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TO-MORROW/* .Men say that they will do the work That at this moment they would shirk? That they will "hustle like a Turk" To-morrow. When the collector sternly comes A man gets off some haws and hum .And promises the neeedful sum* To-morrow. When evils make the people warm They lift their voices and they storm And vow that cities they'll reform To-morrow. Misunderstandings with a friend* Are something that they .soon will mend, They'll bring these troubles to an end To-morrow. Oh. what a grand world this will be For every one. for you and me? Let's hone that we may live to see To-morrow. ?Chicago Post. A Pardonable Deceit By Anise Mitford. ^v]| Of course, it was a very deceitful thing to do, and I am thoroughly and heartily ashamed of having dono it; and yet I would do it over again. It was entirely Dorothy's fault for being so stupid; but what can you expect from a girl whose nickname is Doll or Dolly? She has never been called by her real name, but always Doll, and as a name it certainly suits her, for, with her fair hair and large blue eyes and soft and pinky dimpled skin she is just like a doll from a *F?VT?*r nistn cKnn noirl V 3 c "holn less. It was while I was staying down at Partington that I discovered how deeply and completely Bob Everslcigh had fallen in love with Doll. "My dear child," I said, as we sat chatting together over the fire. "I can't think why you are horrid to Bob. when you know you intend to marry him." Doll, who is a little dear, but very spoilt, pouted and gave the fire a vicious dig. and then gave me a sidelong look. "But I don't know," she said, with much assumed ambition and pride, "'perhaps I shall make a much more brilliant match." She screwed up her lips to show how much.' "Perhaps," I said, "but I doubt It as you are so much in love with Mr. Eversleigh." "I?" said Doll, opening her blue eyes very wide. "Why, whatever put such an idea in your head?" "Nothing, I responded, airly; "only when ^ople blush when other people's names are mentioned, it's no use pretending tliev are not in love," and I glanced at the soft and pinky face. "My dear Nell." said Dolly, with a smile, "your room is really very hot; I think I'll go upstairs and dress." * * o * * * Something has Happened since yesterday, although I hardly know what it really is. I only know that Bob Eversleigh left in a hurry this morning and Dolly has been suspicious cheerful all day long; but I have not seen her now for nearly an hour, so I think I will go upstairs and, metaphorically speaking, take her even "-*?> icniiicitttuic. I found Dolly lying on the sofa in her room, her face in a pillow that was very damp, and a small wet handkerchief by her side. "Hello, Dolly! What's the?have you got the toothache, dear?" A stifled voice came out of the pillow. "Don't be silly, Nell!" "Well," I said, apologetically, "you see, both words end in 'ache.' " She sat up, looking like a much disheveled and well-worn doll. "Oh, Nell," she cried, "he?he's gone away forever!" And she burst into floods ?f despairing tears. "New York is only sixteen miles away," I said tentatively. "It's not far to motor, and I have hiked as far, so he might even walk it if he were in good condition: and then the train?there is always a train!" "Hnn't "hrivrirl onrl o 1-r* fun of me!" sobbed poor little Doll. "I?I refused him last night." "Why?" I asked, in genuine r tonishment. "You refused him? but why, my dear girl?" "I don't know!" cried Dolly. "I ?I think I meant him to ask me again. I said I didn't want to get e ;aged. and of course I thought he'd beg me to reconsider it, and make a lovely scene"?and she hung her head a little?"and then, of course, I meant to come round in the end." I burst out laughing; I could not help it. "My dear Dolly." I said, "men don't make scenes in these days?excepting in books. Of course, if you said you didn't want him and to'.d him to go away?" "Yes?but he ought to have known that I did not mean it!" sobbed little Doll. "I don't likp cir!? wSn ilimn fit an offer, and 1 didn't want to be too ea^er; but I wish I hadn't refused bun now, and?oh. Nell, I am so very miserable!" "Why don't you write and ask him ba^k?" "What!" she echoed indignantly. "Write and ask him back again! How can you ask me? Never! I? I'd cnAnoi' "Then, my dear," I said with sympathy, "I'm sorry, but you'll have to die." **?<?