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MILLION FOR MM [j Ordnance Board Wants to Train i Men in Dropping Explosives. , A Coast Defense Plan?This Country i to Follow Lead of European Na- t tion:s?War Value Great. >? . J Washington. D. C.?Convinced of the utility of dirigible war balloons the Board of Ordnance of the War Department will make a recommendation, which is to be embodied in " the annual report of the Secretary of ? War, for a large appropriation by c Congress for military balloons as a j means for coast defense. Officers of the signal corps of the army, includ- y ing General Allen, are convinced that the Government can afford to invest $10,000,000 in this type of military j air craft, but the amount to be urged c immediately will be an even $l,p00,- * 000. If this appropriation is granted \ it is the intention to establish coast defense balloon stations and to drill . men in the dropping of high explo- . sives from balloons. These stations c would be located at Boston, New ) York, Norfolk, Charleston, Mobile, ' San Diego, San Francisco and Bremerton, and the moral effect of such an adjunct to tue coast aeieuse ie> counted upon as of inestimable value. The amount to be sought at the next session of Congress is just four times what was urged last winter. The Signal Corps then wanted $250,000, but scaled its estimate down to $200,000, and Congress appropriated , nothing. It is now believed that j with the demonstrations made by . Count Zeppelin in Switzerland and j the progress made this summer in . aerial navigation as an object lesson ( Congress will heed the appeal to be . made next winter. Whatever the attitude of the legislators the recom- . mendatlon will be made with more * force than ever before, and the data J ? obtained from abroad, as well as . from the experiments at Fort Myer ? next month, will be spread before the Military committees. Officers of the 1 Signal Corps expect the coming ex- ^ periments to demonstrate that the : "heavier than air" flying machines arc without promise for practical mil- a itary purposes, and that before Con- 8 gress meets it will be appareat that the dirigible balloon is the only really available thing in this line for military purposes. . The United States is the only leading Power that has yet signed the declaration of the last Hague conference prohibiting the discharge of c projectiles and explosives from bal- c loons. That declaration was ratified t v+ v,^ Cttnoto /in Marrh 10 last, and , it prohibits for a period extending to the close of the third peace conference the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature. But the declaration by its express f terms is binding on the contracting parties only in case of war between "two or more of them," and ceases to be binding when in a war between contracting Powers one of the belligerents is joined by a non-contracting Power. This declaration has not been signed by Germany, Austria-Hungary. China, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Russia and a number of smaller countries. Until other large nations sign the declaration it is not binding upon the United States, and as those countries which have made the most progress with dirigible balloons did not sign it it is contended that the United States should be prepared to meet them on an equal footing by equipping itself with a fleet of aerial war craft. Three air craft will be tested next month at Fort Myer under the auspices of the Signal Corps, in response . to its recent proposals. The Baldwin , dirigible balloon is now on its way ^ rrom mmmonasport, in. i., 10 wasuington, and will be assembled in a week or two. Baldwin is under contract to make the necessary five-mile flight within thirty days after July 27. The only other contestants will be A. M. Herring, of New York, and the Wright brothers. They will submit "heavier than air" machines. The Herring test must take place within thirty days after August 13, and the Wrighc brothers' flight must be within thirty days after August 28. Each tost will be held separately and id . public. $1,500,000 FIRE IN BOSTON. Flames Sweep Warehouses, Grain EI. evator and Water Front. Boston, Mass. ? Warehouses, a grain elevator and the property of the rxYtA A IKonv T? 'ill r."