maintenance charges. This he i urges to enable the city to get funds for the construction of imperatively needed additional subways. Sixth?That a simplified election i ballot should be provided, without | the party column, and the names of i candidates to appear but once under i the names of the offices to which they 1 aspire. J Seventh?That the need for pri- ] mary elections reform be recognized j by making provision for an official 1 primary ballot. i He also makes a number of minor < recommendations, as follows: ( To create a Board of Control to harmonize the salaries of employes I of the State's charitable institutions. To prevent other States from 1 sending tuberculous cattle into New i York. 1 To abolish the Quarantine Commis- < sioners and vest the Health Officer of t the Port with all their duties and au- 1 t thority. t To reduce the number of Port War- 1 dens from nine to five. To readjust the salaries of Su- 3 preme Court Justices and do away ? j with allowances in lieu of expenses. i To make adequate preparation for J a celebration in 1909 of the 300th t anniversaries of the discoveries of ( Lake Champlain and the Hudson 1 | River. v t Supt. Williams, of New York, [ Calls For Real Bank Reforms. Albany, N. Y.?The annual report i of the new Banking Superintendent, c Clark Williams, submitted to the Leg- i islature, excited more comment than i did the Governor's message. The ac- i tivity on the part of Senators and Assemblymen in discussing it and their I inclinations to introduce reform bills I Indicates that banking will be the t most important topic of legislation i I this session. i | i ne repun urgeu awccpmj ua.un. * reforms, including increased powers i for the State Department of Banks. t ? BURNS SELF TO DEATH. < t f Woman Insane Over Religion Dies i Praying and Singing. E Omaha, Neb.?Mrs. Elizajbe*u~ Mosher, her minj^fltoteftfgcf"by re- J ligious Saflatlcism, deliberately g bumgtp^^elf to death at her home ( Av Lincoln, praying fervently and singing while her body was being * I consumed by flames. After kissing her husband and t telling him that she was going to take a nap the woman went to her | room up stairs, soaked her clothing ( In a Kallon of kerosene, lighted a match and ignited it. Then throwing ^ herself upon her knees by her bed- ^ side she began to pray loudly and to ^ sing snatches of hymns. Mr. Mosher made a desperate effort to extinguish i :he flames, but his wife fell over dead. ' Mrs. Mosher was converted a short time ago, and for several days had spent most of her time praying and " singing hymns. She was sixty-three years old. Seaboard Receivership Asked For. Attorneys for the Seaboard Air < Line Railroad applied, at Richmond, Va., to Federal Judge Waddell for a receivership for the company. Tho application 'was based on the claim that the road is unable to pay interest charges now due. The Judge de- ] clined to take action, referring the < attorneys to Federal Judge Pritchard. , | Mosquito Indians Rebel. | The Mosquito Indians have risen ( against President Zelaya, accusing j him of being responsible for the , death of their chief. A force was , landed from a British warship. 1 State Buys the Telephone. j Manitoba purchased the Belle tele- < 1 phone system in the province for $3,- ; , 300,000. Payment will be made in forty-year four per cent, bonds. i 1 American Watches Exported. 1 Germany's importations of Amer- J ican watches are growing. Few high- 1 grade watches are made in that coun- ' try. ! <' I - 2300 Barrels -of Beer in Gutters. "Twenty-three hundred barrels ol beer, valued at $17,500, and belonging to the New State Brewery, at Ok- < lahoma City, Okla., were emptied ( into the sewers by Internal Revenue < ~ " - X . _ UA?rovr1 T hr. I I LOlied-Or ; V^ilctilCD xxyjna.i u. * i-.v State would not permit its sale and ' shipment. ' ___ . ] l Reception by the President. I President Roosevelt shook hands I with 5645 persons at his New Year's ' reception. i The Field of Labor. The Cabinet Makers' Unions of St i Paul and Minneapolis have formed a district council. Upward of 200,000 workers !u New England are out of work be- ( cause of factories closing. The Chester (England) Gas Com* ! pany has started a system of profit* ' I sharing with its employes. THo arrtrrpcata membershiD of the I Brotherhood of R'p'lway Carmen is I j now 30,451, distributed in 455 , | lodges. The organization has $27,-1 I 867 cash on hand. THE PACIFIC rT\! i ?Week's ClevereBt Cartoon by Maurice Ke THE SOUTH HAS JUST FINISHED I CHANNEL-MAKING New Jetties Ready For Big Shii One of World's De New Orleans, La.?One of the tt greatest channel making undertak- tt ngs in the history of American river tc mprovement will be brought nearly w :o completion when the jetties at the fc nouth of the Southwest Pass of the tt Mississippi River are finished. These si ietties, after some dredging between t\ :hem is completed, will give the fc South one of the deepest harbors in ;he world by openings to the access ir )f the largest steamships afloat the a] LOO and 200 foot depths of the lower bi Mississippi River. ol The harbor thus made accessible in las navigable water connection with st it least a dozen States bordering the ir Mississippi and its tributaries?the 21 Dhlo, the Missouri, the Arkansas and fr ;he Red rivers. About $6,000,000 is m jeing spent on this improvement by o< ;he United States Government, which ai las the work in charge. ir The new jetties were begun four si fears ago. They are on a larger w icale and more substantial than the ai 'amous jetties at the Mississippi's w South Pass, an outlet which for more sj ,han thirty years has been the river's si :ommercial entrance. They are near- rf y parallel walls,- one about three st ind the other about four miles long, st ylng morerthan half a mile apart md built in the shoal water at the te iuncture of the Pass with the Gulf ir >f Mexico. Their purpose is to con- tt Ine and thus accelerate the river's ti :urrent across a mud bar about three in niles broad, so as to produce a chan- hi lei at least 1000 feet wide, with a p< ninimum depth of thirty-five feet, tl The swift current which they have tt >roduced, aided by dredging, even T >efore their completion, has caused tt i tremendous scour and has already ui nade fifty to eighty-five feet of water ei n some places, where at the begin- al ling of the work the depth was only al i little over a man's head. To make he uniform contract depth there is bi (till in several spots about ten feet G )f mud to be removed. It is eipect- tt id tnat tne nign waier,P?o wunin a re 'ew weeks will swe?ff!he remaining je nud depogita-OTrTTo sea by the be- rs next summer. s Probably few walls ever have been st instructed under greater difficul- II ies than were these jetties. They d< ire made of willow, scantling, stone w md concrete. Although in some gi )laces they are not six feet deep, tli md although their greatest depth is >arely fifteen feet, they have cost m 12,700,000. Every material entering se nto their construction has been j jrought from distances of one hun- fli ired to five hundred miles. m The jetties have no "foundation, a< >ut rely for stability upon their ex- m remely broad bases, being from 100 at o 150 feet* wide at the bottom. In S< :ontrast to this great width of base, S< ;he concrete capping which forms I ei THIS ADVANCED WESTE HAS A Courtship Formally Adopted as a Cou Pupils--Some of the Subjec Greenville, 111.?Professor H. G. ir Russell, superintendent of the High School, has introduced instruction in ovemakking into the school curriculum. Parents of some of the pupils si leclare they do not want their chilli-en's thoughts turned so early to g: ove, but Professor Russell and his tvife, who is his assistant, say they tl kvill see the experiment through. Elussell thinks in time courtship will oe taken out of the realm or em- o' pyricism and lifted into the realm of sxact science as chemistry followed ilchemy. Twenty-three pupils, ten of whom ire girls, constitute the first class in ri :he world to receive formal instruc:ion in courtship. Professor Russell lias given them three lectures and bi :hey have written essays. The in- tr jtruction will be chiefly through tl study of the literature of love, includ- a! jriJiili^GoTcrnment Orders X Discouragement of Immigration. Halifax, N. S.?The Canadian Govjrnment has adopted a policy of dis- L louraging immigration to Canada is luring the winter season as the re- fi suit of the great volume which the ai influx of colonists attained in Oc- sj tober and November. The govern- li ment has instructed agents to stop c( ill efforts to induce immigration to bi Canada, and an extensive advertis- S' ing campaign setting forth the ad- E vantages of the country lias been ci stopped. p: Women in tho Day's