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BRiSERY ARRESTS III
pinseuRSS council
Seven Lawmakers Charged by
Voters' League With Corruption.
ACCUSED BLOCKED REFORMS
Mayor Guthrie Set Trap For Bribing
iling?Aided by Civic League,
He Sought Evidence Following
HoId-l"ps of Ordinances.
Pittsburg.?Pittsburg was stirred
by the arrest of seven members of
the Finance Committee of Common
and Select Councils and the president
and cashier of a local bank on
charges of bribery and the alleged
corruption of members of Council in
the passage of various kinds of legislation
during the last two years. The
men were released on bonds ranging
from $15,000 to $30,000.
The Councilmen arrested are:
Joseph G. Wasson, Jr., W. H. Melaney,
Jacob Soffel, Jr., Captain John
F. Klein, T. O. Atkinson, William
Brand and Hugh Ferguson. Brand is
president of the Common Council.
The bankers arrested are W. W.
Ramsey, president, and A. A. Vilsack,
cashier, of the German National
Bank of Pittsburg. It is alleged that
on June 2, 1908, they gave $17,500
to the Councilmen to induce them to
continue the German National as depository
of city funds. It is said that
other banks will be attacked. Bail
was fixed at $15,000 in each case.
The informations were made by
Tensard De Wolfe, secretary of the
Civic League of Allegheny County.
He was until recently a newspaper
reporter.
The charges against Wasson, Klein
and Brand contain two counts of the
same charge. Each Councilman was
held under $15,000 bail on each
charge, so that these three had each
to put up $30,000 bail.
The attorneys who are back of the
charges are Patterson, Acheson &
Sterritt; Willis F. McCook. William
B. Rodgers, Mayor George B. Guthrie
and A. Leo Weil. They repres3nt the
Civic League and will prosecute the
cases.
It is alleged in the charges that
the Councilmen "wickedly, corruptly
and unlawfully give and offer to give i
money and other rewards and bribes
In order to obtain and influence the
vote of a number of members of the
Select and Common Councils of Pittsburg
to secure passage by the members
of the Select and Common Councils
of certain ordinances and resolutions
pending before Councils, commonly
called ordinances and resolutions
designating the depositories for
the funds of the city of Pittsburg,
bridge ordinances, bond ordinances
for freeing bridges, ordinances for
filter beds, Heberton street railway
ordinance, resolutions to pave Fourth
avenue with wood block and other
ordinances and resolutions pending
before Council."
The information states that the
Councilmen have beeh accepting
bribes and attempting to bribe other
Councilmen for the last two years.
Every member against whom charges
have been preferred has announced
his candidacy for re-election, and the
names will go before the primaries in
February.
Depose Bank Officers.
Pittsburg.?The German National
Bank of Pittsburg issued a statement
that at a meeting of the board of directors
W. W. Ramsey, president, and
A. A. Vilsack, cashier, both under arrest
in the councilmanic bribery case,
have been deposed. A. A. Frauenheim
has been elected president and
J. F. W. Eversman cashier to succeed
them. The reason given for this
, move is that the bank directors "discovered
that the money had been pui
to improper use."
AUTO KILLINGS IN CHICAGO.
Alarming Increase May Lead Cit)
Council to Take Action.
Chicago, 111.?In the first eleven
months of 1908 twenty people were
killed in automobile accidents in Chicago,
as compared to fifteen for the
4same months in 1907, while 327 people
were injured, as compared to 231 1
for the same months in 1907. The
increase of mortal accidents is thirty-three
per cent., and the increase oi
accidents not mortal forty-one pei
tent
$3,000,000 FOR KINGSTON. j
British Companies Agree to Pay 85 !
Per Cent, of Earthquake Claims.
Kingston, Jamaica.?News received
from London announces that the English
insurance companies have agreed
to settle all claims resulting from the
earthquake and fire of January 14,
1907, on a basis of eighty-five per
cent., without adjustment and including
costs.
Insurers' payments on claims aggregating
over $3.000,000commenced
here December 23.
$50,000,000 Telephone Issue.
A trust deed given to secure a $50,*
000,000 first mortgage issue of the
Chicago Telephone Company was !
filed at Chicago. The bonds, dated
December 1, this year, are to mature
in fifteen years, the interest rate not
to exceed five per cent. The money
is to be used to extend the company's
service.
Lisbon Misses $7,000,000.
The newly elected Municipal Coun?
ell has unearthed a big scandal in the
accounts of Lisbon, Portugal. Over
$7,000,000 has disappeared. The
former Monarchical Councilors admit
the irregularities, but lay the blame
imnn +"h o Hnvorn mont whiph thdV
upuu bUV VIVTUtUUiVUl, TV U4VU | ?,uv^
say, illegally took the city's money.
American Lumbermen in Honduras.
On a tract of 8000 acres of timber
in Honduras American capitalists
have marked for cutting 6000 mahogany
trees.