?o rl wDra jJUOIUU auu xaiwuuj Jlvuiuvuu ?v?v c swept by fire, and the losses will ag- ' gregate more than $1,500,000. The ; fire started in the Grand Junction ; docks, East Boston, and burned over 1 about a quarter of a mile of river front property. The damage to 1 freight and grain stored in the ware- ! houses and in cars alone will foot up about $500,000. The British bark Belmont and other vessels were M. W. SHEPPARD, AMERK Big Surprise in the Fifteen Hundred Meti Games in the Shepherd's London.?There was great surprise 11 for spectators and competitors alike 3 when M. W. Sheppard, of the Irish- J1 American Athletic Club, of New 1 Vr?flr tvon tVio final in thf> 1 nOO- I 1 metre run (about 120 yards less than a mile), in the fourth international Olympic sports at the Shepherd's Bush Stadium. His time was 4:03 2-5, trro seconds below the record. After Fourteen Filipino Outlaws Killed. Lieutenants Burr and Whitney, commanding a detachment of the ) constabulary, attacked and stormed Cota on the island of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, which was occupied t by the outlaw Uyan. Fourteen of 1 the outlaws were killed and two guns 1 captured. i Cleveland Left Legacies. In his will Grover Cleveland left $10,000 to each of his four children : ana me res;uut vi ms estate iu u:s j vidow. . Note? of the Diamond. Pitchers Chech, of Cleveland, and Willett, of Detroit, are using McGinnity's famous underhand raise hall. Lajoie is coming into his own again. He is back in the .300 class and tho only man on the Cleveland team in that select society. Two points in which Hugh Jennings is achieving success this season are criticising rival teams and get J - J 1 T>? _ T/\Krio/\n tin?: suspenaeu dj dah uuuu^u, I Scout Tom O'Brien has been sent by the Cleveland Club to California to look up a much-touted shortstop Tianiprt Moriartv \ scorched badly before they could be varped out into the stream. Four ; ders. three warehouses and a grain ! devator holding 30.000 bushels of j ;rain were ablaze before the firemen j onId control the flames. All of this property belongs to the i joston and Albany Railroad Company j ind the Leyland line. i At the time the fire was discovered ! here were 100 laborers at work on j ,hs pier, and with all of them it w%5 ' i race for life. GERMAN AUTO VICTORY. r>vo Killed at Dieppe?Cissac Crushed ' Under Machine. Dieppe. France.?Germany won a stupendous victory in the Grand Prix Iss Automobiles ovsr the ssventy- ! >even-kiloraeter course here, when it I aptured the blue ribbon event of the I liotor world. The first three cars in | ;h? race to finish were German, and j )f the first seven cars to fin^h six j vere German. Lauten3chlager, driving a new car, vas the winner, covering the course n 6 hours 55 minutes and 43 4-5 seconds, at a rate of over 69.05 miles in hour for the entire distance of 187.3 miles. The race was attended by a dou>le tragedy, in the death of Cissac, ;he driver of a French car, and I Jchaub, his mechanician. The fatal iccident occurred on the last round >f the race, when a tire was ripped >ff the machine by an abrupt turn. JOLT FOR BLACK HAND. rhree Men Get a Sample of Real Jer sey Justice. New Brunswick, N. J.?Three men, :onvicted of having sent a Black land letter demanding $5000 to the lev. Augustine Bassori, of Franklin j 'ark, were sentenced by Judge i 3ooraem to twelve years each at hard | abor in State Prison. They are John i loty, Michael Filesetor and John j )enati. In pronouncing sentence Judge , Booraem said that the crime of which he men had been convicted was'the/ irst of its kind in this county, and he loped it would be the last. It would >e, he added, if severity of punishnent could effect that end. "The organization that is guilty of such dasardly and cowardly crimes is capital- , zed on murder and blackmail. It is j i foe to every member of society, and I ihould be cut out, root and branch," : vas his concluding comment. WHIRLWIND TOUR FOR DEBS. ?ViII Talk Socialism From a Special Train From Coast to Coast. Milwaukee, Wis. ? Victor Berger, I >f the National Executive Committ'ee ' >f the Socialist party, announced that uV* on rl nniH +r\ CDT1 lie UUUHiiilUCC X1C40 l&WWVftVva vv >ut Debs in' a special train for a vhirlwind tour of the country. Starting from Chicago the Debs rain will strike for Seattle and Ta:oma, south to Los Angeles, return ,-ia Denver and St. Louis to Chicago, raverse the Northwestern States, unning down the Atlantic coast to Baltimore, then back to Chicago by vay of Louisville. The South will be the only section lot touched by the train. The train vill be on tour for sixty days. ?K)RBIDS HEIR TO RACE HORSES. lingular 21 Year Prohibition in the Will of F. S. P. Stow, of England. London. ? The will of F. S. P. Stow, who died on May 17 last, disposes of $1,751,700. Mr. Stow directs his son and heir not to keep or *un race horses within twenty-one rears of the testator's death, otherwise his interest in the estate