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^H^TmanF |My H^Hela Must Get Ready to Make | Full Settlement k MINISTER DELIVERS NOTE j Demand* to Know Whether the i nflB ^ Govi rnment of Venezuela Propose* ^ to Arbitrate the Question* Pending -In Case of Refusal, Necessary ^H^Steps to Secure Justice Will be ^^TVaken by the United States?Early ^iHAction by This Action of Ameiica ^^^Aeems Certain?Holland to Use Co^H^kive Measures to Secure Release toer Subject# in Prison. Willemstadt, Island of Curacoa, By ^J^able.?The Venezuelan government, ft is announced from Caracas, has received a note from the American minister, Mr. Bowen. requiring an answer as to wether Venezuela will arbitrate the questions pending, and saying | that in case of a refusal the United j Staths will feel free to take steps whicn\may be necessary to secure .'us^ tice. v me- cnarge aarrairs or ine rseir.erlanda has advised the Venezuelan gov?rnment that Holland will use coercive measures in view of the fact that she has been unable to secure the release from Imprisonment in Venezuela of five Dutch sailors who have Ren illegally kept in prison for seven month 8. ^Vashlngton. Special.?In calling upPresident Castro for an answer to hie proposition to submit to arbitra- | tion the issues between the United States and Venezuela, Minister Bovren is acting in accordance with specific instructions, from the State Department, which have recently been placed Jh his hands. If President Castro rejects this last offer of Mr. Bowen to arbitrate these oases, it is expected that he will promptly report that fact to the State Department, and it will be determined | what course to pursue. The minister's presentment of this matter therefore is not an actual ultimatum, for the way is still open for further negotiations if the Department decides that the time has not yet atrrived to w*th draw its ministers and adopt some coercive 'measures. There is- great l jwluetanco on the part of the officials to the 'adoption of the latter course, flAbatflthe situation is believed to be M^%adp that unless the Department Is wTfmg to submit to the complete effacemenCof the American claims some action must be taken very soon. ;teports have been arriving here for j aome time that many of the peuyie ui vcuezueia are penniless and in need of food. One foreign diplomat there recently reported that the &nditions were indescribable and that the strict censorship npon everything sent oat prevented the world from knowing the actual condition of affairs. All foreigners are closely watched. Report on Boll Weevil. Washington. Special.?The Department of Agriculture has issued a report on the results of recent investigation by Special Agent Hunter, of the Bureau of Entomology, giving recommendations looking to minimizing damage done by the boll weevil. The report says: "Although the very*larg? yields of cotton of former times no longer may be nossible in the region ?owlnfeeted by the boll weevil, it is entifWy^reteihle to produce cotton at a margin of profit that will compare favorably with that resulting from the production iof most of the staple crops . of the United States, by following what Is known as the cultural methods. This consists of changes and modifications of the system of cotton-raising, including the destruction of the plants In the fall, early planting, through cultivation of the fields, planting the rows as far apart as feasible, and using certain - fertilizers." Car of Dynamite Explodes. New Orleans, Special.?A car londed with dynamite In an Illinois Central freight train exploded near Kenner, 12 miles north of New Orleans, Two men are missing. One dead man has been found but he is an unrecognizable mass. Considerable damage was done in Kenner, where bhildings ' were wrecked and glass and k itch on ^ "ware smashed. Houses near-by were jj demolished. % _ j ?????? Fear He Has Been Surrounded. . London, By Cable.?Rusian official circles in London, although without official news, are inclined to credit a Harbin story published in Paris connecting the firing reported to have been beard Tuesday morning about seven miles south of Tie Pass with General Renenhampff's division. The dispatch from Harbin, points out that the only explanation of a cannonade in that locality is that Renenharopff has at length arrived at Tie Pess, where the Russian armies were ordered to rendezvous, in case of retreat, but only to find the place occupied by the Japanese. Consequently it is feared that Renenhampff is surrounded. 