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HIE OLD POLE STAR.
Before the clepsydra had bound the days
Man tethered Change to his fixed star. an<l
sail:
"The elder races;, that long since are dead.
Marched by that livrht; if swprves not from
its base.
Though all the worlds about, it wax a:il
fade."
When Kgvpt saw it. fast in reeling spheres,
Her Pyramids shaft-centred on its ray
She reared and said: "Long as this star
holds swav
fn unrivaled ether, shall Ihe years
Revere my monuments?" ami went her
way.
The Pyramids abide; but through the shaft
That held the polar pivot, eye to eye.
Look now?blank nothingness! As though
Change laughed
At man's presumption and his puny craft.
The star lias slipped its leash and roams
the sky.
Yet could the immemorial piles be swung
A skyey hair's breadth from their rooted
base.
Back to the central anchorage of space.
Ah. then again, as when the race wa.-young.
Should they behold the heat-on of the race'
Of old men said: "The Truth is there, we
rear
Our faith full-centred on it. It- was known
Thus of the elders who foreran us here.
Mapped out its circuit in the shifting
sphere.
And found it, 'mid mutation. Fxed alone."
Change laughs again, again the sky is cold.
And down that fissure now no star-beam
glides.
Yet thev whose sweep of vision grows not
old
Still at the central poin' of space behol.i
Another pole-star; for the 1 ruth abides.
?r,uirn n nai iuu, m miuuv ^ |
THE WOMAN ENTERS, f
? By KATHARINE LYNCH. ?
In the chaparral on the edge of
the bluff Dick Matson lay flat on
his stomach, his chin propped on one
hand, while the other rested lightly
on the shining barrel of a rifle. Below,
on the further bank of the
river, Escolante. the caitle-thief.
strutted back and forth before the
door of his cabin, his gun in his
hands, his strident voice proclaiming
to the air bis disdain for an gringos
in general, and for the white-livered
chingado Matson in particular.
Matson, unseen, and his presence
only dimly apprehended by the
strange animal instinct of the halfDreed,
could hear with sufficient
plainness the gusts of wrath and objurgation
which floated up from below;
and when his own name was
mingled with especially acrid vituperations,
the rage to which he dared
give no more audible vent expressed
itself in tense and impotent mutterings.
I'll get you yet. you old cattlethief.
0 Lord, O Lord, to have to lie
aere and take such blasted impudence
from a black-hearted Apache
mongrel!" This wheu Escolante's
remarks on the status and heredity
)f the gringo became particularly
personal and historic. "Wish I
wasn't a white man and I'd take a
Dot-shot at you for luck, just as you
stand, you cattle-stealing, lyiug
vhelp. Cursed nonsense anyway,
waiting for proof, and taking a man
o the law, when I know darn well
you've a steer of mine stowed away
'.n the bushes somewhere. Wait till
I find your cache, or catch you redhanded;
and I'll make you sweat for
this."
So each vocal volley from below,
directed against the unseen foe that
1 5 1 4.^ KA
:ne nau-oreea ;ip[ircueuucu ?.?
lurking near, was answered by the
hidden enemy with one no less heartCelt
because of being, for strategic
purposes, necessarily unheard.
As the time passed Matson's limbs
grew increasingly cramped and stiff.
Decidedly, he reflected. Escolante had
the best of the game. He warily
stretched himself into a new position.
The hours slipped by; and still
the half-breed, warned by his subtle
Instinct for danger, kept up his grotesque
parade; and still the watching
man was baffled of his clue.
The shadows lengthened on the
river. A few crows, loudly cawing,
shook themselves out of the branches
of a tree near the cabin and winged
Ihemselves for the homeward flight.
Dusk was all but falleu; and the
watcher painfully stirred his limbs,
preparing for a furtive retreat, when
i new element entered the scene b?low.