News. The Duchess of Marlborough visit ed Ellis Island. tl Woman suffrage in Finland promptly brings a prohibitionist triumph, tl "Be polite to women!" is the motto of a new reform society started in tl Paris. o; Mrs. Russell Sago is said to be tired of receiving suggestions as to tl what she ought to do with her money. <3 Miss Margherita Arlina Hamm, a magazine and newspaper writer, died t< from pneumonia at tho Woman's Hos- s pital, New York City. Miss Hamm tl was twice married. y, : LIMITED, ?? -T, [ATTLESHIP CR051ING j L s. [V?.? I& tten, in the New York Evening Wot )NE OF THE GREATEST UNDERTAKINGS IN HIST* ps?Lower Mississippi ( :epest Harbors. ie top of the jetties, and whic le work receiving its finis >uches this week, is only a few ide. The capping is a sea >ur and one-half feet high an ie only portion of the jetties lbmerged. The wall weighs beti vo and three tons to each li tot. The submerged structure sup] tg this mass of concrete is r [most entirely of willow poles rush. With the aid of frame w ' scantling the willows were foi ito so-called mattresses?broad, ructures resembling bed mattn i form?each about two feet tl 30 feet long and varying in -w om thirty-five to 150 feet, attresses were sunk one above :her, with the widest at the bo ad those above uniformly dimii ig in width as they approached lrface. The topmost mattn ere uniformly thirty-five feet \ -J - 1 1 4-1, ? svj ill Ull ? lovei Witu uie suiiatc ui ater. Heavy broken stone jread evenly over the mattress< nk them, sq that a layer of s ;sts between each of these wi ructures. The greatest numbe ipperlmposed mattresses la five. The Mississippi has done somi nesting work In addition to sc ig out a channel, for it has r te mattresses practically indesi ble to any normal agency of na l this region by burying them u undreds of tons of mud. These jsits follow closely the contou le jetties, in conjunction with w ley form new banks of the r he only change likely to occu le jetties is their gradual sinl Qtil in time the concrete cap itirely disappears. Ttis sin iready has occurred to the je t Southgflje?.~ InJtfeecourse of many years a ir. may form by silt- deposits in ulf in the now deep water be: le mouth of the jetties, and thei imedy will be the extension of tties a short distance further, ite of bar extension during ne iventy-five years preceding arting of the jetties was betT 50 and 250 feet annually, and jposits responsible for this adv ere made when conditions, eatly changed, favored such a< UL13. Part of the $6,000,000 allotte aking the channel is being spei ifeguards several miles above stties to prevent any increase in 3w of other large outlets from ialn river to the Gulf. This is b :complished by placing stone cov attress sills on the river bo :ross the entrances to those out sveral small bayous leading 1 Duthwest Pass to the Gulf wi] itirely closed up. RN SCHOOL CLASS IN WOOil rse in Illinois Town and Ha ts That Will Be Taught. ig the courtship of Miles Stam Rnmnn and Juliet." and other st rd works of fiction. Pupils wi! jpected to learn: How to take heart by storm o ege. How to detect the advent of rand passion. How to behave if parental ol on is manifested. How to pay a compliment. How to encourage a bashful si r corner an elusive girl. How to allay unfounded jealoi How to propose. How to ask papa. The etiquette of the engager ng. Deportment during engagemer Girls will learn how to promis e a sister. The year's course ike the students all the way I le first sweet sting of love to Itar. orfolk Druggists Sell Large Quantities of I) ivorioiK, va.?.according to vi . McMurran, of Portsmouth, t a Norfolk druggist who dispe fteen gallons of laudanum d ad another druggist whose coc lies average $90 daily. The s ng statements were made in jurse of a paper Dr. McMurran sfore the recent meeting of eabord Medical Asiociation on ' vil Effects of the/Drug Habit.' rusade will be started for the ression of the evil. Halls of Congress. Mr. Frye was made presiden ie Senate nro temDore. Congress is expected to take le ship subsidy question again. Secretary Cortelyou was askei ie Senate to furnish figures bea n the recent financial stringency Senator Aldrlch gave assur aat a currency bill would be ii uced soon after the holiday rec A committee presented a mem > Vice-President Fairbanks peaker Cannon asking an appro [on of $20,000,000 a year for w ray improyeiaent. \ S ' ~ chip SB is ; ' IB met CITIES Wore Prevalent Throughout Counfj try TharuSince 1889-90. open winter is the cause Numerous Cases in Chicago ? One Person Out of Every Ten in Bosto Said to Be Suffering From tho ' Malr,dy. Chicago, 111.?Not since the epidemic of 1889-90 has there been so -pi* nuch grip in the cities of the United States as at present, according to re; ports gathered from the various larg- ' jr? . ?r ouss. Mild, open weather, unseasonable now, is held responsible by ^ many physicians and health authori- j ;= ties. ^ ^ One death, the only one of the last week here from grip, was reported to the Health Department, but it is predicted that more will follow unles3 'M- real winter weather comes. Pittsburg. New York, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Philadelphia. Boston, Cleveland, Milwaukee and other Eastern cities Maro reported wrestling with the disease, with several deaths in each city daily. .. ?*- - Cases have been arriving at the lounty hospital here at an average of lets, ibout six or seven a day, although thJ ' }ther large hospitals throughout the 2ity have had no cases brought to them as yet. At the county hospital :h is harden Happel says that the cases' hIng treated have not been serious. feet^ "Keep up your vitality; get plenty wall; 0f fresh air and exercise in the dayd iSi time, and sleep with your bedroom not' window open. These are the only veen precautionary measures which can be ( near taken in regard to the grip," is the warning issued by Health Commisport jidner Evans. ade Philadelphia reports the whole j and number of deaths during the week as orks col, of which 61 were attributed to . 'TnPfi Xll? ?fl OA frt KfAfll" LUUCltUlUOiajJl UiiW ;UUbO, ?V tv -flat ihitia, 3j>**To bronchopneumonia, 65 | '5??8t -te-pnetfmonia, 1 to pleurisy, 11 to In- ( tuck,1 Huenza and 5 to congestion of the mi*1 'unss. The Physicians in Boston say that grip the is more prevalent there than ever be- ; ttom jore a careful estimate places the , aish- number of cases at 60,000 in the ;ity, or about one in every ten of the , jsses population. Few of these cases are V vide, 3erious. Thus far not above fifty , f the. deaths from grip have been recorded. wae In Baltimore the Health Depart3s to tnent's report shows eight deaths ditone fectly due to the grip, while in addiillow ijon the disease is given as confcribuir of tory cause in twenty-seven cases of pneumonia. In Pittsburg the disease 3 *n" threatens to be worse than that in :our- 1889-90, according to City Physician i aade Booth. He says there is only one true- tvay to get rid of this epidemic, and i .ture t&at is to isolate the cases. ! nder jn Milwaukee few cases of grip . 3 de- Jiave been noted this time and none r ?f ^f a serious nature. The first death. ' hicb ;aused by the disease has just been iver. reported. Officers of the Cleveland ] r. ln I Health Department.Km q?iniooi n "ngJthatcl?Se to-Z&rtases of grip were ' Pfso mciudeJ" in the physicians' returns, j kiP? Sixteen deaths occurred in the week i tties qow at an end. f?- 1 i ...v ?? ] GRIP IN NEARLY EVERY * ' < i. HOME IN WASHINGTON ' l the Washington, D. C.?Twenty thou- j the sand cases of grip are under treat- ] The toent in Washington, local physicians J :arly ieclare. The present epidemic, they the say, is the most dangerous since the 1 veen disease made its appearance here j the sixteen years ago. Cases are to be ; ance found in nearly every home in the 1 now "My, and the disease has invaded all 1 ;cre- ihe hospitals and public institutions, ' where patients and inmates alike are 3 d t0 suffering from the complaint. Stores 1 it in and- factories, Government and mu- ' the Qicipal departments, offices, schools, 1 ! the police and fire departments all show 1 the the effect of the epidemic." In many eing places business Is seriously hampered ? .? hv tfc<a i?r2P> number of sick among erea -? -? ??- ttom employes. lets. "The most remarkable feature of ' from ^is season's epidemic of grip," said ;j be Dr. M. M. Moffltt, 41 Is the character Df its after effects. The patient is ! left weak and exhausted, his nervous system impaired to a great extent, 1 and with mental symptoms which sometimes develop a serious aspect. [ have found symptoms of mental NG affliction in many cases I have treated this year." s 23 MAJOR W. A. MERCER RESIGNS. Head of Carlisle Indian School Gives Up Hi3 Position. . Carlisle, Pa. ? Major William A. 