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I page two THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, . mqspay mousing, January 15, 1903 I IcommlsAK" I MUCH MOVED I Id Philippine island LLI ft : jSIOASj Wonderful Strides Have Eeen Taken Toward American izing Them. Annual Repoi t by Philippines Coru-L-m mission Will Bo Found Full of Satisfaction and Interest I WASHINGTON, .tun 15. Secretary of War Taft has submitted to the President the nnnual report of the Philippines com mlMion, together with the separate rc Iort of the commission to the Civil Gov ernor of tho Islands and of the heads of the four departments. The report says that as soon as the people ramo to understand that the Gov srnment hod both the ability and tho will to protect them, they Ivsan to co-operate cordially with the constabulary and other peace officers by six lug Information against the lawleof. so that It became nosslblo to kill or rapture them. An S re sult, the report Kay, not a nlnjflo or Kanlz'd body ( ladronas Is now to he found In the Island Of Luzon; nearly r.ll the leaders, nave live or six, have been killed or captured, and the same may bo said of the vlsayan Islands, v.lth the ex ception of S.i mar The commission adds thai these li no reason to suppose that orderly eonditl lis will be otherwise Lhan permanent. The relations betwei u Americans and Fili pinos are Bald to be generally .ordial. with a steady growth of confidence and Rood feeling between them Leaders Join Amciicaus. "All thOSC v. ho ft re Justly entitled to be 'ailed leaders of public opinion among the Filipinos," til.- report continues, "have definitely cast their lot with the Ameri cans " IK' K.i i lli. the Murois. lie vepoi t says the great nra of ,.the Morn province, which Includes practically nil of the Is lands ir Mindanao and tho Snlu arclilpe lago. exenpt for 66,000 Filipinos, spoken of as dencendanls cf convicts Sent fum the. north by Spaniards. Is Inhabited by M. I..-. prf.:-tiig Mohammedanism, apt! by other non-Christian tribe. The au thority of tho Sultan of Snlu ".as found, upon Investigation, to be repudiated I dnttos In the Sulu archipelago, Who "' -BSSSed itH much authority h he. although he was the titular head of the Moros. The report says: "From time immemorial the Moms hf.vo praetlced polygamy nnd have 1m n a'-eus-tomed to mslte raids upon other non Christian tribes to replenish their stock of slave, a-: well as to engage in piracy, while the Arabs langht them tho use of firearms The non-Christian tribes ( the province, ns soon as they understood the Americana would protect them against their snclenl foes, the sforOB, were only too willing to recognise American author ity and receive the benefits of protection, iii a number of Instances they uav been induced to establish tnems Ives In tillages and till the adjacent soil They are said not to be racking in Intelligence ' In speaking of the abrogation of the treaty with the Sultan of Snlu. the report says; Stilus Violate Treaties. "While it bad never been recognized valid nnd Mi ding. nnd. Indeed, as the piolln relating to slavery had t .n re pudiated by the President, still It had bssn lived up to by the Americans In every particular Including the payment oi mnuw Miiusiuies to tno sultan and Ms principal dattos. but it had been system- matlcally and persistently violated ty The report says that a pacific pnllej toward the Moros seemed to give th. m the impression that th-1 America ns v . r. nfrnld of them, but a short, decisive enm pa Ian gave them to understand that the Americans had not only tho purpose, bul the power, to support its authority and enforce order. "There Is no reason." it is added, "to expect further trouble v.lth the H Sulu Moros." Referring to the confer, nee with the Stiltun of Sulu at Manila the report says thnt u:on his explanation that the an nulment of the trenty left htm without means of subsistence, he being deprived of th.- revenues received as Sultan, the H commit slon thought II would be inequi- table to pei-mlt this, and agreed to give him and the members of his houi bold T3.00O nesos annually, with the understnnd ing that h and they gave every aid i the Governor. It was found thai the m Sulu Moros have p., general system or 1 iws. each tribe having an unwritten code of its own. t ut all so Incongruous as to make them worthless ns a basis upon which to build As an Illustration, It Is m statol that in some of the codes murder m Is punishable by a nmnJl fine, nnd In i of adultery the man Is fined ;uid the an burled ' W With reforcne.. to the friar lands, the commission, sfter repeating the itate m ic.ents of opposition "ii i he pari or the -WM lorttgr of ifcr Filipinos to Ihe friars, saya: American Catholic Directorate. BBBBBsl Ts.'rhc Ho,y Sw' recoKnl2lng that the mmm Filipino wepr, r nerally speaking. Ro- man Catholics, and the v Isdom ..f sup- plying them with priests who would ie m acceptable Co them, has appointed an mmm American archbishop Hn.l bishop.. N,,, have taken the places formerly occupied by Snanlfh churchmen, and has pursued the wise nn-i conciliatory policy at ds r.