The girl who slipped to the door
of the cabin was slim and lithe as a
willow from the stream. Her black
hair fell sleek and straight on either
side of her face, hanging in thick
braids nearly to her knees. She
misprt finp hand to lier forehead
shading her eyes for a loug look up
the river, and the movement had the
supple, untaught grace oi' a wild
thing of the woods.
Matson drew his breath iu somethins
that came dangerously near to
being a whistle. So this was Escolante's
daughter?child of a Mexican
mother and a half-breed father?who
since her mother's deatli had been
with the sisters at Santa Barbara.
He vaguely recalled having heard of
the girl's return. This could te none
other than she; for what woman,
young and beautiful, would foregather
with that wicked old Escolante.
He cautiously reached for his binoculars,
with which he had so carefully
scanned the landscape earlier
in the day. The girl stood as if posed,
straining her level gaze toward l!u
sunset. The glass revealed her face,
a warm brown oval, the curves :t. 30ft
and perfect as a child's, yet with
the fullness and richness of early
womanhood. The heavy brows were
arched. The thick lashes, fringing
lids now wide-flung, over soft, lawnlike
eyes, surely must shadow hei
cheek when the lids were lowered
The red, curving lips were slightly
parted, disclosing white teeth, firmset
and regular.
The glass did its work well. The
girl might have been standing closc
hv: so close that if one renrhed nut
a hand one might tone i the brown
curve of the chock, or part the silky
masses of her hair. The r. an catighi
his breath sharply till it hissed between
his teeth. The pain in his
limbs was forgotten. The girl's facc
held him like a spell.
Suddenly the upraised hand fell
to her side. Escolante's daughtei j
turned. with a swift grace and en- !
tared tlie rude cabin. The sun's red |
rim slipped below the horizon. Sooi: i
a light shone in the cabin. The mar !
on the bluff lay watching it till fai j
j into the night. But his head was ]
J sunk on his arms and his gun was |
j unheeded at his side. When a black j
jfigure for an instant darkened the j
! doorway his heart leapec up. men
j the old gleam of hate sprang anew j
I in his eyes. It was the half-breed, i
Tho man in the chaparral softlj ,
j raised himself. "I'll settle you yet,' j
j he exulted. And in the dark he (
shook his clenched fist, at the cattle- !
thief. Then ho stealthily withdrew, j
A month had passed and again il
was the dark of the moon.
The time had dragged heavily foi i
old Escolante. for with the accursed !
griugos so closely watching, even a
practiced hand must move warily, j
and it was hard to go empty with fat
cattle feeding at one's very door.
To Dick Matson time had flown
on golden wings. Love and hate wa*
well together in a strong man's heart;
and the red lips, of Dolores were
sweet.
To the girl the month had passed
as a day. It is good to live when the
! blood is warm; and young love is
! daring and does not wait for the dark
j of the moon.
On this night Escolante ate his last
! meal of frijoles and tortillas without
I cnllon ufnrn Hp PVf>n
ventured a few coarse jests with Dolores.
who was dear to him as the
apple of his eye. A man may well
jest whose knife is whetted for the
killing, and who knows that oil the
morrow he will feed fat. voiding his
hate and filling his stomach at one
j and the same time. Dolores met his
j badinage with easy response and well|
simulated affection. It is easy to
I scatter careless affection from the
lips wheu the heart is brimming over
with love.
Without, men gathered quietly in
a certain lonely glade. The night
( was heavy about them. In the sij
lence each man could hear his own
i heart-beat and his straining breath,
j The little voices of the night shrilled
j loudly, and the sound of the cattle
i cropping the rich grass was like a
j thousand crunching engines in their
ears.
The waiting had lengthened to
hours before a fat steer coughed and
fell under the knife. Then something
whirred in the gloom; and then
a lantern flared out. Escolante was
caught red-handed. His ludicrous
dismay when the deft-flung riata
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tigmenea rouuu mm uie?? a umoi
of rough mirth from the sheriff as
he slipped on the half-breed's wrists
the symbol of the law and its bondj
age. But when Dick Matson stepped
from the darkness and reclaimed his
riata the cattle-thief broke into fierce
vituperations, for this was the most
hated, and therefore the most preyedupon
of all the gringos.