'V Mercer, Second UDited States Cavairy, superintendent of the Carlisle 11 03 Indian School, has requested the Fed. eral authorities to accept his resignair D' tion as the head of the famous Car. lisle training school for redskins, and tl10 has been notified by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp that the Secajec retary of War will immediately close his detail at Carlisle. ' -? r _ J? onlrinw + rv Via ro_ I . iviajur 1V1CIXBI 1U uaamg iu uv | Jltor lieved gave as Ills reasons, "Though | In good personal health, I find the i lsy- daily annoying responsibilities more than I can stand. I am advised that a few months' leave of absence would nent be_^J^nefit." , American Bishop Appointed. 'win Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the . American College at Rome, was conthl Becrafed Titular Bishop of Adrianlue apolis, Italy. PARMER KILLS MOTHER-IN-LAW. ,0Pe* Vermonter Slioot3 Himself After r. R. House is Surrounded by Posse. kei0 Parfnn vt?After shooting and iisgs i vw?, . ___ _ _ ajly killing his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lydia aine Durkee, driving his wife and children from home and holding at bay tllQ a Sherirf'a posse which surrounded read his house al1 night, Edward Uutterfield, a Sutton farmer, was found 'The dead in ^ec1, having shot himself with A a rifle. Butterfield is supposed to sur)_ have been crazed by liquor. He was fifty years old. VOTES OUT DISPENSARY. t of North Carolina Capital Foregoes i up $75,000 a War Profit on Liquor. 3 by Raleigh. N. C.?Raleigh, a city of trine li?.000 inhabitants and the capital of North Carolina, voted to close the liquor dispensary at once. ance por f0ur year3 Raleigh has conatro ducted a dispensary. The sales have ess* amounted to $250,000 a year, of orial which $75,000 was profit. The profit and was placed to the credit of the school pria- tund, the road fuud and the city ex* atcr- v,eus9 account* J ; .. v" : ; . :s F.C. DSUCPSBODY FOUND Coffin at London Contains Remains of Aged Bearded Man. Claim of Hollamby Druce to the Vast l'ortiana estate raiis to the Ground. London. ? The grave of Thomas Charles Druce, in Highgate Cemetery, was opened forty-three years to a day after the funeral of the wealthy merchant. The coffin was found to contain the remains of a human body, thus exploding the romantio tales told by Robert C. Caldwell and others who swore during the recent hearing of the Druce perjury case that it contained a roll of lead. The official statement given out by representatives of the Home Office an/1 nttinra mhn warp nffiriflllv nrPRPTlt at the exhumation not-only definitely disposes of the lead myth, hut seems effectively to confirm that the body buried in 1864 was actually that of T. C. Druce. The authorized statement folows: "The coffin was opened and found to contain the body of an aged, bearded man; the plate on the coffin bore the name Thomas Charles Druce." The scene at Highgate Cemetery when the vault was opened was remarkable. Constables seemed to spring from everywhere; every bush and every tree apparently hid an officer of the law. All the entrances to the cemetery were surrounded by cordons of police. Only those persons who had passes from the Home Office were admitted to the grounds. George Hollamby Druce, who claims he is the rightful heir to the Portland dukedom and to its vast estates, tried twice to get into the cemetery, but was met with a stern refusal. There was no need for the dictum of the eminent surgeon, Augustus J. Pepper, who was appointed by the Home Office to carry out the exhumation, to assure all present that human remains lay in the coffin. The Druce vault has thus given up Its geeret after ten years of legal proceediaga^hich have cost all told a considerable"-.fortune. A large part of this money w"sis obtained from ser* vant girls and tvther workers who were induced to buy shares in a company formed to prosecute the claims of George Hollamby Druce against the estate of the Duke of Portland. Those persons who have sworn to the placing of lead in the coffin Instead of a human' body have deposed to statements whica now have been disproved. CHANCE FOR RETURNING ALIENS May Buy Farms in New York For Less Than Baildings Cost. Albany, N. Y.?The fact that foreigners are leaving this country in increasingly large uumbers this season is awakening the interest of the