Minor Mention.
Austria will try conciliatory meth?
ods with Servia.
The Government of British India is
securing the views of chambers of
commerce and other public bodies in
that country relative to its railways
along the line of extensions and general
improvements.
The preparations for a blockade of
La Guayra were completed by Castro's
order, and the merchants of
both Caracas and La Guayra ordered
large stocks in expectation of a siege
of the coast city by Holland's warships.
THE COST f JINM
Excess of Insular Expenditures
Over Revenues $570,524.
Density of Population in the Philippines
Greater Than in Japan,
Italy, Germany or France.
Washington, D. C.?According tc
the annual report of Brigadier-General
Clarence R. Edwards, Chief oJ
the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the
War Department, the excess of insular
expenditures over revenues during
the past fiscal year was$570,524. The
excess of receipts over expenditures
in the city of Manila was $32S,367.
The expenditures of the Republic ol
Cuba on account of American intervention
from October 1, 1906, to June
80 last were $757,343. These expenj
woro mnHo from funds al*
unuico ?t vi v
lotted by the provisional Government
from time to time for army expenditures
due directly to the army service
in Cuba. The statement of extraordinary
expenditures on account/of the
army of pacification in Cuba, -which,
under Congressional legislation, are
to be reimbursed from the Cuban
treasury, shows a total of $5,311,822,
of which S3,376,735 was from October
1, 1906. to June 30, 1907, and
the balance from then until June 30
last.
The average density of population
in the different provinces of the Philippines
compares very favorably with
some of the countries of Europe. In
Cebu it is greater than in Japan,
Italy, Germany or France.
The postal savings bank shows a
steady increase of business. Of the
depositors fifty per cent, are Americans
and forty Filipinos.
CARNEGIE RIDICULES TARIFF.
Testifying at Washington, D. C., Says
That Protection is Not Needed Now.
Washington, D. C.?Andrew Carnegie
argued and joked with the
Ways and Means Committee for several
hours in behalf of free trade in
steel. Much of his time he devoted
to criticising the committee's method
of investigation, and urging that only
added bewilderment could result
from the further following of those
methods.
"I am such a protectionist as the
President-elect is," he exclaimed late
In the afternoon, rising from his seat
ind waving his hands forcefully to the
fifteen members sitting in a semi-circle
around him. "But we, the steel
men, don't need protection any more.
Protection now can only work a serious
injustice to the consumer."
COURT GIVES FUND TO HEIRS.
Disapproves Bequest For Teaching of
Swedenborg's Doctrines.
Lancaster, Pa. ? Believing that
Emanuel Swedenborg's work, entitled
"Conjugal Love," advocates to some
extent laxity in the relations of men
and womeu, and that the teaching
of the doctrines contained in it would
be contrary to public policy, Judge
E. G. Smith, of the Orphans' Court,
awarded a fund of $50,000, bequeathed
by Frederick S. Kamph foi
the founding of a university in Philadelphia
for instruction in Swedenborg's
doctrines, to .the Kamph heirs.
The Academy of the New Church and
the General Church of the New Jerusalem
each claimed the fund undes
the bequest.
GRIEF KILLS STRONG MAN.
His Life Gone Through Regret Foi
Having Shot Friend For Deer.
Minneapolis, Minn.?Intolerable regret,
crumbling all the vital forces of
his being, is believed to have caused
the death of Charles Wingren, who
lived with his wife and seven children
in Inez, Crookston County. Wingren,
who was only twenty-seven
years old, was strong and healthy until
a few weeks ago, when he shot and
killed a neighbor, his closest friend,
in mistake for a deer. The official report
of Wingren's death stated he
died of apoplexy, a rare complaint for
a young man who has lived his whole
life in the healthy open air. Those
who knew Wingren best say he died
of a broken heart.
TURNS OUT CASTRO MINISTRY.
Gomez Expected to Seize Venezuelan
Government.
Willemstad, Curacoa.?Word has
reached here from Venezuela that
Acting President Gomez has ousted
the Castro Government and set up a
new Ministry of his own choosing
A +Vi<-icq <hmwn rmt la thp Mill"
AU1VU5 tuuoc vu? Vff U v?w ? ??
later of Education, Dr. Baldo, who Is
In Germany with Castro. It is believed
that Gomez intends to establish
himself in supreme power.
TURKEY MAY GET $20,000,000.
Reported Offer by Austria-Hnngarj
For the Two Provinces.
Berlin.?The Frankfurter Zeitung
learns from a trustworthy source thai
Austria-Hungary is prepared to grant
Turkey $20,000,000 as compensation
for the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. The paper adds thai
the transaction only awaits necessarj
formalities.
Big Erie Arch Condemned.