-luetnrit r.,rlshl..i., r-. and has hro,lh-ht lis gMat Influence to bear in facilitating the purchase by the Government of the landed properties under the control of the friur orders' The report says there still continues to bo much controversy and lll.f. rllnir ' b. -tiu- independent Filipino church party, or AjUpayan. as they are cpm- ssasas! VlnnK c.n,U'(1' nn,(i Roman apor.f.l C . hurch In regard to the churches Con- vents and cemcterio in manv loeallties Tho revort says It has been charged that BbH the movem-in Lnaugurnle,! by Aglpav w" political rath, r than r. ilclons. ,,, ,, Its motive another InsurreeJor th, , il Is unquestionably true that ne i,,. .,. BBaH 'm0'1 a lorp(' f;llow'"e: ol the broom. clllable reslleps ement among the nu nlnos but It Is also true that he has" large following nf tnoso who cannot thus be classified and there Is nn , "v d re which even lends color to the belief that BbH TTTv" ",h"r ,ha build un a church at hi. . own. which ho seeks "o make purely Filipino. c"s to Th report orgea that the commission bsH 8 & ftUhr,r,,y to ,nkc reductions In BbH h ,,ar.'. chedu'. e commission av" tntr in this connection that it alwav. H felt there should exist most Intimate bH Fh!S2iBtw! th l'n,,'l BtZtes and the Islands, unobstructed, f ir t ,Z?. H Me. by tariff barriers. Having that' fn BaH ) !M,Wi lntrrna rcvenuo system ha been BaB C m in"rc" he eomrnltlee hoiMs ntimately may permit of material reduc" Uonj In existing tariff rates, at leait S goods coming from the United States Free Sugur Advisable. BbH i Vr I;,!n'r' H,r!ff rat'8 on "Kar and obacco Imported Int., the United states the report says. .,r. prohibitive The ad- mission o' tbeao products free of duty into tho Fnlted Slates, it Is asserted, would not seriously Injure Amerh an Interests, but would be a boon to the Filipino sugar planters and tobacco growers A recom mendation Is made for the repeal Of tpa law authorising the refunding of duuea, tho statement being made that since its enactment Jl.OSMrtl has been collected In refundable duties principally 0fi hemp exportation to tho United States. The committee makes the following recommendatlonf . Reduction of the tralffs on sugar ana tobacco to not more than 25 per cent or tin Dlnglev tariff rate That authority be given the commission with the approval of tho President and Secretary of War. to issue bonds from lime to time for future Improvements, not to exceed ;:,.J0.(i00 In the aRKrcKHte Reduction Of tht- tariffs on sugar Hnd Philippine Goi eminent or any of the pro. vlnclal or municipal Govi rnmnt not fr. m only Federal or Philippine taxation but from State, municipal and other tax ation In the United States. That control of shipping be left wholly i.. a, .1 r h., Phiiii,nlni com mission, subject to the approval of the President and Secretary of war That the applications of the United States coastwise laws to the trade bc tweep the Philippines and mainland of Un united states be iostpnod by congres sional action until July I 1W, or. In the alternative, that the coastwise laws of the United States be marie not applicable to the trade between the Islands and the mainland of the United States, except with a proviso or condition that the f' upon Imports from the Philippines Into the United States shall not pay duty in excess of 25 nor cent of tho Dlnglev tariff. Should Encourage Railroads. f'onrre.sonal action authorising the Philippine commission with the approval of the President and Secretary of war t.' uraR. i. .Hi. a,l c .n-l ruction In the Is lands by accompanying the grants of inclines, when deemed necessary, with a guarantee by Iho Phl.lpplne Government of Income on the amount of the invest ment to be fixed In advance In the act of g-jarantv, the Income guaranteed not to exceed annually 1 per cent of the fixed prinelp.il. That the amount of land which may be acquired bj an) Individual or corporation be extended to screa, and that the law whhh forbids the nilng of more than one mining claim by th same Individual upon a lode or deposit he repealed. Legislation suthorlafng ths commission to make reductions on present and future tariff .schedules whn In its opinion to do s.. Will be In the public Interest also to provide proper authority for the extradi tion of fugitives to and from the i lands in his annual report as Civil Governor. Mr. Wright says that with the exception of a very few provinces marked progress lias been made In the cultivation or ncius tnd production of crops as compared with the preceding year, and as a consequence there hns been no B ifferlng anvuig the poor for tho necessaries of life. Mr. wrighi saya that life and property are now safe to a degree never before ex perienced by the pc.ple of the Islands, nnd the outlook is more favorable than for ye irs nasi. Gov. Wright recommends greater safe guards for provincial and munlclpnl elec tiona, saving It I- difficult to make can didates and voters understand that on . i ni m thods may not be resorted to Good Order Prevails The report Of Mr Worcester as Secre tary of the Interior calls attention to ihe rc"t that forestry agents visit all parts r the It-lands without arms ai.d ungunrd- as an Illustration f the order prevail ing. Ileal h conditions he reports good throughout the Islands. Cholera has dls- appeared and th plague has been held within a very limited area. Mr. Worcester s report says there aro . . v . r establishments In Manila .ah. r. opium is smoked, lie adds "They are filthy and unsanitary, and i re at present not recognized by law or n onlr.