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Our Fire Reser By J. P. Kimball. March 1, 2900, the area of f Oas officially stated, was 71,697 States west of the 103d merid President Roosevelt 1n Wyoml Bat present to over 80,000 squa bined areas of the New Engla Maryland. With the forest reserves of 1891 and additions of 1901 by President Roosevelt ii > on all but the western side, constituting t In Wyoming and some 2200 in Montana, not yet satisfied with his startling additio: Yellowstone reserves, was further induce< eight months. merging the Teton, Absar wtfb additional territory of several hun ah to be known as the Yellowstone Fores HfV\, Life in Newfou By Norman Duncan in Newfoundland?where, 01 I potatoes ure grown in import< I and some vineyards are made the hills, where 419 bushels of 1 i and the production of beef-cat production of babies?in young man 10 uo uui cuuuse i his flake and his stage, marry a maid c stirs his blood, gather his potato patch, g< hkr punt. And they do fish, have always flslied settled by adventurous Devon men, and time. Of a total male population of 100. St John's and an amazing proportion of men and grown boys catch fish for a li\ feovnd and swept' by great winds they more than 150,000,000 pounds of cod (dry and sell the rest to the Catholic countri< dried fish. some salmon, herring, lobsters, |tbe value of the seal fishery is approxima S00 seals), lumber ($15,000) and copper an< tides of export; the articles of Import inc J0 Good and Bad Br President Theodora S wyyyyyHE line of cleavage betwee PvtJuuTT between the man of wealth ggrpgg the man who seeks each da fiW I SM ^8 no one aU(l doing his dv 25 X 25 ^DC ?' cleavage divide the BPHflHB Ploits others in his own in OQULJlJU sullen aQd envious beii property, whether they do ' f Cleavage between good citizenship an iwira who does well from the rich man wl duet from the poor man of bad conduct angles to any such arbitrary line of divis: another, one locality from another, or m from those of a less degree of property. TOe good citizen is the man who, t atrtves manfully to do his duty to himself State; who is Incapable of the baseness 1 ganee or in envy, but who. while dema seropnlons to do justice to others. It is xeo, rich or poor, is of just this type tl faith in the future of the republic. Ours is a government of liberty, by, leanness and connivance at law breaki the form of a crime of greed and cunnii sCnfetire not only of order, but of the through order. If alive to their true intei faces like faint against the spirit whiefc ci<Sng the laws, without regard to wbetb mt bodily violence by one set of men or ii ?thef set of men. ? tn me waicowwus ul mi uui ^cvpilionesty, decency, fair dealing and coiun these words are essential to all of us, as problems of to-day. the problems affectii res loore the wise distribution of wealth vre require him to obey the law; neither yet of the rich man. Least of all can the the fcrw, even for his own financial adv support, and it is both foolish and prof< Siring hearty support to those who shov sod one law only, alike for the rich a small. j-Sr;What a Candle I By Frederick Breithut ?i ROUPS of facts arc usually i Gfers to leave cold reality and agination and desire. But fi knowledge. There is no get neglected, no matter how boa _ tlon, our structure is doomed not seem rather surprising th JLr ^^3t You can get a man to re ?^_J sentimental poetry with the book in his hands, a book whi< and if you can get your man to read mo Even though this is the case, I want to jRTitn me. wun a view ro gerang some mci A burning candle is a small gns fa( material is. whether it is a solid like wj first be converted into a gas before we cj between a candle and a gas factory is made at a distance and conveyed by m< they are manufactured on the spot and e Our ordinary candle is made of talk two substances, one of which is callec burning of the wick melts the tallow nea by the wick and carried to the flame. Into gases. The decomposition of the marsh gas and oleficnt gas and these 1 mean that the carbon and hydrogen of t the air with sufficient heat to make a fli Flames may be luminous, as the ort t iaons, as the bluish flame you get in yo The ordinary gas flame is luminous tj the burning, are made to glow. 101 ducing a qpld object, like a plate or sa ?ee a black deposit of soot. This soot Is acetylene gas. The great beat of the fl: jiarticles glow in the flame. The light of the Welsbacb incandesce incombustible materials of which mantle The understanding o" so simple a th takes a little thought. It took hundrec before men rcaliy understood why a can Tou may ask. "What difference does thing Is that it does burn and we can know the cause of the flame or not." In the first place there would be suffit <ause of a phenomenon to warrant yc *hon&fa there were no practical result. T But the understanding of the real cr.t Results.?New York Journal. ^ * 4 . L-' I 'b': ves. orest reserves, thirty-five in number, ' square miles, distributed in- eleven Jan. With the additions of 1902 by ing