"Save your wind, old man,"
laughed Dick Matson. "You'll need
it for the blessing, for to-morrow I
marry your daughter."
Escolante grew livid and his jaw
dropped. Then hs opened a fresh
volley of imprecations, hurling the
lie in the gringo's teeth.
Dick laughed a careless laugh.
"Come here, Dolores," he said.
Like a shadow the girl slipped out
of the blackness and stood beside
him. Dick slid an arm about her
and bending kissed her full on the
mouth.
Then the half-breed went mad with
rage, and spat and screamed out
curses on the pair until it was horrid
to hear him. The sheriff and his meu
had trouble to hold him.
Dolores trembled and shrank
against her lover. But Dick Matson
only laughed his easy laugh and
tightened his arm around her. Then
he turned and drew her with him
into tne ioresi.
No more cattle are stolen or killed
within the range of the Cross Bar Y.
The cattlemen sleep well of nights
and Dick Matson grows rich off his
profits. Several plump brown children
play about hia door; and of
those he is inordinately fond, as is
' -ils'j Dolores, who sees in them ador!
able replicas of the man she wor*
j ships. The two are very happy, for
! Dolores is still slim and beautiful;
j and Matson wants no better life
j than that of the range and his own
! fireside. There are moments; how]
over, when the hair stiffens on the
! !>acK 01 ins necK, una a cuui runs
along his spine.
These are the moments wlien he
reflects on the lact that the utmost
- that the courts could award to Esco
'.ante was a life sentence; and that
there is always the chance that a
' prisoner may escape, or that a too
lenient governor may exercise the
right of pardon.?San Francisco
Argonaut.
Falsi*.
The story is (old of an actor, popular
with the matinee girls, who is
1 lie.sH by the Tear ot' being thought
older than he is.
The last time this player was inter
viewed il was by a young lady reporter
for one of the dailies. She wished
to get his views touching the condiliou
of the drama, a subject the aclot
was not particularly desirous of discussing.
I'm not sure," said the young
. woman, laughingly, whether I'm
really finding out what you think,
j You ought to be frank, for your eyes
! are gray and?"
fifinaturely so. 1 assure you. my
1 (I'M: yo:ing lady," the player hastened
to Interject. ? Harper's Weekly.
Tl*f Power of the l'en.
A physician out West was sent for
. io attend a small boy who was ill
lie 'eft a prescription ami went away.
Hoturniug a few dayr; later, m
found the boy better.
"Yes. doctor," .said the boy's
. mother, "the prescription did him a
. world of good. L left it beside him,
where he could hold it iu his hand
most of the time, aud he can almost
read it now. You didn't mean for
him to swallow the paper, did you,
doctor?"?Harper's Weekly.
A. new invention provides for the
delivery of milk through a hole ia the
i door.
MEMORIAL STATUE OF BOJI
Shield On the Axe-Edge,
j After his gun, the thing which the
hunter in the woods has the most
use for is an axe. It is the means of
cutting his way where he could not
otherwise pass; it is the means of
providing him with his fire and often
in a close conflict is the weapon by
which his life is saved.
For the hunter's use a specal axe
I Is made, which hangs to his belt, but
In this position he has to exercise
Guard on the Axe Edge.
great care for fear that hand or arm
or those of his companions should
not come in contact with its sharp
edge. The device is of such propor!
tions that when not in use it can be
I readily carried in the pocket. It coni
sists of two flat pocket-like sections
I or clips, having open tops so that
j they are adapted to fit over the edge
I of the axe blade with a spring con
necting the sections and causing
them to automatically engage with
i the blade.
j This device will be equally appre|
ciated by tlielumbermen of the Northj
west camps, whose constant compan.
ion is the axe with which the mon|
archs of the forest are felled. The
j tool made use of by these men have
| razor edge at all times, and men are |
often seriously cut by accidentally
coming in contact with the keen edge.