will ;ease excepting an annuity of $2500. . Newsy Paragraphs. St. Petersburg.?A Russian torpedo >oat was wrecked in the Gulf of Finand by running on the rocks off leval. The crew was saved by ves- , sel3 that happened to be in the vicinty. The vessel was towed to Heliingfors. Berlin.?Duchess Johann Albrecht )f Mecklenberg-Schwerin, wife of the Regent, died at Schwerin. She had jeen ill for some time. Paris.?Owing to their failure to )btain clews the police practically iiave abandoned further investigation into the murder of Adolphe Steinheil, the artist, who, together with his nother-in-law, Madame Japy, was strangled to death on May 31 last, rviorhmirs? France.?TheNew York ' lautical schoolship Newport has left here for Gibraltar. The officers and ooys on board were widely entertained during their stay here. Wilmington, Del.?The Harlan & Sollingsworth Corporation has received a contract to build four large steam lighters for the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. This means a revival of work at the large shipyards. London.?The issue of $25,000,000 af new stock under the Irish Land act of 1903 has been oversubscribed more than thirty-five times, the applications totalling more than $880,000,000. CAN, WINS THE "MILE" es Race at the International Olympic 1 Bnsh Stadium, London. .he record-breaking performance of | Hallows, of England, in which he ran the distance in 4:03 3t5, in his trial neat and took two seconds off the best previous time, while Sheppard in his beat was able to do no better than 4:05, is was expected that the Englishman was a certain winner. The silver medal went to Wilson, of England, while Hallows finished third. The World of Sport. Evelyn Howell, thirteen, swam five miles over a measured triangular course in Flushing Bay, N. Y. TU* n rparraneement of racing dates I here will be no conflict between Sara- ] toga and Empire City, and there will be no October racing at the latter course. It has been agreed by the racing I associations interested that the Empire City meeting, including many i stakes, will be run off at Brighton Beach in August, following the Saratoga meeting. C. J. McCarthy, of New York City, won the dry fly casting contest at the third annual meeting of the Anglers' Club, of New York, at Harlem Mere, in Central Park. Charles S. Clark, son of Senator Clark, of Montana, has registered colors and has engaged a trainer and an agent, who will soon gather a stable of useful horses to be raced on the Jockey Club tracks. Willie Anderson, of Chicago, won the Western open golf championship at St. Louis, with Campbell, of 1-ioston, and Nichols, of Milwaukee, tied just behind McLeod, of Chicago, who was second. ! / ~at"last~"the if %DOR Horo* 7 ???AW01K AH 11 of OUR MARRWX V ronnwrn' \ UUVVI W k m S^fcroiit psoam IJr L fuRTrttR.AWtS-'.tl* ^\Vy I avc Vou.- DoYou w? UNA; v RM ? tno 15autha Cvp] \5hap? tbu(? own>' i'w'u ! f rtGURft , 1 ?Cart There lias been introduced into the G< the "wiles and blandishments" of womerf? whether maid or widow, shall betray int< of the State by scents, paints, powder or i false hair, iron stays, corsets, pads or pac waists, lace, variegated,, drop-stitched, or i means or artful practices/the marriage, ui semblyman Glenn, who introduced the bill PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT H( Names San Jacinto Forest for Fornv vation--lnforms Mrs. Clev Oyster Bay.?President Roosevelt lias written to Mrs. Grover Cleveland, informing her of a proclamation he has signed changing the name of the San Jacinto National Forest to the Cleveland National Forest, in honor of the late former President. The letter is: "Oyster Bay, 1908. \Tr*a Plnvolo nrl Tf" hftS 1V1J i/COl iUiO, recently been my privilege to sign a proclamation changing the name of the San Jacinto National Forest- to the Cleveland National Forest. May I express to you the very great pleasure it gave me to take that action?a pleasure mingled with a keen sense of the loss to our country and to our citizens in the death of President Cleveland. On February 22, 1897, President Cleveland signed ths proclamation creating the San Jacinto Forest Reserve in Southern California. The date?February 22?was "^ ******cinra tho stiflrnafcurft UU U1C1C U^UJ uv.11^, 0 of the proclamation was timed to BROTHERS TRAPPED, Posse Stormed Homo of Man Wf Meat Benton Harbor, Mich.?Both August Gross, who without known cause shot and fatally wounded an inoffensive meat pedler named James Kirk, and his younger brother, Fred Gross, lost their lives in a pitched fight with Sheriff Tennant and a posse of seven men who'went to the Gross home to