1 Telegraphic Briefs. L Daniel J. Sully, the former "cotton ^^""king." entered the cotton market yesterday as an aggressive bull, and the shorts made a wild dash for cover. I' Thh Metropolitan Railway company I of New York will probably build a subway system. The organization of the National Association of Canners and Packers of AmeWca was completed at Pittsburg, with W. A. Rouse, of Belair, Md? chairman. A committee of the French. Chamber of Deputies reported1 in favor of the complete separation of church and state. The Republicans of New York are in revolt against the appointment of the negro Charles W. Anderson as Internal pi,V Revenue Collector. | Gov. James B. Frazier was nominatfe. id by the Democrats in the Tennessee BP Legislature to be Senator to succeed the late Senator William B. Bate. The convention of the United Vine . Workers of America is in session' at k Altoona, Pennsylvania. SKINNER RELEASED ON BOND Peculiar Circumstances Preceediog Killing of Miller D. Anderson ; Brought Out at the Hearing. Barnwell, Special.?Mr. Jomes H. j Skinned, who killed Mr. Miller D. An- I derson near Dunbarton, applied for b3il'! before Judge D. A. Townsend. The testimony that was taken at the Inquest, together with numerous affidavits, was read and commented upon by the attorneys, when the judge announced that he would grant bail,"which was fixed at the sum of $1,500. From some of the affidavits, it seems that in January Mrs. Anderson was calling in a friendly way on Mrs. Skinner, her neighbor; that Mr. Anderson, learning that his wire was out calling | on Mrs. Skinner, wrote his wife to come home; that he did not want her to call on such people. This note offended the Skinner family who, subsequently, i when they met Mr. Anderson in Dunbarton, refused to speak to him. This enraged Mr. Anderson, who used such i gross and insulting language that Mr. ' Skinner demanded of him a retraction, and this brought on a fisticuff, wherein Mr. Anderson was severely thrashed. A number of witnesses swore that 4 Mr. Anderson threatened to take Mr. I Skinner's life and that these threats were communicated to Mr. Skinner. Defendant states in his affidavit that on morning of homicide Mr. Anderson was at Dunbarton; that in order to avoid him he arranged to drive to his farm; that he got his gun and some shells that had been loaded by some i ; friends who had been on a visit to him, j and took his little nephew in the bug- j gy with him. That while on the w-y he saw a buggy in front <$ him; that j he did not know whose buggy it was I ' until he had driven up to it when Mr. 1 Anderson called to him and said: "You took advantage of me before; we'll settle it now," and drew his gun, whc-n defendant fired first. Defendant's nephew swears to the same thing. Mrs. Anderson, wife of deceased, was ' in the buggy at the time deceased was shot. She says Mr. Skinner overtook 1 them; that he drove close to the buggy 1 in which they were riding and, calling 1 to Mr. Anderson, said: "Do you want to see me," and without another word 1 shot him. With her dead husband at her side, her lonely drive back to Dunbarton was pathetic in the extreme. Numerous affidavits were produced nrtttlw ? />? nkoricfni" for noo r>0 f\f 9CIUU5 UUV iuc vuaiavivi iv? i/v?w Mr. Skinner and the rowdy character . of Mr. Anderson. At the June term the case will probably be tried. The community is shocked by this unfortunate homicide. Attempted Assault. Springfield, Orangeburg County, Special to Columbia State: Tii quiet little town was the sper.e Saturday of a sensational trial. Norris Chavis, a young white man in the employ of Mr. Connie Altman. who lives a few miles from Springfield, was arrested and brought before Magistrate Arnold Corbett on the charge of an attempted assault upon the ,4-yeur-old daughter of Mr. Altman. As far as your correspondent can ascertain, it was a well defined, though unsuccessful attempt, \Chavis. it is said, was apprenenaea oy Mr. Aiimnn. After several witnesses had been examined, Chavis waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to tha^ higher court. He was placed in the guard house, which is a flimsy affair, and during the night the prisoner made his escape, and up to this hour has not been captured. The community was .deeply stirred by the dastardly attempt, but there was little talk of violence in any form. It is believed that the law would have been allowed to take its course. Telegrams from Orangeburg and Columbia have been received, indicating that a report of lynching had gone abroad, but this is without foundation. The child suffered no hurt. Some Assessments Increased. The' State board of assessors ad- ' jcr.rned until April 1st when the work of assessing for taxation the property of railroad companies will 1m? completed. Some assessments were delayed on account of the opinion of the attorney general as to the application of j I the franchise tax law to interstate ; ! business. The board raised the assessment 'or : the Columbia. Newberry & Laurens road from $5,000 to $6,000 per mile; the ; ' assessment ot the Lancaster & Chester road from $700 to $3,250, and the Charleston & Western Carolina from the Georgia line to Spartanburg was made $8,000 per mile, and from the Georgia line to Beaufort $7,500 per mile. The Southern Express company was tinpr mile aeainst J85 last year. The assessment of the Pullman Palace Car company was not changed from $100 per mile,. or a total valuation of $145,643 for the State. The Postal and Western Union Telegraph companies were not changed, the assessment being $35 per mile of wire in the State. The American Telegraph and Telephone company was valued at $90,000, against $65.6S5 las; vear. The Southern Bell Telephone company was valued at $400,000, against $215,592 last year. The other assessments remained the same for the present. There was nc change made in the assessment of the Seaboard Air Line, whose attorneys raised a vigorous protest Wednesday on the present figures. It has been hinted that this matter will go into the courts. All Balk at Indemnity. Moscow, By Cable.?With the exeepI " nwoHfal. tion OI ine .uusruw uaitnc, ? ly all the newspapers of this city are for peace, on condition that there be neither cession of territory nor payment of indemnity. At a banquet a prominent mershant declared: "The happiest end of the war would be immediate peace, but if the government. consents to indemnity we will throw J the bomb. Enough Russian gold hag been spent in Manchuria." Japs Glad at Loomis' Success Tokio, By Cable.?General satisfaction is expressed at the success in placing the foreign loan. The domestic loan was oversubscribed several times and it is probable a portion of it will be allotted to foreign subscribers. The foreign applications amount to i several million dollars. The success of'ithe foreign and domestic loans strengthen! the feeling of confidence that Japai: will be able to finance the war without difficulty or embarrassment. ( PALMETTO AFFfRS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling 7 7-8 Good middling 7 3-4 - ^ v <r r o strici miuanng ...... i o-o Middling 1 7 5-8 Tinges 6 3-4 to 7 1-4 Stains 5 1-4 to 6 1-4 General Cotton Market. Galveston, quiet 7 3-4 New Orleans, barely steady 7 1-2 Mobile, quiet 7 5-8 Savannah, quiet 7 5-8 Norfolk, quiet 7 7-8 Baltimore, nominal 8 New York, quiet 8.15 Boston, quiet 8.15 Philadelphia 8.40 Houston, steady 7 3-4 Augusta, quiet 7 3-4 Memphis, quiet 7 5-8 S?. Louis, quiet 7 11-16 Louisville, firm 8 An Important Opinion. According to an opinion written by the attorney general, the franchise tax law cannot be supplied to interstate receipts by railroad companies, but must be confined to interstate business. Such being the case, the income from the franchise tax law will be reduced about two-thirds and instead of $50,000 the railroads will pay something like $20,000. In addition to the loss of considerable revenue, the law as construed by the attorney general means that thero will be a great deal of trouble in arriving at the exact amount to be paid by the railroad companies* South Carolina is having a great deal of trouble to get the franchise tax law to working, for it was passed over a year ago and on account of an oversight did not go into efTect for a year after it became an act. And now that it has becoqje of effect, the mode of procedure under its terms is somewhat difficult. The comptroller general has sent out to the auditors of the several counties of the State the names of delinquent companies which have failed to file with his office the statistical information required by the law. 11 inese curpurauuua uu uui <.yu^ij at once and do not pay the franchise tax by the first day of April, they will be fined heavily and will get into serious trouble. Mr. Gunter's opinion was written in response to a request from the State board of assessors. According to section 7 of the franchise tax law it is made the duty of this board of assessors "to ascertain and determine the entire gross receipts of * railroad companies, express companies, street railway companies, navigation companies, waterworks companies, power companies, light companies, tlephone companies, telegraph companies, parlor, dining" and sleeping car companies for business done within this State for the fiscal year next preceding, and the amounts ascertained by said board shall be held and deemed to be gross receipts of such companies for business done within South Carolina for the year under consideration. In section 9 of the act it is ordered "that the said State board of assessors shall, after ascertaining .the gross receipts for business done in South Carolina, notify the State treasurer of the amount thereof, and the