In the Line of Progress.
j New York now requires a license
! to commit matrimony.?Atlanta
Journal.
THE ZEPPEL
One of the Greatest Dirigible
i
Chinese Dinner Gong.
The Chinese dinner gongs are very
j unique and bid to be popular. The
pipes are three clear tones and sound
agreeably when struck with the ham
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mer. This gong can either be bracket
in hall or dining room, fitting snugly
to the wall. A little holder to the
I front makes a place for a bay berry
' candle, now so uonular
mm GEORGE F. HO/.[I.
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Tasting I)iiuier3.
An out-of-the-way profession for a
woman is that of dinner taster. She
is a product of Parisian refinement,
and spends a portion of each day
visiting houses and tasting dishes intended
for dinner. She suggests improvements,
and shows the cook new
ways of preparing roods.?Reader.
Nail Driver.
The hitherto customary method of
driving in nails frequently leads to in-}
juries of the fingers by improver
blows of the hammer. To obviate
this drawback implements in the
shape of tongs or pliers have become
known. The device shown in the il-1
lustration below relates to improvements
in such implements and specially
aims at protecting the head o(!
the nail against deformation through'
hammer blows. The implement is
formed of two pivoted shanks, having
at each end a section for a nail holder.
The upper section of the holder
contains a groove for supporting the
nail, the lower section when swung
into position preventing the nail from
falling out. After placing the point
of the nail at the required place the
implement is held in one hand and
struck in the usual manner with a
hammer. The nail being securely
I C '
held in the groove is prevented from
bending, while the head is protected,
nrVii/>Vi in r\f (front nduiintaffo with nsHla
having fancy or decorative heads.
The wall or like surface into which
the nail is driven is also protected
against injuries by improper blows.
?Washington Star.
IN AIRSHIP.
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Flying Machines in Existence.
A Nature-Study.
I observed that the mother of
pearl was acting differently, somehow.
Sho seamed to me enormously
busy. There remained little or
nothing of the placid quiet which I
was used to consider her character.
A very civil niollusk, hard by, remarking
my perplexity, laughed sardonically.
"Pardon me," quoth r, taking the
hint, "but will you courteously inform
me what the mother of pearl is
about?"
' "Why, she imagines she is created I
for something better than a mere i
mother's end. and she's going in far
a career," he made answer.
Now, if he was to bo believed, ahd
truly I had no right to doubt him,
here was a striking ethibition of human
intelligence on the part of an
animal of the lower order, so-called.
Need I add that I mean no disrespect?
I record only what falls in
my way.?Ramsey Benson, in Puck.
There are no newsboys in Spain;
women sell newspapers in the street%
PRIEST MURDERED BJ
1MIST IT MB
Father Leo Heinrichs Shot at Denver
hv Giuseone Guarnacoto.
SLAYER HAD TAKEN SACRAMENT
Had No Personal Enmity For Victim,
But Killed Him Merely Because
He Was a I'ricst?Glories
in His Deed.
Denver, ' Col.?Standing in his
white communion robes at the altar
of his church, Father Leo Heinrichs,
of St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic
Church, was shot and killed in front
of several hundred worshipers who
occupied all of the seats in the
church. The murderer, after firing
the shot, created a panic in the
church by dashing down the aisle,
flourishing the weapon and threatening
to kill any one who interfered j
with him. Not a person in the place
dared stop the slayer, and he reached
the street. Two policemen saw him
coming out, however, chased him for
several blocks and finally captured
him. He said he was Giuseppe Guarnacoto.
an Anarchist, and he asserted
that his only sorrow was he had been
unable to kill all the priests of the
country.