arrest August Gross. One of the officers was injured. The Gross brothers are both supposed to have been insane. After shooting Kirk, Gross barricaded himself in his farmhouse, twelve miles from here, in JPipestone township, and through the night exchanged occasional shots with the crowd of farmers and officers who were guarding the premises to prevent his escape. His younger brother, Fred, joined him in the defense of the house, and the aged mother of the two men was also in the building. The officers fouud her almost prostrated with terror when they finally broke into the house. EDICT THAT WILL WRING THE HEARTS ( Tailors in Convention Decide to IV This S Chicago. ? Woe for the college youth, the negro gambler and the flashy bartender. The tailors' convention, figuratively speaking, tore freak clothes to tatters. What was left of the drop-front, the four-inch trousers cuff, the frilly pocket flaps and other innovations of the season wasn't enough to interest a ragpicker. Indignation of the tailors over bizarre garments rose to a high pitch and they vowed even college boys would have to submit to conservative clothes in the fall, even if the football gatherings came to look like a campmeeting. In the campaign against the cherished fads John E. Spann sounded a "keynote" in his spleen: "Your salvation lies in stemming the torrent of freakish garments," he said to the assembled cutters. "The tailors originated the so-called gingerbread styles for their college patronage, but they have got beyond us. They were seised upon greedily by the manufacturers. They were just what the makers were waiting for, but the curves and frills conceal deUousc of Seven Gables Xow Girls' Settlement. Salem, Mass. ? Miss Caroline O. Emmerton, one of Salem's richest " '* ? ? ? -1 +Vi a | women, has just purcimseu mc bratetl House of Seven Gables, about which Hawchorne wrote. She will use the estate in settlement work. Speaking of her plans she said: "For years a settlement house, where young girls of the city can enjoy some advantages, has been needed. By this purchase will one of the landmarks be preserved." The liahor World. Qomuoi Hnmners announces that he is for Bryan. The San Francisco Union of Barbers has a membership of more than 700. The Labor Temple Association of Seattle, Wash., has declared a dividend of ten per cent. John Mitcholl, the labor leader, Is in favor of holding every year a conference at the White House. Chelsea (Mass.) Horseshoers' Union has obtained the Saturday hall holiday for July, August and September. WORM TURNS! | j"N. ON LEGAL V], \J s?j; \ i ( / li - I I ^ - ! r / L, f G <**-"l.'*S . U A>ii ? fife I Os 1 A" ATIAMTA T^OPOSAU^ I oon by Triggs, in the New York Press. jorgia Assembly a timely bill relating to ' The measure provides tnat if any woman, 1 ) matrimony any unsuspecting male subject ' )erfumes, cosmetics, waters, artificial teeth, Iding, hoops or high-heeled shoes, V-cut I rainbow hosiery,'or Dy any other deceitful >on conviction, shall be null and void. Asrcnrpsmts a iummfir resort district. MORS GROVER CLEVELAND. \\ i er President, Who Created tho Rescr- j eland of His Proclamation. I coincide with the birthday of oar first , President. "President Cleveland was one of the first to recognize the need of for- 1 est preservation, and the creation of 1 the San Jacinto and other forest re- 1 serves, with a total area of 25,686,- 1 320 acres, was one of the results of 1 his foresight in this direction. Throughout his life he took great in- ; terest in conserving the natural resources of. the Nation; and I particularly regretted his inability to attend the meeting of the Governors in May, because that meeting was in part the I fruit of seed he had sown years before. The name of Grover Cleveland will always be prominently identified with the movement to protect the forests of the United States, and it seemed to me eminently fitting th^t one of the forests which he created should bear his name throughout all j time. "Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." \ HILLEB THEMSELVES. 