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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. >?
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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| 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.
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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. \\
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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
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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TOLSTOY DMWST
DHFUL PICTURE S
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Russian Philosopher Issues Ter- v
rible Arraignment of Czar.
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SLAUGHTER ON THE SCAFFOLDS f.
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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. <
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RAILROADS DOING WELL. ?
Interstate Commerce Commissioner 11
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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."
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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
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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.
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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?
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?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