The shooting came as a tragic climax
to the services. Father Heinrichs
was administering the sacrament
at the early mass, and before
tfte altar ran mere Kneic a line 01
men and women. The assassin, with
head bent in mock penitence, knelt
betwen two women and calmly waited
for the priest to reach him. He took
the consecrated wafer which Father
Heinrichs offered, and as he did so
he pressed the muzzle of a pistol
against the priest's breast.
Father Heinrichs felt the weapon
pressing against him, and was about
to step back when the man fired.
The bullet entered the priest's heart
and he lurched forward. A? he did
so the worshipers heard him exclaim:
"My God! My God!"
The sound of the pistol and thfi
curl of the smoke that wound its wa?
upward above the altar rail tolc
those in the church what had happened.
The men and women seemed
stunned for several moments, and
then oue of the women who had
knelt nect to the murderer screamed.
The cry seeded to recall some of
those in the room to their senses,
and several men started forward
from their seats to the side of the
fallen priest.
Guarnacoto, who had risen after
he fired, evidently thought the men
intended to capture him. He sprang
into the aisle, and, waving the pistol,
shouted he would kill any one who
laid hands on him. As he started
down the aisle women shrieked and
several of them fainted. The men
? i- - fVia nrioel'
WHO Iiaa bL<HLt;u tuwaiu luc im^b
stepped, hastily into pews and sat
down. No one tried to prevent the
murderer from leaving th? church,
and when he reached the door he
placed the pistol in his back pocket.
Two policemen, however, saw hini
coming out of the door and started
after him. Patrolman Cronin overtook
the fugitive, and as he was
about to seize him he drew the pistol
from his pocket and tried to shoot
the policeman. There was a struggle,
at the end of which the murderer
was'overpowered.
Cronin led the prisoner back to the
church, and on the steps they were
met by the worshipers, who were
hastily leaving the building. Women
were weeping hysterically and
others knelt on the steps and prayed.
A crowd of men who had been attracted
by the struggle between the
policeman and the assassin, when
they heard' what had happened,
threatened to lynch the prisoner. He
was hurried to Jail anJ placed in solitary
confinement.
HEARST'S PARTY ACTIVE.
Declaration of Principles Set Forth
at Chicago Meeting.
Chicago, III.?Steps for the formation
of a new National political party
were taken at a conference of the Inpendence
League here. The action
followed a short speech by William
Randolph Hearst enunciating the
principles of the league, some of
which are:
Direct nominations by the peopie
of ull candidates fnr office.
An income tax and the referendum.
The right of the people to recall
public officials from public service.
The immediate Government owner
shin of railroad and telegrapn nues.
An eight-hour day for v/orkingmen.
A law making blacklisting illegal.
An interstate commerce court to
enforce the rulings of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
A ship subsidy for the development
of commerce.
National postal savings banks.
The platform also declares that
trusts are beneficial whenever the
people participate in their advantages.
Otherwise the trusts should
be crushed as monopolies restraining
trade.
Check For Tuberculosis'.
A campaign to check tuberculosis
among the colored people of Chicago
has been inaugurated by the City
Health Commissioner.
Boy, Scolded, Hangs Himself.
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At 1 aill(ll{ liu, JTU., Italics
aged seventeen, hanged himself because
he had been reprimanded.
Famous Gorman Artist I)oad.
Peter Jaussen, dirsctor of the iJuesseldorf
Academy of Art and the distinguished
German painter of ?.he
picture, "They All Follow the Si;:.-,"
died in Berlin, aged sixly-thr . :>f
icute influenza.
Sailors May lie Harrcd.
The Rhode Island Supreme C-.iurf"
decided that dancing pavilious could
refuse admission to sailori, in the
United States Navy wearing uniforms.
Stub Kuds of News.
Japan will have an Oriental Etposition
in 191
Natural children of Spanish royally
demand pensions.
iiii?iH2 -iuur iiuuuis luuuu-o win
hold IocaI option electiotio in llio
sprius.
Stiiyvesant Fish blamed K. II. 1
riman for any harm done to the Illinois
Central's credit.