The Erie Railway Company's immense
concrete arch over the Pennsylvania
Railroad was condemned bj
a State inspector. The arch is on the
Erie's new cut-off between Daltor
and Cuba, N. Y., and has been crumb
ling for a montn oil account 01 quicKsand
under the foundation. Pennsylvania
trains between Rochestei
and Olean are obliged to transfer pas
engers between Belfast and Oramel
Men were set to work making ar
opening through the dirt filling be
to? the arch for a temporary track.
Fighting tho White Plague.
A State Anti-Tuberculosis League
was organized in South Carolina or
October 29.
In addition to appropriating $250,<
000 for a hospital for contagious dis
eases, the Common Council of Buf
falo, has decided to erect a separatf
tuberculosis hospital, for which i
special appropriation will be made.
The Louisiana Anti-Tuberculosis
League opened a free clinic for con
sumptives at 1309 Tiilane avenue
New Orleans, on November 3. A
the end of the first week, twenty
seven new patients were listed, anc
the daily attendance was fourteen.
i city mmirn fails
Experiment in Municipal Ownership
Costs Boston $1,000,000.
Victim of Political and Labor Mismanagement?Superintendent
Recommends
Discontinuance.
Boston, Mass.?The report of the
Finance Commission to Mayor Hibi
bard in regard to the Municipal Print(
ing Plant has oper \ the eyes of tax,
payers to the folly of the city's attempting
to condur' .such an establishment,
and the believers in municii
pal ownership stand aghast at the
faval q + Inn a |
, Here was an experiment In municipal
control, a municipal industry endowed
with every advantage appar1
ently, ample capital, generous appropriations,
plant in excellent physical
condition, regular work of the same
general character throughout the
year, everything favorable for a successful
enterprise, which should do
the city's printing better than by con1
tract, and which should be able to
pay as good or better wages while
1 giving shorter hours to employes.
Notwithstanding these advantages,
which seemed to assure success, the
plant became the prey of political
spoilsmen, who operated it in strict
conformity to the requirements of the
labor unions, and extravagance, incompetence
and dishonesty caused a
total loss to the city of at least $1,000.000.
The commission also incorporates
into its report to the Mayor and City
Councils the revelations made by an
expert who investigated the plant
shortly after Mayor Hibbard took
office, when it was found that the
printing plant was nothing short of a
municipal junk shop.
The expert found the stock room
crowded with merchandise in excess
of the ordinary needs of the depart
meni; an unnecessary uumuci uj. cm- i
ployes from the standpoint of efficiency
and economy; incompetent
and sometimes useless employes
forced upon, or at least accepted by
the superintendent; a lamatable lack
of interest manifested in the work;
j with hands idle for hours at a time.
An examination of the labor cost,
made by comparing the time sheets
of the composing room and press
room workers with the pay rolls,
showed a very large discrepancy between
the time as reported on the
time sheets and the time foy which
they were paid as shown by the pay
roll. Upward of 5000 entries were
thus compared, and it appeared that
the city paid for 16,767 hours more
than the time reported on the timekeepers'
sheets. This Involved a loss
of $5115.20, of which $3383.24 was
In the composing room and $1731.96
In the press room.
Superintendent James H. Smyth,
who has been trying for ten months
' to transform this municipal "white
, elephant" into a paying enterprise,
says:
"I am strongly in favor of the discontinuance
of the printing plant by
the city.
"Its total cost to the city of Boston
for the eleven years of Its existence up
to the beginning of this year was
over $2,000,000.
"The past management has been
frightfully extravagant, and the consequent
cost to the city outrageously
high.
"Boston has no business to attempt
to do that which cannot be efficiently
done by the municipality. By giving
the work out under private contract
and competition, It will prevent the
r<af>nrr?nr?ft of Intolerable conditions
and save the taxpayers from an annual
lo&s which In the last eleven
years has aggregated nearer to $1,000*000
than to any smaller sum."
WOMAN INSTIGATOR CONVICTED.
Mrs. Martin, of Oakland, Cal., Dynamited
Residence of Jndge Ogden.
i Oakland, Cal. ? Mrs.- Isabelle J.
i Martin, who, out of revenge for adverse
decisions, caused the house of
i Judge F. B. Ogden to be dynamited,
has been convicted of the crime after
I a trial lasting several months.
The suits in which Judge Ogden
had decided against her were to comi
pel insurance companies to pay
money for houses which, it is alleged,
t Mrs. Martin herself fired.
i Mrs. Martin's first appearance beI
fore the public was in connection
with "Baby John Martin," her ward
who, she said, was a son of the Princess
dtChlmay.
"Baby John" confessed that he dynamited
Judge Ogden's house at the
( behest of Mrs. Martin.
FATHER KELLY DROWNED.
I |
; Arabic Reports Paterson, N. J., Priest
Fell Overboard During voyage.
Queenstown, Ireland.?When the
Arabic arrived here from New York
i the officers reported that one of the
passengers, who was registered under
the name of Father Kelly, of Paterson,
N. J., was drowned during the
voyage. He fell overboard, whether
by accident or design is not known.