State Agricultural Department. Since January 1, 1907, over 600,000 have returned to Europe in the steerage. This is unprecedented. The representative of the State Agricultural Department called on Governor Hughes to discuss the questions involved. fT^ffl-A?paxl.ment J&as a branch office In New York Cityfor^rEii" lyor'iWSSLOf securing laborers for the farmers of^ the State, and in 1907 secured places tor 5000. Many immigrants in this country who at home were farmers labor otherwise here and stay just long enough to save money to return home and become small landed proprietors^ , # _ The State Agricultural v/umunssioner said that there were thousands of good farms in New York State which could be purchased for amounts less than the buildings upon them were worth, and that an effort is to be made to reach this foreign population, especially the Hungarians, with a view of showing them the bright possibilities of becoming property owners in New York State rather than return home. A representative of the State Agricultural Department has recently visited the steamship docks in New j York City and talked with many for- | eigners who were returning home in j the steerage. Some were going Dae*, home to spend the winter months, others were going back for good. It is the latter class the Stato Agricultural Department intends to make an especial effort to jeach from-this time on, with a view pf having them become New York State farmers. < AIMING IN PLAY, KILLS MOTHER. Boy Accidentally Pulls Rifle Trigger at Stroudsbqrg, Pa. Stroudsburg, Pa.?'Aiming a parlor rifle at her in a spirit of play, Lewis Hoenshilt, eight yeari old, accidentally pulled the triggef and killed his mother, Mrs. George Hoenshilt, as she stood at a telephone..' Mrs. Hoenshilt reeled backward and* fell at her little boy's feet. The bullet, though of small calibre, inflicted a wound that caused her death within a few minutes. i She was unconscious from the moment she was struck, and she died before the lad realized what he had done. > Conscription in Brazil. The Senate, at Rii de Janeiro, on third reading approved the Government bill requiring obligatory military service under cohscription. Victory For Chicago Saloonists. Thomas Chambales, the first saloonkeeper to be plated on trial for violation of the Chicago Sunday closing law, was found not guilty. Confederates Oppose Pension Scheme. Opposition to Congressman Hobson's proposed national act pensioning Confederates was unanimously declared by Camp Hardee, United Confederate Veterans, at Birmingham, Ala. Admiral Evans Soon to Retire. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans has written to his sister, Mrs. B. Zevely, in Colorado Springs, Col., that he will visit her after his cruise around the Horn. He expects to retire as Vice Admiral in August. Political Pot a*Boiling. Secretary Taft's tour of the world Is to be put on the stage. There are more than ninety members of the House of Representatives who are serving their country for the first time. Vice-Presidcnt Fairbanks was enthusiastically urged for President at " * ' '"""'"i 'RoniihHran "love feast" til KJ Ull/Uaiui at Indianapolis. Mayor McClellan, of New York, asked the Supreme Court to compel Jackson to submit a more complete bill of particulars in bis suit to oust the Mayor. A asms ' OH THE AMERICAN FLEET Cordial Greeting Extended by Governor to Visiting Armada. MS SEVEN THOUSAND GO ASHORE ' ii Holiday in the Fleet?Rowing Races of Crews?Battleships Decorated ?Toiuedo Boats Sail For Para After Making Repairs. Port of Spain, Trinidad. ? RearAdmiral Evans, Rear-Admiral Emory, . ** i commanding the second division of the battle fleet; Rear-Admiral Thomas, commanding the third division,^ - ' and Rear-Adimarl Sperry, commanding the fourth division, together with ; .? the members of their staffs, went ashore and proceeded to Government House, where they paid the usual formal call to Sir H. M. Jackson, Gov- 3 -5: ernor of the colony. gJOai The battleship fleet, under com- o mand of Rear-Admiral Evans reached its first port of call in its 14,000-mile ?B8 voyage to the Pacific a full day ahead of schedule. The ships entered the harbor in four divisions, and steaming past the city came to an anchorage In the Gull of Parla about four miles from Port v, ' of Spain. The fleet made a fine spectacle as it swept through the Dra- Y gon's Mouth and down the harbor. jfl