Signer Luzzatti, former Italian
Minister of Finance, urged the establishment
of an American national
bank, which, he believed, would remove
the evils of the present system..
HEW MKJSTATE NEWS! [
Consumption Costs ?70,000,000.
According to the annual report of
State Health Commissioner Eugene
H. Porter, the cities of the State
showed an increase of births over
deaths last year and the rural communities
a decrease. The average
city birth rate per 1000 population
was 16.3 as against 13.8 for the rural ^
regions. The latter's average death ^
rate was 15.9. During the year there w
were 195,735 births, 147,442 deaths
and 94,456 marriages in the entire
State. The birth rate per 1000 pop- j*
ulation was 23.3, while that for 1906 ^
was 22.2. Dunkirk again has the ?
highest birth rate?34.2. Greater "
New York has a birth rate of 28.4,
and Schenectady 28.3, these being r
the highest of the State. During the a
year deaths from cancer showed a
large increase, and deaths from pneu- c
monia dropped several thousand.
Deaths from violence were 9625, as
against S874 last year. This includes b
1207 suicides. There are probably a
not less than 50,000 cases of tubercu- o
Iosis in the State, with nearly 15,000 li
deaths annually. Tuberculosis costs
the State of New York $70,000,000 g
annually. The chief cause of its 0
spread is undoubtedly promiscuous ?
spitting. Education is the watchword i
of the campaign against it. Concerning
the pollution of streams, which t
the report says is annually resulting
in 20,000 cases of typhoid fever and a
pecuniary loss to the State of $7,000,000,
the department expresses its belief
that with a continuation of its
present policy this pollution will be
entirely stopped in a comparatively
short time.
State Hard Up For Cash.
It developed in the Finance Committee,
Albany, that the State is confronted
with a serious financial problem.
Senator White told the committee
the State fair was being hampered
by t.he policy of withholding
necessary appropriations. Senator s
Armstrong retorted that unless the 1
greatest economy was practiced, the t
State would find it necessary to im- ^
pose a direct tax, which might be t
prejudicial to the Republican party.
Country legislators are particularly ?
perturbed and are inclined to place t
the responsibility upon the Public J
Service Commission, which will require
nearly $2,000,000 this year, j
It is estimated the State will run be- c
hind about $2,500,000, necessitating f
a levy upon the surplus, which is i
about $13,000,000. "I am examining (
the figures carefully," said Governor
Hughes. "I do not wish to deprive
the people of any needed improve- j
ment. I think we can run the gov- ?
ernment economically and still not b? ,
niggardly."
Lighting Merger Approved.
The Public Service Commission in \
the Second District formally approved I
the action of the former State Com- '
mission of Gas and Electricity on I
June 28 last in approving the merger
by the Utica Gas and Electric Com- ,
pany of the Herkimer County Light ,
and Power Company, Glens Falls Gas
and Electric Company, Consolidated
Light and Power Company of Whitehall
and fifty-one per cent, of the
United Gas, Electric Light and Fuel 1
Company of Sandy Hill and-Fort Edward.
Under the original order a
bond issue of $2,000,000 was arranged,
to be dated July 1. The or- |
der of the Public Service Commission
was made necessary by request of
Den a purcnasers, wno quesuuueu uc i
validity of the issue because the mort- |
gage was not recorded until July 1,
the day when the State Comm'"s?:on
of Gas and Electricity went out of
office.
Train Fell From a Trestle.
A freight train on the Crawford
branch of the Erie Railroad at Pine
Bush dropped from a trestle and
plunged through the 3ide of John
Decker's coal and feed store. The
tender of the locomotive dropped
twenty feet to the ground. The engine
was tipped up on end with its
pilot in the air on the edge of the
trestle. Fireman Abram Scott jumped
from the engine into a pond. Engineer
DuiTy remained on the cngin?
and escaped injury.
William T. Lnmont Dead.