-d l talc out license." In his report ..s i iii Governor of Moro province. Gen. WpOfl says slave trading bus been brought practically to an end through the seacousl Moro districts, al though he Bays n undoubtedly continues to s-.nie extent between the Inl i Moros ami the savage tribes of the- Interior, fjen Wood says it would be difficult to Imagine a worse form of slavery, the slave having absolutely no rights. No effort has been made to release their former slavca from their masters, but all have been told that they are free to leave them with the result that many former Slav, s left their masters. "With all their faults." says i,.ii. Wood, "the Moros an brave ,' resolute, and under good laws and an honest Government In time will give a good account of themselves." He says the standing of the American people among the natives of his province has been much Injured by the presence of n large tough class of Amerh ins. "whose rii-Tgl. have been principally ev pi ndeil In tin- construction, malnlcnan- o pnd patronage of rum-shops which out number other American business estab lishments " OPPOSES PRESIDENT'S PLAN Rrdlroad Pe3ident Soys Regulation of Rates Will Affect Employees. r: iST X Jan. 13. In rn address before the Brotherhood of Locomotive Knglnc.-rs. division 01. on the occasion of Its f..rtl:th anniversary today. President Lucius Tut tle of the Boston A- Maine railroad, spoke of President R rosea elf 'h proposal that railroad rates be regulated under Congr. sslo::al supervision and authority Mr. Tuttle declared tbut such a pollt j . If i irrled out, must inevitably affect tlie Incoms of the 1 ijiHjun persons who gain tbi lr " ellbood directly from the railroads, lb did not ihiuk It hud been or could i. sfc iwn that the makers of the consti tution over had at.;, other thought In mind !.i connection With ths delegation to Congress of the powor to regulate in tii state commerce relations than a well defined Int. rit to forever prevent the eroc tlon, by any Stat.- of any customs, tariffs oi othei : rriere that chould be an ob Bti iction to the free currents of com morcc. "The railroads of iri2," he said, "were able onlj t. pay their sharshoTders an average dividend Of less than rt ier cent and tiny fur; In r gem r.il reduction of rules no t Baarlly be followed by a ro ductlon of operating expenses." ARMOURS DENY CHARGES. Representative of Company Says Tes timony Wo;, Biased nnd False. niK.'AOfi. Jan. Id. A complete denial of the ihanus made b wltn.-ss-a of the Intel lati foinmerce commission Inv.stl gatlon of the business methods of the Armour refrigerator car lines was made toda) by a representative of Armour and eompany "Tlie most sensational of all the mis statements mad'. against us." said he, "have been offered by a Poston comtnls ll a man. the president of u refrig, rator car company. "The entire proceedings against ou" company have been characterized b per jury, biased and false testimony. " insti gated by tlds Boston car owner, who seeks l" hav t)i' lallvsa. I . i j 1 1 1 1 their .vvn , under patents Of his company This fact hus been carefully kept In the background .ill during the Investigation " No Appetite Means loss of vitality, vigor or tone, and 5s often a pre cursor of prostrating sick ness. This is why it is serious. The best, thing you can do is to take the great alterative and tonic Hood's SarsapariUa Which has cured thousands. RUSSIANS RAID NEUTRAL ZONE Deliberate Invasion by Cossacks, Protest Against China for Not Enforcing Neutral ity Absurd. Jnpnneso Feel They Aro Released Tiom Obligations Wlneb Czar's Forces Openly Ignore. TOKHV .Tun 1". (Noon). Later reports from New Chwnng Indicate that Gen. Mislchenko's Cossacks in their recent raiding .southwest of Idao Ynng, delib erately invaded neutral territory and broke the limits of the war zone 'I he report rd Kussdftn note to the powers calling attention to China's non-enforcement of neutrality is regarded here in Fome Quarters as nlreurd It Is felt that China's wenkness and constant failure to enforce neutrality must release Japan from obligation to observe restrictions whi. h Etuaals openly ignores While the extension f belligerent terri tory H to be regretted, it is feit that . lap. -in must take steps to protect herself :iclnst the repetition of raiding expedi tions whose success depends on the vio lation of neutral territory. AT PORT ARTHUR. Nr.val Officer Describes Conditions There Now . TOKIO, Jan 13. A navul officer who has returned from Tort Arthur, discuss ing conditions there today B&Id "The .on. in inn of the Russian war vca m Is and th-' town Is much better than honed for. 'Jfivldenti thcr, was much fortifying of the place after the siege began. Two-Hundred-and-Three-Meter hill had no ornament winks. The trenches were .sim ilar to ihose used by the Boers In their late war with Crcat Britain. 'it seems that the Russians Had no general electric scheme, movable engines, dynamoes or powerful fort searchlights. "The Russian naval of (leers yet say lit tle and H is impossible to ascertain wheth er our lire or the opening of the seacot k by the Russians themselves sank their shins In the harbor, The hospitals were si altered and were f, irlv well k( pt They are still used for wounded prisoners. It is understood tliat up to the capitu lation of the fortress the garrison re . I r ,1 only special allow, inc. s of money and before the surrender ton Stocasel bad paid ibem off This, together with the ci nvtant purcha.se of supplies by the' Russians from .iiiiik-nen may explain th unreported finding of treasure. "The treatment of Japanese prisoners at Port Arthur did not compare with that given RtihBian prisoners bete At Port Arthur the Japanese prisoners were given poor food and were not given fuel. Only twice were they permitted out of their prison " PRESAGES ANOTHER BATTLE. Impression That. There May Be Big Fight Near Liao Yang. ST PETERSBl'RC. Jan. 17. The War office does not admit that the appear ance of Gen. Mlstchenko's cavalry south west of Llao Yang Is more than a daring expedition, designed to strike the rail road at several points nnd Interrupt tho