Paterson, N. J.?The Rev. James
A. Kelly, who was mysteriously lost
overboard from the steamship Arabic, '
was forty-three years old. He was
ordained at Seton Hall College, South
, Orange, sixteen years ago.
[ Death Ends Bout.
1 James Curren, eighteen years old,
I was killed in a boxing bout with Bent
jamin Barnet, seventeen years old, at
the Broadway Athletic Club in Philadelphia.
Broom Corn Cornered.
Broom corn brokers have cornered
the available supply in Illinois, and a
1 Paris firm reneived an offer of $130 a
1 ton for 1000 tons bought at $82.50.
1 As high as $150 was offered at Paris
for first-class brush, and there is little
for sale at any price. Broom factor- I
ies have raised the price of the lowest
grades fifty cents a dozen.
Tuberculosis Metal Polishers.
A union leader declared that sixtyfive
per cent, of the metal polisher?
suffered from tuberculosis.
) Feminine Notes.
1 In the new Finnish Parliament
j there are twenty-five women, a gain
of six over .the last.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick won her
' suit in Virginia to have set aside the
title .to 2,500,000 acres of laid.
The University of Chicago has issued
a rule that women students will
5 not be allowed to live at the same
" boarding houses where male students
> are housed.
Mrs. Claudia Hains decided not to
J attend the trial of her husband, who
is charged with killing William E.
Ann!*- .
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Mob Hangs Alleged Murderer.
Lexington, Ky. ? Elmer Hill,
nharcprf with thft rrmrrier of Mamia
Womack, in Adair County, was taken j Ai
from the jail by a mob at Monticello, form
Wayne County, and hange'd. Unit
Arrested on Fraud Charge. Ian*
Boston, Mass.?Leo F. McCullough, velt
president of the Common Council of Peni
Boston, surrendered himself to the Qf g
police. He is charged with perjury . .
and conspiracy to defraud the city out
of $200 on June 1. He was bailed in
the sum of $2500. Pres
01
MacAdoo Acquitted of Murder. sign;
Greensboro, N. C.?Will C. Mac- gust
Adoo, a cousin of William MdcAdoo, depa
of New York City, was acquitted in 25.
Superior Court on a charge of mur- Kno:
dt-r in connection with the killing of requ
Ed. Alrad last January. According elect
to the evidence the killing was acci- br?tl
dental. gran
here
Ask 8000,000 Under Riot Law. "1
Chicago.?This city is rapidly ap- ^abi
proaching settlement day of claims up0I|
for riot damages aggregating $600,- Iclen1
000?most of which grow out of the ?fa9<
Pullman strike?and the law which *Crai?
<nakes cities liable for three-fourths ^ i
of all property destroyed by mobs , ?
will be tested in the United States Su- Ele^
preme Court.
Criticises College Men. w&3
Chicago.?C. B. Riley, president of [? J
the Chicago Title and Trust Company, g
declared in an address that the col- .. ,
leee man does not "stick." "I have ,
no doubt," he said, "that a man with '
the training derived from a college gD00
education can advance rapidly, but I ^ous
would rather have a man in business c,
who can do percentages than one who .<j
can do differential calculus. Purpose Pres
and grasp of detail is what the uni- Kno,
versity man does not get." 8jre(j
Santa Clans Mail Held Up.
Washington, D. C. ? Postmaster- gena
General Meyer would not renew his tjon
order issued in December, 1907, per- ent
mitting delivery to charitable organ!- ^as 5
zations of letters addressed to "Santa ^ ^
Claus" on the ground that It tended n
to make beggars of children. It is es- ^at
timated that more than 50,000 let- tary'
ters are addressed by the children of jn 0
the country to "Santa Claus" annu- whei
ally. ... _ nami
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Congress Cheers Tnrkish Brethren. cessc
Washington, D. C.?A resolution By t
directing that best wishes and con- to hi
gratulations be sent to the newly con- Baco
vened Parliament of Turkey, was ane !
agreed to by both houses of Congress, the i
con,
Drowned in an Open Bridge. a
Milwaukee, Wis.?In an automo- taryf
bile's dash through an open draw of nam*
the Onedia street bridge, Oscar Z; Lodg
Bartlett, member of the Board of uatei
Trade, and Albert Kunz, chauffeur, ribbc
were drowned. ly ii
the <
Primeval Forest Discovered. at th
Baltimore, Md.?Forty-two feet be- it ci
low the level of the street a prehis- with
toric forest, with trees ten to twelve
feet through, and declared by Professor
Philip Uhler, of Peabody Institute
to be mant thousand years old, Fath
has been unearthed.
Double President's Salary.
Washington,D.C.?Senator Bourne EgSte
introduced a bill to increase the sal- Va
ary of the President from $50,000 to f>,p7r
8100,000, and that of the Vice-President
from 812,000 to $25,000, to take ?35
efTect at the beginning of the next
Administration. j^si
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Glass Workers Demand More Pay.