William T. Lamont, former Assemblyman
from Schoharie County, died
suddenly at his home, at Richmond;
ville, in his seveuty-?ighth year. He
j was for many years in the mercantile
: business and filled many offices of
| public trust. Mr. Lamont leaves two I
| sons, Dr. Wilbur F. Lamont, of CatsI
kill, and Professor Stanley Lamont,
j of the Boys' Academy, Newark, N. J.
Wires Kill Two Roys.
I Two boys have besn killed iu the
same block and within a month by
electric lisht wires owned by tho
Rochester Railway and Light Ccm;
pany, at Rochester. Charles Gaudiso
J stumbled into a live wire, and Charles
I Trotta tried to crawl over the limb
i of a tree in the street when his hand
i touched a live wire.
IJank Superintendent I'icks Aids.
Superintendent Clark Williams, o?
the ssiate canning ujpriuisin, appointed
George H. Martin, of Brookiyn;
William A. MacCallum, of Rochester.
and Charles E. Johnson, of
Kingston, additional bank examiners.
The salaries are :i day and expenses.
Killed by His Horse.
Henry Bovec. of Groveland, was
found dead in the stall of his favorite
horse with his head mangled He
had lieen kicked to death by the animal,
which .=>tood quietly over him.
All Around the Stair.
Millionaire racing men dominated
th:j hearing at Albany 011 the Antif>ppr..'iv>o(-u
Gambling bills, which 1
churchmen and reformers favored.
Charles M. Turner, of Binghamton,
founder of the Security Mutual Life
Insurance Company, resigned its pres- ;
ideiiry on account of ill health.
! Daniel Reach. of Wat kins, was re- ]
elected by both houses of the Eegislalure.
at Albany, as Regent of the U:ii- j
versily of the State of Nev/ York tor j
the full term of eleven years.
I Eight women .-chool teachers of
Now VorSc jailed < :i Governor Hushes ,
al. Albany and endeavored to demonstrate
to him the merits of the new
'iNiual pay" bill which tney have had
i it < rodut'cd.
The law of 1 ? 0 creating I ho for-'
mot* Slate Commission of Gas ami
Kk-eii icilv was declared unconstitutional
by Court of Appeals. bc'rausi
il fail* to provide for appeal.
The lyphoid epidemic at I'eehskill
has killed eleven so far.
Governor Hughes warned Senate
Republicans that failure to remove
Keisey would be fatal '.o party interests.
Late N8W$i
BY WIRE ^ '
WAS HIXGTO
Protesting agaiist locating an army
arracks th?iv, a delegation of North
lastle (N. H.) citizens conferred
rith the Preside?:.
T. Miyaoka, counsellor of the Japnese
Embassy at Washington, has
een recalled to Tokio, and his sucessor
will be K. Matsui, who has
eld the same post at Paris.
Rear Admiral Converse, in a long
eport made public at Washington,
nswered the recently published crltlisms
of the American navy, his conlusion
being that the ships are not
iferior to those in foreign service.
Secretary Taft says that "it is noody's
business where the battleships
re going, provided they keep to tha
cean and do not invade anybody's
ind."
On motion of Senator Cullom the
ienate appointed Charles F. Choate,
f Massachusetts, a member of the
"f Daernntt nt fho Sm 11 ll Sntl 1 ail
>uai U UK iwcgguw Vi. vuv
nstitution.
President Roosevelt asked the Inerstate
Commerce Commission to investigate
railroad conditions to learn
whether roads would be justified in
educing wages.
President Roosevelt accepted the
esignation of Frank H. Hitchcock,
iMrst Assistant Postmaster General,
fho is to assume management of Secetary
Taft's campaign.
An arbitration treaty between the
Jnited States and France was signed
?y Secretary Root and Ambassador
usserand at the State Department.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Havana newspapers would like to
ee the Cuban Republic established
inder solid guarantees, and expect
he attention of the authorities at
Washington will be called to the mater.
*
In order to return to the United
States, Major General Wood will turn
he army in the Philippines over to >
rtajor General John F. Weston.