State treasurer shall thereupon proceed to charge and collect from such company and such company shall pay to said State treasurer an annual license fee of 3 mills on the gross income of such company for business done within South Carolina for the proceeding fiscal year, an annual license fee of 3 mills on such gross income."Columbia State. Will Accept Library. Anderson, Special.?The chamber of commerce has officially endorsed the effort of the library association to sew cure the Carnegie library, and it now seems certain, that the sum of $1,000 will be voted by the city council for the maintenance of the institution. The board of trustees of the city schools held a meeting and offered a site for the library on the grounds of the graded schools. This generous offer will save the cost of a lot, and all that the city will be reauired to do will be to appropriate an annual sum for the current expenses of the library. Two New Concerns. The secretary of state last week issued a commission to the Charleston Warehouse company at Charleston with $30,000 capital. W. E. Huger, R. ,G. Rhett and J. F. Maybank are the petitioners. A charter was issued the Southern Automuslc company also of Charles ton. with $5,000 capital. St. J. Grimke is president, J. W. Davis is vice president and R. G. O'Neale Is secretary and treasurer. Miller Anderson Killed. Barnwell, Special.?Near Dunbarton Friday moraine Mr. Jas. H. Skinner shot and instantly killed Mr. Miller Anderson. Both parties are well known and are residents of Dunbar, a station in this county on the Atlantic Coast Line railway. Mr. Anderson was a planter. Mr. Skinner a merchant, and both have families. About a month ago, it seems, the two men had a difficulty, since which time their personal relations have not been pleasant. This morning Mr. Skinner was bird hunting when he met Mr. Anderson. Words were passed, the quarrel was renewed, and then the homicide. Mr. Skinner has given himself up to the sherifT. Train Hits Burning Bridge. Paris, Tex., Special.?A northbound 'Frisco passenger train which left here two hours late_ encountered a burned bridge Friday afternoon near Arthur City. The chair car and two sleepers were ditched and the smoker derailed. One person was fatally injured, dying later, and several other passengers received slight injuries. The dead: Maggie Cooney, maid to Mrs. Frank P. Hayes, St. Louis, Mo. Cruiser Galveston Moves. Norfolk, Va., Special?The new cruiser Galveston, partially 'built at the Trigg Ship Yards, in Richmond, Va., and completed at the Norfolk ravy yard, sailed for Culebra and Galveston, Tex., After stopping at the latter place to be inspected by the residents of Galveston, she will return north and have her final trial run over the measured course off Newport, R. I. J 7 Judge A. G. Dayton took the oath as Federal Judge, at Clarksburg, w. Va. . ( Cost and I/)U. ; a police official, took a carriage and started immediately for Praga. When passing the castle where the Governor General resides, a man standing on the pavement threw a bomb at the carriage. Baron von Nolken, who was sitting on the side nearest the assailant, received the full charge of the bomb, while his companion escaped unhurt. The coachman was thrown from the box and the carriage was smashed. Baron von Nolken was removed to the city hall and doctors were summoned, who found he had received injuries which are believed to be serious on the head, the right arm and leg. Meanwhile the police official accompanying Baron von Nolken saw the bomb thrower fleeing, and pursued and caught up with him. but the criminal proved stronger and tore himself away. Another policeman fired twice after him without result. Half an hour later a man was found dead in Sowia street, whom the police believe I to be the bomb thrower. The police think the man shot himself to escape arrest. Would Refuse Qift. Columbus, O.. Special.?Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, pastor of the First Congregational church of Columbus, and moderator of the General Council of Congregational churches of the United States in a sermon delivered Sunday, discussed the gift of $100,000 made by a prominent capitalist to the American Board of Missions. He said: "The money profTered to our board of missions comes out of a colossal estate, whose foundations were laid in the most relentless repacity known to modern commercial history. "The United States government is engaged in a strenuous attempt to ferret out and punish this injustice. And the people of the United States have a tremendous battle on their hands with the corporation's greed, which has entrenched itself in this stronghold. and has learned to use the railways for the oppression and spolia- i tion of the peopje. "And