10 Had Slaughtered an Inoffensive Pedler. The posse drove to the Gross farm in two automobiles from Benton Harbor. Shortly before their arrival the Gross brothers had rushed from the house and taken position with their guns near the front fence. After about fifteen shots had been fired at the officers, who replied with rifles and shotguns, August left his cover and ran for the house. Fred was wounded through the leg, and when he found that he was unable to follow. fired a bullet through his own head, dying instantly. Expecting August to open fire momentarily, the posse closed in on the house, entered it and found the crazed man dead on his own bed. A single shot from a | shotgun had pierced his heart. August Gross was a well educated man. Worry over his failure to get financial returns from a sight which he had invented for military rifles is said to have unsettled his mind, although it is declared that insanity is hereditary in the family. IF COLLEGE BOYS AND NEGRO GAMBLERS lake No Mcira Flashy Clothes After ummer, fects of fit. Long coats cower up the misfit of the 'barrel' trousers. Conservative styles with a draping effect that require careful tailoring will prevail in the fall." The cutters were urged to pad the shoulders only when "absolutely nec- j essarv to give the figure proper shape and to balance the garment sufficiently to give the wearer distinction and individuality." Unusual fabrics were also selected by the tailors for the discard. Conservatism in shades will replace the "zebra" styles and other summer novelties. Colors will be toned down to conform to the greater conservatism of design. Brown, it was said, would be the prevailing hue for fall suits, with a strong representation of greenish tint3. "Overcoat styles." said one speaker, "will be 'boxy,' three-quarter, lengths, with a tendency to shortness. For morning wear black-braided, single-breasted frocks of vicuna or cheviot will be in great demand, to be ?'*-u ? ujaiafonnt and I "WorII YV1L11 IX iaiav; itmimowmv ?. striped trousers." Dog Seizes Wire and Dies to Save Young Master. Colorado Springs, Col.?Apparently scenting danger for George Bradbury, aged seventeen, should he secure a firmer grip on a live electric wire, a bulldog made a leap at the wire and tore it from the hands of the senseless boy. The dog was killed instantly, but his master escaped with a severe shock. Bradbury started to push the wire from his hand when the dog made the . - * t> nu. ~ Knif -rp,or, leap to save nis me. iuc uvy u ao i unconscious for five minutes. Prominent People. President Roosevelt appointed Colonel William L. Marshall chief of engineers of the army. Senator W. Murray Crane reached Hot Springs, Va., where he went at Tat'fs invitation. J. Henniker Heaton, at the dinner of the American Society in London, : predicted a penny a word cable service. Glynn Vivian, member of a great colliery family in Wales, has placed ! $150,000 in the hands of trustees to establish a world-wide mission to miners. Q ?E? & E I Late mews m , ? ? I .IMH ? 'astor Refuses Poor's Gold. Chicopec.Mass.?A purse of $1500 n gold was presented to the Rev. Frederick Bonneville, pastor of the Church of the Assumption, on his reurn from Europe. "I cannot accept t," said Father Bonneville, as he iverted his face to conceal his emo;ions. "With hundreds of ray people >ut of work, the sacrifice is too great." Potters Prosper. Atlantic City, N. J.?Members of he National Brotherhood of Opera iive Pottere met liere to discuss a jroposed raise la wages and shortening of hours for the entire trade ihroughout the -United States. Delejatea declared trade conditions warrant such an Increase. Anthracite Wages Better. . Mahanoy City, Pa. ? Statistician \Teall, of the Anthracite Strike Comnission, decided that the wages of :he mine workers for the current inonth will be one per cent, above the iasls. tfony New Laws. The Louisiana Assembly adjourned ifter a sixty-day session, averaging Sve new laws a day, or a total of jver 300. HTarrant For Dan Hanna. Cleveland, Ohio.?A warrant for ihe arrest of Dan R. Hanna, son of late Senator, was issued by Proaejutor Dan Cull. Hanna is charged with striking Claud? M. Logan, salesman for the OldsmobiJe Company, with a whip. Paper Company Fined. New York.?The Petoskey Fibre Paper Company, of Petoskey, Mich., indicted with twenty-three other wrapping paper companies by a Federal Grand Jury, for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust act, pleaded guilty in the United States Court, and like the other companies, waa Qned $2000, which was paid. Federal Rules For Trolleys. Washington, D. C.?Requirement that no moterman or conductor shall refuse to take on a passenger unless all seats are occupied, and that whenaver the Commission requires flagmen no car shall be run over crossings in the absence of such flagmen Is made in street railway regulations for the District of Columbia. Mayor in Monastery. Dubuque, Iowa.?Mayor H. A, Schunk, saloon owner and politician, who disappeared recently, was found In the Trappist Monastery, eighteen miles from here. Troubles in legal and political affairs are assigned ae the cause for the official's