An indirect recognition of Porto
*ico as a Territory of the United
5tates was determined upon by the
-louse Committee on Insular Affairs,
Washington, by an amendment to a
avorable report of the Cooper "bill.
The complete exposure of the disjraceful
conditions long prevailing in
he Manila Custom House is assured
)y the Court ordering the pro$ecu.ion
of Colonel McCoy, Deputy Colector,
on the charge of falsification
)f a public document.
The Diario Espanol, of Havana, rerives
the charge that the Maine was
jlown up by order of the American
War Department to justify intervention
in Cuba.
Frank Westerberg, a seaman, was
Irowned at San Juan. Porto Rico. He
was a native of New York City.
DOMESTIC.
Following the recent semi-anuual
examinations at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md.. twenty-six midshipmen,
it is understood, will be given
the alternative of resigning or being
dropped from the rolls, oue will be
placed in a lower class and sixty-foui
will be warned of deficiencies in one
or more studies.
Charged with falsely reporting and
with misapplying bank funds, Charles
N. Schmick and his son. Harry, were
indicted by the Federal Grand Jury
at Leetonia. Ohio.
Mayor Hibbard, of Boston, announced
that city employe.? must
work the hours for which they are
paid.
The bloody raids conducted by
gangs of "night riders" brought the
tobaccor war in Kentucky to an acute
stage.
At Phoenix. Ariz., the world's rec*
" : Ktr moohinoi'V
ora ior saeanug succti uj ma^i.uv.j
was broken by a mau named F. Him,
who sheared 325 sheep in nine hours.
The shearing plant employs thirty
shearers, and also made a world's record
by shearing 6572 sheep in nine
hours.
Judge Lindsay, of the Juvenile
Court, of Denver, in an address before
the Free Synagogue, New Yorit
City, made a plea for more 4,fair play"
in dealing with wayward boys.
At Dallas, Texas, diamonds and
other jewelry worth $10,000 were
stolen from the home of J. S. Armstrong,
banker and meat packer. Nc
clue has been obtained by detectives
The burglars left no trace of how
they entered the house.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton
was renominated in Cleveland.
The bank at West Poit'!, Jo." ha?
losed.
FOREIGN'.
The gunners of Lh; crjif.:;* Maryland
established a new world's racoid
at battery fire at Magdalena Bay.
Lower California.
Arthur H>ne, alias George H. Witzhofx,
etc., was convicted of bigamy
and fraud in England and sentenced
io prison for seven years.
Nicholas Gerhard, Covernor-Genoral
of Finland, was removed and
- . 1?.. tn
tienerai you dv?i-&uihu v.
th? post. . .
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
said that preliminary ordei'3 had been
issued for the expedition 01 60,000
troops to the Persian frontier.
The Japanese Government has sent
to Ambassador O'Brien its reply to
America 011 tiie question of emigration;
further restrictions are conceded.
The Finnish Diet met at Jlelsingfors;
the president, replying to th?
Kmperor's address, denounced the efforts
of Russian reactionists to injure
the social and political progress
of the grand duchy.
A wireless message from Admiral
Evans, thanking the Peruvian government.
for its courtesy, wis received
at Lima.
There will bo 110 public C" nation
in Portugal for some months. 11 ever.
AT. lSdmond Bianc has obtained a
fen-year concession for the Blank^nhorghe
Casino, in Belgium, paying
1 lo.OOOf. yearly th?r?*for.
The fourth centennial of the birth
of John Calvin will b? observed at
Geneva in 190V.
Further financial trouble in ^nmark
has been averted by the government
and leading banks of Copenhagen
uniting to guarantee obligations.
The International Cotton Federation
lias decided to hold its next congress
.it Paris, beginning June 1
The British shipbuilding syndicate
of Sir James Laing & Sons, employing
5000 men, has suspended.
Igtiaz Edler von Plener, the Austrian
statesman, died in Vienna; he
was niuety-eight years old.