Cleveland, Ohio. ? Every window on ^
glass factory . f the United States is g]Ue
affected by the demand sent to the COI1(j
manufacturers for a general wage increase
of about twenty-five per cent. Krej
About 7000 skilled workmen are in- ^is
terested. pull
and
. railr
BY CABLE. Th?t
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American Dentist Honored. and i
Pari3.?A Franco-American com- sage
mittee has been formed to take T1
charge of the erection in Paris of a lean
mnnnmeni to the memory of Horace were
J Wells, a Hartford (Conn.) dentist, to
! whom is accerdited the discovery of
( laughing gas.
| Japanese Hero Dead. Graa
Toklo, Japan.?Lieutenant-General
Nf
Inouye, whose flank movement won . "
the Battle of the Yalu, is dead.
i New President of Switzerland. settl<
| Berne, Switzerland.?A. Deucher, ?
[ Minister of Commerce, has been elec- . tl
ed President of the Swiss Republic ni
for 1909 by the Federal Assembly. tQ ,
He will succeed Dr. F. Brenner, whose q
term of office expires January 1. com(
Manila Band at Inauguration. by1*!
Manila, P. I.?The band of con- g^0E
stabulary force has completed its arrangements
to proceed to Washington,
D. C., .to participate in the Thi
parade at the inauguration of Presl- In
dent-elect Taft. - teen
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Tobacco Duty In France. Two
Paris.?The report of the State to- comj
bacco monopoly shows that France accic
consumed $100,000,000 worth of to- ons,
bacco in 1907, upon which the Gov- for s
ernment made a profit of $75,000,- a bu
000. deer,
Fire in Russian Town.' I _
' 04 "D/-V*oticsKnro' "Rnacla ?? Dis- I
O L. JTCtClouuig,
patches state that a great fire In Ros- .
tov-o'n-Don has destroyed the centra
of the town, together with another
entire quarter. Several lives were -\v
lost. ered
that
Portuguese Ministry Out. cons
Paris.?A dispatch to the Temp3 gar <
from Lisbon says the Portuguese Cah- suga
inet has resigned and that King Man- The
uel is in consultation with the lead- this
ers of all parties preparatory to the 975
formation of a new Ministry. cent:
To Fix Road Rules.
Paris.?The Government has de- Pl
cided to call an international con- fcree
ference to consider the question oi Stat<
establishing a system of international K;
laws relating to aerostation. utor
pedil
"Congo Budget" Put Through. J.
Brussels, Belgium.?The Chamber
of Deputies adopted the budget of the dues
new Ministry of the Colonies, includ- T1
ing the Congo credits. The Socialists Myn
alone opposed the budget, which, they ning
unanimously declared, was based on begii
"the exploitation of negroes and der
tor^ed labor." Chui
V
iffo weed mn< <
Taft Announces Senator as
Secretary of State. j
I Gi
ident-Elect Fails to Confirm F. wa^
. Hitchcock as Postmaster-Gen- Portl
*** ?? TVfiiv Soon On it. ^
piec<
well
Ligusta, Ga.?Philander C. Knox, econ
lerly Attorney-General of the horsi
ed States in the Cabinet of Will- ^hei
McKinley and Theodore Roose- ing 1
and present junior Senator from to
isylvania, will hold the position
ecretary of State and sit at the
of the Cabinet of William H.
when the latter assumes the ^
idency on March 4. v . 0f fl(
flcial announcement of this fact H
alized Mr. Taft's arrival in Au- l. .
a for a period of rest prior to his statl
rture for Panama on January P?un
The -post was tendered Senator poun
s in New York City, when, by silag
est, he met the President- twen
; at the home of the latter's nr0d
tier, Henry W. Taft. HIb tele- 394
1 of acceptance reached Mr. Taft bran
I'hat is the one ahd .the only resul
net appointment determined an e
t at this time," asserted the Pres- well
t-elect with emphasis. For some
Dn he thus failed .to confirm that
ik H. Hitchcock's appointment to ?
Postmaster-Generalship had been i:1
ally clinched. Further, he de- 3ufflc
that the post of Attorney-Gen- I
had been tendered to George W. time
cersham, of New York City, who if sh
reported "in reliable quarters" lS jn
ive been formally designated for oren,
Cabinet office. '
sveral of the closest advisers of
President-elect had believed that . tJ
post of Secretary of State would SIvei
tually would go to John C. fowii
ner, formerly Senator from Wis- :wo
In, now actively engaged in law joaki
tice' in New York City. This
was very glad, indeed," said the gDjt(
ident-elect, "to receive Senator
c's telegram of acceptance. I I dei
for the post of Secretary of
i an able lawyer and a man who It
been a figure in the public eye. jl fe
tor Knox is a lawyer of unques- -epai
fd ability; he has been a promin- jpar?
figure in our public life and he *
rendered services of great import ^7 y
ie country." :her
can be authoritatively stated Pa*r
according to the plans, Secre- wher
Root is expected to resign soon, tell,
rder to be free of public office fall
1 the New York State Legislature (jrjef
?s him, in accordance with exist- 3ave(
iditical arrangements, as'the sue- . .