*** Dolly was reaily growing pale and tliin. There is no doubt that some women fade almost perceptibly under (.he very first break of grief, and I began to be really alarmed about my little childish friend, and really afraid she would fade away. She declined to go to any parties or take any interest in anything, and as she had not told ber people about her proposal and had bound me to strict secrecy, no one knew what she was fretting about. I knew Bob Eversleigh fairly well, but not well enough to mention so delicate a subject to him. What, therefore, could I possibly do to bring them together? I thought of all sorts of schemes, but none of them Jooked promising. In my desperation I even considered sending for. Bob and explaining the whole situation to him. But, as 1 have just said, I did not know him very well, so I was in doubt as tc how he might lake such a proceeding; and there was the awkward possibility that I might, by too precipitate action, offend the gentleman and get both Ooll and myself into a peck of trouble. What to do I did not know. I sat and tliousnt ana racKeu my brain, anil finally look up Doll's last despairing letter and read it slowly through. In the midst of my sympathy I could not help feeling some wonder as to why women confide their love affairs in people?I never could; but then I've nothing to confide. Poor little Doll! I felt I must answer her letter and try to console her, so I wrote her a long letter and told her how sorry I was for all her grief, and how I quite understood how sad she must feel! "You have indeed," I said in my letter?"you have indeed thrown away your happiness in a foolith j manner, and if Mr. Eversleigh were j not an idiot he would have known I you really loved him and that it was only your natural modesty that made you refuse him." and so on and so on. And then I wrote another note to Bob and asked him to come around and dine. * * * * * * It was two days later when my door was flung suddenly open and Doll, unannounced, rushed into the room. "Oh. you darling, darling Nell!" she cried, and, running to nit, clasped me in her arms. "What's the matter?" I gasped, as I glanced at the flushed and radiant face. "Whatever is the matter, Doll?" "Oh, you'd never guests," said Dolly; "but the other day you made the cleverest mistake in all the world ?the best mistake you ever made." "A mistake?" I echoed weakly. "How and wher did 1 make a mistake?" She laughed delightedly. "Darling Nell." she said, "whatever do you think you did? You know when you answered my last long letter?" "Yes; what of it?" "Well"?she paused to turn and press my hand?"you sent the one you had written to me by mistake to dear old Bob and his to me, and he rushed off at once ana?ana begged me to marry him; and he called himself all sorts of mean and horrid names. And now, darling Nell, we're engaged to be married, and it's all through you, and I love you so!" And once more she turned and kissed me gratefully, her pinky face a deeper rose and the big blue eyes shining with happiness. And that is why?although, of course, it was very deceitful?I really believe, under the same circumstances, I would do it again.?From McCall's Magazine. Fights Only Railroads, Out in Broken Bow, Neb., lives the most unique lawyer in the United States?Jesse Gandy by name. Gandy only takes one class of litigation? a claim against a railroad, preferably the Burlington Railroad. Twenty years ago Gandy was a wealthy farmer and rancher. n-snriv nwnprl a larze section of the country in Western Nebraska. The Burlington Railroad wanted a right of way through the land. Gandy donated the land on condition that he should have a pass over the division as long as he lived. The railroad furnished the pass for several years. Then came a change of management and Gandy's pass was cut off. Gandy took his case to several lawyers, but found that each of them was retained by the railroad and none would take his case. "I'll study iaw and fight my own case." said Gandy. In time he was admitted to the bar. His first announcement read: "I Will take all righteous cases against a railroad and I will guarantee to win. If I lose your case I will pay the costs. If 1 win your case >ou pay me a part of the costs." For sixteen years Gandy has been busy fighting the railroads, and espe-.. cialiy tne iiurnngion. ne won t iasu a case unless he is convinced the plaintiff has a good chance of winning, and he pays all the costs, just as his advertisement reads. Usually he refuses to accept any fee for his services. He is independently wealthy, and simply fights because he loves it and also to "get even" with a railroad for "dirt" done him. Gaud/ also bears the reputation of being the only man who ever rode a wild buffalo bull. This he did on a wager, staying on the animal's back for five minutes, but he was in bed a week from the shock.?Minneapolis Journal. Grant the Hero. When General Grant was seized with his fatal illness in the autumn of 1884 he appeared before Lhe world in an entirely new character. From being