now, on the eve of this battle, they are asked to accept a great gift of money from the man who, more completely than any other, represents the system they are summoned to . fight. "I hope they are not mean enough to take this money and then turn around and fight him. I hope they are not so faithless to their obligations as to take his money and shut their j mouths or become his apoligists. "We do not want this man's money, j To accept it will be to work the con- j tempt of millions of honest men; to reject it will strengthen our Church in the affection and respect of millions who are inclined to doubt whether the Churches love God more than mammon, N "Our mission will be richer and stronger without it than with it, and we shall lose nothing by our loyalty to the things unseen and eternal." Killed by Trolley Car. Charlotte, N. C.. Special.?Mr. J. F. Swanney, a book-binder about 40 years of age, was run over Saturday at noon . by a car of the local street car system here, and instantly killed. The coroner's jury on Sunday found the street car company guilty of carelessness. Brakeman Killed In Wreck. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?Brakeman Walter Greer, whose home is at Newton. N. C., was killed and Engineer Thomas M. Graham and Fireman J. M. Nicely' painfully injured in a freight wreck on the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville branch of . the Southern Railway. The rails j spread beneath the weight of a 100- j ton engine. Fertilizer Plant Burned. Rome, Ga., Special.?The plant an l j stock of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi- i | cal Company, at East Rome, was en- 1 j tirely destroyed by fire Saturday night. | ! the loss being placed at $zau.uw. i ne i insurance is estimated at about one- | half the total loss. The fire com- j menccd at about 7:30 o'clock, and the i only protection available was that af- I i forded by the apparatus belonging to | the company. Two men were seriously j burned. The origin is not known. Deserter Arrested. Greensboro, N. C. Special.?An officer left here Saturday night for Norfolk with Alfred Tennyson Saylor to be surrendered to government autbori< ties on the receiving ship Franklin for desertion. Saylor was arrested here two nights ago for beating a ride on a train. Finding he would be put to work on the roads to pay the fine and costs, he confessed his real name, stat- | ing he deserted from the battleship Ohid, at San Francisco, February 13tb. ; Investigation proved truth x>f the confession and Saylor wag lurftander to a government j ANOTHER ATTEMPT i i , On the Part of Russian Nihilist to Kill High Official A TERRORISTS ACT IN WARSAW ?-? j Baron von Nolken, Chief of Police, Has a Deadly Missle Thrown Into His Carriage and is Seriously Injured, But is Likely to Recover?A Bomb Had Previously Been Thrown Into the Police Station in Order to Bring the Chief to the Scene? Thrower of the Second Bomb Escapes. Warsaw, By Cable.?A bomb was thrown Into the carriage of Baron von Nolnh, chief of Police of Warsaw, at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. According to the latest information, the attack on Baroi; von Nolken was the result of an elaborate conspiracy of the revolutionary party. Shortly before 8 o'clock tonight, an elegantly dressed man went to the police station at Praga, a large suburb of Warsaw, on the other side of the Vi^ula, and threw a bomb into the courtlbrd of the station, wounding seven p? sons, two of them dangerously. The man started to run away, but was j caught by the captain of the station. He was found To be a Jew, but his identity has not been discovered. A telephone message was immediately sent to Baron von Nolken, at the city hall, informing him of the outrfage. Baron von Nolken, accompanied by ^tO>v N a paper read before Hie J| mm j? Engineers' Club, of PhilaC> | O delpbia, General Roy Stone, ^ director of the Office of "*OJf Road Inquiry in the United States Department of Agriculture. discussed "Various Phases of the Itoad Question," says Municipal Engineering. From data obtained from over 10,000 letters of inquiry sent out from his office, General Stone deduced certain figures, referring to the average length of haul from the farms to market or shipping points, the average weight of load hauled and the average cost per 1011 for the whole length of the haul. The figures, tabuj lated, are as follows: l w m Croap of States. g 2 | 'ILf-S'sf'** Eastern | 5.0 2,216 1 $0.32 I $1.89 Northern 6.9 27 ! 1.86 Middle ? I 8.8 .... *.31 I '2.72 Cotton 1.397 .25 3.05 Prairie I 8 8 2.400 .22! 