desire tc shun the world. Eoston and Maine Stock Sold. New Haven, Conn.?The sale by the New York, New Haven and Hart? ford Railroad Company of its hold' ings in the Boston and Maine road, amounting to 110,000 shares, to JTnhn TV Rillard. a banker of Merl den, was consummated in Boston, June 30. The sale was for cash. i Vacations For Uncle Sam's Horses. Washington, D. C.?Thirty days' vacation will hereafter be allowed to every horse owned by the Postoffice Department in this city. Don't Want "Undesirables." Ottawa, Ont.?The Canadian Government has taken steps to establish a much more rigid system of inspeo tion of the immigration department Canada's Big Wheat Crop. Winnipeg, Man.?After a carefu? review of the crop situation in West ern Canada the leading railways es timate the total wheat yield in West* ern Canada will be 1, 0 0 0.0 0 C bushels. Throat Cut by Lunatic. Blue Field. W. Va.?Suddenly becoming insane on a train at Bondtown, Va., Dan Cloves, of Gigstan< Cap, Va., reached over the seat iB front of him and cut James Stun gill's throat from ear to ear. Thet he made two severe wounds in his own throat. Vast Snm For Russian Army. St. Petersburg.?The Duma ha; adopted a bill introduced by the Minister of War authorizing the expand! ture of $46,000,000. Treaty of Commerce Approved. The Hague.?The first Chamber ol the States-General approved the treatj of commerce with the United States. Philadelphia Cricketers Win. Cardiff, Wales.?The cricket team representing the Gentlemen of Phila. delphia won its initial match with thf South Wales eleven by 36 runs. Ten Killed in Building Collapse. St. Petersburg.?The roof of a house being constructed near the Duma buildings collapsed. Ten workmen were killed outright and forty injured. Another Famine Fc;trcd. St. Petersburg.?The likelihood ol another famine in Russia during the coming winter was admitted by a representative of the Ministry of the Interior in the Duma. Two-thirds ol the winter wheat is a failure in eighteen provinces, and 2,500,000 acres of laud have not been seeded. Christian Thinkers in Diet. Helsingfors, Finland.?The nev.Finnish Diet, the members of whicu were elected June 30, is composed oI 76 Social-Democrats, 53 Old Finns, 30 Swedes, 29 Young P'inns, 8 Agrarians and 4 Christian Thinkers. Troops After Insurgents. Tokio.?Advices from Seoul, Korea. state that the Governuient troops continue their activity against the insurgents. Within a range of eight miles the daily losses of tbe insurgents average ten killed in cach fight. Cubans Fear 11 ace War. Havana, Cuba.?The town of Alacranes, where a whito child, Luisa Valdes, recently was murdered by Brajos wizards for the purpose of using her blood for voodoo incantations, now fears a serious race war as t,ha result of the arrest of three negroes. Now Philippines Commission. Manila.?Govornor-ttMifiral Smith has appointed a new insular commission and confirmed the appointments oC lgnacio Villamcr to bo AttorneyGeneral; G. R. Harvey, to be Solicitor-General, and Isidor Pardez, to be Judge of the First Instance. " ? TE*' 'M'. SI *i'/t ; ( TOLSTOY DMWST DHFUL PICTURE S tl Russian Philosopher Issues Ter- v rible Arraignment of Czar. p SLAUGHTER ON THE SCAFFOLDS f. b A Most Severe Indictmcnt Ever Penned by Famous Author?Government and Revolutionists Pursuing Same Criminal Course. p London.?The Daily Chronicle s prints three close columns, of the most passionate and severe indictment ever penned by Count Leo Tol- <j stoy, the Russian author, in which he ? shows all his old vivid literary skill, . of the present system of "government a by executions" in Russia, the article P closing with a noble appeal to the better nature of his countrymen. In the course of the article Tolstoy writes: \ | "I can no longer endure it. I vfrrit* this . . either that these in- ^ luinmn fJeofls mftV hft StODDed Or that my connection with them may be snapped and I be put in prison, where I may be clearly conscious that these V horrors are not committed on my own behalf, or, still better (so good that I dare not even dream of such happl- * ness),that they may put on me, as on ] those twenty or twelve peasants, a | shroud and a cap, and may push me also off a bench so that by my own 1 weight I may tighten the well soaped noose round my old throat." ' After describing wholesale executions In grewsome detail, Count Tolstoy says: "All this is carefully arranged and planned by the learned and enlight- j ened people of the upper class. They | ' arrange to do these things secretly at daybreak, and they so subdivide the responsibility for these iniquities among those vho commit