>r to Senator Thomas C. Piatt. j;11
his course President Roosevelt is
ive opportunity to elevate Robert
n, of New York, present AssistBecretary
of State, to the head of
State Department. Thus Mr. Ba- ^
whose name had been mentionel .
possible appointee to the Secre- ? tai
ship by Mr. Taft, along -with the Pota
js of Whitelaw Reid and Senator nave
;e, of Massachusetts, can be grad- ao ir
3 with the epaulets and the blue pitali
>n when Senator Knox is formal- foe
lducted into the ofilce. Hence, ^owe
country is to have two new men
ie helm of the State Department, ,*
in be asserted with authority, '?w
In the ensuing few months. 'ise
9tora
ROBBED AND HANGED. nay
? by si
ier of Twelve Children Found w_Fa
Strang Up on a Tree.
janoke, Va.?While going with
wife and twelve children from g0
rhazy, Canada, to Petersburg, . ..
where they expected to make
home, Charles Kreicar met a ;ern<
ic death near Graham, Va. His cor *
was found hanging to a tree, :endl
v? rto tttt +txrlna orninid wnrt
CUUCU UJ UCttT j bntuw ?. w. v
leek. - jffn
ie police believe that Kreicar, at th
displayed a large roll of money ayen
tie train between Cincinnati and " .
field, W. Va., according to the 1 '7
uctor, was robbed and murdered. wate
hen the train reached Bluefleld, 'he ;
car left ft to get luncheon for fags
wife and children. The train Whil
:d out before Kreicar returned ;oia
he was left behind. He had the jbou
oad tickets from Roanoke to f. .
rsburg in his pockets, and when
rain reached Roanoke, after mid- aeea
t, Mrs. Kreicar and the twelve -omI
i ones entered a waiting room aess
remained there all night. A mes- pher
told of the finding of the body. i
ia rallrnnd tickets S5 In Amer
money and two Canadian coins
i in Kreicar's pockets.
HANNAHAN TO RETIRE. ~W
id Master of Railway Order to
Join Big Corporation. Fi
?w York City.?John J. Hanna- cc
known as "The Peacemaker," thon
. the number of strikes he has not t
ed or averted as Grand Master of g?
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- (,arn
and Engineers, and who was one
lose invited to the recent Labor 1
er at the White House, is about A
ave the ranks of organized labor. lar&(
1 the first of the year he will be- five
i vice-president of the American He f
imatic Stoker Company, backed orchi
Sdwin Hawley and Theodore P. an(j
lts' cats.
squii
rteen Hunters Killed in Maine. jf
the game season in Maine thir- to g
persons met their death, twelve tjjis
irearms and one by drowning. ...
were shot by brothers, two by 1
sanions, five shot themselves by ac~
lental discharge of their weap- A
two were shot by being mistaken | cann
l deer, and one man was shot by j cha*
inter when he was aiming at a j grou
I culti
if yo
E ARE FOM) OP SWEETS. InS t
grou
ricans Eat Half Their Own W
Weight of Sugar in a Year. '3 re
... . *? toco
ashington, D. C.?Figures gath- p?
by the Bureau of Statistics show c
the average American citizen
umes half his own weight in su? bush
svery year, and that the people's Fc
r hill is a million dollars a day. mad<
total consumption of sugar in farm
country in 1907 was 7,089,667,- T^es
pounds, worth, at five and a half riv
3 a pound, $372,000,000. ,
knov
U3.1
About Noted People.
esident-elect Gomez of Cuba
ted the people of the United
2s. a.nd <
ing Haakon was the first contrib- ,
to Captain Amundsen's Polar exLion.
He gave $5000. tnan
Pierpont Morgan belongs tc
v-five clubs, and his membership ,s
figure over $7000 annually. besic
le Rev. James E. Moerdyk, Dr. that
i H. Josselyn and Gerrit J. Pen- ^as
s sailed from New York City to who
a missionary work in Arabia, un- day
tin auspices of the Reformed scale
:ch of America.