viewed as the stern, uncompromising and conquering military commander, the revelation of his simple resignation in the face of great suffering claimed for him new fame as a hero in another sense. Ilis last batLie with the grea1: conqueror destined him for grander laurels than were gaiaed on any of his many triumphant fields. It was the purely human side of his nature that then appealed to the general sympathy of mankind. Thus his last and only surrender was his greatest victory. If it had been otherwise, history would have cheatcd itself of an example of Christian fortitude the like of which has been seldom recorded.? From Dr. Shrady's "General Graufs T Horc? " in -Mi/:* /"'onhirv LJO.fi3, J** v- -ss w* vu? J . Copper Fcr Electrical Purposes. The three le.?.ding electrical nianu, facturers of this country consumed 14 1,000.000 pounds of copper during the fiscal year just closed?a decrease of 9,000,000 pounds for the year 1906-'07. Of this enormous figure the General Electric Company consumed the most of the metal, or 65,* 000.000 pounds. The Western Elec? trie came second with the consump? - 4onannnn U'.'Jl U1 lo,vuv,uuu yuuuuj. A Mean One. . Thp Sunday comic supplements [ will be allowed to continue. The law l is against amusements.?New York > Evening Mail. ! AMERICA'S FIRST W THE "NEW THEATRE" (COST, APF PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION AND SIXTY-THIRD STREET, APPEAR WHEN IN I Ht njBLIU tYt. r? CHARLES N. HASKELL, ' The First Governor of the New State of Oklahoma. Rabies. The "mad dog" season begins with the warm weather, to continue as long as heat, dust, noise and neglect strain the nerves of dogs and men. A homeless cur, kicked by a cruel or thoughtless boy, runs barking I .1 A ic- V>Uf QT1 Iuiiiuugii iuc an cct. n. miiiu 10 wiucu? j and the panic-stricten bystanders ; assure it that hydrophobia will de! velop. If their victim is sufficiently i Impressionable its death follows, and | another "mad dog scare" i3 well unI Jer way. ! Just at present Staten Island is in! lulging in one of these unreasonable and dangerous frights, with the aid and assistance of certain health authorities. The alarm of the people is not to be wondered at, but the fact remains that physicians disagree as to the existence of the disease rabies, while men acquainted with dogs are almost unanimous in declaring that no such thing as the "mad dog" of oonular imagination ever existed. I Mr. Freer, of the Society for the Pre1 vention of Cruelty to Animals, asserts that in fourteen years the agents of the society have been bitten not less than 15,000 times, and that not once have the symptoms of rabies followed. Wounds caused by animals are not more dangerous than wounds resulting from falls or blows. They should be cleaned promptly and thoroughly, cauterized or rendered aseptic in some other way, and kept clean while healing. If these precautions were always taken, and people would stop talking about rabies, the "mad dog season" would soon cease to occupy an important space in the calendar.? j New York Sun. KKYBER PASS, HISTORIC VI i I : J. ? UaMMHVMMHMMMMIMMMMMiH I Propelling Life Preserver. Innumerable contrivances to aid : :he swimmer, whether novice or ex! nort in trnvol in the watsr haVft bf?Pn devised. Also innumerable forms of life preservers. An Oregon man decided that the two could be combined, and designed the automatic propelling DOWED PLAYHOUSE. ; . . / . - v' i.; * ; ./ ^ ; 'ROXIMATELY $1,250,000), IN AT CENTRAL PARK WEST NEW YORK, AS IT WILL COMPLETED ? Leslie's. A rnrimig Mimical Ro*. In the South Kensington Museum In London Is a curious musical box. It was originally the property of Tipu (or Tippoo) Sahib, the "Tiger of Mysore," who (lied in 1799, being killed during the British assault and capture of Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore. He always hated the British, and to show his enmity he had this instrument constructed. The box is a life-sized statuary group showing the symbolic tiger of India at the throat of England, represented by a British officer. When Tipu wished to amuse his court, one of his attendants turned a handle, when the tiger emitted horrible growls and the man raised and lowered his arms and uttered terrifying shrieks. Inside the tiger are four rows of pipes and a set of ivory keys, which are either of French or British manufacture.?Chicago News. Scrubbing Devire. In the ordinary process of washing textile goods by hand it is customary to rub the goods over corrugated washboards or like surfaces, by which with the aid of water and some detergent substances the scrubbing serves to remove the dirt. The object of the device shown in the accompanying illustration is to reverse this method. It