them that each may disclaim responsibility; and not these dreadful things alone are done, but all sorts of other tortures and violence are perpetrated in the prisons, fortresses and convict establishments; not impulsively under the sway of feelings silencing reason, aa happens in fights or In war, but, on the contrary, at the demand of reason and calculation,- silencing feeling. "What is most dreadful in the whole matter of this inhuman violence and killing, besides the direct f evil to the victims, is that it brings t yet more enormous evil on the whole 9 people by spreading depravity among j every class of Russians." v Tolstoy refers to the shocking f spread of greed among ruffians to ob- v tain money by executing condemned v prisoners, and says: ' n "Awful as are the deeds them- e selves, the moral and spiritual unseen t evil they produce is incomparably t more terrible." . With regard to the Government's^ contention that there is no other way to suppress the revolutionists, Count ^ Tolstoy, while admitting that the rev- P olutionists* crimes are stupid and rep- p rehensible in the highest degree, ac- B cuses the Government of doing the ^ same thing for the same motive, and add: "All the revolutionists' bomb- p ings and murders do not come any- r where near the criminality and a stupidity or tne aeeas tne uovera- ?< ment commits." e Tolstoy argues at length that both the revolutionists and the Russian v Government are pursuing the same jj objects by the same criminal means, , and that if there is any difference it is in favor of the revolutionists. < a RAILROADS DOING WELL. ? Interstate Commerce Commissioner 11 g Lane Looks For Improvement. Washington, D.C.?"Returns from p the railroads generally show that ?< those roads not dependent upon coal, steel and lumber industries have been doing very well recently," said Commissioner Lane, of the Interstate Q Commerce Commission. "Of course, b they have not done so well as last c year. Generally they have decided a not to make any reductions either in f wages or in rates of freight affecting j. the next three months, which is an indication that they believe business ? will keep up. 1 "With the opening of the steel F mills at Pittsburg and of the car t shops, more men will be employed a and there will be a larger demand j for material as well as labor than has 0 M ?J x xf mu -v prevailed ior some 111110. mc ion of railroad men is th^t we have passed through the worst of the rail- c road difficulties, and from now on we ' will gradually recover from the ef- a fects of the panic. "The prospect for large crops in the West is extremely good. Rail- g road men do not expect normal codditlons to be recovered suddenly, but look for steady improvement. In my opinion this improvement will be much more rapid than some of tho lu- / gubrious prophets have been telling us, because fundamentally there is nothing in the United States to create ? or continue a panic. c "The railroads must spend money in maintaining the roadbed and equipment of their lines in order to E meet the demands of commerce, be- ' cause they are most seriously embar- 0 rassed when they are not able to han- d die business offered to them, and there is no doubt that th9re is an t abundance of money in the United a States which can be secured for legitimate railroad investment. This was shown by the floating of the Penu- 0 sylvania bond issue." s KILLS OLD MINISTER. f Nc'er-Do-Well Shoots Down Aged ^ Metuchen Man. MKiii.liAM XT T _ A WArrnTv a ^ 1YLCIUI UClli *1. O . niV/Ui^ 4*v. ? -..i ? village ne'er-do-well, shot and killed I on the street here the Rev. S. B D. d Prickett, an aged retired Methodist c minister and editor, because the latter as Recorder some two years ago , sentenced him to ten days in jail on a disorderly conduct charge. The murderer walked t.o his home, where he was arrested after showing some resistance, during which he shot himself accidentally in the hand. Femin'j'ne Notes. Mary Brush, of Davenport. Iowa, has invented a boneless corset. Nine women from Oklahoma refently visited New York to' boom j Jheir State. John C. Heckscher's will left only SI00 to his daughter, wife of Mayor l?n;on3im,n, ui INC?Y iuia. . . The world's greatest woman as- j i fronomer and one o[ the greatest living astronomical scientists is an I American girl, Mary Proctor, who lias < recently started on a five-year lecture s ind study tour of the world. 