'ast Walking Horses the Best. i
Dod trotters are generally fast
:ers, and fast walking is an im- 1
ant gait on the farm. There is 1
lse of being two hours doing a '
i of work when it can just as <
be done in one hour. It is bad 1
omy to have a poor scrub of a ]
e on a farm that soon tires out, 1
i you can have a game, fast wa)klorse,
that don't know what it is 1
re, and that can get over more <
nd in a day than a scrub can get <
in two days.?Weekly Witness. <
Mutton Sheep. i
Litton sheep make a greater gain
ssh than steers, according to ex- ^
nents made. At the Wisconsin 1
on food required to produce 100 *
ds of wether lamb was 364 1
.ds of corn, 296 pounds of corn "
e, 158 pounds of corn fodder and }
ty-two Dounds of potatoes. To 1
uce 100 pounds of steer required
pounds of corn, 181 pounds of
and 654 pounds of silage. The
ts showed that silage was also
excellent food for the sheep as i
as for the steer.?Epitomist.
Nutritious Food.
ood sows should always have
ient nutritious food to keep them
jood condition. At farrowing
the sow should not be too fat.
e has had plenty of etercise and
fair condition she will be better
ared to care for her offspring.
3hould not be fed corn every day
le year. This grain should be
l most sparingly just before farug,
and in its place si ration of
quarts of oats, one quart of
ed corn with one quart of wheat.
will prove an excellent ration,? ?
jmist. 1
Fence Repairing Time.
is customary to do all rfepairing
nces in the spring, but why not ^
ir them in winter, when one can
> the time? The winds of winter *
displace a board or rail here and
?, but a few hours' labor will re- 1
a mile of fence in the spring c
i it is put in good order in the ^
New fences may be built in the ?
as well as in the spring. In *
, hundreds of dollars may be
1 on farms by doing work in the ?
er that is usually left till spring, f
then but half done for want of
?Weekly Witness. c
s
Keeping Seed Potatoes.
le ideal method of keeping seed
;oes is claimed to be cold storage;
toes thus kept at Ohio station
come out sound and fresh, with
idicationa of sprouting, and their
Ity unimpaired, even so late as
first of June. It is important,
jver, that the temperature of the
storage room should not fall bethirty-flve
degrees, nor should it
much above forty. When cold
ige is not available, sprouting
in some measure be prevented
loveling the potatoes frequently.
irmers' Home Journal.
? N
Care of Stock.
far as their proper bedding,
ng and ventilation arq conid,
it is too important a matter
he thrifty farmer to negleQt ating
to himself. However trusthy
his assistants, judging by our
experience, it will pay him well
e close of the season to see each
ing that his cattle, horses, sheep
hogs- are well bedded, fed and
red. Scarcely.less important is
proper ventilation of the buildin
which his stock are wintered,
e the entrance of draughts and
is to be carefhlly prevented it
Id be borne in mind that domesed
animals, like man himself,
fresh, whoesome air, and, if
jelled by ignorance or carelessto
breathe a foul, tainted atmose,
it is at a serious risk of health
consequent profit. A visit to the
, stable and pigpen early in the
ling will at once warn the observlarmer
of a defective ventilation,
eekly Witness.
Care of Fruit and Trees.
uit ripens fast when it is placed
>ol, dark cellars. When fruit is
jughly ripe on the trees it should
>e exposed to sunlight.
it the apples into the boxes or
?ls as soon as possible after they
>icked.
Pennsylvania man who has a
i orchard keeps about twentycats
during the summer months.
Ills a trough in the centre of the (
ard with new milk each morning <
fti??fVior oHanflnn fn tha t
He says there are no mice, ?
rels, rabbits or rats on the farm. <
you allow the grass and weeds I
row up around the young trees t
summer the rabbits and mice t
girdle them next winter, if you t
: watch out. c
Missouri man complains that he r
ot kill sweet clover in his or- t
3. It is not so hard. Plow the c
nd and give your orchard clean 3
vation two or three seasons, or c
u mow the clover frequently dur- 1
;he summer and let it lie on the s
nd it will die out. 1
henever a large limb of any kind a
moved from the tree never fail a
ver the wound with paint or wax.
ick your finest apples in boxes
ing about three-fourths of a
el. f
>r $1 you can have a neat stencil j
containing the name of your
, your own name and address. ,
e on the corner of your boxes
people to understand that you
f your business.?Drovers' Jour- ,
?
Care of Orchards. ^
le farmer must take up spraying ^
sther measures for the care of his (
ards to a much greater degree ^
in the past. Apples will go ,
i higher in price until this lesson
irned. The abandoned apple tree, c
le the cellar walls of the house
burned down a generation ago,
been yielding a crop for any one 5
came along to gather it, but its <
is about over. The San Jose i
! will probably send ^ut of exist- <
ence before many years all trees
which are not cared for. Thus far
the farmers seem exceedingly apathetic
in taking up spraying, but the
rise of prices and probably the in:reasing
devastation occasioned by
the insect, will bring about, before
many years, a different attitude on
:heir part.
The brown tali moth has been ex:remely
abundant in the season just :losed.
The warm, dry spring and
;arly summer reduced his losses from
:limatic causes. The same is doubtess
true of the San Jose scale. The
vood leopard moth, exceedingly diffi:ult
to combat successfully, because
>f its attack upon the internal part of
!he tree, seems to be increasing rapdly.