and Montana, the area foots up .re miles, an area equal to the comnd States together with the area of 1897, 3332 square miles in area, the close the Yellowstone National Park in expanse or over ?uw square un>es On January 29, 1903, the President, ns of nearly 8000 square uiiles to the 1 to sign a third proclamation within oka and Yellowstone forest reserves dred square miles yet uucomputed, it Reserve.?North American Review. ndland i some bleak stretches of coast, the Hi English soil, where most gardens of earth scraped from the hollows of can wheat are grown in a single year, tie is insignificant as compared with such a laud there is nothing for a his rock, build his little cottage and if the harbor when the spring wind it a pig and a goat, and go fishing in 1 since 400 years ago the island was must continue to fish to the end of 000, which includes the city folk at babies and tender lads, about 55,000 'ing. uut or a sea inat is com, wstake every year, by book.and trap. ), of which they consume one-fourth ;s of the world for $4,450,000. This cod oil, whale oil, seal oil and skins tely $400,000 for a haul of about 275,3 iron ores ($600,000) comprise the arlude everything else.?World s Work. Citizenship toosevelt n good and bad citizenship lies, not who acts squarely by his fellows and y's wage by that day's work, wrongity by his neighbor, nor yet docs this unscrupulous wealthy man* who exterest from the demagogue, or from rig who wishes to attack all men of well or ill. On the contrary the line d bad citizenship separates the rich 10 does ill, the poor man of good con. This line of cleavage lies at right ion as that separating one class from en with a certain degree of property vhatever his wealth or his poverty, , to his family, to his neighbor, to the which manifests itself either in arroindiug justice for himself is no less i because the average American citi?o* v.-q hnro pnnsa for nur nrofouild through and under the law. Lnwug?whether the law breaking take ag or of a crime of violence?are detrqe liberties which can only come esta rich and poor alike will set their i seeks personal advantage by overer this spirit shows itself in the form a the form of vulpine cunning by ane be the old familiar watchwords of ion sense. The qualities denoted by we deal with the complex industrial ig not merely the accumulation, but l We ask no man's permission when the permission of the poor man, nor s man of great wealth afTord to break antage; for the law is his prop and jundly unpatriotic for bim to fail in r that there is in very fact one law, ud the poor, for the great and the Teaches lninteresTing. ?ne uuuiau hjiuu i'icto soar into the high regions of irnacts are the only true basis of real ting away from them. If they are utifully we build 011 another foundato collapse. Considering this, does it at facts are so frequently neglected? ad a dish-water novel or a piece of greatest ease. But put a scientific :*h contains truth and real instruction, ire than the first page you are lucky, ask you to consider a little problem ts?the problem of a burning candle, dory. No matter in what state any ax, or a liquid like kerosene, it must in have a flame. The only difference that the gases of the caudle are not ?ans of pipes to distant burners, but ousumed as fast as they are made. >w, a solid which consists mainly of 1 carbon, the other hydrogen. The ir it This molten tallow is absorbed It is here that the liquid is changed molten tallow yields acetylene gas. aurn with a flame. By burning we hese gases unite with ihc oxygen of ime. linary yellow gas flame, or non-lum ur gas stove. because particles of carbon, set free l can prove this statement by introucer, into a candle flame. You will the carbon which has come from the true makes the finely divided carbon nt light is due to the glowing of the s are made. ing as the light of a burning candle Is of years- of blundering theorizing die burns. it make why a car.die burns? The use it to give us light whether we . lent satisfaction in knowing the true jars of thorough investigation even ruth is higher than utility, ise of flame has led to verv practical TEN LIVES ARE LOST. | Most Disastrous Accident in History of Sub-Way. " vvri IV II I e I HIT DftAC r A VF_I\ SHOT DOWN BEFORE MAYOR. Tragic Scene Enacted In City of Savannah, Ca. Savannah, Ga.. Special.?Policeman Charles A. Collins was shot down in the mayor's office in the city hall Friday afternoon by Henry G. Green, an art dealer. The shooting occurred in the presenc eof Mayor Myers, the superintendent of police, the recorder, the chairman of the council, several aldermen and a number of citizens. Collins was shot through the breast, and will probably die. Policeman Collins was under investigation by the mayor on charges brought by Green. A week or ten days ago, Collins arrested Green on the streets as a suspicious character. As a matter of fact. Green is well-known in the city, having been connected with the postoffice for a number of years. There had been several robberies and burglaries reported