consists of an,arrangement of a series of flexible pockets capable of compression, so as to produce a vacuum and suction through the goods while being moved over them with pressure. The scrubbing is effectually performed without wear on the hands. The compression and suction continually forces the water and soap through the goods with the effect of a rapid and perfect cleansing ? Washington Star. A Poor Corner. When a girl puts a man off by saying she will keep a little place in a corner of her heart for him, he maj be sure that it is a corner for which nvnor>f tr\ hnuo milnh ilea 1THWAY OF MANY NATIONS. ;'; *V :fy % / 1 ' i 'il' 't S>/'& life preserver shown in the illustration, which not only assists the swimmer to float, but also aids in propelling him thrmish the water. The cie vice resembles a double headed skyrocket, having a handle in the centre, to be grasped by the hand. Adjacent to each end are elastic webs, something like an umbrella top. These propelling life preservers are employed in pairs, one for each hand, the swimmer using them by moving his arms first forward and then outward and rearward, as is custom'arj in swimming. This will collapse the webs on their forward movement and expand them when they are swung outward and rearward. On account of the buoyancy afforded but little fatiguo will be experienced in swimming rapidly, the swimmer being able to support himsslf a long time. 1 I The United States has 9560 public and private high schools, with 40,631 teachers and 824,447 students. In 1890 there were only 4158 high schools, with 16,329 teachers and 297,894 students. GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE HEID M ISHlf Notable Gathsring in East Room r>f -Hin Whitp HfiJlCP U1 IIIU Ihlliww ft AWMWW4 TO SAVE NATURAL RESOURCES Pleas For Loss Waste?Nation's Efficiency and Insured Continuance Xext Great Problem, Says President floosevelt. Subjects Eofore the White House Conference of Governors. First?A plan for a universal divorce law, the classification of offenses for which decrees may be granted arid the simplification of methods of procedure in rela tion to them. I Second?A plan for the extra| dition of criminals from one | State to another, upon the tele| granhic demand of Governors. Third?A plan for a universal I agreement regarding the treat| ment of tuberculosis in cattle. Fourth?A plan for the care I and'segregation of the victims of I Ar?nonmnHrtn i o nrovfnt t.hfi ! I spread of the disease. Fifth?A plan for the better | supervision and observance of | quarantine regulations. | Sixth?A plan for the co-opi j eration of adjoining Slates for j the better protection of inter| state parks and forest preserves. I ; I Washington, D. C.?Two ideas destined lo mark material progress in America's future resulted from the first of the three days' conference at the \$hite House, in which President Roosevelt, the Governors of fortyfour States, Cabinet officers. Supreme Court Judges, Senators, Representatives and experts are participating in efforts to reach conclusions on the best methods of conserving the natural resources of the United States. The first is that a permanent- organization between the States and the Nation is necessary and will likely result from the present conference, to accomplish the end sought. The second, suggested by Secretary Root, is that there is no limitation by the Constitution to the agreements which may be made between the States, subject fo the approval of Congress. The I two ideas, fully developed, it is preI dieted, would result in the conserva. i?__ - a 11-- 1 3 rvP Lion OI LilS dUU ICSUUU-O i/L the Nation through uniform and unconflicting laws, both National r.nd State. An almost complete transformation of the East Room had been effected in order to properly arrange for the sessions of the conference. Along the east wall was placed a combined framework and platform. This was artistically covered with green velvet, trimmed with gold rope. The framework afforded setting for two large maps of the United States, each of which was colored to show the various resources of the country. On the platform between these maps were seats for the presiding officers of the conference, for members of the Supreme Court and for Cabinet officers. Facing thi3 platform sat the Governors, while on I each side'of the Governors seats were j arranged in a semi-circle for the delej gates and Representatives and Senai tors. So crowded was the day with inter| esting and' important developments I and so fraught with history making ! possibilities?material, political and social?that to make but a categori| cal enumeration of events would | seem to give the best conception of the occasion. Forty-four Governors of sovereign