It is injuring chiefly the shade
:rees of the metropolitan district,
rhe elm leaf beetle, widely dlstriblted
over the State, has not spread
ts destruction with any even hand,
)ut has' exhibited a degree of local
variation which calls for the scrutiny
)f' an entomological expert. The
ipring . 1903 witnessed a great in- j
:rease In the abundance of these
>ests, probably due to the dryness of
tfay and June of that year. The
eaves finally became so hard that the
leetles could not eat tnem, ana tnis,
ollowed by a severe winter, resulted v
n a considerable diminution of the
>est. This has been a year of its re- ival.
The new agricultural high schools
>f the State have an important work _
>efore them in impressing upon the
armers of the future the method of
neeting these pests. Economic ento-f '
nology is becoming one of the most
iractical of all scientific studies. The
State "frill also have to perform an inreasing
amount of work along taese
ines.?Boston Transcript.
The Feet and the Teeth.
In considering the diseases to
?hich horsp flesh is heir there are
wo things that should always be
:onsidered as of special Importance,
he teeth and the feet. The average
>eriod ojt usefulness of the horse is
:urtailed/several years b7 the tnade- j&S
[uacy of the teeth. In most horses
it the age of fifteen, the teeth have
lecome rough and uneven, and from
hat time on the horse is a hard keept,
and the real cause is not known
>y the awner. In buying horses the
eeth and the feet should receive most
:areful examination. Ordinarily^ in
peaking of the feet of the horse, we
aeau the part inclosed by the hoof
rail. Looking at it from a stand- ' *
joint of comparative anatomy, the
oot Includes all below the knee and
he hock. The a/tiflcial conditions v
inder which the horse Is placed and *
he unusual demand exacted of him
esult in almost every case in di^tased
conditions, which render him
ncapable of doing the work he wo.uld
itherwise do. Shoeing, which places '
lim under artificial conditions, com- '
)ined with the hard roads, overwork
ind improper feeding, soon produce %
nflammatory conditions which may.
esult in side bones, ring bones, coffin
oint, lameness, cracks in the hoof
vail, contracted heels and a great
nany more diseases too numerous to
nention. In many cases the horse
nust be shod, but there certainly is
ar too much shoeing done. It is surjrlsing
how much work the horse can
lo under most. conditions without
ihoes if he be brought gradually to *
ha work, and a little care and judgnent
be exercised in this matter durng
the first three or four years of
he colt's life. There are three things
ispecially to be remembered if you
vish to give this subject a little extra
hought. First, as long as you use
lorses that have weak or defective
'eet for breeding purposes just so ?
ong will you have horses with a prelispositlon
to these things and you
pill lose money on them accordingly;
lecond, do less shoeing, a horse with
airly good feet will not need to be l
;hod unless he be worked on the
javement, race track or in mountain>us
districts; third, do not allow any
lorseshoer to use the. .buttress on the . *
ibles of the feet, nor the rasp on the
mtside; do not leave the shoes on
onger than four weeks without reseting.
In substance, remember that the
loot is the weakest part of the horse;
hat the service of the horse is worth
noney to you. Take good care of
;he horse's feet.?G. H. Glover, Colo- 4
ado Agricultural College.
SMwkci+v anH Will PrtWAr
V/ UTJOI fcj MUVS J r
Obesity is easily cured with the eijrcise
of the proper care and restraint
>n the part of the patient. Without
his, however, the cure is impossible,
ind no physician or medicine can be
>f any help. The happy-go-lucky dis>ositiona
of fat people, their tendency
o regard their ailment lightly, cause
hem to look upon nothing seriously,
o deny themselves nothing. These
iharacteristics, which generally are
esponsible for their ailment, furnish ' %
he greatest obstacles in the way of
:uring them. As a rule the fat per- I
on does just the opposite of what he / 1
>ught to do. He eats the very foods 1
le should avoid, avoids those he
hould eat, shuns exertion of every
;ind, indulges in rest and luxury and , ^ ^
eeks the way of the easiest resistmce
generally.?From Will Power.
The Origin of "Hurrah.'*
The word is pure Slavonian, and is
:ommonly heard from the coast of
)almatia to Bering Straits, when any
if the population living within these *
imits is called on to give proof of
:ourage and valor. The origin of the
hoinn?? tn nrimitivA idea
WWW-QW * ~ * '
hat every man that dies heroically
or his country goes straight to hearen?Hu-ray
(to paradise), and in *'
he shock and ardor of battle the com)atants
utter that cry, as the Turks
lo that of "Allah!" each animating
limself by the certitude of immediite
rei-jmpense to forget earth and to
:ondemn death.?Baltimore Sun. A
The town authorities in Urugu&xl?8
lave been authorized by the Nationa^^H
jovernment to solicit the aid of th^^^B
Military forces in exterminating lo?^H
I