transportation ot Qen. Nogi's guns from Port Arthur to Manchuria but from cer tain Indications It seems pOSSlblO that It is preliminary to operations Ot magni tude. Gon. Mlstchenko has more than ?0,n00 horsemen, and. moving rapidly, might be able to Berlously damage communications In the rear of Llao Yang. The torn- of dispatches from Russian correspondents vaguely hint at Important developments and the military writer for the Nov ... Vremya expresses the opinion that the long calm since the battle of Shakhe is about to be broken. It Is also note worthy that there has been no official dispatches from Gen, Ivnroputkin for two days. Tried to Assassinate Goneial MOSCOW, Jan IB. At the Nicholas sta tion tonight, while Qen TrepoH wu8 bid ding farewell to I'.r.m.l luke Setglus on bis departure for St. Petersburg, u voting man wearing B student's cap lined throe shots from a revolver at the general. All the shots missed (Jen. Trepoff Grand Duke Serglus proceeded on his Journey, Gen. Trepoff. who recently was relieved of the ofilco of chief of police of Moscow anil ord.-red to ttie fr.,nt as head of tho Red Cross society In Manchuria, Incurred the special enmity of tho students of M 1 cow by the severity with which he put down their demon (rations of pe. .m- ber U and 19. 1904. within one week in l!ij there were three attempts on his life. i tie drat of th. se. on llarcn SI, was by a Wbman named Allarl. WhO plac.-d the nuzzle of a pistol agalnsl Qen Trepoft's breast and pulled the trigger, but the weapon failed to discharge Four days Inter a man armed with a dagger tried to force bl9 way to the presence of i)en TrepofT with the avowed purpose of kill ing him. The WOUld-be assassin was ar retted. Two days after this Incident, while Trepoff was riding in his carriage a young mn sprang upon ihe step of tno Vehicle and tried to slab him but only BUi 1 led In slightly wounding a police man After the anti-Government demon strations In Moscow last month It was said that the Socialistic revolutionary par ty had passe. 1 sentence upon tmlh Gen. Trepoff, . blef of police, and ;ruud Duke Serglus, Governor-General of Moscow. BRITISH HELPING JAPAN. Concealing Fact That Lower Island of Laulian Is Used as Base. HT PETERSBURG. Jan 15.-Some of tho newspapers here aro claiming that the Japanese ;:r- using (be b.w. r Island of Laulian, near norneo. ns a base, and that tho British are concealing tho fact by preventing communication between Bor neo and Singapore on the ground that the cable in undergoing repairs. The r p..n fr,.ui Washington that it is believed there that th.- powers will in formally protest to Russia against the notice served by her that she will con sider herself no longer bound to iegnrd the neutrality of t'hlna If Japanese con tinue to violate It. has created nMonlsh m nt here, where It Is held that uny pro tost should bo directed against the ac tion of Japan, against whh h Russia has now thrice warned the powers, Russia's position Is that she Is bound under the circumstances to tak .steps for the i,ro tectlon of her own Interests. No Serious Fighting, but Skirmishes. ItCAN CHANG, Jan. 13 (via Mukden Jan l..i . There has been no serious llglit lnu fur several days, although night klr- tnlshee on loth sides continue Tho most Important action recently was that In which Capts. Koslnoff and Troltgkl. with s. .'-ntv-llve i os,arks. drove the Japanese nit of the villages of Mllzl and Tkhnngav and captured a large amount of forage at l.oth places. RUSSIAN OFFICERS USELESS Startling Conditions at Port Arthur Gon Stoessel Contended With. LONDON. Jan 16. Under date of Jan uary 16, tho Port Arthur correspondent of the Times says It seems that Gen. Stoessel was respon sible for the fortifying of Roju hill Id iny of Tils military officers were useless, ap plying for leave on occasions of attack, and leaving their commands to sergeants. The nival officers were useless nnd gen- erally drunk The whole navy was de moralised bv the death of Admiral Ma karoff. which produced marked apathy. At a conference preceding capitulation some of the fort commanders voted lor further resistance, but they were over ruled bv Gen. Stoessel. Wh ii capitulation became public soldiers looted the stores of Mo bottles of vodka, resulting In terrible orgies In th strects Troops sent to quell ihe distur bance Joined the revelers. The food sup ply wm sufficient to last three months, but th.-rc was no meat except horse flesh No private Stores were seized. Tho steamer King Arthur brought ErCO sacks of Hour early in December." Eliminates Hope- of Pence. LONDON Jan. Ifi Tho tone of the r i rlpi address. .1 by Emperor Nicholas to the army and navy Is regarded hero as putting an itnil to all present hopes of the possibility of mediation or p. ace nnd as Indicating tbe likelihood that n K - patkln soon will resume tho offensive. Befoie Prize. Court. NAGASAKI. Jan. 15, 7 p. m. The Brit ish steamship Koseiy. which wa captured January 11 by the Japanese cruiser in the MS of Japan, has arrived at Snsebo where ehe will be tried by the prize court on the charge of attempting to carry coal to Vladivostok- British Ship Arrives. NAGASAKI Jan li The British si, inr hip Roseb-y which was s. 7-.1 Jan uary ii. by a Japanase warship, while carrying a cargo of coal to Vladivostok, has arrived at Snsebo. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If It fails to t ure. E. W. Grove's signatuie on box. MRS. DUKE SHOT AT HIM. Colorado Lawyer Describes an Expe rience With Woman in the Case. COLORADO SPRINGS, f'olo . Jan. 15. Mural Masterson tnkrs exceptions to the Statements attributed to Mr. Alice i bb now Mis Hrodle L. Duke, to the effect that he shot her In tho hand In JMM). Mr Master-on gae out the following signed statement : '"I first met Mrs Webb, then Mrs llop kinson In the summer of 1890, In Ctli i Lgo r was legal counsel for Don Luis Duller, one of the largest land and mine owners of Mexico. We had several deals under way and Mrs Mopklnson intro duced me to several capitalists In New York I waited until May. 1891. and then asked her for the papers which I had turned over to her to present to her back ers She declined to give up the papers ' When I went to her rooms I found two men. stringers to me, there I saw that I was going to have trouble to secure the papers, which were on the mantel 1 was inarmed, but finally drove hi r two friends from the room. When I returned Mrs Hopklnsoh had a pistol and tired point blank at inc, the bullet whizzing past my li.ad I wr.n. bed tin weapon from her, threw It Into the hall, and tin n took pos session of the documents and left the house. Unth Mrs. Mopklnson ami myself were arrested, but the ens.- was dis missed, and that was the end of It. ' KILLED IN A RUNAWAY. Idaho Farmer Not Murdered, as at First Reported. MOSCOW. Ida . Jan 15. The man found dead in the road near Blaine six miles southeast of this place, last night, proved to bo Detrclck Nelson Instead of Knud Nelson Sheriff Robblns and Coroner Jamison return. I today nnd are of the opinion that Nelson came to his death fiom Injuries i-ece.d In a runaway acci dent, Instead of having been murdered, as was at fust suppo . ,l No post mortem examination or Inquest was ordered bj the. coroner Sheriff Hobbln.-: is unable t ay what was the Immediate cause of death. Cotton Warehouse Syxtem. V. V O, Tex . Jan. IS A call for a large rep-n-iintAtlon of bankers fr.,m tho cotton -rri Ing Stoles P. meet In . onference with a commute to be appointed lv tlio cotton committee At N.ov Orleans. January 24-26, "to devlso or adopt a plan for ..rrriuilxlng a cotton waro )e.u. system," has been Ihhiiv1 by tho presi dents of bank'TH wsocistlons In a number of B HliTn States. STOMACH TROUBLES COMMON NOW Winter Food nnd Livlnp; Strain Di gestive Organs Use Mi-o-nn and Be Well. The hearty food nn.l overeating, fo common in winter. Strain the stomach and digestive organs so that by this time the average person is out nf In :iD li. It may bo a pimple headache, possibly sleeplessness, or a general lire. 1. weak feeling, but the chances are that the stomal h is weak and cannot properly take iure of the food, and as a result there Is heartburn, indigestion, luck uf energy and a general fugged out state. The stomach needs health and strength. The various aches nnd pains that you have are the stomach's cry for help and Its warning that it has been overworked. Give It strength by taking a Ml-o-na tablet before each meal, and It will soon do Kh vflirk so promptly and naturally that you will not realize you have a stomach. There will be no acidity, no flatulency, no griping about the heart, no unpleasant gases, no furred tongue, no inflammation of the mucous mem brane. A 60c box of Ml-o-na will bring buoy ancy of spirit In place of lassitude and despondent . u will help the overtaxed stomai h to start fairly on the road to health. It will give the sleep so neteB sary to brain and nerve centers. Ask K. '. Schramm, "pe th.. most reliable druggists In this section, to show you the strung guarantee ur I t which he sells Ml-o-na. L'se Ml-o-na and you can soon eat what you v. ant and all you want, for It will strengthen the weakest condition of your stomach and re-establish good digestion. MAN PRAISES WORKUP CLUBS Means oi Uplifting All Femininity. Most Propitious Field for Social Training Open to Fair Sex. Harked Domesticity Causes Diverg ence From the Pathway of Social and Mental Development NEW" YORK, Jan. 16. ."Club life offers the mort propitious Held for social train ing open to the Amerlcun woman today." r.ssert.d Mrs John H Jud5- Saturday nt what was one of tho most brilliant field daye of club-women the Political Study club has had In many moons "social clubs, musical clubs, debating clubs, dra matic clubs, athletic clubs, art clubs, civic clubs, literary clubs any organization of Women, bo It Ohurch or social! I even In clude card clubs Amiability and whint should go hand In hand and to play bridge successfully one must have an air of su perior breeding and If the papers are true, a fat pocketbook "And this reminds me. It was at a prayer meeting Deacon Smith had dozed off into a sleepy state Of extreme content ment when Elder Jones, who was 'lead ing tho meeting' said: Deacon Smith will you lead In prayer?' Rubbing his eyes. Deacon Smith answered, "Tain t mv lead; T dealt! " Refinement, affection, domesticity and modesty, though admirable qualities In a woman, were not calculated. Mrs. Judge maintained to awaken a wpman'i best possibility nr stimulate her Individuality. What Domesticity Causes 'Domesticity, when Indulged in to a marked extent, causea our divergence Horn 1 1 1 r- pathway of social and mental development," said Mrs Judge in every walk of life tb,. preservation of one's In- dlvldualltj is absolutely essential, if we have an ambition for ourselves. Fre quently those who love, us best-our motht rn and husbands do rnoM to check the growth of our personality Many mothers unconsciously and selfishly, de stroy the Individuality and originality of their daughters. Many a husband helps Ids wife p. total mental distraction and then. If reverses come, expects her to take the helm and steer the boat while ho trims the -villa 'in America, where women are called from the humblest positions to occupy prominent ones, club life Is the open door to -ill social rcicitllrcments, the open door to aii mental capabilities, the open door of ,i. velopment to many women who would never Otherwise have b,en known. While marriage Is th- woman's aim In life, and the creation of a home their up permost thought, coupled with this must 01 ii' velopmenl on a broad plane, and this can be attained through club life Club women cannot only till tho role of loving wife and tender mother to their families, but can be the loving, cultivated women and t' ndi r mothers to the whol'.