States of the Union sat in gildod chairs in the East Room of the White House and chatted from 10 to 1.1 o'clock a. m. Five hundred other persons taxed the capacity of the room. They were Cabinet officers. Supreme Court Justices, Senators, Representatives, experts in all lines of industry, i With a flourish of trumpets the Pres' ident and Vice-President entered at I 11 o'clock, and the conference, the j first of its kind in the history of the I [\auon, began. There was no doubting the first climax of the day. It was the reception ! of the President. He had been at work in the executive offices up to the very minute of convening. He* entered the East Room on the minute of 11 o'clock as the Marine Band ren! dered the Presidential honors. The ; Governors arose; they clapped their j hands, they shouted. Five hundred | others took their cue, and the demon| stration became tumultuous. Then followed a hush. Dr. Edward ; Everett Hale, chaplain of the Senate, j leaning one arm on the back of the ; chair in which the. President was seated, read from the Scriptures the GIRLS CAN WIN HUSBANDS judge Light Urges School and Selec: O 11. ~ 7 ?? OUUlll i>UI waiiv, V/UUU. d uug^i/uiui | IT. Liglit, member of the Board of | School Visitors, in an address before the N'orwalk Town Teachers' Association on "The Psychology of Teachers," urged the young women to spend an hour of study each day in the development of personal magnetism, the same as they would the study of any art. Primarily this was for the purpose of gaining the interest and the attention and the love of their pupils, he said; secondly, it was not only to obGrafting Aldermen Fined S2000. Dr. E. C. Dunn, John Nash and C. H. Woolsey, all ex-Aldermen, indicted on charges of bribery, were arraigued at Rockford. 111., and pleaded guilty. They were fined $2000 each. They are alleged to have taken $500 each to pass the Central Heat and Power Company franchise. Cardinals at White House. Cardinals Logue and Gibbons and other distinguished churchmen were the President's guests at luncheon at tho White House, Washington, D. C. About Noted People. Fernando E. Guachalle has been elected President of Bolivia. President Roosevelt returned to Washington from Pine Knot, Va. J. Ogden Armour is preparing to i retire as head ot the great Armour packing house. Senator Teller, of Colorado, says he will retire to private life after March 4, 1909. The engagement of Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, and Miss Juliette Williams was announced at Washington, D. C. description of the fertility of the land P promised th? children of Israel, and r followed it with a supplication for guidance in the present undertaking. President Roosevelt here began his p explanation of the reason for the con- w ference. His fiftv-minute speech was many times interrupted by applause, and when he finally reached his noint ! of praise of the Inland Waterways Commission and declared with char- N acteristic vigor that should Congress neglect to perpetuate the commission "I will do it myself," he "captured" ? the assemblage. The Governors stood up and shouted. Senators and Representatives added a laugh to their applause, and general assent was given s the sentiment. e Recognizing the significance of the a demonstration, the President, while congratulations were being showered upon him after his address, came to t' the tables reserved for the press and A said he honed his reference to Con- 8 gress would not be overlooked. The President's address on "Conservation as a National Duty," with ^ which he opened the conference, was (] regarded as a clear, concise and force- ^ ful presentation of the need for action to preserve th a natural resources, a which the President characterized as v the basis of National prosperity. The President's speech ended the morning session. He, with the Vice- c President, shook hands with rach D member of the assemblage The Gov- ^ ernora and delegates were photo- ? graphed with the President on the ^ portico o.f the White House. i , Governor Hughes, who chose a seat in the first row next to William J. Bryan and immediately in front of the President, led frequently in the numerous demonstrations of approval which interrupted the President. A committee on resolutions was named by the President, consisting of Governors Blanchard, of Louisiana; ! Fort, of New Jersey; Cutler, of Utah; Davidson, of Wisconsin, and Ansel, of South Carolina. To this commit- , tee were referred a large number of resolutions offered by members of the conference relating to steps to be taken to properly conserve the National resources. From these resolutions the committee will draft a general resolution, embodying all suggestions which it will