The ships came to anchor in splendid ?. form, all the anchors dropping si- % mulatneonsly with a splash. The usual port ceremonies followed at once. The harbor master and % health officer of the British colonial : city called and pratique was granted " without delay. The holiday spirit pervaded the American fleet, but it was more like the celebration of the Fourth of Jnly " : ^sgi than that of the Christmas which the men had known in colder climes. Decorations there were in plenty, . wreaths of holly and evergreens which had been brought , along to keep alive the remembrances of tho day, and there were special dinners in the mess rooms for the officers and turkey and other good things for the men. It was not given to the men of the torpedo boat flotilla to spend Christmas ashore, for in the early morning, with flags flying and the firing of & salute to Admiral Evans' flag floating on the main truck of the battle- s: ship Connecticut, they steamed away to Para?a five days' Journey. ,V.ljS Not fewer than 6000 or 700.0 of the bluejackets were allowed 'on shore, and they entered into the spirit of merry-making with the townspeople,whose geniality and hospitality have known no bounds. ; The feature of the festivities was a regatta, in which many of the battleships had crews. There were plenty of exciting nnisnes, ana enthusiasm ran high. Admiral Evan% with his staff, watched the- struggles of the competitors from his launch', and big crowds occupied points of *< vantage along the course. ~ JU)MIIIAL^BRQWNS0N Metcalf Denies Criticism of Departs ment Affected Veteran Officer. Washington, D. C. ? President Roosevelt received and accepted the resignation of Rear-Admiral Willard H. "Brownson, retired, as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, which has had to handle the question of the cruise of the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific. The President then designated Commander Cameron McC. Wlnslow to act as chief of bureau. Coming immediately upon the pubn?o?nn nf th? Rmiterdahl criticisms of the navy, which are widely believed to have been inspired by a high ' ! naval authority, the resignation of Admiral Brownson at once gave rise to the report that it had grown oat of that publication. That was denied vigorously by Seo retary Metcalf, who declared that the criticisms had nothing whatever to do with Admiral Brownson'a action, which was entirely a personal matter between him and the President DOCTOR KILLS WIFE. - . Amesbury Fires Jast as Dinner la Ready?Calls It Accident. Hyde Park, Mass.?Dr. Walter R. Amesbury, of Milford, shot and instantly killed his wife, Anna, a teacher of music in Roanoke College, Dan* ville, Va., as the family were aDoui to sit down to their Christmas dinner at the home of Mrs. Jennie Rees, Mrs. Amesbury's mother, here. Mrs. Amesbury had come from Virginia to pass the holiday with her sons, Walter R. and Ira R. Amesbury, who live with their grandmother. Dr. Amesbury came from Milford, where he has practiced, to the Christmas festivities with the family. According to tho police the doctor flred two shots into Mrs. Amebury's right side. Her death was almost instantaneous. The husband, when arrested, declared the shooting was accidental. Kills Wife and Self. At Sharon, Pa., William Van Bush, aged forty years, killed his wife by cutting her throat and took his own life in the same way. The couple auarreled frequently. Bush was a machinist, and formerly lived in New York City. King Oscar's Body Interred. The body of Kin& Oscar of Sweden was interred In the far famed burial place of the Swedish kings, the Kiddorholm, Kyria. Indians On Warpath. Yaqui Indians went on the warpath after murdering twelve men, one of their captives, an American, being released. Undertakers and Clergy Combine. At Los Angeles, Cal., the undertakers and ministers have combined to prevent Sunday funerals. The Labor World. The London (Canada) Labor party 1- ? ~ ?i./"innno?ii1 in fnvnr nf nlrl-asra ' UttO II lUUUUUbVvi ? ? Opensions. A majority of the musicians of Santa Cruz, Cal., met recently and organized a union. A select committee of the House of Commons is inquiring into the sweating evil in London. Organized labor in Seattle, Wash., has carried out its proposed plan o! ?'* oDtufning a coai mine. Employment was given to 500 men i when work was resumed in the Steel i Trust's mills at Bay View, Wis.