1.94 Pac.Cost.and Mtn.l 23.3 2,197 .22 | 5.12 Whole U. S [ 12.3 | 2,002 | .25 1 3.02 'Middle Southern States. Assuming the correctness of the data, and using the census return of farm products and forest and mineral outputs, and estimating incidental traffic. General Stone arrives at a total of 313.349.227 tons as representing the total annual movement over country roads. At the average cost, J3.02 per ton. the grand annual cost of haulage on public roads amounts to $946,414,6Go. Not including the loss of perishable products for want of access to market when prices arc good, and the uselessness of cultivating certain products which depend upon the markets being always accessible, statistics of the cost of operating foreign highways, and the data obtained from the use of the few eood roads existing in this country, would indicate that nearly two-tJbirds of the above cost is directly chargeable to bad roads. The enforced idleness of men and horses during a large part of the year is another item which should be charged largely to bad roads. The negative or hostile attitude of the rural population toward all effective legislation in this direction is an obstacle also to road improvements in this country, whilefanother is the general overestimate of the cost of such improvement. A few years ago the macadam roads |of New Jersey cost $10,000 per mile; now equally good roads are being *built for $3000, even where railway transportation of materials is required; and in localities better supplied with road material, and where a narrower road is deemed sufficient, $1500, or even Jess, will make a mile of good stone road. Experience has demonstrated the fact that in most country districts a single stone road, eight or ten feet wide, with a good earth road on one or both sides, is more generally satisfactory than a wider road of macadam. Th? SotJth In the Tan. The Southern States are putting to shame this great Empire State in the matter of good roads. A recent trip through the South disclosed to me the fact that the subject, was being more generally discussed and more work doue ta the end that the highways for wagons should be well constructed than in our own State. In the Carolinas, particularly, I noted many miles of new macadamized roads equal to the famous turnpikes of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee of the ante-bellum time. This particularly impressed me, too, in view of the neglect of roads in the old Virginia Stat'4, which I observed at the time of tie maneuvrcs last fall at Mauassas. The magnificent road of old from Alexandria to Warrenton?"the Warrentoi pike"?I found had been so neglected as to be no longer discoverable as n macadamized road. Florida, Alabamr. and Mississippi arc all wide awake ir? the value of well constructed and care fully maintained country roads. Ir this State something is being done ir that direction, but in no measure com mensurate with the vast interests in volved nor the wealth and ability of the commonwealth to build. It is to be hoped that the proposed measure of Issuing bonds by the State to an extent not exceeding $50,000,000. and with the proceeds supplying half of the cost of any public highway to which the county, the towns or private Interests will contribute the other half, will become law. Of course, a system should be devised for the laying out and construction of each road, and for the economical and honest disbursement of the funds. The materials for good roads in the State of New York are to be found on almost e\ery mile section throughout the State, and the agricultural interest, as well as the Interests of pleasure driving, are so enormous that it is difficult to understand the apathy that has left the greater part of the highways in a disgraceful condition. If the press of the State generally would take the matter up vigorously, a sentiment could be aroused that in a few 3 ears would cause this State to lead iu this matter, -uoc in most others.?Now York US> Jl UWI o ?? ? Town Topics. Instruction Train*. The National (Jood Roads Association has concluded arrangements with leading railway companies for operaring good roads special trains in 190.1. The chief object is to arouse favorable sentiment, organize associations.* and to visit the thiw-six State and Territorial assemblies*) meet in 1905. % A Valuable Suggestion.^ Many neighborhoods may ha* good road building material rig^^rc home and not know it. A szjjmle sent to the Bureau of Chemistix Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., will be examined and reported upon. It may be that you can get good roads at a very slight cost.?Farm and Home. . Ants are the most braiDy of all creatares. In proportion to its sise an ant's brain Is larger than that of any ether living beia*. REVIEW?! The more Magazines t Indispensable is The R 0 ** Indispensable," "The one mafax: 9 world under a ficld-glzss," "An ed 1 current literature."