- world." Mrs Judge's Gown. 'I he applause which followed thl paper w is in part a tribute to Mr- Judge's gown which was a purple satin, very smartl made, with Insertions of white under black lace and worn with a white felt hat with white plumes. All the visiting clubwomen seemed to bo wi. ii Ing their brst bibs and tuckers Mrs Philip Carpenter, who. as the guest of honor, sat at the right of Mrs. Leroy Sunderland Smith the pr. fildent. wore a gun metal velvet suit, with an ermine net kplece and a hat all little green grapes around the turban brim Mr l'e. i ir.ty Taylor acting president of Minerva who was wearing black silk with a black hat ami .tutomobllo Veil. Was one of the earliest speakers. "I never yet knew a woman to belong to a dub without b. ing Improved by It, declared Mrs Taylor -inphatlccUv Vlubs aro ehpeolullv useful to women in New York " said Mr HI ike. l,, ca i-..-the city Is growing so t remciidou-1 1iiK The social life rrowlng out of the elubs la a great help. Some people seem to think women want to get marrl-d more than men. 1 don't. A woman can't get mar re .1 all by herself. For every woman that gets married there's a man that wanted to get married, too." Mrs Margaret RavonhlU owned up to thlrtv-six yeaps of club life. ' Women owe mors to clubs than to education," she ndded. Incendiary Speech. Then Mrs Charles Goldzb r of Bayonno, N. J.. made an Incendiary little speech against the domestic woman. ' .Mothers should get out nf their domes ticity," sho averred "Wo have changed our clothes, our food, our horses we ought to change domesticity, too. it no longer rocs with our Ivlllsatlon." At about this point Mrs Carpenter arose, with "May I speak now? I can t keen quiet." Mrs Carpenter said she thought husbands were lot.s worse than mothers In destroying one's Individuality Ilusb.inds are .so different from us." she commented "J don't suppose Bfe d inarrj them If they weren't. I don t speak pi rsonalls I've got the bost kind Of a husband. I should never have been pr.-.-M dent of the Slate Federation without him " "I don't like Mrs Judge's subject 'Club Women and Their Relation to tho Ameri can Society Women " objected Miss Marj Garrett Hay stoutly "You all know how I object to claSM distinctions The club- woman is in society and the society Woman Is a clubwoman." Mrs Cuiczino president of Eclectic who wore ermine ami diamonds and a white pit turn r. . 1 1 urn.- In her place l.Uk ker.ough to say, "The clubs produce women thinkers Women who aro the foundation fo society." Hut nothing Of the whole discussion pleaded the audience more that what Mrs. Judge stl.l Iii ,!, feiidliig herself from her critics "I have club life to thank for everything that makes mo want to study and think and Improve myself I owe more to the friendship of clubs and the friendship of clubwomen than 1 can ever possibly repay." Religious Orders Need the Money. nnME. Jan. 16 Th rltBloun order, tron U upporled by Cardinal VIib y Tuleo, are urging the Vatican to ,r' for the payment of the money awar.1-d by lh- t'nltrsl s'tut, i for the purchase of the frlnrV lands In th Philippines. Tho Vatican ha rple,j that nothing con b done In the premls until Archhlhop AlifUM. the apostolic delegate to the Philippine, arrive at Manila and makes hl report en the situation. Filipino Students Arrive. .sax FRAN CISCO, Jan. IS A party of Filipino students, numbering thirty -one, sent here by the insular Government, ar rived today on the Sherman. Three ar--girls. They will bu distributed among sev eral hlgTi schools' and college In various nans of ths country, principally in the South ami EasL FOUND DEAD TOGETHER. Double Suicide Squares Shortage in Lodge Accounts. VBBOBR8BURO, Ind . Jan. 1... John Brapl. one of the publisher of the Velerbur; New, and Churlis Eckher:. a barber, were found dead today In S borher hop. where they hnd MM l balanOB the book of the Odd fellows' lodge. In which both held oftlrlal ponltlon In I fitter lft by Bckbsrc, be declared hlh Inten tion ..f killing himself aylng he WBS short In his account, and said tit would 'take tirant with him." ft kberg was tlnanclal secretary of In local IrutKe r.r h'v.r.-il .iii-j. An auditing commit tee, composed of Hrnnt nnd others, had been appointed to audit the te l. I INDICTED FOR SMUGGLING. Influential Citizens of Texas Town Must Face Charges. GALVESTON. Tex . Jan. 15 The Fed eral grand Jury has returned Indictments against several prominent cltlr.ens of nrownsvllle. charging them with smug gling. The persons Involved ar- Influen tial It Is alb ge, I that smuggling has been carried on upon an extensive scale tii operators using Mexicans to iransporl their goods and securing enough profit upon the articles smuggled to be able to pay tho Mexicans' fines when the latter were arrested and placed In jail. DEATHS OF ONE DAY. PARIS, Jan. U. Sim. Loubet, mother of th. President, died at Maraoonne li-doy from Congestion Of the luni?H. aged SJ veur. The President's BOO, Paul, nnd other members of the family were nt her bedside when she ex pired President Loubet had expe.