to the police. Collins saw a man standing or loitering on the sidewalk in the neighborhood of where the burglaries occurred, about 2 o'clock in the morning, and arrested him. The man proved to be Green, who explained that he was only waiting for a friend. The policeman refused to accept the explanation, and locked Green up, without giving him an opportunity to see his friends or arrange for bail. The next morning the recorder imposed a fine on Green, who appealed to the mayor and lodged complaint against Collins. This complaint was under investigation Frjday afternoon. Green had testified, and Collins wa3 cross-questioning him. Collins asked a question which reflected on Green's morality. Quick as a flash. Green pulled a pistol and fired. Collins arose, and attempted to get his pistol out of the holster, but was caught by the chief of police and restrained. Collins was taken to a hospital, and Green was locked up at the county jail. Big Industrial Collapse. Butte, Mont.. Special.?By the general shut down of the Amalgamated Copper Company properties. 13,000 to 15,000 men are directly thrown out of rmninvmpnt and others will be indi rectly affected within a week so that the grand total will reach 20.000. The Great Northern will lay off a portion of the crews heretofore hauling ore from Butte to the Boston and Montana Smelter at Great Falls. The Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway will lay off freight crews between Butte and Anaconda. In addition to these, numerous other enterprises, large and small, which relied upon the Amalgamated as their chief customer, will be obliged to curtail. In Montana alone approximately $1,000,000 a week is cut off the pay rolls. Butte streets are filled today with 7,000 miners thrown out last night. Boarding house keepers, storekeepers, etc., whom the miners owe besieged i the justices' court seeking garnishee orders. The constables cannot serve the papers fast enoueh and the justices' clerks are working overtime filling them out. F. Augustus Heinze, of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company, today published a statement giving his side of the shut down. He said it was a move on the part of the Wall street speculatoha (among them H. H. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated Copper Company.) to control stock manipulation and was not directly caused by the injunction Issued yesterday by Judge Clancey. He also said that Judge Clancey's decision yesterday was in line with the Northern Securities decision. Mr. Seallon. of the Anaconda Coprcr Company, said that there was no truth in the statement that Mr. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated Copper Company. ordered the shut down to affect the stock market. Sailors at a Fire, Norfolk, Special?The five-story building of the Old Dominion Paper Company, on Commercial Place, was gutted Friday night and it was only by superhuman efforts the flames were kept within the four walls of the structure. A hfgh northeast wind threw blazing brands for squares and seriously endangered the heart of the wholesale section. The fire originated in the fifth floor and had gained great headway before it was discovered. About 100 sailers from the navy yard aided the firemen and one sailor fell fnom th top of a forty-foot ladder into the outstretched arms of three of his companions who saw him coming and braced themselves to catch him. He was uninjured. What portions of the building esiaped the flames were ruined by water and the immense stock is a total loss. The damage is estimated at from 530.000 to $00,000. Wants Hercy With Justice. Xorfolk, Special ?In considering several cases of Chinamen charged with living here i?n violation of the Gary Exclusion act. Judge Edmund Waddill. of the Federal Court said that he believes Jung Twong, an aged Chinaman. who has been living.in this country for 30 years, should not be deported. He said that in going back to China the aged man would be deported to die in misery or be starved to death. He believes the Federal lav; does not contemplate either alternative, and roci tinued the case until November 3, pending a discussion of tire rase with the department in Washington. Gets Back Pay. Bristol, Special.?In the case of George M. Seeley against the New River Mining Company, of Pulasgi county. Virginia, a jury in the Federal Court at Abin jton gave Seeley judgment for $16/00. Seeley sued for this amount, which he claimed was due him as back pay for managing the company's affairs. The company sought to offset the claims with a countercharge. I1.1ACL YTALLOftiXU rtuui wnit-i.