?these arc some of I people who read the Review of Reviews. B merc necessary is the Review of Reviews, bo fl is in ail the moA important nwrfJirs of 3 periodical literature that nowadays people r jj v/ith it is to read the Review of Reviews. I I ing section, it has more original aeStcr and il I the most timely and important articles printei rj Probably the mofl useful section of all is t JL rcss of the World," where public events and m\ crp'.ainrd in every issue. Manv ? subscribe M I worth more than the price of the magazine.' M 1 depicting current history in caricature, is a * B Heviewa carers live continents* and y* H Men in Public life, the member* af Coop n captains of induftry who must keep. **uo w 3 women all over America, have derided out IT^^^ra^REVIEV^OFREV 1 13 As tor Phcc, ' newsy gleanings; I The Government now btrtr fm wrnd about 4G2.000.000 silver dollars. r The largest farm In the world, which I until recently was in Missouri, nas I been extended info Iowa. ! The largest station for receiving and j transmitting wireless messages is be- ( ing erected near Pisa, Italy. Persons are killed at the rate of one for every day in the year the New York City streets by vehicles. An automobile omnibus line to compete with the street railway system is being planned for Denver, Col. Wireless telegraph messages have I been sent from Kansas City to Cleveland, Ohio, 723 miles, without relay- ' ing. Colorado burros are being purchased * In larg? numbers by the United States Government for use in the Philippine f Islands. New York now has an anti-pistol t law imposing a fine of $250 or imprisonment foy six months, or both, for 2 carrying concealed weapons. The famous Pppocatepti Mountain c has finally been sold to a New York syndicate, which is already working < the sulphur deposits in the crater of the, volcano. ' > The Kansas Senate refused to vote $500 to furnish a silver sen ice for the . battleship to be named Kansas, but voted $1000 for the trip of the Governor and his staff to the christening. ' A Russian syndicate, which is said to be backed by the Russian Govern- : ment, has been granted a concession for the construction of rr railway from 1 the Russian frontier to the city of Teheran, the Persian capital. i It is reported from Tokio that the Russian prisoners of war of Jewish | and Polish origin now held in Japan {lave expressed to the officers in charge 1 of tbein their desire to become natu- , ralized Japaaiese after the war. j. i PERSONAL GOSSIP ? I A. L. Sharpe, the only Republican elected to the Texas Legislature, is a native of Ohio. John Rosene, an American citizen, is the man who has charge of the de- I velopment of Northeastern Siberia. 3 The inauguration of Edwin A. Alderman as president of the University 1 of Virginia will take plac. early in ] April. i Archbishop Williams was operated npon for a second catara t at the Car- 1 neT* Hospital at Boston, Mass., the i other day I *Lord Radstock. known as the "preacher peer," often delivers reiig- 1 ions addressis Doth in London, Eng., 1 and the provinces. i Ireland boasts of the oldest cyclist in the person of Dr. Woods, of Dub- 1 Jin. who is ninety-four years old. but i still practices medicine. Leri M. Pour, of Augusta, Me., was 16 command of Company D, of the 3 Nineteenth Maine, and for forty-threo I days had only one man. Henry Tollemache, who has been a'j1 member of the British Parliament for twenty-rour years, during mac euurw period has never made a speech. The Rev. C. C. Bruce, chaplain and \ superintendent of the Seamen's Church ] and Institute, of Portland. Ore., is | next in Hue to his father. Lord Thur- I low, of the Scottish peerage. Ayad A. (ibazull, an Egyptian, en- ! gaged in the work of the medical de- * partment of the University of Cincinnati, has applied to the publishers < of "Ben Hur" for permission t-: trans- i late the work into Arabic. Henry Walters, the art collector, has 1 annouuced plans for his new art gal- 1 lery in the most aristocratic part of Baltimore, Md., and when completed ] the building and the art works will i It is said represent a value of $o?Q00,? < 000. : None of those who advocate the military salutation seems to realize I how little that form Is used by civil i ians, observes the Pittsburg Gazette. I The average man would be more like-! ] ly to remove his hat and posjrfbly add ] a bow to his greeting to the flag than i to attempt any military manoeuvre i that might make him appear ridlco- t lous. The flag is the symbol of na- < tional honor, but a man heed not im- ] itate military form to pay it respect, i for it does not directly represent war. The simplest ceremony, therefore, would seem the most appropriate to ' express the sentiment of