-te.t to leavs tbi evening fr Marosonne. but th imtioun. -no nt of the death of his mother cunie befbri In- was nl.le to depart Mine Loubet contributed mu h to the presi dent's prestige, a she was a type of the lm pie country . lass The tun.-ral will take place on Tuesday, and President l-ouhet will leave Porls tomorrow In order to attend. Manv officials nnd members f the diplomatic corpn have called at the Klysee palnc- to ex press ryinpathy with the President VIRGINIA CITY Hev., Jan 15. Simeon R nuford. plone.-r and one .f the best known men In southern Montana, died nt I o'clock this morning after a prolonged lllne-i .,f In flammatory rheumatism Mr BufOTd drove an ox team from nnton. Mo., to Virginia CltJ In ISG3. For ten years he vvas the chairman of th Democratic central ciumllt'-e and wu.t uu Influential member of the Constitutional committee at 'h Inception of Statehood. He was ulsi State Senntor for two terms and was prominently Identified with the various lodges of the Stat?. NEW YORK, Inn. 15.-Rob.-rt Reratn OffTer I. the lands, aoe painter, died today of angina pectoris at his home here, aged 4 yenrs. Ho wan first attacked a week ago BERLIN, Ian. JS. Count Arthur Bothue Ku lenb, rg hns Committed suicide at n.irtfinten. Count Aithur KTulenberg was born .!anun- II WOt. had served In the nuny and resld'-d nt Halllngen. near Rartansteln. CLBVBLANP. Inn I", Henry C. White, one ,,f the best-known citizen of t'leveiand and Probate Judge of i uynhega county, dropped dend of heart disease todny WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. George H Harris, of Beverly, Mass., for several year a special ist In the bureau t entomology, of the Agri cultural department,, was found deed In his room hero today. He in believed to have been stunned by falling n the tl..or and an open i:n-- J.-t caused his death Harris ,vs (.', yea.-b old. DYING RICH. Andrew Carnegie, at a reception( was asked by a young girl if he reallj h. -lleved that it vvas? a dlsfrraee to die rich. Mr t'nrnegie parried the question grat ' fully "Well." hp said, "I Should hate, after my death, to have such a speech made about tne as an old cobbler once made alciiit a millionaire. This millionaire had boon notorious ly close-fisted all his life His tomb was a magnificent one. and on it was curved the Biblical verse: " 'He that Glvcth to the poor lendeth to the lord ' The cobbler, having known the mil lionaire, took occasion to visit his tomb as soon .is U w.is completed lie ex amined the monument carefully Then he read aloud the verse upon It. After ward he commented on the verse like this " True, very true. But when that man died the Lord didn't one him a cent.' ' t Indigestion? I Offer All Stomach Sufferers a Full Dollar's Worth of My Remedy Free to Try. I ran afTord to ofTor a full dollar's worth Cree because mine is no ordinary reined Or dinary remedies treat aymptoma My remedy treats the. causes that produce the symptoms Symptom treatment must be kept up for-v.r as long as thw cause Is there My treatment mnv ho stopped aa soon as It has removed the cause, for that Is SlWSyi the end of tho trouble Stomach trouble Is not reallv a all knesa but ii symptom It Is a Symptom thnt n cer tain et of nerves la nlllng Not the volun tary nerves that .nnhlr- y.,u t., valk and talk and a,t-but tho automatic itomsch nerves over ivhleh your mini has no control I ImVi not r.-.m here to -xplaln BOW UieSS ' ' 1 r tiny m-nes cntroi and operate th.. stomach How worry breaks th-in down Qui cuiis. Indigestion How misuse wears them out and .-Bus.es djspepsla How neglect may ring on kldn.y heart nnd other troubles through sympathy. I have not r.-.m i,, I plain how tl,ee nerves may be reached and strengthened and vitalizes! nnd made well k. a remedy I Spent thirty yars In Perfecting -now known by Tirugglst everywhere pr Ho..!. 3 He.toratlve f h)l, not room fo plain how this remedy, by removing the cue puts s certain end to Indigestion inching he.ytb.iu, lr,...mnl... n, , ..s, -,c f, .... All of these things are fullv . ,.i..,, , ,,. bo-.k I will send you when you writ. In more than a million home my remedy Is known It hn cured stomach trouble, not once, hut repeatedly-over and over agn"n v..t you may net have hi .r l ,.f t-or hear ing msy huvo delayed or tloul.tr, I So I m,,k this ofter to vou. a Strang, r. that every MS afhln excuse for doubt may bo removed s..nd ,.'."wn'W"'nrvm'!k" ,no no Drannso-take no risk. Umply write ond ak. If you have not tried mv remedy, I will ..eri.i yu un'",' der on your druggUt for a full d,.ur bottle--not a sample, but ths regular standard b.,t tie he. keeps consUntly on his helves The drut'glst will require no condition He will accept my order us cheerfully as though your So w" "n'J h0 WU Will you accopt this opp.rtunlty to leaj-n at my zpsnse absolutely, bow to ba n.i i..r ever f all forms of stoma. Ii trouble- ,n L rid not only of the trouble, but of th. , rv causs which produced It? Write, today. F?r tT,e?, rdr for 1 "n Dyspepsia. a full dol ar hottls Bojk 2 on tbeSbart you must address Dr. Book 3 on th- Ki i, , Shoop. Hox MIC Ra- Book t for Womln which book you want. Book 6 ,,n Rheumatism Dr. Shoop's Restorative BIG RACE MEET F0RAUT01STS MM and Oldfield 1 to Clash, j Florida Coast to Be the V Scene of Some Mile-a-Minute Drives. Barney Oldfield Declares He Will Dq lr a Mile in Thirty-Five Seconds I This Year. I NEW YORK. J.tn. i:, W . K. Vander- j bill I r . lit takei a voi u. tlv, pan ln p