-. I Superintendent and Foreman of Construction held in $io,ooo BondsItalian's L.'g Cut Off to Release him From Boulder. New York. Special.?Ten lives were lest by the cave-in of the roof and walls of the subway tunnel at One Hundred and Ninety-Fifth street Saturday night, and four persons were badly injured. All of the dead and injured were workmen and most of them Italians. Following Is a list of their names: Timothy Sullivan, foreman; YYm. Schutte, electrician: Gulseppe 3a:one. Stanzione Brune, Louis Tippi: five unidentified Italian laborers. Injured: Juno Pasquale, Batasto Vtlantio, Alphons Armatello, Juno D. Mask!. The accident was the most disastrous that has occurred in the construction cf the sub-way. At the point where the cave-In occurred a gang of twenty men was at work in the tunnel. which is about 110 feet below the surface. Hufus Chunt. general superintendent of the tunnel week, said that two con-* verging scams had appeared in the roof of the tunnel during the day-work on Svmi.iv The nresence of these seams, however, was not believed to indicate any mere dangerous character of the rock than previously had been encountered. although it was thought necessary to prep the roof with a number of upright timber bracps. The tunnel was being bored by opening a perpendicular embrasure in the face of 'he bore, and blasting the sides to the right and left of this embrasure. Three blasts were arranged by the drillers, the holes being charged well toward the roof. The drillers then withdrew and the three blasts were set off in rapid succession by electricity, loosening large quantities of earth and rock. The drillers say that about ten minutes lapsed to allow the smoke to clear away before Timothy Sullivan, the foreman, and Electrician Scbuctte approached, the latter to string wires and hang lamps to light the way. They were followed by sixteen workmen. The vanguard of the gang had reached the stone when a rumbling sound was heard. Those in the rear had just time to turn about and run when, with a deafening crash, hundreds of tons of rock fell on the men at the face of the boring. When the rear had ceased the cries of injured workmen echoed through the tunnel. Two negroes, in charge of a tram car, rushed to the opening at two Hundredth street and telepl jned an ularm to police headquarters. Reserves were immediately ordered to the scene, while ambulances were sent from several hospitals. Army Appropriations. Washington, Special.?The annual report of Gen. Gillespie, chief of engineers, United States army, for the | year ended June 30, 1903, dealing with fortifications and river and harbor work, has been made public. Gen. Gillespie says that projects for defenses of 31 localities have been approved and in addition defenses of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence riveh are under consideration. He adds: "It is believed that the time has come when it would be no longer possible to ignore the question of insular defenses. The Navy Department is properly insistent that all its important coaling stations snouiu recci* IT Vyv.1 | defensive protection to keep off predatory attacks from possible hostile fleets. "The seacoast defenses of the United States are now somewhat more than 50 per cent, completed. Twenty-five of the principal harbors of the United States have a sufficient number of heavy guns and mortars mounted to permit an effective defense against naval attack, and during the past three years considerable progress has been made in the installation of an adequate rapid fire armament now the matter of first ira- I pcrtance." $15,000 Fire. Hampton Beach, N. H., Special.? Fire that originated in the Washington house Sunday destroyed the hotel, a j summer boarding house, combination I j studio and cafe and two small stores. The buildings were all of wood, built inexpensively for summer occupancy oLly. and the total loss will not much exceed $15,000. Consul Skinner Mans. Marseilles. By Cable.?Robert P. Skinner. United States consul general here, who is going to Abyssinia to establish diplomatic relations with that country, and to invite Emperor Monelik to visit the St. Louis Expedition, left here Sunday morning, accompanied by Mr. Wales, his secretary, and Dr. Pease on board the steamer Balkan for Naples, where lie will be joined on the 27th iust. by Capt. G. C. Thorpe. United States Marino Corps, who goes with hini. From Naples the Machias will proceed at once for Abyssinia. It is reported here frcm Abyssinia that Emperor Menelik feels very much flattered at this visit from Mr. Skinner. Student Dies of Fever. Lexington. Va.. Special.?Percy S. White, of Bonhain, Texas, a student of Washington and Log University. I died Saturday of typhoid fever. His body will be taken home Monday for burial. The fever situation remains the same, and no new cases have developed since October 16. Assistant Surgeons Perry and Anderson, of the United States Marine Hospital Service, are here making an investiga- j tion of the cause of the fever. j NIXON ON THE STAND. President of Shipbuilding Company Tells How It Was Wrecked. New York, Special.?Lewis Nixon, who, from naral constructor, became builder of warships and the president of the United States Shipbuilding Company, was the principal witness at the continuation o! the hearing before Examiner Henry D. Oliphant a<> to the affairs of the delunct corporation named. He did not finish his recital, but in the three hours that he was on the stand he went over much of the -? ?