loyalty, ,! which ought to be invoked when thd 1 flag is displayed in a ceremonial way. The most/hatural'act for the man to i remove his hat and for the woman u> bow, courtesy, or wave Ifer handker- ] Chief, according "to her choice, the ? main thing being the tribute of re- ' jjpect and not the form of the aalute. ^ MONTHLY fl reviews j here are, the more -cview of Reviews ice I feel I mast take." "The ucation in,public affairs and the phrases one hears from acted The more magazines there are, the cause it brings together the best tuat the world. Such is the flood of say that the only way to keep up Entirely over and above this reviewIiterations than mo* magazine*, and d in any monthly. >r. Albert Shaw's illustrated " Proaissues are authoritatively and lucidly r writes, "This department alooe is The unique cartoon department, not her favorite. The Review of d is American, firfl and foremoA, lest, professional men, and the great ilfa the times," intelligent men and Ajs-nxfacnsable." wmmmammmmsamttKU * ^ v IEWS COMPANY a New Yotk RAM'S HORN BUSTS ___ . -. HE selfish church te I one of Satan's beat ^ A allies. FT#?% rftftlfl Love is life's maf|Akn CKaghetism. ^ppin6M 1)1 Serenity follow* A bias is not * Xfli'lv i i good basis. A loose tonguo quickly gets into a * The saddest loss of qil would be to ose all sorrow. Chill a child and you find it hard to haw out the man. Men never give flattery outright; it b always a loan. . ;/mm He cannot lead man who baa no time o listen to a child. ^ %S|SfI Praying for a man will soon take all nvy out of the heart. It takes a long while to fearther a ,'j. test on a wild-goose chase. Mansions in the skies are not built tut of mud slung at others. Working over tomorrow's problems s wasting today's powfer. Sain Alness will not protect you from he consequences of senselessness. The preacher who'thinks only of the astes of his people forgets his truth. The power of piety does not depend in its being painful. People who ride the high horse will rear t?e big bandage. The man who displays his doubts v loesn't want them dissolved. The richest life is the one that baa Jeen willing to lose all. ^ The church ii not an auctioneer foi he box-seats in glory. Satan is too Ota to oe scarea aj ?rr hunder in the pulpit The devil is never afraid of the Bible intil the gilt is worn off. The world may do for an hotel, M it can newer make a home. , LABOR WORLD. ? * v.. \ The sixteenth annual convention ef he United Mine Workers of the Second District was held at Altoona, Pa. United Brotherhood of Carpenters. Local Union, No. 375, of Buffalo, N. Y.? has rejected the plan of a ten per cent assessment. Daniel F. Mnrpliy has been seated in the Associated Building Ttadea to represent the Amalgamated Blue Stone Cutters' Union. , The proposed agreement of Eccentric and Standard Engineers' Local No. 20, of Buffalo, N. Y.. is to remain In force for three years from May I. Thomas Simpson has been seated in the Associated BuildiDg Tn des to represent the Hexagon Labor Club of ' Tile Layers' Helpers, of Buffalo, N. Y. Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen's Union, No. 174. has received the quarterly report of international Secretary Homer D. Call. The Paris municipal council has nnanimously called on the French Legislature to make it tt penal offense to cause employes of either sex to wort more than six days a week. A general movement is on foot at New York to increase vie wages of washer women to $1.50 a day and ear fare. Now the women get $1.25 for a. day's work away from home. It is alleged that the merchant tailor bosses are combining for the purpose of crushing every effort made by the journeymen tailors to organise themselves and improve their condition. The- Masters Builders* Association has requests R. D. ToinpKins, secretary of the Associated Building Trades of New York City and vicinity, to furnish them with a list of the unions represented in the board and a copy, of the constitution and by-laws. Beet Yield Thirty-seven Tons Per Acre, The biggest yield of beets we ha^e heard of so7far this year Is from W. H. Smith. We had an Item in the Chieftain a few weeks ago telling ibout Mr. Smith getting twenty-seven tons from one acre. That was considsred a pretty good yield, .but as Ms harvest has progressed he has fond several acres of his field that are yielding thirty-seven tons per acre. Now, let us figure a little on this. Thirty-seven tons at $5 per toifenakes , >185 per acre. The expenses of growing and marketing, the most, of the work being done by Mr. Smith himself, is probably $35 per acre. This / would leave himr a net profit of $1W / per acre. Such results as this ought to open the eyes of those who have been claiming that there is no money fl I