1 i '*:? '*"> %>'' A "HnatHng" Premier. South Australians may well be roud of their "hustling" premier, 'rom the first hour Mr. Price landed a this country he has been busy with he affairs of his State. He 1ms been o every city in the United Kingdom rhere there is a chance to push outh Australian produce, and he as spoken to everybody who Ib in a osition to do business with his State, -ltogether, Mr. Price's visit, which 3 supposed to be a holiday tour, has een marked by strenuous work.? .ustralian World. _________________ '} Her Vote. Mrs. Ball?"Have you been to the oils yet to vote for school commiaioner?" T ta 'T?h VOSI* T Wlferi thl9 lorning for Mr. Husler." Mrs. Ball?"For Mr. Husler! Why ldn't you know he was opposed to lie advancement^women?" Mrs. Lotte?"No, indeed, I didn't; nd I'm going right hack now to tto oils to change my vote."?rBrooklyn life. -r.f? .. _ . i ggMg} ?yvup?fl7g&' ! sS^Oixir#Senwi ; acts gentlyj/et prompt;L/nntkn kntt^S rlpnnSASl L/V UM VI IV/ the system e||ectually,j assists one in overcoming habitual constipation^ permanently. To get ita beneficial ejects b^y \ the g enuine. nanufactured bythe^ California fio Syrup Co. SOLD BYCSUSNOmiCG<SrS-eOf p^QOTTU Queer Rales of Royal Etiquette. A number of years ago it was perectly permissible, and, in fact, a mat- ? er of strict etiquette, for a visiter irho should obtain an audience wttb he Sultan of Turkey to bow and :lss the hand of that Oriental potenate. Anarchists, however, took adantage of the privilege, and on one aemorable occasion a treacherous mlssary drove a dagger into the eart of his sovereign, and from that Ime forth the privilege has been dls- I llowed. When the Emperor or Empress of 'hina appears in public, no other >erson Is allowed to occupy a higher >Iace than they do. Therefore, on uch occasions the shutters of all inildlngs are drawn, and the upper arts of the houses past which the oyal procession is expected to more re deserted, the inhabitants swarmQg to the ground floors in order to how due deference to their rulers. When the youthful King of Spain ras twelve years of age he one day < tad the misfortunte to slip and fall own a flight of the palace steps. The ; J all (would yery probably have been . 1 ittended with fatal results' bad it j hoon fnr a servant who extended j t kindly band and saved bis young aaster, by breaking tbe fall. Bat, by , stringent rale of Spanish etiquette, 10 servant may dare touch the sapred terson of the King, and for this very "grave" offence the servant was at >nce dismissed from his position. By a remarkable law of royal eti[uette, which has existed for a numer of years past at the Court of Siam, 10 person is permitted to sleep in an kpartment situated above that occuiied by the King. A deliberate reach of this rule has on more than ne occasion been punished by death, iecently, when the King of Slam iaid a visit to Paris, a number of ledrooms were reserved, directly .bove that in which the King was ?o lave slept, for the dusky followers ! ?" the royal visitor. The blunder aused great consternation among he fearful courtiers, until the mat >nfnina^ tn thp manaeement er waa ^Apiaiawu w ? w _ >nd duly rectified. The art of glove cutting requires ;reat skill, and in France some of the >est workmen are paid $100 a week. DIFFERENT NOW. Lthlcte Finds Better Training Food. It was formerly the belief that to lecome strong, athletes must eat ilenty of meat. This is all out of date now, and nany trainers feed athletes on the yell-knowa food, Grape-Nuts, made f wheat and barley, and cut the meat lown to a small portion, once a day. "Three years ago," writes a Mich, nan,N" having become Interested In thletics, I found I would, have to stop atlng pastry and some other kinds f food. "I got some Grape-Nuts and was oon eating .the food at every meal, 9 r fnnnti that when I went on the I rack, I felt more lively and active. "Later, I began also to drink 'ostum iu place of coffee and the.way gained muscle and strength on this [let was certainly 0reat. On the day if a field meet in June I weighed 124 lounds. On the opening of the footiall season in Sept., I weighed 140. attributed my fine condition and ;ood work to the discontinuation of mproper food and coffee, and the ising of Grape-Nuts and Postum, my >rlncipal diet during traiuing season leing Grape-Nuts. "Before I used Grape-Nuts I never elt right in the morning?always and of 'out of sorts' with my storaich. But now when I rise I feel good, md after a breakfast largely of ? inH a r>?in of I jrape-i\uLs uuu ucom, ? ?03tum, I feel like a new man." I 'There's a Reason." I Name given by Postum Co., Battle js 3rcek, Mich. Read "The Road to fl Wellville," in plcgs. I Ever read the above letter? A new 9 >nc appears from time to time. Yhey 3 ire genuine, true, and full of human I interest. I