submit to the conference for adoption. Mr. Bryan was a central figure at the conference, being surrounded at intervals by groups of his admirers, who talked politics. Governor Johnson was equally in the limelight, greeting friends here and there and . answering evasively questions too pointed to be diplomatic. When President Roosevelt at the afternoon session mentioned Governor Johnson as presiding officer,at the conference cheers broke loo^e from Governor Johnson's friends. When the President later remarked that the "delegates would very much like to hear from Mr. Bryan" the latter's friends applauded until the Bryan ovation equalled the ovation given to Governor Johnson. ' Plan and Scope of House of Governors and What It is Hoped to Accomplish It Is proposed that the Governors of the forty-six States meet annually for a session of two to three weeks to discuss, consult and confen on vital questions affecting the welfare of the States, the unifying of State laws and . the closer unity of the States as a Nation. The House of Governors would have no lawmaking power, nor should it ever aspire to such power. Its force would be in initiative, in in- ? spiration and,in influence. >a The Governors would seek to unite ' t on a general basis of action on great f questions to be submitted to the Leg- t islatures of the respective States in t the Governors' messages. It would a seem that an august, dignified body c of forty-six Governors, representing their States, with the lawmaking t power of forty-six Legislatures be bind tnem, snouia in time Decome an inherent part in the American idea of self-government and a powerful factor for good in the Nation. EXPLOSION KILLS 7 MINERS. Rescuers Plan to Save Imprisoned Men at IVilkesbarre, Pa. Wilkesbarre, Pa. ? Seven miners were instantly killed and more than a dozen injured in an explosion in the Mount Lookout Colliery of the Temple Coal and Iron Company at Wyoming, near here. The explosion occurred 600 feet under ground and 1800 feet from the shaft up which the miners make their exit. John Kosmith, a miner, left a small "gas feeder" burn in the extreme end of a gangway all night. wmcn sei nre 10 ma tiiuoers auu uiw coal. A party was formed and the air I was let in from another gangway to allow the gas to escape. "While doing this a second explosiqn occurred, killing the seven men. The shock of the I explosion was felt on the surface and ? a rescue party was formed, several of 1 whom were overcome by gas. BY PERSONAL MAGNETISM. 5 \ c Teachers to Study the Art ) fc Affinities. a tain a husband, but that the disci- ^ pline might win a large number ol . suitors from whom a girl might select on uffinitv TVfanv triple Viirl hut rrno 1 chance, lie said, and accepting the j one they soon .found they made a mistake. r Judge Light said only one-fourth ^ of the teachers married. ' If they had v spent as much time in cultivating t personal magnetism as they did in n dressing their hair, he declared, ^ tliree-faurths o.! them would be mar- j ried. 0 Defers Negro Soldiers' Bill. Senator Foraker abandoned his ef- g l'ort to secure consideration at this session of Congress of his bill reinstating the negro soldiers, and moved j to make the bill the special order for j 3 December 16 next. I P I u Rear-Admiral Rae Dead. Rear-Admiral Charles Whiteside ! j, Rae, engineer-in-chief of the navy p and chief of the bureau of sreara nav- n igation of the Navy Depari'mwit, died ' n at his home in Washington, I). C., j 5 | from a complication of diseases. Wonieu in tlie Day's News. An effort to J^ave May 10 made "Mothers' Day" was defeated in Congress. A son has been born to Mme. Toselli, formerly Crown Princess of 1 Saxony. ii Barnard College girls are going to h make baseball a feature of this year's 0 p-raHnarion festivities in New York I City. 0 Dr. I. Herman Randall, of New York City, advised the Kindergarten. 'c Association to try hypnotic suggestion fr?" sood. instead of punishing chil MEMMEHIPLE iurnerstone of Bureau of American Republics Laid. 