tht receni overhauiins it - rationn to 1 his 90-hor8e-power Men odes In order to ' r.i t It In perfett rat ine; shape for the j Fit ui'l.i .no1 1 'it. iii I hi i ii i in. :.i ') principal . hanice lii.i.b- has bt-n In the I ho. ni. Mr 'a nd-Tinlt has n plaied the regular Mercedes homl with an archlii? j one which will uiTor - wind resist ance. The seats have been lowered torn the Ho )l lex el anil t In- -. i h, ; u heel j ami post hav. ha I 1 1 1 . I r a ni,Mf dropped j In r-iinsoiuen. Mr Vamlfr'nllt and his mechanician will sit In n son of well "he ear now reaenil i the Lietr) h f which Gabriel drovi in (he ',inl-rbllt . up race an I the i lement-Baj u pilot- at ed by AJberl Clement a tnot box has Wl been place.! baok rf tho scats. W3 When Mr, Vandi b flrsl i.s-k his V big car out of the Dletrl-h garage. W ivhere t;i" tnerhuullng vx is .lone, he W waa unable t" starl ihe motor, tlue'un- B doubtedly lo the congealing of the oil in the i llrKlei 9 Mr Vnndi t I o!t off hl- coal and loim I I - ni"i hanlcl in in Mfteen minutes . ' strei uous ,vork, much to thi aintii'omerit of several ncore of spectators who quickly gaih- rod to see the young millionaire. Th efforts were ol n avail how - .or, and a 1 large Dietrich touring car was ( brought "Dt and t""k the 90 Mercedes in in' . Mr ai iii rbllt Rat In bis .-ir and threw the clutch, tlnm for' in k ihe motor to turn over. They had not gone a half bin k i. lure th- Men odes start ..1 t.i explode and in anothor minute Mr Vanderbilt was headed for the J smooth highways of Long Island to trvfl the car out - Bai nei Oldfield nnd tho t ri-horse-poxver Peerless Green lirajon noiv hold the ivffrld's tra. k records for all distances from .me in lift nub'.-. At Denvei on NOvembei 6 Oldfield ..e. erf-,1 nn intermediate mile in an exhibition In fil 1-.", so. ninls. Th'- two to nine-mile rt cords xvere established at Los An- fl i ..ii December 21, the ilme for the ' hit if i distant being S 1 I Tht t n mllt-s record of 9:12 was made on th" Em pire tra. k, and as It was covered from j a standing start it is douhlv creditable. At Fresno, Cal., on December 13. Old II. Li made new figures for distances from eleven to ilftoon miles, the times being 10:15 3-5 and 14.03 3-5. respectlxe ly. On November 5 at Denver Oldfield j ut Into the records from sixteen m twenty mllp tho time for the latter distance being IS :45 2-5. The most phenomenal work dnno by ifleh and the Green Dragon xvas.it Fresno on Dei ember 13. Bi Bides flitting the records from eleven t" lifteon miles, in another attempt to establish new gun s for distant es from twenty-one to fifty inilesi the twenty-five mlli-s were covered In 23 :3S the thirty j miles iii 2S ,-. .-". i he fori . milt 8 In IS ;31 I-.'., u nd i he n ft y mil s in IS 40 i-S. The only recognized track record whh h Oldfield does not hold now awl for dlstanei from fifty to sixi . ml!e. These an held Han x S. llarkness, who at l.t.n Branch la.st August rov en .1 fifty-fix iHi.- in I "7 iM 2-5, an I Blxtj mli.-s In 1 12 10 3-6, driving a W- horso-poxver Mercedes. Oldfield Is now on his way to Ormond. IJj Flo . and he lias entei d ih Or n I'raj-'on In a I . i in" number of events. Great interest is centered in the second ne, iniK on the famous Florida be3ch I i oursc ot W K . ndt i bill . fr , and ni. lib h! Last xvar, under very favor able xveather conditions. Mr. Vanderbilt covei ed a mile in 1 ceconds, the world's Straightaway, record, tlrlving a 60-horse-power Mercedes On tho fol lowlng day, In n mile race Oldfield, driving the Wlnton I'n'l-t boat Mr. Vanderbilt by a sir. a II margin. The coming meeting between these two men will result in broken records If In noth ing elsi The fastest racing urs In the world xvore nn exhibit Ion at the atimmoMIe 3 show In Madison Square Garden H last w or k Machines that hav supplied railroad speed when pi lot 'l bv daring operators rested pes full b de thell br thren of less ot power, vxltli tho mechanism opnsed for visitors Inspection Amnnn 'h WB livers xvere tho Peerlov i")roen Drag- WS$ on. with which Barney Oldfield xvon the Mk tra.k Champion III; I .sMbllshed orld's i tl up to lift miles. ( r '' I., rn. u- wii.tni Mullet, thit Klser drove H In record time for a mile; tbe 24-horse- -1 power Pope Toledo will h V 1' t- ';' 1 KUi.o-.l to third pla.e in the Vanderbilt K cup race; th- :o-hnrse- 0K power Ford, m ide famous by Frank M K u 1 1 1 k s bl.ii-. with It on Empire H tra.k igalnsl .. t of four times WH Its horso power, th.- speedy Panhard. -m with whi.-h ; i.r;v !! alh xvon the -H Van.l'rl.lH cip ihe 9t-horse- H power Pope Toledo, ontew-d "r la Gordon Bennetl cup race to ho held In BSt, 1 ran.-e n.-xt Juiif l-unk ("rockers Simplex r.n or. that hobis all the oma- tour tra.k r Is. tin I'atkard GrOJf jgj AN ..If th- PYanklln . ar. whl- h estab- mm llshed a n. and the Columbia machine that re- mm din ed the ( 'hlcaaro-N'ow York record to mm 5S hours is minutes Defenseless Canada. Great Britain Is about to remove ri'r BJj fortrn from Canada. They have ,e-r. Krj here In rrlnut.- .sttrecprth for mnnx yo.irs past t'anadlan for..? ar- to fnke their SBBB. placoa As soon as a few r.inadian ,psi ot-ulsors c '.'i I..- esl.thM-r. '' tb.- oh1 .-..ur- tL try voy.ooio win doubtless depart, to re- SSK turn tio more, except on visits. Tne fl.ii? will remain, the King's sovereign- I tj also both committed to tin- i-3re of ( th- frown's Canadlai ;. . rnment. p Th whole movement, explained ten- j tatlvely as sti-ategic. really amount" ' . I ix and niosit Judb lou- r-copidtlin ec th.- h.d.-i .a,, i.. nee of Canada Boston Transcript. 1