* Vi /\ on.l flip IW31U1J U1 Li-C WJ|IM;ui'wu MM 4 wv j acts of the men prominent in its history. He said Max Pam counsel for Charles M. Schwab, had suggested a number of the directors for the shipbuilding combination, and said that the proposed expenditure of f2.802.000 for improvements at the Hethlehem Steel Works had been approved by the directors over his protest and warning that the action might, in the end, leave the main corporation without funds and wreck it. Mr. Nixon sworo t)i3t after this expenditure was approved he made several attempts to secure a meeting of the d'ro:.*ors and that Mr. Sch'.sab h3d finally told him that he had instructed the directors to remain away from a melting. An effort was made to show that the directors elrtod at the suggestion of Mr. Pam had not been stockholders. but like the young men of the Corporation Trust Company, of New Jersey, who served in the early days of the combination, bid been given shares enough to quality, but Mr. Nixon had no personal knowledge of the transaction. Mr. Nixon testified that by ;< resolution of the directors, passed in December last, Mr. Pam was given a salary of $18,000 a year, which was dated back to the preceding September. Ifc also testified that besides his bonus as on underwriter, and the suni3 paid for the Bethlehem proper*y, Mr. Schwab rvceived a share of the promotion money, pan* of which be gave to Charles Gates, of the brokerage Arm of Harris. Gates & Co. Samuel Untermeyer, for the bondholders. endeavored ti prove by the witDes3 that during :he negotiations for the purchase of the constituent plants no one looked after the interests of the shipbuilding companies, hut that the figures and reform of Jonn \V. Young, the promoter, were accepted. Mr. Nixon said that no independent appraisement or investigation had been made, and disclaimed all personal responsibility for the negotiations and financial part of the combination plan. It was brought out in the testimony of Mr. Nixon that the statements as to the personnel of the directorate had been made in tne prospectus i&am.-u -u June, 1898. and that Young had taken the options in his name. According to Mr. Nixon, secrecy was observed in paying the vendors only because Promoter Young did not wan: them to know what was being paid for each plant. There has been much mystery over the cutting of the checks given to the vendors, and it is possible that the explanation of Mr. Nixon will clear it away. Charles Canda was the only other witness of the day, taking the stand before Nixon was called. He testified that the Canda Manufacturing Company. for which $1,100,000 in cash and securities was paid, had a plant at Carteret. N. J., built for the manufacture of car wheels, but that at the time of its purchase it was turning out some experimental work in motor carriages. It had made about 100 machines. and employed about 40 men. He said that plant would have been useful in connection with some of the operations of the ship-building combination. Charles M. Schwab and Max Pam attended the hearing yesterday. They came to he sworn, but remained interested listeners to ail the testimony. They will testify later in the week. Cottor* Growers at Raleigh. Italeigh, Special.?A largely attended meeting of North Carolina cotton growers i<C being held here. E. L. Daugh fridge. of Edgecombe; T. B. Parker, secretary, State Chemist Kilgore made a talk covering his observations of cotton during his recent trip through the South. There were resonrnvifPnc that fl's cussion shoulj be solely 011 the matter 01* marketing cotton. Excellent speeches were made on this resolution by S. B. Alexander. XV. R. Cox Currie of Cumberland; T. B. Parker. John XV. Atwater, Ashley Home and others. Home, several months ago. issued a circular letter in regard to cotton, showing that reports and estimated statistics were excessive and that the crop was not nearly as large as they stated it to be. This letter was largely published in North Carolina and Scuth Carolina and gave the growers great encouragement. One South Carolina grower said it was worth "half a million dollars to that. State alone. It was shown by reports that the crop is not nearly so large as stated. A committee of ten was ordered to bo appointed to confer with Harvie Jordan in regard to securing such absolute concert of action as to secure a price of not lesa than 10 cents. Such a course had the absolute approval cf the meeting. The committee will be named later. San Antonio Quarantined. Houston, j t'jas, ojieriui?i ue tn/ of Houston anil the counties of Dewitt. Victoria. Fayette. Anuces, Be?. Comal anil Hays, inaugurated qua'-antine against the city of San Antonio. This followed the official report from the State health ofUcers '.hat there had been three deaths from the fever at San Antonio. It is stated that Fort Sam Houston, the military post outside the limits of San Antonio, has also been put under quarantine. m -?