'o Question Too Trivial to Afford Pretext For AVar, President Informs Gathering at Washington. i Washington, D. C. ? The cornertone of the new building about to be rected for the use of the Internation1 Bureau of the American Republics ras laid by the President of the Unied States. It was a notable Panimerica occasion. Accredited repreentatives of the twenty-one republics f the Western Hemisphere were resent and the flag or each nation oated over the site of the building a which all these republic? are to ave a common interest. ' ' ? By adding a sting to a pacific utternce of Elihu Root's, President Rooseelt gave an unexpectedly significant urn to the exercises. The Secretary of State had ' delared that no question was too big ir too little for solution if the two naions wished to solve it peaceably. resident Roosevelt, who spolte after Ir. Root, thanked the other Amerian republics for their generous hosiltality to "our battle fleet," and hen, when the throng burst into heers, walked over to Mr. Root and ook up the latter's speech in his fland. "Thi3 is an interlude/.' said the 'resident. "Listen to this." He luoted what the Secretary of State tad said as to settling controversies. rhe audience again started to apilaud, but Mr. Roosevelt raised his LUUU LUl OliCiAUC. "Wait a minute! You haven't teard all of it," he continued, "and 10 question is so trivial that it caniot be made a pretext for war if lther nation desires war. Now, what am fighting for is a navy so strong hat no nation that has a difference rtth us will want war. My advocacy if peace is both sincere and rational, md therefore I believe in doing all <re can to secure it, both by doing no irrong to ourselves and by keeping In uch a state of preparedness that we hall not be exposed to being wronged >y others." When Mr. Carnegie rose to address he crowd he said, referring to the Resident's idea, of a show of force to :eep the peace: > "The President is young. When he ' j s as old as I am and has had the exterlence that goes with that age he vlll know better." The cornerstone laying took place >efore a brilliant gathering of repreentatives of the United States and he republics of the two continents. The invocation was by Cardinal Gibions. Andrew Carnegie gave $750,i00 toward the splendid new homo if the bureau, which is to stand near he Washington Monument. Messages of good will were re- > leived from the Presidents or acting leads of every one of the twenty-one epublics in North and South Amerca. * $388 HUGHES' MESSAGE. Sovcrnor Presents Eight Distinct Propositions to the Legislature. Albany, N. Y.?Reserving the race rack proposition until the admission >f the new Senator from the Fortyieventh District Governor Hughes ransmitted to the forty-two of the. Ifty Senators and seventy-eight of he 150 Assemblymen responding to he call for the extraordinary session i 2000-word message conveying eight listinct recommendations. The eight recommendations made ly the Governor are as follows: Extension of the powers of the Jublic Service Commissions over telethone and telegraph companies. Direct nominations and an official >rimary ballot. Providing for a more complete dentiflcation of voters at registry ime. Amending the election law in relaion to the government of political larMoc Providing for the establishment of i bureau of mercantile inspection in he labor department,' to look after lepartment stores. Providing for an appropriation for ebates on liquor tax certificates. A commission to inquire into the [uestion of stock speculation. A commission to ascertain the lumber and condition of the unem>loyed. TORNADOES KILL MANY. Sight Known Dead in Oklahoma? Man Killed in Dugout. Woodward, Okla.?At least eight lersons were killed and scores of others injured in the several tornadoes in Northwestern Oklahoma. The dead are: J. E. Hale, Little lobe, Ellis County; Mrs. J. E. Hale, -.Ittle Robe; two unknown persons, U-nett. Ellis County; Dr. J. Howser, fici, Woodward County; Arthur lible, Mutual, Woodward County; iVilliam Hand, Estelle, Major County, ind Mrs. Young, Selling, Dewey bounty. The only town known to have been lestroyed is Vici, a pcstoflics in the outhern part of Woodward County, inhere it is said there is not a house eft stauding. Dr. Howser, at Vici, was taking efuge in a dugout when he was ;illed. A horse was lifted by the vind and dashed through the top of he dugov.t, burying the vicciiu beleath the entire earth roof of the lugont and the weight of the aniaal's body. $100,000 FIRE IX ATLANTA. [alf a Block Swept ? 175 Horses liurned?Theatre Panic Averted. - rir*r\ Vtiinrirori Jinfl AllclIlLct, Vj a. uuc uuuutvvt --eventy-five horses, two of them show rize winners, half a block of buildigs, burned with $100,000 loss, a hreatened panic in a crowded theatre ear by. and a half a dozen persons ijured summarizes the damage by re in the business section of Atlanta, inly four days ago fire in the busiess section caused a loss of 31,00,000. FREXCII BIRTH RATE FALLS. 9,000 More Deaths in the Republic Last Year Than Births. Paris.?The vital statistics for 907 show a further marked decrease i the birth rate for France, wnich, l a century, has fallen from 1,007,00 to 774,000 a year. ^ _ The reduction in uie numuer ui lrths last year was 33,000, as gainst an average decrease of 12,000 )r the last seven years. The deaths in France in 1907 toiled 793,000?19,000 more than uh& )tal of births.