===== BE LECTURES DOWIE. / Or. Parkhurst Says Plain Things to the New Elijah. WENT TO HEAR HIM PREACfl. _ _ _ i Said That His Exhibition Was Below* the Standard of a Circus?CarrieNation Creates a Diversion. New York, Special.?About 1,<W0? perrons, half of whom were Zionistsattended John Alexander Dowies. e-rrly services in Madison Square Garden Tuesday, where he preached on. Blasphemy." He then said he was going to meet the editors of the New York papers at his hotel, and requested his followers; to pray for him. The 600 members of the Dowie choir will join the house visitation force, increasing its number to 1,440. Deacon. Spoicher said the work was greater than anticipated. Dowies chief aides, his wife and his son, are about to leave him for a trip, abroad. They will start on Thursday from this city, taking the steamer Saxonian Saturday from Boston. They will go first to England, then to Australia, where Mrs. Dowie's family still lives. They do not expect to return to the United States until next July. Mr. Dowie, arrayed in evening clothes, talked for two hours Tuesday ^ night before a great throng In Madison Square Garden. The burdoo of his talk was denunciation cf theclergy and the press. Carrie Nation, who occupied a seat near the front, asked "Elijah" to answer some questions. He refused and , ordered her to sit down. Dowie then praised the spirit in which Mrs. Nation had warred on the saloon. b?t said she used wrong methods. Mrs. Nation again demanded the privilegeof asking questions. At once the Zlon guards surrounded her and wfth theald of several pollcemer. ejected her. The meeting was one of continuous; disorder. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst sent an open letter to Mr. Dowie as. follows: "I Jo not want to be presuming, but. Icubt if it is any more presumptive iru me to come and try to clarify yoit than it is for you to come and try to? clarify New York; and I don't know which of us has taken the heavier contract. I attended your service at Madison Square Garden last evening, and I went determined to enjoy it if I could, and to be benefitted by it. and to go away and refute some of the charges that I had heard alleged against you. But it was no use; your behavior on the platform crushed every throb of sympathy I had with you. I never heard from a public speaker such a discharge of effervescent wrath and coarse invectives. I went to hear you preach the Gospel and you Dreaehed Dowie. Zicn City, 'stink pot." I was ashamed of you. and almost ashamed to be in your audience. It was a long way below the standard even of the circuses that I have attended in the same garden. The only > consolation I could derive was that it was so abominable and so far beyond the bounds of the respectable that even those in your congregation who did not know what Christianity is., would have no idea that it had anything to do with what you were saying. "Of course the ridiculousness of the performance was only enhanced by theimmensity of your pretensions. If you claimed to be only an ordinary man there might be some hope for you_ even with what you call the 'rabble.* but the rabble Is discriminating and can discriminate as keenly an thekeenest between a prophet and a juggler: between an Elijah and a Mountebank. I say this in no spirit of anger, but either your head is twisted or your heart infeted or you have blundered badly in your method. Yoa cannot bully people into Zionism nor blackguard them into the kingdom of heaven. I hope you will take this in the kindly spirit in which It is offered and that it will be blessed to you.'* Freight Case Heard. Washington, Special.?The InterState Commerce Commission gave a hearing in the case of the City GasCompany, of Norfolk, Va? againstt theBaltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. The gas company alleges that the railroad charges more for transporting, coal from the mines along Its line to> Norfolk and points inside Capes Henry and Charlc-3 than to points outsi ! > thtcai"2S. Decision was reserved. flinor Mention. A Chicago dispatch says that 73per cent, of the $1,000,000 in jaug rac-nts against the city are based upon, bogus and fraudulent personal injury claims is said to be the charge which City Attorney Smulski is prepared to make before the City Hall "graft"" committee. H. N. Van Dyke, register of Priacettt. tvnrcifv has inst eiven cut statistics which show that during therecent entrance examination eleven students were permanently disbarred on account of gros3 dishonesty in thepreparation of papers. This action is the result of a new rule adopted by / the Princeton faculty to prevent repe ^ tltion of such tlagrant cheating a* occurred at Andover last year. Negro Convention Called. Reading, Pa., Special.?Robert J. Nelson, president of the Afro-American; Republican League, Issued a call for a;, national negro suffrage convention, to be held in Washington, December 1-1 and 13. The call states that the convention is "for the purpose of devising, such ways and means as will break ui> Southern disfranchisement and preserve the full and equal civil and political rights of American citizens regardless of color and race." -Li'.- -j. . .. j